However, because the news of the imperial court disaster relief in the Daming Times had spread in Shaanxi at this time, not all the soldiers in the military camp were willing to risk losing their heads to rebel.

At least some of them still had hope for the imperial court, and they opposed the radical method of robbing prisons and rebellions, hoping that they could negotiate with the general soldier Wang Guoxing again and let him release them.

The leaders of the soldiers, led by Gao Yingxiang and Lao Hui Ma Shouying, saw that there was a risk of division among the soldiers, so they took the initiative to stand up and unify the opinions of the soldiers, and decided to petition the general army Wang Guoxing again.

That night, Gao Yingxiang and several representatives elected by the soldiers went to see Wang Guoxing. Gao Yingxiang did not hesitate to tell Wang Guoxing about the soldiers' plan to rob the prison.

Wang Guoxing was shocked when he heard this, and then he realized that because he was biased towards Qian Wenjun and deducted military salaries on weekdays, he had completely lost his military heart.

In addition to the dozens of sons in his mansion, the army under his command, including the newly recruited family members, had already turned away from him.

He was immediately terrified, the largest force in the city of Xi'an Province was the more than 3,000 soldiers under his command. If there is a mutiny, not only will the provincial capital be plundered by the rebels, but the displaced people outside the city who are attached to it these days will lose control.

If this kind of fate happens, not only will his official position not be saved, but even his own life may not be saved.

Wang Guoxing had to promise these soldiers immediately that he would go to the Prison Inspectorate to intercede for the few soldiers who were taken into custody, in order to settle the matter quietly.

Hearing Wang Guoxing's personal promise, Gao Yingxiang, Ma Shouying and others also agreed to go back to temporarily appease the soldiers and would not start this matter immediately.

However, after Gao Yingxiang and the others returned to the barracks, they called on everyone to be vigilant and respond in time if the situation was not good.

This time, Gao Yingxiang's proposal was not opposed again, and the soldiers were divided into ten battalions, and Gao Yingxiang and Ma Shouying were elected as the main officers.

The next day, Wang Guoxing went to meet Xing Buyun, the envoy of the Imperial Inspection, early in the morning, and reported to him that there was a possibility of mutiny among the soldiers in the barracks.

However, this envoy himself has a prejudice of greed and incompetence against martial artists, and the atmosphere of nobility and martial piety has also been deeply rooted in the Ming Dynasty. He really couldn't believe that in the past, the humble military man who was only willing to make promises and could be driven by anyone dared to make trouble in Xi'an City.

He took Wang Guoxing's warning as an amplification of the general's desire to exonerate his subordinates. Not only did he ignore it, but he also reprimanded him fiercely, and said that if he really mutinied, he would go to the court and punish Wang Guoxing for the crime of committing murder.

According to the reprimand of the inspector, Wang Guoxing did not dare to get involved in this case anymore, and he resigned with a red face.

Before Wang Guoxing, who was uneasy, walked out of the gate of the procuratorate, he was stopped. He was full of anger and was about to reprimand, but when he looked up, he immediately suppressed his anger again, and said politely to the visitor: "Lin Baihu, is there anything wrong with you stopping this official?" ”

Lin Yunrong, who entered Shaanxi with Pang Tianshou, is a brocade guard. Not long after Pang Tianshou arrived in Xi'an, he immediately went out to patrol the Shaanxi border army, leaving him to guard Xi'an City.

Some time ago, because of the drought in Shaanxi this year, more and more displaced people around Xi'an gathered, and the grain stores in Xi'an began to sell grain.

He had to leave Xi'an City and take a team of men and horses to supervise the transportation of part of the disaster relief money and grain that the emperor had transferred from Luoyang.

As a result, when the grain fleet was still 2 days away from Xi'an, his subordinates who stayed in Xi'an detected signs of instability in the army in the city and immediately ran to inform him.

Lin Yunrong, who received the news, was immediately shocked, and the emperor sent Pang Tianshou and Jinyiwei into Shaanxi, firstly, to control the disorderly flow of the disaster victims, and to crack down on and arrest those rebels who tried to incite the disaster victims to make trouble.

The second task is to grasp the movements of the Shaanxi army in a practical way, and not to let the army lose control and join the people's rebellion army.

In this Xi'an city, there are not only clans, but also a large number of officials and gentry who live here. There was chaos in the remote county town of Shaanxi, and His Majesty couldn't blame them, but if there was nothing else going on, there was a mutiny in Xi'an first.

Even if His Majesty spares him, Grandpa Pang can't spare him. Lin Yunrong immediately disembarked and changed horses, and quickly rushed back to Xi'an.

After he returned to Xi'an, he learned more information from the subordinates who stayed behind, and after listening to it, he decided to visit Wang Guoxing, the chief officer of these soldiers, and discuss a charter to appease the soldiers.

After he ran to the General Soldier's Mansion, he heard that Wang Guoxing had gone to the Procuratorate, so he hurried over again and just intercepted the Chief Soldier at the door.

Hearing Wang Guoxing's question, Lin Yunrong asked unceremoniously: "What did Lord Xing say about the case of the sergeant beating people's lives?" ”

Wang Guoxing's face showed an ugly smile and said, "Lord Xing said that it will be dealt with according to law, and the case will be tried tomorrow morning." ”

Lin Yunrong's face turned pale suddenly, "Pedantic, now even the idlers on the street are spreading the word, and the soldiers in the military camp in the city are openly declaring that if they don't release people, they will go to prison and release them themselves."

The army's heart is so confused, what else does this Lord Xing say to deal with according to law. Where are these captured soldiers now? ”

Wang Guoxing's face turned red and said: "Last night, I was afraid that the soldiers would come to the General Military Mansion to rob the prison, so I sent them to the prison of the procuratorate overnight. ”

Lin Yunrong suddenly looked at this incompetent and stupid chief soldier a little speechlessly, he was silent for a while, and then finally suppressed his anger, and said to Wang Guoxing: "In this case, please Lord Wang go with me to meet Lord Xing, and get these soldiers back first."

Even if this case is to be tried, it should be a military tribunal to try it, how can the soldiers be handed over to the procuratorate? ”

was lectured like this by a hundred households, but Wang Guoxing did not have the slightest temper, but felt relieved. In this way, this case will become a confrontation between the Xi'an Town Guard Eunuch's Mansion and the Procuratorate.

He, the chief military officer, finally does not have to be caught between the procuratorate and the soldiers who want to mutiny. On the side of the soldiers, he couldn't resist the pressure of the procuratorate. On the side of the procuratorate, he admitted that he had not forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction of the soldiers and made them accept the verdict of the procuratorate.

Since Lin Yunrong rescued him from this embarrassing situation and asked him to reprimand him, Wang Guoxing did not feel humiliated at all.

Xing Buyun saw Wang Guoxing return again, and also brought a brocade-clothed hundred-household back, and his brows immediately furrowed. When he heard about the intention of the two, he was even more dissatisfied.

If the town guard eunuch came in person, he might have to be taboo for three points, but a hundred households in brocade clothes want to use the signboard of the town guard eunuch's mansion to suppress themselves, which is really too high-flying.

Xing Buyun didn't even listen to Lin Yunrong's explanation, so he unceremoniously interrupted him, "Although the army has its own laws, the plaintiff in this case is a student, so naturally it is not military, but civil, and it is naturally under the supervision of our procuratorate."

Besides, this official also has the responsibility of supervising local civil and military officials in Shaanxi, even if it is a matter in the army, this official can still intervene.

As a hundred households in brocade clothes, before you get the will of Your Majesty, how are you qualified to meddle in the power of the official to intervene in the case?

If you pretend to be Your Majesty's authority today and interfere in local political affairs for no reason, this official will definitely play a good role. The official still has political affairs to deal with, so he won't accompany the two of them to chat here. Come, send off. ”

Xing Buyun's rude behavior made Lin Yunrong, who originally wanted to state his interests to him, suddenly rise a little angry.

However, thinking of the seriousness of the situation, Lin Yunrong had to persuade him to make a compromise: "If Lord Xing must interrogate this case, then please return those soldiers to General Wang first, and after he has pacified the soldiers in the barracks first, it is not too late to delay the trial for a month or two." ”

After Xing Buyun finished saying the send-off, he got up and walked towards the back hall, and he completely ignored Lin Yunrong's suggestion.

When Lin Yunrong walked out of the courtyard, he felt like a nameless fire had burst out in his heart.

After leaving the procuratorate for a distance, Wang Guoxingcai beside him cautiously asked him: "Lin Baihu, Lord Xing refuses to be accommodating, what are we going to do now?" ”

Lin Yunrong stopped suddenly, his face changed, and after being silent for a full quarter of an hour, he finally spoke: "The matter has come to this point, we can only take one step at a time, and at the very least, we must appease the sergeants in the camp and don't make any drastic moves." Otherwise, Lord Wang, your head, and the head of the subordinate officials, I am afraid that they will be in jeopardy. ”

Wang Guoxing's face turned a little pale and said, "What Lin Baihu said is too serious, right?" This matter is entirely due to the fact that Qian Wenjun lent usury to the sergeant and refused to give up. We have done our best now, but if Lord Xing refuses to be accommodating, Your Majesty should not condemn us so indiscriminately. ”

Lin Yunrong glanced at Wang Guoxing, who was still trying to shirk his responsibilities contemptuously, and said sarcastically: "The soldiers under Lord Wang mutinied, but I still think that Your Majesty will not blame you, you are really so confident."

However, Xia Guan did not have this awareness, if these soldiers really mutinied and ransacked Xi'an City, even if they had ten heads, they would still fall to the ground. ”

Hearing that Lin Yunrong didn't seem to be intimidating himself, Wang Guoxing's face became even more ugly. He was thinking about how to solve the dilemma in front of him.

Lin Yunrong gritted his teeth and said, "When things come to this point, they can only come hard." When you go back to the camp, tell the soldiers.

Regarding the case of Wu Rong and others, you have already cleared the procuratorate and will not try it for the time being. Then he told them that a batch of food and salaries was on the way, and after arriving in Xi'an, they would pay each person three months' military salaries.

Then select a group of soldiers to go out of the city to meet the grain ship. Among this group of soldiers, the soldiers who made the most trouble were arranged to be in it, so that we could be relieved for two days. ”