Chapter 223: Heartache, Missing
Hearing Chief of Staff Qian's words, Zhao Qingyu's eyes reappeared in front of him the scene of wantonly killing Han people after the slave chieftains occupied the Liaodong region.
The bleak scene still comes back to my mind from time to time.
Even though he had already stabbed the Tartar who broke into his house in the first place, he still couldn't let go of his hatred for the Tartar.
He nodded heavily, opened his mouth, and still didn't speak.
Chief of Staff Qian didn't notice Zhao Qingyu's abnormality, but also recalled the original scene, and continued with a painful face, "Watching the villagers in my hometown continue to starve to death and die of disease, my heart is really like a knife.
However, after all my monthly money is spent, I have only just helped a small part of my relatives, and no matter how much I have, I really can't do anything.
At this time, our boss approached a few of our locals, saying that there was a way to find a way to survive the refugees who had been affected by the war, but it was a bit dangerous, and asked us if we were willing to take the risk.
We are worried that the villagers have no way to live, so what else is there to say, naturally we say yes.
Then, our leader contacted all the people in the direction of Guangdong, sent a little food, and then took a group of us to persuade the victims to go to sea with us, and the story here will not be told.
We were rushing to the coastal areas of Guangdong on our way to rescue the victims, but we were actually stopped by a group of guys who called themselves Jinyiwei, and said that we had gathered the displaced people to ask for the crime and arrest them. โ
Zhao Qingyu was also mobilized, and asked, "Being targeted by Jinyiwei, this time it's troublesome, how do you deal with it?" โ
Chief of Staff Qian seemed to be recalling, "Our leaders also saw at the time that these brocade guards just wanted to extort some money.
We just want to immigrate, and we can't afford to be angry with Jinyiwei, so ah, our head quietly sent 50 taels of silver, wanting to break the fortune and avoid disaster.
It's a full 50 taels, and the county magistrate's annual salary is less than 30 taels, which is a lot of money.
However, who would have thought that that group of brocade guards actually thought that there was little money, and they would beat us up badly.
He also held a knife against our head, and asked us to gather 5,000 taels of silver within a month, otherwise we would hand over our head to the top on the charge of gathering a crowd to rebel. โ
Zhao Qingyu was dumbfounded when he heard it, "5000 taels for people?" Is this the way everyone in the government is doing? Isn't this robbery? and not afraid to kill them. โ
"Our boss originally sent 5 taels to calm the matter, even if he was beaten, he didn't fight back, and he was blackmailed by a group of people with knives, and he temporarily endured it.
However, the group of brocade guards actually had to dismiss the victims we had gathered.
Let's see, what is it? That's all our folks, this is a mess, the county towns around the city gate is closed, not allowed to enter the city, without our relief, how can the villagers live?
After talking for a long time, it was useless, seeing that hundreds of homeless people were about to be dispersed, and the handsome little daughter-in-law among the several homeless people was also arrested by the gang and was ready to be taken away. โ
Zhao Qingyu was a little angry when he heard this, and scolded, "How can that be done?" Even if you don't know each other, you can't see death without help, let alone your fellow villagers. What did you do? โ
"Yes, they are all folks, how else can I deal with it, I was in a mess of my brain, I really didn't know what to do, seeing that my relatives were going to suffer, my hands were holding the weapons hidden in the wheelbarrow, but, the name of Jinyiwei, it was really scary, I didn't dare to do it.
We didn't do anything, but our leaders were different, I didn't know at the time, but when we chatted later, we learned that our heads, that were veterans who had just come down from the battlefield.
After enduring it for so long just now, it was already the limit, and at this point I finally couldn't help it, so I just pulled out the knife on the spot. โ
Zhao Qingyu continued to ask, "What is the result?" I heard that there are many masters of Jinyiwei, and you are alone, I'm afraid you're not an opponent, right? โ
Hearing Zhao Qingyu's words, Chief of Staff Qian burst out laughing, "Master? Captain, you're really kidding. What kind of virtue is the martial profession of the Ming Dynasty, from the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is known as the strong army of the Ming Dynasty, don't you see it clearly? โ
Zhao Qingyu frowned and thought for a while, uncertain, "What do you mean?" Jinyiwei is inferior to the so-called Guanning Iron Cavalry? No way? I remember that when the king led us to kill the Japanese kingdom, he also talked about the fact that during the Wanli period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea and was beaten by the Ming Dynasty.
I was anxious and clear, at that time, the king said that in that battle, Jinyiwei played a major role, and his contribution was indispensable. How can it be inferior to the mere Guan Ning Army?
Also, Guan Ningjun's virtue can also be called a strong army? โ
"Commander, there's no comparison. You haven't been in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, so I don't know, although the Guanning Iron Cavalry is a weak chicken in our eyes, but in the Ming Dynasty, it is really a force to be reckoned with.
Didn't you see that the year before last, when Houjin entered the Jinggi area of Kou Daming, Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, Zu Dashou immediately led his troops to escape, and now Chongzhen didn't dare to really punish Guan Ningjun? โ
Zhao Qingyu gasped with a sigh of relief: "In Daming, even Guan Ningjun dares to call it a strong army?" So, the current Jinyiwei is just an ornament? โ
"Yes, it's all an ornament, after Chongzhen came to power, it was called a high-spirited person, in addition to the eunuch party, the abolition of the East Factory, and even the Jinyi Guard, who had been an eagle dog for their old Zhu family for a lifetime, was ordered to abolish most of them.
At that time, our leader rushed to kill with a single knife, and one person was solved by one face, and in the blood spurt, I was also angry, and I pulled out the knife and rushed forward, but the situation took a turn for the worse, and guess what? โ
Chief of Staff Qian sold Guanzi, and Zhao Qingyu was also very cooperative, and then said, "What's wrong?" โ
"Before I could rush to the brocade guards, the rest of them were so frightened by the leader that they peed their pants. Hahahaยทยทยทยทยทยท"
Zhao Qingyu was stunned again, what he heard today is really subverting the three views, the dignified Jinyiwei, in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and Aid Korea decades ago, he set up a powerful institution that made great contributions.
It's only been a few decades, and it's actually degenerated like this?
Zhao Qingyu still didn't believe it, "Those guys, could they be impersonated?" Didn't you just say that Jinyiwei has laid off a large number of people, what if those guys are unqualified and are laid off? โ
Chief of Staff Qian smiled and shook his head, "Commander, I was so suspicious at the time, but that group of people was holding an embroidered spring knife in their hands." โ
Zhao Qingyu knew the meaning of the embroidered spring knife in Daming, and wearing this kind of knife without permission was a felony, and he already believed it in his heart, but he still said quietly, "Is there anything else?" โ
"Also, they carry the token of the Jinyi Guard, as well as the official seal. Documents, from the materials that were searched, it can be known that this group of Jinyiwei went to Guangxi to work, and there is also a guy who tried the title of 100 households in Jinyiwei. โ
Zhao Qingyu was stunned when he heard it, and the beautiful image of Daming seemed to have collapsed a lot.
Immediately, he had a strong spirit, and now, he is a soldier of the United Kingdom of China, not a person from the Ming Dynasty, there, no matter how bad it is, it has nothing to do with him.
It's just, why, in my heart, there is a faint pain?
Chief of Staff Qian seemed to feel that Zhao Qingyu was a little depressed, although he was curious, he didn't ask much, after all, his military rank was still a little lower, and it was better to be cautious in the face of the commander.
So, he diverted the topic and said, "Commander, why can't we see any of our secret sentinels?" โ