December in Tianjin was already cold and windy, and the corpses lying on the ground could be seen on the road, which were frozen to death. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoNo one knows how many military households have come, and there may be tens of thousands of people who have been rumored to have them, but there are thousands of people at once, and there is no one who knows how many people have come. The only thing that can be known is that the black oppression of the military household hides the power to destroy the city.

Albeit...... At present, these military households surrounding the city are very depressed.

They were poorly clothed and fed, and lived in shabby and filthy huts.

At first, the city didn't know that this was a mutiny, but it was a disaster victim who couldn't survive the winter. Seeing the disaster, the temples and large households in the city sent people to build shacks to accommodate the victims, and the local government also tried to help, and set up a shed porridge that could be inserted with chopsticks in the city area outside the four cities.

But soon, in just three or five days, more military households came, and the number was conservatively estimated to have doubled or quadrupled.

At this time, slogans sounded and violence began to appear.

The growing number of military households crushed the already small porridge shacks, and the frozen and hungry military households looted the shops and liquor stores outside the city. Subsequently, more and more news came to the city.

Many villages and towns along the route have been looted......

The army turned into banditry, and riots quickly grew.

A huge mutiny took place.

Countless warehouses and shops outside the city have been looted and occupied. Military households flocked in. Of course, only a handful of people were able to grab a house. Most of the rebels had to retreat into their huts.

And those who were the first to grab the houses outside the city walls were now shouting under the city walls, carrying rusty knives and guns in their hands, holding old bows with soft bowstrings, shouting and roaring, full of strength.

Under Yang Weidou's words, Hou Baosen also noticed the scene of military households under the city.

"When ordinary people see people coming from official uniforms, they are all trembling, and only the city can be so willing to be face-wrenching. It's indeed a little weird......" On the side, Wu Yeyu said.

"But no matter what the hell happens, we still have to solve the current mutiny!" Qiu Birong walked slowly, listening to the two of them talk about these things, but they didn't care at all.

"Then please listen carefully, Lord Qiu, what did these rebels say?" Yang Weidou pointed out of the city.

At this time, the rebels shouted again.

"We're not thieves! It's really a traitorous minister in the court, so we can't live anymore! ”

"We don't rebel, we don't kill officials, we just ask the court to give us a way to live!"

"No endowment, no change in the field policy!"

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After the commotion sounded, more and more military households gathered, and they approached the city wall with swords and guns.

"Is there a man in charge of the city? If you don't promise us, we'll kill you yourself! "A stout man in cotton armor and carrying a bird gun shot at the city wall.

Several guards from the Governor's Battalion hurriedly rushed forward to erect a huge rattan plaque, and then escorted Hou Baosen out of the field.

The rest of the people were also frightened enough to see this scene, and they retreated one after another. Only Yang Weidou snorted coldly and said: "It's just that a thief took a bird that is behind me and I don't know if it is two or three generations, do you want me to wait for the Ming officials to retreat?" ”

"Lord Yang...... Do you want us to face the rebels? Qiu Birong's face turned a little pale: "Then you can come forward and try it!" ”

Yang Weidou didn't say a word, but just snatched the firearm from the guards of the Supervising Battalion, and the action was actually quite capable of loading gunpowder, quickly loading it in front of and behind the city, and when he walked to the city wall, he took rough aim, and raised his hand to fire under the city wall.

There was a bang of gunfire, and no one was shot if it was poorly aimed. But under the city, there was a sudden burst of chickens and dogs, and no one called for someone to come forward and let someone in charge of the city.

"It's definitely not going to work in the face of the rebels...... There is only one way to deal with such troublemakers, to first suppress them and then pursue the perpetrators of this trouble. No matter how much he is wronged, it is by no means a reason or a shield for rebellion! Even if there is a grievance to be filed, the procedure must be followed. Otherwise, this kind of chaos will be a disaster in the future! Yang Weidou let out a long breath.

"What's more......" Hou Baosen waved his hand, signaled the guards to get out of the way, and he came to the city wall to look at the chaotic soldiers who were in a mess and tried to regroup, and said: "The matter of stopping Tianfu is definitely something that we can make a decision in Tianjin. Whether it is the person who started this rebellion of the guards, or the ...... of the DPRK and China"

Saying that, Hou Baosen understood that there were many people at the moment, so he was in no mood to continue explaining.

Of course, a few big-headed soldiers don't understand the twists and turns of the head. But for Yang Weidou and Qiu Birong and others, it was clear in an instant.

Their faces became solemn.

In fact, except for Yang Weidou, who has long been branded with the mark of the old man of Qiandi, almost no one in the entire Tianjin officialdom recognizes this Tianfu reform. After all, this involves the vital interests of every official gentry.

Even if they themselves want to support it with a hundredfold lofty faith, as long as they think of the seven aunts and eight aunts behind them, as well as the villagers and elders who are secretly placed in their names, they can't get rid of their faces. What's more, these tricks are all paid for them.

They had innumerable reasons to oppose the abolition of preferential treatment for the gentry.

What does not compete with the people for profit, does not treat the virtuous and virtuous, and does not disturb the country, this is all high-sounding reason.

It's just that this time they ran into Zhu Cihong. He was an emperor who did not rely on the original court to gain imperial power. This means that Zhu Cihong has his own set of teams, and they are firmly carrying out the orders of His Majesty the Emperor.

Most importantly, the Emperor had a strong army at his disposal, with a new army capable of fighting well and winning numerous victories. This makes the emperor's strength ignore the problem that the emperors had to bypass in the past: the source of power.

For the Ming emperors of the past, their power was derived both from the legitimacy of inheritance and from the allegiance of officials.

The emperor's control of the bureaucracy was based on the context of a series of moral systems, such as the divine authority of the monarchy. This allows the civil officials, who have the power to control public opinion and the power of moral interpretation, to use countless methods to make the emperor who sits on the throne have to enter a series of rules under civil politics.

Now, Zhu has created new rules, and there is a power base to support their enforcement.

In the face of Zhu Cihong's unreasonable cards, those who suffered huge interests were angry......

They simply lifted the table.

So, the rebellion broke out.

Hou Baosen didn't care how the rebellion was caused and what the cause was. In his view, Tianjin has become a card used by this group of people to blackmail the reformers. That's right, or **** a little...... Hostage.

That means that if the reformers go their own way and don't guess anything about the solution, then ...... These things will continue to happen.

On the way back to the government office, Hou Baosen invited Yang Weidou to get into his carriage.

Since His Majesty the Emperor was particularly fond of this four-wheeled carriage, this sturdy, stable and comfortable carriage replaced the original two-wheeled carriage. In the same way, it has also become the preferred equipment of officials everywhere. To this end, the second branch of the Jingshi Ordnance Workshop with a scale of more than 1,000 people was fed. Of course, now they have also independently established a separate workshop in Tongzhou, renamed Jingshi No. 1 Vehicle Workshop.

The carriage traveled smoothly and comfortably, and the heavy carriage was so well sealed that the hustle and bustle between the inside and outside of the carriage disappeared as if it were separated by two worlds.

Yang Weidou got into the car, and Hou Baosen smiled and beckoned it to sit down.

There is also a maid in the car, quietly brewing tea, and after a set of flowing tea art display, the tea is ready.

Looking at the tea that was so calm that he couldn't make a little waves, Yang Weidou said in a low voice: "After the Holy Lord ascended the throne, my Daming has really become much better. ”

"Oh?" Hou Baosen knew that Yang Weidou still had something to say.

"For example, these four **** carriages can still make tea, and when a pot of water comes down, there is no fluctuation at all. In normal times, the journey is not so light. No matter how good the carriage is, it can make people sore when it is bumpy on it, and where there is still effort to make tea, it will have already been sprinkled out. What does this mean? Yang Weiyang did not wait for Hou Baosen to answer, this is his way of narrating.

This shows that the four **** carriages are well built. This shows that our roads in Tianjin have been repaired. It was a cement paved road purchased from Qiming City, and everyone was blaming it in the middle of the year, and the strange man demolished and demolished it as soon as his brother took office, and got the name of the county order of demolition. But now, this big change has made our Tianjin not earth-shaking changes compared to the past? ”

Hou Baosen sipped the tea and said with his eyebrows: "It seems that you want to solve this matter in Tianjin." ”

In fact, Yang Weidou wanted to persuade Hou Baosen to put down the rebellion and prevent the rebellion from impacting the implementation of the imperial court Tianfu reform.

If this matter can be resolved in Tianjin, it will naturally not make the emperor in the center feel the pressure, so that the people who oppose reform in the court and China will have this trump card that can almost be called a killer.

"The ills of empire have been around for a long time. After a hundred years of repair, it is already difficult to repair and repair when encountering this internal and external trouble. This Daming, if you don't make fundamental changes, no matter how much you repair, it will still be a terminally ill ......patient who will not be eradicated, and time is running out," Yang Weidou said, recalling the scene when he was working under Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong, who went out of the palace and saw the great tomorrow with his own eyes, understands the face of this country more deeply than any emperor in history, and also deeply understands that if this empire is not reformed, any victory can only be a flash in the pan.

"It's good that young people have ideals and fighting spirit." Hou Baosen's smile is gentle, but under such a gentle smile, there is unspeakable tiredness and weakness: "But two fists are hard to beat four hands." I'm not saying that those fanatics who committed rebellion and caused mutinies are not easy to deal with. The strong army of the Ming Dynasty killed Li Zicheng, who had millions of soldiers, and Duoduo, who had 200,000 elite soldiers. The Weisuo Army, which has been eroded for a hundred years, is naturally not a problem. I'm talking about the people who are hiding behind all of this......"

"So what? Traitors and thieves are punished for everyone! Yang Weidou was undaunted.

Hou Baosen nodded heavily: "Yes, everyone will be punished for the chaos and thieves." That's a good point, but slogans alone don't work. It's like those rebels outside the city, are they aiming to siege the city? No, they're in the heart. So, does it work for us to shout slogans? Or is it just to take a stand? ”

Yang Weidou was silent, of course he was not expressing his position. He also wanted to take action, but ...... How?

Hou Baosen said softly: "Who is our enemy? Who are our friends? This is what the Holy Father should have taught you. Fighting against the anti-thief Li Zicheng and fighting against Jiannu, we can all know who our enemy is and who our station friends are. But what about this battlefield without gunpowder? It's a political struggle, brutal and cold-blooded, but it also makes you unable to see the face of the enemy many times. ”

"Please also help the constitution to teach ......" Yang Weidou bowed lightly.

Hou Baosen didn't help, but just said directly: "For me alone, just tax exemption and preferential treatment is nothing. Therefore, judging from my heart, since the Holy One has given the order, then I will do it. But...... I can transcend personal gains and losses. But what about all the gentry whose interests have been violated? There are individuals who are detached from gains and losses, and there is no gentry who are detached from gains and losses. Rebound is inevitable. And this time, the most important thing is ......"

"It's our former teammates who are being pushed against each other. At this time, do you know who you want to fight and who you want to fight with? Hou Baosen said softly.

Yang Weidou snorted, and he wanted to say a thousand words in his heart, but in the end, he couldn't say a word.

He had to admit that Hou Baosen was too right.

"From the bottom of my heart, Your Majesty has done a good job. Gyeonggi's Wanpyeong and Daheung counties are doing well. Hou Baosen continued: "But the better you do, the more the gentry will inevitably rebound." ”

"Isn't there a law in the Ming Dynasty? This is an order issued by the Holy One Himself! This is not some traitor, this is the will of the Holy One! When Yang Weidou said this, his eyes became resolute in vain.

Hou Baosen admired such perseverance, which was a kind of trust that fearlessly followed, loyalty to the emperor, and they firmly believed that Zhu Cihong could successfully complete the reform.

"Xiaowan, go down." Hou Baosen gently waved the maid away, and then his eyes fell on Yang Weidou's body: "Fadu? Is the governance of our empire simply because of the law? Think of the sage books you read! ”

Yang Weidou suddenly understood something.

"Think about it, what is it that holds the 20,000 officials of the empire together to govern this kingdom under the same will? It's morality, it's profit. Morality is the core of Confucianism and the rule of law, and interests are the bond that binds hundreds of officials. Now in the world, etiquette and music have collapsed. Now the interests of the gentry have been damaged...... It's no surprise that they did anything! ”

After a long time, Hou Baosen said slowly: "Take 10,000 steps back." Even though I've suppressed the rebellion here, I'm still ...... In the imperial court, even the most simple loyal and patriotic hearts, they would not want our beloved Emperor His Majesty to embark on a road of no return that will surely cause chaos in the world......"

Yang Weidou muttered: "So the better Wanping Daxing does, the greater the damage to the gentry, and the more intense the backlash will be...... And the foundations of statecraft are becoming more and more turbulent ......" (To be continued. )