Chapter 222: Mutiny (2)
After listening to the words of the veteran Youzi, Lai San'er shouted angrily, "What about the adults asking you, are there any comrades?"
The old soldier stood up with a big laugh, "It's gone, it's just Lao Tzu!
Qin Shuhuai saw that this person was quite backbone, so he said, "What is your name, where do you live, who are some people in the family?" Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The veteran Youzi said, "The husband does not change his name, but he does not change his surname, my name is Niu Dashan, a person from Niujia Village, Tongzhou Prefecture." There is only one seventy-year-old mother in the family. ”
Qin Shuhuai turned over and dismounted, straightened his clothes for him, and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of your mother at home to ensure that she has no worries about food and clothing." ”
After listening to Qin Shuhuai's words, the veteran soldier knew what kind of fate he would have, so he laughed, "Excellent, excellent! I hope the adults will not break their promises." ”
Qin Shuhuai nodded and said, "Don't worry, Ben will never break his word." ”
Then he said to the people around him, "Take it down, and the military law will deal with it!"
"Yes!"
Immediately, the two of them came up and escorted Niu Dashan down. Niu Dashan laughed and left.
After a while, his head was presented.
Tick, tick!
The blood kept dripping down, and the whole camp was silent, only the sound of blood falling to the ground echoed heavily in everyone's ears.
Qin Shuhuai knew that Niu Dashan was definitely not the only one to take the lead in the mutiny, but Niu Dashan was right, it was enough for Liwei to kill him alone. If they continue to be traced one by one, then everyone will be terrified, and it is not a good thing that they will become a cold killing machine in their eyes. Besides, to put it bluntly, the imperial court is also responsible in this matter.
At this time, Zhang Yingyuan's thirty boards were also finished, his buttocks were full of blood, and he could only lie on the ground when he was brought back.
Qin Shuhuai asked Zhang Yingyuan in front of everyone, "Zhang Shoubei, now the officers and soldiers of Jizhou are in arrears for three months, is there such a thing?"
Zhang Yingyuan lay on the ground and snorted and chirped, "My lord, the arrears for three months are still small, and the imperial court has not paid salaries for half a year! For the sake of the livelihood of the brothers, the lower officials have raised money in many ways, and only then have some of them distributed one after another! But at this point, the lower officials have even lost the jewelry and dowry of their insiders, and there is really no money in their hands! But the brothers do not know the truth, thinking that the lower officials are greedy for ink, ouch, wronged! Your Excellency can investigate in detail, if the lower officials are greedy for half of the military salary, the adults will cramp and peel the lower officials!"
Qin Shuhuai said, "This matter will be verified by itself." If it is as you say, the court will definitely restore your innocence. ”
After saying that, he calculated in his heart again. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers' annual salary was about 10-18 taels, and if they owed three months, it was about three or four taels per person. There were about 2,000 people here, and it was estimated that there were six or seven thousand taels of silver.
It seems that there is still some blood! Although Liwei is important, if the problem of salary and silver is not solved, these people will eventually have resentment in their hearts.
Fortunately, Sun Chengzong mentioned it when he was in the palace, saying that the defenders of Jizhou were making trouble, so he brought some silver tickets when he went out. Uncle, these silver tickets are still the money for everyone to congratulate Lao Tzu on his wedding, and Lao Tzu has to be distributed to these Qiu Ba before he is hot!
He said to everyone, "The generals of each army are out of the ranks!"
More than a dozen generals, you look at me, and I look at you, all of them have frightened expressions, and they all think to themselves, "Isn't this Lord Qincha beginning to punish us for all our general crimes?" In short, there are several of these leaders who are the leaders of this mutiny!
But at this time, who dares to say a word? Don't you see what kind of soldiers he has under him? One by one, like a wolf and a tiger, he said that the master who jumped on the lookout just now is afraid that the whole Jizhou will not be able to find a second one.
More than a dozen of them lined up with trepidation, and lined up in a regular manner.
Qin Shuhuai shouted at them, "As the general manager, at the time of this national crisis, you should have been in the upper court and heard the suffering of the people, fulfilled your duties, boosted morale, and used your strength to drive out the Tartars." Now he is conniving at his subordinates to stir up trouble and shake the morale of the army, so can you be convicted?"
More than a dozen people immediately knelt down and said in unison, "Guilty of despicable duty." ”
Qin Shuhuai looked at these people coldly and didn't say a word for a long time.
The bitter north wind blew, and everyone couldn't help but shiver.
Qin Shuhuai shouted again, "Raise your heads!"
The dozen generals slowly raised their heads, but no one dared to look directly at Qin Shuhuai.
Qin Shuhuai said again, "Qin has always said that gathering a crowd to mutiny is a capital crime, military law is ruthless, and you will not escape the death penalty!" Speaking of this, he changed his words again, "But arrears of wages and wages are a matter of course and human nature!"
Everyone stretched their necks and looked at Qin Shuhuai tremblingly, not understanding what he meant?
Qin Shuhuai pointed to Niu Dashan's bloody head and said, "Your capital crime, Niu Dashan carried it for you! Remember, he saved you! Because of him, I knew that there were still men in the Jizhou army, and there were iron bones!"
Everyone looked at Niu Dashan's head, and they all felt nostalgic in their hearts. Niu Dashan is a veteran soldier and a general, and his prestige in the army is quite high in peacetime, but this time he alone resisted the death penalty, and who does not appreciate it, brothers?
Qin Shuhuai paused, and then said, "As for your salary, the general will distribute it for the imperial court! Remember, this is what you deserve, you don't need to thank the imperial court, and you don't need to thank the general! It's yours, it's yours!"
A few words are reasonable, not pretentious, so that everyone is deeply convinced!
The death penalty is forgiven!
In the silent atmosphere, this extremely exciting news for everyone was passed on to each other through their eyes!
Qin Shuhuai whispered a few words to Lai San'er beside him, Lai San'er understood, took out the silver ticket from his arms, and sent the total one by one. This time, all the entanglements were in charge of Lai San'er, and when the silver tickets went out, his heart was hurting.
A total of five hundred taels, a full six or seven thousand taels of snowflake silver! Lai San'er was thinking while sending it, will the court give this money back to the court?
Those who got the silver ticket suddenly had sour noses and red eye circles.
What are the brothers risking their lives to make a fuss for? Isn't it just for these few pieces of paper that look light and fluttering? This year, the weather in the north is cold, and the brothers can still make ends meet at the border gates, but the old and the young in the family are all having a hard time! The 500 taels of silver are divided equally among the more than 100 brothers under his command, and how can each of them get more than 4 taels! With this money, everyone in the family will be able to survive this winter!
One of them shouted in a trembling voice, "Brothers, thank you, General Qin!"
More than 2,000 people shouted at the same time, "Thank you, General Qin!"
The shouting continued for several minutes before it subsided.
Qin Shuhuai raised his voice and said, "I say it again, you don't need to thank anyone, because you deserve the salary, you are the soldiers of the imperial court, and the imperial court must give you the silver! However, I also want to tell you that since you have taken the imperial court's salary and become a soldier of the imperial court, you need to know what the country is, what the army is, and what a soldier is! From today onwards, if anyone disobeys the military order and gathers a crowd to make trouble, he will definitely be killed!"
Everyone in the camp was awe-inspiring, and under the leadership of several generals, they shouted in unison, "Obey the order!"
Qin Shuhuai only killed one person, and he dealt with this mutiny with great speed, and to a large extent, he saved morale, and once again let everyone see his methods. After that, he immediately ordered the whole army to be regrouped, and after dark, he marched to Hengling!