chsdbacks Chapter 520 Chuang Wang Came And Didn't Pay The Food
Chapter 520 Chuang Wang Came And Didn't Pay The Food
To be old and not die is to be a thief, this sentence is perfect for Hui Miqiu who has lived for hundreds of years.
No matter how mediocre his aptitude is, as long as he lives for hundreds of years without dementia, anyone can become a thief.
Nothing else, well informed.
Not to mention the mouse fairy who can stand out from the mouse clan.
Its predictions are very accurate.
When Wei Zhongliang was assassinated, the news of the cut-off of food and payment spread to the front lines and frontier troops in the Shaanxi-Gansu battlefield.
Babaili's urgent official documents were presented to Chongzheng's desk like snowflakes.
All in all, all in all, just one sentence: Give money and food, and you can't fight without money and food.
Chongzheng, who was immersed in the flattery of the "Zhongxing Shengjun", felt a little strange. He had naturally seen documents urging for payment, and there would be one or two letters every so often.
But there were only one or two letters. Usually, the votes given by the cabinet were to be paid after the autumn harvest. Wei Zhongliang wrote a pen and replied on behalf of Phihong, and then the matter basically passed.
This sudden, why is it like snowing, piled up on the desk?
Chongzheng hurriedly summoned the cabinet ministers to discuss the matter, and the cabinet ministers all agreed that they should pay the salary after autumn, which was always done in the past.
So Chongzheng wrote in red with his own handwriting, and with earnest words, he asked the border generals to be patient for a little more time until the food and salaries were transported to the north, and they were scheduled to be sent to the front line as soon as possible.
At the same time, the governors of various places were ordered to step up the collection of autumn grain, and those who failed to collect it would be investigated and dealt with according to the law.
Turns out, good guy.
It's okay if you don't reply. If you reply to the 800-mile rush, it won't be snowing, but blizzard.
It is even more urgent for border and frontline generals to urge food and payment. If you don’t pay food and payment, let alone fighting, the soldiers below will rebel.
Chongzheng's face turned green with anger.
The red cloak written by the majestic emperor himself is not as effective as Wei Zhongliang's cloak?
But Chongzheng finally sensed something was wrong at this time.
So he hurriedly summoned the Minister of the Ministry of Households to ask when the autumn grain and military pay in the south would leave for the northward transportation.
As a result, the Minister of the Ministry of Households faltered, saying that the food and salary were gone.
Gone!
Chongzheng was suddenly struck by thunder. Even if he had no experience in governing, he understood the importance of food and pay.
Before that, Wei Zhongliang had raised a large amount of food and salaries in the south of the Yangtze River, but because of the low water level of the canal, he failed to set off for the northward transportation early.
suddenly
,Gone?
Under questioning, the Minister of the Household Department insisted that the abolished factory supervisor and grain supervision team set fire to the grain and robbed the silver warehouse to vent their personal anger.
When Chongzheng heard it, his eyes darkened and he almost fainted.
This kind of thing, I don't even know?
The frontline and border generals must have heard the news, so they urged for food and pay.
Immediately, Chongzheng scolded the minister of the household department bloody.
But scolding is scolding, the top priority at the moment is to raise food.
So Chongzheng asked the Minister of the Household Department when the officials who supervised the grain yamen would arrive in the south of the Yangtze River and when they could raise the first batch of grain and salaries.
Hubu Shangshu tremblingly stretched out a finger.
Chongzheng thought it was one month, but the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs said it would take one year.
This time there is no need to be close, Chongzheng really fainted. Biqu library
A group of eunuchs hurriedly pinched him and poured herbal tea, only to wake Chongzheng up.
At this moment, Chongzheng finally knew what a stupid thing he had done.
one year!
The day lily is cold.
Feeling deeply deceived, Chongzheng threw Hubu Shangshu into Feiyuwei's Zhao Prison directly in anger, and asked Feiyuwei to be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor.
However, dealing with the Hubu Shangshu did not solve the problem.
Chongzheng was like an ant on a hot pot, he hurriedly called a group of ministers to discuss matters, but the matter of raising food did not come to fruition, but the calls for Chongzheng to pardon the Minister of the Household Department became louder and louder.
In the huge court, except for a very few officials who can see their noses, noses, noses, noses, and hearts, most of them are unanimous, and there is a great momentum to force the palace.
Chongzheng was furious and left in a huff.
If it is not feasible to discuss matters on a large scale, then convene cabinet ministers to discuss matters.
As a result, the seven cabinet ministers discussed and discussed, and only gave one suggestion: let the frontline and border generals temporarily raise food on the spot.
Good guy, for five thousand years, if a dynasty dares to order its generals to raise food on the spot, then the dynasty is actually dead, but the coffin has not yet been closed.
When the imperial decree of "raising food on the spot" reached the Shaanxi-Gansu front line, the 300,000 officers and soldiers who were fighting fiercely with the Chuang army collapsed immediately.
A total of 100,000 soldiers and horses from the two groups surrendered directly to the Chuang army, and the remaining 200,000 soldiers and horses were defeated for thousands of miles.
And this is not the most serious thing. The most serious thing is that although the 200,000 retreating army was defeated, they got the promise of "raising food on the spot".
Can.
Raise food on the spot?
No, another word, called "collar robbery."
200,000 defeated soldiers turned into bandits in seconds, murdered people, invaded cities and massacred villages.
This time, the entire west of Tongguan became a purgatory on earth.
But they didn't dare to rob the landlords and nobles and princes and nobles. After all, the power of Da Li was still there, so they only dared to pick the persimmons and rob the common people.
The 200,000 defeated soldiers took the lead, but all the officers and soldiers who could hold weapons in their hands joined in.
The leading generals did not dare to suppress, for fear of being burned.
Li Chuang, who had been beaten up by the officers and soldiers and was about to lose his strength, saw that the good guy had given him a big gift package, so he didn't pick it up for nothing.
Under the guidance of an expert, Li Chuang immediately raised the banner of "equaling the land and exempting taxes", and created the ballad of "Welcome the King Chuang, but he will not pay the food when the King Chuang comes" and spread it around.
The common people, who had been miserably harmed by the officers and soldiers, voted with their feet and responded one after another.
Li Chuang's army grew like a snowball.
As for Li Chuang, he was naturally embarrassed to rob the common people after playing the banner, and at this time his back was hardened, so he concentrated his firepower and focused on robbing princes, nobles and landlords.
Is Dali really short of food?
It's a bit lacking, but it's actually okay.
Then why is it missing?
Because food and wealth are concentrated in the hands of princes and nobles and powerful landlords, the common people are exploited to urinate blood.
This time, Li Chuang discovered that compared to the miserable common people, these wealthy households are still rich.
Cutting down a prince is enough to support an army of 300,000 for half a year.
To the west of Tongguan, there are eighteen princes alone.
Get rich!
So there were soldiers and food, and Li Chuang, who turned himself into the "savior" of the people, soared into the sky.
In just three months, he had 800,000 troops and occupied the three provinces west of Tongguan.
The hungry officers and soldiers saw that the intruders were happy to eat spicy food, and we had to raise food by ourselves, so they surrendered one after another, including some elite soldiers from the border.
At the beginning of December of that year, after a brief rest, Li Chuang's army was divided into three groups, one with 300,000 soldiers at Tongguan to knock on the pass, one with 300,000 soldiers going east to Shangluo to attack the Central Plains and cut off the canal, and one with 200,000 soldiers Go south through Jingxiang and attack Huguang Jiangnan.
The army of the three routes combined millions of soldiers, and wherever they passed, the officers and soldiers watched the wind and surrendered.