Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 230 Viper
Yang Menglong who was bitten hard was very wronged, he really didn't have enough fun, is there something wrong to be honest?Why would an honest kid like him be bitten so badly?It's useless to be wronged, Xiao Yufang couldn't wait any longer, and when he returned to the mansion, he had no choice but to send someone to ask a fortune teller to help choose a good and auspicious date --- preferably after several months, when he returned to the mansion. It’s good to play happily for a while.Of course, the fortune teller would not understand his mood. This guy got the birthdays of the two people right, and then murmured something, muttered for a long time, and with a twist of his mouth, he spit out a date that made Yang Menglong want to strangle him to death:

September [-]th is the perfect day to get married!
Your uncle, September [-]th!I also know that you must have received the money, but if you hang yourself, let me take a breath, why is it so urgent!

He is not yet ready to be a husband, a father.

But the others didn't understand General Xiao Yang's difficulties at all. When the date of engagement was fixed, the whole Wuyang Guard cheered. They were happier than they were getting married themselves!Cheng Ji was the first to send a generous gift, and Cheng Jun was not to be outdone, and gave a bigger one. Those who had a share in opening a factory with Yang Menglong counted as one, and they all followed up and sent congratulatory gifts, lest lag behind people.Even the officials from the thirteen counties of Nanyang came to join in the fun, giving gifts to those who gave them gifts, and those who gave poems to them were very active.The military households couldn't come up with any good things, but they gathered together happily, discussing how to make the wedding of General Yang and Miss Xiao beautiful and lively.Yang Menglong rescued them from starvation and cold, and allowed them to live a life of food, clothing and comfort. Xiao Yufang, a private school teacher in Wuyang Weitou, taught their children to read and write for free. All these made the military households very grateful , would love to do something for them.At the same time, General Xiao Yang has a family and has descendants, which means he has taken root here, and they don't have to worry about him being transferred away. It's the best of both worlds, so there's no reason to be unhappy.

Everyone was so enthusiastic that Yang Menglong didn't dare to go out, and stayed in the mansion all day long, not going anywhere.It is really rare. You must know that this big horse monkey has not stopped since it came to Wuyang. It either ran to the military camp or to the military field, and either to the military field or to the mine. Wherever there was a bandit, he was the first to bring it. When the soldiers killed him, wherever there was a large-scale fighting, he happily took a few people and ran over to beat up both sides. It's so rare.

Cheng Qi teased him: "There are people fighting outside, don't you care?"

Yang Menglong's voice was dull: "No!"

Cheng Qi said: "There are bandits in Nanzhao..."

Yang Menglong said: "There are only a dozen or so bandits left over there. If the magistrate of Nanzhao still can't make things right, just find a rope and hang yourself on the top of a tree! Anyway, I won't go out, hehe , as soon as I go out, three aunts, six mothers-in-law, aunts, aunts and so on will immediately rush up to me, congratulate me and ask for wedding candies, I can't bear it!"

Cheng Qi giggled and said, "It turns out that you will be afraid one day. I thought you were not afraid of anything!"

Yang Menglong was very depressed.

He was depressed, and someone was more depressed than him.

That person is Henan Bidusi.

This Lord Bidusi has been really depressed during this period of time.When Liu Jintang was still there, he would honor him with a generous gift every month, and he would also get a share of the income from corruption, bribery, and military pay. Although it was not a lot, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.But after Liu Jintang was slaughtered and Yang Menglong replaced him, this filial piety was gone. This kid knew nothing about the unspoken rules of officialdom, and he didn't intend to understand. He just focused on planting his own fields and training his own soldiers, let alone To pay a visit to Mr. Du Si, I have never even been to the county government office which is only 10,000 miles away from the Qianhusuo!Well, it's fine if you don't give it, anyway, Nanyang is very poor, and there is nothing to squeeze out. If you don't give filial piety, I won't give you military pay and weapons. Let's see who is ruthless!So Lord Du Si withheld the weapons and military pay that should have been given to Wuyang Guard very bluntly, and waited for the boy to come to beg for mercy.However, the development of the matter was beyond his expectation. That kid earns his own money without military pay, builds his own weapons without equipment, not to mention equipping a well-trained army, and earns a lot of money!Last year, after learning that Yang Menglong had earned [-]+ taels of silver by selling potatoes, Bi Dusi was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. The food and salaries he handled in a year did not add up to that much!But Yang Menglong was out of control, industry and agriculture took turns, and he had a great time. Wuyang Guard became rich at an astonishing speed, which made other guards bleed with envy.In the past, everyone was equally poor, so of course it didn't matter, but now a local tycoon has emerged from a group of poor people, of course the psychology is unbalanced!Bi Dusi racked his brains to get some oil and water from Wuyangwei, but found that Wuyangwei was simply a piece of iron, and he couldn't put his cronies there at all!That is to say, no matter what Wuyang Wei Fucheng is, it's none of his business. Are you depressed?
What is even more depressing is that, in stark contrast to the prosperity of Wuyang Guard, other guards are declining day by day, and more and more military households are fleeing.Well, it's nothing. In what year did military households not flee?It's hard to find a worse system than the guard system.The point is that there are fewer and fewer military households, but there are more and more refugees escaping from Shaanxi and Shanxi!At the beginning, they were just fleeing famine and wanted to escape to Henan to beg for food. Later, they found it too difficult to beg for food, so they started robbing. If they just robbed the common people, it would be fine, but even the local gentry and local officials slaughtered together. Well!Now that August is coming to an end, in September, many places in Shaanxi and Shanxi will start to snow. The refugees must take advantage of the cold weather to cross the many mountains and enter the Central Plains, so as to have hope of survival, otherwise the snow will fall. , Even if they were not starved to death, they would have to freeze to death.The influx of a large number of refugees has undoubtedly made the security situation in Henan worse and worse. Mr. Du Si is naturally under tremendous pressure, especially after learning that an army of refugees is coming to the Nanyang Basin through Wuguan, his mood is even worse. With so many people pouring into Henan, what a mess it must be, my God!
It's not over yet. After receiving this bad news, he received an order from the imperial court to "select elites from various guards and send them to Liaodong".Master Dusi felt like ten thousand grass and mud horses roared past.Select the elite to go to Liaodong?The guards in Henan still have elite farts, and there are not many military households farming in the guards, okay?
He began to miss Liu Jintang again.When Liu Jintang was still there, he could force Zhang Qianhu to arrest miners and tenants, gather thousands of people to join King Jingqin, and deal with this unlucky job, but where can he find such a right-hand man now!He smiled wryly and said to his staff: "We are still going to Liaodong. In the current situation, it is not bad to be able to keep the refugees out of Nanyang!"

But the staff blinked and asked, "Why do you keep the refugees out of Nanyang?"

Bi Dusi said: "If we don't keep them out of Nanyang and let them loot Nanyang, we will lose our lives!"

The staff sneered: "The suppression of bandits is not effective these days, so many rogue bandits loot prefectures and counties. If the place is looted, the number of people and positions will be lost. I am afraid that the officials of Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces from top to bottom , they all have to be beheaded! But how many of them have lost their heads?"

Bi Dusi was thoughtful: "In my opinion..."

The staff said: "It's very simple, Nanyang matter, Nanyang! Immediately order Wuyang guards to strictly guard the checkpoints to prevent refugees from entering. If refugees loot the place, they are the only ones to ask!"

This suggestion was exactly what Bi Dusi wanted, and he nodded slightly: "Nanyang matter, Nanyang, this is the only way to go. The imperial court's call for transfer..." He raised the deadly piece of paper in his hand, quite embarrassed.

The staff laughed strangely: "I heard that the Wuyang guards have enough food, and Commander Yang is even more brave and good at fighting. He is invincible. Why don't your lord order the Wuyang guards to send two thousand troops to Liaodong?"

Bi Dusi frowned: "Wuyang Guard has less than [-] soldiers, and it is already difficult enough to deal with tens of thousands of rogues. If you take another two thousand, how can you stop the rogues!"

The staff asked back: "Why do you want to block the rogues? What good does it do for adults to stop the rogues?"

Bi Dusi was stunned.

The staff patiently analyzed: "Commander Yang of Wuyang Guard has a good way of making money, and he has earned several 10 taels of silver in less than two years, turning Wuyang, which is very poor, into a place of prosperity. One per cent? Since no matter how rich Nanyang is, the adults will not be able to share any benefits from it, so why bother to protect it? It is better to let the bandits smash the place, and then push the boat along the river to take all the land and workshops of Wuyangwei come over!"

Bi Dusi did not speak any more, his eyes gleamed like a poisonous snake.

In the last few days of August in the fourth year of Chongzhen, when Yang Menglong was frowning about the approaching wedding date, and when the two poisonous snakes were secretly muttering how to wipe out the little possessions that Yang Menglong had accumulated so hard, countless Refugees are struggling on the rugged mountain roads in Shanxi and Shaanxi.This year, the grain harvest was poor again, but the tax was not reduced or exempted, but also increased a lot. More people could not survive, and some joined the more and more violent bandits. , Breaking through the state capital to search for inventory, living a day counts as a day, while more people leave their homes and struggle to go to the Central Plains where the situation is relatively better.The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty has completely lost its effect at this moment, and no one will arrest them as refugees anymore, because they have become one of thousands of refugees, and they can go wherever they want. There is no need to look at the government's face.The government did not embarrass them. Instead, they gave green light everywhere and encouraged them to go to the Central Plains. It would be best for all the refugees to go to the Central Plains, so they would be relieved!
The chief envoys of Henan and Hebei provinces unanimously raised serious protests against this irresponsible behavior of Shaanxi, asking them to restrain the refugees and prevent them from going to Central Plains to harm their territory.However, it was of no use. The chief envoy of Shaanxi turned a deaf ear to their protests, and only hated that there were too few refugees who went to the Central Plains!

Of course, it wasn't just refugees who ran to the Central Plains, there were also bandits.Being a rogue these days doesn't require a high degree of education or skills. As long as you can fight, and you have dozens of younger brothers who can also fight, you'd better have a little money. A team of thousands or even thousands of people is very easy.Between Wuguan and the narrow road leading to Nanyang Basin, there is a group of rogues with tens of thousands of people holding blunt knives made of inferior iron, carrying sharpened wooden sticks and bamboo poles, chanting "Go to Nanyang, go to Nanyang" , Go to Nanyang Guan to eat enough", moving forward like a swarm of locusts.On the Tianxiong Sanwei side, the alarm was sounded early, because an army of rogue bandits had entered the Zhending and Shunde areas and began to loot wantonly.The rogues who entered Henan and Hebei had a surprisingly tacit understanding, and they all rushed to Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Menglong's territory at the same time.The land of these two people is actually not very rich, but they have the most grain. For these hungry refugees, the piles of grain in the grain depot are more precious than mountains of gold and silver. Those two Everyone knows that he is very good at fighting, but so what?As long as they can eat a few full meals, they are willing to die.

Hungry people are not afraid of death, and this has always been the case throughout the ages.The destructive power that hungry people can unleash will definitely make every ruler shudder.

This wave of rogues didn't know that their every move was changing history.In the Nanyang Basin surrounded by lofty mountains and the open and open North China Plain, they will complete their historical mission: to lead the appearance of the peerless twins in the late Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)