Chapter 845 Mutiny
Liu Xie was both satisfied and dissatisfied with Shi Sun Yong's reaction.
I am satisfied because after all Shisun Yong was recruited, but I am dissatisfied because I had to point out these words myself before I realized that as a minister, shouldn't I take these into consideration directly so that I can share my worries?
But the current situation is difficult, so this is the only way. It’s just that this scholar Sun Yong still needs to be trained and trained before he can become my new humerus.
A person cannot walk without a humerus. Before Zhao Wen left, a piece of this humerus fell off. Now he still has to find a new one and put it on quickly.
Seeing that the scholar Sun Yong had agreed, Liu Xie asked the second question:
"I want to expand our army to four thousand in Yi County. Where do you think we can find brave and capable warriors?"
really.
When Shi Sun Yong heard His Majesty's request for food, he felt that His Majesty would still ask for troops later. Otherwise, why would 20,000 shi of food not be enough?
But I am afraid your Majesty will be disappointed this time. There is food in Xi County because it is in the warehouse, but if you want to recruit troops, they cannot be grown in the warehouse.
Shisun Yong hesitated for a moment and tried his best to speak in a tone acceptable to His Majesty:
"Your Majesty, Xi County did send troops, but when the late Emperor established Xiyuan, he recruited 8,000 troops from Xi County. Later, when the Liangzhou Army came, they recruited another 8,000 troops. Now the household registrations are exhausted, and there is really no one to recruit. .”
Seeing the suspicion on the emperor's face, Shi Sun Yong added:
"There are just a few people left in the county, but how can we form an army in a hurry? It will take fifteen or sixteen days to gather the troops. Can your Majesty wait? Not to mention, at this time, Xi County has neither pay nor money. Armor, even if the troops are gathered in a hurry, they are still a mob."
Shisun Yong thought that what he said was very detailed, and he also told His Majesty the current objective situation in Xi County. His Majesty should be able to let go of this idea.
But I don’t want Liu Bian to hold up a finger in front of his face and shake it slowly:
"You are the magistrate of Yi County, how come you don't know more about the situation in Yi County than I do? Don't we have ready-made troops in Yi County?"
Shi Sun Yong was stunned for a moment and subconsciously replied:
"Your Majesty, there are only 500 county soldiers registered in our county. Are these soldiers your majesty is talking about?"
Seeing that the scholar Sun Yong was still "confused", Liu Xie was a little unhappy and his tone was a little harsh:
"Let me tell you straight, in addition to the registered Dingkou, don't there be a large number of Di people in Xi County? These people are good at fighting and can become an army with a little organization. Why did your scholar Sun Yong forget this?"
At this time, the scholar Sun Yong suddenly realized it. He hesitated for a while and said:
"Your Majesty, the situation of the Di people is a bit complicated. I'm afraid it will be difficult to recruit troops."
With that said, Shi Sun Yong told Liu Xie what he knew.
Specifically speaking, the Han people have a relatively short impression of the Di people. No one can tell where they come from. They only know that they gradually formed an ethnic group during the Qin and Han Dynasties.
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, prefectures were established in Longxi and Wudu. Among them, there were a large number of Di people in Wudu, Didao, Diandidao, Gangdidao and Jiandidao areas.
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, these Di people have lived south of Qilong and west of Hanchuan, and they have established themselves as powerful commanders.
During the period of Emperor Wu, the imperial court sent troops to conquer, and these areas were gradually pacified and moved to the triangle area of southwest Guanzhong, southeast Liangzhou, and northwest Yizhou.
In fact, the living habits of the Di people are not very different from those of the Han people. They all lead a relatively stable farming life.
Even the textiles made by these Di people are famous all over the world, so their level of civilization is not low, at least it is definitely much higher than that of the Qiang people in the west.
And although they have their own language, they are very familiar with Chinese and even have their own surname, which is the same as the Han surname. It can be said that the Di people are deeply influenced by the Han people.
Of course, this is also because the Di people have always lived together with the Han people, so they are naturally similar to China.
Emperor Liu Xie, perhaps under the advice of some minister, put the idea of expanding the army on these Di people.
Just like the difficulties mentioned by the scholar Sun Yong just now, do you think Liu Xie doesn't know about them?
To put it bluntly, Liu Xie was worried that Dong Huang would catch up behind him. Why don't you let him stay in Xi County for more than ten days to clear out troops?
I'm sorry, but I don't mind if I don't want this soldier.
From the beginning, he had no intention of clearing out troops from Xi County, but went straight to the Di people.
The emperor's idea cannot be wrong, because the Di people are a very special group. They are different from the Qiang people who are independent of the imperial rule. They directly accept the governance of the imperial prefectures and counties.
The Di people are different from the scattered Han people. The Han people are scattered and organized into households, but the Di people have their own heroic commanders.
Each tribe has one powerful commander, so in theory, Liu Xie can recruit troops in a short time as long as they get a few powerful commanders in Xi County.
Although Xi County is not a large gathering place for Di people, it is not difficult to get three thousand soldiers by scanning.
As for the weapons, it is indeed more troublesome, but first build up the momentum and then think of a solution when we get to Hanzhong.
But after listening to Shisun Yong's words, the emperor frowned because he found that he had simplified things again.
This matter still belongs to the late Emperor. In order to raise the Xiyuan Army, the late Emperor raided Guanzhong very hard, and the tax collection was relatively ruthless.
Therefore, these Di people in Xi County had gathered to resist many times before. Although they all failed in the end, the hatred was forged.
Let alone the Di people who want to work for the Han emperor now, if they hear that the Han people are in Yi County, they may come and attack directly!
At this time, Liu Xie felt that things were a bit tricky. He hit his knees with his palms and thought.
The scholar Sun Yong did not dare to speak, and the atmosphere became solemn.
Suddenly, Liu Xie asked:
"Do the Di people have plenty of food?"
Shi Sun Yong thought for a moment and replied:
"The Di people depend on the sky just like us. Now that the dry land has dried up, they have not received food. In addition, the Di people have no treasury, so I am afraid there is nothing to store food."
Liu Xie laughed, didn't he think there was a solution?
Just as he was giving orders to Shi Sun Yong, chaos suddenly broke out in the posthouse outside.
Liu Xie's hands trembled, and he jumped up from the bed, ready to jump out of the window next to him, but before he could jump out of the window, something stopped outside.
What's going on.
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When Shi Sun Yong and others entered the posthouse to meet the saint, the ministers outside also arrived.
These ministers were very tired from the journey. When they arrived at the post house, they asked their disciples to take them to their rooms to rest.
But the Liangzhou soldiers surrounding the outside were still there, especially when they knew that the Han officials were about to show up, they all raised their heads and looked inside.
No matter how arrogant these Liangzhou soldiers are, they are still quite curious about the ministers who are often in the palace. Like the emperor, these people have a sense of mystery towards ordinary people.
Originally on the way, these Liangzhou soldiers wanted to catch a glimpse of the "grace" of the ministers, but who knew that these people would hide in the car the whole time and never come out at all.
At this moment, seeing that the ministers were finally about to show up, these Liangzhou soldiers gathered around.
But this look was very disappointing. How come these people are so fat and old, their waists are almost bent to the wooden board. Also, these people have a thick layer of white powder on their faces. What is that? It looks so scary!
These warriors from the border areas usually see masculine men, but suddenly they see this group of ministers, which is completely unacceptable.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd said something from nowhere:
"These people don't look like a bunch of old fat pigs!"
There was silence at first, and then all the Liangzhou soldiers laughed.
The smile was still mocking at first, but as the laughter continued, the Liangzhou soldiers became more and more desolate.
The third and fourth generations of Liangzhou, the people who went to defend it one after another, turned out to be such a group of people. They sacrificed so much because of this group of old fat pigs.
At this moment, their hearts were filled with a feeling of being deceived. They were so disillusioned that what they were protecting with their lives was actually such a group of things.
Originally, the disciples serving around the ministers glared angrily when they heard the Liangzhou soldiers laughing outside.
But when these people saw the fierce look in Liangzhou soldiers' eyes, they all fell silent and didn't even dare to look up.
The ministers who had just been supported and carried on wooden boards and were about to enter the post house saw the Liangzhou soldiers outside the fence looking at them fiercely, and hurriedly ordered their disciples to move them in.
The ministers, who have always been keenly aware of danger, understand that this place cannot be left any longer, and the Liangzhou soldiers cannot be stimulated any longer.
But they wanted to leave, but the Liangzhou soldiers refused to let them go.
One of the rough and arrogant military officials kicked down the surrounding fence and walked in. Then he hit an approaching minister and pulled him over, and said "kindly":
"Husbands, brothers, it's been a hard journey this way."
The minister he held in his hand had no flesh on his body. Being held by this military officer was like holding a chicken.
As he was being carried, the minister was sweating on his forehead. He smiled at the military officer, revealing his incomplete black teeth.
The military officer was still shaking his head:
"The brothers protected His Majesty and ran for days. They were cold and hungry. On the way, they became thirsty and went to get water nearby. There were either corpses or heads floating on the water. Do you think the brothers can drink?"
But after saying this, a look of shock and anger appeared on Gongqing's face, and he opened his mouth to ask.
But the Liangzhou military official shrugged:
"Yes, that's right, this is the water you drink. We don't have to drink it, but we can't stop it. Otherwise, when we are thirsty and tired, who else will share our worries?"
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When the military official was talking, including the one he was holding in his hand, every one of the ministers present began to chew their cud, and their faces became increasingly ugly.
The Liangzhou soldiers looked at these ministers and laughed happily.
The military officer was very satisfied with the performance of the ministers, so he became more wanton:
"But the water and rice have been given to you, so the brothers are still hungry now. After running around for so long, we only had one full meal at Wugong. Now is there food prepared for us?"
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Receiving the ministers was also the chief of the pavilion. He was frightened by the rough and arrogant Liangzhou army and trembled non-stop.
Hearing the military officer in front of him look at him, the pavilion chief replied tremblingly:
"We are also a small pavilion here and have insufficient reserves. We only cooked six pots of millet for His Majesty's use."
The Liangzhou military officer sneered and said contemptuously:
"Even a pig can eat so much millet. Is Your Majesty a pig?"
After saying that, everyone laughed.
At this time, the Liangzhou military officers and soldiers had all lost respect and awe for all the ministers, including the emperor.
No one expected that the first people to expose the emperor's new clothes were not Niu Fu and Li Jue, but these most ordinary warriors.
At this time, the solemnity and solemnity of the reception ceremony organized by the ministers and scholars Sun Yong were all shattered by the sentence "Is your majesty a pig?"
Everything before seemed ridiculous.
After scoffing, the Liangzhou military officer turned to greet the robes behind him:
"Brothers, didn't you hear? Rice and millet have been prepared for us. What are you waiting for?"
Everyone laughed, and then swarmed into the post house and grabbed all the six pots of millet.
In this way, while the ministers were ashamed and annoyed, hundreds of Liangzhou soldiers ate rice rice carelessly.
They didn't use any bowls and chopsticks, they just ate with water and asked the pavilion chief to prepare some water from time to time.
In fact, the atmosphere here is actually not as tense as before.
The Liangzhou soldiers rushed so hard before. In addition to being disillusioned, they were also extremely hungry. Now that there is rice in the stomach, everyone's energy has been reduced a lot.
But at this time, another person suddenly walked out of it. It was the old Huangmen who had just led Sun Yong in.
When Liu Xie and Shi Sun Yong were talking in the house before, he stood outside the house. After hearing that the conversation inside was going well, he quietly withdrew and prepared to have rice and rice brought in.
Lao Huangmen has served emperors for three generations, and this kind of vision has long been an instinct.
But when he came out, he saw those Liangzhou soldiers sitting there eating His Majesty's rice. Old Huangmen immediately became angry and cursed:
"A bunch of dog slaves, how dare you touch this food."
In fact, based on the old Huangmen's eyesight, it would definitely not be like this under normal circumstances, but maybe it was the excessive respect of the scholar Sun Yong just now, which gave the old Huangmen an illusion:
"That means we are still the Dahuangmen in Weiyang Palace!"
Isn't it just a matter of words to say this kind of reprimand?
But this sentence just caused a big disaster!
At first, when Lao Huangmen said this, all the Liangzhou military officials did not move much and were silent.
But Lao Huangmen immediately added:
"Go and look around to see if there are any chickens. Your Majesty is tired from the journey and is weak. He wants chickens. You old men, go look for them for me. If you find them, that's it. If you don't find them, you will be punished for both crimes." I have to peel off your skin.”
At this moment, all the ministers had only one thought in their minds:
"It's over!"
Sure enough, the next moment, the Liangzhou military official who took the lead kicked over a pot, and then chopped Old Huangmen to the ground with a knife, cursing:
"If you still want to eat chicken, let's eat Naigong's knife!"
After saying that, he shouted to a group of Liangzhou soldiers:
"Brothers, I have long disliked this group of people, so why should I ask? Why should our fathers and ancestors bleed and sacrifice their lives for these people?" Why should we starve and let them eat millet? Why shouldn't we have the final say in this world? "
Then, with a shout of his arms, he chopped down an official with a knife, and then rushed into the crowd. Behind him, hundreds of sergeants followed, and even some who had acquired martial arts also joined them.