Wang Pu takes action

"Mr. Prince Consort." Zhang Zian looked at Wang Pu with confusion and asked, "Mr. Zhen keeps his word?"

This condition is really too easy for Zhang Zian!

He thought about the words of Zhen Youcai and Wang Pu, and summarized them. The conclusion he came to was that all the problems belonged to Wang Pu, and all the benefits belonged to him, Zhang Zi'an. Wang Pu's only request was only those three thousand veterans! This made Zhang Zi'an confused.

Most local military generals in the late Ming Dynasty kept private soldiers. As long as they were generals, they would have thousands of servants. This was not surprising. Zhang Zian would not associate these three thousand servants with Wang Pu. What's more, if Wang Pu really wanted to rebel, these three thousand servants would not be able to do anything.

Although Datong Town lost 3,000 soldiers for no reason, that was not a problem. The Ming Dynasty was so large, with a population of 100 million. As long as there were military pay and food, would you be afraid that you would not be able to recruit soldiers?

As for whether the Ming army's active attack could be successful as Zhen Youcai said, Zhang Zian never thought that in his subconscious, Wang Pu dared to go to Liaodong and even Shengjing could break through. This time he led his troops to fight. Isn't it easy to capture a small Mongolian Tumote tribe?

Wang Pu smiled and said, "Mr. Zhen means, that is, the meaning is to be down."

"Okay." Zhang Zi'an couldn't wait, "Mr. Prince Concubine, then that's all."

Wang Pu stood up long and said aloud: "It's settled."

Zhen Youcai said: "Eunuch Zhang, I have something to remind you."

Zhang Zi'an said: "Sir, please tell me."

Zhen Youcai said: "If you want to hide the mutiny of the border soldiers, you can't hide it. Whether it is to the court to the emperor or the soldiers who mutiny below, you must have an explanation."

"Thank you for your reminder."

In fact, Zhen Youcai didn't remind Zhang Zian, too, thought that he was not good at anything else, but he was the best at finding scapegoats. Mutiny in the border army is not a trivial matter, and it is impossible to hide it. You can only find scapegoats to excuse him for this matter. This way, there is an explanation to the court and an explanation to the mutiny soldiers.

Datong Beixiu, border army camp.

The mutiny soldiers did not see Zhao Santai appear at the headquarters of the general until dawn. Except for Zhao Santai, the deputy general, deputy general, general of Datong Town, and guerrilla generals, did not show up, and all hid.

Tang Sheng said to Zhao Xin and a few thousand generals in the tent, and said to him: "Zhao Santai is a turtle and dare not return to the camp, but we can't wait like this all the time. Zhao Santai doesn't care about the matter, so we will go to the military supervisor Eunuch Zhang."

"Yes, let's go to Eunuch Zhang!"

"Let's send troops to surround Datong City first!"

"Ge, if they still hide and refuse to see anyone, we will go into the city!"

"Boss Zhao!" Tang Sheng turned around and stared at Zhao Xin and shouted, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Xin looked around everyone and said in a deep voice: "If you really send troops to surround Datong City, do you think about the consequences? That's a rebellion!"

"Rebellion is rebellion!" Tang Sheng said sternly, "At worst, you can be beheaded. Even if you don't rebel, your brothers will starve to death and freeze to death. Their left and right will die. If they rebel, they can at least be a full-fledged ghost!"

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhao Xin said angrily, "We are the official army of the court!"

"Go to his official army." Tang Sheng said angrily, "It hasn't been paid for nearly half a year, and the court has long ignored us."

While the two were arguing, a cheer like a tsunami suddenly sounded outside the tent. Then several veterans rushed into the tent like crazy and shouted loudly: "Dear bosses, the general is here! The general is back!"

Zhao Xin frowned and said, "Which general?"

"Of course it's General Wang!" Tang Sheng shouted. "Apart from General Wang, who else is worthy of being the general in Datong Town?"

After putting these words, Tang Sheng had already rushed out of the tent like a whirlwind. Zhao Xin and the other Qian Zheng followed him out of the tent and headed straight to the gate. The inside and outside of the gate were already squeezed out by the mutiny soldiers. Many soldiers even climbed onto the gate and the fence, holding their hands high and cheering hysterically.

Many of these soldiers were transferred from Huguang, Guizhou and Sichuan to enrich the Datong garrison after the Battle of Songshan. They didn't know Wang Pu at all, and only two months knew the name Wang Pu. But this did not prevent them from admiring Wang Pu. Wang Pu's feat had already spread all over the world. He was a real hero.

The Ming army and Jiannu have been fighting for decades.

For decades, not only did the border troops in the nine towns be killed by Jiannu, but the local garrisons have also sent troops to the Liaodong frontline to fight Jiannu fiercely, but the result was a crushing defeat again and again, and they have never won a decent victory. Jiannu's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry is like a heavy rock, pressing against the hearts of the Ming Dynasty's official army.

The generals were afraid of talking about Jiannu, and the soldiers were scared when they heard about Jiannu!

But there is such a person who dared to go against the trend, led more than a thousand lonely troops to destroy the Jiannu's lair and capture the slave chief alive, achieving unprecedented glorious victory. The huge rock that was pressing on the hearts of the Ming army soldiers was finally moved away! If it weren't for the Ming army soldiers, if you hadn't experienced the nightmare experience of fighting with Jiannu for decades, it would be difficult for you to understand the fanatical and hysterical worship of Wang Pu by the Ming soldiers!

What is the time to create heroes? This is the time to create heroes!

Wang Pu did not expect that such a fanatical scene would be greeted!

Among the crowds in the turbulent crowd, Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng and more than a dozen other thousand generals came out, knelt on one knee in front of Wang Puma, and bowed with fists and said, "See General!"

Wang Pu turned over and got off the horse and said in a deep voice: "Get up and talk in the tent."

"yes."

Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng and others responded and followed Wang Pu to the headquarters.

In order to appease the mutiny soldiers, Wang Pu specially put on the armor of the General of Datong today, which looked murderous, but made Ming generals such as Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng feel particularly familiar and intimate.

Wang Pu paused, turned around and shouted: "Why should I take the lead in causing trouble?"

Tang Sheng shouted: "General, it's not that we are going to take the lead in causing trouble, we really have no way to survive!"

Zhao Xin also said sadly: "The court has not paid any wages for more than half a year. We still have two sparse meals in the camp. But our family can only dig tree bark and wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger! There are also the families of the fallen soldiers who can't even eat bark and wild vegetables. It's cold and the whole family has to stay in the ice pit for the night!"

Tang Sheng patted his chest and said loudly: "General, we don't have too high demands. We hold our heads and fight and live a life of licking blood from the knife. But the court should always care about our family's two full meals. We can't let our family have no money to buy charcoal for heating in winter, right?"

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "It's just because I'm owing a salary?"

Tang Sheng shouted: "If I hadn't really lost my way, my brothers wouldn't have done such a rebellious thing."

"Okay." Wang Pu said loudly, "I will tell you clearly today. Now the court is fighting with Jiannu and the bandits at the same time. The treasury is empty and the expenses are tight. There are some things that owes military pay. But Wansui has specially plundered a sum of silver from the treasury and asked the soldiers of the border army to buy rice and charcoal to spend this winter."

Tang Sheng said anxiously: "General, but we didn't see the silver!"

Wang Pu said: "This silver has made Zhao Santai and the others greedy. Eunuch Zhang is investigating the matter thoroughly. I will tell you another thing. This general has prepared 100,000 taels of silver for you!"

"General." Tang Sheng said anxiously, "We cannot spend your money."

Zhao Xin also said: "Yes, how can you get the general to pay for the owed money in the court? Besides, Eunuch Zhang is already thoroughly investigating Zhao Santai's greed for money ink. If he chases out the dirty money, he can pay the brothers."

Wang Pu shook his head and said, "What Zhao Santai is greedy for is the silver in the treasury. This is the case of Qin. According to the rule, Zhao Santai's property must be sealed and handed over to the key warehouse of the inner government. This silver will not be used to pay you a salary. In addition, the 100,000 taels of silver brought by this general are not used to pay you a military salary, but to pay pensions to the families of the fallen soldiers, so that these most difficult military families can survive this severe winter."

Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng and others looked at each other and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Are you unconvinced?" Wang Pu asked in a deep voice, "Why can the families of fallen soldiers receive pensions, but your military pay cannot be received?"

"No, we don't mean that." Zhao Xin shook his hand quickly, "It's fair for the general to do this. The family members of the fallen soldiers are indeed the most difficult. The family has lost their pillars and no source of food and clothing. They all refer to this pension. This money should be distributed to them first."

"Our living brothers will never compete with brothers who died in battle!" Tang Sheng shouted, "General, don't worry. We still have this little bit of weight."

"Okay! This is like a man!" Wang Pu shouted, "Living people should not compete with dead people for food, but living people should not sit still and wait for death."

Tang Sheng shouted sternly: "General, just say it, what should we do?"

Wang Pu said: "Living people cannot be suffocated to death. Zhao Santai's dirty silver cannot be counted. The national treasury and the Datong treasury have no money to pay you. Now none of you can count on it, you can only rely on yourself! This general knows that there is a place where there is money and a lot of money. Do you dare to do it?"

Tang Sheng shouted: "A person dies and his eggs are facing the sky, so he is afraid that he will have a ball."

Zhao Xin also shouted: "As long as you lead your brothers, you can even go back to Liaodong again!"

"Yes, just say one word to you, General."

"We all listen to the general."

The other thousand generals agreed.

"Okay!" Wang Pu said loudly, "All men are not afraid of death, they are heroes! In this way, Zhao Xin, you go and explain the truth to your brothers, and then take people to the Wang family compound to bring back 100,000 taels of silver, and distribute it to the families of the fallen soldiers as soon as possible. Tang Sheng, you go to the brothers to select 3,000 veterans, and you must be the men who are not afraid of death like you!"

"yes!"

"yes!"

Zhao Xin and Tang Sheng agreed and took the order.

It was not until dawn that Zhang Zian returned to his mansion.

Zhao Santai hid in the Zhang Mansion and did not sleep all night. As soon as Zhang Zi'an came back, he rushed over and asked with a smile: "Brother-in-law, what's going on?"

Zhang Zian took the ginseng soup from the young eunuch and took a sip of it, then asked back, "What do you think?"

Zhao Santai asked nervously: "Dadfather-in-law, has Wang Pu agreed to come forward?"

"Agree." Zhang Zian said coldly, "It's almost time to go to the North Camp in the city now."

Zhang Zian asked again: "That silver thing..."

"I agreed, too." Zhang Zi'an's tone became colder, "I borrow 100,000 taels for the time being."

"Huh." Zhao Santai breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "I finally got the money. I just don't know if Wang Pu can appease the chaotic troops?"

Zhang Zi'an turned his head and glanced at Zhao Santai coldly, and asked in a dark voice: "What do you think?"

Zhao Santai was startled and hurriedly said, "It must be, hehe, it must be."

"Of course, the prince-in-law can appease the mutiny soldiers." Zhang Zi'an said sinisterly, "But since this incident has happened, I can't hide it anymore. Wansui Ye has specially allocated the silver from the treasury, but the border soldiers of Datong Town did not receive the silver. This matter must be given to Wansui Ye, and he must also give the soldiers below an explanation."

Zhao Santai's expression began to become stiff and he asked, "What do you mean by father-in-law?"

"Our family is ready for you." Zhang Zian said as he took out a small bottle from his arms and said sinisterly, "As long as you drink it, our family can give you an explanation to the soldiers below, and you can also give your family an explanation! And your family... will also be placed in the most appropriate place."

Zhao Santai was killed by thunder and said in surprise: "Father-in-law, you..."

Zhang Zi'an gently put the small bottle on the table and said in a dark voice: "Deputy General Zhao, you have to think it through."
Chapter completed!