Chapter 83: Shanxi Mutiny (1)

Wan Qingli arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province, first went to the Admiral's Office and read out the imperial edict, "... Qinglin, as the head of a green camp in a province, had disrespectful words and deeds, was ridiculous in his actions, and was arrested for bribery and sex. He was arrested for all cases. He was not aware of his own love and was detained. Qinglin immediately dismissed and sent personnel to Beijing to discuss the crime, and was not allowed to stay. All relevant defenses were to be handed over to the Changshou branch leader, and the officers and soldiers of the troops were all sent to Changshou to receive the commander. Impress this!"

Qinglin's face was no longer shy, and the sweat on his forehead slipped down. He couldn't even say a simple sentence like "Slave received the order to thank him". His kowtow and thank him also seemed quite staggering. When he lifted his bloated body up, Wan Qingli asked, "Qinglin, is there anything else to say?"

"Slaves... have no responsibilities and dare not make any arguments. They can only ask the emperor to be benevolent in law and forgive the slave's death penalty." Qinglin replied sadly.

Wan Qingli sighed and ordered someone to help him up. "Don't worry, brother, you have the most kind temperament. As long as you arrive in the capital, you will be honest with your past mistakes. I think the emperor will always be able to forgive you for your hard work for many years." After half-true and half-false comforting, he said, "Please take the guards from Brother Qing and hand over them clearly before the end of the matter."

There was no need for Qinglin to turn his advice. Someone had already seen the opportunity to please him. He brought a printed box wrapped in red silk and handed it to Wan Qingli in his hand. He took it with both hands and untied the red silk. There was a copper barrier three inches and two inches long and two inches wide inside. He picked it up and handed it to the copywriter beside him and said, "Look, right?"

After verifying the seal text of Shangfang Dazhe, the copywriting replied: "Not bad!"

"Okay!" Wan Qingli raised her head, looked around his entourage, and ordered loudly: "Check it down according to the order! You are not allowed to buy and release it for favorable purposes, and do not follow the orders of military law."

This made Qinglin's expression change drastically. He came up to hold Wan Qingli's sleeve and kept shouting: "Brother Ou Ling, Brother Ou Ling?"

“So what?”

"Brother Ou Ling!" Qinglin bowed and begged: "I think of the elegance of being a minister. I always ask you to be proud and show kindness beyond the law."

Wan Qingli felt embarrassed. The search for Qinglin's accumulated treasures over the years was also one of the purposes of this trip. It was not easy to release water secretly. He thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll give you Batuo luggage."

"This, this, this..." Qinglin stammered, "this doesn't work!"

"Is it okay to care enough!" Wan Qingli shook her head vigorously, "Ba Tuo is not too much. Isn't it enough for you to use so many concubines?" He said this and told the talent officer around her: "Take off your top and wear it!"

So, Qinglin's coral top, white jade feather tube, double-eyed feather feather, and second-rank military officer's lion's jacket were deprived of it, put on a plain suit to be punished, and was placed under house arrest in the West Flower Hall where he was feasted every day. Wan Qingli sent another hundred soldiers to guard day and night, and repeatedly reminded him to be careful, as if he was afraid that someone would come to rob him.

This is because Wan Qingli knew that although Qinglin did not train troops, in order to seek his personal magnificence, he specially selected 200 people, each of whom was strong and equipped with exquisite equipment and clothing, and gave him generous food and salary. He often gave him rewards. He used this "Yuanrong Team" to form his dead soldiers with kindness. His subordinates had a bad background and knew that Qinglin was not known to have national laws. Wan had the idea of ​​saving him desperately. With his heartlessness, he might be willing to be exploited under the hijacking. Then his responsibilities were too heavy, so he had to select elite soldiers to guard him.

Unexpectedly, he took Qinglin too seriously. At the moment when he wassuing the order, his civil and military department ran away and hid, and the rest reported to the new imperial envoy. More than half of the 200 personal soldiers and forty-eight chefs left, and only one old servant, two horses and two old people he was in the capital.

Another thing is that when Zhang Wu, who killed an innocent girl, sent someone to find him, he heard the reply from the messenger. Seeing that the momentum was not good, Zhang Wu escaped first.

Wan Qingli was furious and immediately wrote a letter to the governor Wu Yan, the provincial governor, and sent a sea arrest and official documents to capture it. On the other hand, Changshou ordered people to send people out of the city in four directions, and Zhang Wu must be arrested.

After sending people out, Wan Qingli took a break in the Admiral's yamen for a while and ordered people to recruit Changshou to the forefront. Changshou was Changrui's younger brother, namely Ronglu's Ama. He did not mention that his brother and son are now considered as heroes in front of the emperor, especially Ronglu. After his study at the Tongwenguan, he worked in the General Administration's yamen. After several years, he has become one of the top Red Zhangjing in the yamen. It is said that after the war between China and Britain, the Beijing Treaty revised by the two countries had a provision on establishing embassies and consulates in the capitals of each other's countries. Ronglu is likely to become the first member of the Celestial Empire's embassy or consulate in foreign embassies and consulates. With his qualifications, he served as a consul or minister, or could not do it, but there would be no problem in the toilet.

Because of this, Wan Qingli did not dare to be arrogant at all, and he was very polite in his words. "Brother Maoyuan, Qinglin has brought humiliation this time, and the emperor is going to give him a heavy lesson. However, the matter of the new law on military system in Shanxi Province cannot be delayed because Qinglin was convicted? Please ask Brother Maoyuan to join Brother Zhang Yunlan to take charge of the matter."

Changshou was born taciturn. When he was the general of Liangzhou, he was very dedicated to training soldiers. He ignored the things in the camp. So now, although his brother and son are already senior officials in the middle school, he is still just a general. It is because of this unspeakable and rare Shangguan Huanxi's temperament. He nodded after hearing this, "Don't worry, sir, I will do my best to do my best at the humble position."

"Well, what's the difficulty?" Wan Qingli asked.

"It's okay to have something else, there is only one section. Zhang Yunlan is too tiring. She has been in the army for many years. The soldiers are practicing hard or are tired or lazy. She can tell at a glance. I don't know if Lord Zhang is not able to see this. He only knows how to practice every day and does not give soldiers rest. It seems that he treats soldiers as enemies. There are many complaints in the army."

"I understand this matter. In the future, I will report to the emperor personally. Before that, why would I ask Brother Maoyuan to lead the way? How about I wait to see the military camp?"

"Of course." Changshou said nothing, and ordered people to prepare a sedan chair, and he rode his horse to accompany him. He left the city all the way. When he arrived at the Green Camp garrison fifteen miles west of the city, he had already heard the man quickly ran to the gate to inform the military training officer Zhang Yunlan. The latter led his subordinates to the commander and the generals to welcome him. "I am humble, Zhang Yunlan, the former sentry officer of the Second Battalion of Guangwu Army, please see the master."

"Please get up, please get up." Wan Qingli said a few politely, and Zhang Yunlan brought him into the tent and sat down with each other: "Mr. Zhang trained troops in Shanxi and worked hard and made great contributions. I am here to serve as the emperor. In addition to working in Jin Province, I am here to relieve my worries for Lord Zhang and others. Lord Zhang, I don't know what I have learned in the past six months?"

Zhang Yunlan didn't understand it very well, but Lao Jun understood what Lao Jun said, and smiled loudly, "The brothers below are all good children, but their foundation is not strict, so when practicing, you always have to work harder. As for the emperor's order to come to Lao Jun, it was not my Zhang Yunlan who brags. When the brothers in the Guangwu army were sent by the emperor, they went to various provinces to train troops, and only Shanxi Province could be considered as the first achievement!"

After saying something incoherently, Wan Qingli wanted to laugh but was embarrassed, so she forced herself to bear it, "Then, after many days of exercise, can brothers be afraid of difficulties and suffering?"

"No!" Zhang Yunlan patted her chest and said loudly, "Brothers are all good. None of them are cartilage during the exercises. They are all good!"

Wan Qingli thought about it. Zhang Yunlan was a rough man. He might not understand the words he had with him. It would be better to say straightforwardly, "Brother Zhang, you have a sense of your enthusiasm for serving the country. However, the so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold. It's like this soldier in the Green Camp in Shanxi. Don't say that you, Lord Zhang, even Zeng Zhongtang and Secretary Sai, are together, I'm afraid that you can't achieve it overnight. You'll end it in a moment, right? It's better to slowly plan it. First, let's take the soldiers to nourish their energy, and second, we have to give everyone a time to accept it. What do you think?"

"Sir, please forgive me for not understanding what Zhang said. What does it mean to move slowly?"

"That is to say, the daily exercise time is too long! I heard that you have been practicing soldiers every day for nearly 7 hours? Even if you are resting overnight, you will not let them go. If this continues, the soldiers will be scared and fearful. Not only will they not be able to achieve the intention of the emperor's holy heart, but even the original intention of the soldiers will be difficult to return to the old view."

"My Lord, please forgive me for not agreeing to this. Soldiers will cause trouble once they are idle-" He paused for a moment, and was a rare smarter time: "Mr. Zeng also had memorials to the emperor. Instead of waiting for them to have trouble when they are idle, it is better to let them train more and increase their courage."

"It is true that the emperor wants to enhance his courage, but what the emperor wants is a tiger-bearing man who is trained into steel for hundreds of times, like the Guangwu Army, rather than a weak army obtained by training like Lord Zhang. When I came, I heard that the soldiers in the army had complained about Lord Zhang. They all said that the training was told by the emperor, and the soldiers and generals did not dare to disobey, but like Lord Gong, he insisted on training the soldiers so weakly, thinking all day long how to avoid it - Lord Zhang thought, is this the result of training you have been trying to achieve over the past few days?"

Zhang Yunlan was furious and said, "Which bastard is talking nonsense? What kind of hero is saying bad things about people behind the scenes? Are you willing to stand up?"

"Zhang Yunlan!" Wan Qingli was also a little angry, "What, so what if you stand up? Do you still want to take revenge on him as a special military envoy?"

"I never said I would take revenge, but I just felt that being stabbed in the back is not a good bird! Adults don't have to listen to the nonsense of such people." As he said that, he looked at Changshou and snorted coldly.

Although Changshou is so proud of his words, he is not a fool. Seeing that he looks wrong and hums soundly, he is also angry, "What are you humming?"

"Bah! I like to hum, do you care about me?" Zhang Yunlan curled her lips and muttered a few words, "What is the ability to rely on the power of her brother and son?" The voice was not loud, and it happened to make everyone hear it clearly.

Changshou was furious and rushed out of his long sword, and a tiger jumped out. He went outside, "One person surnamed Zhang, come out, today Chang someone asked you to see if I rely on the power of my brother's son to make a living in this army?"

Both of them were the commanders of the army. How could Zhang Yunlan be convinced by the fact that he was the leader of Changshou in public? He also pulled out a long sword, strode up the curtain, and went outside, "Okay? How do you want me to 'see'?"

The knife in Changshou's hand flew neatly, "It's very simple. According to the rules of the army, you and I will fight for a bet. If I win, you kowtow to me in public and apologize to the soldiers in the camp; if you win, someone will get out of the military camp immediately and don't look back, what if?"

"Very good!" Zhang Yunlan smiled and looked around. The soldiers in the camp had just had lunch and were enjoying this rare rest. They all surrounded him when they heard the sound and stood not far away and looked, "Did you all hear it?"

"Hear?" A soldier shouted loudly, "Changjun Gate, defeat this bastard Zhang Yunlan! He has known to bully us all day long, and someone should have come forward to teach him a lesson."

With a leader, the soldiers clamored together, ten of them were eager to live long and cursed Zhang Yunlan incessantly, saying anything ugly. In a short while, Zhang Yunlan was so angry that his face turned blue and angry: OK, after defeating Changmaoyuan, we will settle the score with you!

Wan Qingli was determined to stop him. Seeing that the soldier was so angry at Zhang Yunlan, he chose to shut up with tactfulness: Or, would it be better to let him learn some lesson?

Thinking randomly, the two of them waved their swords and fought together. With Wan Qingli waiting for this, the scholar could clearly see that Zhang Yunlan could not fight for a long life.

It is not unusual to say that Changshou served as the general for many years, and when he was in Liangzhou, the bandits in Gansu Province were in great danger. As a general officer, he led the entire army and fought with the bandits. It was common. Naturally, this kind of effort he put in immediately is not comparable to ordinary people.

Zhang Yunlan is different. He became a monk halfway through the journey and was named Ting. Although brave and brave, the overall strategy pursued by the Guangwu Army is to highlight the combat power of the entire army and the entire battalion. His own ability is not necessary, but no longer important. As one rises and the other falls, Zhang Yunlan challenges his longevity and brings humiliation to himself.

He could see that the soldiers around him were even more discerning. He shouted loudly, hoping that longevity would be able to kill this bastard with one sword, and just took advantage of everyone's wishes!

Wan Qingli thought it was not good. He originally thought that when the two of them had been fighting for a while, he would come forward to persuade him on the grounds that "two tigers would have to be injured." Then, they would not hurt each other's harmony, but now it seems that Zhang Yunlan would not be able to hold on for that moment! At that time, due to the preface, he would kowtow to Changshou and the soldiers in the camp, and the military training officers would be disgraced, and he would not have to continue doing this job.

While thinking about it, Wan Qingli was shocked with a "Oh" sound in the field. He looked over carefully. The long knife in Zhang Yunlan fell to the ground, held the wrist of his right hand with his left hand, and took a few steps back, standing there in a daze.

"Okay! Changjunmen is so good! Hello, the surname Zhang, why don't you kneel down and apologize?"

Zhang Yunlan's face was pale. The wound of the knife just now was still long-lived and chopped it up on his wrist with the knife. If he switched to the blade, one of his hands would not be able to save it.

This kind of military competition is the least false, and the skills are not as good as others, so I can do nothing! If you don’t kneel down, you will even look down on yourself. But once your knees fall to the ground, you will lose face and have little trouble. This job...

While hesitating, he suddenly heard Wan Qingli shouting: "This matter is unfair to me. Although Changjun Sect is very skilled in martial arts, Lord Zhang is not an incompetent person. He just has his own strengths. Now he only sees the strengths of Changjun Sect and has not seen Lord Zhang's winning method. It is unfair and unfair!"

Hearing his words so much that he sheltered Zhang Yunlan, there was a clamor around him, "What? It's obviously just that officials protect each other!"

Changshou waved the big knife in his hand hard, "Don't make a noise? What's the matter? There's no rules!" He forced everyone's shouting, and then he suppressed his anger and asked, "But I don't know, what do you think Brother Zhang's strengths are?"

Wan Qingli didn't know either. He was anxious and had a wise man, so he thought of such an excuse. He was stunned for a question to Changshou and looked at Zhang Yunlan, "Mr. Zhang, don't you know what's extraordinary about you?"

"I...I can shoot."

"That's good." Wan Qingli ordered over the office, "Come, take two quick guns, prepare two sons, and stand three hundred steps away."

The soldier stood around and became more and more dissatisfied, "Isn't this intention toward Zhang Yunlan? It's unfair, unfair!"

"Don't quarrel!" The gang and Zuo Ling kept scolding each other, but there was no effect. The soldiers' emotions became higher and higher, and they all rushed forward, "Let Zhang Yunlan kowtow and apologize, this was said in advance!"

“…Yes, I agreed in advance and asked him to apologize.”

"... Let him apologize to us. We have been bullying us all these days. We have been fed up with his cowardice! This time, we can't just forget it!"

Thousands of soldiers roared in a roar, and the voices shook the world. Some of the generals in the camp began to turn pale. Some of them had gloating expressions on their faces, as if they were deliberately watching jokes on the side, neither stopping nor asking.

After all, Wan Qingli was a scholar. The idea of ​​"muting" flashed through her heart, and her legs became weak. "This... Brother Zhang, Brother Maoyuan, what should I do?"

Zhang Yunlan and Changshou were also stunned. The former did not know the matter, but the latter knew that the soldiers had a deep anger over the past few months. Once it broke out, it would be a huge disaster. Not to mention that Zhang Yunlan, who was responsible for training, could not afford it, even Wu Yan, the governor of a province, would be unbearable!

For a moment, the two of them felt very regretful at the same time! How could an irrelevant oral argument turn into a great crisis of the "murder" of the soldiers now? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations from ***(***.***). ***, your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter completed!