It was because of Chongzhen's smoking cessation order that a mutiny occurred in Funing County under the jurisdiction of Yongping Prefecture, not far from Shanhaiguan. The commander was also tied up by two thousand soldiers who mutiny. This urgent report was unimpeded and reported to Chongzhen.

After all, Funing County under Yongping Prefecture is close to Beijing, which is important. If any incidents occur, it will endanger the capital. Moreover, it is close to Shanhaiguan. If it involves Shanhaiguan, it will make the guards relaxed, so that the Tartars outside the pass have an opportunity to take advantage of it! So it is important!

It is reported that some people in the Qing Dynasty sneaked into two thousand people to incite them to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Yes! That was Kong Youde's subordinate. Huang Taiji privately summoned Kong Youde and asked him to secretly give him a plan. Kong Youde followed the plan. This time, the mutiny of soldiers in Funing County was the product of the careful planning of the Qing Dynasty, with the target directly aimed at Zhang Biwu.

Chongzhen understood that once the Qing Dynasty was involved, it must be calmed down as soon as possible.

Chongzhen was so anxious about this matter that although the main reason for the mutiny was to ask for money, they began to mutiny after hearing the ban on smoking, which was the fuse.

It is of great importance! Once a border soldier mutiny starts with a rebellion against the enemy, things will happen one after another, and it will be difficult to stop at that time.

What's more, in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde launched the Wuqiao Incident, which was not pacified until the sixth year of Chongzhen. In the end, Kong Youde went to surrender the Later Jin Dynasty and brought advanced weapons such as red and barbarian cannons and firearms, which made the Qing Dynasty study it and developed red and barbarian cannons and firearms, which made the Ming army lose the advantage of firearms.

When Chongzhen thought about this, how could he not worry? He could not let this happen again! He became as uncontrollable as Kong Youde.

Gao Qiqian thought that Zhang Biwu did not listen to him, but wanted to overthrow the case for Lu Xiangsheng. He wanted to take advantage of Zhang Biwu's momentum and take this opportunity to get rid of him. Moreover, Gao Qiqian also suffered many benefits from the Qing Dynasty. He had to harm Zhang Biwu, so he immediately started to act.

Chongzhen hurriedly ordered: "Let Wu Sangui, deputy general of the right battalion of the vanguard, immediately dispatch troops to wipe out these two thousand people!"

Gao Qiqian hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty! No! Only a few people incite chaos! If they are immediately wiped out as soon as a mutiny, they may rebel like the Guyuan mutiny in the first year of Chongzhen! Li Zicheng, the leader of the bandit, was originally a soldier of my Ming Dynasty, but since the mutiny, he rebelled and became the most serious disaster for my Ming Dynasty!"

Gao Qiqian said this and looked at Chongzhen. Chongzhen was thinking about being moved. Gao Qiqian continued, "From this, we can see that if the soldiers were killed immediately after mutiny, then if there were any more soldiers mutiny in the future, they would not listen to the Ming Dynasty, but instead rebel! This move would never be possible!"

After hearing Gao Qiqian's words, Chongzhen nodded and asked, "Yes! My dear, you are right! I will only kill Yuan E, and all the others will be pardoned! The Donglu spies who were infiltrated into the army must be found out no matter what!"

Gao Qiqian praised: "The emperor is wise! Only by using thunder means can the wind of mutiny be stopped and the emperor's smoking ban measures can be implemented!"

This sentence hit Chongzhen's heart because he generally said to the people that "eating cigarettes" is equivalent to eating swallows, and banning smoking is imperative! In addition, Chongzhen was worried that in Putian and Fuzhou in Fujian, Guangzhou and Huizhou in Guangdong, Hainan, etc., they all planted tobacco without crops. What if they occupied too much arable land and manpower and did not have food supply in the south? Food is very important! It is because of insufficient food and the people have no food to rebel.

A smoking ban must be implemented! There cannot be a slight slack! When Chongzhen thought of this, he could not forgive the two thousand people who suppressed the mutiny, but he would also have to kill people to establish his authority!

Chongzhen said: "Yes! Even if the mutiny of two thousand people has been calmed down, I have to kill some people! After all, both kindness and power are equally important, and this is the way for a wise ruler to govern the country!"

Gao Qiqian was happy again. This set was getting stronger and stronger. As long as he worked harder, the life-seeking rope could be put on Zhang Biwu's neck. After all, he still had to kill people. Who would have thought that it would be difficult for Zhang Biwu to pacify them as soon as he knew the war! Even if he was temporarily pacified, there might be some major changes!

Gao Qiqian praised the emperor's sages and wisdom one after another, which made Chongzhen very happy.

Gao Qiqian changed his mind and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that you should send someone with both intelligence and intelligence to quell the mutiny without bloodshed! This is the best! If you start a war, the emperor's soldiers will die! All the consumption is the strength of my Ming Dynasty!"

Chongzhen looked at Gao Qiqian and asked, "My dear, who do you think I should send?" Gao Qiqian replied, "Zhang Biwu! Zhang Biwu has repeatedly defeated the Qing army. He is a brave and conspiring person! Moreover, he is eager to make meritorious contributions. The emperor can send him to show the emperor's favor and grace for him! It must be fast! If it is late, it will be too late!"

Chongzhen was happy, and he wanted to try Zhang Biwu again, so he nodded one after another and said, "Yes! Zhang Biwu! Okay! Immediately issue an order to Zhang Biwu and let Zhang Biwu quell this mutiny!"

Gao Qiqian was so happy when he heard this: "Hehe! I really didn't expect that things would go so smoothly and so simply to convince the emperor! Zhang Biwu, can you escape this disaster? As long as you get into the mutiny army, you will be dead! Haha!"

After Gao Qiqian left, Wang Chengen stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, don't you think it's dangerous to send Zhang Biwu? If Jianlu is involved this time, Zhang Biwu will kill the general prince of Jianlu, Jianlu will definitely want to kill Zhang Biwu!"

Chongzhen sighed and said the truth: "【Note】Parent of the king! I don't understand. It is difficult for Zhang Biwu to calm the mutiny here! It is very difficult! But Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang are both my favorite ministers, and I have to rely on them in all aspects! I have to favor them a little! In addition, I also think that if Zhang Biwu is talented, he will definitely calm the incident!"

"This is a test I have given him! If he fails and is killed, it will be no shame! After all, he has no talent for a general! If he succeeds, I will give him a guerrilla general, and as he wishes, he will get the guards of the three places of Lu, the township and the Lingbao! After all, I heard that there are trespasses in the three places here! Then there must be one who can monitor and annihilate the trespasses in the future!"

"When He Renlong wanted to lead his army to support the capital, it was because he had to stop in Tongguan after receiving the situation, and He Renlong had to stay. Of course, there were also soldiers from He Renlong's troops mutiny and were unwilling to come to serve the king!"

"If Zhang Biwu is really capable, I want to rely on him to govern these powerful generals! Let these powerful generals be obedient! Of course, I have to be careful that Zhang Biwu will become such a powerful general! Companion Cao, please remind Zhang Biwu! Just say that as long as he completes the mission, I will guard him in three places. I trust him! I firmly believe that he will complete the mission!"

[Note] In order to show trust in eunuchs, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty generally called him a companion. If the surname Cao is, he is called Cao companion. Wang Chengen was naturally called Wang companion.

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Zhang Biwu received the imperial edict and asked him to quickly pacify this mutiny. He was brave and resourceful? I was afraid that if Zhang Biwu arrived in Funing County, the matter would be over! Even if it was not over, Wu Sangui could accomplish it! Why did you have to go?

When Wang Chengen saw Zhang Biwu's embarrassment, he smiled and said, "Biwu, the emperor can send someone else to announce the imperial edict, but he sent me here. Do you know the profound meaning of it?"

Zhang Biwu shook his head and said, "God's will is hard to predict! I don't understand!" He was thinking in his heart: "What is Chongzhen thinking? What is this suspicious emperor's intention?" Zhang Biwu was indeed worried.

Wang Chengen then regarded Chongzhen's trust in Zhang Biwu. This time he was a test and had to wait for Zhang Biwu to complete the matter and actually appointed Zhang Biwu as a guerrilla general, and also allowed him to serve as the garrison in the three places.

When Zhang Biwu was excited when he heard this, his goal was to achieve it! So, it is difficult to settle this mutiny, but it must be done! Although the risks are great, the benefits are also great!

Zhang Biwu understood that he had to rely on Yao Dongzhao, who was a local snake and was familiar with everything. He could help him find out the situation first. In this way, Zhang Biwu could know himself and his enemy, and he could win every battle. So Zhang Biwu sent Yao Dongzhao a letter and asked him to help. Yao Dongzhao agreed readily and immediately went to execute.

Before going, Zhang Biwu went to Yang Sichang to receive the silver, but he didn't expect that Yang Sichang only gave him 40,000 taels. The 40,000 taels were far from the half-year military pay they owed as the rebels! He could not calm the rebels at all. Maybe only 40,000 taels of silver would make the rebels angry, and then Zhang Biwu would be killed.

Zhang Biwu frowned, but Yang Sichangming said that he would only give 40,000 taels. As for the military pay owed, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue would try their best to find a way to make up as soon as possible, so that Zhang Biwu would only take 40,000 taels to appease the mutiny soldiers first.

Forty thousand taels, forty thousand taels. Isn’t this using the “four” to explicitly let Zhang Biwu die?

Yang Sichang said, "You know! The court is in trouble now! I really can't get the extra silver. The 40,000 taels can only be saved by saving money! You can get the 40,000 taels of silver as soon as possible! The rest will be distributed!"

Zhang Biwu didn't say much. Since Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian conspired to force him to a dead end, it would be useless to say more, so he had to go on the road with 40,000 taels of silver. This trip was extremely dangerous, but he had to bite the bullet. The most terrifying thing was not how powerful the enemy was, but how disunity within the unity and fighting each other.

When Zhang Biwu and Huang Qi left, what they didn't expect was that Gao Qiqian went to report to Chongzhen again. Chongzhen wanted to give both kindness and power, but it would not work without sending an army. I immediately asked for an imperial edict to Wu Sangui, so that Wu Sangui would raise the Guanning Iron Cavalry behind him.

Gao Qiqian thought that as soon as Zhang Biwu arrived and Wu Sangui led the army behind him, it would make the rebel suspicious and kill Zhang Biwu. What's more, the person who sneaked into the rebel was Li Jiyou, the general guarding the Wulihe Fort, and Li Weiguan and the others had already sneaked into the mutiny army. They were already lurking when the Qing army entered the pass last year.
Chapter completed!