eldest son of Ming dynasty

Da da da.

The sound of the emperor's footsteps has been echoing in the Qianqing Palace.

Both Wang Shouren and Yan Biyun remained silent, they did not dare to interrupt the emperor's thinking.

For many years, Zhu Houzhao has always paid attention to the appointment of local officials, and the governor of Shanxi is naturally among them. This position was first established in the fifth year of Xuande, and there was also a famous minister-Yu Qian.

In the third year of Zhengde, after careful consideration, Zhu Houzhao chose Wang Jing, the right deputy censor of the capital, to patrol Shanxi.

Wang Jing, courtesy name Tingcai, is from Shandong. He was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Chenghua, and he is also a veteran of the three dynasties.

Historically, this person lived to be 87 years old, and he did not die of illness until the Jiajing period, and the history of the Ming Dynasty spoke highly of him. Being an official is due to the fact that he has always been a clean-minded, pragmatic and capable person.

In the 14th year of Hongzhi, the then Emperor Hongzhi ordered him to inspect the salt affairs in Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces. It coincided with the flood in eastern Zhejiang and ordered him to take part in disaster relief. Wang Jing's measures were effective and orderly, showing good management ability.

In the 17th year of Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao was already in charge of the country at that time. He considered that Wang Jing had never worked in Beijing, mainly because he was not a "confidant", so he was transferred to be the right deputy capital censor.

Until the third year of Zhengde, senior officials like governors were released.

The governor was in the second rank in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very stingy with the first rank officials, so ordinary people without the power of blood can become the second rank, and it really has to touch the ceiling.

And rank is only one aspect, and power also depends on it.

As the governor of a province, he must be trusted by the emperor, and he has a lot of communication in peacetime.I have communicated with the emperor, how can this be an ordinary person.In later generations, many people could not even see senior party officials.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao knew this person, he was upright and easily unyielding.Even if something like this happened in Shanxi, it would definitely have nothing to do with him.

In addition, Wang Shouren and Yan Biyun said that Jizhou's strong suppression suppressed the rebels' impulse, which also makes some sense.

In other words, at this time, Shanxi is still on the bright side, and Wang Jing is still the superior of the chief envoy, inspector envoy, and command envoy.

Although Yan Biyun has no evidence for this kind of thing, he would rather believe it than believe it.

"Let's do this..."

The emperor spoke,
Both Wang and Yan are serious.

"The imperial court made a decree to go to Shanxi, and Tian Ze, the commander of the Shanxi capital, went to Beijing."

This is a conspiracy.

After receiving this decree, he felt very uncomfortable whether he came or not.

unless,

Wang Shouren thought about it, "What if he procrastinates because of illness?"

Yan Biyun: "Also, Wei Chen has no evidence at this time. Once the court alerts the enemy, these rebels may still hide! But it will be difficult to deal with them!"

Zhu Houzhao was not worried, "They want to take advantage of my suspicions, and I will also use his suspicions. Claiming illness? Even if they are carried, they must be carried, and of course it is not enough to call a commander. I will order the governor of Shanxi Jing, once Tian Ze is ordered to enter Beijing, he will immediately mobilize the commanders of Luzhou Wei, Fenzhou Wei, Pingyang Wei, Qianhu, and Baihu. What would they think of such an inexplicable sudden transfer?"

"The matter has been exposed." Wang Shouren blurted out, "But Tian Ze is already on the way. He can neither advance nor retreat."

"If it was really a conspiracy, he would not dare to come." Zhu Houzhao said firmly.

Yan Biyun knew what he heard that day, he was very sure, "Your Majesty, the court should also make preparations early."

"My preparations have been completed, that is, to call back the people around you."

Zhu Houzhao said quickly: "Bo'an, take advantage of this time to rest and recuperate in Beijing. Five days later, I will give you two more guards and horses, and the two guards already stationed at Zijingguan. There are a total of four guards and 2 people, all of which are under your control.

After you go, hang the seal of the general of the Western Expedition, not only in Shanxi, but also in the northwest of Beizhili. Any chaos must be put down in time. As for how to defend the dangerous passes such as Bauhinia and Daoma, you can make a decision after careful consideration. "

Wang Shouren didn't have anything to say, he said firmly: "My minister, take the decree!"

Yan Biyun thought about it carefully, and the emperor's handling was very appropriate.

Because he has no evidence, from Zhu Houzhao's point of view, he can't immediately order to arrest people.
Now, on the one hand, he is called to Beijing, and on the other hand, he is arranging troops.

The former was to force him and disrupt their plans, while the latter was just in case.

And if it all turns out to be false in the end, there's nothing wrong with that.

What's the problem with the emperor's decree to summon a commander of the capital to Beijing?
The mobilization of several generals and schools in the guards can't prove anything.

As for Wang Shouren, the intention to transfer him to Beijing was dropped years ago.

Therefore, this approach can deal with any kind of situation, basically letting the wind and waves rise and sitting on the fishing boat.

Just one more thing...

"His Majesty."

"Huh?" Zhu Houzhao had already returned to the dragon chair and sat down, "What's wrong?"

"Soldiers in Datong Town, should we also take precautions?"

Wang Shouren explained, "Your Majesty has taken precautions. From Datong to the capital, Bauhinia Pass is the only way to go."

Because if you take the road of Xuanfu, you will be stopped by the soldiers of Xuanfu before you reach the capital.

Yan Biyun is a scholar, and it’s normal to not understand these things. Zhu Houzhao didn’t get too entangled, he was surprised, “I can still understand the border town’s mutiny because of the garrison, and the guards of the Shanxi Dusi are not included in the Qingtun. , why did they riot?"

Wang Shouren said with relief: "Your Majesty, why should you worry about a few rebels? Even brothers born to the same mother have differences between virtuous and unworthy, so sometimes it is inevitable that some ambitious people will want to take advantage of the chaos. Your Majesty is virtuous and benevolent. Well, the government and the people all know that just relying on these few lunatics will not cause any trouble."

"alright."

Seeing that the emperor didn't intend to continue, Wang Shouren decided to say after a little thought, "Your Majesty, there is one more thing."

"what's up?"

"King Shen."

"Ah, Prince Shen..." Zhu Houzhao sighed and kept touching his chin.

"I think that since I have learned about it in advance, I should send people to strengthen the guards of Prince Shen's Mansion to prevent the blood of the Tian family from falling into the hands of the enemy."

Well. .

How could Zhu Houzhao have never imagined,
He was pretending to be confused, thinking that if he bites a dog, he can solve some troubles for him...

But Wang Shouren is a famous person in history, and he will definitely not miss it.

"Ah, what if the court suddenly strengthens the guards and alarms the rebels?"

Wang Shouren also pretended to be confused, and he only persuaded, "If people in the world know that His Majesty protected King Shen afterwards, they will definitely praise His Majesty for your benevolence."

He didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence: lest he bear the notoriety of being strict with the prince and disregarding his relatives.

So sometimes history is also very interesting. Is it really because a person does something because he originally wanted to do it?

It's not easy for Zhu Houzhao to make too many rebuttals. If there are too many rebuttals, it seems to give people a feeling that they can't wait for the prince of the Zhu family to die soon.

"I never said that I would not protect King Shen."

"Your majesty, please forgive me for speaking nonsense!"

Zhu Houzhao was said to be in the center of his thoughts, and then forced to deny it cheekily. Even a shameless person like him was a little embarrassed, mainly because he felt that Wang Shouren's intelligence must be like a mirror in his heart.

So he touched his nose embarrassingly, "Okay, get up. It's been a long time since I saw you, so don't say that you are punished or not. Cough..."

Even his eyes averted a little while speaking.

Yan Biyun, who was watching from the side, was dumbfounded.

Governor Wang Shouren Hetao must be the emperor's confidant, Yan Biyun also knew this, but he didn't expect the relationship between the emperor and Wang Shouren to give him the feeling of being both a monarch and a minister as well as a friend.

Moreover, he was given great military power during the entire response to the Shanxi incident.

This grace is really enviable.

"Yan Aiqing."

"Ah, the minister is here."

This guy went off on a mission and was too slow to react.

"Are you okay?"

Expelled. . .

Yan Biyun understood, "Go back to Your Majesty, I have nothing to do, so I will take my leave first."

"Okay, then step back. A Jin Yiwei will be looking for you in a while. Don't show your face. No one is allowed to see you, whether it's relatives or close friends. In a word, except for those who saw you today, no one is allowed to know that you have returned to Beijing. .

This time you are considered meritorious service, even if nothing happens in the end, you have desperately delivered the news. I will remember this eagerness to protect the Lord. It happened that the journey was hard, so I took advantage of this time to rest. "

"How dare the minister take credit for it."

The emperor nodded and just watched him leave.

But Yan Biyun didn't understand, I'm leaving...why Wang Shouren didn't move at all?
Of course, Zhu Houzhao wanted to keep him.

Sure enough, after the people left, the emperor walked down the steps and personally supported Wang Shouren, "Bo'an, you make me think hard!"

Uh, Wang Shouren knew that he was very kind, especially when he thought about how he had made the emperor feel embarrassed just now, and the key point was that the emperor didn't care at all, so he felt guilty,
"My humble talent cannot bear your majesty's trust."

Zhu Hou said in his heart, that's not going to happen. There are only two half saints in 5000 years of history. Wang Shouren is not the half, but the complete one. If he doesn't believe in it, he is comparable to Zhao Gou killing Yue Fei. No matter how bad his emperor is, he can't be as famous as Song Gaozong.

As for what happened just now, Wang Shouren did make sense. When he thought about it that way... he really had a better view of the overall situation.

Zhu Houzhao admitted this, and there was nothing to be angry about.

Not as good as Wang Shouren, this is normal.

But at this moment Jin Gui suddenly came in from the attendant's room with small steps, he was not particularly calm, and he rarely came in like this suddenly.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wang Ge is kneeling outside the hall and begging to be summoned!" Jin Gui raised his hands above his head, holding a memorial.

"Which Wangge is old?"

"Mr. Ji, he also has four sons."

What kind of play is this singing?

Zhu Houzhao was surprised, and looked at You Zhi, and the old eunuch quickly went to get it.

After looking at the memorial, he suddenly understood that there were indeed people in Beijing trying to instigate a conspiracy, "Bring the brazier here."

"Yes."

Zhu Houzhao put the memorials together, lit the flames in the brazier, and the flames danced, illuminating his calm face, "Go and tell Mr. Wang, I already know about this, and the memorials are also burned, let him pretend that there is no such thing as this time." As for the matter, he did not enter the palace, and I did not see him, so I am not allowed to reveal a single word of the matter, what happened in the first place, and what will happen afterwards.”

Jin Gui didn't know what was written in it, so he couldn't understand it, anyway, just paraphrase, "Yes."

Wang Jia was actually quite frightened. He thought that there would be thunderous anger, but he didn't expect such a result.His eldest son's legs were trembling, and he was confused in the end.

"Father, what does Your Majesty mean?"

Wang Jia also shook his head, the emperor's mind is unfathomable, even he can't guess everything.

"Follow the order, let's go back to the mansion."