eldest son of Ming dynasty

"Ti Shuai."

Han Ziren saw Mao Yuwen again a few days later when Mao Yuwen returned from Zhenjiang.

Because he originally wanted Prince Ning to win over some gentry who committed crimes in the south of the Yangtze River, Mao Yuwen waited in Nanjing for a few more days. After all, time flew by in the blink of an eye. Han Ziren's visit today must be no small matter.

"What's wrong?"

"Tishuai, please take a look."

Han Ziren's expression was a bit complicated, mostly excited, but also slightly worried.

Mao Yuwen took the letter and glanced at it quickly.

Han Ziren was still saying: "This is the spy of the subordinate in Prince Ning's Mansion. According to what he said, there are two people in Prince Ning's account, Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng. This pair of dog-headed military advisors gave Prince Ning an idea to take advantage of the situation." The Jiangnan Rebellion has greatly increased our own strength. We want to gain people, wealth, and fame. We are extremely ambitious!"

"We can't wait any longer, so we will report back to the Emperor right now." Mao Yuwen made a decisive decision, "As long as the Emperor nods, we will start taking action and force him to act in a hurry before he is fully prepared!"

"it is good!"

For both of them, this is a great achievement.

Although they have plans to merge the Jiangnan gentry with Prince Ning's palace, and then they can legitimately deal with it together, but the so-called merger is also an increase in strength. If they delay it for too long and let Prince Ning strengthen himself, isn't this cleverness being misled by cleverness?
The perfect thing is to let it happen halfway.

Jiangnan's matter must finally come to an end.

And the time soon came to November.

From July to November, four months before and after, whether it was long or short, official documents came and went between Nanjing and the capital several times, and the emperor conveyed decrees many times.

Now, the overall situation has finally been settled.

Of course, there must be some literati who are criticizing in private now, and the common people are also complaining that the government is messing with the farming season. These are all small countercurrents in the general trend of history and do not change the fundamental historical process.

The clearing of fields in Yangzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, and Susong Prefecture in South Zhili is already in progress.

Liu Jin had 'framed' many officials before, and Zhang Cong was 'instructed' by the emperor and got to know some people who opposed him. Together, the two of them brought great harm to the officials in Jiangnan.

Over the past four months, Jiangnan officials have suffered losses of [-]%. In some places, there are no magistrates in the county magistrates' offices. They are just county magistrates and some fast-moving government officials. They take surveyors to the countryside every day.

Under this situation, the autumn grains of several prefectures in Jiangnan were naturally affected. In previous years, tax collection always relied on certain processes and specific people. Now these have all been destroyed by the Qingtian incident. It is conservatively estimated that Jiangnan in the 11th year of Zhengde Autumn grain will drop to more than 300 million stones, and may even reach 400 million stones.

This is already one-tenth of the national food revenue.

If it were not for the strong national power, this matter would indeed not be possible because the impact would be too great. Even the emperor would retreat after learning of the difficulty.

However, there are rumors that after the arrival of the new Minister of Civil Affairs of the imperial court, the process of dispatching officials will be re-opened, and the vacancies in various places should be filled.

I don't know the emperor's intention above, but I just think that during this period, Jiang Nanguang killed officials and did not replace them because of the change of officials.

In any case, the Qingtian Order has been fully rolled out in all prefectures under the broad sword of 'If you don't advance or arrest people', they are required to report the progress, and some counties have already completed more than half of it.

However, such a series of disturbing actions does not mean that everything is now harmonious.

In fact, many people including fugitive suspects, relatives and friends of dismounted officials, and officials who have retired are still paying attention to the development of the situation.

There is a basic fact that if this matter were overturned, many people could be saved from waiting to be tried and convicted as they are now.

It's just that this group of people has many ideas and few methods. In the past, they could get a large group of officials to speak out in unison, but now the emperor won't accept such memorials, so what else can be done?

With no other options left, Nanchang became a new holy land.

Many people died anyway, but it allowed King Ning to really strengthen his team.

However, in this time and space, Prince Ning's Mansion cannot restore its guards. If he really gathers people, it will definitely not work.

The first person who refused was Jiangxi Governor Zheng Yu.

On November 11, the [-]th year of Zhengde's reign, he suddenly received a report that there were bandits gathering outside Nanchang City and by Poyang Lake. That was fine, but these people no longer did things like robbing homes and robbing houses, but trained troops all day long. , making him particularly alert.

He didn't know that Prince Ning had the support of many Jiangnan gentry, and now he had money to pay.

But when he realized something was wrong, he quickly reported to the court, and summoned the three envoys from Jiangxi to prepare to mobilize soldiers from several guards around Nanchang to suppress the bandits.

When he complained to the court,
Jinglu Hou Zhou Shangwen has received the emperor's order, authorizing him to mobilize the Ming Navy stationed in Ningbo.

The Ming Dynasty now has developed maritime trade, which has led to the development of shipbuilding. So there are many merchant ships.

King Ning nominally used merchant ships, but in fact some modifications could be made. There were now many ships on the Yangtze River, and there were no less than a hundred merchants owning large merchant ships, and it was difficult for the court to detect them one by one.

This information is also a spy report.

It can be said that Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, has actually been penetrated into a sieve by Jin Yiwei. It's not that Prince Ning can't do it, it's just a matter of calculation without intention, and he can't do anything about it.

And since King Ning secretly gathered some sailors, the imperial court would naturally send the navy as well.

At the same time, by the second half of November,
After more than a month of hard preparations, the military rations allocated by the Ministry of War also arrived at Zhenjiang Port through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The person who went to pick up the rations was Zhou Shangwen. He had nothing to do and the rations were extremely important, so he went in person.

Of course, one more procedure had to be completed, that is, this batch of military rations was originally shipped in the name of disaster relief and suppressing food prices, and the recipient was Governor Yingtian, but now things have changed.

The memorial to the governor of Jiangxi was not a secret. As he fiddled with it, many things slowly began to come out.

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Nanchang, Jiangxi, Prince Ning's Mansion.

A winter night in November is hard to sleep for people here.

Jiangxi Governor Zheng Yu, as if he had some actual evidence, frantically submitted memorials to the court. At the same time, this guy kept sending reports to Yingtian Governor Jing Shaokui, Zhejiang Governor Jiang Yong, Huguang Governor Xie Qian, and Guangdong Governor Wang Send a letter asking them to pay careful attention to whether there are any gangsters in the countryside or bandits in the mountains gathering together.

He was just predicting the war. Anyway, if there was such a thing, he reported it in advance, which was a great achievement. Then he said the last sentence: You see, I still have the reputation of being a foresight.

There was no such thing... Damn it, in his opinion, he was really frightened by what Prince Ning did, so he might as well attract the emperor's attention and deal with him.

Anyway, civil servants were afraid of the vassal king, which was rare in the Ming Dynasty, especially high-ranking officials. These people were not even afraid of the emperor... no, some were not even afraid of death.

Moreover, it is a taboo to associate with the vassal king. To dare to fight against the powerful vassal is called courage.

At this juncture, there is another big event in Prince Ning's palace, that is... there are some people missing from the palace.

When King Ning learned about it, he was furious. He was furious at Mrs. Lou in the inner courtyard of the palace, "That maid is yours, and now she suddenly left for no reason, and you said you didn't know! Do you know that there is a person in this palace? What scene?! This king is a joke! Ah!"

This guy got angry and knocked down all the paintings and calligraphy on the table!
Lou is the granddaughter of Lou Liang, a great Confucian scholar. Her father, Lou Chen, is still a court official.

The Lou family was from a scholarly family, and not only was she highly talented and well-written, but she was also as beautiful as a flower. Prince Ning had always favored her.

She had warned Prince Ning many times about revolt, but Prince Ning always ignored him. Although she was in the palace now, she had heard some things in the past few days, and she already knew that there were spies in the court, and what happened to Prince Ning Retrograde, the emperor of that capital knew everything.

Knowing that she was guilty, Mrs. Lou knelt down in front of Prince Ning and said, "Your Majesty, I have spoken sincerely for a long time. Now that the Ming Emperor has a great reputation, there may be some misconduct in his behavior. Is there any official who has the courage to speak out with the Prince?" Is he stupid and confused? I dare to say that the prince is just like a middle-aged man. I can't even hear such ordinary comments. It's more about how powerful his methods are and how deep the city is!
Now that my deeds have been exposed, I just hope that the prince can turn around and let go of his obsession as soon as possible. Maybe he can save his life. Since I have married the prince, I will follow him all my life and work hard without any regrets! I hope the prince will learn from it! "

Prince Ning panted heavily, like a maniac, "It's too late, it's too late...it's too late!! It's too late! I'm already trapped, so I can only go to the dark side in one way!!"

Lou is extremely smart, and she understands it as soon as she hears it.

The emperor in the Forbidden City knew everything, but by hiding it for so long, he actually wanted Prince Ning to go to a dead end. When the time came, the court would be justified and its purpose was to eradicate the root cause!

Such a thing is easy to say, but extremely difficult to do. Moreover, this is a rebellion by the vassal king. If such a major event is not stopped quickly, she will also play other tricks in her hands. What kind of means and courage is this? How can she fight with this husband?

But she didn't think it was too late. She was a descendant of a great Neo-Confucian scholar, and she was also the kind of person who attached great importance to traditional moral ethics, so she also persuaded: "Your Majesty is Taizu Xueyin, the Prince of Ming Dynasty, and the current emperor is not a confused person." , As long as the prince takes the initiative to repent and admit his mistakes, and bind himself to the capital to plead guilty, with this bloodline status, the emperor will not be able to kill people."

"Stop talking!" Prince Ning shouted loudly. He calmed down a bit and saw the painting in the room. It should have been deliberately placed for him to see.

It is a picture of "Inscribed on the Woodcutter", and there is a poem on it, which goes: "The woman is talking to the husband, and the husband is listening. When gathering wood, you need to know that the burden is light. The grass was slippery again last night, so don't go to the dangerous place with the grass. .

Don’t go to dangerous places with moss! !

King Ning was a little unwilling to see this sentence, "Emperor Zhengde has gone against the grain and has lost the heart of a scholar. The success or failure is still unknown."

After hearing this, Mrs. Lou felt great pain in her heart, and then cried bitterly, crying: "My lord, why don't you understand that Emperor Zhengde is the master of great talents and great strategies. Since ancient times, all kings have always ordered the world, and no one has disobeyed him. My lord, I beg you to stop as soon as possible!"

Although Lou was smart and could see things clearly, she was just a female prostitute, and the only person who responded to her was Prince Ning's back.

Zhu Houzhao changed the life trajectories of many historical figures, but women changed the least. This is the reason.

"History of the Ming Dynasty·Biographies Ninth" records: "Concubine Lou is also the concubine Chen Hao. Her father, Lou Liang, took her as the concubine Chen Hao. The thief was defeated and was not admitted to the palace. She later died by herself."

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Lou's full name is Lou Suzhen. This is a real historical figure. Not only does she have a good appearance, she is also well-educated, proficient in poetry, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is proficient in everything.

Historical records say that Concubine Lou threw herself into the river and died, and Wang Shouren collected her body and buried it.

I don’t understand how the corpses were collected after being thrown into the river in the chaos of the war. After all, there must have been a lot of corpses in the river at that time...

Sending someone's husband in with his own hands, and then looking back to feel sorry for his wife, ahem, what you are saying is that Lou's grandfather, Lou Liang, had some friendship with Wang Yangming.

Ming history records that King Ning failed in the end and lamented: In the past, Zhou used women's words to destroy the world, and I did not use women's words to destroy his country. How can I regret it now!
This woman is Lou.

I personally doubt whether this sentence has been said before. It is actually difficult to say, but scholars throughout the ages have had the same mentality, that is, if they like such a woman, they can add some drama to her.