The strongest Marquis in history

Sun Zhongjie thought about it carefully first, but couldn't think of a strategy to deal with it for the time being, so he quietly left the mansion and went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.He entered the prison of the Criminal Ministry, saw Jiang Ning who was in custody, and said, "Prime Minister!"

Jiang Ning was in prison, eating and drinking well, and was never treated harshly.

He is the prime minister of Chen Guo and the leader of the Yangzhou family. The entire official system of Chen Guo in Yangzhou was built by Jiang Ning, and many officials were promoted by him, so Jiang Ning lived in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Spotless and clean.

Jiang Ning dusted off his robe, and said, "Sun Shangshu, why are you here? If you come to see me now, could it be that His Majesty was defeated. So I asked you to come and kill me first, which ended in my life."

Sun Zhongjie shook his head and said: "Of course not, I came this time because His Majesty led troops to fight on the front line, so that he was defeated and captured. All of our army was captured, and now they are released by Wang Qi. His Majesty is still in Wang Qi's hands." In the hands of Wang Qi, and Wang Qi's army has already started to go south, coming to Wu County. Prime Minister, how do we resist now?"

Jiang Ning said in a deep voice: "Sun Shangshu, how did the court judge the war?"

Sun Zhongjie said: "People in the imperial court think that this time they will definitely lose, and they will definitely be unstoppable. Yuan Ye is the defender of the city, and it is more troublesome for him to take charge of the overall situation. So my idea is to prepare Follow the trend."

Jiang Ning said: "Since your Majesty has become a prisoner, if you want to surrender, you have to bring a gift. The current Yuan Ye is the best gift. Take Yuan Ye so that you can surrender to Wang Qi."

Sun Zhongjie said: "Prime Minister, Yuan Ye is quite shrewd, and he also has guards and troops. It is not easy to take him down. Especially if the front line is defeated, we must submit to the King of Qi. This matter requires you to preside over the overall situation, so please come out of the mountain .”

Jiang Ning said: "I won't go out for the time being. Once I go out, Yuan Ye's idea will be aroused immediately. He is under Yuan Hua's order to guard Wu County and keep an eye on me. Whenever I move, he will follow suit."

Sun Zhongjie said: "Then what should we do?"

Jiang Ning stroked his beard under his chin and said: "It's easy to deal with Yuan Ye. Under Yuan Ye's command, there are our people. This person is called Zhou Shen. You take my letter and ask him to take action. Naturally, Yuan Ye can be taken down directly."

"Zhou Can is the prime minister?"

Sun Zhongjie was a little surprised.

Zhou Shen is also a general in the army, even a master of the master level.Although he is just entering the Grandmaster Realm, his strength is extraordinary.Zhou Shen has always been a person who takes care of himself alone, but he didn't expect to be Jiang Ning's person.

Jiang Ning smiled lightly and said: "You take the letter and go, he will help you."

Sun Zhongjie nodded, and quickly asked someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. After Jiang Ning finished writing the letter, he took it, bowed to Jiang Ning and left to prepare to deal with Yuan Ye.

Chapter 588 Doubts

In late February, the weather gets warmer.

The sun is shining and everything is recovering.

At the gate of Beicheng City in Wu County, Chen Guo's civil and military officials headed by Jiang Ning, Sun Zhongjie and others gathered here, preparing to meet Wang Qi's army going south.

Previously, Sun Zhongjie used Zhou Shen's power to raid Yuan Ye's residence, not only beheading Yuan Ye, but also confiscating all the money of Yuan Hua's family, and then rushing into the treasury.

After the coup in Wu County, Jiang Ning came out of prison and took over the overall situation.

Now, get ready to welcome Wang Qi.

Sun Zhongjie stood beside Jiang Ning, and he said worriedly: "Teacher, we surrender to Wang Qi now, and I don't know if he will accept us. Wang Qi is somewhat hostile to the family."

Speaking of identity, Sun Zhongjie was promoted by Jiang Ning, and he was called a teacher.

Jiang Ning said slowly: "There is nothing to worry about about this matter. If King Qi doesn't use us, who can he use? What's more, King Qi's governance in Xuzhou also relies heavily on the Xuzhou family and uses people from the family. So you The worry is superfluous, the most important thing is to have the ability, this is the fundamental."

Sun Zhongjie nodded and agreed with Jiang Ning's words, he was just a little worried.

"Here we come, people are coming."

At this moment, someone shouted, and in an instant, everyone's gazes were all directed forward.On the official road ahead, the army led by Wang Qi arrived and was rushing forward.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer a little bit.When the distance was less than a hundred steps and the army could be seen clearly, Jiang Ning stepped out.Sun Zhongjie and the rest of the people also came out one after another to welcome them together.

When everyone came to about ten steps in front of the army, Jiang Ning led the crowd to salute: "Jiang Ning of Yangzhou, pay homage to King Qi."

"Meet King Qi!"

Everyone bowed in unison.

Wang Qi stood up on his horse, his eyes fell on Jiang Ning, he nodded and said: "Jiang Ning, you are very good. You are willing to surrender, this king is very pleased, let's all enter the city."

"Yes!"

Jiang Ning bowed in response.

He was not far from Wang Qi, and with a wave of his hand, everyone under his command backed away, making way for Wang Qi to walk in front.

Jiang Ning followed Wang Qi, and he took the initiative to say: "King Qi, the imperial city has been cleared out. All of Yuan Wei's heirs will be sent to prison and detained. Please ask King Qi to stay in the palace temporarily."

Wang Qi said: "You have a heart."

Jiang Ning looked humble and said, "This is what an old man should do."

Wang Qi stopped talking and led the team into the city.After the army entered the city, they divided their troops to control the square gates, and then stationed in the city.Wang Qi entered the palace with his personal guards and took control of the imperial city.

In the main hall, Wang Qi took his seat.

The rest of them stand still.

Jiang Ning asked people to move Chen Guo's land, population yellow book, and other account books, all of which were presented to Wang Qi, and reported: "King Qi, we sealed up the imperial city and found more than 180 yuan of silver. Ten thousand taels, 60 taels of gold. There are countless other treasures and jade wares. All materials are sealed up in the treasury. In addition, all the granaries in the city and the collected materials are also sealed up, and they dare not move them. Order."

Wang Qi nodded and said, "Mr. Jiang, you've done a good job."

Jiang Ning said: "The king of Qi is absurd."

Wang Qi changed the subject and said: "This king led troops southward and just arrived in Wu County. There are many government affairs that need to be dealt with immediately. This king will deal with the affairs first and deal with the matter. Tonight, this king will hold a banquet in the palace. Thank you all."

After Jiang Ning heard it, he was a little confused.But he knew that Wang Qi must deal with things alone right now, so he resigned honestly.All the civil and military officials of Chen Guo also retreated.

These people walked out of the palace one by one, and some looked at each other in blank dismay.

Sun Zhongjie frowned slightly, looked at Jiang Ning and said, "Teacher, what King Qi means is that he is a little dissatisfied with us?"

The rest of the officials also looked over.

Everyone was a little apprehensive.

Jiang Ning explained: "King Qi's attitude just now is indeed a bit intriguing. If you are not satisfied with us, you will definitely not hold a banquet to thank us at night. If you are satisfied, you should reward us now and make arrangements. Now There is no arrangement, which makes people elusive. But I guess, it should be the king of Qi who needs to understand the situation in order to be targeted. In short, everyone should do what they should do now, and wait and see what changes."

Sun Zhongjie and the others also nodded when they heard the words.

It can only be like this now.

A group of people left separately, and Wang Qi vaguely heard some of their discussions.Wang Qi has sharp eyes and ears, even if these people are talking at the entrance of the hall, Wang Qi can still hear them.But Wang Qi smiled, he really wanted to understand the situation of these people.

Of course, the most important thing is that Wang Qi wants to understand the criminal evidence in Yuan Wei's hands.

Wang Qi immediately ordered someone to lead them, and brought Yuan Wei into the hall.

Yuan Wei went south all the way, feeling restless.He wanted to submit to Wang Qi, but Wang Qi didn't seem to accept it, but he didn't kill him, and kept him in custody, so Yuan Wei was worried and his health was even worse.

After Yuan Wei saw Wang Qi, he quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Sinner, pay homage to King Qi."

Wang Qi said: "You said you collected the criminal evidence of the entire Yangzhou family, where is the criminal evidence now?"

Yuan Wei hurriedly said: "Reporting to King Qi, all the evidence of the crime is in the palace. Considering that Jiang Ning and other aristocratic families have hands and eyes, and his eyeliner is everywhere, I put the evidence of the crime in the secret room."

Wang Qi immediately called Xia Houhu and asked Xia Houhu to take Yuan Wei to collect evidence.Not long after the two left, Xia Houhu entered with a stack of books in his arms. He put the books on the desk in front of Wang Qi, and then stood aside obediently.

Yuan Wei said: "King Qi, I have given you all the evidence, please spare my life."

Wang Qi ignored Yuan Wei, picked up the book, and quickly browsed through it.In a short period of time, I roughly read it again.What is recorded in the book is indeed many crimes, including annexation of land, murder in the street, robbery of civilian women, and other violations of law and discipline.

It involves the entire family of Yangzhou.

In fact, no big family has clean buttocks. The information is extremely detailed.

After Wang Qi read it, he felt more confident about how to deal with the big family in Yangzhou.He looked at Yuan Wei, who was kneeling on the ground, already dispirited, waved his hand and said, "Take Yuan Wei down."

"Yes!"

The soldiers immediately led the people down.

Yuan Wei was stunned, he has made great achievements, he should be released, Yuan Wei hurriedly said: "King Qi, I have given all the evidence of the crime, please spare my life, I am willing to obey the arrangement of King Qi !"

Wang Qi was unmoved, he waved his hand, and Yuan Wei was taken away directly.Wang Qi flipped through the information in the book alone, learning about the affairs of these aristocratic families.

This afternoon, Wang Qi was checking the news.

As the evening approached, Wang Qi asked someone to prepare a banquet for the evening banquet.After the sky darkened, Wang Qi asked someone to inform Jiang Ning and others to go to the banquet. Not long after, the officials headed by Jiang Ning filed in, and everyone entered the hall and took their seats.

Chapter 589

After everyone was seated, Wang Qi ordered the banquet to begin.There was nothing special about this banquet, it was nothing more than Wang Qi thanking everyone, talking about the affairs of Yangzhou, looking forward to the future of Yangzhou after it surrendered to Qi, and encouraging everyone to make persistent efforts. The general direction is all nonsense, and nothing specific is said.

This result made everyone a little disappointed.

Chen Guo officials headed by Jiang Ning were quite disappointed in their hearts, because their placement had not been decided for the time being.Although the atmosphere of the banquet was good, that was all there was to it.

When the banquet was over and everyone was about to leave, Wang Qi ordered: "Jiang Ning, stay here for now."

"Yes!"

Jiang Ning answered with a bow.

His heart skipped a beat, and only then did he realize that the key is here.The rest of the people had expectations in their hearts again, because after Jiang Ning got the arrangement, they naturally followed suit. After all, Jiang Ning was the leader of the scholars in Yangzhou.

All the people left, the hall was empty, only Wang Qi and Jiang Ning were left.

Jiang Ning stood bowed, thinking quickly in his heart, what is Wang Qi's intention to keep him.If Wang Qi wanted to make arrangements, it wouldn't be so complicated.However, if Wang Qi didn't make arrangements for him, why should he keep him?

Jiang Ning's mind kept thinking, and he couldn't make sense of it for the time being, and didn't understand the reason of the moment.

Wang Qi said indifferently: "Jiang Ning, you are the prime minister of Chen Guo. You are second to none in terms of ability and experience. In addition, you are also the head of the Yangzhou family and the leader of all the scholars in Yangzhou."

Jiang Ning said: "I am ashamed to be an old man."

Wang Qi said: "This is an established fact, and there is nothing to say. As far as I know, the ministers of the Chen Kingdom, and even some other people, call you teacher in private."

Jiang Ning frowned even more. With Wang Qi's words, are he planning to turn over old accounts or liquidate him?

For the time being, Jiang Ning couldn't figure out the reason.

Jiang Ning's back was slightly bent, and he was still standing in the hall.

Wang Qi continued: "Your relationship with Chen Guo officials is well known, and you are the leader and Chen Guo's prime minister, so I will keep you. Now, I will show you a stack of documents."

"Come on, bring up the information."

Wang Qi gave an order.

In an instant, a soldier entered with a stack of books and placed them on the desk next to Jiang Ning.

After the soldiers retreated, Jiang Ning picked it up.

As soon as he saw the contents in the book, his eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.The contents of this book are the crimes of the major families in Yangzhou, and the time and place involved are all recorded one by one.

Jiang Ning quickly flipped through it. After roughly flipping through it, he found that there were also crimes committed by his Jiang family.

The person who committed the crime was his second son, who once killed a son of another family.He knew about this matter. His son was provoked and had a conflict with the other party, so that he killed someone, and he paid compensation later.

After Jiang Ning roughly read it, his heart sank and he felt heavy.Only at this moment did he understand.They surrendered to Wang Qi, and they should have been rewarded, but Wang Qi didn't mention it at all, instead leaving him alone, so there was something waiting for him.

Jiang Ning thumped, knelt on the ground, kowtowed his head and said: "King Qi, Jiang Ning is guilty, please punish him. The major families in Yangzhou are also guilty, please punish King Qi."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Jiang Ning has no choice but to plead guilty first, see Wang Qi's attitude, and then consider the follow-up matters.

Wang Qi looked calm, and said: "Get up, I'm giving you these books, not to inquire about your crimes, nor to investigate the crimes of the major families in Yangzhou."

"Thank you king."

Jiang Ning was very disturbed in his heart.

He stood up, thinking quickly in his mind, how to deal with it.

Wang Qi continued: "The things in the book were all verified by Yuan Wei, and the evidence he gave. The above content, I also asked people to investigate roughly, and found it to be true. There must be problems with the major families. .But you voluntarily surrendered, and Qi Guo is a person of merit. So this king dismissed everyone and left you alone to discuss this matter."

Jiang Ning hurriedly said: "The king is so kind, the sinners are grateful."

Wang Qi dusted off his robe, and said: "The Jiang family is not bad, that is to say, your son was once provoked by the children of the aristocratic family, shot and killed someone, and paid compensation afterwards to clear up the incident. As for the affairs of the other major families, Lin Zida After all, there will always be problems of one kind or another, which cannot be avoided. The people of the major families in Yangzhou, I want to use them. But these things must not be ignored. "

Jiang Ning listened to Wang Qi's words, and thought quickly in his heart, obviously Wang Qi had intentions.Otherwise, it would not be possible to talk so much nonsense and still say that they should be used.

This is to give an explanation.

As an old fritter in the officialdom, Jiang Ning came up with an idea after thinking about it, and said: "Your Highness, regarding the crimes committed by the major families, I will go back immediately and discuss with them the solution, the correction that should be corrected, the compensation that should be compensated , I will definitely live up to your majesty's high expectations. But this is a big matter, I will take these books back and discuss with them. Tomorrow morning, I will meet His Highness in person, and I will definitely give His Highness a satisfactory answer."

Wang Qi smiled when he heard it. He knew that Jiang Ning was an old fritter, so he must have understood.Otherwise, there will be no mention of going back to discuss things.

Wang Qi nodded and said: "The nobles of Yangzhou are the foundation of governing Yangzhou. Because of you, Yangzhou can operate normally and become a place of prosperity. I am in Yangzhou and I am not familiar with the place, so I still have to rely on you. You govern the land."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning became even more cautious.