I'm really not the carpenter emperor

She Yin, the son of She Chongming, was fierce, and fought with the Shui'an family for land, and the Shui'an family helped the court in the Battle of Bozhou, and obtained eight hundred miles of land.

Because of this, Xu Keqiu hoped that the Shui'an family would continue to be loyal to the court.

In fact, his idea was understandable, but he made a serious mistake and missed a link.

At that time, An Yaochen, the Xuanfu envoy of Guizhou who was loyal to the imperial court, had passed away. Now An Bangyan is in charge of Anjia, and the situation in Shuixi has been changing ever since.

An Bangyan was the same acquaintance of Xuanwei Tu in Shuixi, Guizhou, and a son of An Yaochen's clan who served as Xuanwei envoy.

An Wanquan, the former Guizhou Propaganda Envoy, ordered his son Anzhi to manage Zhijin, and later Anzhi's son An Guozhen succeeded his father as Tu Tongzhi, and also lived in Zhijinguan.

By the time of An Bangyan, the son of An Guozhen, his sphere of influence had expanded from the "Zhijin" area to Nawei, Babu, Nuodong, Boheng, Degui, etc.

The current sister-in-law of the An family, She Shehui, is not inferior to An Bangyan. She is the younger sister of She Chongming, the Xuanfu envoy of Yongning, and the loyal wife of She Chongming, the former Xuanfu envoy of Yongning.

Although there are some conflicts between Yongning Shejia and Shui'anjia, they are more closely related.

An Bangyan also manages Guizhou up and down, and he knew that all places have been requisitioned. Even in Fuzhi Guiyang, there are only [-] Ming troops guarding.

The number of people in the Ming army in Guizhou is nothing compared to Anjia, which can mobilize nearly [-] troops. Right now, it is a good time to break away from Daming and establish itself as king.

As soon as Xu Keqiu's request for help arrived, An Bangyan clearly understood that for some reason, the news that he was colluding with An's family and intending to rebel leaked out.

How should this be done? Shouldn't the original plan for Tianqi's uprising in the second year be brought forward?

Thinking of this, An Bangyan's eyes moved slightly, he picked up the document and read it again, and after confirming that it was correct, he held the document tightly.

From then on, his breath became disordered and restless.

After a while, a chieftain soldier ran into the lobby, angrily said:

"Master Xuanfu, Zhou Dunji said that Shuixi added less than [-] horses to the imperial court, and the Chishui Wei Ming army also snatched all the horses in the world!"

Chapter 96 Extravagant Chongming Anti-Chongqing

An Bangyan had doubts in his mind.

It is not a day or two since the Ming army harassed the chieftains of Guizhou. Zhou Dunji blatantly slaughtered the village, could it be a deliberate provocation.

He wants to make things big, and then ask the imperial court to send troops to suppress it?

Thinking of this, An Bangyan gradually calmed down, and sat there without saying a word.

I heard that the imperial court has won a great victory in Yizhou. Has the situation in Liaodong stabilized?

If Liaodong has stabilized and the imperial court turns back to deal with the southwest, it is still a question of whether the two families of An and She can defeat the imperial army.

It's better to wait for extravagance and Chongming first, depending on the situation.

After thinking for a while, An Bangyan made up his mind, smoothed the crumpled documents, handed them to his subordinates, and said:

"Reply to Xu Keqiu, I, An Bangyan, am not the one who doesn't understand things, but the whole world has been plundered, and the words of the Xuanweisi are terrifying, even I have to act cautiously."

"This matter, if the officers and soldiers don't give an explanation, it's really hard to send troops!"

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"Reporting to Futai, Zhou Dunji, the governor of the Chishui Guards, led more than a thousand officers and troops to rob the universal stronghold of the Shui'an family on the grounds that there were not many tribute horses!"

When this news reached his ears, Guizhou Governor Li Shuang only felt his head buzzing.

"This Zhou Dunji, what is he going to do?"

Li Zong, courtesy name Changru, was born in Zhejiang Province. He was a Jinshi in the 29th year of Wanli.

In the 48th year of Wanli, he was the censor of the capital of Youqin, the governor of Guizhou, and also in charge of local government and military affairs in eastern Sichuan.

Before Liaodong was rampant, the cabinet planned to recruit Ming troops from the southwestern provinces to aid Liao. After extravagant Chongming asked himself, An Bangyan followed closely.

From then on, Li Xun felt that something was wrong.

A few days ago, Zhu Youxiao issued a secret order to Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. Li Xun immediately refused An Bangyan to lead his troops into Guiyang City, and ordered him to return to Nawei official village to wait.

"Nowadays, the chieftain and the guards' fields are seriously annexed to each other, and the guards' armaments are depleted. The situation is not optimistic..."

While Li Zong was frowning and looking at the pond newspaper, Shi Yong'an, the inspector censor, also said with a long sigh.

After hearing this, Li Xun put down the pond newspaper, his breath still calm.

"How many soldiers are there in Guiyang City?"

Shi Yongan frowned and said:

"Including pacesetters, civilian bravery, yamen servants, and guard soldiers, there are less than 3000 people. With this number, once the Shui'an family turns against them, Guiyang will be in danger..."

As a matter of fact, Li Sang had already noticed that the An family had objections as early as last year, and repeatedly stated to the court that the situation was urgent.

The imperial court was deeply involved in Liao affairs and party disputes. This memorial has been piled up in old books until now, and Zhu Youxiao has never seen it.

After that, Li Zong went to the public again, asking for an increase in food and salaries in Guizhou to boost the army.

However, when the food and salary did not arrive, he was impeached by Gao Panlong, who was still in the Zuodu censor at the time, for corruption and perverting the law.

Immediately, Li Xun, who was deeply involved in the whirlpool of public opinion, resigned.

The cabinet acted very quickly this time. Ye Xianggao, who took office as chief assistant, summoned the cabinet ministers to agree to allow him to resign, and Wang Sanshan, a member of the Donglin party, would be the governor.

Wang Sanshan had not yet arrived to handle the handover of duties, and Li Xun was still in charge of Guizhou temporarily, but at this time, the massacre of the whole world by the Chishui guards took place.

Li Suan felt very uncomfortable. With this incident, he was afraid that the court would try to impeach him again, and it would be difficult for him to escape!

But right now, his top priority is to stabilize the situation in Guizhou.

"From today, close the gates of Guiyang and recruit new troops."

After hearing what Li Sang said, Shi Yong'an gave a wry smile, and said, "How can there be any food and salary to recruit troops..."

"My Lord Futai! Go around and look around. Even the food and salaries of these 2000 people have been in arrears for several months!"

"Please keep the high pavilion sparse, the court far away cannot save the near fire!"

Li Xun thought for a while, and made a decisive decision.

"Send people out of Guizhou to borrow 10 taels of silver from Yunnan and Huguang to recruit soldiers and store food. I expect that the Shui'an family will turn against them sooner or later."

As he spoke, Li Xun sneered a few times.

"Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, received the emperor's secret order, and even put his thoughts on An Bangyan's head. It's really ridiculous!"

"He borrowed troops from Shui'an's family to defend Chongqing, and his wishful thinking was well done!"

"In this way, the emperor issued a secret decree to guard against the rebellion of the two families, which is equivalent to telling She Chongming to know!"

"The rebellion of Yongning's extravagant family may be in the next few days."

Shi Yong'an still didn't expect such a long time. Hearing this, he also stood up in surprise, paced back and forth, and said after a while:

"There have been years of severe drought in Shanshan, Shaanxi and other places, and the crops have not been harvested. If An and She rebel at this time, the Southwest will be in chaos."

"When there is chaos in the Southwest, the imperial court will have to mobilize soldiers and horses from all provinces to encircle and suppress them. At that time, the central plains will be completely empty. If there is another disaster in the mountains and Shaanxi, where will the troops be dispatched?"

"The soldiers in Jiangnan can't be transferred, they can only be transferred from Shandong!"

Li Zong sneered.

"The recent White Lotus Demon Sect in Shandong has been bewitching the hearts of the people, even more so than in Guizhou! After Yuan Keli took office in Denglai, although he has changed, how can he move lightly after suppressing heavy troops?"

After such an analysis, the two of them suddenly became more and more frightened, and both felt that they could not continue to dream about it.

Li Shuang patted the case and said: "Just as I said, send people to Yunnan and Huguang to borrow as much as you can!"

"I don't care what Xu Keqiu plans to do in Sichuan, as long as I'm still alive, the flag of Ming Dynasty must be erected in this city of Guiyang!"

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As soon as the news of the loan spread to Yunnan and Huguang, local officials held small meetings.

Borrow money?

You have to borrow 10 taels when you open your mouth. Why don't you think about it?

Yes, we all know that your Guizhou chieftain has conflicts and it is not easy to settle, but you can't speak so loudly.

In the final result, if you want money or not, of course you will not give it!

Li Suan had no way to raise money, and was rejected everywhere. In the end, Lu Qin, the governor of the Southwest, allocated some of the military pay from the imperial court to Guizhou.

Not much, only 4 taels.

After receiving the money, Li Xun and Shi Yong'an immediately began a drastic military purge, and first reissued the food and salaries owed to the Weiming troops in Guizhou for several months to boost the morale of the troops.

They also recruited more than [-] soldiers, bought [-] shi of rice, gathered Han people into the city in advance, and prepared war defense equipment, all of which were stored in Guiyang City, in case the Xi'an family suddenly rebelled.

At this time, the number of Ming troops in Guiyang City had reached 7000, and with the addition of various Wei Ming troops transferred into the city, the number gradually approached [-].

Li Xun issued new equipment, which made the Ming army clean up, but then came the bad news.

However, She Chongming, who was blocked outside the city of Chongqing, first led the She army to rebel and besieged Chongqing. Xu Keqiu couldn't resist it and begged for reinforcements.

Within a few days, Lu Qin, the governor of the Southwest, assembled a large army from various provinces, totaling 12 people, who were divided into six groups and marched hand in hand.

Because Zhu Youxiao's secret order was timely, at the beginning of She Chongming's rebellion, the Ming army was already commanded by a general, who strategically surrounded the rebels outside Chongqing.

A few days later, Lu Qin's military order was also sent to Guiyang.

He ordered Zhang Yanfang, the commander-in-chief of Guiyang, and Xu Chengming, the governor of the capital, to lead their troops to assist Chongqing first, so as to relieve the urgent need.

Although Li Xun had the heart to refuse, it was useless for him to talk too much about the governor's order.

As for the two generals Zhang Yanfang and Xu Chengming, after receiving the military order, they led 3000 troops out of Guiyang without any hesitation, entered Sichuan from Zunyi and Suiyang as vanguard troops.

Chapter 97 is gold always shines

Yongning Xuanfu envoy She Chongming rebelled in Sichuan, and his chieftain claimed to have an army of [-]. The imperial court, with Lu Qin as governor, mobilized officials and troops from four provinces to encircle and suppress.

The news spread everywhere, shaking the capital.

One night, Zhang Yan was waiting in the palace for Zhu Youxiao to arrive, but she didn't receive any news, so she took a few maids close to her, planning to go to the courtyard to relax.

Arriving at the courtyard outside Kunning Palace, Zhang Yan raised her eyes and sniffed the wind, but she could smell the faint smell of saltpeter.

Immediately, she frowned slightly.

At this time, Ai Shi, the maid in charge, came back with a few young eunuchs. As soon as she arrived in front of the courtyard, she smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is not coming tonight! I asked my servant to bring you this to relieve your boredom."

Zhang Yan's shining eyes dimmed slightly, and she nodded quietly.

Ai Shi also saw that the queen was a little unhappy, and hurriedly asked the little eunuch to arrange the things sent by the emperor, and then ordered them in the empty courtyard.

Accompanied by the amazed laughter of the palace people, the fireworks suddenly rose into the sky with the endless and deep night sky as the curtain.

Then it exploded, shattered to pieces, and fell down again, and finally turned into nothingness amidst the variegated colors.

This fleeting brilliance is not something that ordinary people can see, and the palace people are still talking about it happily.

What Zhang Yan thought in his heart was completely different.

For some reason, the first thing she thought of after seeing the fireworks was the thousands of families in Guangning that were destroyed by the war.

Numerous corpses and tens of thousands of innocent souls, I am afraid that in ten or a hundred years, they will not be completely dissipated.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanfu shook her head again and chuckled.

I don't know when, following Zhu Youxiao's ears and eyes, as the queen of the empire, she stopped reading those Confucian classics and cared about the suffering of people's livelihood.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan sighed softly. Thinking of it, today was the first time in a long time that the emperor said he would come but broke his promise.

I think... what happened to the country?

Recently, the emperor has been extremely busy, often staying overnight in the Xinuang Pavilion, and has no time to ride a horse in Nanhaizi. The last time he said he was going to see his three uncles in Beijing, he had no time to spare.

The fireworks were not used up during the Aoshan Lantern Festival this year, and some of them were damp.

It should be asked Wei Zhongxian to find it from the inner treasury and give it to him to relieve boredom. Hmph, let's forgive the emperor for now.

Zhang Yan knows the general situation, but she still won't use this petty temper.

At this time, Ai Shi came up and rubbed his hands, and said with a lot of meaning:

"Your Majesty, it's all over. Eunuch Wei also said that it took a lot of effort to find these."

Immediately, Zhang Yan's eyes dimmed as the fireworks were completely extinguished, and she knew in her heart that the emperor would not come tonight.