The Most Powerful Man in the World

Chapter 340 Three Jiangnan Tribulation [3 more]

In the past dynasties, when it comes to the righteousness of winning the country, no one is more than the Ming Dynasty. The Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the grass-roots people, joined the rebel army, held high the banner, drove out the Tartars, and restored the Chinese clothes.Meng Sen once said in "The Romance of the History of the Ming Dynasty" that since the three generations of China, the only people who have won the country are the Han and the Ming Dynasty.

As a descendant of the royal family, King Ning actually colluded with the Tatar aliens to invade the Central Plains. No wonder the ministers reacted so fiercely.

Chu Yi sneered: "Zhu Chenhao even dares to rebel, what does it mean to him to collude with other races, historically, for his own selfish interests, there are not many, not many of him, who collude with foreign races to invade the Central Plains. A Zhu Chenhao."

Zhu Houzhao's face was ashen. If King Ning rebelled, Zhu Houzhao would be angry, but he would not be angry to death. Zhu Chenhao was a descendant of the Taizu, just like him, with the blood of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang flowing in his veins. And Zhu Chenhao even colluded with the Tatars to invade the Central Plains.

"Zhu Chenhao, the royal family does not have a royal family that colluded with foreign races like you, I want to order the clan's mansion to remove King Ning's lineage from the emperor's book, I want to capture Zhu Chenhao, and kill him with a thousand swords before Taizu's mausoleum! "

Zhu Houzhao, who was able to be angry, said such words, obviously Zhu Chenhao really touched the bottom line of the emperor.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was so annoyed, no one said a word for Zhu Chenhao.

Zhu Chenhao's rebellion was a crime of great treason, and now he colluded with a foreign race, even if he was cut with a thousand swords, it would be difficult to atone for his crime.

After venting a bit, Zhu Houzhao stared at Chu Yi fiercely and said: "My partner, tell me, how can I calm down the rebellion of King Ning and repel the invasion of the Tartars!"

Chu Yi sneered and said: "The 10,000 Tatar invaders are indeed very powerful, but your Majesty need not panic too much. Yang Yiqing has been in office for more than half a year. Datong, at least has [-]+ soldiers to fight, not the situation where there were so many empty-handed soldiers in the past.”

All the civil and military personnel couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief when they heard what Chu Yi said, but Zhang Mao snorted coldly and said, "Don't forget, the chief executive, the border town stretches for thousands of miles, and a 10,000+ army is placed in such a long distance. How can we withstand the [-] Tatar raging soldiers!"

Anyway, Zhang Mao is also a person who knows the military, so this point he brought up is the biggest disadvantage of Daming Border Town. After all, Daming is on the defensive side, let alone the Xuanfu and Datong Line, large and small towns. There are dozens.

There are so many cities, when the Tartars invade, some can indeed be temporarily abandoned, but some cities must be stationed with large troops, and other places also need troops and horses to be stationed, that is to say, they can really be used at that time. The frontier troops fighting against the Tatars were actually in the tens of thousands at most.

Chu Yi glanced at Zhang Mao and said calmly, "What the British public said is very true, but the British public thinks it is clear that places such as Shaanxi and Gansu have always been barren, and the distance from the capital is even more distant, so the Tatars have always invaded They would not choose these border towns. Xuanfu and Datong are the barriers of the capital, and they are the first choice border towns for Oirat and Tartar invasions.”

Zhang Mao said: "So what, Yang Yiqing also wants to leave a large army to defend in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, so at most he can gather tens of thousands of troops in Xuanfu and Datong line, otherwise, once the Tartars invade from other places, It is bound to be like a broken bamboo. How can an army of tens of thousands resist the [-] peaks of the Tatars?"

After speaking, Zhang Mao said again: "There are alien invasions outside, and there are vassal kings conspiracy to rebel. The old man will ask the chief general, will the plan be released?"

In such a situation, at least not even a fool can see it. If Daming couldn't bear it, he died either at the hands of the rebels or at the hands of aliens.

Jiao Fang and Wang Hua couldn't help but look at Chu Yi and said, "General Manager..."

Chu Yi stood up, slowly turned towards Zhu Houzhao for a week and said, "I ask Your Majesty to decree that [-] people in the capital will be transferred to Yang Yiqing's command. It only takes Yang Yiqing to block the Tartars for a month."

A light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and when he heard the words, he immediately said, "I'm sure!"

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao said to Jiao Fang: "Elder Jiao Ge, the cabinet quickly draws up the decree, I stamp it with the seal, and immediately send troops from the Beijing camp. The Ministry of Household, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of War and other departments must prepare the armaments needed for the army to leave the city, Grain and grass, the army of [-] Beijing camps must be launched tomorrow!"

When Zhu Houzhao issued the decree, Chu Yi said again: "I ask your majesty to allow me to go to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion against King Ning!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but change his expression when he heard the words: "Big partner, do you want to go out in person?"

Originally, according to his and Chu Yi's plan, there was no need for Chu Yi to pacify King Ning's rebellion. With the backhand they had arranged before, pacifying King Ning's rebellion was nothing more than a matter of time.

However, it was obvious that King Ning actually colluded with the Tatars, which was far beyond the expectations of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.

Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, this minister will pacify King Ning's rebel army within a month, and then take the opportunity of a great victory to personally lead the army north!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but hesitate for a while. If Chu Yi left the capital, he would feel a little uneasy in his heart, as if he had lost his support all of a sudden.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's expression, Chu Yi said with a straight face: "Your Majesty does not have to worry, after the minister leaves, His Majesty can order Hu Yi to inspect the Forbidden City, the four guards of Tengxiang to inspect the capital, the British prince to sit in the capital, and the elders are stable. Chaotang, what else is there to worry about, Your Majesty?"

After the previous slaughter, there may still be some people with bad intentions in the capital, but these people alone can't make a splash.

After suffering a loss, Zhu Houzhao will always grow. Even if Xie Qian, Jiang Mian and others are resurrected, it will not be so easy to calculate Zhu Houzhao again.

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, looked at Chu Yi with a face of reluctance, nodded slowly and said: "At the request of Da Companion, I designated Da Compan as a minister of imperial envoy, and gave me a seal with me, and was solely responsible for pacifying King Ning's rebellion. , up to the vassal kings, down to the commoners, all the civil and military, with the right to be executed first and then to file!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at Chu Yi with a strange look. They had to say that Zhu Houzhao really believed in Chu Yi very much. He even gave Chu Yi the right to be executed first and then to pay. In this bright future, except for Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, Chu Yi can kill anyone.

Chu Yi looked awe-inspiring and said solemnly, "I will live up to your Majesty's expectations."

Just as the DPRK and China responded, the land of Jiangnan was boiling.

Just as Jiao Fang and other patriarchs said, when Wang Yangming and Chen Tai were rushed to the capital for [-] miles, King Ning had already raised troops for three days.

In three days, if you marched in a hurry, you could travel about one or two hundred li. If you attacked the city, if it went well, you might have captured several cities.

Since Chu Yi had already noticed that Zhu Chenhao wanted to raise troops, he naturally made arrangements early, and for this reason, Wang Shouren was transferred from Longchang, Guizhou to Jiangxi to serve as an inspector.

The most important thing is to prevent accidents, Chu Yi asked the emperor for a will to Wang Shouren, so that Wang Shouren has the right to arbitrarily decide.

Chu Yi is very clear that the efficiency of local officials, if Wang Yangming does not have enough power, even if Wang Yangming has great ability, without the cooperation of officials, he can never do anything.

Don't look at the history of Wang Yangming, which took more than a month to suppress the rebellion of King Ning. It was because the rebellion of King Ning was not popular in the Jiangnan region. A few can be said to all stand on the side of the imperial court. In addition, Wang Yangming's strategizing and the concerted efforts of local officials naturally suppressed the rebellion of King Ning easily.

However, this time is different from history. In history, King Ning's rebellion in Jiangnan was simply unpopular, and there was no one to help. This time, Chu Yi and the emperor killed a few times, and the entire Jiangnan was like a huge gunpowder. Bucket, has already accumulated a great deal of resentment, so to speak.

Whether it was the dignitaries and gentry whose homes were raided and exterminated, or the dignitaries and officials who stood on the opposite side of Chu Yi, they dared not say that the entire Jiangnan was detached from the imperial court. At least half of Jiangnan definitely welcomed the rebellion of King Ning.

It can be said that Chu Yi had expected that King Ning's rebellion would inevitably sweep over half of Jiangnan at the beginning, unless Chu Yi started to remove King Ning in advance.

But even if King Ning is removed, the grievances against the imperial court accumulated in Jiangnan still exist. Without King Ning, there will be kings of Qin, Zhao and other vassal kings.

Daming didn't have anything else, just a matter of many vassal kings, and just a prince who came out would be able to raise an army.

The importance of King Ning is actually not that important at all. In the end, what Jiangnan interest groups need is nothing more than a signboard like King Ning.

With such a signboard as King Ning, then the rebellion will be regarded as a struggle within the royal family as difficult as Zhu Dijing is by all parties in the Ming Dynasty.

Once there is no vassal king as a signboard, people in Jiangnan want to rebel, and without the righteousness in their hands, they will be disadvantaged.

In the final analysis, Chu Yi is not dealing with a mere King Ning. If he really wants to get rid of King Ning's words, with a single order, Jinyiwei will be enough to take King Ning down.

However, entrenched in Jiangnan, the deep-rooted forces that have formed a huge net of interests covering the vast Jiangnan are almost perfect for Jiangnan.

Although it is said that the imperial court still has a certain degree of control over Jiangnan, to a certain extent, Jiangnan has actually gradually separated from the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Jiangnan was originally the Jiangnan of Daming, and it could provide Daming with huge human, material and financial resources. It is a pity that a group of unscrupulous and shameless people are like greedy blood-sucking worms lying on top of Daming's old body and absorbing it crazily, consuming Daming's vitality.

Chu Yi repeatedly indulged King Ning with a very simple purpose, that is, to sweep the huge Jiangnan in one fell swoop, only a major turmoil sweeping the Jiangnan can sweep away the flies and dogs that occupied Jiangnan.

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Chapter 340: Wang Yangming blocks the way! 【1 more】

As long as this can be achieved, Daming will regain control of the land in the south of the Yangtze River, relying on Hua Tianbao, a thing in the south of the Yangtze River, to implement the strategy of increasing commercial taxes, mining taxes, and opening the sea, and it will not be difficult for Daming to continue its life for another 200 years.

King Ning held high the banner of the Qing monarch, and suddenly trapped and killed many civil and military officials in Jiangxi. Some officials were directly killed by King Ning, but most of them chose to join King Ning.

Jiangxi did not dare to say that it was the territory of King Ning. At least King Ning radiated from Nanchang as the center, and attracted an unknown number of lower-level officials.

Coupled with the support of the local lords and dignitaries, almost on the third day after King Ning raised the banner of the Qing Dynasty, King Ning's rebels swept the surrounding areas of Nanchang.

For example, Jiujiang Prefecture, Yingtan, Fuzhou and other places opened the city almost at the same time as King Ning's army approached the city, and almost no official resistance was seen.

In just three days, in the huge Jiangxi region, only a few counties chose to resist, while most of the prefectures chose to surrender.

At the same time, King Ning's army, which originally had only [-] rebels, was like a snowball. By the time the army arrived in Ji'an County, the entire King Ning rebels had already turned over a cup, reaching a total of [-] to [-]. crowd.

Of course, King Ning's army was expanding so fast, and most of them were just ordinary strong men who had just put down their hoes.

Because King Ning promised a high amount of military salaries, a large number of young people gathered to join the army for a while. Of course, there was also the persecution of King Ning's rebel army.

Relying on various means, in just a few days, King Ning's rebel army formed a huge momentum.

Ji'an County.

As the inspector of Jiangxi, Wang Shouren and Jiangxi governor Chen Tai can be said to be one of the few high-ranking officials in the entire Jiangxi officialdom who did not fall into the hands of King Ning.

The two noticed King Ning's rebellious move, and they measured the strength of the two sides. The people retreated to Ji'an County.

Ji'an County is not big, but it has a radius of several miles. At the same time that King Ning's rebels attacked and occupied the county towns, Chen Tai and Wang Shouren, the governor of Jiangxi Province, negotiated and decisively gathered all available troops to gather in Ji'an County.

It's a pity that this incident was not like the history. King Ning's rebels were unpopular. Wang Shouren got a lot of support when he climbed high and gathered a large number of people.

Therefore, within three days, even with Wang Shouren's ability, he could only gather three thousand soldiers and horses.

Of course, the [-] soldiers and horses have eliminated the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Otherwise, if the old, weak, sick and disabled are also counted, there are more or less five or six thousand soldiers and horses in Ji'an County.

In the county office, the governor Chen Tai is an out-of-the-ordinary civil official. His face is full of sadness at this moment, and he looks at Wang Shouren, who is sitting there, as steady as Mount Tai.

In addition to Wang Shouren and Chen Tai, there are also Mao Yuan, the magistrate of Ji'an County, and the county magistrate in the county.

Chen Tai coughed lightly, looked at Wang Shouren and said, "Lord Wang, how can a small town in Ji'an County be able to resist the tens of thousands of rebels coming from King Ning? According to this old man's opinion, I might as well retreat..."

Wang Shouren looked up at Chen Tai and said: "Master Chen, as officials of the court, we have the responsibility to protect the land and the people. Although the rebels are powerful, if we leave, won't we surrender Ji'an County to the rebels? Jun, how will Lord Chen explain to the Son of Heaven in the future?"

Chen Tai said: "But I only have thousands of soldiers to fight, how can I be the opponent of the menacing rebels!"

Whether it's Wang Shouren or Chen Tai, when they talk about official positions, they have to come up with several levels of officials in the county, such as the county magistrate Mao Yuan, so now seeing Chen Tai and Wang Shouren arguing, several officials can't get in the way, only Can wait for the two to separate a result.

Wang Shouren glanced at the officials, his face was full of confidence and said: "Everyone, King Ning's rebellion is really a great treason, its prosperity is also booming, and its death is also sudden, as long as we stick to it and wait for the court to dispatch the Quartet. When the army comes, it will certainly be able to easily destroy King Ning's rebel army."

Mao Yuan looked at Wang Shouren and opened his mouth, as if he had something to say.

Seeing this, Wang Shouren said, "Mr. Mao, if you have anything to say, just say it bluntly!"

Mao Yuan took a deep breath and said: "Lord Wang, according to the news from our people, King Ning has led the army to break the Jiujiang Mansion, and now I am afraid that he has already taken a big boat and led his army down the river, heading straight for Nanjing City. , if Nanjing City is breached..."

Wang Shouren couldn't help but narrow his eyes, but all Daming officials, who do not know that Nanjing City is the core of the southern part of Daming City, and it is called the second capital of the North and South along with Beijing City. If Nanjing City is taken by King Ning, then the situation will be against Ning. Wang is extremely beneficial, and even if most of Jiangnan is not good, it may fall into the hands of King Ning.

Wang Shouren was proficient in the art of war, so how could he not know the importance of Nanjing to the imperial court and Jiangnan, so he could not let King Ning win the city of Nanjing no matter what.

King Ning's rebellion is not terrible. The scary thing is that if he takes Nanjing City, then it will inevitably form a huge momentum. At that time, King Ning's identity as a descendant of Taizu and a royal vassal will be enough to re-establish the court in Nanjing, and the Ming Dynasty court. North and South stand side by side.

"We must not sit back and watch King Ning break through the city of Nanjing, otherwise, even if the imperial army goes south, the price of quelling the rebellion will be much higher."

Hearing the words, the head of the county could not help whispering softly: "As far as our troops are at the moment, let alone King Ning's army, I'm afraid that even the rebels in front of us may not be able to stop them, so consider doing so much. What, first think about how to save your life when the rebels break through the county."

Although the words of the master book are not easy to say, they are also true.

King Ning's rebels swept across Jiangxi, and encountered almost no resistance. However, the governor Chen Tai and the inspector Wang Shouren raised their banners in Ji'an County, called out to the top, and summoned the great Ming soldiers from all directions to resist King Ning in Ji'an County. rebels.

Even a small army of King Ning rebels who tried to easily accept Ji'an County was easily suppressed by the imperial troops led by Wang Yangming and others.

But also because of this, the actions of Wang Shouren, Chen Tai and others in Ji'an County also attracted the attention of King Ning.

King Ning naturally heard about Wang Shouren's great Ming Dynasty, and even when Wang Shouren was transferred to Jiangxi as an inspector, King Ning sent someone to try to win over Wang Shouren.

It's a pity that Wang Shouren is simply unable to get in. The gold, silver and beauties he sent were all rejected by Wang Shouren, and he resolutely drew a clear line with King Ning. People investigate King Ning's actions.

The reason why King Ning raised the army so quickly was that on the one hand, he had made preparations in all aspects. The move of the palace was noticed by King Ning.

For several reasons, King Ning decisively chose to start an army.

Although it is said that King Ning's army swept across Jiangxi very smoothly, that is because the civil and military officials established in Jiangxi's officialdom were either killed by him or turned to him, and there were secret support from the local gentry and dignitaries. So smooth.

Whether it is the governor Chen Tai or the inspector Wang Shouren, in Jiangxi, it is a banner of the court. As long as Wang Shouren and Chen Tai are there, then Jiangxi cannot be completely occupied by King Ning.

For example, in Ji'an County, under the leadership of Wang Shouren and Chen Tai, they blocked the expansion of King Ning's army.

To this end, King Ning personally ordered and dispatched a group of troops, and Zhou Boling, the Zhaowu general who he personally appointed, led tens of thousands of rebels to Ji'an County.