The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

"Zhu Tseng?"

"What is it?"

Zhu Houzhao looked around.

He really had no impression of this Anhua King.

Zhu Youqi said in a deep voice: "Zhu Tseng, the sixteenth son of Emperor Taizu Gao and the great-grandson of Qingjing King Zhu."

"In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Anhua King Zhu Zhiyin, whose fiefdom was in Anhua, died, and his grandson Zhu Tseng, as the eldest grandson of Anhua King, officially inherited the title."

"It is said that Zhu Tseng has an arrogant personality. After being instigated by fortune-tellers and wizards, he coveted the throne and recruited a group of loyal supporters, including Ningxia Commander Zhou Ang, Qianhu He Jin, Ding Guang, and Weixue students Sun Jingwen, Meng Bin, Shi Lian, etc. around him."

The reason why Zhu Youqi knew this was because after entering Beijing, he vaguely guessed his fate, so he immediately started to investigate these vassal kings and royal family members, and soon got into the role.

Among these princes and royal family members, the two most restless ones are Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao and Anhua Wang Zhu Zongyi!

Other princes and royal family members may have annexed land and oppressed the people in their fiefdoms, but these two guys are openly raising assassins and cultivating their followers, and it is obvious that they have ill intentions.

Then Xiong Xiu also came back to his senses from his astonishment and subconsciously began to narrate the cause and effect.

"A group of officials including Dali Shaoqing Zhou Dong were sent to Ningxia to inspect the border town. Because Zhou Dong was greedy and amassed a lot of money, the soldiers stationed in Ningxia hated him very much."

"The governor and the chief censor An Weixue repeatedly beat and humiliated the wives of soldiers. The soldiers hated him to the core. The deputy guard councilor Hou Qizhong also came to urge the collection of taxes. The people were in great chaos and the soldiers and civilians suffered terribly."

"The villain Zhu Zong saw an opportunity and began to rebel with dissatisfied officers. He asked Sun Jingwen to invite them to drink and provoke them. Most of the generals were willing to follow Zhu Zong. Zhu Zong also asked people to make friends with the garrison commander of Pinglu City and the thousand households Xu Qin and others who were treated well by him."

"It happened that there was an enemy situation in the border area and the Tatar tribe attacked. Lieutenant General Qiu Yue and Deputy General Yang Ying led the army to defend. The general officer Jiang Han selected 60 elite soldiers including Shen Jujing as guards and ordered Zhou Ang to lead them. Zhou Ang then made a secret agreement with He Jin and conspired with Ding Guang to let Zhu Zong borrow During the banquet, he killed Zhou Dong and other officials, seized their seals, and issued an order to raise troops. "

"That night, Zhu Zongxian invited officials from Ningxia to a banquet, but Zhou Dong and An Weixue declined to attend. After drinking, He Jin and Zhou Ang led the guards to enter, and the imperial guest Han Tingzhang and others led the ambush troops to kill the eunuchs Li Zeng and Deng Guang who were attending the banquet, and captured Jiang Han. Jiang Han stood up and cursed and refused to surrender, but was also killed. Zhu Zongxian began to rebel from then on."

"The next day, Ding Guang and other rebel soldiers were ordered to kill Zhou Dong and An Weixue in the government office. Before An Weixue died, the commander-in-chief Yang Zhong stood by his side and cursed Ding Guang, and was also killed. Yang Zhong's colleague Li Rui heard about the rebellion and rode to the Anhua Palace. The gate was closed and Li Rui could not get in. He cursed and was killed by the rebels. Zhang Qin, a centurion, did not join the rebellion and fled to Leifu Fort. He was also killed. Hou Qizhong was captured and imprisoned by the rebels..." "Zhu Zong burned the government and documents, released They released prisoners, looted the treasury, removed the ferry on the west bank of the Yellow River, and sent people to recruit Yang Ying and Qiu Yue. Both of them pretended to agree. Hou Qizhong escaped and hid, but was captured and imprisoned again. Xu Qin led his troops into the city and forged seals and flags. Yang Ying was stationed in Yangxianbao at the time and led his troops to defend Wanghongbao. When the troops heard of the rebellion, they fled to Lingzhou. Qiu Yue was stationed in Yuquanying outside the city at the time. He originally wanted to escape, but because he was worried about his wife and children who were still in Ningxia, he joined the rebellion. He led his troops into the city, disarmed and presented himself to the emperor. Zhu Zongqi seized his troops and gave them to the various camps, rewarding the soldiers with gold and silk. "

"Zhu Zongqi appointed He Jin as the general to fight against the rebels, Zhou Ang and Ding Guang as the left and right deputy generals, Sun Jingwen as the vanguard, Xu Qin as the vanguard general, Wei Zhen, Yang Tai and seven others as the generals and protectors, and Zhu Xia and eleven others as the general managers. He asked Sun Jingwen to write a manifesto and an order, and copied hundreds of copies, criticizing Liu Jin's corruption and sending it to all the people in the four directions. Town, saying that he was rebelling to purge the emperor and expel Liu Jin, and his accomplices were only Zhou Ang and 18 other families and people in Anhua Prefecture..."

"Feng Zhen, the lieutenant general guarding the western route of Ningxia, and Sun Long, the assistant commander of Guangwu Camp, rode on horseback to report the rebellion. Cao Xiong, the general of Shaanxi, heard about the rebellion and led his troops to block along the Yellow River. He sent Sun Long to burn all the firewood and grass in the big and small dams, and sent the commander Huang Zheng with 3,000 troops to enter Xiazhou and guard Lingzhou to stabilize the army and issue a proclamation. Yang Ying was asked to supervise the Lingzhou soldiers to defend the Yellow River. Some military towns were afraid of Liu Jin and did not dare to report to the court. Huang Ke, the right assistant censor and governor of Yansui, sealed Zhu Zong's letter and reported it, and wrote eight things. Zhu Zong sent Wei Zhen and others to lure Guangwu Camp, but was repelled by Sun Long with bows and arrows. Cao Xiong personally led his troops to Lingzhou. The neighboring officers, Han Bin, the commander of the Xingwu Camp, Baoxun, the general officer, and Shi Yuan, the lieutenant general, responded to Cao Xiong's call and sent troops to join Cao Xiong. Huang Ke urgently ordered Baoxun and Shi Yuan to divide their troops to block Hedong, and the rebels did not dare to go out..." Xiong Xiu quickly recounted the process of Zhu Zong's rebellion and the current situation. Zhu Houzhao looked at Tang Hao with interest and asked with a smile: "What's the matter? Or do you go there in person? ”

Tang Hao shook his head like a rattle. In his memory, whether it was Zhu Zongqiang’s rebellion or Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao’s rebellion, the final result was thunder and thunder with little rain. They were quelled by the court in a few months, so he was too lazy to establish the merit of quelling the rebellion.

In addition, Tang Hao also heard a familiar name from Xiong Xiu just now, Qiu Yue.

It is said that this general is also a brave general. At first, he was selected as one of the nine frontier generals by Zhang Fu and others. They were ready to do their best to support this person to take the position. Unexpectedly, Tang Hao suddenly came to the Ming Dynasty and accidentally saved Zhu Houzhao, making a great contribution to saving the emperor. Therefore, Tang Hao replaced Qiu Yue and became a new general supported by the noble group.

And this Qiu Yue and his men did not give up. After several operations, he is now a lieutenant general. If he makes contributions to suppressing the rebellion this time, he will certainly be rewarded with a title and promoted.

It is a good thing that other military generals and nobles can rise, which is a good thing for Tang Hao to see, so he is too lazy to compete with others for credit.

"The overall situation is more important. I won't go to these small matters. Isn't Yang Yiqing in Shaanxi? Just let him solve this matter directly."

"Qiu Yue is not bad. Surrendering to the rebels is also forced by the situation. The court can try to contact him as an internal response, and then cooperate with each other inside and outside, and the rebels will collapse without attacking. It's a waste of time for me to go there. There is no point."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in agreement, and then immediately sent an order to the Ministry of War. It happened that Yang Yiqing, the Minister of War, was inspecting Shaanxi at this moment. Ma Zheng, so he directly ordered Yang Yiqing to serve as the three-border commander with the title of Shangshu, and to command the military affairs of Ningxia, Yansui, Gansu, and Liang, to attack Zhu Zong, and appointed eunuch Zhang Yong as the governor of Ningxia military affairs, promoted Yang Ying, who was then the deputy commander of the Ningxia garrison, to the deputy commander of the Youfu Office, and appointed him as the general commander, and sent 1,500 Yansui soldiers to him, and appointed Qiu Yue, the deputy commander of the Ningxia guerrilla general, as the deputy general commander, and Shi Yong, the commander of Lingzhou garrison, as the guerrilla general.

This lineup is already very luxurious. Not only does Yang Yiqing, who is familiar with military affairs, coordinate the army, but there are also border generals such as Yang Ying and Qiu Yue to assist. If this can't take down Zhu Zong, then the Ming Dynasty will be dead, and Tang Hao is too lazy to struggle anymore.

Xiong Xiu immediately went to the cabinet to convey the order, while Zhu Houzhao continued to discuss with his three confidants about the next investigation of Wangzhuang.

Originally, they were still worried about what name to use to investigate Wangzhuang.

As a result, now it is good. Zhu Zongxuan's sudden rebellion gave Zhu Houzhao a perfect excuse.

As long as Zhu Zongxuan's rebellion is quelled, the court can investigate the crimes of the rebels and start a comprehensive cleansing of the annexation of land by these clan princes.

Of course, the candidate cannot be Tang Hao, after all, he is the emperor's lackey known to the court and the public.

If Tang Hao is allowed to do this, the clan princes will definitely think that this is the emperor's deliberate act, and it is clearly aimed at them. In this way, the cooperation that the two sides have just reached will naturally be meaningless.

In addition to Tang Hao, the best candidate is Liu Jin.

Well, this is the real reason why Tang Hao spared Liu Jin's dog life!

We must let this Liu Daban shine for the Ming Dynasty before he dies!

After the details were finalized, one decree after another began to be issued.

At this moment, Yang Tinghe was in a state of anxiety in the cabinet.

The emperor convened a meeting of the royal family and was about to lead the royal family to the court to fight against the civil officials and gentry. As a result, at this critical moment, Anhua King Zhu Zongxian rebelled!

This is a rebellion of the royal family!

It is not a rebellion of the White Lotus Sect!

If it is not handled well, it will be a battle of peace!

So Yang Tinghe immediately summoned important civil and military officials to prepare to go to the emperor to deal with this matter.

However, before he could make any move, Xiong Xiu brought the emperor's will.

Yang Tinghe believed that Qiu Yue would not rebel, and the promotion would make him more loyal to the court. He should not retrieve the imperial edict and give the good general to the enemy. He drafted an amnesty edict, requesting the promotion of Qiu Yue to alienate the rebels, which coincided with the emperor's will.

So this edict was quickly issued through the cabinet, and the corrupt Ming Dynasty began to operate efficiently and quickly because of a sudden rebellion, like a rotten machine with all its parts falling to the ground.

After making some responses, Yang Tinghe was relieved.

Wang Ao walked to his side and said meaningfully: "Prime Minister, do you think His Majesty will bring the power of the royal family into the court?"

It's a bit ridiculous to say that at this critical juncture, an Anhua King Zhu Zongxuan rebelled.

If His Majesty had some brains, he should stop what he did immediately and re-generate a fear of the royal family and vassal kings.

After all, the new system of royal family and vassal kings has not been issued yet, and Anhua King Zhu Zongxuan dared to rebel!

If this completely opens the vassal ban, after the royal family and vassal kings come to power, it is unknown how many royal family and vassal kings will rebel!

So Wang Ao naively thought that His Majesty would probably stop.

However, Yang Tinghe shook his head with a wry smile.

"You don't know the Emperor. He won't stop there."

"It is said that at the clan meeting, the Emperor reached an exchange of interests with the kings. The kings fully supported the Emperor in exchange for the opportunity to enter the court and take power."

"The Emperor has already appointed Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao as the Minister of Guanglu Temple and Xing Wang Zhu Youlu as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites. These two kings are the representatives of the clan that the Emperor left in the capital!"

Hearing this, Wang Ao's face changed drastically.

Guanglu Temple Minister Zhu Chenhao!

Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites Zhu Youlu!

This time, the Emperor appointed important officials in the court without going through the Ministry of Personnel!

But Wang Ao is not qualified to do anything, unless he dares to disobey the Emperor's will!

"Xing Wang Zhu Youlu is fine. He treats the people well in Anlu Prefecture and has always been famous for his virtue!"

"But what kind of person is Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao? He plunders the people's blood and sweat in the local area, raises assassins to plot rebellion, and restores the palace guards by colluding with Liu Jin. It is clear that he has ill intentions..."

"Be careful with your words!" Yang Tinghe reminded in a low voice, "Your Majesty... probably knows."

"Don't you think the position of Guanglu Temple Qing is very clever?"

"Why is it not Xing Wang Zhu Youlu who is the Guanglu Temple Qing, but this Zhu Chenhao?"

Wang Hao's pupils shrank suddenly when he heard this, and then he took a breath of cold air.

Your Majesty, this is really a big game of chess!

Yang Tinghe sighed.

“Our Majesty’s courage is far beyond ordinary!”

"It's just that His Majesty does this, but it's difficult for us ministers."

Isn’t it difficult?

Wang Hao also looked gloomy.

God knows how many courtiers would secretly accept bribes from Zhu Chenhao!

When this thief entered Beijing, he brought more than a dozen cartloads of gold, silver and jewelry with him!

Who would refuse free gold, silver and jewelry?

But once they take it, then... death is not far away.

"Let's go and see!"

Yang Tinghe's eyes flashed with cold light.

Ever since he stabbed His Majesty the Emperor in the back after reporting the matter to the Queen Mother because His Majesty was preparing to bring the power of the clan into the DPRK, the previous close teacher-student relationship had completely ceased to exist.

Now Yang Tinghe wants to meet the emperor, but basically he can't see His Majesty the Emperor.

The person who replaced him was none other than Xing Wang Zhu Youqiu.

This is not good news for Yang Tinghe.

But since he decided to do this in the first place, he would not regret it.

The clan kings came to power, which was a huge hidden danger for the Ming Dynasty!

At the same time, in prison.

Tang Hao looked at Liu Jin with a smile.

The powerful Liu Daban in the past was now hiding in the corner of the cell. He looked a little crazy, and his body was even shaking from time to time.

Obviously, this time he was tortured too badly.

Not the physical pain, but the crazy mental torture!

Tang Hao left a lot of mental torture methods to Mou Bin, the commander of Jin Yiwei, all of which were used by the upright Lord Tishuai for experiments on Liu Jin.

The effect was very good, at least even a ruthless character like Liu Jin couldn't bear it and confessed all his crimes!

"Tishuai, are you a little cruel?"

"Is this damn eunuch not crazy?"

Mou Bin smiled coquettishly, then touched his chin and thought for a moment.

"Probably not?"

"You still know how to poop and pee. It doesn't look like you are crazy."

Tang Hao: "..."

I spared his life for a big deal, but you made me go crazy?

Then who is going to clean up the feudal prince's farmland and then become the scapegoat?

Tang Hao glared at Mou Bin angrily, then looked at the cowering Liu Jin, and tentatively called: "Liu Jin? Liu Daban?"

Hearing Tang Hao's demonic voice, Liu Jin was so frightened that she cried, holding her head and crying.

"wrong!"

"Master Hou, have mercy on me, have mercy on me!"

"I really know I was wrong. I don't dare to provoke the Marquis..."

"Kill me...kill me! I won't go to the dark room, I won't go to the dark room..."

Tang Hao saw this and looked at Mou Bin.

The latter blushed and then sighed.

"Well, Tang Hou's methods are so effective, I didn't expect..."

"You make me a scapegoat!"

"..."

The two were silent for a moment, looked at the crazy Liu Jin, and sighed in unison.

"Tang Hou, what should we do now? Or... kill him to avoid future troubles?"

Mou Bin made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Since Liu Jin has gone completely crazy, there is no use value. Keeping him will always be a disaster. It is better to kill him directly to avoid future troubles.

Tang Hao glared at Mou Bin angrily, and then made a final attempt.

"According to His Majesty's oral instructions, Liu Jin is appointed as the imperial eunuch to preside over trials and investigate the royal villages in various places. There must be no mistakes!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Jin, who was originally crazy, suddenly calmed down.

Under the disheveled hair was a ferocious and mean face.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?!"

"Hahaha... Your Majesty still remembers me! Your Majesty still remembers me!"

"I knew that I, Liu Jin, could rise again, I knew that I, Liu Jin, could take power again!"

Liu Jin laughed maniacally, making Tang Hao and Mou Bin dumbfounded again.

"Tanghou, why don't we kill him?"

"I'm worried that letting him out will..."

Mou Bin reminded with fear on his face.

Letting a crazy eunuch serve as an imperial eunuch is simply irresponsible to others!

Tang Hao squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Jin, then chuckled.

"No need, evil people will be punished by evil people, and those feudal princes and clans are not good things!"

Hearing this, a chill suddenly rose up behind Mou Bin.

Liu Jin finished her seizure and immediately knelt down and said loudly: "My slave Liu Jin... take the order!"

At the same time, inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Taihang, the sixth generation king of Qing Dynasty, fell to his knees on the ground with a pale face and frantically kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao to apologize.

He is the contemporary King of Qing, and the King of Anhua Zhu Zhixiu belongs to the Qingfan lineage, so at this moment Zhu Zhixiu is bold enough to rebel and cause chaos. He, the King of Qing, naturally has an unshirkable responsibility!

If according to the new system of sects and vassals, let alone the contribution rate of Qingfan's lineage this time, they will even be disqualified from selecting year-end awards for three years, and may even lose their title!

So at this moment, Zhu Taihang hated that damn Zhu Zhixiu so much that he gnashed his teeth in hatred.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhu Taihang coldly and reprimanded him mercilessly.

After all, it was obvious that Zhu Zongxian had been planning to rebel for a long time, and Zhu Taihong, the main line of the Qing prince, was completely unaware of this. He was simply a waste among wastes!

Besides eating, drinking, having fun and playing with women, what else can such a waste do?

Zhu Houzhao had intended to seize this opportunity to start a comprehensive cleansing of the clan princes who occupied the land, so he naturally would not give any more favors at this moment, and directly ordered the Qing prince Zhu Taihong to be temporarily detained.

As the news of the rebellion of Anhua Prince Zhu Zongxian spread, and the Qing prince Zhu Taihong was detained by His Majesty in anger, all the princes who entered the capital were trembling and treading on thin ice.

They were angry that the good situation was destroyed by the thief Zhu Zongxian, and they were also worried that His Majesty would be afraid of the clan princes and directly cut off the clan princes' only chance to enter the court and take power!

So the princes immediately took action and asked Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao and Xing Wang Zhu Youju for information.

Zhu Youju sat on the Diaoyutai and was not moved at all; but Zhu Chenhao was almost crazy and wanted to bite Zhu Zongxi to death!

Aren't you just stirring up trouble?