Six hundred and ninetieth eight chapters Ke Shao Jiqiu (eight)
On Bingzi in the sixth month, King Ning Zhu Chenhao rebelled.
That day was King Ning's birthday. At the banquet, he suddenly said: "In the past, Xiaoxiao Temple was mistakenly established by the eunuch Li Guang, and he adopted the people. My ancestors lived without blood for nine years! Now the Queen Mother has a secret decree, and she ordered me to send troops to punish the sin.
, Let’s do justice together!”
Of course he couldn't take out the Queen Mother's edict, but he took out the heterochromatic dragon paper.
This thing is enough to scare people!
Although the imperial court issued an order to change the top management of Jiangxi, due to the long distance, officials who were to be transferred to Jiangxi had to be handed over before leaving. After this delay, Jiangxi still has the same team as before, and many people have already defected to Ning.
King.
Therefore, when King Ning flashed the dragon paper with different colors, all the people bowed down and shouted long live.
Sun Sui, the right deputy censor of Jiangxi Province, and Xu Kui, deputy envoy of Nanchang Military Preparation, who stood up to accuse King Ning of treason, were beheaded and sacrificed.
One of the officials who did not surrender was thrown into prison. Counselor Huang Hong and Ma Sicong, the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs who happened to be in Jiangxi on official business, went on a hunger strike and committed suicide in prison.
Subsequently, King Ning claimed to have led one hundred thousand troops and joined thousands of ships, and marched towards Nanjing in an attempt to seize Nanjing and ascend the throne before the imperial court could react.
He felt that half of the country was at his fingertips, but he did not know that the news of his rebellion had already been quickly sent to Jiang Mian in the capital by Jiang Sheng, the governor of southern Jiangxi.
Jiang Mianhui, who had just been promoted to Minister of Rites, and his second assistant Wang Hua, secretly reported to the emperor.
Afterwards, the cabinet made arrangements quickly and secretly ordered Jiang He and Gao Wenhu in southern Henan to join forces and go south.
As for Nanjing, Wang Shouren had already begun to make plans when he received Shen Rui's letter, and dispatched soldiers on the grounds of suppressing bandits in western Zhejiang and northern Fujian. At this time, he was already near Jiangxi.
Jiang Sheng hurried to southern Jiangxi. On the pretext of rectifying military affairs, he contacted several guard posts and planned to cut off Ning Fan's retreat.
The dragnet has been laid...
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In fact, even without advance warning, the news was sent to Beijing extremely quickly.
After several years of operation by Shen Rui, the Northland message delivery network has grown to a large scale, and the delivery speed has been greatly improved. What happened at the banquet at Prince Ning's Mansion on June 14th was already delivered to the emperor before the first day of July.
At that time, the capital had just received good news from the border.
In mid-June, the Tatars invaded two border towns in Datong and Ningxia, but were defeated by the defenders.
Pan Hao, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, Zhao Hongpei, the commander, and Yang Ying, the commander-in-chief of Datong, led the troops to kill the enemy bravely and block the enemy outside the border wall. In this battle, more than 300 people were beheaded, nearly 100 prisoners were captured, and several horses and artifacts were seized. It was considered a great success.
There have been many big wins in recent years.
This was also a great victory for the imperial party.
Yang Ying and Pan Hao were both veteran generals on the border and performed normally, but Zhao Hongpei performed brilliantly and became a rising star.
During this battle, the intelligence work of the Siyi Pavilion was extremely complete. When they detected any changes in the grassland, they immediately reported to the generals in various places to make preparations. The scale of the invasion was actually not large. The enemy was bluffing at first, and it was also the Siyi Pavilion.
The secret agents risked their lives to detect the enemy's actual situation, which provided important reference for the formation of troops in various towns.
The newly improved artillery from the Ordnance Research Institute of Shanxi Martial Arts shined brightly in this battle. Although it was bulky, it was a powerful weapon for defending the city when installed on the city wall.
Pang Tianqing has always been in charge of the Siyi Academy, and Cai Song is in charge of Shanxi martial arts. Together with Zhao Hongpei, they are all young people promoted by the young emperor.
The military newspaper also mentioned that Shen Xuan, Shanxi's chief envoy to the government, was cooperating in the defense of the city, saying that he actively lobbied merchants in Ma City to prepare grain and grass, and even went to the city in person to boost morale.
When Shen Rui saw the military report, he couldn't help but curse in his heart. Apart from the fact that he was not injured, it was almost like the military report Shen Xiu picked up from the Wu'an County defense report.
However, in this battle, Shen Xun was indeed credited with a meritorious service. Shen Xun not only asked Shen Rui to go to Datian to listen to the original secret report, but also wisely handed it over to the Siyi Pavilion.
The Siyi Pavilion also expressed sympathy and did not give Shen Xun credit when reporting the merits. However, the origin of Shen Xuan's news could not be explained clearly, so it could only refer to Wu'an County's model and report him for his meritorious service in defending the city.
Of course, "defending" the city was not a lie. Shen Xuan did stay in Datong and did not escape.
In any case, Shen Rui finally breathed a sigh of relief. Jiang Sheng did not hide the fact that it was Shen Jun who sent the news about Ning Fan's rebellion. Here, Shen Jun had the credit for sending the secret report and fighting against the enemy. At least when Xiao Dongge's incident happened, Zong Zong The house will not be too heavily involved.
Brother Shou was very satisfied with the performance of his central henchmen in this battle. When he convened the ministers to discuss the rewards for meritorious service at the border and the follow-up measures such as the horse market, he even spoke a little louder, and he was very confident. What it means is that if I were to lead the expedition in person, the results would be even more glorious.
Zhang Yong also joined in and praised the emperor's ability to recognize people, and then praised him without hesitation. From the Siyi Pavilion to Mr. Li Ge, from the Shanxi Martial Arts Ordnance Department to Mr. Yang Ge, from the Ministry of Household Affairs to Mr. Wang Ge... Several cabinet ministers praised him all over.
Shen Rui and Zhang Hui couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
Several elders were also a little embarrassed, but they reached out to avoid hitting the smiling man. They originally wanted to kick Zhang Yong to the border, and it was hard to say anything at this time.
During the reward ceremony, several senior officials did not dissuade the emperor, leaving it up to the emperor to reward the imperial party heavily.
However, several people have differences regarding the border and horse market policies.
Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe believed that the horse market trade should be continued to expand, because the scale of the invasion this time was much smaller than that of the same period in recent years. The news from the Siyi Pavilion was also that some tribes refused because they were unwilling to destroy the horse market that had finally opened. Join the war.
Especially those tribes that lack fighting power but are good at raising cattle and sheep.
In previous years, they had followed in the plundering process. Since they were not direct descendants and were not very young, the spoils they could share were small.
But now it is completely different from the Ming Dynasty transaction.
Although there was a severe drought this year and many cattle and sheep died, for them, the tribesmen slaughtered the cattle and sheep for meat, skinned and shaved them and sold them to the Ming Dynasty. Even if they could not exchange for grain and iron, it was still cost-effective to exchange cloth for salt. of.
Especially when they discovered that some things really couldn't be snatched away.
For example, the veterinary medicine passed down from the Ming Dynasty to treat calf diarrhea is really cheap and easy to use.
And this kind of medicine is not available even if you want to grab it at the border. I heard that even medicinal herbs can only be found further south.
Diarrhea is a common disease of calves, which occurs frequently and has a high mortality rate. For herdsmen, losing one calf less means getting one more big cow in the future.
Who doesn’t want to get more from Daming’s horse market?
Although the attitudes of these tribes cannot affect the royal court's decision, it is always good to have fewer enemies.
The Siyi Pavilion was in charge of intelligence collection, and Lan Tian was in charge of the veterinary drug matter. Li Dongyang naturally refused to shut down the horse market and hoped to expand the horse market trade.
Yang Tinghe would not object even to his son-in-law.
Liang Chu also acknowledged the importance of the horse market, but said that if the Tatars dared to invade the border, they must be punished.
Keeping the horse market open will make the Tatars feel that the horse market is there whether they rob it or not, and it doesn't matter if they rob it. In the long run, it will encourage the enemy's arrogance.
He believed that the horse market should be closed for a period of time to let the Tatars know how powerful they were, and to instigate the tribes who wanted stability and the tribes who liked plundering to fight first.
Wang Hua agreed to close the horse racing market for the same reason as Liang Chu, but he was not on the same side as Liang Chu, but more because he wanted to suppress Yang Yiqing, who was on the three sides of the total system.
Shen Rui also understands Wang Hua. Seeing that Wang Shouren will succeed in countering the rebellion, he will definitely be able to go further. Wang Hua will not let Yang Yiqing, who has also made great achievements in countering the rebellion, block his son's way.
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There are also different sides in the court, and people have different opinions, and the people are also talking about it.
But most of them are happy, and defeating the Tatars is always a happy thing.
In the midst of great joy, news of Ning Fan's open rebellion arrived in Beijing.
Although the high-level officials in the court knew the news, it was still unexpected that Prince Ning would use the banner of the Queen Mother, especially since there was really a strange-colored dragon paper!
There was a rumor among the people that it was originally a "different-colored dragon note, plus gold and reward", but everyone from the emperor to the cabinet denied the existence of the different-colored dragon note.
At this time, some people began to murmur, where did this strange-colored dragon paper come from?
If it weren't for the Queen Mother's edict...how could there be a heterochromatic dragon paper?!
In this way, if she had not "adopted the sons of the people", how could the Queen Mother issue a secret edict to deal with her own son?
At this time, rumors suddenly began to spread on the street that the Queen Mother had wanted to adopt Ning Fan's young master, Prince Zhao and other family members in the palace, but the emperor refused. After that, the Queen Mother was banned from the palace, and the original master of the Zhang family
Concubine De, the imperial concubine, was also deprived of her power and thrown into the cold palace.
This word spread like wildfire, and rumors related to Zheng Wang's evil talk case were once again revealed...
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In Yongsu's palace, the emperor summoned the cabinet ministers, Zhang Yong, Zhang Hui, Shen Rui and others to discuss the major matter of reversing the rebellion.
"It's true that he would do such a trick before running away to disgust me." Brother Shou said coldly.
Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.
The Queen Mother's oral edict was not circulated outside the country at that time, and the cabinet said that the matter had been settled.
Unexpectedly, Ning Fan is waiting here.
"I have sent people to investigate the people on the street. Those who are suspicious and those who make false accusations will be arrested..." Zhang Hui said bravely, "The people over there, Jin Yiwei, have gone to hunt..."
Ever since Ning Fan's young master came to Beijing, Zhang Hui has been sending Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on him. Especially after Jiang Sheng's secret report came out, he kept an even closer eye on him.
But when it came time to arrest them, they discovered that Ning Fan's people in Beijing, including the "terminally ill" young master, had disappeared without a trace.
Zhang Hui was so angry that he cursed at the stalls below.
Those people also felt that they were wronged. They kept a good eye on them and didn't know when the person ran away. They went into the house and searched the house, but found no secret passage or suspicious vehicle. They didn't even know where to look.
go.
Zhang Hui was under great pressure and had to bite the bullet to report.
Brother Shou just snorted coldly and asked Shen Rui again.
What Shen Rui received this time was still the script of a house raid. I am afraid that the gangster nickname of "Shen's house raid" will never be taken off for the rest of his life.
Liu Jin, who copied last time, came to copy Qian Ning again less than a year ago. They are all famous people and have huge wealth. Shen Rui couldn't help but joke to himself whether he wanted him to gather all the treacherous ministers and corrupt officials of Zhengde.
In addition, there were also foreign and internal officials like Zang Xian who had conclusive evidence who were bribed by Ning Fan and were also included in the confiscation of their homes.
"I have done a rough review. These people are just paid to speak out for the rebel vassal. They are not confidants. They don't know what the plan is." Shen Rui reported back. If these people had known about it, they would have run away long ago. How could they wait to be caught.
"But Chen also found a clue and was planning to..." Shen Rui thought of a person from some internal officials.
Historically, there were "eight tigers" of eunuchs in the early Zhengde period, and "three tigers" in the later period.
These three pictures do not include Zhang Yong, but Zhang Xiong, the eunuch of the ceremony, Zhang Rui, the eunuch of the Dongchang, and Zhang Zhong, the eunuch of the imperial horse.
In history, Zhang Zhong also accepted generous gifts from King Ning to speak for him. After King Ning rebelled, Zhang Zhong instigated Wuzong to go on a personal expedition. Later, he was in trouble with Wang Shouren in order to gain credit - the one who allowed King Ning to be released was captured by Wuzong again.
It was this guy who came up with the bad idea.
Today, Zhang Zhong has not yet shown his relationship with Ning Fan in public, but Shen Rui is always paying close attention.
Shen Rui paid attention to him not because of Ning Fan, but because he had a good brother in his hometown of Wen'an, Zhili - Zhang Mao.
According to the Ming history written by later generations, Zhang Zhong once introduced the Jiangyang thief Zhang Mao into the Leopard Room and played cuju with Emperor Wuzong.
In fact, what this Jiangyang thief is famous for in history is not this Cuju, but his men:
Liu Liu, Liu Qi, Yang Hu.
Yes, they were Liu Liu, Liu Qi and Yang Hu who were famous in history during the great uprising that swept through several provinces during the Zhengde period.
Today, in the sixth year of Zhengde, there has been no such uprising, and these few people are still working as powerful men in Wen'an. In order not to alert others, Shen Rui did not go to annihilate them.
Judging from the current situation, those who have the ability to sneak Ning Fan's young master and others out of the capital and escort them back to Jiangxi thousands of miles are the most suspect.
While they were talking here, Liu Zhong quietly came in and reported something to the little emperor.
Brother Shou's face obviously darkened, and he said coldly: "I didn't recruit them into the palace. Who recruited them? Who did they go to? Who are you kneeling to me at this time?"
He glanced at all the important ministers and said without hesitation, "The Marquis of Shouning and the Marquis of Jianchang kneeled outside the palace at the time when you were all present."
The elders of the pavilion looked at each other and exchanged glances. Many of them had disgust on their faces.
I don’t blame everyone for their disgust, this family has never done many good things.
And there were people present who had a quarrel with him.
Mr. Li Ge had intended to marry his granddaughter to Shen Jin, but it didn't work out for various reasons, but he was made the son-in-law by the Zhang family, which made Mr. Li quite resentful;
Mr. Yang Ge's daughter was pushed into the river by the Zhang family's daughter and almost lost her life; this daughter is now Shen Rui's wife, and the Shen family has a real feud with the Zhang family for one life.
However, the people inside didn't pay attention, but the people outside didn't stop.
Zhang Heling's slightly old and sorrowful voice could be heard entering the palace: "Your Majesty, all my brothers were blinded by lard and deceived by the traitors...
"I originally thought about the emperor, but I messed up the matter. I plead guilty, but this has nothing to do with the Queen Mother..."
"The Queen Mother is the Emperor's biological mother. Your Majesty, don't hurt the relationship between mother and son for outsiders, Your Majesty..."
With his status, let alone the servants, even Liu Zhong would not be able to stop him from shouting.
In the hall, Brother Shou sneered again and again and said to Liu Zhong: "Go and ask him, why did he consider me when he adopted a clan son? Did he think that I would not have any flesh and blood? What did he do to be so sure?"
These words are heartbreaking.
Liu Zhong knelt down at that time with his forehead close to the ground. How could he dare to say this?
Even the ministers in the cabinet could not help but say: "The emperor's words are serious."
It was Li Dongyang, the chief assistant, who stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Marquis Shouning may have made a big mistake, but one thing he said is right. Now, we cannot hurt the mother-son relationship between the Queen Mother and the Emperor!"
Prince Ning was arguing over there that the emperor was an adopted child, and the emperor immediately attacked the queen mother and uncle. Isn't that just giving evidence to others!
Now, even if you are pretending, you have to pretend to be a loving mother and a filial son!
Li Dongyang turned around and suddenly asked Shen Rui, "Do you think Mr. Shen is right?"
The governor of Henan could not say anything about the Tian family's mother and son, but the Minister of Rites could.
Li Dongyang picked Shen Rui not only because of his position, but also because of the enmity between the Shen family and the Zhang family.
It's not that Li Dongyang dislikes the Zhang family, but in his opinion, not only can the Zhang family not be destroyed now, but even if Ning Fan is defeated, the Zhang family should not be liquidated immediately, lest another vassal king imitates the same thing and takes advantage of this matter. Talk.
After three to five years, when the country is peaceful and the people are at peace, and the world is at peace, the rumors of "adoption" will be completely forgotten, and it will not be too late to deal with them slowly.
Therefore, what he said was to remind Shen Rui that for the sake of peace tomorrow, he should put aside his grudges and don't add insult to injury.
These words made Shen Rui very unhappy. He was generous and unwilling to take revenge, and being morally kidnapped and forcing him not to take revenge were completely different things.
Even if the Shen family had settled their grudge, they would not have spoken out about it now and carried the sedan chair to your righteous Mr. Li Ge.
Therefore, he only said coldly: "Lower officials dare not make unreasonable opinions. Mencius said that it is a sin to speak of a high position despite a low position."
Wang Hua immediately protected his disciple and brought him the message, saying: "The veteran is in charge of the Ministry of Rites. I should ask the senior minister or Jiang Mian, the Minister of Rites, about this."
Shen Rui was heartbroken, but his face was still tense, and he only looked at his master with gratitude. Wang Hua's face softened a little, and he nodded slightly to show that he was not afraid.
Li Dongyang didn't seem to be offended at all, so he took advantage of the situation and asked Wang Hua: "Do you think Wang Ge is right?"
Wang Hua and his son are preparing to fight against King Ning in the south, and they don't want to cause trouble at this time.
He immediately saluted Brother Shou and said, "I shouldn't comment on the affairs of the Tian family, but I would like to say a few more words because of my age. I hope the emperor will think twice and put national affairs first."
Brother Shou watched them quarreling back and forth with cold eyes. He smiled sarcastically and asked Li Dongyang, "Does the old gentleman have any tips for me to teach me how to deepen the relationship between mother and son?"
Li Dongyang took a deep breath and said: "Zhang Hao has rebelled and is now on the run. His marriage to the Marquis of Jianchang must be abandoned. I ask the Queen Mother and Your Majesty to choose a good son-in-law for the Marquis of Jianchang."
It's easy to say that he accepted bribes from Ning Fan. When Ning Fan came to Beijing, he often gave gifts to his family members and relatives. As an uncle of the state, it is human nature to accept some gifts.
As long as he resolutely denies the matter of speaking for Ning Fan, and donates the money collected as military pay for the crusade against Ning Fan, the matter can be covered up.
But one incident was that everyone knew that the eldest daughter of the Jianchang Hou Mansion was engaged to Zhang Hao. After the news of Ning Fan's rebellion came, Zhang Hao disappeared along with Ning Fan's people.
Later, it was also revealed that it was Zhang Hao who had pirated a letter in the name of Shen Li to invite Ning Fan's young master to be the chief minister of the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
That Zhang Kuo is a traitor, and the evidence is conclusive.
The Marquis of Jianchang had arranged the marriage with great fanfare at the beginning, so as to show off his abilities. With Tanhua Lang as his son-in-law, it was now difficult to completely absolve himself of the charge of being a treason against the vassal.
However, if the emperor and the queen mother grant a marriage to the Jianchanghou Mansion, it means that the Jianchanghou Mansion was deceived in the first place, and the royal family did not blame it, so it is not a tongnihan vassal.
The emperor and the queen mother jointly granted marriage to the niece of the queen mother's family, which also showed the deep relationship between the mother and son of the Tian family and put an end to the rumors.
Shen Rui couldn't help but laugh sarcastically. The idea was a good one, but if anyone got involved in this marriage, they would be in trouble for eight lifetimes. It was still a marriage given by the emperor, so they couldn't disobey the decree.
He couldn't help but think of Shen Jin, the unlucky guy, whose marriage was granted by the Queen Mother.
Thinking of the Zhang family's plan against the Shen family, I couldn't help but feel angry. I almost wanted to ridicule Li Dongyang, "It's true that the knife didn't stab you, but you don't know how painful it is?! Such a bad idea will harm others!"
No, Li Dongyang said: "I would like to marry the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Jianchang on behalf of the grandson of the Kong family."
Everyone present was shocked.
Li Dongyang’s grandson? The Kong family? That’s... Yan Shenggong’s Mansion!!
Outsiders would really say after seeing this, if it were not for his nephew, the emperor would not have taken the first assistant, and if the two giant Buddhas of Yan Shenggong were the guarantee for the Zhang family, who else would touch the Zhang family!
Shen Rui secretly felt ashamed at first, but fortunately he didn't really sneer out loud just now.
But then I remembered that Li Dongyang’s daughter who was married to Kong Wenshao, the current Yan Shenggong, was dead and had no heirs. Where did the grandson come from?!
At that time, Shen Rui was still serving as a political candidate in Shandong. Because it was a white matter in Duke Yansheng's palace, and the missing person was a rich man, all the local officials had the honor to go and express their condolences.
Shen Rui also came to pay homage in person. I remember hearing someone say that since the couple had no heirs, not even a concubine or a concubine, and it involved the inheritance of the Dukedom of Yansheng, the position of the filial son before the funeral would rather be left empty...
Not everyone present knew about this matter. I think they were all polite in the beginning.
It was Fei Hong who asked, "Which grandson of Mr. Ge is he?" He was once the Minister of Rites, and due to the different status of Duke Yansheng's mansion, Li's White House Rites also sent someone there.
Li Dongyang's face did not change and he said calmly: "The son of the Confucian family is also the grandson of an old minister, so I want to decide for him the youngest daughter of the Jianchang Hou Mansion."
Logically speaking, at this time, Li Dongyang was willing to sacrifice his own reputation to protect the Jianchang Hou Mansion in order to stabilize public opinion and ensure that the emperor's throne was stable. It can be said that he was a rare loyal minister who was dedicated to public service and took the overall situation into consideration.
However, since they are not direct relatives after all, and Kong Wenshao has not yet remarried, there is no way to talk about this grandson, and the Zhang family's daughter is also vague, as long as Jianchang Hou can still have a child, this "yaoyao daughter" is also vague. "Female" is not sure which one it is.
Therefore, this marriage contract is just an empty talk, more like a politician's method to deceive the spectators.
At this moment, Shen Rui just felt extremely bored.
Seeing everyone thinking about their own plans, Brother Shou looked sarcastic as if watching a show. Shen Rui cleared his throat slightly, bowed forward and said: "I have a low position, so I shouldn't listen to this discussion. I got a clue when I was interrogating criminals, and now I invite you, Your Majesty. Xu Chenhui and the Jin Yiwei went out of the city to hunt down the remaining rebels."
Brother Shou immediately changed his expression, pondered for a moment, and asked Shen Rui seriously: "What is your uncle doing now? He used to be a wine minister in the Nanjing Imperial College, and now there is one less official in the Hanlin Academy..."
The Japanese Lecturer is the job that all Hanlins dream of. No matter how many people break their heads to grab it, there will always be "one less".
Moreover, Brother Shou... I haven't held a sutra feast in a few years.
Shen Rui knew that Brother Shou was here to appease him, so he couldn't help but sigh. After bowing solemnly, he solemnly said: "I am deeply loved by the emperor. However, my uncle failed to train his eldest brother to become a Jinshi. He deeply regrets it, so he determined to teach and educate people."
"He said that he wanted to cultivate more useful people for the Ming Dynasty, either as Jinshi or people who could be promoted to pastors and guardians, or as skillful craftsmen or doctors who could benefit the people of the place."
"My uncle taught me that the Shen family will only serve as loyal ministers to the emperor, and will only do things that benefit the Ming Dynasty and benefit the people. I also ask the emperor to fulfill my uncle's ambition."
These words are sonorous, powerful and resounding.
Brother Shou's face softened completely, he sighed, nodded seriously and said: "The Shen family is full of loyal people, I know that."
He paused, then suddenly raised his voice and said: "Shen Rui, you are allowed to join the Jinyi Guards out of the city to hunt down the rebels. In addition, you and Zhao Hongze are sent to lead the vanguard of the government army as an outpost towards Nanjing. Zhang Yong, the left governor
Zhu Hui led his troops to Jiangxi and destroyed the feudal lord's nest. The rest will be carried out according to the previous decisions of the ministers."
He stood with his head held high and declared loudly: "I will personally unite the Sixth Division and fight from heaven!"
"Your Majesty!" As soon as Brother Shou finished speaking, several pavilion elders tried to dissuade him.
Then I gave up the idea of conquering Beilu personally. Why did I think of conquering Nifan personally again?!
Brother Shou immediately darkened his face, "Why, going to the border and passing the border all the officials said it was dangerous and wouldn't let me go. Now it's not dangerous to go to the south!"
Li Dongyang advised: "Although heavy troops have been deployed, Ning Fan has a lot of spies. If there are murderers on the road who break out and hurt people..."
Brother Shou said directly: "There is Zhang Hui."
Zhang Hui could only say: "The Jin Yiwei will protect His Majesty even if he dies..."
Wang Hua, who was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, further advised: "How much national money is spent on conquests thousands of miles away, but to meet them at the local level will inevitably waste people and money..."
Brother Shou sneered, nodded his hand and called Liu Zhong: "Go, ask my two uncles who are kneeling outside. They said that their nephews want to drive and fight personally, and they still lack some military pay. Ask them if they are willing to supplement it by one or two?"
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After saying that, he turned around and smiled at everyone, showing his white teeth, but his eyes were shining brightly, and he almost said word for word: "I want to lead the expedition myself."
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Having money makes things easier.
After stealing money from a rebellious family and opening up the lair of a thief who had been causing trouble to the local area for many years, the national treasury became rich again.
And the Zhang family, a wealthy relative, expressed their support for their nephew's rebellion, and the Shouning Houfu and Jianchanghoufu paid for all the expenses for the imperial army's personal expedition.
——This also proves from another direction that the adoption theory is pure nonsense, and the Zhang family has never colluded with Nifan.
Therefore, the food, grass, ordnance and military supplies for this expedition were all purchased very quickly.
Brother Shou was extremely impatient. He couldn't wait any longer. He didn't care about the Ministry of Rites turning over the old calendar to prepare for the emperor's personal expedition. In order to comply with the cumbersome etiquette, he directly issued an order to have "Governor-General Military Affairs, Mighty General, Chief Soldier, Rear Army, Dudufu, Taishi"
"Zhenguo Gong Zhu Shou" - that is, himself, commanded all the armies to advance and suppress the rebel vassal.
On the sixth day of July, troops were sent south.
At this time, Shen Rui and his party, as the outpost vanguard officer, had already entered the border of Shandong.
While annihilating Zhang Mao's gang in Wen'an County, Bazhou, Shen Rui discovered that they were indeed a secret move planted by Ning Fan.
Mr. Li, who was in charge of Ning Fan's affairs in the capital, originally planned to wait for King Ning to send his army to the north. This group of bandits would directly attack the capital and cause chaos to respond to King Ning. He did not want the advisers around King Ning to make a move and let King Ning go to Nanjing to ascend the throne first.
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These people in the north, including the young master who was said to be the most beloved by King Ning, all became abandoned sons.
How could Mr. Li sit still and wait for death, so he activated the thieves.
The thieves secretly took them out in a mezzanine delivery vehicle, preparing to escort them to Nanjing to join Prince Ning.
Since Zhang Zhong was not arrested and exposed, Zhang Mao felt confident and thought that he could not be found at all, so he only asked his subordinates Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others to escort him away without following him, so he fell into the hands of Shen Rui.
Liu Liu and Liu Qi had been running away for a long time, and they were afraid they had already left the border of Beizhili.
Shen Rui reported to the capital and asked Liu Zhong to quickly arrest Zhang Zhong and his party, because they were in charge of the Royal Horse Prison and they should not cause more trouble.
On the one hand, he sent an urgent letter to Wan Dongjiang and Tian Shun, asking them to mobilize all their black and white connections to conduct a detailed investigation across Shandong and Henan, and be sure to catch this group of people.
Because the army took the canal by boat and did not pass through Jinan Prefecture, even though Linqing was not far from Jinan Prefecture, and even though Shen Rui had not seen his wife for nearly a year, and he had never seen his son, he still had military orders.
I had no choice but to pass through the door without entering.
He has written to Yang Tian, asking her not to go to Beijing for the time being to attend to Sister Fu's marriage.
Since there was a royal chariot going on a personal expedition, You Xuan was the consort, and You Xuan had to accompany him, so the wedding had to be postponed again.
Shen Rui also told Yang Tian about Shenzhou's arrangements for Brother Xiaonan, and asked her to tell the He family and their children that as soon as the war in the south subsided, he would send someone to pick them up and return to Songjiang Mansion together to create a genealogy for their children.
Yang Tian wrote back and said that He originally only said that Shen Zhou would not adopt brother Xiao Nan, but seeing that brother Xiao Nan was getting older day by day and getting closer to being a boy, Mrs. He couldn't help but become anxious.
But it was not easy to say this to Yang Tian, and I secretly felt that given the kindness Yang Tian's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Xu family treated her, she would not be in trouble. After all, she could be given the status of a side branch of the Shen family, so that the child would not be unable to give birth.
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I didn't expect Shen Zhou to have such an arrangement.
Mr. He was so surprised that he burst into tears and led Brother Xiao Nan towards the capital, kowtowing repeatedly.
Shen Rui was filled with sadness after reading the letter.
The whole journey was silent, and we soon entered Yanzhou Mansion.
The prefect, Ding Huanzhi, was extremely qualified and had already prepared supplies for the labor force and was waiting for Shen Rui at the ferry.
However, Shen Rui didn't wait to hear Ding Huanzhi's report on the military situation in the south and the local people's livelihood. He first received the urgent letter from Shunfeng Biaoxing.
Something happened in the Shen clan of Songjiang Prefecture!