Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 288 Yongshun civil strife
Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Let's not mention the matter of Guangdong for the time being, let's say that a major event has happened in Yongshun at this moment.

Zhang Wei was transferred from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to Huguang and Guizhou Economic and Strategic Envoys, and he was transferred to Changsha City. hand.

Peng Yibao is about to rebel.

Rebellion, whose rebellion?

His elder brother, the former chieftain of Yongshun, is now the rebel of Peng Tianbao, the prefect of Yongshun.

The matter, we have to start from Chen Yunfu's plan to divide Yongshun between the two peaches.

In that year, Chen Yunfu, on behalf of the imperial court, allowed Yongshun to achieve complete self-government, and changed the chieftain of Yongshun to the Yongshun Autonomous Prefecture. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang granted Peng Tianbao the Marquis of Yongshun, confirming that Peng Tianbao had hereditary power in Yongshun. , and gave Peng Tianbao two places as World Bosses.

After repeated consideration by Peng Tianbao, these two places were given to his youngest son Peng Qi and Huguangdong barbarian leader Jiang Tang.

At the same time, Peng Tianbao also appointed his eldest son Peng Zhiqi as the Tongzhi of Yongshun, and his younger brother Peng Yibao as the commander of the Yongshun capital.

Completely realized the transformation of Yongshun Mansion into the world of his Peng family.

At this stage of the situation, it is said that the Peng family has taken away the biggest dividend of Yongshun's political cake, and Peng Yibao has no reason to continue to make trouble, but Peng Tianbao's subsequent coquettish operations made Peng Yibao unable to sit still.

After turning Yongshun into his family's private territory, Peng Tianbao has tasted what absolute power is.

The former chieftain of Yongshun had a political structure similar to the collective leadership system. As the most powerful branch of the chieftains of Yongshun, the Peng family had been the chief in name for thousands of years, but the power they enjoyed was only to integrate the various ethnic groups. Yongshun chieftain was restructured, and the court gave the Peng family legal orthodoxy. Yongshun's political structure changed from collective leadership to Peng Tianbao's dictatorship.

The leaders of various ethnic groups who used to be equal to him suddenly became private subjects in his private domain.

How many can be convinced?
In order to balance, Peng Tianbao chose to win over Jiang Tang, an outsider, as his arm, so he recommended Jiang Tang as an earl, so Jiang Tang brought his own clan to become Peng Tianbao's minions, and together with Peng Tianbao suppressed other chieftains.

In dealing with this point, Peng Tianbao is still a bit IQ.

After suppressing the other chieftains, Peng Tianbao began to enjoy the deadly pleasure brought by the poison of power.

He changed the former chief's mansion shared by all ethnic groups into his own magistrate's mansion, and built it like a palace, accepting concubines widely.

The more he sinks, the more Peng Tianbao can't let go of power, and the more he realizes that power is the most reliable and safest only in his own hands.

And power can only rely on swords and guns.

Then, as the commander of the Yongshun capital, Peng Yibao, the younger brother who holds military power, made Peng Tianbao start to worry.

What if Peng Yibao mutinied and seized power?
With this layer of worry and suspicion, Peng Tianbao started his own actions. While taking advantage of the opportunity of integrated military training, he gathered the strong and strong men of the various chieftain clans, independent of the Yongshun capital, and defended by the city. Take over the defense of Yongshun in name.

At the same time, he put his confidants into this new army and firmly controlled the military power.

In the process of expansion and integration again and again, the number of soldiers originally belonging to the Yongshun Capital Division has decreased, while the new so-called City Defense Army has more and more troops.

Peng Tianbao, who felt that everything was under control, finally wanted to see nothing.

He transferred Peng Yibao, the commander of the Yongshun capital, with his eldest son Peng Zhiqi.

Peng Yibao became an acquaintance of Yongshun Mansion from a command envoy who held military power, and became a completely transparent person.

Peng Tianbao, who had wiped out all potential threats, was finally able to calm down and let go of himself completely.

And what about Peng Yibao?
My eldest brother is extravagant and desperate, and my nephew will be named Marquis and Bodhisattva in the future, but I have become a mud-bodied Bodhisattva, and I can't protect myself in the face of wind and rain.

He was like a brother with his shoulders together, but when he turned his head, he even had to bend over to touch his ear when he saw his nephew.

Negative emotions such as hatred, dissatisfaction, and anger began to fill Peng Yibao's heart.

He didn't want to sit still like this any longer!

Therefore, Peng Yibao secretly contacted the chieftains of the original Yongshun chieftains who were already dissatisfied with Peng Tianbao like him, and plotted a mutiny!

And the secret letter to Zhang Wei was written by Peng Yibao himself!
"The mutiny seizes power, not to mention whether it will be successful. Even if it succeeds, without the imperial court's recognition, I'm afraid it will be punished by the imperial court after seizing power. After all, Peng Tianbao is the Marquis of Yongshun recognized by the imperial court."

This persuasion made Peng Yibao realize the reality. He knew that without the support of the imperial court, his attempt to seize power would never succeed, so he sent a secret letter to Zhang Wei, the newly appointed envoy.

In the letter, Peng Yibao accused Peng Tianbao of all kinds of evil deeds in the past two years, and made it clear that he was not rebelling, but because he discovered that Peng Tianbao had disobedience, and wanted to eradicate treacherous and rebellious officials for the court.

A prefect builds a palace, this is not what a rebellion is.

"It's really accurate for the young master."

After receiving this letter, Zhang Wei was filled with amazement at Chen Yunfu's plan.

If you can't say three years, you can't say three years!
Peng Tianbao has the ambition to be the emperor of Yongshun, but does he have the ability to control it?

He doesn't even have enough self-control to face the poison of power.

Just like the endless corrupt officials and countless stupid kings who have emerged for thousands of years, they lost their souls in the face of power.

The moment he was lost, Yongshun was destined to fall into the abyss in his hands.

Zhang Wei wrote a letter to Chen Yunfu to report, and at the same time wrote back to Peng Yibao.

"I support you in eradicating the traitors who are disobedient. I immediately send the imperial army to Yongshun to escort you. As long as you can get rid of the rebellion, I will recommend you as the new Marquis of Yongshun like the imperial court."

After receiving Zhang Wei's clear reply, Peng Yibao's heart became restless.

A power struggle that has long been common in Chinese history has begun.

On September [-]th of the first year of Yongle, Peng Tianbao held a wedding ceremony for his youngest son, Peng Qi. He got drunk at the banquet, and returned to his bedroom with his charming concubine Ji in his arms, intending to work hard to have another son.

"Fu Zun, the angel of the imperial court has come, saying that it is the second son's wedding, and he is here to give a gift."

Peng Tianbao, who was already drunk, didn't even think about it. How could the imperial court in Jinling know about his son's wedding today?
A sentence of angel and a sentence of imperial court are enough to make Peng Tianbao's already proud and complacent heart inflate even more.

This face is too much!
"Call the angels!"

Peng Tianbao drove away Concubine Ji and hurried back to the noisy mansion to meet her.

Sure enough, I saw a group of people carrying more than a dozen large boxes into the room. The leader had a beardless face, red lips and white teeth, and he looked like a eunuch.

Peng Tianbao didn't dare to neglect, he hurried forward, knelt down on the ground, bowed his head and saluted.

"Minister, Peng Tianbao, Marquis of Yongshun, welcomes the imperial decree."

The angel slowly spread out the 'sacred decree'.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict said."

The imperial decree was spread out, and a sharp dagger was exposed, but at this moment in the lobby, everyone including Peng Tianbao was kneeling, with their foreheads pressed against the ground, who could see it?
Peng Tianbao was still happily waiting for the reward, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck, and then he couldn't even raise his head in time, and completely lost consciousness!
The fake eunuch who stabbed Peng Tianbao to death with a single knife yelled loudly.

"The rebellious minister Peng Tian protects the law!"

More than a dozen large boxes were opened, and more than a dozen strong men jumped out, each holding a short knife, and directly killed Peng Tianbao's confidant and newly married young son Peng Qi on the spot!

Who would have thought that what was hidden in the box turned out to be a dead man, and who dared to check the gift from the court!

"Where's Peng Zhiqi!"

Peng Yibao got up from the ground and shouted: "Where is Peng Zhiqi! Where is Jiang Tang!"

Now both Peng Tianbao and Peng Qi are dead, but Peng Zhi is gone?
"No, I don't know, I was here just now to receive orders."

The confidant of the dead man was stunned.

There were too few of them, and the lobby was in chaos just now, so who could pay attention.

"Quick search!"

(End of this chapter)