Jingming

Chapter 142 Thunder Means
Zhu Houcong didn't know that this time it was indeed a coincidence.

He didn't know that it was this mutiny that spread to the capital in the twelfth lunar month of this year. Because of the problem of handling it later, it became the "textbook" for countless mutinies in Daming Border Town.

The two reports were circulated in the hands of everyone, Yang Tinghe said angrily after reading it: "Xu Ming is confused!"

Zhu Houcong narrowed his eyes and looked at Gao Zhong: "Who is the Gansu eunuch in the chief town? Didn't he arrive in Beijing without a memorial?"

Gao Zhong immediately bowed his head: "It's called Dong Wenzhong. I'm going to ask Eunuch Zhang right now."

After Yang Tinghe sprayed a few words, he looked at the emperor helplessly and anxiously.

There is a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not: Zhang Fujing killed too comfortably in Guangdong, and it was too easy to get promoted.Xu Ming didn't know if there was something missing in his mind, and he wanted to follow Zhang Fujing's example of cutting vacancies in the frontier town, so as to easily touch the interests of the top generals in the border town?
Although Xu Ming is morally right...

After the report was circulated to Wang Shouren, he read it and said: "'Don't meet Li Longjun, I'd rather meet Wang Haoba. You can live if you see a thief, but you will kill him when you see an army.' This is a folk song that is still circulating in Jiangxi. Your Majesty In the past, when Li Long suppressed rebels, he often killed the good and pretended to be meritorious. At that time, the traitor was in the court, and his crimes were not investigated. Instead, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Ganzhou. After several years, he must now be the leader of the border town and think that he is self-reliant .Yang Zhitai has always known about the trilateral affairs, and I think this matter may be true as Yang Zhitai said, so how to deal with the Ganzhou mutiny is related to the frontier defense this winter!"

Zhu Houcong didn't say anything.

Wait until they all finish watching first.

Cui Yuan also finished reading, and said hesitantly: "The Huamachi area cannot be separated from Yang Zhitai. Even if there are replacements in the five mansions, Ganzhou may become a weak point if there is a hasty change of generals. The mutiny is such a big battle. The northern prisoner must have seen what happened."

Zhu Houcong waited until they were all finished reading before saying: "All the ministers first discuss how to deal with it, and wait for the report from the supervisor of ceremonies to see if there is any news from the Gansu eunuch in the general town."

The imperial study room began to discuss the disposal measures, but Zhu Houcong just listened first.

Not long after, it was Zhang Jin who came in person, and he knelt down as soon as he entered the imperial study: "Your Majesty, the Gansu Report has just arrived...Dong Wenzhong committed suicide in fear of crime..."

In the imperial study room today, Yuan Zonggao was seriously ill and Zhang Zilin was still in the southeast, and the other sixteen important ministers changed color upon hearing the words.

All the discussions just now were in vain.

"idiot!"

Zhu Houcong was also extremely angry immediately, and took deep breaths to calm down after speaking.

Yang Tinghe and the others didn't have a good face.

According to Yang Yiqing's preliminary report, it was because the salary was halved that caused the mutiny of the soldiers.Although there must be Li Long's instigation behind it, but since he still captured and killed a few "leaders" and impeached Xu Ming after controlling the situation, it means that he just made a fuss because of his own importance, or made a fuss before the villain complained first.

But the Gansu eunuch in the chief town committed suicide in fear of crime, how would Li Long react?
The situation in Ganzhou is still unknown.

Yang Tinghe hesitated to speak, and looked at the emperor who knew how to restrain anger and was restraining anger.

But no matter how to control his anger, it is obvious why Dong Wenzhong committed suicide: the emperor suppressed his ministers, and since Fu Lun committed suicide in Guangdong and Guangxi first, Dong Wenzhong was so frightened that he committed suicide first to avoid the pain.

Is this another chain reaction?
Zhu Houcong also thought about this.He now feels that state affairs are so complex that one thread affects the whole body.

In Zhu Houcong's understanding, perhaps Xu Ming was indeed influenced by Zhang Fujing—although the truth is not.

But Dong Wenzhong in history really didn't frighten himself to commit suicide, but was coerced by Li Long to impeach Xu Ming together first.

After Zhu Houcong calmed down his emotions, he said: "Let's pass the decree, and Yang Yiqing will be changed to the governor. The inspector of Shaanxi will be changed to the governor of Gansu, and he will supervise the transportation of sufficient food and salaries to Ganzhou. Ask Zhang Yong to go to Ganzhou in person at night, pretending to appease, Immediately after seeing Li Long, I beheaded him!"

"Your Majesty! The truth of the mutiny has not yet been ascertained..." Wang Qiong turned pale with shock and spoke immediately.

Zhu Houcong said decisively: "How long has it been since Xu Ming was governor of Gansu? Since Dong Wenzhong committed suicide in fear of crime, with whom did he suffer the crime of mortal death? Since Wang Shouren talked about Li Long's past, and since Yang Yiqing reported it in this way, the corruption of the border town has been mentioned many times before. , what else needs to be found out? I am afraid that when Zhang Yong arrives, Li Long will rebel in fear of crime! Let Zhang Yong go and help Yang Yiqing. Cui Yuan, let Guo Xun return to Beijing!"

In an instant, the situation changed.

How important is Zhang Yong to the emperor's safety?But Zhu Houcong transferred him to the northwest without hesitation.

With Zhang Yong's prestige in the army that he had accumulated in the Northwest to pacify the Anhua King's Rebellion in the past, with the relationship and tacit understanding between him and Yang Yiqing, and with the authority of the governor of the three sides, Zhu Houcong chose to hand over the border town crisis to Yang Yiqing. Yiqing and Zhang Yong.

At the same time, the capital's military strength loyal to the emperor temporarily declined.

So Guo Xun is coming back.

But not enough.

Zhu Houcong then ordered again: "Tell Luo An and Zhang Tong!"

Yang Tinghe's heart trembled: "Your Majesty?"

"Although I have deliberately set up a game to turn passive into active. But since there are changes in Ganzhou, even if some people will get away, the only way to do it is to act first." Zhu Houcong said with a cold face, "The governor of Beizhen has already found out The most suspicious thing about the killing of officials in the southeast is that when the emperor's elder brother was seriously ill at the beginning of the year, someone took advantage of the fact that the Taizong clan punished Fang Xiaoru to create momentum! At that time, the cabinet ministers had not yet agreed to establish me. No matter who succeeds, the rebels will disrupt Ming Dynasty !"

The pupils of everyone in the imperial study shrunk.

"War with the Portuguese, then kill officials in the southeast, and mutiny in the northwest." Zhu Houcong said coldly, "No matter whether there is a black hand to stir up the situation, it is now an extraordinary time. The scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are talking about Emperor Taizong punishing Fang Xiaoru and the ten clans , taking Fang Xiaoru as a model of loyalty. It’s interesting to talk about it after drinking, but what’s the purpose of the rumors at this time? The northwest relies on the edge of the town, and the southeast also relies on taxes and water transportation? This black hand, I already have a clue.”

"May I ask Your Majesty, who is it?" Yang Tinghe only felt terrified, no wonder the emperor has become more calm recently, and just now he said that he should set up a plan first, turn passive into active.

Zhu Houcong just said first: "Zhang Fujing interrogated criminal officials and criminal merchants in Guangdong and Guangxi. There is a connection between money and money. Officials and merchants in the southeast also have money and money exchanges with Guangdong and Guangxi. At this time, all the vassals obey my will, and live in the vassals to mourn the emperor's brother. , Stirring the situation everywhere is hoping to succeed in rebellion? No, I only hope that there will be a great chaos when the old Ming and the new dynasties change, and from then on, we will plant the root of jealousy between monarchs and ministers, and clansmen!"

As soon as this sentence was finished, Yang Tinghe and others couldn't help but think of the fire of the Nijingmen: that was also to create jealousy between the monarch and his ministers.

"The other generation just wanted Ming Dynasty to be chaotic first, and they didn't expect to rebel and seize power now. They don't have the ability!" Zhu Houcong said with certainty, "I wanted to figure it out slowly, and find out what the people behind this scene have. I don’t want to miss one person. But today I have to cut him first, to frighten the group! I know that Jiangnan should not be moved lightly, I know that today’s knife will damage the reputation, but today’s knife must be killed!”

Wang Qiong guessed some, so her lips trembled, hoping that Yuan Zonggao was not sick.

He made up his mind, left his seat and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, there are mutinies in border towns from time to time. Even if the capital is temporarily empty after Eunuch Zhang goes to the border, the ministers will do their best. The scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are arrogant, and it is nothing to deter one or two. Zhang Furui I also said that the officials and gentry in the southeast may be taken advantage of. It's just that if you want to point... the sword..."

Wang Shouren also walked up to Wang Qiong and knelt down: "Although I am not as prestigious as Eunuch Zhang in the northwest, if I go to the northwest, the changes in Ganzhou will not spread to all sides. Your Majesty, the plot of the rebels is exactly what is happening now." In this situation, don’t make loved ones hurt and enemies happy.”

With two people taking the lead, others also knelt down to persuade them, although there were two or three people who didn't understand what they were advising now.

"The rebels are treacherous, and they are just hiding and plotting." Zhu Houcong said quietly, "Now they are so bold that they have stretched out their hands to provoke the frontier army, how can they tolerate it? If you understand the righteousness, you should know that one thing is one thing."

"Your Majesty!" Yang Tinghe was in a hurry, "Since the matter of Guangdong and Guangxi has started, it is meaningless for me to talk about it if I know it at the beginning. But if this matter is moved, the people in the world will definitely discuss it. The hiding place of the traitor seems to have been plotted for a long time. However, It is a matter of His Majesty's reputation before and after his life, if the traitor is provoked by this matter at this time, and the evil cannot be eradicated, there will be endless troubles!"

Some people still couldn't understand, until Yan Song persuaded earnestly: "Your Majesty, let Wang Shilang go, and please Eunuch Zhang stay in the capital! The rebel first used the fire of the Japanese Jingmen to plot against the monarch and his ministers, and then went to the southeast to sow discord and kill officials. Chaos, everything is in the picture, His Majesty has to investigate! As long as you keep calm, as Your Majesty said, no one in Ming Dynasty can rebel at this time. Since your Majesty has already planned, why should you fulfill the wish of a traitor and make the world panic? ?”

If you say a few words about the fire of Rijingmen, even those who don't understand will understand.

The person most suspected of doing this is naturally trying to guide the monarch and ministers who have become estranged after the ceremony to lead the queen mother and Zhang family who are in a more dangerous situation.

But can the Queen Mother move?cannot.

What about the Zhang family?Yes, but not now.How is moving the Zhang family at this time different from moving the Queen Mother?
Because Yang Tinghe said that it is related to His Majesty's name before and after his life.

But they couldn't figure it out, what was the Zhang family doing in such a hurry?If it was prepared, why do so many things at such a time when there is no possibility of success?

Zhu Houcong shook his head: "No! The Ganzhou mutiny must be suppressed by means of thunder. From now on, there must be a way to deal with the escape of the frontier soldiers and the payment of the frontier. If we don't suppress it, the frontier towns will follow suit in the future!"

He remembered that there were many mutinies in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, but he just didn't know the source of the disaster was this time.

But many things came together, which made Zhu Houcong make the right choice.

He continued: "This is just to confuse Da Ming's black hand, the rebels, their roots must not be in Da Ming, otherwise why do they just light fires everywhere without thinking about whether they can make things happen? If this is the case, why not take advantage of this opportunity and kill them first?" Come up with a model! From now on, it is one thing for the emperor and his ministers to work together to govern Daming well. If there is such a thing, no matter who it is, everyone has to weigh it. There are changes in Ganzhou, and I have to send Zhang Yong, so I have to find out This person."

"It's still the same sentence, what's my reputation is, it's not in these details!" Zhu Houcong looked at Wang Shouren, "Does Bo'an know?"

Wang Shouren's heart trembled, and he said immediately: "I will assist the Marquis of Jingshan to stabilize the situation in the capital."

To have him but not to use them is to deliberately create a situation where there are loopholes in the defense of the capital, so you have to eliminate hidden dangers?

"Your Majesty..." Jiang Mian, who had kept a low profile for a long time after jumping out from the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment, who did not expect the cabinet to be integrated into the national policy meeting, said, "After this matter, I can go to the southeast, and I invite the permanent governor of Zhejiang and Fujian to serve as the governor. The text teaches, to secure the southeast. In the south of Zhili country, it is necessary to discuss matters such as water transportation, flooding, and land tax."

He jumped out again with incomparable precision, figuring out what the emperor needed to focus on next.

Nanzhili is Nanzhili, and Zhejiang is Zhejiang.Jiangnan likes shrewd scholars, but most of them are not in Nanzhili, but in Zhejiang.

As for Nanzhili... Jiang Mian couldn't come up with any good solutions, he could only point out the most important things.There, there are too many relatives, too many officials who cannot be among the six bureaucrats in Beijing, and there are also the complexity of the two capitals of Nanjing and Fengyang.

Yang Tinghe was very conflicted, and he finally asked: "Your Majesty, if you want to arrest someone, do you have a first complaint and evidence?"

Zhu Houcong silently recalled the contents recorded in his secret books for the last time in his heart.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, I don’t remember any feudal lord rebelling. The more and more serious superficial problems were only Japanese pirates, border troubles, and people’s livelihood.

He knew that Fang Muxian should only be a medium-sized character who was not the core, so why didn't this person from the Jiajing Dynasty cause more changes?
Didn't Zhang Fujing and Gui E, who had been recommended by Zhang Zilin, still try out some new methods?

He didn't know if there were a lot of content that hadn't been passed down, or if it was really because of himself that he brought about a chain reaction.

But since this is the case, arresting him first, should be able to ask some news, right?
After presenting some "evidence" collected by Wang Zuo in Guangdong and Guangxi, what Zhang Zilin and Wang Zuo did in the southeast should be in line with his expectations.

After the news of Zhu Houzhao's successor child spread, there was no new action for the time being, but there was a Ganzhou mutiny?

Zhu Houcong wanted to improve Daming's financial situation and not let the border towns become chaotic.

It's guaranteed!At least before the Gengxu Incident, he should have had enough time to improve his internal financial situation and prepare his army for war.

So Zhu Houcong opened his eyes and said, "It's okay, he will just be taken down quietly. What I am guarding against is the follow-up changes, and there is no pointing the sword at anyone that the elder Ge is worried about."

Yang Tinghe breathed a sigh of relief: "Based on my years of experience...should be taken advantage of, right? I don't have the guts..."

He looked at the emperor expectantly, hoping to hear a good answer.

Zhu Houcong didn't say anything to death: "So it depends on what changes will happen in the future, and whether there will be so-called reckless things. Therefore, it is said that virtue cannot be matched, and the harm is even greater."

Images of three people popped up in everyone's mind: Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhang Heling, and Zhang Yanling.

Because of their special identities, there is an evil person hiding around them to stir up trouble?And it must have a certain status, and it has reached the point where the three of them will be extremely disturbed if they are arrested and investigated, so what might they do in the future?

Only at this time did people familiar with them, and the image of a down-and-out scholar appeared in his mind.

That person... is also surnamed Fang...

Yang Tinghe knew that he was going wrong, at first he thought that the two brothers, Queen Mother Zhang and Zhang Heling, had lost their heads, and then he tremblingly said what to say, but he didn't dare to ask directly.

"Your Majesty, do you have any clues?"

Zhu Houcong nodded.

Yang Tinghe took a rare deep breath, saluted and said: "The minister and Da Si Nong will make an arrangement to summon the Kangling supervisor. There seems to be some mistakes and omissions in the construction of Kangling. The Ganzhou military newspaper is directly in front of the emperor. The news has not been dissipated. Maybe we can try our best not to cause chaos. Afterwards, the minister visited the mansion and declared his interests. The minister will not return to the mansion until the actual evidence is found out."

Zhu Houcong looked at him strangely: "Elder Ge, don't worry..."

"This is an extraordinary time!" Yang Tinghe said with certainty, "Your Majesty has lived in Anlu for a long time, but I have always been in the court. I am confident that I will go here without any worries."

"That's the best." After thinking for a while, Zhu Houcong nodded and agreed, "In the palace, I will sincerely comfort you. I hope that after this incident, the rebels will no longer be able to take advantage of it. The local government will also be vigilant, so don't rely on it. Then he has no eyes on the court, and speaks and acts in vain."

"If that's all it is, then the ministers were overly suspicious." Yang Tinghe looked at Yang Tan, "Go to the Ministry of Households to make arrangements first?"

"..." Yang Tan looked at him, then at the others, and said with a little embarrassment, "I only know which mansion it is, but who is summoning?"

Really embarrassing.

He didn't follow.

Seeing Yang Tan's reaction, Cui Yuan immediately felt comforted: I'm not alone.

But he knew this matter better than Yang Tan, so he said: "Your Majesty, the minister and Da Sima will first arrange the affairs of the Beijing Camp, Jiumen, and Wucheng Bingmasi, and then sign a transfer order to summon Marquis Wuding back to Beijing. Da Sinong is here, I have a solution."

After finishing speaking, he asked Yang Tan to leave together.

At this time, Luo An and Zhang Tong came to the Central Palace together.

"Luo An, Zhang Tong, heaven-level alert."

Remaining Lohan: ? ? ?
However, Luo An and Zhang Tong stared directly at each other, knelt on one knee and clasped their fists together and said, "The minister leads the decree!"

Then he hurried out.

Yang Tinghe was stunned: "Your Majesty...what is...heaven-level security?"

After Zhu Houcong went through the arrangement without hesitation before, but he didn't receive too much persuasion from them, he now feels a lot more relaxed.

The combination of kindness and power for more than half a year still made them believe that they had a better chance of winning, and that they also believed that they were "lenient, benevolent and wise", although Zhang Fujing was sent south to cause so many chain reactions.

So he smiled: "As I said, I am actually very prudent. I have prepared myself for the worst, and naturally I have made some arrangements in advance to deal with possible emergencies."

The remaining arhats only felt that there were a lot of new words in this sentence, just like the so-called "heavenly alert".

The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow?

Is this a top-level arrangement?

Zhu Houcong looked at them and said, "It's loose on the outside and tight on the inside, don't worry."

He thought of Zhang Yanling, who was finally imprisoned by Jiajing for an unknown period of time, and it was said that the Empress Dowager Zhang, who was aggrieved but lived longer than Jiajing's own mother, felt more confident.

I hope that after catching that Fang Muxian, I can ask something.

Zhu Houcong really didn't understand very well: nine out of ten these things were done by him, but what did he plan?

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