The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 272 Clan Rebellion
"Zhu Zhixiu?"

"What is it?"

Zhu Houzhao looked around.

He really had no impression of King Anhua.

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

"In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Anhua King Zhu Zhitao, whose fiefdom was in Anhua, passed away, and his grandson Zhu Chixiu officially ascended the throne as the eldest grandson of King Anhua."

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

The reason Zhu Youyi knew this was because after entering the capital, he vaguely guessed his fate, so he immediately started investigating the clans of these vassals, and quickly fell into the role.

Among the clans of these vassals, the two most restless people are Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao and Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu!

Other vassal princes and clans may annex the fields and fish and feed the people in their fiefdoms, but these two guys are openly raising dead soldiers and cultivating party members, which shows that they have evil intentions at first glance.

Tang Hao shook his head like a rattle. In his memory, whether it was Zhu Chixiu's rebellion or Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao's rebellion, the final result was loud thunder but little rain, and was put down by the court within a few months, so he Too lazy to make another contribution to countering the rebellion.

"Zhu set Xiu He Jin as the general to fight against thieves, 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 other seven as the general guard, Zhu Xia and eleven others As the general manager, he asked Sun Jingwen to write letters and orders, copying hundreds of them, criticizing Liu Jin's corruption, and spreading the message to all the towns, saying that he was causing rebellion to ask the Qing emperor to expel Liu Jin. His only co-conspirators were Zhou Ang and other eighteen families. And the people in Anhua Mansion..."

"The next day, Ding Guang and other rebels were ordered to kill Zhou Dong and An Weixue at the office. Before An Weixue died, he ordered Yang Zhong to stand by his side, scolded Ding Guang, and was also killed. Yang Zhong's colleague Li Ruiwen After changing the situation, he rode to Anhua Palace. The gate of the palace was closed. Li Rui couldn't get in. He cursed and was killed by the rebels. Zhang Qin from a hundred households refused to join in the rebellion and fled to Leifu Fort, where he was also killed. Hou Qizhong was captured and imprisoned by the rebels. …”

As long as Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion is put down, the imperial court can investigate the crimes of rebelling against the party and begin to comprehensively clean up the annexation of land by these clan kings.

It was a good thing that Tang Hao was happy to see when other generals rose up, so he was too lazy to compete with others for credit.

Wang Hao walked up to him and said meaningfully: "Chief Assistant, do you think your Majesty will bring the power of the clan into the court?"

Therefore, Yang Tinghe immediately summoned the civil and military ministers to prepare to face the Holy Emperor to deal with the matter.

And this Qiu Yue and the others did not give up. After several operations, he was now an official and a general. If he made a contribution to suppressing the rebellion this time, he would be rewarded with a title and promoted to a noble rank.

"In the middle of the day and night, Zhu Zhixiu invited the officials who came to Ningxia to a banquet. Zhou Dong and An Weixue refused to show up. They were drinking heavily. He Jin and Zhou Ang led their troops to enter. Han Tingzhang, the guest of honor, and others led an ambush army to come out and killed everyone present. The eunuch Li Zeng, the young eunuch Deng Guang and others who were attending the banquet captured Jiang Han. Jiang Han got up and yelled unyieldingly, but was also killed. From then on, Zhu Chixiu started to cause chaos."

Besides Tang Hao, the best candidate is Liu Jin.

"That Qiu Yue is good. The surrender to the rebels is also forced by the situation. The imperial court can try to contact him as an internal response, and then cooperate with the inside and outside. The rebels will defeat themselves without attacking, and it will be a waste of time for me to go. There is no point."

"An Weixue, the censor of the governor's capital, repeatedly beat and humiliated the soldiers' wives with his cane. The soldiers hated him to the core. Hou Qizhong, the counselor in charge of the governor, also came to urge tax collection. Human relations were greatly disturbed, and the soldiers and the people were miserable."

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

This Liu Daban must be allowed to shine for the Ming Dynasty before he dies!
After the details were finalized, government orders began to be issued one after another.

If one of them is not handled well, it will be a difficult battle!

At this moment, Yang Tinghe was sitting on pins and needles in the cabinet.

Therefore, this edict was quickly passed and issued by the cabinet. Due to a sudden rebellion, the decaying Ming Dynasty began to operate efficiently and quickly, like a decaying machine with all its parts falling on the floor.

"Zhu Zhixiu burned the government and documents, released prisoners, robbed treasury, removed the ferries on the west bank of the Yellow River, and sent people to recruit Yang Ying and Qiu Yue. They both pretended to agree. Hou Qizhong escaped and hid, but was captured and imprisoned again. Xu Qin led troops into the city , forged seals and flags. At that time, Yang Ying left Yangxian Fort and led his troops to defend Wanghong Fort. The army was disbanded after hearing the incident. Yang Ying fled to Lingzhou. Qiu Yue was stationed at Yuquan Camp outside the city. He originally wanted to escape, but because of worries His wife and children who were still in Ningxia joined the rebellion, led his troops into the city, and disarmed his troops for an audience. Zhu Zhixiu captured his troops and gave them to each camp, and rewarded the soldiers with gold and silk. "

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao looked at Tang Hao with interest and asked with a smile: "What's the matter? Why don't you go there yourself?"

"General Feng Zhen, who was guarding the Ningxia West Road, and Sun Long, the commander of the Guangwu Camp who were assisting the guards, rode on horseback to report the rebellion. Cao Xiong, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province, heard of the rebellion and led his troops to intercept the Yellow River and sent General Sun Long to the big and small dams of firewood. Everything was burned, and the commander Huang Zheng was sent to enter Xiazhou and guard Lingzhou with 3,000 troops to stabilize the morale of the army. He sent a message asking Yang Ying 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; Youqiandu Huang Ke, the governor of Yansui, sealed Zhu Chixiu's appeal and wrote eight things. Zhu Chixiu sent Wei Zhen and others to lure Guangwu Camp, but Sun Long used bows and arrows to drive them back. Cao Xiong personally led his troops to Lingzhou, and the neighboring camp The officers commanded Han Bin, the general Xingwu camp guarded Baoxun, and the general Shi Yuan 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 strangle Hedong. The rebels did not dare to go out... …”

If Tang Hao was asked to do this, then the clan kings would definitely be able to figure out that this was done deliberately by the emperor, and it was clearly aimed at them. In this way, the cooperation that the two parties had just reached would naturally be meaningless.

The emperor held a clan meeting and was preparing to bring the clan's power into the court to fight against the civil servants and gentry. However, at this juncture, Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu rebelled!
This is a clan rebellion!

Of course, the candidate cannot be Tang Hao. After all, he is the Emperor's Eagle Dog known to both the government and the public.

However, before he could make any move, Xiong Xiu brought His Majesty the Emperor's decree.

"Dali Shaoqing Zhou Dong and other officials were sent to Ningxia to patrol border towns. Because Zhou Dong was greedy and made a lot of money, the soldiers stationed in Ningxia hated him."

"There happened to be an enemy situation in the border areas, and the Tatar tribe attacked. General Qiu Yue and deputy general Yang Ying led the army to defend. General Jiang Han selected 60 elite soldiers, including Shen Jujing, as tooth soldiers, 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 Chi take advantage of the banquet to kill Zhou Dong and other officials, seize their seals, and spread the word to raise troops. "

Immediately afterwards, Xiong Xiu also recovered from the shock and subconsciously began to describe the cause and effect.

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

Xiong Xiu quickly recounted the story of Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion and the current situation.

It is said that this general is also a brave general. He was originally selected by Zhang Fu and others as the Jiubian General. They were going to do their best to support this person to rise to power. However, unexpectedly, Tang Hao suddenly came to the Ming Dynasty and unexpectedly rescued Zhu Houzhao. In order to save the enemy, Tang Hao replaced Qiu Yue and became an emerging general supported by the Xungui Group.

It's not some White Lotus sect monster causing trouble!

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

Yang Tinghe believed that Qiu Yue would not rebel, and that being promoted to an official position would make him more loyal to the court. He could not recover the imperial edict and send good generals to the enemy. He drafted an edict of pardon, requesting that Qiu Yue be promoted, alienating the party and rebelling against the emperor's will. And together.

It's a bit ridiculous to say that at this juncture, an Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu happened to rebel.

The result is now good. Zhu Zhixiu's sudden rebellion gave Zhu Houzhao a perfect excuse.

Well, this is the real reason why Tang Hao left Liu Jin dead!

Zhu Houzhao nodded in agreement, and then immediately sent an order to the Ministry of War. It happened that Yang Yiqing, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was in Shaanxi to supervise Ma Zheng, so he directly ordered Yang Yiqing to concurrently serve as the trilateral commander-in-chief with the title of minister, and to take charge of the military affairs of Ningxia, Yansui, Gansu, and Liang. , crusade against Zhu Zhi, and appointed eunuch Zhang Yong as governor of Ningxia military affairs. Yang Ying, who was then the deputy commander of Ningxia's assistant commander, was promoted to the right governor of the right government. One thousand and five hundred people were under his command. Qiu Yue, the commander of the guerrilla generals who guarded Ningxia at that time, served as the deputy general officer, and Shi Yong, the commander of the Lingzhou garrison commander, served as the guerrilla general.

"The overall situation is the most important thing. These trivial ministers will not go. Doesn't Yang Yiqing happen to be in Shaanxi? Just let him solve the matter."

"Seeing the opportunity, the thief Zhu Chi began to rebel against the dissatisfied officers. He asked Sun Jingwen to invite them to drink and make irritating remarks. The generals were more than willing to follow Zhu Chixiu. Zhu Chixiu also made people make friends with Pinglu City garrison generals and Qianhu, who had always treated them favorably. Xu Qin et al.”

After making some responses, Yang Tinghe also breathed a sigh of relief.

This lineup is already very luxurious. Not only is Yang Yiqing, who is familiar with military affairs, coordinating the army, but also Yang Ying, Qiu Yue and other side generals are assisting him. If Zhu Zhixiu cannot be defeated by this, then the Ming Dynasty will be dead, and Tang Hao will not bother to struggle anymore. .

As long as His Majesty the Emperor has some sense, he should immediately stop what he is doing and regain his fear of the clan princes.

After all, before the new vassal system was issued, Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu dared to rebel!

If the vassal ban is completely opened, after the clan lords take power, there is no telling how many clan lords will cause rebellion!
So Wang Hao naively thought that His Majesty the Emperor might stop.

However, Yang Tinghe smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"You don't understand His Majesty the Emperor. He will not stop here."

"It is said that at the clan meeting, His Majesty the Emperor reached an exchange of interests with the kings. The kings gave their full support to His Majesty in exchange for the opportunity to enter the dynasty and take power."

"Your Majesty has appointed Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao to be the Minister of Guanglu Temple, and Xing Wang Zhu Youqi to be the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites. These two kings are your Majesty's spokespersons for the clan in the capital!"

Hearing this, Wang Hao's expression changed drastically.

Zhu Chenhao, the minister of Guanglu Temple!
Zhu Youqiu, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites!

This time, His Majesty the Emperor appointed important ministers in the court, but he did not go through the Ministry of Personnel!

However, Wang Hao is not qualified to do anything unless he dares to disobey the Holy Will!

"That's all for Prince Xing Zhu Youqi. This man treats the people well in Anlu Prefecture and has always had a good reputation!"

"But what kind of thing is Prince Ning living in Chenhao? He plundered local people's wealth and enriched themselves, raised dead soldiers and plotted rebellion, and also restored the palace guard by colluding with Liu Jin. It was clearly with evil intentions..."

"Be careful!" Yang Tinghe reminded in a low voice, "Your Majesty... most likely knows."

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

"Why is it not Zhu Youqiu, the king of Xing, who is appointed minister of Guanglu Temple, but 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 the gold, silver and jewelry that comes to your door for free?
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 because he was planning to bring the power of the clan into the court and reported the matter to the Queen Mother, the previous close teacher-student relationship has completely ceased to exist.

Now Yang Tinghe wants to meet the emperor, but basically he can't see the emperor's figure.

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

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 know how to poop and pee, it doesn't look like you're 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, Zhu Zhixiu had already turned against him at first glance. He had been secretly plotting and preparing for so long, but Zhu Taihang, the main line Qing Wang, had no idea about it. He was simply a waste among wastes!
Besides eating, drinking, having fun and playing with women, what else can this kind of waste do?
Zhu Houzhao was determined to seize this opportunity and start a comprehensive cleanup of the clan kings' occupation of fields, so naturally he would not show any kindness at this moment, and directly ordered the Qing Prince Zhu Taixun to be temporarily imprisoned.

As the news of Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion spread, and Qing King Zhu Taihang was imprisoned and detained by his majesty in anger, all the vassal kings who entered Beijing were trembling with fear and walking on thin ice.

They were angry that a good situation had been ruined by Zhu Zhixiu, a thief, and they were also worried that His Majesty the Emperor would be jealous of the clan kings and directly cut off the clan clan kings' only chance to enter the dynasty and take power!
Therefore, a group of vassal kings immediately began to take action to inquire about the news from Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao and Xing Wang Zhu Youqiu.

Zhu Youtiao sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, unmoved at all; but Zhu Chenhao was going crazy with anxiety and wanted to bite Zhu Zhixiu to death!
Aren't you just trying to scare someone away?

(End of this chapter)