The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 133: Civil and Military Officials Arrested
It seemed that Wanli's purpose in personally leading the army this time was to quell the rebellion in Ningxia Town.

Actually, it is not. His main target is the Northern Tartars and the three major families of Puzhou who are in collusion with the Northern Tartars.

He seemed to be repeating the Battle of Tumu, wandering around Yansui Town, and the three major families of Puzhou were indeed fooled.

As expected, the cavalry of the Neitao Ordos tribes fell into the pit he dug and were completely wiped out.

Next, he took Yansui Town, Neitao, Houtao Plain, Qiantao Plain, Xitao Plain, Ningxia Town, and Guyuan Town.

After going through this cycle, it has turned from midsummer to early autumn.

The border town in early autumn is filled with a desolate atmosphere.

The northern barbarians constantly invaded the border, corrupt officials exploited the people madly, and the border soldiers had no desire or ability to build their own homes.

The entire Yansui Town was in a state of disrepair, and everything on both sides of the road seemed to have not been repaired for dozens or even hundreds of years.

The city was in ruins, the fortress was in ruins, the city walls were in ruins, and even the houses where soldiers and civilians lived on the border were in ruins. Coupled with the weeds that were turning yellow day by day, it looked like an ancient monument that was deserted.

This is especially true along the line from Shenmu to Fugu. The entire road is lined with valleys, with withered weeds on both sides of the road, and even dilapidated houses are rarely seen.

As the sun sets, the valley looks even more desolate under the setting sun.

However, Yansui Town is not without people.

At this moment, 20,000 cavalrymen were forming a long dragon in the valley and galloping towards Fugu.

After Wanli took Guyuan Town, he couldn't wait to rush to Fugu.

He was really in a hurry at the moment, because the Inner Ordos tribes and the Outer Plains had captured too many old, young, women and children, and even more cattle, sheep and horses, requiring too many men and horses to take care of them. He also had to leave men and horses behind in Ningxia Town and Guyuan Town.

Now, of the 120,000 soldiers of the Beijing Camp, only 10,000 cavalrymen from the Shenwu Rear Camp followed him. Even the tens of thousands of Jinyiwei light cavalrymen under his command were in the inner camp to guard the prisoners, cattle, sheep and horses.

He had to quickly deal with the three major powerful families in Puzhou, pacify the northwest, and then reorganize the border troops, distribute the captured old and young, women and children, as well as cattle, sheep and horses, and let meritorious soldiers escort them to graze them in different places. Only in this way could the more than 100,000 troops in the Beijing camp be gradually recovered.

Only in this way can the desolate border be revitalized again.

He was just galloping on his horse and thinking about it when the cavalry in front of him suddenly split to the left and right, and Fugu County City appeared faintly in the distance.

The riverbanks on both sides of the county town seemed to be filled with tents and various grain carts.

This is the grain transport team from Pianguan Town that was detained by Du Tong. I don’t know whether Du Tong caught Zhang Wei Zhong.

As soon as he led the Beijing cavalry out of the valley, Du Tong, Deng Zilong and Luo Sigong rode up to meet him.

After the emperor and his subjects exchanged greetings, he asked impatiently, "General Du, how's it going? Has Zhang Weizhong been apprehended?"

Du Tong said rather embarrassedly, "Your Majesty, their grain transport team just arrived not long ago, and I just detained them and let them set up camp.

I am currently discussing with General Deng and Lord Luo how to capture Zhang Weizhong. I only have 10,000 men under my command, and I don't have many men left to guard the 10,000 soldiers transporting grain."

Wanli nodded slightly, then asked, "Sigong, have secret guards been deployed in Baodezhou?"

Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said, "We have arranged dozens of them. Before Zhang Weizhong arrived, I arranged for someone to sneak in. Now they are keeping an eye on Zhang Weizhong."

well.

Upon hearing this, Wanli decisively said, "Send someone to inform the people inside to send most of them out to hang around the west gate of Baodezhou City. I will send the Shenwu Rear Camp over there shortly. If anyone wants to close the city gate, just have them stop them."

Upon hearing this, Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and immediately arranged for someone to pass on the message.

Wanli looked at the sky, then at the war horses drinking water and grazing by the river, and then ordered Du Song to come over and give him detailed instructions: "Let your soldiers and horses rest for a quarter of an hour, then lead the army directly across the river, rush into Baodezhou City, and capture Zhang Weizhong.

I will draft an edict shortly to promote you to General of Pianguan Town. After you capture Zhang Weizhong, you must reorganize the 10,000 soldiers transporting grain, and then lead your army to Piantouguan to capture the troops there as well and reorganize them properly. "This way he was promoted to General!
Upon hearing this, Du Song bowed repeatedly and said, "I understand. Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Wanli nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and prepare. The imperial edict will be delivered to you shortly."

Not long after, the cavalry of the Shenwu Rear Camp began to form a team to cross the river. The sound of horse hooves was thunderous, and 10,000 cavalrymen rushed into Baodezhou City.

Zhang Weizhong definitely can't escape.

On the other side of the river, near the floating bridge, Wanli put down his telescope, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Sigong, how long will it take you to send someone on horseback to the capital to deliver the secret order?"

Luo Sigong pondered, "If everyone brings more war horses, gallops non-stop all the way, and changes horses twice in Datong Town and Xuanfu Town, we should be able to arrive within two days."

Autumn is here and winter is not far away.

We can't wait any longer. Although we haven't taken over Pianguan Town completely, we should be able to stop it now that we have captured General Zhang Wei Zhong. If we have to wait for Du Song to reorganize his troops and then take a detour of thousands of miles to Piantouguan, it will take at least ten days.

As for Gansu Town, it is far away and separated by Guyuan Town, Ningxia Town and Yansui Town, so it has no impact on this side at all.

It doesn’t matter how long the osmanthus blooms.

Wanli thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "Then send someone to pass the order. Three days later at noon, Northern Zhili, Shanxi, and Shaanxi will take action together to arrest the children, relatives, and families of the three major families in Puzhou.

Those caught in the capital will be sent directly to the Imperial Prison, those caught in Shanxi will be sent to Datong Town, and those caught in Shanxi will be sent to Yansui Town."

Hearing this, Luo Sigong said cautiously, "Your Majesty, apart from the children of officials, the other businessmen of the three major families in Puzhou seem to be running around everywhere. Several of Zhang Siwei's brothers have fled to Nanzhili and have disappeared without a trace."

Is there such a thing?
The three major wealthy families in Puzhou must have been alerted a long time ago. The reason why those in officialdom have not fled yet is that they are hoping for luck and are still waiting and watching.

After all, if an official resigns without reason, it is a serious violation of discipline, and he or she can forget about being an official in the future.

Fortunately, the news of his capture of Ningxia Town and Guyuan Town did not leak out, otherwise, all the officials from the three major families in Puzhou would have run away.

Now it is not the time when the whole world belongs to the king. There are too many enemies around the Ming Dynasty. It would be a big deal if the three major families of Puzhou brought their wealth that could rival a country to help any force.

After hearing this, Wanli thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "Then arrest the officials first. If we can't find the businessmen, we can look for them later."

Upon hearing this, Luo Sigong quickly bowed and said, "Your humble servant understands."

This immediately caused a huge storm in the Ming Dynasty court.

At about noon on the third day, all the sons, in-laws and family members of the three major families in Puzhou who were in the capital were suddenly arrested by the Jinyiwei in plain clothes and sent to the Northern Pacification Prison.

The Northern Pacification Prison was overcrowded in the morning, with hundreds of people imprisoned there!

This really scared all the officials in the court.

Shen Shixing and his party were all scared like ants on a hot pan, and were in a constant state of panic.

Zhang Juzheng's old party members were so frightened that their faces changed.

The young emperor was too cruel. He arrested so many people without saying a word and put them all in prison!

Not many people came out of that place alive!

That’s nothing.

In Shanxi and Shaanxi, secret guards were also sent out everywhere, and they arrested the children, relatives and family members of the three major wealthy families in Puzhou without even saying a word, which scared the local county magistrates, prefects and governors.

At this time, Wanli was not idle either. He led the imperial guards and cavalry to board the navy warship at around 1:00 a.m. in the morning. At around 3:00 p.m., he arrived at the ferry terminal outside Puzhou City.

(End of this chapter)