Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1108 Jiangxi surrenders

Nanchang City is the capital of Jiangxi Province, and there are still [-] soldiers and horses. It can be defended if necessary, but what is the key?

This time it was obvious that Wang Yan had set up a trap, waiting for the king of Tang to make a move. With the troops under Wang Yan's control, there would be absolutely no problem in pacifying Jiangxi.

Wang Yan had long wanted to take action against Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian to bring the three provinces under the control of the imperial court and realize the unification of the Ming Dynasty in the south, but he had no excuses. He was waiting for Tang Wang and Lu Wang to jump out by themselves.

If the two kings of Tang and Lu had joined forces when Nanjing was first conquered, they might still be able to fight Wang Yan, but now four years have passed, the foundation of the Nanjing court has been solidified, and the strength of the two kings has continued to weaken. They are no longer Wang Yan's opponents, so The two kings dared to do it when they saw a chance to get rid of Wang Yan.

Right now, Wang Yan must have mobilized troops to put out Tang Lu's rebellion. Judging from the comparison of strength, Tang Lu's chance of winning is very slim. It is meaningless for them to resist in Nanchang.

All the people sitting here are high-ranking officials, and they have finally reached the current stage. They are not stupefied, they just want to have a good time, and they must consider the consequences when doing things.They will not do things that are harmful to others and not beneficial to themselves, and the people below them and their colleagues will not follow them.

Wang Yan looked at Wu Zunzhou, didn't let him get up immediately, let him kneel like this, if this guy wanted to ambush him, Wang Yan would naturally not be polite to him.

Wu Zunzhou can be sure that even if he can avoid being held accountable this time, his political life will be over.

Wu Zunzhou knelt down suddenly, and the atmosphere at the banquet changed immediately. Some officials who didn't know about Tang Wang's military coup were immediately stunned, while those who knew were like a blanket of needles. A sneaky glance at Wang Yan, seeing Wang Yan squinting at them, several of them finally couldn't bear the pressure, left their seats one after another, bowed down behind Wu Zunzhou.

For things like a coup, it is still necessary to seek secrecy, so there are no more than ten officials who bow down.

Du Yinxi did not expect that Wu Zunzhou and others came out to plead guilty as soon as Wang Yan opened his mouth, but Wu Zunzhou could not be blamed for this. He participated in the ambush and murder of Wang Yan throughout the whole process. The pressure is too much.

Seeing several people pleading guilty, Wang Yan was still very satisfied. He squinted at Wu Zunzhou and said, "Master Wu, the procurator, was still the lonely king when he entered Jiangxi. Let me give you what you want!"

Wang Yan wanted to come as his inspector, but that was because Wang Yan wanted to recruit Jin Shenghuan. If there was no Jin Shenghuan, Wu Zunzhou would not be able to be the inspector, so Wu Zunzhou should be more grateful to Jin Shenghuan, but Wang Yan mentioned this, Wang Yan did indeed do him a great favor.

"Your Majesty is convicted! I am willing to be punished by Your Highness!" Wu Zun's head almost touched the ground.

Seeing this, Du Yinxi on the side frowned. Wang Yan's hand disrupted his rhythm. He had already decided to compromise with Wang Yan, but he wanted to negotiate terms with Wang Yan. Once Tang Wang fell, there would be no one. To be able to restrain Wang Yan, he felt that Tang Wang could be defeated, but the pro-Tang faction, that is, the original imperial party, could not disappear. Someone must be able to restrain Wang Yan.

He wanted to talk to Wang Yan about the conditions, but now he has become Wang Yanxing's teacher asking the crime.

"His Royal Highness, stop your prestige! How do you want to deal with Jiangxi, how to deal with His Royal Highness Tang Wang, let's get to the point!" Seeing Wu Zun begging for mercy, Du Yinxi hastily interrupted his conversation with Wang Yan.

A group of Jiangxi officials also realized that they were not completely without leverage. Wu Zunzhou and others directly pleaded guilty and put them on the chopping block. Fortunately, Du Futai reacted in time.

Wang Yan wanted to solve Jiangxi's problem completely this time, so as not to leave hidden dangers for the court. He knew that Wu Zunzhou was already in a state of confusion when he saw him, so he stared at him several times with sharp eyes, broke his defense line, and asked him to beg for mercy , he could use a condescending attitude to deal with Jiangxi, but Du Yinxi saw through his intentions and pulled him into negotiations.

"Haha..." Wang Yan laughed awkwardly again, demonstrating the embarrassment of being seen through by Du Yinxi. He laughed a few times, then suddenly stopped his voice, straightened his body, and said, "Since Du Futai said so , the lonely king said it straight!"

The officials present all pricked up their ears. From Wang Yan's point of view, this was related to their political future.

Wang Yan paused, he glanced at the crowd, and then said in a deep voice: "King Tang and Jin Shenghuan want to murder King Gu, and Gu already has conclusive evidence! Gu has sent a message to Jin Shenghuan, asking him to come to Nanchang quickly to report to Gu Wang. The king pleads guilty, if he can plead guilty and hand over his military power, he will go to the Five Army Commander's Mansion to be a deputy governor, if he persists in his obsession, he will raid his house and destroy his family!"

Hearing the ransacking of the house and the extermination of the clan, everyone felt the murderous aura emanating from Wang Yan, and each of them shrank their necks.

Wang Yan squinted his eyes and continued: "As for King Tang, he is Gaozong's younger brother after all. If he can repent, the lonely king can let the court deal with it lightly, and only take away his position as the ruling king and demote him to an ordinary vassal. Song Jiufan. If the king of Tang does not repent, depending on the situation, he may be decapitated, or demoted to Tang Shuren, and placed under house arrest on the high wall of Fengyang!"

Du Yinxi took a look at Wang Yan, but he didn't expect Wang Yan's offer to be so favorable. It can be said that as long as Tang Wang and Jin Shenghuan admit defeat, Wang Yan will leave them a way out.

After thinking about it for a while, he understood Wang Yan's intentions. Wang Yan didn't want to drive the two of them to a dead end and fight him to the death.

Thinking of this, Du Yinxi's heart moved, and his disgust towards Wang Yan couldn't help but eased a little. Although this person is getting worse and worse, he still cares about the world.

Wu Zunzhou, who prostrated himself on the ground, heard Wang Yan's treatment of Tang Wang and Jin Shenghuan, and he was relieved. If the court can be tolerant to Tang Wang and Jin Shenghuan, they will naturally not be convicted of felony, at least their lives will be saved. .

Wang Yan really wanted to end the incident quickly, so he made an exception. Otherwise, Jin Shenghuan's 3 people would not mention it, and Zheng Chenggong's navy alone would be enough for him to have a headache.

"Your Highness's handling of Tang Wang and Jin Duzhen is very appropriate!" Du Yinxi nodded, he was silent for a while, and then asked: "How will Your Highness deal with Jiangxi? Will the court liquidate Jiangxi's officialdom?"

This is related to the interests of everyone present. If the imperial court wants to liquidate, the Pro-Tang faction will suffer heavy losses. Du Yinxi doesn't want to see this.

Regarding the handling of Jiangxi, Wang Yan had already thought about it. He is not as upright as before. There must be liquidation, but there are many methods, such as when assessing and rating, or transferring to Qingshui Yamen, a low-level state capital, and officials. Many means, there is no need to liquidate immediately.

"Jiangxi governors, chief ministers, and inspectors must be directly appointed by the imperial court. The promotion of officials will not be recommended by Jiangxi itself, but will be dispatched by the imperial court. Officials and taxes will follow the same regulations as other provinces!"

In the past, the appointment of Jiangxi officials was based on Jiangxi's recommendations, and the imperial court could only choose from them, and could not assign them separately. Wang Yan's current conditions were tantamount to letting Jiangxi generals be led by the imperial court, just like Huguang and other provinces.

Jin Shenghuan handed over his military power, and Jiangxi officials were appointed by the court, which was tantamount to ending Jiangxi's separatist regime.

Du Yinxi nodded slightly. He has no objection to these. Wang Yan's approach is still strengthening the centralization of power, which is in the interests of the entire Ming Dynasty. He can agree, but once he agrees, supporting the Tang faction means handing over power. Now After all, it was the court of the Chu Party, so it was too easy for Wang Yan to punish them.

In the past, Du Yinxi might still trust Wang Yan's character, but now, he no longer trusts this traitor.

"These conditions can be agreed, but I still have two conditions!" Du Yinxi straightened his body and said.

Wang Yan frightened Wu Zunzhou because he didn't want Jiangxi to ask him for conditions. Now that Du Yinxi actually wanted to propose two conditions, his face immediately sank, but it was hard for him to refuse at this time.

Wang Yan was also a little surprised that Du Yinxi took the initiative to ask for conditions, so he asked: "What request does Du Futai have, please listen to it!"

In the face of a power traitor like Wang Yan, if he doesn't say anything, he can only suffer. Du Yinxi has learned a little bit now, "First, since the imperial court wants to directly appoint the chief of the third department in Jiangxi, then I will go to the post of governor of Jiangxi. You must enter the cabinet and serve as a cabinet scholar! The second thing is that I am not young now, and I want to tutor the emperor to study!"

Du Yinxi wanted to join the cabinet and become the emperor's teacher, Wang Yan immediately frowned. Now the cabinet has some restrictions on him, and if Du Yinxi is allowed to join the cabinet, what are the restrictions on him? Not more, but the emperor, Wang Yan doesn't want Du Yinxi to train him to be a strong emperor.

Seeing that Wang Yan didn't reply, Du Yinxi couldn't help casting a glance at the traitor, looked him up and down with disgust, and said mockingly: "Didn't Your Highness ask me to supervise and supervise? Why are you going to regret it now?"

When Wang Yan heard this, his face suddenly became embarrassed, his mouth seemed to have eaten a lump of shit, and he couldn't make a sound.

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