Chapter 586: Military Intelligence
Let the brocade guard go down to rest, and it didn't take long for Peng Ze and Wang Shouren to arrive. Zhang Zhijie said in a deep voice: "I just got the latest situation in Jiangxi, and I just want to invite Lord Wang and Lord Peng to come over!" ”
"We also learned that there was a brocade guard who came to the dust, and we thought it might be the intelligence from Jiangxi, so we came to take a look!" Peng Ze explained.
Wang Shouren said directly with a dark face: "Lord Admiral, what is the specific situation in Jiangxi now?" ”
Zhang Zhijie told the information brought by Jinyiwei, and Peng Ze muttered: "King Ning is going to lead a large army out of Jiangxi to plot Nanjing!" I didn't expect King Ning to be so eager for quick success! That would have a terrible impact on the South! ”
After listening to Peng Ze's words, Zhang Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, the emperor and the governor also think that King Ning is intending to Nanjing!" ”
Emperor Zhengde exclaimed angrily: "Hmph! What an ambition! Dare to directly plot against Nanjing! Is this going to be the emperor directly? I will spare him! The army is going south, I want to intercept him under the city of Nanjing, and if he loses his armor and collapses the army, he will not be able to get Nanjing! ”
Peng Ze muttered: "When the Jingli court was discussed, he had foreseen this possibility early, and he had already ordered all the troops in Nanjing to guard against King Ning's attack, since he had already taken precautions, it should not be easy for King Ning to fight in Nanjing!" ”
Zhang Zhijie also felt so, and at this time, Wang Shouren said categorically with a wooden face: "Hmph, King Ning can't beat Nanjing!" ”
Emperor Zhengde frowned when he heard this: "Although I don't look down on King Ning, but after all, he has an army of 100,000 and is going down the east of the river, so it is not difficult to fight to Nanjing!" ”
Wang Shouren said with a wooden face: "Your Majesty! The reason why Ning Wangzhi is so smooth in Jiangxi is because of his many years of co-optation and operation in Jiangxi, if he goes out of Jiangxi, he will completely lose support! The orthodox prestige of the imperial court is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and King Ning is not supported at all, and although he claims to be a very large army, it is estimated that it would be good to have 60,000, and he has to divide troops to garrison, and there are only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses who can go south! His subordinates are just the first talents, bandits and bandits, and it's okay to expect them to loot people's wealth, but it's not okay to expect them to lead troops to fight! ”
I have to say that what Wang Shouren said is very reasonable, but Wang Shouren refuted Emperor Zhengde so recklessly, which will undoubtedly make Emperor Zhengde very faceless! Zhang Zhijie couldn't help but smile bitterly, you are treating you as me, and you are talking to the emperor like this! I have to say that Wang Shouren's stubborn donkey's temper is really incorrect!
Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, everything is difficult to say, we must be ready to do both now, the army will go south, go straight to Xuzhou, and then make a decision!" ”
Zhang Zhijie's words made Emperor Zhengde's face, although Wang Shouren was sure that King Ning would definitely not attack Nanjing, but he also had to admit that what Zhang Zhijie said was the perfect strategy!
The news brought by Jinyiwei finally made Emperor Zhengde feel the urgency of the war, put away his thoughts of having fun, and began to give orders for the whole army to go south!
Originally, Emperor Zhengde personally led the army south to quell the rebellion, although he could not accurately know the marching route of the army, but he could generally guess eight or nine!
Therefore, many officials along the way began to change their ways to please the emperor, especially the eunuchs stationed in various places were particularly eager for this matter!
All of a sudden, the states and counties along the way jumped up and down, and in the name of paying tribute to the emperor, many officials and eunuchs began to collect money on a large scale, loot treasures, and extort tyranny.
At first, Emperor Zhengde was very happy to accept, one of the treasures offered by the town guard eunuch was very much liked by Emperor Zhengde, and Emperor Zhengde immediately rewarded him with a bullfighting suit, which made the later states and counties even more happy!
Wang Shouren and Peng Ze knew that it would be bad if they continued like this, so they worriedly found Zhang Zhijie to go with them to advise Emperor Zhengde.
Outside the Chinese army's tent, they met Liu Ji, which was also the first time Wang Shouren and Peng Ze had seen Liu Ji up close. I saw her loosely dressed in the service of a little eunuch, but she couldn't hide her moving style at all!
Wang Shouren and Peng Ze glanced at it and immediately felt the amazement of this little girl, and immediately lowered their eyelids. Zhang Zhijie didn't have their scruples, and said with a smile: "Gonggong Liu, has the emperor rested?" ”
"Not yet! The Admiral is looking for the emperor? Liu Ji smiled, and as she spoke, she glanced at the two adults who followed behind, she had been trying to avoid appearing in the sight of Wang Shouren and Peng Ze.
But now that Zhang Zhijie stopped her and asked her something, she naturally couldn't help but answer, but as long as she answered, her voice would be different from that of the little eunuch!
Sure enough, when I heard the pleasant and crisp voice like a silver bell coming from the mouth of this little eunuch, I had no doubt in my heart, this was definitely a little girl, a little girl who captivated the country and the city!
Now that he has met Liu Ji, Zhang Zhijie naturally will not let her go! In fact, in Zhang Zhijie's opinion, a large part of the reason why Emperor Zhengde accepted tribute from local officials all the way was because of Liu Ji! It's like a male peacock wants to open the screen in front of the female peacock!
Therefore, Liu Ji's persuasion will undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort, which can save me worry and effort! And Liu Ji is from the bottom, she is kind, as long as she understands it with her, she will definitely persuade Emperor Zhengde without saying anything!
Zhang Zhijie sighed: "We are here to advise the emperor!" Now the states and counties that the army passes through along the way are paying tribute to the emperor in a big way! This is all what they have obtained under the banner of the emperor and looting everywhere! The common people are ruined and don't know how many people die! not only ruined the emperor's reputation, but also made them enrich themselves! ”
These days, Liu Ji has really seen a lot of rare treasures, and at the same time, most of them have been rewarded to her by Emperor Zhengde, originally she was quite happy, but now she suddenly listened to Zhang Zhijie's words, and then she knew that these treasures were stained with blood!
Liu Ji was stunned for a while, and lost her voice: "So that's the case!" ”
Zhang Zhijie nodded heavily, then turned around and entered the big tent, Wang Shouren and Peng Ze, who were following behind, were a little surprised Why did Zhang Zhijie say this to Liu and Liu's father-in-law!
Although Zhang Zhijie assured them that Gonggong Liu was very sensible, in the eyes of Wang Shouren and Peng Ze, as long as this Gonggong Liu did not instigate the emperor to do something unreliable, it would be reasonable! I never thought that this Liu Gongguild would advise Emperor Zhengde!
After entering the main hall, Emperor Zhengde was playing with a crystal red wrench in his hand, under the bright lights, the red was very charming! Obviously, Emperor Zhengde liked this red jade wrench very much.