After some careful soothing by Emperor Zhengde, Liu Ji's concerns were finally dispelled, and the relationship between Emperor Zhengde and Liu Ji gradually improved. Just when Emperor Zhengde was full of spring breeze all day, Jinyiwei's 800-mile expedited finally arrived in the capital!

King Ning rebelled! King Ning did not enter Beijing as everyone expected, but violently intercepted and killed the envoy of the Son of Heaven, killed many officials in Nanchang, including the governor of Jiangxi, who did not accompany the rebellion, and swore to raise troops!

King Ning summoned all the bandits in Jiangxi, and with the private soldiers he had carefully recruited, there were 60,000 soldiers and horses, known as 100,000 troops!

This news shocked the entire imperial court like an earthquake! Except for the important ministers who already knew that King Ning had a heart of disobedience, the rest of the officials were shocked, especially those ministers who opposed the summoning of King Ning to Beijing, and they found an opportunity to start talking about it, King Ning was forced to rebel by the emperor and the cabinet scholars!

Although he had long expected that King Ning would rebel, when he really heard the news, whether it was Emperor Zhengde, Zhang Zhijie or the cabinet scholars, they all felt distracted.

Emperor Zhengde could only let go of the Qingqing and Liu Ji, and personally drove to the Qianqing Palace to convene the six ministries and nine qingqing! In the face of the accusations of the ministers, Zhang Zhijie first explained in detail the causes and consequences, as well as the evidence that King Ning had a disobedient heart and the accumulated crimes he committed.

The rest of the ministers were shocked to find that they were just kept in the dark, and they didn't expect King Ning to be so mad!

"Now that King Ning has rebelled, the south has always been rich, and it is the foundation of the imperial court, and troops must be sent to quell the rebellion immediately, what do you Aiqing think?" Emperor Zhengde said in a deep voice.

Li Dongyang, a scholar of the cabinet, immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, since receiving the news that King Ning has a heart of disobedience, the cabinet and the Ministry of War have been preparing to send troops to quell the chaos, and now they have been prepared, just wait for the emperor to appoint a good general, and then immediately send troops to quell the chaos!" ”

Emperor Zhengde was very excited when he heard it, everything is ready, only a good general is owed! Good general, there is one in front of him, Emperor Zhengde listened to Li Dongyang's words, and immediately raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Zhijie.

Emperor Zhengde's move was seen by Li Dongyang, who was secretly aiming at the emperor, and immediately gave his eyes to the military department. Since they knew that King Ning might rebel, while preparing soldiers, horses, food and grass, they also discussed together who would lead the troops in the imperial court.

They all felt that the emperor would undoubtedly want Zhang Zhijie to lead the troops to the battle! For quelling the rebellion, Zhang Zhijie is indeed a very suitable candidate! After Bazhou's counterinsurgency, they also recognized Zhang Zhijie's ability, and they didn't question it like last time!

Although it is indeed very reassuring to know that Zhang Zhijie led the troops to quell the rebellion, everyone believes that he will successfully quell the rebellion and return triumphantly! But this is only from the point of view of counterinsurgency, if you look at it from the perspective of the court situation, then Zhang Zhijie is a little inappropriate!

Because Zhang Zhijie is young and already in power, he has made great contributions and has become an important minister of the imperial court! But Zhang Zhijie is too young, not only that, Zhang Zhijie's holy family is too long! If Zhang Zhijie is allowed to make a great contribution to quelling the rebellion, it will be terrible to think about!

If Zhang Zhijie has always been so cautious, it would be easy to say, but I am afraid that Zhang Zhijie will be young and frivolous, and it will be a big trouble at that time! If it is for disaster, it is even more terrible than Liu Jin!

Therefore, after a careful discussion between the two cabinet elders and the two important ministers, they all felt that it was best not to let Zhang Zhijie lead the troops to the battle!

However, after all, Zhang Zhijie has already made war exploits and proved his ability, if the emperor wants Zhang Zhijie to go on the expedition, it is difficult to refute!

How to refute? Say he can't lead troops to fight? People have already calmed down the chaos once, and the old man who fought the war is fierce! You say people are not in good health? People are young and have good bodies, and they are alive and kicking all day long, and no one believes them?

But fortunately, there is another good candidate, that is, the stubborn donkey of the military department! Although his temperament is not pleasant and his behavior is very old-fashioned, I have to say that this person is indeed not on paper, and he is very good at fighting!

After all, everyone is assured of his ability, after all, it has been proven! The most important thing is that the emperor also recognizes his ability, and Zhang Zhijie has a good relationship with him! Zhang Zhijie is still more particular, and it is estimated that he is really embarrassed to fight with Wang Stubborn Donkey!

So after some discussion, they always believed that Wang Shouren was the best candidate to lead the troops this time! So now that he saw that the emperor hadn't had time to propose Zhang Zhijie, Li Dongyang knew that the opportunity was coming, and he must take the lead!

Why didn't Emperor Zhengde directly open his mouth to order Zhang Zhijie, it was because Emperor Zhengde was waiting for the ministers to nominate Zhang Zhijie! Last time, Emperor Zhengde directly ordered Zhang Zhijie to lead his troops to quell the chaos, but the ministers all opposed it.

As a result, Zhang Zhijie defeated the thief army, successfully quelled the rebellion and returned triumphantly, earning a lot of face for Emperor Zhengde! Now Emperor Zhengde thinks that this expedition is who is sheer Zhang Zhijie, so he is waiting for the ministers to recommend Zhang Zhijie, the last time I ordered Zhang Zhijie to go on the expedition, aren't you all kinds of opposition, now it is up to you to recommend Zhang Zhijie to go on the expedition.

The Ministry of War is in charge of the soldiers, so the recommendation of the Ministry of War must be very important. After receiving Li Dongyang's eyes, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War immediately understood, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this rebellion of King Ning is not trivial!" It is necessary to choose a person who is proficient in the art of war and has been in charge of the army, and quickly quell the rebellion with lightning speed, so as not to bring immeasurable losses to the Jiangxi provinces! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Zhengde and the ministers couldn't stop nodding, which is indeed the truth. Emperor Zhengde nodded frequently when he listened, isn't this Zhang Zhijie talking about!

But the military department Shangshu then said: "So the minister recommended Wang Shouren, the squire of the military department!" Wang Shilang is proficient in the art of war, and has made many meritorious contributions in the Battle of Bazhou, so he is the most suitable person to lead the troops to quell the chaos this time! ”

Emperor Zhengde always thought that the person to be recommended by the secretary of the military department was Zhang Zhijie, so he had been nodding frequently, just waiting for the secretary of the military department to say Zhang Zhijie's name and then nodded in agreement!

Therefore, when Emperor Zhengde heard the military department Shangshu talk about "ministers' recommendation", the words of promise were already on his lips, but he didn't hear the words he wanted to hear as expected!

So Emperor Zhengde was stunned at the moment, it seems that he didn't recommend Zhang Zhijie? What the hell is this? How could it be that Zhang Zhijie was not recommended? Last time, you didn't believe in Zhang Zhijie's ability to lead the troops, but now that Zhang Zhijie has led the troops to win the battle, why don't you recommend him?