Including Zhengde before the pickle girl, many people have focused their eyes on Jiangnan, but Jiangnan people are wandering around, the situation is changing too fast, too weird, it is really confusing. [Full text reading]

The plague god slaughtered Jiangnan and implemented a new policy; Then the Tartars broke through the pass, and Zhengde drove the expedition in person; Later, King Ning suddenly spread the word to the world, counted all kinds of unreasonable actions of Zhengde, and re-mentioned the saying that the tanuki was replaced by the prince, and asked the emperor to re-establish a new monarch on the grounds that Zhengde was not the bloodline of the first emperor.

He didn't just say this, a few days after the news of Zhengde's personal expedition reached Jiangnan, he had already raised the flag to rebel. He gathered the soldiers and horses since he resumed the guard, and sprinkled the heroes and silver coins, invited the heroes of the world to participate in the righteous act, gathered the soldiers and horses, known as 100,000 people, on the day of the winter solstice in early November, officially raised the army.

Such a big thing, of course, shocked the world, since the difficulty of appeasement, this is the first time that the vassal king has rebelled. How else to say that there are many records in the Zhengde period? Even if the former vassal kings had this mind, they didn't have the strength.

For a while, the eyes of the people in the southern provinces were focused on Nanchang, and the attention to there was even higher than that of the royal conquest, after all, this side was closer, the news was faster, and the degree of relevance to their own interests was also higher.

Jiangnan is no exception, and the progress of the construction of Hangzhou Bay has slowed down all of a sudden, and all families are at a loss for the future. The royal conquest is already a great danger, and King Ning's rebellion is tantamount to falling into a well, although it is very despicable, but the effect is very terrible, in such a situation, can the Hou Ye still show a miracle as always?

"In Yang's opinion, it is better to hurry up the projects everywhere, and it may be too late for the shipyard, but as long as the ships and manpower provided by Lushun arrive, in January next year, we can set sail to Luzon! If you go early, you can take advantage of the opportunity early! ”

Yang Yong is the most optimistic and positive about the New Deal, but when everyone is in a low mood, he has been speaking out.

"Yang Yuanwai, everyone can understand your feelings, but you also have to think about the future, you must know that the latest news received, King Ning has now left Nanchang and attacked Jiujiang, Jiujiang Mansion only has a few thousand local troops, where can it stop the 100,000 army? As long as the Jiujiang River is conquered and the river is down, the speed of the march will be accelerated, and it may be possible to reach Nanking in December......"

"Don't say that the emperor may not be able to come back, even if he can come back, he must be a loss of troops, and it is too late to deal with the invasion of the Tartars, so where can he free up his hands to manage Jiangnan? The ones we are building now will be defeated by chickens and eggs when the time comes, but if they are regarded as rivals...... Alas, it's better to count a little less of this crime. ”

"yes, yes, even if you want to...... Let's wait for the truth to come out. ”

Although no one proposed to take refuge in King Ning, there were quite a lot of opposing voices, Rao had already seen Xie Hong's true strength, and most people were still very uncertain in their hearts.

However, there are not many people who want to immediately throw themselves to King Ning's side, after all, the matter has not yet come to the ground, if the emperor defeats the Tartars, no, there is no need to defeat, as long as he can retreat to the capital with his whole body, then things are still promising.

In a short period of time, King Ning will occupy Nanjing at most, as long as the emperor can return to the capital safely and hold a few passes, the Tartars will still have to retreat after all. When the time comes, a strong team will be drawn from the border town to the south, and the outcome is still unknown.

Of course, the most important thing is that it is too late to take refuge in King Ning.

After the Ningbo meeting in September, everyone has jointly signed the table and has made a petition for their names, and now it is repeated, at most, it is just to save the life of the whole family. King Ning can do such a big thing, how can he not have a pusher and helper? On the list of meritorious deeds, how can it be the turn of these latecomers of themselves?

"Will you just wait?" Without waiting for Yang Yong to refute, Zheng Yuanwai suddenly snorted coldly.

"You have to know what kind of soldiers and horses are gathered by King Ning, and who are the people who are presiding over the scenes. The former is greedy and has a surname, and the latter is a broken family, do you think it's okay to pretend to be a turtle? Taking us under the knife can not only raise the merit of the former, but also let the latter vent his anger, so why not do it? ”

This person was originally very insightful, and what he said was also to the point, the power of these medium-sized families is not large, and it is certainly eye-catching to gather together, but if you look at them separately, it is not worth mentioning. The power is not large, he has a criminal record, and his family has a lot of wealth, which fully meets the standard of a fat sheep.

Even if it is a rabble, after all, King Kening has gathered 100,000 troops, how can a mere Nanchang Mansion afford to raise an army of 100,000? Even if the people behind him are stingy with money and full support, they must be insufficient, in this case, for his own cadre, it is better to slaughter it directly than to buy it.

As soon as Zheng Yuanwai said a word, everyone was speechless, and the scene fell silent all of a sudden.

No one refutes it, it doesn't mean that everyone agrees, there are still objections, it's just not good to say. King Ning has to be reasonable after all, even if he is slaughtered, there must always be a priority or exception, and Xie Hong follows closely, of course, he must be slaughtered first, and if he is relatively backward, maybe he will have a chance to escape, so why bother to hold on at this time?

"Actually, King Ning's soldiers and horses are just a rabble, they have no combat power, if we launch it with all our might, maybe we can't capture Zhu Chenhao, but we can block it in Jiujiang or Anqing, it should still be possible......

After being silent for a while, Yang Yong suddenly said slowly: "Let's think about it, how beautiful the vision made by Lord Hou, after Chen Hao takes power, can he do better?" Don't you have to do the same as before, cling to the little production in the field, and then sneak out to sea after those big guys and drink some soup? ”

His words gave some people a thoughtful look, but most remained silent. That's right, the latent strength of these people present is also very large, and if they are launched with all their might, it is still possible to gather tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but at this time, who can make up their minds to gamble?

"That's right, when King Ning is liquidated, maybe everyone will not be counted, and those who stay may have the opportunity to shine in a few decades and become a century-old family. If it was in the past, Yang would have thought like this, but after listening to Hou Ye's teachings, Yang had another thought. ”

Yang Yong said in an accentuated tone: "The talents and technologies in the hands of Hou Ye are certainly very attractive and amazing, but those are not the most important, the most important thing is the regulations he has set, and the prospects for the future. What do we pay the most attention to in business? What do you hope for the imperial examination and the office? It's nothing more than the word 'fair'! ”

More people raised their heads, Xie Hong's trip to Jiangnan was extremely smooth, although it had a decisive deterrent effect, but what was most deeply rooted in the hearts of the people was what Yang Yong said. If it was just because of fear, in the face of the current situation, the people here might have gone home to watch and watch, or even ran to King Ning's side to serve.

They didn't leave, but gathered together to discuss, in fact, because they were reluctant. Not to mention that King Ning will not promise any benefits to everyone, even if he does, how can it compare to the charter set by the Ningbo Conference?

In the past, although there were some exceptions from time to time, such as the imperial history of the Tang Dynasty is an obvious example, but the imperial examination was basically fair. But it's hard to say in officialdom, whether the career is smooth or not, involves all aspects of the relationship, especially the most important connections, and intimacy is the most advocated by Confucianism, in this case, how can there be fairness?

Of course, the pursuit of absolute fairness is impossible to do, but things are afraid of comparison, compared with the rules set by Xie Hong at the Ningbo meeting, the old rules of the Ming Dynasty seem to be very backward.

The constitution of the New Deal is all clearly listed, especially the degree of contribution, which makes people more and more convincing the more they ponder it. The contribution is high, the treatment is high, and the method of obtaining the contribution degree is announced without discrimination, and everything is open and transparent, which is a dream for Jiangnan people who are very business-minded.

"Brother Yang is right, but, Brother Yang, have you ever thought about it? Although these people are together, however, the Hou Ye has returned to Beijing, although he left two governors before leaving, but in addition to keeping the festival, the ability of these two seems to be difficult to convince the public, even if everyone launches at any cost, but it is also a group of dragons without a leader! ”

"Yes, the snake can't be headless, even if everyone fights hard, it can't work, so let's continue to wait."

After a moment of silence, someone questioned again, but compared to the previous doubts, this time it was raised from the actual situation, which should be regarded as progress, because the person who raised the question has thought about it carefully.

Yang Yong also sighed secretly in his heart, isn't it, if the Hou Ye is still here, or if there is a person like Tang Yushi, maybe he can organize this plate of scattered sand. Although he has the heart of life, he is not prestigious, but he cannot serve the public.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Governor has sent a message inviting you to the Governor's Palace!" At this moment, a person broke in from outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted loudly, and everyone looked up to see that it was a head of the house who was in charge of supervising the work at the docks.

"What is the matter with the Governor?" Yang Yong hurriedly asked.

The two governors have not moved, but when the Hou Ye returned to Beijing, they summoned their backbone personnel once. Later, when the news of King Ning's rebellion came, the two of them were even more chaotic, and they were both restless, let alone come up with a way to deal with it.

If Hou Ye is still there, or those two people have the demeanor of Hou Ye Eleven, they don't have to work so hard, just obey orders, just one King Ning, what kind of big waves can they make?

"I don't know the specific situation, but someone from Tianjin is here again, and it is said that the ...... sent by the Hou Ye to preside over the overall situation after returning to Beijing"

"Great, who is that adult?" Everyone was overjoyed, for more than two months, Hou Ye's ship actually went back and forth from south to north, and also sent reinforcements, now there is hope.

"It's Xinbo."

(To be continued)