Chapter 535: The Qingjiangpu Rebellion (Part II)
Everyone has their own potential, but few people can use their potential, but some people can play far beyond ordinary people in the moment of life and death, such as a mother who can sometimes lift a car when she sees her child in danger, sometimes can run through several streets at incredible speed, and pick up her child who has fallen from the upper floor.
Zhengde is now also in a life-and-death situation, but he did not burst out with superhuman physical strength, but his brain became more and more calm, and his mind thought about his situation like lightning, and then used all his strength to lift Jiang Bin who was riding on him aside, and kicked Liu Liangnu next to him away, and then hit the cabin of the boat with his shoulder and jumped into the water.
Zhengde's boat is very small, although the water in the pond is very calm, and Zhengde also ordered not to let people get close to his boat beforehand, but the guards around him did not dare to go too far from Zhengde because of their careful pre-confession, and they all followed far behind in the boat, and now they saw someone in the boat falling into the water, which surprised all the guards, and drove the boat to the rescue.
Zhengde is not familiar with the water, and the previous fight with Jiang Bin has exhausted his strength, so after falling into the water, he was quickly choked with a few mouthfuls of water, and his mind was dizzy, and finally when the guards arrived and rescued him, Zhengde was already unconscious, and he couldn't let the guards arrest Jiang Bin at all, and although those guards suspected the reason why His Majesty the Emperor fell into the water, because Jiang Bin was the first celebrity in front of Zhengde, and Liu Meiren testified, so they didn't dare to do anything with Jiang Bin.
It was also the opportunity of Zhengde's coma that Jiang Bin had a chance to escape. And he knows it, too. Wait until Zhengde wakes up. He must die, and that Liu Liangnu also knew that Zhengde must not be allowed to wake up, so the two of them conspired to kill Zhengde in a coma, but unfortunately, the guards around Zhengde were specially arranged by Zhou Zhong and Jinyiwei, and they were not under anyone's command at all, so although they tried to kill Zhengde several times. But they didn't succeed, which made those guards even more suspicious of Jiang Bin and the others.
In this case, Jiang Bin could only desperately implement the final plan, that is, to carry out a mutiny, and kill Zhengde no matter what, as for the serious consequences caused by killing Zhengde, Jiang Bin couldn't care much about it at this time.
Zhengde came to the south this time mainly to quell the rebellion of King Ning, so he also brought an army of nearly 30,000 people with him, which was divided into two parts, one part was the border army led by Jiang Bin. These border troops were all the four outer armies that were originally transferred from the border army to the capital, and they only obeyed Jiang Bin's dispatch. It can be said that Jiang Bin's people are from top to bottom, and the other part is the original Beijing camp, after these Beijing camps were redressed, they were taken to the grassland by Zhengde, and they have experienced several wars, and their strength is also extraordinary.
Jiang Bin's rebellion happened in this situation, he led his border army to raid the Beijing camp, wanting to kill Zhengde first, the unprepared Beijing camp was killed by them at the beginning, and without Zhengde's order, these Beijing camps are equivalent to a group of dragons without a leader, and they can't organize to resist at all, and they are about to be killed by Jiang Bin to the big camp where Zhengde lives.
But at this critical moment, Zhengde in a coma suddenly woke up, which made the guards around Zhengde finally have a backbone, originally the leader of the guard wanted to protect Zhengde and go out to besiege for help, but Zhengde insisted on personally pacifying Jiang Bin's rebellion, he first gathered the surrounding Jingying, and then organized a counterattack, and finally repelled Jiang Bin's border army once, which also gave Zhengde time to gather more troops, and when Jiang Bin attacked again, the resistance encountered was much more tenacious than before.
In addition, Zhengde also knew that although the border army obeyed Jiang Bin's command, they were still the army of the Ming Dynasty, and they were also loyal to their own emperor, His Majesty, but these border troops began to be confused, and they were deceived by Jiang Bin, so they made a move to attack the Beijing camp, so Zhengde immediately asked people to read out their own instructions, so that those border troops lay down their arms, and the court could not hold them responsible, and even as long as someone could catch Jiang Bin, they would be knighted.
After all, the general trend of the world is still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and those border troops are not fools, they were deceived by Jiang Bin before, and they didn't know what was going on, so they could only obey the orders of their superiors, but now they saw that His Majesty the Emperor was also standing opposite, and ordered them to lay down their weapons, which made most of the border troops stop immediately, when the first person put down their weapons, the others behind also laid down their weapons and surrendered, and even the people around Jiang Bin finally tied up Jiang Bin and handed him over to Zhengde, It's just that at this time, both the border army and the Beijing camp have already suffered huge casualties.
When the depressed Jiang Bin was sent to Zhengde, the angry Zhengde killed the other party with his own hands, and then returned to his residence and killed Liu Liangnu, who had been paralyzed, and the rebellion was finally over, but the handling of this rebellion had just begun.
Because Jiang Bin's rebellion is related to the ugly things in Zhengde's harem, it is impossible to publicize it, otherwise the most humiliating thing is Zhengde himself, so for this rebellion, Zhengde issued an order to block the news, and only let the local government clean up the mess, he did not turn back to Nanjing, went directly from Qingjiangpu to Shanghai, and then came to Tianjin by boat, but when he was on the boat, Zhengde was seriously ill again, and it was not until Zhou Zhong saw him that Zhengde's body had just improved.
After listening to what happened to Zhengde in Qingjiangpu, Zhou Chong was also silent for a long time, he could understand Zhengde's current mood, after all, he was betrayed by his most beloved woman and the most favored courtier, this kind of blow is very fatal for anyone, and even Zhengde has not gone crazy until now, which already shows that he is rational enough.
"Brother Huang, things have passed, don't take it to heart anymore, everything has to look forward, and the Ming Dynasty can pacify the north right now, and the navy is invincible at sea, all of this is the credit of Brother Huang, you will definitely become an emperor who can be compared with Tang Zong and Song Zu in the future!" Zhou Zhong didn't know how to comfort Zhengde, so he could only use state affairs to divert Zhengde's attention, hoping that he would not be too stimulated by emotional matters.
Hearing Zhou Chong's words, Zhengde showed him an indifferent smile and said: "Second brother, you don't have to comfort me anymore, whether it is a state affair or a private matter, I have made too many mistakes, especially in state affairs, if it were not for the support of you and a group of ministers, I am afraid that Daming would not have achieved today's glory." ”
When Zhengde said this, he paused for a moment and then said: "During these days of recuperating on the ship, I thought a lot and understood the mistakes I made before, fortunately, most of these mistakes were made up by the second brother, and in terms of governing the country, the second brother, you are indeed much stronger than me, so I made a decision a few days ago......
"Brother Huang, no!" Before Zhengde's words were finished, Zhou Zhong interrupted in shock, because he was worried that Zhengde would say something that would embarrass him.
However, Zhengde smiled and said, "Second brother, don't worry, I won't pass on the throne to you for the time being." ”
Hearing Zhengde's words, Zhou Chong was also relieved, he was really worried that Zhengde would pass on the throne to him just now, in fact, there are some rumors in the court now, especially under the leadership of Zhou Chong, Daming presents a thriving scene, so whether it is the people or the court, there are many people who feel that Zhou Chong is more suitable to be the emperor than Zhengde.
"I also know that even if I want to pass on the throne to you now, I'm afraid you won't accept it, second brother." Zhengde continued at this time, "But I can help you keep the throne for a while, but you have to promise me one thing!" ”
"What's the matter?" Zhou Chong's tone was relaxed, he was unwilling to let Zhengde pass the throne to him, firstly, he was really not ready to be the emperor, and secondly, he was now a prisoner, not only could he exercise the power of the emperor, but also was not bound by the position of the emperor, which was also more convenient for him to reform the Ming Dynasty.
"Second brother, I plan to never return to Beijing City, the destruction of the Tatars in the north is imminent, for this strong enemy, I must destroy it with my own hands, in addition, after pacifying the Tatars, there are also Yili Bari, Khorasan and other countries in the Western Regions, the Mongols can conquer these places back then, and our Ming Dynasty can also conquer them again......"
"Brother Huang, ...... you" Hearing Zhengde's words, Zhou Zhong was shocked, because he didn't expect Zhengde to have such a thought.
However, as soon as Zhou Chong's words came out, he was interrupted by Zhengde: "Second brother, you don't have to persuade me, I know what I'm doing, I've figured it out these days, power, beauty, and wealth are not what I pursue, for me, only leading the army to make contributions is what I should do in this life, and you don't have to worry about me going to the army, only when the national strength of the Ming Dynasty can support it, I will start a war, and every war will be reported to the cabinet in advance, and wait until the cabinet agrees, And send the needed supplies to the front line, and I will really start the war. ”
Hearing what Zhengde said, Zhou Zhong didn't know what to say, he had already heard from Zhengde's words, these were all decisions made by Zhengde after careful consideration, it seems that the betrayal of Jiang Bin and Liu Liangnu this time has broken Zhengde's heart, so he decided to stay away from Beijing, stay away from the court, and put all his energy on the army, which is also what he is best at, and for Zhengde, maybe this kind of life is the most suitable for him, after all, compared to the intrigue of Beijing City, Things in the army are much simpler. (To be continued......) u