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When Li Yuntian left the palace, it was already early morning, and after Zhang Fu left, Emperor Xuande had a secret discussion with him for a long time, and decided to recall Wuqing Hou Shishan, who guarded Guangning, and Sui Anbo Chen Ying, who guarded Yongping.

Both of them are generals who can recruit good battles for Emperor Xuande's dispatch.

In addition, Emperor Xuande secretly ordered the guards of Juyongguan and Xuanfu Town to stay on guard and defend strictly, so as not to be raided by the soldiers and horses of the Daning Capital Division and the Shanxi Xingdu Division.

Not only that, in order to prevent the Han king from fleeing south, Emperor Xuande also prepared to send Huang Qian, the governor of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor's Office, to Huai'an, an important town on the canal, to assist the Huai'an General Army, Pingjiang Bochen, in defending Huai'an.

In order to deal with the threat from the capital of Shanxi and the king of Zhangde Zhao, under the construction of Li Yuntian, Emperor Xuande asked Zhang Hao, the Duke of Yiguo, to guard the Zhending Mansion on the border between Beizhili and Shanxi, and asked Niu Shihao, the Marquis of Anping, to guard the Daimyo's Mansion near Zhangde.

As long as Zhending City and Daming City can be held, then the forces of Shanxi Dusi and King Zhao will not be able to push further to Beizhili, and the two biggest hidden dangers of Beizhili will be lifted, which makes Emperor Xuande have no worries and can use all his energy to deal with King Han.

Although Zhang Fu captured Mei Qing, Li Yuntian did not feel relaxed, he was sure that the King of Han did not only send Mei Qing to sneak into the capital alone to contact Nei Ying, but only Zhang Fu reported the matter to Emperor Xuande alone, and the rest of the people concealed it for various reasons, which is definitely not a good phenomenon.

The next morning, an uninvited guest rushed to the capital, he was Li Jun, the superintendent of the Imperial Palace, and he came to the capital from Le'an Prefecture to report the rebellion of the Han King.

Li Jun is a native of Suijia Village, Le'an Prefecture, Shandong, Yongle first entered the Guozi Prison, and was later promoted to the supervision of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and once patrolled Sichuan. [32415671 Ruling the Ming Dynasty] 324 Ruling the Ming Dynasty 327

In the twenty-second year of Yongle, Li Jun's father died, and he returned to his hometown to worry.

A few days ago, the King of Han sent someone to invite Li Jun to go to Le'an Prefecture to serve as the imperial envoy of the left deputy capital.

Li Jun was taken aback when he heard this, and realized that the Han King was going to rebel, and it was obvious that only the imperial court could appoint officials, and he was also the left deputy imperial envoy of the Imperial Procuratorate.

Because he knew the power of it, Li Jun naturally didn't dare to refuse, otherwise the whole family would have a bloody disaster, so he pretended to agree to King Han's invitation, and shirked going to Le'an City two days later on the grounds of physical illness.

The people sent by the king of Han were not suspicious of fraud and gladly returned to restore their lives, while Li Jun gathered his people and asked them to flee Le'an Prefecture to take refuge in other places, and then rushed to Jinan City overnight to report to the Shandong Dusi.

On the way, Li Jun witnessed the scene of the Han king's men plundering everywhere, especially collecting all the local horses to use as war horses, and he was even more sure of the Han king's rebellion.

When he arrived in Jinan City, Li Jun immediately visited Jin Rong, the commander of the Shandong Dusi, and told Jin Rong about the rebellion of the Han King, hoping that Jin Rong could give him the talisman of the Shandong Dusi as a certificate, so that he could enter Beijing to accuse the Han King of rebellion.

Because he did not know the close relationship between Jin Rong and the king of Han, Li Jun was almost about to die, and Jin Rong had promised the king of Han to rebel together, so he ostensibly agreed to give Li Jun a talisman, but in fact wanted to secretly put him to death.

If it weren't for a woman in Jin Rong's mansion who sent a message to Li Jun, causing Li Jun to find an opportunity to escape from Jin Rong's mansion over the wall, then his life would have been at rest.

After experiencing an incident in Jin Rong's mansion, Li Jun became a frightened bird, and did not dare to stay in Jinan City for a long time, so he came to the capital under the pseudonym Wang Gang and came to the capital under the starry night.

The arrival of Li Jun caused an uproar in the civil and military faction of the Manchu Dynasty, and no one thought that the King of Han would rebel without warning.

In the afternoon when Li Jun arrived in the capital, the Shandong political envoy sent an official document with an expedited 800 li, officially informing the capital of the news that the king of Han had connived at his soldiers to loot everywhere, and confirming the fact that the king of Han had rebelled.

To the surprise of the Manchu civil and military forces, Emperor Xuande did not immediately send troops to recruit the Han king, but sent Hou Tai, a lieutenant in the chamberlain, to Le'an to send a letter to the Han king, asking why the Han king had set up troops to plunder the place.

Li Yuntian knew that the reason why Emperor Xuande did this was that he hoped that the King of Han would turn back to the shore and avoid a war, and second, the time had not yet come, and it was not easy to send troops.

Although the king of Han has raised troops to rebel, but at present it is only looting in Le'an Prefecture, and has not attacked the surrounding prefectures and counties, nor has he published a rebellion document, so Emperor Xuande believes that it is not easy to send troops at this time, and when the time is ripe, the rebellion of the king of Han will be put down after the rebellion is confirmed. [32415671 Ruling the Ming Dynasty] 324 Ruling the Ming Dynasty 327

At the same time, Li Yuntian opened the storehouse of the lecture hall and distributed weapons and armor and other items to the students of the lecture hall, so that they could bring armor for training.

After dinner, Li Yuntian was in his bedroom to revise his training plan for the next few days, when Emperor Xuande sent an attendant to pass him into the palace.

Li Yuntian knew that it must have something to do with the matter of King Han, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed to the palace.

There were many people in the Qianqing Palace, in addition to Emperor Xuande, there were Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi, Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng and others, and the atmosphere was dull and depressing.

"What? Wei Guogong disappeared? When Li Yuntian understood the truth of the matter, he was taken aback and looked at Emperor Xuande who was sitting on the dragon chair in amazement.

Early this morning, Lu Zhongqian took leave from the military pavilion on the grounds that he was unwell, and when Emperor Xuande sent the imperial doctor to treat him in the afternoon, he was surprised to find that Lu Zhongqian was gone.

Not only Wei Guogong, but even Wei Guogong's wife and children have disappeared, and only those inconsequential subordinates are now left in Wei Guogong's mansion.

In fact, a month ago, Wei Guogong's wife and children left the capital under the pretext of provincial relatives and went to their hometown in Xuzhou, and only Lu Zhongqian and Lu Tianxing were left in Wei Guogong's mansion.

Obviously, Lu Tianxing left with Lu Zhongqian, and it is unknown where the two are going.

When Emperor Xuande learned the news, he was discussing government affairs with Yang Shiqi and Zhang Fu and others, and was taken aback after hearing the news, it was obvious that Lu Zhongqian and Lu Tianxing's departure had been premeditated, and as for where the two of them went, they could also think of it with their toes, and they definitely went to the King of Han and colluded with the King of Han.

Emperor Xuande was greatly annoyed by Lu Zhongqian's defection, which was an event that greatly affected morale and had a bad impact on those nobles in the capital.

Therefore, Emperor Xuande had already sent people to chase Lu Zhongqian and Lu Tianxing in the direction of Shandong, hoping to stop the two.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if Wei Guogong goes to Shandong at this time, it will have little impact on the war situation!" After knowing that Lu Zhongqian and Lu Tianxing had run away, Li Yuntian's brows furrowed, and he said to Emperor Xuande in a deep voice.

"What does Li Yushi think?" Emperor Xuande felt a little reasonable when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask.

When the ministers at the scene heard this, they also looked at Li Yuntian curiously, wondering what Li Yuntian meant.

"Your Majesty, there is already a Han king on the boundary of Shandong, and it is better for Wei Guogong to stay in the capital than to go to Shandong." Li Yuntian groaned for a moment and explained methodically, "Now that Wei Guogong is gone, there are undoubtedly only three places he can go in the minister's opinion. ”

"One is Le'an, Shandong, the second is Taiyuan, Shanxi, and the third is Zhangde, Henan." As he spoke, the look on Li Yuntian's face became solemn, and he slowly said the names of three places, and then said affirmatively, "If the minister is not mistaken, Wei Guogong must have gone to Taiyuan!" ”

Although Le'an is the base camp of the Han King's rebellion, usually the rebels who follow the Han King will also run to Le'an, but the Han King does not need a general to lead the army, but hopes that someone can help him share the pressure from the imperial court.

The strength of Shanxi Dusi is strong and strong, it is the most important military force in the hands of the Han king, it is close to Beizhili, and there are no cards and important towns along the way, which is very conducive to launching an attack on Beizhili.

If the army of Shanxi Dusi can flank the imperial army's army with Le'an's rebels on the left and right, then it will cause a big trouble for the imperial court, making the imperial court fight on two fronts.

Because the Shanxi Metropolitan Division was restrained by the Henan Metropolitan Division and the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, especially in the face of the threat of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, only by sending a prestigious general to the Shanxi Metropolitan Division could the Shanxi Metropolitan Division get out of the predicament.

As for Henan Zhangde, although the king of Zhao has tens of thousands of troops, but there is no suitable general, if the outstanding Lu Zhongqian can command the army of the king of Zhao, then it will form a three-sided attack on the imperial court, and it will also attract the troops of the Henan metropolitan division, reduce the pressure on the Shanxi metropolitan division, and make the imperial court tired of coping.

However, King Zhao and King Han are not of the same mind, and they will definitely be wary of Lu Zhongqian, and Lu Zhongqian will be hollowed out when he goes to Zhangde, and nothing will be accomplished.

Therefore, after analysis, Li Yuntian believed that Lu Zhongqian had the greatest chance of escaping at this time and going to Taiyuan.

"It makes sense." Zhang Fu couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and said to Emperor Xuande, "Your Majesty, Li Yushi's words woke up the dreamer, and it seems that Duke Wei Guogong is going to Taiyuan." ”

"Come on, quickly send someone to pursue in the direction of Taiyuan." Emperor Xuande's face turned cold, and he coldly shouted to one of the guards standing in front of the hall.

"Your Majesty, this matter is very important, Wei Chen is willing to personally lead people to pursue, Wei Guogong has left for a short time, maybe the minister can catch up with them." Li Yuntian arched his hand at Emperor Xuande when he heard this, and said in a deep voice.

"Li Yushi, if you stay in the capital, this kind of thing can be done by others." Emperor Xuande groaned for a moment and waved his hand at Li Yuntian.

At this time, it was an extraordinary period, the situation in the capital was changing rapidly, and there were very few people who could get the trust of Emperor Xuande and help him with advice, Li Yuntian was one of them, and Emperor Xuande now needed Li Yuntian to stay in the capital to deal with the unpredictable political situation.

Moreover, since Lu Zhongqian had already prepared to escape, he must have already arranged a way to retreat, and if Li Yuntian went to pursue, his life would be in danger.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Weiguo can fight well, and Zhending City should be guarded by a person who knows him well." Li Yuntian knew the concerns in Emperor Xuande's heart, and after thinking about it, he said, "The minister thinks that the loyal prince can take on this important responsibility. ”

The reason why Li Yuntian asked Zhou Zheng to deal with Lu Zhongqian was not a whim, nor was it cronyism, Zhou Zheng and Lu Zhongqian used to be good friends, and they fought side by side during the Jingjing disaster, and they were very familiar with Lu Zhongqian, otherwise Lu Tianxing would not have almost married Zhou Yuting.

Therefore, looking at the nobles in Beijing, there are only a handful of people who can deal with Lu Zhongqian, and Zhang Fu and Zhou Zheng are the best candidates.

Zhang Fu, as a master, naturally wants to stay by Emperor Xuande's side, so the only way to send Zhou Zheng to Zhending City is to send Zhang Hao to another important task