Late that night, in the Longtan army, Li Xin received a report from Zhu Yuncai, who was sentenced by Tianfu, and the monk Jingran Yu died in prison, and before that, a businessman from Jiangxi had been imprisoned under a pseudonym. Moreover, Zhu Yuncai specially asked Li Xin in the letter how to deal with it next.

Li Xin closed the official document, and Mi Yan praised it: "This Zhu Tong judge is also a cadre, and he is much stronger than Chen Wenshan!" It's just that there are more scheming, and the vassal king's rebellion against the shadow has no bounds, so it is very prosperous, and there is a lot of trouble. ”

Li Xin likes to deal with such people the most, they know clearly what they want, and they also know clearly what their collaborators want. However, when it comes to obedience, Chen Wenshan, who is still more capable, is better.

Returning to Zhu Yuncai's report of quietly predicting the rebellion of the vassal king, in Mi Yan's view, it was nothing more than Zhu Tong's speculation in courting officials, and he advocated that Li Xin should take advantage of the suppression of Shi Kefa's vigor at this time to further consolidate the position of the Three Guards in Nanjing. Instead of focusing on finding out what feudal kings were plotting to rebel against. What's more, at this time, after all, there is nothing to do, and if there is no tangible evidence, it will inevitably lead to unjust imprisonment.

Although there was a lot of cover-up in Mi Yan and Li Xin's conversations, they were more vigilant and fearful of cool officials like Zhu Yuncai.

"What the chief said is extremely true, and the construction of an elevated aqueduct in Tianfu is the top priority. As long as this canal is completed, there is nothing to be afraid of this year's drought! However, rebellion is also a fundamental matter, and if you are not vigilant, you will be in danger of being a fish in the pond! ”

Li Xinxin knew that Mi Yan did not approve of him using Ying Tianfu to investigate the so-called rebellion case, not just disgusted that Zhu Yun was a profit-seeking person, but that the matter involved the secrets of the Three Guards.

"Does the chief know how many vassal kings there are in Jiangxi?"

To be honest, Li Xin didn't know much about the many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, except for a few familiar ones, such as King Zhao, King Jin, King Zhou, etc., who could say a thing or two, while the small vassal kings of Jiangxi were a little confused.

Mi Yan is like a treasure for the fiefdom of the Ming Dynasty vassal kings.

"Now, there are vassal kings in Jiangxi, the king of Huai in Raozhou Prefecture, and the king of Yi in Jianchang Mansion. There was once King Ning of Nanchang Prefecture, who was cut down due to rebellion during the Zhengde period, and King Jing changed the title of Huguang Qizhou. In this way, the vassal kings associated with Jiangxi for more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty are only these four. ”

Li Xin nodded, and asked again: "According to what Yuan Chang has seen, if these families want to rebel, which one is the most likely to be?" ”

"As Mi Yan can see, none of these families can rebel!" The vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, named Wang, is actually similar to the captive Zhu, does not hold the power of military taxes, can not be an official, and even a trip out of the city must be reported to the government, if such a vassal king can dare to rebel, it is a pig can go up the tree.

Li Xin insisted on asking: "Assuming that there are several vassal kings in Jiangxi who intend to rebel, which one may be the largest?" ”

Mi Yan was shocked by Li Xin's grandiose behavior of talking about rebellion, if someone else talked about such a horrific thing, even if he lowered his voice, he still had palpitations, but he could watch Li Xin's expression, and he didn't seem to care. I couldn't help but sigh, and the authority of the imperial court was shocked in the heart of the marquis. In fact, what Mi Yan didn't know was that Li Xin was still the young man from the 21st century in his bones, how could he be in awe of an old Zhu dynasty dying in the pile of old papers? Moreover, after coming to the Ming Dynasty, everything he saw and did was a villain who only knew how to do some pain for relatives and quick for enemies.

The little good impression he had for Zhu Ming's regime had long since disappeared in the calculations and frames of all parties. Seeing Li Xin's insistence, Mi Yan had to hesitate and replied: "King Ning was cut down as early as the Zhengde period, and it has long been wiped out today, this branch definitely can't." Although King Jing has been in Jianchang and Pingfan for many years, he has also changed his domain to Huguang for many years, and it is impossible. The last possible ones are only King Huai of Raozhou and King Yi of Jianchang. ”

Li Xin couldn't help but laugh when he watched Mi Yan talk tirelessly. Then he said: "The chief knows that the answer has been given in Zhu Tongju's letter!" ”

Mi Yan's body suddenly shook, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Difficult, has he found out the tangible evidence of the vassal king's rebellion?" But then he denied it: "This, this is absolutely impossible,"

Li Xin shook his head, "That's not the case, the businessman who was imprisoned to visit is from Raozhou, do you think there is a big secret in it?" ”

"What does the Marquis of Zhenyu mean, but the Huai King of Raozhou ......" Mi Yan asked tentatively in a trembling voice after hearing this.

Li Xin was noncommittal, but mentioned Zhu Yuncai again. "Zhu Tongju refused to say bluntly that he had detected that King Huai of Raozhou was the most suspicious, so he hinted at it in order to hint at my attitude. Tell me, how should I deal with it? ”

The matter has come to this point, Mi Yan's heart is like a mirror, it seems that the Marquis of Zhenyu has made up his mind to stir up the muddy waters of the Tang Dynasty, but Raozhou is in Jiangxi after all, not close to Nanjing, no matter how long the hand of the Three Guards is, it may not be able to reach Jiangxi.

"Did the Marquis of Zhenyu really believe the prophecy of the monk?"

"You know, I've never believed in these gods. However, Zhu Tong's investigative confession also confirmed his previous judgment. It turned out that after Zhu Yuncai's death in Jingran, the monk Zhengxin was also put in prison, and under torture, he learned that in recent months, there are many people with Jiangxi accents in Linggu Temple who have entered the incense to ask the Buddha, and they have had a secret affair with Jingran, which can be described as a lot of strangeness. Come to think of it, the monk actually got a glimpse of the secret like this, and he didn't want to lose his life because of it.

It's just sad that the righteous monk thought that he would be able to win the abbot position by overthrowing Jingran, but now he is also in prison, full of torture wounds. Li Xin estimated that Zhu Yuncai might take this opportunity to confiscate all the illegal gains of Linggu Temple for many years, but it was impossible to deal with the case that had been accumulated for many years, after all, it involved many officials who had shielded Jingran behind his back, and it was obviously not his original intention to offend more people. Besides, Jing Ran is dead, and all the qi qi has turned into a cloud of smoke, and I think that those officials who used to be prostitute monks can also breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hou Rongyu, Shi Kefa is suppressing the Huangmei thieves in Chizhou, why not borrow this person's soldiers, and don't waste a soldier and a grain of grain in the Three Guards."

Li Xin nodded happily, "It doesn't cost a soldier or a pawn, but the food costs a lot." Does the chief know that Shi Butang hit a nail in Nanjing? ”

Mi Yan was slightly surprised.

"Could it be that Shi Butang didn't take away half a grain of grain this time? Didn't you just allocate 300,000 stone of grain to the household department in Nanjing? Why does Zheng Sanjun not pull out a dime? ”

It's no wonder that Zheng Sanjun, seeing that the day of distributing food is coming, the money and food in his hands must be beyond his means. Therefore, we can use 300,000 stone grain to buy the old man's tacit support, and let us toss the matter of the aqueduct in Yingtianfu. ”

Mi Yan suddenly realized something, and asked in a trembling voice: "Could it be that the Marquis of Zhenyu is going to allocate food to Shi Kefa from the Three Guards?" ”

50,000 stone grain was loaded into the west, and caught up with the frowning Shi Butang in Hezhou, he failed to ask for salary, and lost to Li Xin, and was quietly affected by the prostitute monk, and lost face. had to stop at Hezhou to raise money everywhere, but had no choice but to run into walls everywhere. When he learned that there were grain ships in Nanjing that went west to find him, Shi Kefa couldn't help but cry, these 50,000 stone grain was really a charcoal in the snow, and it solved the urgent need of his Chizhou army.

When he learned that this lot of food was allocated by Li Xinsanwei's army, he smiled bitterly, and couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart, "This thief has some heart, and he gave up 50,000 stone of grain to invite his name." Today, I, Shi Kefa, will sell him some thin names for the belly of tens of thousands of soldiers. ”

When Shi Kefa's words were transmitted back to the Longtan army, Mi Yan laughed: "Shi Butang's thin name only sells 50,000 stone of grain, which is a bit cheap, but the 50,000 stone grain cost of Zhenyu Hou can be said to be one as ten!" ”

Having said that, Mi Yan also admired this Shi Butang very much, he would rather damage his reputation for the sake of food in the army, and he also suffered the 50,000 stone of grain, making himself a stepping stone when people talk about the broad-mindedness of the marquis. This is also a model of self-service in those scholars who regard personal reputation as more important than anything else, but it is a pity that he is a little more broad-minded, and he is hostile to the marquis of the martial arts, and he is afraid that he will be friends and enemies in the future.

But what Mi Yan didn't expect was that Li Xin actually used the case of the great monk Jingran to instruct Tianfu to sentence him to be imprisoned in Nanjing, and there were no less than 100 businessmen and scholars who were arrested for plotting rebellion. And most of these manpower have a more or less unclear relationship with Raozhou, Jiangxi. Since he only caught shrimp and didn't move the big fish, he couldn't talk about offending the powerful people in the city, and Zhu Yuncai also let go of his hands and feet, as long as he was bitten out of the torture confession, he would be arrested and imprisoned regardless of right and wrong.

In the end, even Sun Ji couldn't sit still, and specially called Zhu Yuncai to question, saying that he was making a big fuss? Zhu Yuncai replied categorically, Jiangxi may be known within a month, and then it is only afraid that Nanjing will be affected, and some people will take the opportunity to cause chaos, and now the large-scale arrest is really a rainy day.

Sun Ji didn't think so, but since even Li Xin thought it was necessary to do so, he acquiesced.

At the end of April, the shocking news came, the king of Jiangxi Huai rebelled, led the army into the south of Chizhou, and Shi Kefa's troops were defeated and retreated to Anqing Mansion.

Regarding this news, Sun Ji called it impossible, he, like Mi Yan, really knew the situation of the vassal king, like King Huai, a small vassal king, not to mention the rebellion of the car company, I am afraid that he does not even have the energy to affect local governance.

Immediately afterwards, the secret agents sent to Jiangxi by the Three Guards also brought back the news, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations, it turned out that King Huai rebelled and colluded with the Huangmei thief! He also issued a proclamation, claiming that he would fight under the city of Nanjing within a month, so that the hundred officials in Nanjing would surrender as soon as possible and not resist stubbornly. Not only that, but the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, which is located in the southwest of Luzhou, also took advantage of the situation to go south and approach Anqing. All of a sudden, the place where the capital in the south of the Yangtze River was left behind was about to become a dangerous place ravaged by war.