Chapter 217: King Ning's Rebellion II

Zhengde looked at the list in his hand, his fingers trembled slightly, and he saw that it was written: Jiangxi Governor Sun Tunnel, Deputy Envoy Xu Kui, Yushi Wang Jin, Director Ma Sicong, Jin Shan, Senator Huang Hong, Xu Xiaolian, Political Envoy Hu Lian, Political Envoy Chen Gao, Liu Di. Lai Feng, conductor Xu Jin, Bai Ang, etc.

Zhengde said: "They are all loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and it was my thought that harmed them. Zhengde wanted to calm down this mess silently, but now it seems absolutely impossible. He didn't expect that his Uncle Ning, who could only give gifts, would have such courage. I really dare to rebel.

At this time, Jin Yiwei had already reported the situation in Nanchang that day to Zhengde.

At this moment, King Ning has abolished the Zhengde era name in the name of the empress dowager's secret decree, and all the officials in Nanchang City who did not obey King Ning's orders were withdrawn and beheaded. And the army went north, known as 100,000, and was attacking Jiujiang at the moment. Along the way, the officials fled, and King Ning's march was extremely smooth, which can be described by the four words "like a bamboo".

Because the center of Jiangxi is in Nanchang, the governor of Jiangxi in Nanchang was served by King Ning in one breath. The whole of Jiangxi has been paralyzed, and although there are still officials loyal to the imperial court in various places, they cannot form a joint force.

What Zhengde just looked at was the list of martyred officials.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to blame yourself. It's not His Majesty's fault," Yang Tinghe didn't want to startle the snake, but Zhengde's reasons were very sufficient, and Yang Tinghe didn't know how to stop it. And Yang Tinghe may not have the mind of turning big things into small things and small things in his heart, without him, King Ning was in the capital back then, scattering gold and silver, Yang Tinghe did not receive money from King Ning, even if it was just a precedent, Yang Tinghe also wanted this thing, and quietly pressed it.

It's just that at this point in development, it's useless to say anything. Yang Tinghe undoubtedly put all the blame on Zhengde, first, it is useless, and second, it is not the way to be a minister.

Yang Tinghe continued: "The minister thinks that it is also beneficial for His Majesty to let King Ning launch in advance. King Ning has been enshrined in Nanchang for several generations, so Ning Wangfan's latent power in Jiangxi is as strong as an enemy country, and Ning Wangfan has no ability to radiate outside Jiangxi, and fighting against King Ning outside Jiangxi is very beneficial to us. ”

Zhu Bin looked at the speed of King Ning's march on the map, almost the speed of one city in one day and two cities in two days.

This speed is too fast, almost the limit of the speed of the march, so as a person who has fought an old battle, Zhu Bin easily judged that Ning Wangjun did not fight at all, or had internal responses, or surrendered directly.

However, Zhu Bin still felt that King Ning had already arranged the means.

Zhengde said with a wry smile: "At this moment, King Ning is besieging Jiujiang, I am still in Shandong, and King Ning's army is downstream, and it is only a day or two to get to Nanjing. What kind of face do I have to go to my fathers and fathers? ”

"I want to be the vanguard." Xu Tai said loudly: "The minister is willing to choose the elite horse, day and night, to Nanjing, Nanjing is a place where heavy troops gather, and Taizu repairs Nanjing City is extremely strong, the minister dares to make a military order, before His Majesty arrives, if Nanjing is lost, please behead me." ”

Zhu Bin said loudly: "The minister also asks for war." ”

Zhu Bin secretly scolded Xu Tai for being cunning in his heart. First of all, Jiujiang is a strong city, and secondly, it is considered that Jiujiang is lost, and Nanjing has a barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. This barrier is Anqing.

Anqing is an important town in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and it is not so easy to attack. Even Anqing has a loss. As long as the city of Nanjing is closed, the spies are strictly investigated, and Zhu Yuanzhang is strict when he built Nanjing, this Nanjing city can only be defeated after years of siege. It can be said that as long as you can reach Nanjing before King Ning, this battle will be a sure win.

"Okay." Zhengde also knew the importance of Nanjing, and he didn't talk nonsense, and said: "Xu Tai, this Nanjing City will be handed over to you, after arriving in Nanjing City, you must cooperate sincerely with Wei Guogong, and you must ensure that Nanjing City is foolproof." ”

Xu Tai said loudly: "The minister obeys." ”

Zhengde immediately had someone write a decree and asked Yang Tinghe to sign it in the name of the cabinet. Give it to Xu Tai. Xu Tai immediately got off the boat, for a time dozens of boats floating in the canal docked, more than a thousand cavalry got off the boat, Xu Tai moved a little, then galloped quickly, went south, with him, is more than a thousand iron horsemen around him, these more than 1,000 iron horsemen are all one person and three horses, along the way to change horses forward, day and night.

Zhengde looked at the winding Yangtze River on this map and said, "I am still worried about the strength of the Yangtze River Sailors. ”

The army of the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more capable of fighting from south to north, and the southern guard is completely useless in the eyes of Zhengde. Although Nanjing has a governor of Caojiang and a complete river defense force, Zhengde himself does not know how much combat strength these troops have, he said: "Sir, do you know where there is an army that can directly reinforce the Yangtze River Naval Division?" ”

Yang Tinghe frowned and said, "I can only summon the sea ships of the coastal guards to enter the river." ”

It's not that Yang Tinghe doesn't know the difference between sea ships and river boats, but that Yang Tinghe has no other way. Without him, there are only a few sailors in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the guards on the seashore who have their own ships, there are only the Yangtze River sailors, and the Caoyun water division, but the Caoyun water division is used for transportation, where is there any combat effectiveness.

The one who can be counted on is the one who fights with pirates all year round, the sailor by the sea.

Yang Tinghe suddenly remembered and said, "It seems that there is another water division, which is the water division of Yongguo." ”

To be honest, if it weren't for Yang Shen having been in Dongyong for a while, Yang Tinghe would have forgotten the Yongguo Water Master for you.

"Brother Huang?" Zhengde said: "Isn't Brother Huang's sailor newly defeated by the Franc Kingdom of Franc Jiguo, isn't he lying on his salary to try his courage in order to take revenge?" ”

Zhengde has no fewer people around Zhu Houhuang, at least now Zhu Houhuang's every move can't be hidden from Zhengde's eyes.

Yang Tinghe said: "The guns of the Franc Mechanic and Sailors are sharp, and the ships are strong. Although the Yongguo Sailor was defeated by the Franc Mechanic Sailor, he did not think that the Yongguo Sailor was very poor in combat. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has already had two rebellions of the vassal kings, and it can't withstand the third time. ”

Zhengde is silent.

From the rebellion of King Anhua to the current rebellion of King Ning. Zhengde's only little affection for the clan vassal king has disappeared, and to be honest, Zhengde doesn't want to make another rebellion of King Yong.

That's why Zhengde hesitated.

He could understand Yang Tinghe's subtext, Yang Tinghe wanted to take down Zhu Houhuang altogether, or weaken Zhu Houhuang to the point that he was the same as an ordinary King of Fan.

Zhengde hadn't seen Zhu Houhuang for a year. Even though Zhengde wanted to believe Zhu Houhuang, the emperor's instinct made him unable to trust anyone.

Immediately, Zhengde put aside the question from whether to weaken Yongguo, and he secretly said in his heart: "This time to quell the rebellion of King Ning, I will mobilize the soldiers and horses of Yongguo to see what Brother Huang has in mind." ”

If Zhu Houhuang resisted the transfer of his soldiers and horses, maybe Zhengde would take advantage of the army to destroy Zhu Houhuang when he was in Jiangnan.

If Zhu Houhuang is still as deferential to his brother as before, then let him go. Anyway, it's an overseas desert island, one more is not more, and one less is less.

Zhengde's eyes flashed, and he said, "Okay." Ordered King Yong, let him lead King Yong's sailors to Nanjing to help in the war. ”

Yang Tinghe thought that Zhu Houhuang had adopted his opinion, and after he was overjoyed in his heart and eliminated the discordant element of Yongguo, Daming would be able to get on the right track again.

The news spread quickly, using Jinyiwei's message system. But three days later, when Zhengde had just left Shandong, Zhu Houhuang received the news.

"Your Majesty, I want to take the Yongguo Sailor to Nanjing to help in the war." Zhu Houhuang said to this Lu Wan: "Today's matter, how should I deal with it?" ”

For the officialdom struggle, many people around Zhu Houhuang are useless, and Zhu Houhuang sometimes thinks that it would be good if Yang Shen was there.

Yang Shen has his own views on all kinds of power struggles. And now there is no Yang Shen, Zhu Houhuang has no choice but to ask the former official of the Ministry of Officials, to be able to be a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, and the political wisdom of Lu Wan should not be bad.

Lu Wan took a sip of tea and said, "How does Your Highness want to deal with it?" ”