Chapter 382

These people didn't seem to be unfavorable to themselves, but Song Nan still didn't dare to take it lightly, but then when the people of the Song Mansion burned incense on the fragrant mountain to enjoy the scenery, they were no longer watched and followed, and those guards of the King of Anhua seemed to have evaporated, and they never appeared near Zuo again.

No one in the family knew who the king of Anhua was, and Wang Yong thought that it was reasonable for the prince to be on top of Xiangshan, and the guards around him were closely protected, and he followed and watched suspicious people. Not to mention anything else, the Jinyi Wei Guards also did the same when they protected Song Nan, and their subordinates were all over the range where Song Nan was, closely tracking and monitoring some people who were considered suspicious.

But Song Nan was puzzled, the fake scholar guards were not only trying to protect the king of Anhua, he said that the king of Anhua was in Xiangshan, who was the person to meet, and asked himself not to tell the news of the king of Anhua in the capital, and emphasized that he could not let Jinyiwei know, what is the reason?

With a full stomach full of doubts, after returning home in the evening, Song Nan decided to visit the British Mansion, and the old man would definitely understand these things clearly.

Zhang Mao and Zhang Lun heard that Song Nan was visiting, and both grandparents and grandchildren came out of the back hall to greet each other, Zhang Mao stroked his beard and said: "The old man is waiting for Lun'er to call you to meet, and I have something to tell you." ”

Song Nan smiled: "Then I have a good relationship with the old man, and I also happen to have something to ask." ”

Zhang Mao chirped, "Oh? That's your business first. ”

After the guest of honor was seated, Song Nan told the strange thing he encountered on Xiangshan today, to Song Nan's surprise, Zhang Mao and Zhang Lun's grandson both looked very shocked, Zhang Lun said: "You are not mistaken, how could King Anhua come to the capital?" ”

Song Nan said: "I haven't seen anything about the King of Anhua himself, I only heard what the two guards said, I don't seem to be lying, the accent and appearance of the two guards are not Han, and they admit that they are from the Gagandu Si Dasi Mawanhu Mansion." ”

Zhang Mao twisted his long beard and thought, "I have heard for a long time that the guards around King Anhua are all Uighur warriors from the Darth Mawanhu Mansion, so there is some truth in what you say. ”

Zhang Lun said: "But if King Anhua comes to the capital, how can you not know grandpa?" ”

Song Nan listened to the words and hurriedly asked, "Old man, what's the point?" ”

Zhang Mao got up and paced slowly: "You don't know, I have a lot of vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, after Taizu established the country, his descendants and heirs were feudal all over the country, and the kings of the clan did not know how many; However, the ban of the Ming clan stipulates that the vassal king needs the permission of the imperial court to leave the feudal land and enter Beijing, and the purpose of such a provision naturally does not need to be explained by the old man, and everyone understands it very well. ”

Song Nan suddenly realized, it turned out that there was this regulation, it is not difficult to understand at all, the royal vassal kings all have royal blood, that is, all royal men actually have the qualifications to sit on the throne, of course, this is only a theoretical qualification, but in any case, this is a potential possibility, as an emperor, he naturally can't help but guard against this.

"If the emperor allows the vassal king to enter Beijing, it will be announced in front of the ministers, and the vassal king who enters Beijing also needs to formally meet in the early court, but in the past few days, the old man of the early dynasty has not fallen, but I have not seen the emperor mention this matter and have not seen the king of Anhua go to the palace to see him, which is strange." Zhang Mao frowned.

"What's the origin of this King of Anhua?" Song Nan asked.

"There is nothing special about the beginning, the branch of King Anhua is a lineage of King Qingjing of my Ming Dynasty, King Zhu Chang of Qingjing is the sixteenth son of Taizu, and he was crowned king at the age of thirteen; Today's Anhua King Zhu Ningxiao Hongzhi was named the king of Anhua County in five years, and the fief was in Qingyang, Gansu. People have met a few times, the first emperor also came to Beijing to congratulate when he was born, and he also came to Beijing to congratulate when the emperor ascended the throne, maybe you have also met. ”

Song Nan rolled his eyes, when Zhengde ascended the throne, he was just a thousand households in Jinyi Wei in Zhengnanfang, and he was only responsible for the security of the periphery, but he saw the car of the king of the king of the Beijing domain, but it was bustling with a group of arrogant-looking princes, how do you know who this prince of Anhua is.

"The old man means that King Anhua came to Beijing without permission This is an overstepping trip?"

"If King Anhua really came to the capital, but without the permission of the imperial court, this is indeed an overstepping trip, which is strange."

Song Nan was also confused when he saw Zhang Mao, and he didn't bother to care what the king of Anhua was doing in Beijing, so he said: "Forget it, we can't take care of the affairs of the prince, and he is not the leader to rebel, and he doesn't care about him; The old man said that he had something to tell me, what was it? ”

Zhang Mao was about to speak, Zhang Lun said: "The banquet in the flower hall has been prepared, Song Nan is rare to come, grandpa, let's eat and chat at the table." ”

Zhang Mao nodded and said, "It's okay, let's take a seat." ”

The three of them moved to the flower hall and sat down, and after eating a few glasses of wine, Zhang Mao's face was slightly red, he put down his chopsticks and sighed: "Song Nan, you haven't been on vacation for the past few days, have you paid attention to the news of the war?" ”

Song Nan said: "Although it is not my business, I still pay attention to the war, the news of the Jinyi Guard Yamen in various places is gathering, and the war seems to be progressing unfavorably; There is no big movement in the west, and the thieves will not come out in a short time after entering the mountain, and the territory of Shandong in the east seems to be in full swing. ”

Zhang Mao nodded and said: "That's true, the thieves in Shandong are already difficult to contain, and the number of thieves in Shandong Liu Liu and Yang Hu has reached 40,000, Xu Yande is powerless, and the shape is extremely sinister." ”

Song Nan stopped drinking and sighed: "I knew that there was such a day, and the method of sitting together was the bane, didn't this force the people to follow the thief?" It's only been ten days, and the number of thieves has multiplied several times. ”

Zhang Mao said: "This is not the worst news, you need to know that the news of our government is not much slower than you, just an hour ago, I received a flying pigeon message from the general of the garrison of Dongchang Mansion, and Dongchang Mansion has been lost." ”

Song Nan was shocked, the wine glass in his hand fell unconsciously, and he hurriedly reached out to pick it up, and the wine in the wine glass was dripping and wet.

"This ...... How can it be? Is the information reliable? ”

"This garrison general was originally a hundred households in Lun'er's Fenwu camp, and Lun'er promoted him to Dongchang Mansion to be a garrison general of a thousand households, how dare he lie to our government." Zhang Mao said in a low voice.

Song Nan stretched out his hand and hammered the table, and said in a dumb voice: "It's really bad now, Dongchang Mansion is lost, the door to the south is open, and the thieves are about to sweep south; The Gunzhou guard south of Dongchang Mansion has only one guard, and the thieves are about to enter no man's land again, and then they will threaten Nanjing. Ay! Stupid stupid Xu Yande, tens of thousands of horses guarding the fortified city of Dongchang Mansion can't hold it, it's even more stupid than a pig. ”

Zhang Lun said: "The thieves are more cunning than imagined, they deliberately made the main force to attack Jinan Mansion in the east, Xu Yande thought that Dongchang Mansion was safe, and sent Yingzhou Zhongtun Guard to aid Jinan Mansion, and the thief soldiers had seven or eight hundred people disguised as fleeing people and mixed into Dongchang Mansion; When the thieves returned to attack Dongchang Mansion, these hundreds of people set fire to the city, took advantage of the chaos to open the south gate, led all the thieves into the city, and captured Dongchang Mansion. ”

Song Nan sighed several times and asked, "What about Xu Yande?" Dead? ”

Zhang Lun said: "Xu Yande broke through the siege with 2,000 people and fled to Jinan Mansion, and the rest of the men and horses escaped, scattered, and it is estimated that the officers and soldiers guarding Dongchang Mansion lost at least half." ”

Song Nan shook his head, there were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses guarding Dongchang Mansion, plus Dongchang Mansion's own defenders, it was estimated that there were always 24,500 people, and more than 10,000 people were lost at once, which was simply a great shame.

Zhang Mao patted Song Nan's shoulder and comforted: "Calm, calm, isn't this the expected result?" What else can Xu Yande achieve in leading the army? Defeat is only a matter of time. ”

Song Nan gritted his teeth and said: "This idiot is still alive, it is really a scourge to live for a thousand years, he should die in Dongchang Mansion." ”

Zhang Mao said: "Don't be emotional, the old man told you about this, that is, to discuss with you how we should act next, if nothing else, the news will arrive in the capital tonight, if the emperor understands the stakes, he should hold a court meeting overnight after getting the news to discuss countermeasures; Although Xu Yande escaped with his life and came back, he must not be able to escape punishment this time, and Xu Guangzuo cannot escape the blame. If a court meeting is held in the evening, the old man will impeach Xu Guangzuo for cronyism, stupidity and incompetence, as the governor of the thief, but he did not go to the front line to command the battle, causing a big disaster, this time Lao Xu couldn't eat and walked around. ”

Song Nan said: "Old man, this is not the key, the key is that the thieves are going south every day, and Jiangnan is about to be destroyed, how can this be good?" ”

Zhang Mao said: "This is the reason why I am anxious to tell you about this, because I plan to recommend you to lead an army to suppress the thieves, if you are able to turn the tide, it may not be your chance to go further." ”

Song Nan was stunned and said, "Me? ”

Zhang Mao nodded and said, "Yes, it's you." ”