The military department Shangshu Lu Wan reluctantly reintroduced the battle between the rebels of King Ning and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. The reason why I am reluctant is because all the officials in the court have already known the progress of the war, and the only one who does not know is Song Nan; This is like an introduction made specifically for Song Nan alone, which makes Lu Wan very unhappy.

Especially Song Nan didn't interrupt him to ask for details, the posture was like Shangguan asking his subordinates, which made people even more unhappy; Moreover, if Lu Wan fully grasped the situation and could answer them one by one, the problem was that Lu Wan could not answer many questions; For example, Song Nan asked: "According to the judgment of the Ministry of War, where is the direction of attack of King Ning's rebels, whether it is to the east or west?" ”

Lu Wan could only reply: "At present, the rebels are gathering troops and horses in Jiujiang, and they may be attacking Nanjing." ”

But Song Nan asked again: "How can you tell that he is not playing with the east and west?" If their real purpose is to attack Hunan to the east and then enter Sichuan or occupy the rear of Yunnan-Guizhou Southwest, can the military department have a countermeasure? ”

Lu Wan was one head and two big, and he was angry in his heart, if the military department really had this arrangement, it would be fine, the fact is that Lu Wan didn't expect this at all, let alone arranged.

The ministers could all hear that Song Nan was actually deliberately finding fault, and Song Nan's purpose in doing this was actually obvious, this time the counterinsurgency army department originally planned to take the lead and solve it on the spot with the soldiers and horses of the local guards, and never wanted Song Nan or the generals of Song Nan's family to dominate this matter again, to put it bluntly, it was to win merit; And Song Nan obviously wants to take the lead, and the plan of the military department is full of holes, which will naturally make Zhengde change his original intention.

"Zhenguogong, my military department has its own set of methods, the day before yesterday morning, the emperor ordered the military department to quell the rebellion with full powers, some things Zhenguogong should not be too bothered. Zhen Guogong has just returned from an adventure, and he should be a good person to rest and rest, so leave this matter alone. Lu Wan finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said these words with a thorn in his words.

Song Nan sighed and said, "It's not that I want to be nosy, I really have doubts about the ability of your military department." This time King Ning rebelled well, and I fought against the mountain bandits he sheltered, and even the mountain bandits were equipped with firearms and horse armor, not to mention the rebels who were attached to him. He has worked hard for so many years to accumulate a lot of wealth, isn't the court out of money? This is going to be a war again, and I'm afraid that you will suffer. ”

"Don't bother, the court still has the silver to quell the rebellion, and the weapons and horses are enough." Lu Wan snorted coldly.

Song Nan frowned and asked, "Really?" Enough? You didn't say that a few years ago, when I went on a Northern Expedition to recover the Hetao, Lord Yang, the first assistant of the cabinet, and all the adults in the outer court were crying with snot and tears, which made me owe a lot of debt. It turns out that I have no money when I lead my troops to fight, and your military department has enough money and food to fight in war? ”

Lu Wan was shocked and said, "I don't quarrel with you, I'm not in the mood to settle old accounts with you now." ”

Song Nan shouted angrily: "What are these words, you are treating the silver of the court as your own, and you will not allow others to touch it if you control the financial power?" It's ridiculous. ”

Yang Tinghe couldn't let Song Nan make a big deal about this matter, so he coughed and said: "Zhenguo Gong, you misunderstood, the money and grain that Lord Lu said is the money and grain collected after the year, otherwise where is the money and grain to quell the rebellion?" The immediate priority is to quell the rebellion of King Ning's rebels, rather than getting entangled in old things, and the prince of Zhenguo will not know the priorities. ”

Song Nan sneered: "I naturally know what is important and what is not. This time, I want to lead the army to fight the rebellion, and the military headquarters can rest. ”

"What? What is this called? The emperor has already ordered the military department, why should you go? Lu Wan shouted.

Song Nan ignored him, and arched his hand towards Zhengde and said: "Your Majesty, please go out to quell the rebellion, please ask the emperor to agree." ”

Zhengde originally belonged to Song Nan, and the reason why he issued an order to authorize the Ministry of War to quell the rebellion was because it was rumored that Song Nan had died and had to do it. So he said: "I promise you that you will lead the troops to the battle, and I am very relieved." ”

Lu Wan shouted: "Your Majesty, you have ordered the military department, and the ministers have already made a lot of arrangements, and quelling the rebellion is just around the corner......

Zhengde scratched his head and said: "Then the holy decree will be invalidated, the Zhenguo Gong did not return before, and your military department was forced to take on this great responsibility, and now that Song Nan is back, I think that he has experienced a great war, and it is more beneficial to do things." ”

Lu Wan looked at Yang Tinghe like a distress call, Yang Tinghe was silent with his eyes, nose and nose, but Fei Hong exploded his lungs and shouted: "Is it reasonable? Is there any fault and failure of the military department, how can the holy decree issued by the emperor be invalidated? Isn't this a change of day? Forgive the ministers for being disrespectful, the emperor is conniving at the arbitrary and arrogant atmosphere of some people. Just now, someone killed Ma Yongcheng, the leader of the Imperial Horse Prison, outside the Fengtian Palace, but I don't know if the emperor knows about this matter? ”

Zhengde was shocked, he didn't expect Song Nan to attack so quickly and so ruthlessly, Ma Yongcheng had already been killed by him in front of the palace, so he asked: "Song Nan, you said that you agreed to take Ma Yongcheng, but why did you kill him directly?" ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Ma Yongcheng colluded with the traitor Zhu Chenhao to report the news, which is a capital crime, what is wrong with the minister killing him?" ”

"The state-owned state has family rules, even if Ma Yongcheng is a capital crime, the court only has procedures to convict the crime, what power do you have to kill Ma Yongcheng?" Fei Hong shouted.

Song Nan sneered: "That's right, I naturally do this for a reason, firstly, in an extraordinary period, the cane to kill the collaborator is to deter the young people and warn the stupid people." In the capital, among the officials from all over the country, who can know how many people were bought by King Ning? I was going to sue these people, but I found that it was a wartime strategy to punish them quickly and severely. Second, you say that I don't follow the rules, it's because I was too well-behaved before, so a good Ming Dynasty was messed up by some of you. Why is there chaos today, tomorrow chaos? I have figured it out, and the root cause of the chaos is that you people, shouting about the laws and regulations, but secretly doing things that do not follow the rules and respect the law, and I will never believe you. ”

"What?"

"It's presumptuous."

"Nonsense."

The officials of the outer court were in an uproar, and even Zhengde was stunned on the throne by Song Nan's bold words, and Zhang Lun and the generals of the Marquis were also dumbfounded with their mouths open. Song Nan's words openly intensified the contradictions, directly attacked the officials of the outer court, and attributed all the disasters of the Ming Dynasty to the outer court; Especially in court, it is extremely inappropriate to accuse it like this, which is also very different from Song Nan's relatively low-key style.

Yang Tinghe couldn't remain silent any longer, slowly walked out and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to calm down, silently looked at Song Nan and said: "It turns out that in the eyes of the Duke of Zhenguo, all the adults in my outer court are mediocre corpses and vegetarians, it turns out that the Ming Dynasty is supported by your Zhenguo Gong independently, according to what the Grandpa of the Kingdom said, I will simply resign and return to old age, how about your Zhenguo Gong monopolizing the power?" ”

Song Nan sneered: "Yang Shoufu, what do you like to think, I'm talking about some of you, if you insist on resigning and returning to old age, I won't persuade you to stay." ”

Yang Tinghe said coldly: "Why do I want to return to old age? I want my Yang to be loyal to the emperor and do my best for the court, but today I was so instructed by you, this matter must be made clear by the Duke of Zhenguo, otherwise he will not be able to rest. ”

Song Nan said: "So what? ”

Yang Tinghe said sharply: "Yang is upright, how can he be slandered in front of others?" You go and see my house, my family servants are only a double number, two plates of vegetarian soup and a bowl of vegetarian soup for each meal, a green mule cart when you go out, and several servants. My wife still wears a cloth dress and a plain skirt, and she doesn't even have decent jewelry; And you live in a high-rise mansion in the town, hug before you go out, and your home is full of luxury, but you come to accuse us of being a vegetarian meal, how can there be such a reason in the world? ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "Yang Shoufu has read too much, he is dizzy, the word clean is divided into two meanings, one is clean and the other is honest, the clean person is the meaning of being competent and capable in doing things, which can be understood as being honest rather than poor, and the honest person is sticking to ethics and not being corrupt; Yang Shoufu insisted on being poor and Song admired him, but he was clean, honest was honest, and those who were clean may not be honest, and those who were honest may not be clear, do you still want me to explain this truth? ”

Yang Tinghe said angrily: "You mean I'm incompetent? Confused? ”

Song Nan said: "Since you jumped out, I'm not afraid of offending you in person, you really don't know how to deal with things." ”

"Please make it clear, otherwise you will spew blood and tarnish my reputation, I will fight with you today, even if the blood is splashed in the court, I will ask for innocence in front of the emperor."

Zhengdewan didn't expect Song Nan's temperament to change greatly today, today's behavior can be described as inappropriate, this is a posture of making trouble in the court, and the accusations against the foreign court are too radical, if you really want to make a judgment, Zhengde is a little biased towards the side of the outer court; So Zhengde spoke: "Song Nan, don't mess around, now is not the time for you to quarrel, quelling the rebellion is the top priority." ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "The emperor is angry, today the minister said something that should not be said, but the minister has been holding back for too long, and it is always not a good thing for the things in the court to be hidden. The minister thought that recovering the Hetao and eliminating external troubles would make the world stable and stable, but the minister was wrong, although it was important to keep the outside, it was equally important to be inside, today is King Ning, and there may not be any other prince tomorrow. The ineffectiveness of the imperial court was the root cause of Yiqiē, and the emperor granted these people the right to manage the government, and if they could not prevent the creation of civil strife, they were responsible. ”

Yang Tinghe said: "The minister of the first palace, we have the responsibility, will you stay out of the matter?" ”

Song Nan said: "Don't mess with me, don't you want me to give you an explanation?" I will tell you what I know. King Ning's rebellion was played by officials a few years ago, and the governor of Jiangxi played seven twists and turns before and after, counting the things that King Ning skillfully plundered, colluded with bandits, excluded dissidents, and expanded his armament to prepare for rebellion. The emperor didn't see a single one, and he dared to ask Lord Yang, the first assistant of the cabinet, did you wipe your butt in the thatched house? King Ning's rebellion has long been hinted at, if it had been curbed a long time ago, how could there be today's disaster? Lord Yang, can you give an explanation in front of the ministers and the emperor? ”

There was an uproar in the Manchu Dynasty, and everyone had heard of this matter for the first time, not even a few scholars in the cabinet had heard of it; If it is really as Song Nan said, the rebellion of King Ning has already been impeached by local officials, but it has not reached the emperor's hands, then it is obvious that someone is deliberately covering it up.

And from a procedural point of view, after the summary and dismantling, the cabinet will report to the emperor by the cabinet, and the cabinet is the first to bear the brunt, that is to say, there are people in the cabinet Zhu Chenhao, and this conclusion suddenly made the court silent.