Chapter 42: King Fu Wants to Rebel?
With Zhu Youzhen's words, the matter about the post delivery came to an end.
According to memory, the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi happened in the winter of this year, and it was time to take action in advance to prevent trouble.
However, there are internal reasons for the rebellion among the exiles in northern Shaanxi, and I am afraid that it can only be solved by killing one or two people. Li Zicheng was just a small thief at the beginning, and the real thief was not his turn, and then he slowly became bigger.
What about the thieves who started to make trouble first? Zhu Youzhen thought hard, but he couldn't think of it.
It was really that there were too many thieves in Shanxi in northern Shaanxi at that time, and there were dozens or hundreds of famous thief armies, which coincided with the invasion of the border wall in the second year of Chongzhen's Jiannu, and the thieves became bigger and bigger, and they could not be controlled. The imperial army was exhausted between the rogue army and the repeatedly invading Jiannu, and the Ming Dynasty was dragged into the abyss......
After the next dynasty, I sent my henchmen to northern Shaanxi, first tried to kill Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, and then allocated more money and food to comfort the people of northern Shaanxi. Zhu Youzhen said secretly.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall. After Sumeru, a big Han general guarding the door of the temple walked in quickly, holding a secret box in his hand.
Wang Chengen took the secret box and opened it, took out a copy of the music from it, and put it in front of Zhu Youzhen.
When Zhu You looked at it, his expression suddenly changed.
The officials in the palace had already quieted down, and they were all surprised when they saw the emperor's face, could it be that something big had happened again?
"Hehe," Zhu Youzhen sneered, and instructed Wang Chengen, "Read it to everyone." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen took the recital and began to read it aloud.
"Jinyi Wei Henan Qianhu secretly played, today I noticed that King Fu recruited homeless people to secretly expand the palace guards, and create sword weapons, which seems to be a rebellious move......"
Before Wang Chengen's words fell, there was already a big uproar in the palace.
"King Fu actually rebelled, this, how is this possible?"
"Yes, the prince closest to the royal bloodline."
"Could it be that King Fu is still thinking about losing the position of prince back then?"
For a while, the officials whispered and whispered, until the imperial history in charge of the order of the main hall shouted loudly, and then it quieted down.
No wonder they are so out of shape, it's just too incredible.
Because the current vassal king is not like Taizu Taizong, he no longer has any power in his hands, which is equivalent to being captive by the imperial court, that is, the palace officials are also appointed by the imperial court and have the responsibility of surveillance, plus the Yamen of the Imperial Court in Luoyang City, there are too many eyes staring at the surveillance, plus Luoyang is not far from the capital division, and there are imperial army all around, so there is no possibility of a successful rebellion!
"Please send someone to investigate it immediately, and you can order Henan to be responsible for this matter, mobilize the Luoyang army to monitor the Fuwang Mansion, and at the same time order the Kaifeng army to prepare, and take it immediately if the Fuwang has any changes!"
Huang Liji said immediately. Regardless of whether King Fu's rebellion is true or not, it must be prevented, and the attitude of the cabinet must be clear!
"The ministers seconded it!" Other ministers also said.
At this time, even those imperial historians would not raise objections, and it was in the interests of all civil officials to suppress the feudal royal clan.
"Since King Fu wants to rebel, how can he not prepare early? I'm afraid that Henan's army has long been infiltrated by it. Zhu Youzhen said slowly, "Henan's army doesn't know how deeply involved it is with King Fu, so it can't be used." I decided to send Lu Xiangsheng, the left of the Imperial Inspectorate, to Luoyang with 3,000 soldiers of the New Janissaries to take charge of the case of King Fu's rebellion! ”
Janissaries to be used? Many ministers were stunned for a moment. Everyone knows that the new Praetorian Guard in Xiyuan is the emperor's heart, and in the past few months, the silver spent on the Praetorian New Army alone is about five or six hundred thousand taels, and the arsenal based on the War Bureau has been tinkling all day long, all of which are making weapons for the Praetorian New Army. The armor factory also worked overtime to make armor for the Janissary Guards.
Although they were dissatisfied with the emperor spending so much money on the new Praetorian Guard, these officials had no choice. After all, the emperor spent the money of his own treasury, and did not use a single tael of silver from the treasury!
"Your Majesty, the Praetorian Guard has just been established, is it appropriate to use them?" A minister said.
After all, it was just a retribution that King Fu had a rebellion, and King Fu had not officially raised troops to rebel, so why bother? And even if the army of Henan Mansion is infiltrated by King Fu, isn't there still the surrounding provinces, the big deal is to transfer troops from Nanyang Xiangyang and from Xi'an from Weihui Mansion, why use the Praetorian Guard that has just become an army?
"It is precisely because the Praetorian Guards have just been formed and have nothing to do with all parties that I have used them." Zhu Youzhen said lightly.
Many officials trembled in their hearts, is the emperor so jealous? It was suspected that other armies were colluding with King Fu.
So he didn't dare to say it again, for fear of being suspected of having something to do with King Fu......
Zhu Youzhen summoned Lu Xiangsheng into the palace and gave him a face-to-face lecture.
"I sent you to lead the troops this time, mainly to train the new army. Although the Praetorian Guard has been in camp for some time, after all, they have never seen a battle, and they will take the opportunity of quelling the rebellion of King Fu to grow up quickly. Zhu Youzhen commanded.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Xiangsheng agreed in a deep voice.
"Your task is to take down King Fu's Mansion, and as for King Fu handed over to Jinyiwei for interrogation, you don't have to interfere much.
After pacifying King Fu, he used the money and grain seized in King Fu's mansion to recruit another group of soldiers in Henan. I plan to expand the Praetorian Guard to 30,000 men in a year's time. Henan was deeply poisoned by King Fu and King Zhou, and the people were poor, so they recruited soldiers from the poor people and distributed King Fu's fields to them, so that the situation in Henan could be quickly stabilized. Zhu Youzhen said while thinking.
Lu Xiangsheng listened silently, and just asked: "Your Majesty said that the trial of King Fu is in charge of Jinyiwei, and where is Jinyiwei's commander Xu Xianchun now?" ”
Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "Xu Xianchun is currently in Henan, and he will contact you after you bring the troops." ”
Lu Xiangsheng nodded and stopped talking.
Looking at the back of Lu Xiangsheng leaving, Zhu Youzhen was slightly distracted, he knew that Lu Xiangsheng was a smart person, and although what he did was secret, he might not be able to hide it from him.
But presumably Lu Xiangsheng will not debunk it, after all, it will not do him any good. In the Chongzhen period, how heavy the burden of the clan was on the Ming Dynasty, people like Lu Xiangsheng must know that these civil officials will definitely be happy to see the disposal of the clan vassal king!
It's just that in Lu Xiangsheng's heart, his image as an emperor will inevitably plummet. If you don't think about family affection, you can use a knife against your uncle, which is simply mean and unkind.
Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again.
I'm afraid no one can understand what I'm going to do, and I don't need anyone to understand. The emperor is destined to be lonely and lonely!