After the New Year's Eve of the fifteenth year of Wanli, the temperature is getting warmer and warmer, and the new green has gradually flowed out of the melting ice and snow and spread to the window of the Qinzheng Palace, and Zhu Yijun, who was standing in front of the window, was listening to Zhang Jingxiu's urgent report.

Zhang Jingxiu said to him at this time: "Your Majesty, Huguang Jinyi Guard came to report that someone in Wuchang is privately making armor, and the Chu Wangfu is buying a large number of bean materials, saying that the palace guards the horse army are not enough beans, but according to our people, the number of beans in the Chu Wangfu has far exceeded the needs of its palace to guard the horse army several times. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jingxiu in a deep voice: "You mean that the king of Chu wants to rebel?" ”

Zhang Jingxiu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The minister doesn't dare to figure out the clan relatives without authorization, but if what Hu Guangjin Yiwei said is true, then the minister can't help but show this to His Majesty." ”

"It doesn't matter."

"I won't blame Qing for separating the clan for this."

"It's just that if it's true, why did he King Chu do this, and the result of the rebellion of the vassal kings of Guangtong, Anhua, and Ning, doesn't he know?"

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said.

Zhang Jingxiu said: "The minister didn't dare to say anything about this matter. ”

"Go and summon Master Shen and Qi Shu."

Zhu Yijun suddenly commanded.

Not long after, Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang came to Zhu Yijun.

"Now that the restructuring has reached this point, there are strong feudal clans and civil and military bureaucrats who are unwilling to endure some losses in interests and take risks, but the ministers have also thought that there will be such a situation, the world is not completely a person who is aware of things and the general trend, even if he knows that His Majesty is far more than Yao Shun's holy lord benevolent monarch, and asking the world to be a clan can not bring disaster to the country and the people, but it is difficult to control people's desires, so that they can really restrain themselves because of the good, not everyone can do it."

"However, Your Majesty, rest assured, this kind of rebellion is generally difficult to achieve, not to mention that the vassal king is no longer the beginning of the country."

Qi Jiguang said first, and said: "It's just that if the king of Chu raises troops at this time, it will really pick the time, and most of the soldiers and horses that the imperial court can draw out at the moment are concentrated in the development of Donglai, if it is more difficult to transfer troops and horses at this time, it is easy to cause the emptiness of the Nine Sides and the Beijing Division." ”

Shen Shixing said at this time: "Your Majesty, as the prime minister said, the restructuring has reached this day, for the powerful feudal clans who have lost a lot of interest due to cleaning up Buddhist temples and attracting people's money to develop foreign profits, and have lost a lot of sea profits because they cannot monopolize maritime trade, no matter how much they know what they want, there will be people who can't bear to cause chaos, and they are not willing to wait until the external benefits completely exceed the benefits of the people in Neike, and they will make waves. ”

"However, if the king of Chu really wants to be a soldier, he must have the support of the officer."

"Otherwise, even if the imperial court does not send troops and horses, even if the troops under the control of the Fu press officer in Huguang cannot be quelled, it will be difficult for the king of Chu to succeed in getting out of the Huguang realm, and if he has the ability to do it, he can even quickly cut off the people; During the Wumiao period, King Ning plotted rebellion, and Mr. Fuyangming, Jiangxi Province at that time, was able to quickly pacify the rebellion. ”

"Therefore, in the humble opinion of the ministers, if the king of Chu really dares to plot rebellion, and has wisdom instead of a momentary stupidity, then there must be the secret support of Fu Press, and even if the court cannot immediately dispatch troops and horses, it should first prevent the possibility of collusion with Fu Press."

Zhu Yijun asked: "How to stop it?" ”

Shen Shixing couldn't help but wrinkle his eyebrows: "At this time, it is natural that you can't change the caress suddenly, so as not to know the new caress without knowing it, but to stop it. ”

Zhu Yijun said: "This is okay, before the political affairs are discussed, I have an idea, the ministers can discuss it when they discuss it, if they feel that it is inappropriate, they can refute it, and the military affairs cannot be refuted because they are my words." ”

Shen Shixing said yes.

Then, Zhu Yijun said: "Mr. teaches me, governing the country should follow the right path!" ”

"Now the restructuring has always been in line with the hearts of the people in the world, whether it is the powerful gentry or the ordinary people, most of them are still on the side of the court, not many people want to rebel, and not many people want to change me, and even most of them still advocate the will of heaven, that is, the holy will, so from the perspective of the general trend, even if he wants to make trouble, he will be defeated!"

"But it's just that at present, the main energy of the imperial court is mainly focused on the outside world, so it is difficult to take care of it for a while, which will cause great damage to the internal because of the conspiracy, and in order to avoid this kind of destruction, it is necessary to turn the conspiracy into a conspiracy and suppress it with force!"

Zhu Yijun said and stood up: "And if you want to do this, you might as well first impeach Hu Guangfu and collude with the King of Chu to rebel, and use Yang to break his conspiracy!" ”

"On the side of the imperial court, it is natural not to dispose of the Fu press official because the official falsely accused the Fu press official, but only let the Fu press officer investigate the rebellion of the king of Chu and show his trust in him with a clear will, and the Fu press official naturally does not dare to support the king of Chu in secret to plot rebellion, making it easier for him to take over the surrounding cities."

"Otherwise, the Fu Guanguan will definitely become the target of public criticism, and once there is a slight setback, there will be more officials who will suspect that they are colluding with the King of Chu, and in order to avoid being blamed by the court for this, they can only do their best to suppress and clear their innocence."

After Zhu Yijun said, Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but glance at each other.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Shen Shixing replied with a smile first, and said: "The so-called evil does not do the right, and the stroking is Shilin, first so that the stroking official cannot be false and wronged, then Shilin must not be false and wronged!" The power of the king of Chu is so lonely! ”

"That's right."

"As a rogue official, if he supports the king of Chu in plotting rebellion, he will only dare to support it secretly, such as deliberately leading the standard battalion to leave Wuchang when the king of Chu raises troops, deliberately arranging the inner should have made peace with the king of Chu in some key passes, and secretly placing the money, grain, firearms and craftsmen in the places where the king of Chu can plunder, and in this way, he will at most be unaware of the crime of not knowing the soldiers, and at most he will be dismissed from his post for the people, and will not affect his family."

"And Your Majesty has always been reluctant to blame ministers who make mistakes in doing things, so they don't have to worry about it, because some of the crimes of negligence and ignorance are strictly punished."

"And if someone in the imperial court really revealed the rumor that they were negligent and did not know that the soldiers were deliberately pretending, and they deliberately wanted the king of Chu to succeed in his rebellion, I am afraid that they will have to seriously quell the rebellion, after all, this involves the safety of the nine clans."

"There may be people who are not deaf and insensitive among the vassal kings, but if the officials are not deaf and insensitive, they will not really have to be iron-hearted to help the vassal king to make trouble, on the bright side, they will definitely rather commit suicide and martyrdom than seek chaos."

Qi Jiguang echoed a few words, and said: "The minister thinks that this is a good policy!" ”

"Then go to the court with this, and the speaker will be found by the master, and then the cabinet will punish the speaker lightly, but remember to promote him back later."

Zhu Yijun said.

Shen Shixing professes to obey the order, and after returning to serve the imperial secretary, he informed Liu Yingjie, Wang Xijue, Zhang Xueyan and others of the possible rebellion of the king of Chu.

Wang Xijue and the others couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this: "Why are these vassal kings so bold? ”

"The non-vassal king is bold, but there are people in the right of the world's officials and gentry who are too bad!"

Shen Shixing said a word, and then asked a minister: "Among the officials of the Science and Dao, is there anyone who dares to impeach the governor of Huguang, Luo Zun, who conspired with the king of Chu to cause chaos?" ”

Liu Yingjie and others pondered after hearing this.

Wang Xijue suddenly said at this time: "This plan is clever! ”

After Wang Xijue said, he first bowed his hand to Shen Shixing: "Yuan Fu can be my teacher!" ”

"The elder of the pavilion has misunderstood, this is calculated for the Son of Heaven."

Shen Shixing said with a smile at this time.

(End of chapter)