Zhou Xishou glared at him directly.

Zhou Changning was busy holding his breath and stood aside.

Zhou Xi whispered to him: "You can't say this kind of thing again, especially in front of outsiders, otherwise, once I hear it again, I will have to kill you, a rebel son without a king and a father!" ”

Zhou Changning said yes.

"You have to remember that there are things you can think about but not say."

Zhou Xishou then instructed him again.

Zhou Changning said yes again.

And Zhou Xishou then laughed in a low voice: "As you said, whether the king of Chu can succeed or not, as long as he rebels, it will be good for us people, if he succeeds, it will naturally abolish the new policy implemented since the reform of Xinli and Zhang Taiyue, if he is not successful, his land and shop industry of the king of Chu will be sold by the government, and the government will sell it at a low price in order to turn it into silver dollars as soon as possible, so that it is still cheap for those of us who are not anti-the imperial court, if we can still make meritorious contributions to the imperial court when his defeat has become apparent." , maybe you can get a show of grace. ”

Zhou Changning nodded after hearing this: "In this way, he King Chu should not rebel." ”

"Who made him afraid that his lending would be known by His Majesty, and he couldn't bear to be robbed of a large part of the profits from lending by the imperial court.

"Not only the common people should follow this path, but also the powerful and gentry."

"However, you have to remember that although you can get peace and security if you don't come out, it is also easy to miss opportunities, so when opportunities are hard to find, you still have to give them an appropriate boost."

"Therefore, after Wu Zheng became a staff member of Luo Jingyang, his father secretly instructed him that when the king of Chu or the henchmen of the king of Chu were discussing with Luo Jingyang, he should say that the court had already impeached him for wanting to collude with the king of Chu to plot rebellion, and he should not only tell him about it in front of Luo Jingyang alone."

"In this way, he has to die, and the king of Chu has to rebel!"

After Zhou Xishou said this, he got up and looked in the direction of the Chu Palace, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

And the king of Chu killed the governor of Ruo Zun and rebelled, and soon after that, it also spread to the Jingshi through urgent delivery.

Shi Xing, the right attendant of the military department, decisively went up first and said: "The king of Chu is plotting rebellion, it is advisable to transfer a large number of troops to suppress it, and the minister asks His Majesty to personally recruit and use the holy power of Ming!" ”

Zhu Yijun laughed after seeing Shi Xing's chapter: "Why do I need to kill a stupid king to establish his authority, and send a vote to the Privy Council to plan this matter!" ”

The Privy Council then sent Liu Shizeng, the governor of Yunnan who had made great contributions in the original war against Burma, to be the deputy envoy of the privy council and the right deputy governor of the imperial historian of the five provinces of Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou and Henan, and the governor of Huguang to transfer troops to quell the rebellion.

In doing so, the Privy Council was equivalent to sending only a civilian official who was familiar with Rong politics to coordinate the governors of various provinces around Huguang to suppress the king of Chu, and there was no intention of sending a large army to send a general.

But.

In fact, the king of Chu did not insist until Liu Shizeng received the holy decree to come to Huguang, and began to retreat one after another.

A few days after he issued the order to collect the summer tax in advance, Wu Yuexiu, the patrolman, and Wei commanded Wei Cheng to trace the river north, and marched to Jiangxia, and in order to prove his innocence, Wu Yuexiu, as a civil official, also took the lead in the soldiers, let Wei Cheng supervise the battle, and he personally led a group of guards who were heavily rewarded to rush into the rebels of the king of Chu stationed here, cutting down dozens of people, and the rebels of the king of Chu were defeated.

The reason why the rebels of the king of Chu collapsed was mainly because the military attaches who joined the king of Chu were basically military attaches who were unwilling to be strictly controlled by the imperial court, wanted to enslave the soldiers, and wanted to collude with the inferior feudal lords to restore the old rites.

This also allowed Wu Yuexiu, a young civilian official who didn't have much real kung fu and little command experience, to lead his troops to recover Jiangxia with his blood and bravery, and his troops came to the city of Wuchang.

Meantime.

Li Hualong, the deputy envoy of the garrison, also led the guerrilla Cao Xibin to successfully capture Qizhou, killing more than 3,000 rebels, and cutting off the back road for the king of Chu to leave by boat.

"Bingxian, the patrol has already taken Jiangxia."

After recovering Qizhou, Cao Xibin told Li Hualong, who was ready to sleep with the soldiers, about Wu Yuexiu's arrival in Wuchang.

After hearing this, Li Hualong immediately turned over: "What a Wu patrol!" After all, he is a young man, and he wants to be more progressive than this constitution! The order went down, without rest, and went to Wuchang overnight, lest the king of Chu be taken by him Wu Xun alone! ”

"Bingxian is the first soldier today, the first to board the city gate, he must be exhausted, it is better to rest here, and the soldiers who still have spare strength at a certain rate go to Wuchang."

Cao Xibin persuaded at this time.

Li Hualong refused: "Since it is a soldier's preparation, it is already the responsibility to protect the people and protect the territory, and if the rebels poison the people for one more day, they will have one more sin, so there is no need for the public to persuade them again, Benxian must go in person, so that the morale will not fail, and the people of Li will be saved from fire and water, in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible." ”

As he spoke, Li Hualong really got up and walked out of the hall, put on his iron helmet again, took off his sword, and instructed Cao Xibin:

"In order not to let the soldiers have a grudge because they continue to march, you pass on my Jun order, and say, if you can take Wuchang before Wu Xunpress, in addition to asking for a reward from the imperial court, this constitution will not give them all this year's Yulu, and give them all of it! But they were not allowed to take the people captive, lest the rebels gain the support of the small people. ”

Cao Xibin said yes.

So, Li Hualong really rushed to Wuchang with Cao Xibin's troops that night, even if it rained at night, it did not stop, and the officers and soldiers did not mutiny, and they also paid attention to military discipline, because they were all looking forward to making a lot of money after taking Wuchang.

And at this time.

Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu who returned to Wuchang, did not know that Wuchang was besieged.

Because Wang Bihe didn't tell him, he chose to hide it from him.

Wang Bi and himself even began to create some false news during this time to coax the king of Chu and the officials and gentlemen of Wuchang, saying that the prefect of Yuezhou had taken the initiative to join the king of Chu, and the army had captured Jiujiang and Huaining, and was approaching Nanjing.

When the king of Chu heard this, he was overjoyed and began to think about choosing a concubine.

Some officials and gentlemen were also deceived by Wang Bihe and began to believe that Wang Chu could succeed, and took the initiative to bribe Wang Bihe to seek officials.

Wang Bihe also took the opportunity to sell his official position, and as the head of the cabinet, he appointed many scholars to serve as ministers of the puppet regime, such as Shangshu and Shilang.

Of course.

Wang Bihe is not unaware of the situation, as a person, he just doesn't want to believe in the situation, and wants to be addicted to the first assistant of the cabinet, and at the same time fantasizes that he can get out of his shell after the defeat of the king of Chu, make meritorious contributions by betraying the king of Chu, and hope to get shelter through bribery.

Therefore, when Li Hualong and Wu Yuexiu and others led their troops to Wuchang City, Wang Bihe decisively chose to unite with the guard commander around the King of Chu to control the King of Chu, and Kaicheng knelt to welcome Li Hualong and Wu Yuexiu.

At this point, the rebellion of the king of Chu was put down in less than a month.

The king of Chu himself was still confused, and when he saw Wang Shoukui asking him to be tied up and go out of the city to see Li Hualong and Wu Yuexiu, he asked, "Why do you want to kidnap Gu?" ”

"Because of His Royal Highness's rebellion, the princes and ministers of Changshi repeatedly refused to listen, and now we have to follow the righteousness and tie up His Highness to see the patrol in order to prevent the people of the whole city from being slaughtered by the officials and soldiers!"

Wang Shoukui said.

When the king of Chu heard this, he was stunned, and suddenly asked Wang Shoukui: "You actually betrayed Lonely, did you treat you alone?" ”

"Naturally, it's not thin, but Your Highness is sorry for the guards below, the salary is always fifty percent short, but it is clear that His Royal Highness has accumulated millions of dollars in the palace, and now it will increase by hundreds of thousands of dollars after the tax increase!"

Wang Shoukui said.

After hearing this, the King of Chu couldn't help but take a few steps back: "So, it's really defeated?" ”

Guarding the Chief.

After hearing this, the king of Chu asked: "What about Wang Changshi, I want to see him." ”

"I have already led the civil and military forces to surrender the city."

Wangshoukui replied.

"Damn!"

After hearing this, the king of Chu looked at Wang Shoukui again: "Didn't you say that the salary I sent down was insufficient, so I will give you all the money in the palace, and you can protect the orphans and leave to vote for the Miao people?" ”

Wang Shoukui said: "It's too late, Your Highness, it's too late for you to be generous!" ”

(End of chapter)