Chapter 272: Rebellion of the Imperial Clan

"Zhu Zhixiu?"

"What is it?"

Zhu Houzhao looked around.

He really had no impression of King Anhua.

Zhu Yougao said in a deep voice: "Zhu Zhixiu, the sixteenth son of Emperor Taizu Gao and the great-grandson of King Qingjing Zhu."

"In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Anhua King Zhu Zhitiao, whose fiefdom was in Anhua, passed away, and his grandson Zhu Chixiu officially ascended the title as the eldest grandson of King Anhua."

"It is said that Zhu Zhixiu has an arrogant character. After being instigated by fortune-tellers and wizards, he coveted the throne and recruited a group of loyal supporters. Ningxia Commander Zhou Ang, Qianhu He Jin, Ding Guang, and health students Sun Jingwen and Meng Bin , Shi Lian is waiting around him."

The reason Zhu Youyi knew this was because after entering the capital, he vaguely guessed his fate, so he immediately started investigating the clans of these vassals, and quickly fell into the role.

The two most restless people in the clans of these vassal kings are Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao and Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu!

Other feudal princes and clans may have annexed the fields and fished the common people in their fiefdoms, but these two guys were openly raising dead soldiers and cultivating party members, which showed that they had evil intentions at first glance.

Immediately afterwards, Xiong Xiu also recovered from the shock and subconsciously began to describe the cause and effect.

"Dali Shaoqing Zhou Dong and other officials were sent to Ningxia to patrol border towns. Because Zhou Dong was greedy and made a lot of money, the soldiers stationed in Ningxia hated him."

"An Weixue, the censor of the governor's capital, repeatedly beat and humiliated the soldiers' wives with his cane. The soldiers hated him to the core. Hou Qizhong, the counselor in charge of the governor, also came to urge tax collection. Human relations were greatly disturbed, and the soldiers and the people were miserable."

"Seeing the opportunity, the thief Zhu Chi began to rebel against the dissatisfied officers. He asked Sun Jingwen to invite them to drink and make irritating remarks. The generals were more than willing to follow Zhu Chixiu. Zhu Chixiu also made people make friends with Pinglu City garrison generals and Qianhu, who had always treated them favorably. Xu Qin et al.”

"There happened to be an enemy situation in the border areas, and the Tatar tribe attacked. General Qiu Yue and deputy general Yang Ying led the army to defend. General Jiang Han selected 60 elite soldiers, including Shen Jujing, as tooth soldiers, and ordered Zhou Ang to lead them. Zhou Ang then made a secret agreement with He Jin and conspired with Ding Guang to let Zhu Chi take advantage of the banquet to kill Zhou Dong and other officials, seize their seals, and spread the word to raise troops. "

"In the middle of the day and night, Zhu Chixiu invited the officials who came to Ningxia to a banquet. Zhou Dong and An Weixue refused to show up. The wine was in full swing. He Jin and Zhou Ang led their troops to enter. Han Tingzhang, the guest of rite, and others led the ambush troops to rush out and kill everyone on the table. The eunuch Li Zeng, the young eunuch Deng Guang and others who were attending the banquet captured Jiang Han. Jiang Han got up and yelled unyieldingly, but was also killed. From then on, Zhu Chixiu started to cause chaos."

"The next day, Ding Guang and other rebels were ordered to kill Zhou Dong and An Weixue at the office. Before An Weixue died, he ordered Yang Zhong to stand by his side, scolded Ding Guang, and was also killed. Yang Zhong's colleague Li Ruiwen After changing the situation, he rode to Anhua Palace. The gate was closed and Li Rui couldn't get in. He cursed and was killed by the rebels. Zhang Qin from a hundred households refused to join in the rebellion and fled to Leifu Fort, where he was also killed. Hou Qizhong was captured and imprisoned by the rebels. …”

"Zhu Zhixiu burned the government and documents, released prisoners, robbed treasury, removed the ferries on the west bank of the Yellow River, and sent people to recruit Yang Ying and Qiu Yue. They both pretended to agree. Hou Qizhong escaped and hid, but was captured and imprisoned again. Xu Qin led troops into the city , forged seals and flags. At that time, Yang Ying left Yangxian Fort and led his troops to defend Wanghong Fort. The army was disbanded after hearing the incident. Yang Ying fled to Lingzhou. Qiu Yue was stationed at Yuquan Camp outside the city. He originally wanted to escape, but because of worries His wife and children who were still in Ningxia joined the rebellion, led his troops into the city, and disarmed his troops for an audience. Zhu Zhixiu captured his troops and gave them to each camp, and rewarded the soldiers with gold and silk. "

"Zhu appointed He Jin as the general to fight against thieves, Zhou Ang and Ding Guang as the left and right deputy generals, Sun Jingwen as the vanguard, Xu Qin as the vanguard general, Wei Zhen, Yang Tai and other seven as the general guard, Zhu Xia and eleven others As the general manager, he asked Sun Jingwen to write letters and orders, copying hundreds of them, criticizing Liu Jin's corruption, and spreading the message to all the towns, saying that he was causing rebellion to ask the Qing emperor to expel Liu Jin. His only co-conspirators were Zhou Ang and other eighteen families. And the people in Anhua Mansion..."

"General Feng Zhen, who was guarding the Ningxia West Road, and Sun Long, the commander of the Guangwu Camp who were assisting the guards, rode on horseback to report the rebellion. Cao Xiong, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province, heard of the rebellion and led his troops to intercept the Yellow River and sent General Sun Long to the big and small dams of firewood. Everything was burned, and the commander Huang Zheng was sent to enter Xiazhou and guard Lingzhou with 3,000 troops to stabilize the morale of the army. He sent a message asking Yang Ying to supervise the Lingzhou soldiers to defend the Yellow River. Some military towns were afraid of Liu Jin and did not dare to report to the court; Youqiandu Huang Ke, the governor of Yansui, sealed Zhu Chixiu's appeal and wrote eight things. Zhu Chixiu sent Wei Zhen and others to lure Guangwu Camp, but Sun Long used bows and arrows to drive them back. Cao Xiong personally led his troops to Lingzhou, and the neighboring camp The officers commanded Han Bin, the general Xingwu camp guarded Baoxun, and the general Shi Yuan responded to Cao Xiong's call and sent troops to join Cao Xiong. Huang Ke urgently ordered Baoxun and Shi Yuan to divide their troops to strangle Hedong. The rebels did not dare to go out... …”

Xiong Xiu quickly recounted the story of Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion and the current situation.

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao looked at Tang Hao with interest and asked with a smile: "What's the matter? Why don't you go there yourself?"

Tang Hao shook his head like a rattle. In his memory, whether it was Zhu Chixiu's rebellion or Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao's rebellion, the final result was loud thunder but little rain, and was put down by the court within a few months, so he Too lazy to make another contribution to counterinsurgency.

In addition, Tang Hao also heard a familiar name from Xiong Xiu just now, Qiu Yue.

It is said that this general is also a brave general. He was originally selected by Zhang Fu and others as the Jiubian General. They were going to do their best to support this person to rise to power. However, unexpectedly, Tang Hao suddenly came to the Ming Dynasty and accidentally rescued Zhu Houzhao. In order to save the enemy, Tang Hao replaced Qiu Yue and became an emerging general supported by the Xungui Group.

And this Qiu Yue and his men did not give up. After several operations, he is now a lieutenant general. If he makes contributions to suppressing the rebellion this time, he will certainly be rewarded with a title and promoted.

It is a good thing that Tang Hao is happy to see other military generals and nobles rise, so he is too lazy to compete with others for credit.

"The overall situation is more important. I won't go to these small matters. Isn't Yang Yiqing in Shaanxi? Just let him solve this matter directly."

"Then Qiu Yue is good. Surrendering to the rebels is also forced by the situation. The court can try to contact him as an internal response, and then cooperate with each other inside and outside, and the rebels will collapse without attacking. It would be a waste of time for me to go there. There is no point."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in agreement, and then immediately sent an order to the Ministry of War. It happened that Yang Yiqing, the Minister of War, was inspecting Shaanxi at this moment. Ma Zheng, so he directly ordered Yang Yiqing to serve as the three-border commander with the title of Shangshu, and to command the military affairs of Ningxia, Yansui, Gansu, and Liang, to attack Zhu Zong, and appointed eunuch Zhang Yong as the governor of Ningxia military affairs, promoted Yang Ying, who was then the deputy commander of the Ningxia garrison, to the deputy commander of the Youfu Office, and appointed him as the general commander, and sent 1,500 Yansui soldiers to him, and appointed Qiu Yue, the deputy commander of the Ningxia guerrilla general, as the deputy general commander, and Shi Yong, the commander of Lingzhou garrison, as the guerrilla general.

This lineup is already very luxurious. Not only does Yang Yiqing, who is familiar with military affairs, coordinate the army, but there are also border generals such as Yang Ying and Qiu Yue to assist. If this can't take down Zhu Zong, then the Ming Dynasty will be dead, and Tang Hao is too lazy to struggle anymore.

Xiong Xiu immediately went to the cabinet to convey the order, while Zhu Houzhao continued to discuss with his three confidants about the next investigation of Wangzhuang.

Originally, they were still worried about what name to use to investigate Wangzhuang.

As a result, now it is good. Zhu Zongxuan's sudden rebellion gave Zhu Houzhao a perfect excuse.

As long as Zhu Zongxuan's rebellion is quelled, the court can investigate the crimes of the rebels and start a comprehensive cleansing of the annexation of land by these clan princes.

Of course, the candidate cannot be Tang Hao, after all, he is the emperor's lackey known to the court and the public.

If Tang Hao is allowed to do this, the clan princes will definitely think that this is the emperor's deliberate act, and it is clearly aimed at them. In this way, the cooperation that the two sides have just reached will naturally be meaningless.

In addition to Tang Hao, the best candidate is Liu Jin.

Well, this is the real reason why Tang Hao spared Liu Jin's dog life!

We must let this Liu Daban shine for the Ming Dynasty before he dies!

After the details were finalized, one decree after another began to be issued.

At this moment, Yang Tinghe was in a state of anxiety in the cabinet.

The emperor convened a meeting of the royal family and was about to lead the royal family to the court to fight against the civil officials and gentry. As a result, at this critical moment, Anhua King Zhu Zongxian rebelled!

This is a rebellion of the royal family!

It is not a rebellion of the White Lotus Sect!

If it is not handled well, it will be a battle of peace!

So Yang Tinghe immediately summoned important civil and military officials to prepare to go to the emperor to deal with this matter.

However, before he could make any move, Xiong Xiu brought the emperor's will.

Yang Tinghe believed that Qiu Yue would not rebel, and the promotion would make him more loyal to the court. He should not retrieve the imperial edict and give the good general to the enemy. He drafted an amnesty edict, requesting the promotion of Qiu Yue to alienate the rebels, which coincided with the emperor's will.

So this edict was quickly issued through the cabinet, and the corrupt Ming Dynasty began to operate efficiently and quickly because of a sudden rebellion, like a rotten machine with all its parts falling to the ground.

After making some responses, Yang Tinghe was relieved.

Wang Ao walked to his side and said meaningfully: "Prime Minister, do you think His Majesty will bring the power of the royal family into the court?"

It's a bit ridiculous to say that at this critical juncture, an Anhua King Zhu Zongxuan rebelled.

If His Majesty had some brains, he should stop what he did immediately and re-generate a fear of the royal family and vassal kings.

After all, the new system of royal family and vassal kings has not been issued yet, and Anhua King Zhu Zongxuan dared to rebel!

If this completely opens the vassal ban, after the royal family and vassal kings come to power, it is unknown how many royal family and vassal kings will rebel!

So Wang Ao naively thought that His Majesty would probably stop.

However, Yang Tinghe shook his head with a wry smile.

"You don't know the Emperor. He won't stop there."

"It is said that at the clan meeting, the Emperor reached an exchange of interests with the kings. The kings fully supported the Emperor in exchange for the opportunity to enter the court and take power."

"The Emperor has already appointed Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao as the Minister of Guanglu Temple and Xing Wang Zhu Youlu as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites. These two kings are the representatives of the clan that the Emperor left in the capital!"

Hearing this, Wang Ao's face changed drastically.

Guanglu Temple Minister Zhu Chenhao!

Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites Zhu Youlu!

This time, the Emperor appointed important officials in the court without going through the Ministry of Personnel!

But Wang Ao is not qualified to do anything, unless he dares to disobey the Emperor's will!

"Xing Wang Zhu Youlu is fine. He treats the people well in Anlu Prefecture and has always been famous for his virtue!"

"But what kind of person is Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao? He plunders the people's blood and sweat in the local area, raises assassins to plot rebellion, and restores the palace guards by colluding with Liu Jin. It is clear that he has ill intentions..."

"Be careful with your words!" Yang Tinghe reminded in a low voice, "Your Majesty... probably knows."

"Don't you think the position of Guanglu Temple Qing is very clever?"

"Why is it not Xing Wang Zhu Youlu who is the Guanglu Temple Qing, but this Zhu Chenhao?"

Wang Ao's pupils shrank suddenly when he heard this, and then he took a breath of cold air.

His Majesty is really playing a big game!

Yang Tinghe sighed.

"Our Majesty is far more courageous than ordinary people!"

"But when His Majesty does this, it is difficult for us as ministers."

Isn't it difficult?

Wang Ao's face was also gloomy.

God knows how many court officials will secretly accept bribes from Zhu Chenhao!

When this thief entered the capital, he brought more than a dozen carts of gold, silver and jewelry!

Who would refuse gold, silver and jewelry that are delivered for free?

But once they accept it, then... they are not far from death.

"Just wait and see!"

Yang Tinghe's eyes flashed with cold light.

Ever since he reported the matter to the Empress Dowager because His Majesty was preparing to bring the power of the royal family into the court, and stabbed His Majesty in the back, the previous close teacher-student relationship has completely ceased to exist.

Now Yang Tinghe basically cannot see the Emperor if he wants to see him.

The person who replaced him is Xing Wang Zhu Youlang.

This is not good news for Yang Tinghe.

But since he decided to do this, he will not regret it.

The royal princes come to power, which is a huge hidden danger for the Ming Dynasty!

At the same time, in the imperial prison.

Tang Hao looked at Liu Jin with a smile.

Liu Daban, who was once powerful in the court, was now hiding in the corner of the cell. He looked a little crazy, and even his body was shaking from time to time.

Obviously, he was tortured too badly this time.

It was not physical pain, but the kind of crazy mental torture!

Tang Hao left a lot of mental torture methods for Jinyiwei Commander Mou Bin, all of which were used by the upright Tishuai to experiment on Liu Jin.

The effect was very good, at least Liu Jin, a ruthless character, couldn't stand it and confessed all his crimes!

"Master Ti, are you being too cruel?"

"Is this eunuch crazy?"

Mou Bin smiled awkwardly, then touched his chin and thought for a moment.

"I guess not?"

"He still knows how to poop and pee, he doesn't look crazy."

Tang Hao: "..."

I kept him alive for a long time, but you made me crazy?

Who will clean up the vassal farms and be the scapegoat?

Tang Hao glared at Mou Bin unhappily, then looked at the trembling Liu Jin, and tentatively called: "Liu Jin? Liu Daban?"

Hearing Tang Hao's devilish voice, Liu Jin was actually scared and cried, holding his head and crying.

"I was wrong!"

"My Lord, spare me, spare me!"

"I really know I was wrong, I dare not provoke you..."

"Kill me... Kill me! I won't go to the small dark room, I won't go to the small dark room..."

Seeing this, Tang Hao looked at Mou Bin.

The latter blushed, then sighed.

"Well, Lord Tang's methods are so effective, I didn't expect it..."

"You give me a scapegoat!"

"..."

The two were silent for a moment, looking at the crazy Liu Jin, and sighed at the same time.

"Lord Tang, what should we do now? Otherwise... kill him to eliminate future troubles?"

Mou Bin made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Since Liu Jin has gone completely crazy, there is no use value for him. Keeping him will always be a disaster. It is better to kill him directly to eliminate future troubles.

Tang Hao glared at Mou Bin unhappily, and then made a final attempt.

"In accordance with the oral order of His Majesty, Liu Jin is appointed as the imperial eunuch to preside over the investigation of the kings' manors in various places, and there must be no mistakes!"

As soon as these words came out, the originally crazy Liu Jin suddenly calmed down.

Under the loose hair, there was a hideous and mean face.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?!"

"Hahaha... Your Majesty still remembers me! Your Majesty still remembers me!"

"I knew that I, Liu Jin, could be reinstated again, and I knew that I, Liu Jin, could be in power again!"

Liu Jin laughed wildly, and Tang Hao and Mou Bin were dumbfounded again.

"Lord Tang, why don't you just kill him!"

"I'm worried that if I let him go, he will..."

Mou Bin reminded with a face full of fear.

Letting a crazy eunuch be an imperial eunuch, this thing is simply irresponsible to others!

Tang Hao squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Jin, then chuckled.

"No need, evil people will be punished by evil people, and those vassal kings and royal family members are not good things either!"

Hearing this, a chill suddenly rose behind Mou Bin.

After Liu Jin's madness, he immediately knelt down and said loudly: "Your servant Liu Jin... accept the order!"

At the same time, in the Qianqing Palace.

The sixth generation of Qing Wang Zhu Taihong knelt down on the ground with a pale face, and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao frantically to apologize.

He is the current King of Qing, while the King of Anhua Zhu Zongxuan belongs to the Qing clan. So Zhu Zongxuan is so bold as to rebel, and he, the King of Qing, naturally has an unshirkable responsibility!

If the new system of vassalage is followed, the Qing clan will not only lose their contribution rate this time, but will even be disqualified from the three-year year-end bonus selection, and may even lose their title!

So at this moment, Zhu Taihong hates the damn Zhu Zongxuan so much that he gnashes his teeth.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhu Taihong coldly and reprimanded him mercilessly.

After all, it was obvious that Zhu Tseng-tseng had been planning to rebel for a long time, and Zhu Tai-heng, the main line of the Qing prince, was completely unaware of this. He was simply a waste among wastes!

Besides eating, drinking, having fun and playing with women, what else can such a waste do?

Zhu Houzhao had intended to seize this opportunity to start a comprehensive cleansing of the clan princes who occupied the land, so he naturally would not give any more favors at this moment, and directly ordered that the Qing prince Zhu Tai-heng be temporarily detained.

As the news of the rebellion of Anhua Prince Zhu Tseng-tseng spread, and the Qing prince Zhu Tai-heng was detained by His Majesty in anger, all the princes who entered the capital were trembling with fear and treading on thin ice.

They were angry that the good situation was destroyed by the thief Zhu Tseng-tseng, and they were also worried that His Majesty would be afraid of the clan princes and directly cut off the clan princes' only chance to enter the court and take power!

So the princes immediately took action and asked Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao and Xing Wang Zhu Youju for information.

Zhu Youju sat on the Diaoyutai and was not moved at all; but Zhu Chenhao was almost crazy and wanted to bite Zhu Zongxi to death!

Aren't you just stirring up trouble?