Chapter 533 Zhengde's Farce
Hearing Zhou Chong asking about Zhengde, Jiao Fang and others smiled bitterly, and finally Wang Qiong said, "Report to the State, Your Majesty, for some reason, this time, he walked very slowly on the road, especially in Shanghai.
After landing, I drank and had fun on the road every day, and even recruited some women to accompany me. It was really unconventional. I hope the governor could go and give me some advice!"
Zhou Chong was not surprised to hear Zhengde's actions. King Ning's rebellion hit Zhengde very hard. After all, he always regarded King Ning as one of his relatives, but now he was betrayed by this relative, which made him always
The righteous virtue of attaching importance to feelings is very difficult to accept, so he makes so many abnormal actions.
"The emperor is in a bad mood and it is inevitable that he will do something excessive. Everyone should also understand him. In addition, if the emperor causes any trouble or losses to the place on the road, people will definitely make double compensation afterwards. I will also give the emperor a reward.
Brother, I wrote a letter to him not disturb the public too much, and I believe that as long as this period of time passes, he will return to normal!" Zhou Chong sighed at the end.
After discussing the matter with the cabinet, Zhou Chong asked someone to find Wu Shan again. Some time ago, Qian Ning was dismissed from the position of commander of the Jinyiwei because of his collusion with King Ning. So Wu Shan took over the Jinyiwei, but in fact, Qian Ning followed him.
After Zhengde left the capital, Wu Shan was always in charge of the Jinyiwei, and now he has just added a legitimate position.
"See the Prince!" Wu Shan entered the room and saw Zhou Chong, and immediately lowered his head and bowed.
"Get up, what's the arrangement of the guards around the emperor?" Zhou Chong asked without raising his head. The Jinyiwei was originally divided into two parts, and the part was the Jinyiwei in the eyes of ordinary people. Now after Zhou Chong's rectification.
It completely transformed into an intelligence agency. Another part was called General of the Han Dynasty. They belonged to the emperor's guards and usually acted as guards of honor. Zhengde was also protected by these people when he was traveling. Now Zhou Chong asked about the situation of General of the Han Dynasty.
"Don't worry, Prince, I have arranged many brothers who are proficient in water to follow His Majesty, and try not to let His Majesty go to places with water. In addition, every time Jiang Bin meets His Majesty, there are several good men in secret guarding him.
There will definitely be no mistake!" Wu Shan replied solemnly. Although he didn't know why His Highness Zhao asked him to arrange some brothers with superb water skills to guard His Majesty? He didn't know why he asked His Majesty not to go to the waterside? But he just accepted the order
That's fine. He would never talk about other things that he shouldn't ask about.
"Good job!" Zhou Chong nodded with satisfaction. Although history has been tampered with by him, some major historical events remain the same, such as the rebellion of King Ning and Zhengde's southern tour. Moreover, Zhou
Chong also knew that Zhengde was accidentally caught in the water and died of illness when he was in Nanjing during his southern tour. Moreover, Zhengde died very strangely. Zhengde, who has always been as strong as a cow, actually fell into the water and became sick, and even died.
Time is impossible to determine, I only know that Jiang Bin was by his side at that time. Unfortunately, Jiang Bin was also killed later, and no one knows how Zhengde died again.
It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chong knew that Zhengde had gone to Nanjing, he immediately sent many more guards, especially some guards who were proficient in water, and they were not allowed to leave Zhengde half a step, although Zhou Chong didn't know if this would be useful.
, but this is the only thing he can do.
"By the way, how are the Tatars in the north now? Do they still have the strength to resist?" Zhou Chong suddenly thought that Zhengde left the northern border army, worried that the Tatars would use this to make trouble, so he asked. The power of the Jinyiwei in the past
Only in the Ming Dynasty, there was no big deployment to the outside world, but with Zhou Chong's rectification of the Jinyiwei, his strength had expanded to various countries around the Ming Dynasty, and even India and Egypt had their own eyes on their development.
.
"Don't worry, Prince, the Tatars attacked our Ming army several times before, but they all returned in great defeat. Now the prestige of the little Tatar prince has been reduced to the lowest level. The leaders of several large tribes are already very dissatisfied with the little Tatar prince.
Now they are discussing to seize the Khan throne of the little prince. In this case, our Jinyiwei has also made some efforts from it, so the leaders of the large tribes are more confident that war will break out within the Tatars in the future.
The little Tatar prince is also having a headache about this matter, and it is impossible to go south!" Wu Shan said confidently. In the battles within the Tatars, their Jinyiwei made great efforts, and he could see that this powerful enemy of the Ming Dynasty was played with by himself.
Under his palm, Wu Shan was also very excited.
"Very good. Under the attack of my Ming Dynasty, the Tatars were already declining. And I heard that the little prince of Tatar also had problems with his body. If the little prince of Tatars could die at this time, his few
My son will definitely start to compete for the Khan throne. In addition, the leaders of those large tribes will be in chaos. Then the entire Tatar will be in chaos. My Ming Dynasty will take advantage of the momentum to speed up the erosion of the grassland. I believe that it will not take long before the entire grassland will be included.
Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhou Chong nodded again with satisfaction when he heard this. As long as the border troubles in the north were solved, the Ming Dynasty could make every effort to open up the sea and compete with Western countries for the colonies all over the world, with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty,
I believe that no country is an opponent of the Ming Dynasty.
Next, Zhou Chong asked about the specific situation inside the Tatars, and then gave some instructions on the next action of the Jinyiwei in order to better cooperate with the Ming Dynasty's encroachment on the grasslands. Finally, he asked about the Ottoman Empire, to be precise
It was the situation on the Suez Canal. Among the technical officials and entourages sent to Egypt, some of them were spies from the Jinyiwei. In addition to measuring the canal, they also had to collect local information. After all, with the development speed of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps
In less than a few years, the Suez Canal will become their next target, so we must be prepared now.
At the same time, Zhengde finally arrived in Nanjing, and like in history, he was very disappointed when he learned that King Ning had been captured, and even felt a little dissatisfied with Wu Wending and others. Jiang Bin and others were conscious.
After Zhengde's thoughts, he actually boldly captured Wu Wending and snatched Wang Ning and other prisoners.
Zhengde did not stop Jiang Bin and others from doing anything wrong, but he also had a sense of responsibility. Although Wu Wending and others were arrested, there would be no problem. At most, they would be locked up for a few days to relieve Zhengde's anger, and they would still be rewarded in the future based on merit and practice.
As for the prisoners of Ning and the likes of King Ning, Zhengde also arranged a very famous program for them, which was the farce in history that released King Ning and then caught them personally.
Zhengde was very dissatisfied with the fact that Ning Wang was caught by others, because he felt that only by personally catching the other party could he relieve himself. Unfortunately, before he arrived in Nanjing, Ning Wang was captured alive by Wu Wending and others.
Moreover, the prisoners were also sent to Nanjing. In this case, some villains around Zhengde actually came up with a bad idea, that is, let Zhengde put King Ning back, and after the other party reintegrated the rebels, Zhengde would personally go to pacify.
rebel.
Although Zhengde was very moved by this idea, fortunately he was a little rational and knew that if he really did this, he would definitely leave a big joke for the ages. Therefore, Zhengde did not completely take this suggestion, but chose
A compromise with a relatively small impact.
When King Ning and other prisoners of war were sent to Nanjing, they were not immediately imprisoned. Instead, they were removed from their shackles and asked them to ride on horseback and hold weapons. Then they were sent to the encirclement of the Ming army. Finally, Zhengde took himself with him again
The personal guards, who also wore armor and held a sharp sword to fight against King Ning, almost pissed off to death. He was not a military general, and most of the prisoners sent to Nanjing were civil servants. Zhengde actually wanted them to pick up weapons.
Fighting is even more uncomfortable than killing them.
In the end, this farce was naturally ended with Zhengde capturing Ning Wang and others again. Then, these "prisoners of war" caught by Zhengde were sent to the prison in Nanjing. No one is allowed to visit, but only the only one
There is one exception, and this person is Zhu Houzhao himself.
Since Ning Wang and others were imprisoned, Zhu Houzhao has been in prison several times, and no one is allowed to accompany him every time, even Jiang Bin, so no one knows what Zhu Houzhao did after entering the prison, but
According to later generations, Zhu Houzhao probably went to see King Ning when he entered the prison. As for what they both said? Did Zhu Houzhao scold King Ning and other questions? That is not something that future generations can guess.
At the end of the month when King Ning was sent to Nanjing, Zhengde ordered people to behead King Ning and others in Tongzhou. This Tongzhou was not Tongzhou in the north, but Tongzhou next to Nanjing, which was later known as Nantongzhou, and next to Beijing.
The Northern Tongzhou echoes each other.
After the beheading of Ning Wang and others, it also marked the complete quellation of the Ning King Rebellion. However, Zhengde did not return to Beijing immediately, but still stayed in the south for fun. Speaking of which, he came to the south once in order to recognize Zhou Chong last time.
But that time he and Empress Dowager Zhang had something to do, so he came and went in a hurry and had no chance to understand the customs of the south. In addition, the north is now pacified, and Zhengde was depressed because of the rebellion of King Ning, so
I just took this opportunity to travel around and enjoy the mountains and rivers, and also relax.
It is precisely because of this that Zhengde stayed in Nanjing for a while. After traveling all over the Qinhuai River, he started to travel around and didn't even plan to go back for the New Year. In this way, he stayed in the south until September of the following year.
, On this day, Zhengde came to the Qingjiangpu area and was on a whim to prepare to fish in the water pool. Although the guards on both sides tried to persuade him, Zhengde insisted on not listening and started fishing in a small boat. (To be continued
Chapter completed!