Chapter 424 King Ning rebelled

"Yang Qing's imperial mission was very good, I was very happy to hear it." As soon as he went to the Leopard Room Zhengde said with a smile: "Now the court not only has the White-clothed Army been used, but has temporarily balanced the situation in the northern border, but also wiped out 15,000 believers of the Maitreya cult.

Now the local government is following the map. According to these believers, they have checked their relatives and close relatives and friends in the past. They have arrested a group of Maitreya believe that after this battle, the Maitreya religion will be severely damaged and will not be able to achieve a climate for at least fifty years. By then, the Ming Dynasty will be strong and the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe. Who else will be willing to rebel with them?"

"It's all Hong Fu, the emperor, what's going on in the capital? He actually asked the emperor to go out to the streets to refute the rumors to the people?" Yang Ling said casually and immediately turned to the topic.

When talking about this, Zhengde's handsome face raised a hint of anger: "Of course, the Maitreya cult sent people to spread rumors in Beijing to cooperate with the rebellion. The three factories and one guards were searching quickly. The tiqi was spread all over the nine cities, and no one dared to spread rumors publicly, but the news that had been spread had a great impact on the people.

The last time I went to Datong secretly, in order to cover up people's ears, the three great scholars said that I was sick and resting, and from time to time they drove my imperial carriage, making the illusion that I was still in the court. Unexpectedly, I was exploited by a cult now. Even if I set up a ceremonial guard to go out of the palace to court, they still bewitched the people, saying that I had left the palace privately and died, and the world was about to be in chaos. I hated that I could not speak, so I had to go to the city to visit.

He was happy again when he said this, and laughed: "Zhengde is here for a trip! When this sentence is released, it is time to block the mouths of those idle people, right?"

The child of Zhengde always feels that you have said this, so I just expose you, but I don’t understand that people’s hearts are sinister. So what if the title is written? Except for the people who have seen him appear with their own eyes, other people who hear the news will still spread rumors that the emperor is not the blood of the late emperor. Except for the emperor’s death in the capital, the world is about to change greatly. It is the nature of the common people to attract favor, so of course, which one listens to the bizarre words.

However, Zhengde invented "Travel Here" became a famous line of scriptures, and it was popular all over the world. Whether it was a scholar or a minority, it rose up and imitated it. Later, the words "Travel Here" could be seen everywhere in famous places, ancient trees, Great Wall, pavilions, attics and towers. Wang Er and Zhang San were also traveling, and they traveled a lot. Even when Wu Chengen grew up, he wrote "Journey to the West" and wrote a passage from Sun Wukong on the finger of the Buddha's Buddha, "Travel Here".

The emperor's influence was unparalleled. The King of Chu was so thin that women lost weight for thousands of years. Zhengde "traveled here". The habit of traveling here would probably take thousands of years to disappear.

Yang Ling glanced at Zhengde and said carefully: "Your Majesty, I heard that in addition to these rumors, there are people who claim that King Jin and King Ning are treasonous?"

When Zhengde heard this, he frowned and said, "Yes. Such rumors are really annoying to me. If you want to say that King Jin rebelled, Li Fuda lurked in Taiyuan Wei for nearly three years and secretly organized the Maitreya Incense Army as evidence. There is still some possibility that King Ning has always been loyal and obedient, so how could he rebell? These rumors are flying all over the sky and cannot stop the mouths of those common people."

Yang Ling knew that he would rather suspect King Jin than easily doubt King Ning. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "So, are the cabinet ministers having no way to deal with these rumors?"

Zhengde smiled bitterly and said, "Why are there no countermeasures? They said I have ascended to heaven. Haven't I been wandering on the streets? They said I am not the biological son of the late emperor, what can I do? Could it be that I will go to the streets with the Queen Mother to recognize my relatives? Some things can only be said by them.

As for the rebellion of the Two Kings, it is more important. After all, this is a fundamental matter related to the court. Several major officials in the cabinet are also very cautious and dare not easily assert whether it is true. Did you send someone to monitor King Jin? Didn’t you find anything abnormal? After detailed investigation, Taiyuan Jinyiwei also sent back the news. Several officials in Taiyuan frequently ate and invited Li Fuda. They had received heavy gifts, and now they are arrested and interrogated. King Jin and Li Fuda have never been close, and there are no strangers.

Jiao Fang, Yang Tinghe and others suggested that I hand over the important task of clearing the remnants of Maitreya in Shanxi to the King of Jin and local governments to complete it together. One is to refute the rumors, and the other is to show it to my trust. I have approved it, and the decree was just spread out of Beijing yesterday."

Yang Ling's eyes flashed and he smiled faintly: "Then what is the emperor going to do with King Ning?"

"King Ning was far away in Jiangnan, but was used by the Maitreya Sect to make a fuss. In fact, it is not completely groundless." Zhengde sighed and rubbed his temples: "Uncle Ning Wang has never commanded a soldier. Since he has recovered the three guards and has also restrained the military and political affairs of Jiangxi, he couldn't help but be complacent. Some of them like to show off their appearances. The guards who come and go in and out have exceeded the scale of the princes. Those who have any problems always like to point fingers at the three officials, so some local officials have submitted memorials to impeach them.

However, from this point of view, I feel that King Ning has no intention of rebelling, otherwise how could he be careless and deliberately show off and attract attention? Besides, he is a royal family member after all. Can he punish a vassal king with some rumors? Grand Secretary Yang suggested that he imitate the story of Emperor Xuanzong warning King Zhao and send a noble minister to scold him to restrain him.

I think this is very good. Yesterday, when I sent an imperial edict to the Prince of Jin in Shanxi, I issued an edict at the same time, ordering the Chief Listor Lai Yi and the Prince-Consort Cui Yuan to go to Jiangnan with the imperial edict to warn Uncle Ning, so as not to be too domineering and impeach local officials. It is related to the court system, and I would not be able to protect him too much at that time.

He glanced at Yang Ling and asked, "What do you think of this?"

King Ning is a royal family member, and if he is not properly handled, it will cause panic and even rebellion in the world. Yang Ling originally wanted to make preparations first and then take action. If he did not rebel at this time and the court would ease it slightly, it would be best. After all, winter is about to begin, and winter is even more inappropriate.

Moreover, the matter has been agreed upon by the cabinet and the emperor issued an edict to implement it. Yang Ling was not inconvenient to comment more, so he bowed and smiled and said, "The emperor is wise, so he handles this well."

"Um... um... um..." Emperor Zhengde was slightly satisfied with his most trusted and admired minister. He smiled and pinched his chin and nodded, saying, "Okay, do you agree too? That's good. You've already arrived here, don't be busy leaving. Xian'er praised me for fish head soup, so you can leave it together. Xian'er's soup is good, the soup is as rich as milk, and it's more fragrant than cooked by the imperial chef in the mainland."

Zhengde said as he stood up and walked towards the back garden with a smile.

Tongshuling. This is a steep mountain with cliffs like knife cutting and lined up like guns and halberds, which looks a bit gloomy and terrifying. However, the imperial envoy was not concerned about the ceremonial guards. The mountains and forests here are not suitable for bandits to station, and there are few pedestrians passing by, so they have always been quiet.

Besides, the white-clothed army fled outside the Great Wall, and the Maitreya elites were all lost. Although the successive wars greatly damaged the imperial court, a series of reforms and reforms have made the people of the north who benefited first see hope. Although winter is approaching and the trees are bleak, the people have settled down instead. Looking forward to a good life next year.

Cui's husband is about fifty years old, and Lai Eunuch is about age. These two people are actually very happy to be defeated by this imperial envoy. With their identities, they usually don't make much money, but now they are ordered to go to Jiangxi to scold King Ning, which is a big fat envoy.

King Ning was generous. Every time he sent people to Beijing, he would bring a large number of gold, pearls and jade treasures to powerful ministers. This time he went to scold him under the imperial order. In order to let them come back and say good things, it was estimated that the gifts received by the two of them would be even more expensive. The money he made in this trip would probably not be spent in ten years, so the two of them sat in the car happily.

The mountain road was rugged, and the wheels were creaking. A bird suddenly appeared in the forest. The guard guard of the honor was a thousand-household in the brocade clothes. He looked at the dense forest disapprovingly, thinking that it was the shocked bird that drove by. But his eyes had not yet been withdrawn. Suddenly, he found a faint flash in the dense forest. Qianhu couldn't help but be surprised and suddenly stopped the horse and shouted: "Let's believe it. In the forest..."

"Swoosh!" A blue wolf-toothed arrow was nailed into his throat, and then countless sharp arrows were shot out from the dense forest, and arrows entered the body. People shouted and horses neighed, and there were countless arrows as dense as locusts. The team of five hundred people was trapped in the narrow mountain stream and became a living target. The people in the dense forest never showed up. The arrows flew, and the knights on the horse landed one after another.

When Eunuch Lai heard the screams, he couldn't help but pull the curtains in panic and crawl out, pulling the duck's voice and shouting: "What happened? But there is a mountain..."

"Puff puff puff puff puff", four sharp arrows shot into his body in one go. Eunuch Lai didn't even scream, and he swayed for a moment and then fell to the ground. The knight who kept crying out and kept falling off the horse disturbed the horse. The two horses that were pulling the car in the car sedan he was riding moved forward in panic. The wooden wheels were rolling on his bloated body, unable to drive over, and his waist and abdomen were already rolling with iron wheels, and his intestines were rotating.

The mountains and forests were returned to silence, and the mountain roads were filled with corpses full of arrows, and even the chariots were nailed with arrow branches. After a while, some men with green scarves and masked faces emerged from the forest, holding hands and starting to deal with the officers and soldiers who had not yet died of breath.

Cui Fuma hid in the car, his face pale, his teeth fought each other, and two sharp arrows penetrated the carport, and the sharp arrows flashed in front of him, making his eyes full of staring.

"Brush", the curtain of the sedan chair was opened, and a burly man in green clothes stood at the sedan chair and stared at him. Mr. Cui shrank for a moment and leaned hard into the seat.

The masked man in blue narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Where is the imperial edict? Take it!"

Prince Cui looked at the yellow silk package placed on his seat, and trembling hands wanted to pick it up. The man in blue impatiently used his knife, brushed the ground, hooked the package with his tip, and carried it out. Prince Cui shouted: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I am the prince consort. You can redeem people if you want money, don't... don't kill me."

The man in blue glanced at him contemptuously, then opened the package on the shaft of the car, tore open the seal. He took out the imperial edict and looked at it, laughed a few times, then took the imperial edict and turned around and left. Then two men in blue jumped into the car, and a scream came from the car. Only two men in blue kept swinging their knives, and the car was shaking violently. When they jumped out of the car, the blood dripped out of the cracks in the bottom plate of the car.

"Take away the imperial edict and immediately ask the craftsman of our sect to tamper with the plan, and then send it back to Jiangxi quickly. The court found that the imperial edict of the prince-consort was robbed by the assassination, and maybe the military post will send people to Nanchang first, so we must rob the imperial edict." The man in blue in the lead said as he walked.

"Don't worry, when King Ning paid tribute to the locals for the first time, he took the opportunity to set up a fast horse along the way. Within twelve days, the news in Beijing could be quickly transmitted to Jiangxi, which was faster than the military post. I asked someone to change it and immediately teleported to Jiangxi through these secret spies."

"Okay!" After saying that, the leader suddenly paused. On the yellow grass beside the path ahead, an old man with wrinkles stood there, leading a little granddaughter standing there tremblingly. Look at the vulgar robe and the basket on his arms, it should be a mountain man who had just returned from the city.

They obviously witnessed everything in front of them, but they had no time to turn around and run away. The leader of the Qingyi smiled and walked directly from the grandparents and grandchildren. The frightened old man breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could kneel down and kowtow to the "king" who was thanking for his life, a sharp steel knife raised up and followed the subordinates behind the leader of the Qingyi to take action.

Two short screams, the man rubbed the blood-stained steel knife on the body and rushed to chase after him. The mountain road soon returned to peace, and only the ownerless horses neighed boredly and walked around the mountain road casually. Eunuch Lai's body was completely rolled into the bottom of the car, and his robe was wrapped in the wheels. The futile mules and horses were still constantly rolling, and the ground was covered in blood...

Ning Prince's Mansion in Jiangxi.

The fast-moving and fast riding established by King Ning was indeed very fast, and the imperial edict sent by the robbery had been placed on his desk. Prince Ning had big ears and black beards, and looked handsome and majestic. Just looking at his image, he was much more handsome than the fat man Hongzhi, who was known as the wise emperor.

He wore a regular casual clothes with purple silk flowers and slowly launched the imperial edict with candlelight. The above was Emperor Zhengde scolding him for exceeding the rules of the king and prince. If he had any intention of making mistakes, he finally ordered Mr. Cui and Eunuch Lai to escort him to the capital and question him for crimes. He would be severely punished after finding out the crimes impeached by local officials.

Ning Wang's hands trembled. He knew that his family matters were the only impeachment by local officials now, he was rampant, domineering, and disrespectful to the king and arrogant. However, if he was really arrested and sent to Beijing and the factory guards to investigate, the accumulation of strength and preparation for rebellion would most likely be found out. Even if he was not beheaded, he would be banned for life. Life would be worse than death.

"The Maitreya cult is really harmful. They rebelled and actually pulled me into the water in order to create momentum!" King Ning angrily pounded the table. After analyzing the situation in the court a few days ago, the great wizard Li Nan advised him to raise an army immediately. However, King Ning was afraid that the important generals of the surrounding governments had changed to Yang Ling's capable manpower when extermination of the white-clothed bandits. Yang Ling was above ten thousand people, and his status was extremely respected and could not be bought for him. He must be a firm supporter of Xiao Zhengde, so hesitated and did not dare to launch it.

Unexpectedly, the Maitreya Cult rebelled again and spread rumors and caused trouble to drag him into the water. Now he can't even think about it or not. When he thought of rebellion, King Ning couldn't help but become stunned. He has great ambitions and ambitiousness, recruiting people everywhere, colluding with barbarian chieftains, and installing desperate confidants in the army, intending to ascend to the throne of the Supreme Nine Five. This has been more than a year of thinking, and it has not been a year since the situation is approaching, but now he has to rebel, but he is confused and does not know what to do.

After a while, King Ning shouted loudly: "Come here, please invite Mr. Liu, Mr. Li and the Great Master immediately. Hurry up, I have a big matter of urgent need."

The inner butler who was waiting at the entrance of the study hurriedly agreed and ran out. King Ning knew how to treat the wise and the wise men. Mr. Liu and Mr. Li were his powerful think tanks for him to be his right-hand man. Mr. Li was named Li Shishi. He was rich and was the richest gentleman in Nanchang. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Chenghua. He once served as the right censor and was defeated in the struggle within the court. He was forced to retire and therefore held a grudge against the court.

People like him have been rich for generations, and they have been enjoying their wealth since childhood. The only thing they pursue is to keep their name forever. Since the court could not satisfy him and King Ning was ambitious, Li Shishi wanted to be a founding father, so he devoted himself to King Ning and became his aide.

Liu Yang was a juren. He was famous in Nanchang and was recruited by Ning Wang for a large sum of money and became his aide. The three of them learned that Ning Wang was urgently summoned, except for the great master Li Natural, the other two had no idea what happened. The three of them hurried to Ning Wang's book mansion. When Ning Wang saw them, he said, "Two gentlemen. Master Li, the big thing is wrong. The emperor has heard the news that I have accumulated troops and rebelled, and issued an order to take me to the capital to question me. Now it's a steel knife and a neck. What do you think this should be done?"

"What?" Li Shishi was shocked: "Where did the prince get the news?"

"Look, the imperial edict is here," King Ning handed over the imperial edict and sneered: "Fortunately, the great master reminded me that I had been prepared for a long time. I had a spy on the capital and a whistle of men and horses were laid out in the suburbs of the capital. After hearing the news, they robbed the imperial edict and rode the Pegasus set up by the king. Otherwise, I would still be in the dark and wait for the imperial envoy to arrive. If the officials of the Three Divisions announced the edict, I would have to wait for death."

Li Shishi took the imperial edict and looked carefully. It was indeed the emperor's will. He couldn't help but change his color and said, "The emperor wants to take the prince to go to Beijing to investigate? This is clearly a delaying strategy. As long as the prince follows the imperial edict, it will be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. He will have to fight or kill him."

King Ning stroked his beard and hummed, "I can see it naturally, two gentlemen, great masters. Do you think I should deal with it?"

Liu Yangzheng stamped his feet and said, "Prince, how can we deal with it now? Only the opposite is true!"

Ning Wang said: "We are not ready yet. How sure are we to rebel at this time?"

Li Dali was hypocritical and looked fairy-like in his Taoist outfit. He kept watching the reactions of several people coldly. At this time, he smiled slightly and said, "Prince, your conditions are not enough, but what about the court? The court is even more prepared. With the Japanese pirates and the Japanese pirates of the Tatars, the Bolangji, they all fought several battles in barbarian territory, exhausting the strength of the court. Now the court is at the end of its strength and has no more power to fight. Otherwise, why should we make such a bad decision and not send troops to attack but order a team of Jinyiwei to get people?

Besides, after more than a hundred decades of accumulation, the Ningwang Mansion has a wealth of mountains, which is enough to support a large number of money and food required for the army to fight for several years. Our military tents, leather armor, swords and guns and even the Folang machine cannons we secretly have made dozens of them, which can be said to be full of military strength and food.

The chieftains of Miao and She in Zhangzhou, Tingzhou and Nangan areas also formed an alliance with the prince, and they could become a powerful support if necessary. The prince was well-trained and had enough food, but the court was strong outside and worked on the inside. Now the situation is more beneficial than the "Yan King Jingnan" back then. Why should we worry about the big thing if we raise an army?"

As he said, his heart was like a knife. He had received the news of his father's defeat and murder. The Maitreya Cult has suffered a heavy blow. Not only were the backbone believers beaten up in one go, but the court was searching the world according to the list of these people. The Maitreya Cult said that seizing the country would only restore vitality, and it would not be possible without sixty or seventy years of land.

Now that King Ning is not able to win the world, he does not have the ability to seize it from him. However, if King Ning can succeed, the strength of the Maitreya Sect can take the opportunity to develop again. Then there may not be any chance in his lifetime. If King Ning fails, it will also seriously damage the Ming Dynasty. If fellow Taoists die, I will have nothing to do with him.

So he was full of hatred and wanted to use the sword of King Ning to avenge the Maitreya religion and his father.

When King Ning heard that he was very calm, he looked at the three powerful helpers with hope and asked, "Since that's the case, what advice do you have, and how should I do it?"

The three think tanks each pondered and began to come up with ideas for King Ning.

At present, taking advantage of the news from the court that had not yet reached, taking the initiative to launch an army was the only choice. Ning Wang had the three guards in his hands, plus the Hongying Society, Poyang Lake Water Pirates, and the local gang organization in Jiangxi. He had already arranged to buy the officers and soldiers of the local guard station, and could raise at least 50,000 troops. If he had another plan to lure the generals of the local area and force the officers and soldiers to join the gang, he would be able to concentrate nearly 80,000 troops. Such a force was enough to fight.

Nanchang is an isolated city with a single power and power. There is no room for development here. The only way out is to go north to take the capital and occupy Nanjing to rule the river with the court, and then Xutu two ways to dominate the world. After some consultation, Li Shishi concluded: "Prince, according to his subordinates. We can find an excuse to gather the officials of the Three Divisions of Jiangxi and the civil and military ministers, and then prosecute the Empress Dowager's edict to raise the army in the name of the emperor not the birth of the late emperor.

If there is someone who refuses to follow, he will be executed without mercy and take his seal to drive the officers and soldiers. If he goes directly to the capital, one will be a little risky when he goes deeper, and the other will be about to enter winter. It is not good for us to conquer the capital first. Nanjing has six ministries and nine ministers. As long as the prince takes Nanjing, he can ascend the throne to the emperor immediately and have half of the richest place in Jiangnan. When officials in various prefectures in Jiangnan saw that the prince was powerful and those who follow him would have many followers, we would have the ability to compete with Zhengde."

Ning Wang nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and Liu Yangzheng added: "Nanchang is our foundation. Here you can leave 10,000 or 20,000 people to defend the city. At the same time, it will be south of Jiangxi. With the help of the chieftains of Miao, She and other tribes, defend according to danger and set up a line of defense. This line of defense only defends but not attacks. As long as it can protect our foundation and cover us to attack the south, it will be possible."

Li Natural smiled and said, "In fact, Nanchang City is extremely strong. In the past, Zhu Wenzheng led an army of less than 10,000 people to defend this city and competed with Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops for three months. But what about now? Although the generals of the surrounding governments were Yang Ling's confidants, the Ming Dynasty had very strict control over the generals. Before the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to recruit generals to unify the army, they could only guard their own defense areas, and could not advance beyond the province.

Even if there are officials loyal to the court in Jiangxi, they will never be able to raise ten thousand soldiers. How to attack Nanchang? Nanchang City cannot be attacked. It is better to recruit those wolf soldiers who are good at fighting in the field to help us attack Nanjing."

King Ning was still very concerned about his hometown. The wealth he had accumulated was as rich as the country, but he could all be defeated here. How could he allow any mistakes? He shook his head and said, "It's inappropriate, inappropriate, Mr. Liu said so much. Nanchang must not allow any mistakes. I can take all the troops and horses of our troops to attack Nanjing. Only 5,000 soldiers are left here to defend the city. It is better for those chieftains to temporarily guard the southern line."

When Li Natural heard that he was willing to do all his troops and horses, he stopped talking. Several people discussed it and then left immediately. Li Natural was responsible for dispatching troops and dispatching generals, summoning the heroic leaders of the three mountains and five mountains to discuss matters, and preparing to rebel tomorrow. Liu Yangzheng went to prepare his own troops, armor, money and grain, and prepared to serve as military pay. Li Shishi went back and racked his brains to write a decree that was enough to cover a hundred thousand troops.

Ning Qiansui was the busiest. He ordered several stewards to copy and invite them together, and summoned officials from all departments of the Nanchang City Department to come for a banquet on the grounds of his concubine's birthday. He also wanted to meet with the confidant generals of the three guards' personal army and provide a secret ambush in the mansion tomorrow. At the same time, he asked people to recruit several ignorant prince brothers and nephews in his own country to unify their internal opinions and prepare to fight the brothers, father and son soldiers, and kill Xiao Zhengde.
Chapter completed!