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Chapter 246 Zhu Houzhao's Sao Operation 【Order】

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Li Dongyang on the side sighed softly, a solemn look flashed in his eyes and said: "The king of Anhua, Zhu Zhixuan, is rebellious!"

Li Huan was taken aback when he heard the words, and then a strange look appeared on his face.

To be honest, Li Huan still has some understanding of the major events during the Zhengde period. It is strange to say that, except for the clan rebellion during the Wenzong, Renzong, and Xuanzong years of the Ming Dynasty, there were really no clan rebellions during the other generations of emperors. .

However, during the reign of Emperor Wuzong and Zhu Houzhao, first Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu rebelled, and then King Ning rebelled. It can be said that in the Zhengde period alone, two clans conspired to rebel, which is quite rare.

Compared with King Ning, who was granted the title of King of Anhua, Zhu Zhixiu was much worse than King Ning.

Given the current situation of Ming Dynasty, it is extremely difficult to rebel, not to mention the Anhua king Zhu Zhixiu who is in the outskirts, even the king Ning who is in the south of the Yangtze River jumped out to rebel at this time, and he couldn't afford to rebel. A big storm is coming.

The only thing that surprised and puzzled Li Huan was that if he remembered correctly, King Anhua's reaction should have been in Zhengde for five years, but now it is only four years of Zhengde, how could King Anhua rebel ahead of time.

Just when Li Huan showed doubts, Li Dongyang looked at him with strange and strange eyes, as if King Anhua's rebellion had something to do with him.

When Li Huan came back to his senses, he naturally noticed the weird look Li Dongyang was looking at him at the first time.

Not only Li Dongyang, but even the British Duke Zhang Lun had a weird look on his face. If Li Huan couldn't react, then his reaction was too slow.

With a light cough, Li Huan said to Zhang Lun and Li Dongyang, "You two, why did King Anhua suddenly rebel?"

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and Li Dongyang and Zhang Lun stopped to look at the entrance of the hall.

I saw Liu Yu, Wang Yangming, Yang Tinghe and Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu coming hand in hand.

Several people hurried into the hall with expressions.

Yang Tinghe subconsciously looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Shoufu, Your Majesty called urgently, but is there anything urgent?"

Li Dongyang glanced at a few people, and said slowly: "It was only [-] miles away, and the king of Anhua, Zhu Zhiyu, rebelled."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, with astonishment on their faces.

It's fine for others to rebel, but as the clan of the Ming Dynasty, how could King Anhua rebel suddenly? Besides, King Anhua is just an ordinary clan prince in the locality. He doesn't have much power, so how can he have the ability? Rebellion.

If King Qin, King Jin, and King Ning rebelled, it would be a bit of a joke. The key point is that King Anhua, who was sealed in the border area, also jumped out to rebel, which would be too surprising.

But after everyone confirmed that it was King Anhua's rebellion, they let go of their original hanging hearts.

It's not that everyone doesn't pay much attention to the clan's rebellion, it's just that all the people present are the central ministers of Daming, and they have a detailed understanding of Daming.

They knew very well that no matter how King Anhua rebelled and what basis they had, it was absolutely impossible to cause any disturbances. As long as the Ming court responded properly, the mere rebellion of King Anhua would be a matter of course.

"His Majesty is here"

With a sharp voice, Zhu Houzhao walked in with a solemn expression.

After glancing at the crowd, Zhu Houzhao waved his hands before waiting for the ceremony, sat down and looked at the crowd and said, "It's an urgent matter to summon your family here right now."

Speaking of which, Zhu Hou took a look at Li Dongyang and Zhang Lun, and then said: "I think everyone already knows by now that the Ningxia frontier army was bewitched by Anhua King Zhu Zhixie and rebelled."

Stroking his beard, Yang Tinghe bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, you know why King Anhua rebelled, and why the frontier soldiers in Ningxia Town were bewitched by him."

This is the key point. After all, everyone in the world knows that the rebellion is an act of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan, especially the frontier soldiers from a town in Ningxia, Ming Dynasty.

These frontier soldiers must be aware of the consequences of the rebellion, but these people participated in it, so if there is no reason for it, no one will believe it.

It is said that the government forces the people to rebel, but if there are rebellions among the people, nine out of ten it is because of the government's persecution too much. Then this time, as the clan prince, Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu rebelled, and the main force was the frontier soldiers, which is different from the people. It would be strange if there was no reason for the rebellion.

Zhu Houzhao handed a secret memorial to Li Dongyang, the chief assistant, with a blank expression on his face, "This is the three-sided governor Yang Yiqing's urgent secret memorial for [-] miles. Please take a look, gentlemen."

Just looking at Zhu Houzhao's expression, everyone's hearts sank. Could it be that there is something hidden in this secret performance.

Li Dongyang took the secret music first, opened it and glanced at ten lines, a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

Soon the secret melody passed through everyone's hands, and the hall was quiet, with a bit of astonishment on everyone's faces.

Li Huan smiled wryly. In history, the rebellion of Anhua king Zhu Zhixiu was to use the side of the Qing emperor to eradicate Liu Jin's banner. The reason why Anhua Zhu Zhiyu was able to get the support of the soldiers of Ningxia town to raise the flag to rebel was also thanks to Liu Jin's New Deal. gifted.

Unexpectedly, Liu Jin went through the previous experience. She walked before the gate of hell, but her actions became more and more radical.

If the New Deal implemented by Liu Jin can really be carried out and is not distorted by the officials below, then it will naturally be a policy that benefits the country and the people.

It's a pity that the new policy implemented by Liu Jin is good, but the key executive officials did not implement it according to Liu Jin's requirements.

In one place in Ningxia, Liu Jin sent officials to check the fields of the guards and collect land taxes. As a result, the officials sent to the localities took advantage of the opportunity to amass a lot of money. The soldiers who were embezzled by the officials were also extorted by the officials, and they were inexplicably charged with the so-called grain tax.

Thanks to these officials, almost eighty to ninety percent of the soldiers in Ningxia Town were directly angered by these officials.

On weekdays, they were struggling to make ends meet, but now, Liu Jin implemented the New Deal. Not only did they not get any benefits, but they were targeted everywhere, which completely drove them to a dead end.

In addition, Zhu Zhiyu, the king of Anhua, who was already quite ambitious, had always dreamed of Jingnan's sweet dream. If there is no chance, Zhu Zhiyu's dream is just to think about it.

However, Liu Jin's implementation of the New Deal directly shook the hearts of tens of thousands of guards and frontier soldiers in Ningxia Town.

Especially at this time, several civil servants around King Anhua advised Zhu Zhixiu to follow the example of Emperor Wenzong and set up an army to calm the situation. Hooked up together.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Zhengde, that is, the day of Li Huan's wedding, Zhu Zhiyu held a banquet in the palace, entertaining officials of all sizes in the city, and took the opportunity to attack.

During the banquet, Zhu Zhixiu killed Jiang Han, the general officer of Ningxia, Li Zeng, the eunuch, Deng Guang and others, seized the seal from Jiang Han, and ordered all the troops in Ningxia to formally raise the flag to rebel.

In the main hall, all the people looked so weird after watching Yang Yiqing's report of the whole story of Zhu Zhijiu's rebellion.

In particular, Yang Yiqing mentioned in the secret memorial that Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion in Ningxia was under the banner of killing Liu Jin on the side of the Qing emperor.

Zhu Houzhao sat there, watching the expressions and reactions of the crowd.

At this time, Liu Jin, who came out from Zhu Houzhao and followed behind Zhu Houzhao, fell to the ground with a look of fear and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, I really don't know."

What makes people sit at home, disaster comes from heaven.

It never occurred to Liu Jin that because of his own implementation of the New Deal, the Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu would rebel, and he died wronged.

His policy is completely beneficial to the country and the people. Why did it become a forceful rebellion against the tyranny of the soldiers in the border towns when it reached the local level?

Zhu Houzhao just glanced at Liu Jin indifferently, ignored Liu Jin, but said to the crowd: "Let's talk about it, the king of Anhua, Zhu Zhiyu, how should the court deal with it?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and soon Li Dongyang stepped forward and said: "Return to your majesty, according to the report of the governor of the three sides, Yang Yiqing, King Anhua rebelled, and the number of soldiers he brought was actually not many. There are tens of thousands of troops in a town in Ningxia, but there are no more than ten thousand rebels following King Anhua."

A stern look flashed in Li Dongyang's eyes and he said: "You can order the governor of the three sides, Yang Yiqing, to personally dispatch troops from the three sides to put down Zhu Zhijiu's conspiracy."

Liu Yu, Yang Tinghe and others nodded upon hearing this.

Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu got the support of some border guards to conspire against him. It seems dangerous, but it's not that scary when you think about it.

If it is said that the government is forcing the people to rebel, it means that the rebels are very likely to sweep across the area in a short period of time, pulling tens of thousands or even 10,000+ soldiers.

However, Zhu Zhixiu did not get the support of the common people, but only seduced and attracted some soldiers who were persecuted by the New Deal and whose interests were damaged. It seemed that the threat was not small, but in fact, he was really not regarded as a serious problem by the people present.

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, just looking at Zhu Houzhao's expression and reaction, it can be seen that Zhu Houzhao is actually full of confidence in his heart, and he is not very flustered.

With a glance, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan.

Even Li Huan's expression was quite dignified, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but asked Li Huan curiously when he saw this, "Li Huanqing's family, do you have any different opinions?"

Li Huan, who was meditating, was suddenly named by the emperor, and came back to his senses. At the same time, Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang and others all looked at Li Huan one after another.

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Huan said with a somewhat solemn expression: "Returning to Your Majesty, I was just thinking that there is nothing wrong with the proposal of Lord Chief Assistant. Soldiers and horses, it is not difficult to put down Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "Then why does Li Qingyou look so solemn? Could there be some worries?"

Li Dongyang stroked his beard and looked at Li Huan and said, "Captain Li, the matter is very important. If you really have any worries, just speak up."

Although the big guys don't regard Zhu Zhixie's treason as a serious problem in their hearts, but no matter what it is, it is the clan's treason, so naturally they have to be cautious.

Looking at Li Huan's reaction now, Li Dongyang, who was sure that Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion could be put down easily, felt a little confused for some reason.

If it is true that Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion cannot be put down in a short period of time, not to mention the harm it will bring to Ming Dynasty if the rebellion lasts for a long time, even he, the chief minister of the cabinet, may leave a disgraceful mark in the history books. .

After all, at that time, the history books will not only record the rebellion of the clan during the reign of the emperor Zhu Houzhao, but also his chief assistant will also leave a notoriety.

Li Huan took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "Everyone, I was just wondering if there is any other help behind Zhu Zhijiu's rebellion?"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, and Liu Yu said subconsciously: "Teacher Li, you mean to say that someone is behind Zhu Zhijiu's rebellion?"

The faces of everyone present changed slightly.

Even Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting there, had an ugly expression on his face.

If there are really officials involved in it, the meaning will be very different.

After all, it was just a rebellion by the clan colluding with the persecuted frontier army, and the nature is not too serious, but if it is really as Li Huan said, there are people or a force behind Zhu Zhijiu's rebellion , the nature is much worse.

Especially Zhu Houzhao, who is the son of heaven, seemed to think of the fact that he almost died last year, and a stern look flashed in his eyes.

"Li Qing, tell me, who is behind Zhu Zhijiu's conspiracy?"

You can tell Zhu Houzhao's mood at this moment just by seeing Zhu Houzhao's body tense, leaning forward slightly, and a murderous air permeating the air.

Seeing this, Li Huan coughed lightly, shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty has misunderstood what I mean. What I am worried about is whether King Anhua has colluded with the Tatars."

As soon as Li Huan said this, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

You must know that they were quite frightened just now.

A few days ago, Li Huan personally sat in the town to oversee the beheading, but the number of people killed was overwhelming. On that day, it seemed that half of the capital was filled with a bloody smell.

How long has passed, but Li Huan actually suspects that someone or a force is supporting King Anhua's rebellion behind his back. If the emperor really believes it, who knows what kind of uproar it will cause.

I'm afraid that at that time, people like them will be in panic all day long.

But now that Li Huan mentioned the Tatars, everyone felt a little relieved, and at the same time they all looked awe-inspiring.

They really only thought about Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu before, but they ignored the matter of whether Anhua King had anyone to help him.

Even if there is no one in the court or in the local area to help King Anhua, but don't forget that the place where King Anhua is located is the border town of Ningxia.

And the border town of Ningxia is adjacent to the grassland. If it is said that King Anhua colluded with the Tatars, it is not impossible.

It is even said that this possibility is very large.

They did not forget that Li Huan led the army to sweep away the two tribes of the Tatars years ago. Because of the weather, the Tatars could not send out the army in the cold winter. Retaliation could come at any time.

Then it is a matter of course that the Tatars and King Anhua colluded with each other.

Zhu Houzhao's tense body relaxed slightly, but his expression was still dignified, at least much more solemn than before. He looked at Li Huan and said, "It's not that Li Qing is worried about this possibility."

It is true that King Anhua alone cannot cause any trouble, but if the Tatars are added, it will be in big trouble.

The Tatars were Ming's formidable opponents. Since the battle of Tumubao, all the emperors of Ming Dynasty dared not underestimate the aliens on the grassland.

"Li Qing, do you think the Tatars really colluded with King Anhua?"

Being stared at by the emperor, Li Huan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know, I just assumed the worst possible situation. Only King Anhua and those high-ranking rebels know about it."

Speaking of this, Li Huan's expression became serious, and he said with a bit of solemnity: "But no matter what, we have to be on guard against this. It's fine if King Anhua didn't collude with the Tatars. If the other party really Colluding with the Tatars, then the border towns may really be in big trouble."

Needless to say, Li Huan, everyone present was also aware of this.

If Li Huan did not mention the threat of the Tatars, according to Li Dongyang's countermeasures, he ordered Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides, to mobilize elite troops from the three sides to put down Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion.

In that case, if the elite soldiers from the three sides were transferred to quell Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion, the defensive forces in the border towns would be greatly emptied.

But at this time, once the Tatars invaded in large numbers, I am afraid that the defense of the three sides will be broken at a touch, and the Tatar army will surely cross the Great Wall and go southward like a torrent.

Wang Yangming said solemnly: "The elite soldiers on the three sides must not move lightly, otherwise, once the Tatars take the opportunity to invade, it will be too late for regret!"

Li Dongyang frowned and said: "But King Anhua's rebellion must be put down in the shortest possible time, otherwise, if it cannot be put down, Daming will be in turmoil."

The meaning hidden in Li Dongyang's words is so unclear to everyone, and now it's just an Anhua king who jumped out to rebel. If the court can't even put down an Anhua king, who knows if there are any clans in those places? Ambitious people took the opportunity to jump out.

After all, there is a precedent for Emperor Wenzong in Ming Dynasty to successfully calm Nan. Since Emperor Wenzong was able to successfully calm Nan, it is difficult to guarantee that no one in the clan wants to follow Emperor Wenzong.

Don't underestimate the greed of the human heart, that is the supreme position in the world, and there are successful examples, even if a few princes really pop up to rebel, it is not uncommon.

Didn't you see that not many years after King Anhua conspired against him, King Ning jumped out to rebel. Isn't it because he lacks the heart to spy on the supreme position!

While speaking, Li Dongyang looked at Li Huan and said, "Captain Li, do you have any countermeasures?"

Don't look at Li Huan's serious expression, but from the beginning until now, Li Huan has always been calm and calm, as if he had expected the current situation and didn't have the slightest worry.

Hearing Li Dongyang's question, even Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan, with a hint of hope in his eyes.

Li Huan has never done anything uncertain, and Li Huan has never disappointed him, so Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan at this moment.

Li Huan saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Did your majesty forget that I was ordered to go to Shaanxi to inspect and relieve the victims last year, and I asked your majesty for orders. On the spot, the young and strong were conscripted into the Beijing camp..."

Before Li Huan finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting there, his eyes lit up suddenly, his face was full of surprise, he stood up and said: "I understand, Li Qing, you mean that you are staying in Shandi." Is it the [-] troops that were drilled?"

Not only Zhu Houzhao, but also everyone in the cabinet, Zhu Fu and Zhang Lun also reacted after being taken aback.

How could they not know about Li Huan making such a big commotion in Shaanxi.

Especially when Li Huan returned to Beijing, he brought back [-] soldiers and horses from Shaanxi. Although the [-] soldiers and horses were not elite soldiers, they were all young and strong.

At that time they also heard that Li Huan had recruited [-] troops in Shaanxi, but only kept [-] in Shaanxi. In fact, all the civil and military officials in the court knew about this.

After all, the roster of the [-] troops was registered in the Beijing camp, and the imperial court had to allocate military salaries every year.

It's just that the Beijing camp has always been stationed in the capital, so the big guys subconsciously forgot that there are still [-] soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Beijing camp in Shaanxi.

If it weren't for Li Huan's mention, they really would have never imagined that the imperial court would have such a large army to dispatch in the three sides.

Thinking of the existence of this army, Li Dongyang, the chief assistant who was originally looking sad, and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, Li Qing stationed that army in Shaanxi, but now that I think about it, it was a clever move."

A full [-] soldiers and horses who have been training for more than half a year can not only mobilize part of the troops to quell the rebellion of King Anhua at this time, but also support the governor of the three sides Yang Yiqing and strengthen the defense forces of the three sides.

It's fine if the Tatars don't come, even if it's a real big army, with such a team of soldiers and horses to help, at least the court doesn't have to worry that the three sides will be easily broken by the Tatars.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao's expression was straightened, he turned to Li Huan with serious eyes and said, "Li Qing stepped forward to listen to the order!"

Li Huan's expression became serious when he heard the words, he strode forward, bowed to Zhu Houzhao, and said in a deep voice, "The minister is here!"

Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan, his eyes were full of trust, and he said slowly: "Li Qing, I named you a mighty general, the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, responsible for quelling the rebellion of King Anhua."

Li Huan couldn't help being stunned, inexplicably feeling that Zhu Houzhao's title of the so-called mighty general to him was somewhat familiar, and subconsciously raised his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao.

Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming, Zhu Fu, Zhang Lun and others on the side were also stunned at the moment, looking at Zhu Houzhao stupidly, obviously confused by Zhu Houzhao's operation.

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