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Chapter 454 The Tranquil North

After reading the secret letter, Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng showed a bit of excitement on their faces. They raised their heads and said to King Ning: "My lord, the purpose of the emperor's summoning of the lord and his family to Beijing is self-evident. Your lord, you have done it!"

King Ning nodded and said: "That's right, this king will never throw himself into a trap, he wants to call this king to the capital, so of course this king will not do what he wants!"

While speaking, King Ning looked at Li Shishi, Liu Yangzheng and the others and said, "Since the Son of Heaven is unkind to me, don't blame me."

Seeing King Ning said in a deep voice: "This king intends to hold high the banner, and Qing Jun is on his side. I don't know what you think!"

As soon as King Ning finished speaking, everyone in the hall stood up together, bowed to King Ning with excitement on their faces, and said, "This subordinate is willing to swear to die to follow the lord, and to die for the lord!"

Seeing the allegiance of all present, King Ning felt as if he had reached the pinnacle of his life, and he couldn't help laughing out of joy in his heart: "Okay, okay, the lonely king has the help of all the kings, and he will definitely be able to enter The capital, won the big position."

Zhu Gongxi at the side also said to King Ning: "Father will definitely win the throne. My Ning family has endured for hundreds of years, and now I can finally regain the throne that belongs to our Ning family!"

King Ning said sternly: "What my son said is true, this throne already has half of my lineage of King Ning, and now it's our turn to sit in this great Ming dynasty."

King Ning got up slowly, glanced over the crowd present, and heard King Ning say in a deep voice, "Li Shishi!"

When Li Shishi heard that King Ning was the first to name him, he was overjoyed and said, "The minister is here!"

The inadvertent change in title represents a change in Li Shishi's mentality.

King Ning was obviously quite satisfied with the change in Li Shishi's title, looked at Li Shishi and said: "Mr. Gu Wangfeng is the military advisor of Gu Zhi, and is responsible for making suggestions for Gu Zhi."

Li Shishi said in a deep voice: "I will definitely live up to Your Highness!"

"Liu Yangzheng!"

Liu Yangzheng also got up and greeted King Ning.

But King Ning said to Liu Yangzheng: "The allocation of food, fodder, ordnance and other materials needed by the Qing emperor for the lonely army is all entrusted to the gentleman!"

Liu Yangzheng said solemnly: "My lord, don't worry, I will do my best to ensure the supply of food, fodder and ordnance for the army!"

When King Ning's eyes fell on Wang Lun, Li Fu and others, these people looked at King Ning eagerly.

In the past, Wang Lun was only the commander of a local guard station, with only a few thousand troops under his command. However, since he took refuge in King Ning, Wang Lun only felt that he had found a wise master. There are tens of thousands of people and horses.

As for Li Fu and others, let alone Li Fu, for example, Li Fu was just a bandit who turned into a bandit. Because he was quite famous among the bandits, he was wooed and surrendered by King Ning, and now he has turned into a bandit. A general under King Ning's command.

Looking at Li Fu, Wang Lun and other generals, King Ning said in high spirits: "Everyone, I will give you three days. No matter what method you use, you must raise an army of 10 for this king. This king conquered Nanjing City."

Li Fu, Wang Lun and the others were naturally very excited when they heard the words, and each of them bowed to King Ning with excited expressions in their eyes and said: "The last general will definitely live up to the high expectations of the prince! I am willing to do my best for the prince!"

After King Ning had arranged the affairs, he turned to Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng and said, "Mr. Yi, is there anything else that should be paid attention to in the arrangement of the lonely king?"

Li Shishi stroked his beard, looked like a wise man, heard the words; his face showed a bit of a smile and said: "My lord has made arrangements, but I have a suggestion, I hope my lord will consider it."

King Ning looked at Li Shishi and said, "Sir, just be blunt."

A cold light flashed in Li Shishi's eyes and said: "My lord has one more thing to do before he raises the flag of righteousness and turns to Qingjun!"

King Ning showed some doubts on his face, and looked at Li Shishi with some puzzlement.

Li Shishi said indifferently: "If the prince wants to completely control Nanchang Mansion, he should quickly kill Jiangxi Governor Sun Sui and Deputy Procurator Xu Kui, and eradicate those who are loyal to the imperial court in Nanchang Mansion!"

Although it is said that King Ning has won people's hearts in Nanchang Mansion for many years, and officials, large and small, have used a lot of people for his bribes, but in the final analysis, the world is a big world after all. Even if King Ning has won many officials, there are still people in Nanchang Mansion Many officials are loyal to the court.

Of course, because Zhu Houzhao supported Li Huan's reform, the emperor was disliked by many officials in the world. Under such circumstances, many officials who were loyal to the emperor in the past changed their attitudes drastically, and were even wooed by King Ning.

It can be said that in Nanchang Mansion, there are not many officials who are truly loyal to the court, but it does not mean that there are none.

Not to mention other things, let’s just say that Jiangxi governor Sun Sui, deputy envoy Xu Kui and other officials are loyal to the imperial court. Headed by these officials, many officials are dedicated to their duties, governing one side for the imperial court, and also supervise Ning Wang’s mansion responsibilities.

In fact, the imperial court's supervision of the local clan has never been slack. Officials in these places have the duty to supervise the local clan.

Therefore, as soon as Li Shishi opened his mouth, he asked King Ning to remove Sun Sui, Xu Kui and other officials who were loyal to the court.

It can be said that as long as Sun Sui, Xu Kui and other officials are eradicated, even though there are still loyal officials in the huge Nanchang Mansion, without the leader, obviously there will be no troubles.

When King Ning heard this, he clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Okay, what you said is very true, King Gu almost forgot about it."

While speaking, King Ning's eyes fell on his son Zhu Gongxi, he pondered for a while and then said: "My lord, please go quickly to invite Sun Sui, Xu Kui and other officials on my behalf, and say that this king I got a new treasure, I am in a great mood, and I want to invite them to the palace to appreciate the treasure!"

Zhu Gongxi heard the words and said: "Father, don't worry, my son will go now, and Sun Sui, Xu Kui and others will be invited into the palace!"

King Ning nodded slightly, and after Zhu Gongxi left in a hurry, he turned his eyes to the burly thief Yang Qing and said, "General Yang Qing, you will lead the guards of the palace. After Sun Sui, Xu Kui and other officials enter the palace, the next Take it for me in no time."

Yang Qing was shocked and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will wake up eventually!"

In the fifth year of Zhengde, in June, King Ning Zhu Chenhao trapped and killed Jiangxi governor Sun Sui, deputy envoy Xu Kui and other officials of more than ten people in the palace. The officials of the Qing Dynasty issued a side note to the world, raised the flag of righteousness, and raised troops to seek rebellion.

The news of King Ning's rebellion spread across the world following King Ning's proclamation on the side of the Qing emperor, shaking half of the Ming Dynasty, and suddenly the huge Jiangnan land was shaken, and undercurrents surged.

Compared with the undercurrents in the south, the northern land of Daming is obviously much quieter.

Not to mention the invasion of the Tatars last year, Beifang has already experienced a turmoil, but Li Huan took this opportunity to integrate the soldiers and horses of the border towns and several northern provinces.

Nowadays, the imperial court's control over the soldiers and horses in the northern land is absolutely as stable as Mount Tai. In addition, the capital is located in the northern land, and hundreds of thousands of troops coerce the entire northern land. It can be said that even though some people have ulterior motives, no one dares to Taking the lead in the northern land, it is really a display for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp who have seen blood.

The southern land is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it may not be able to feel the coercion brought by the hundreds of thousands of elite troops, but the northern provinces are under the leadership of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the capital camp, but if there is a slight disturbance , the custodial army is pressed down like Mount Tai, and no one can expect any waves.

Capital
In the Jinyiwei yamen, Li Huan sat in the Jinyiwei yamen as always.

Following the announcement of the emperor's intention to summon King Ning's family to the capital, Li Huan had already ordered Jin Yiwei to strengthen the supervision of Nanchang City.

On this day, Li Huan was looking through the information compiled by Jin Yiwei, when suddenly he saw a figure walking quickly.

Chen Ke rushed over with an urgent secret report with a look of horror on his face. When he saw Li Huan, he couldn't help but said: "My lord, the urgent secret report is eight hundred miles away from Nanchang Mansion."

Although the secret report has not been opened, Chen Ke, as one of the most powerful figures in Jinyiwei's yamen, is very aware of many secrets in Prince Ning's Mansion in Nanchang Mansion.

It is not a secret that King Ning has the heart of disobedience among the high-level executives of the Jinyiwei Yamen. Coupled with the emperor's decree not long ago, Chen Ke naturally paid attention to the reaction of Nanchang Mansion.

Now that the urgent secret report from eight hundred li is coming, it must be something happened in Nanchang Mansion, otherwise, the Jinyiwei personnel in Nanchang Mansion would never send out such an urgent secret report.

Li Huan just nodded slightly when he heard the words, took the secret report and opened it, glanced at ten lines, and couldn't help showing a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "He finally couldn't help it!"

Chen Ke, who was standing by the side, couldn't help saying to Li Huan: "My lord, could it be that..."

As if he knew what Chen Ke wanted to ask, Li Huan nodded at Chen Ke and said, "That's right, King Ning is rebellious!"

Even though he was mentally prepared, Chen Ke still couldn't help being shocked when he heard the news of King Ning's rebellion.

This is the rebellion of the local vassal kings, especially the current King Ning who is rebelling. King Ning is no more rebellious than King Anhua Zhu Zhiyu. After all, the influence of King Zhu Zhiyu of Anhua is much worse than that of King Ning.

If it is said that Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu's rebellion can affect at most one province, then Ning Wang's rebellion can affect several provinces.

Chen Ke took a deep breath, and said with a dignified expression: "My lord, King Ning's rebellion, I'm afraid most of the south of the Yangtze River will be disturbed by it..."

Seeing Chen Ke's worried look, Li Huan smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, everything is within my expectation."

While speaking, Li Huan got up and took the secret note and said: "Give me an order to immediately dispatch some elite Jinyiwei personnel to go to the south of the Yangtze River. You must find out the southern land for me. Who are the people who are flirting with King Ning? Pass song."

Chen Kedang immediately said: "Your subordinates will make arrangements now!"

In the imperial city, when Li Huan saw the Son of Heaven, his first words were: "Your Majesty, King Ning is rebellious!"

Zhu Houzhao, who was drawing a bow and shooting arrows on the small school field, suddenly shot an arrow out of the air, and the next moment, he saw the arrow target dozens of feet away explode with a bang.

There was a cold light in his eyes, and Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in a strong outfit, was not surprised at all. He looked at Li Huan and said, "After all, it is my kindness. If I send someone to directly lock Naning King into the capital..."

Li Huan looked at the Son of Heaven and said: "Your Majesty should know that King Ning has objections in his heart. No matter what His Majesty does, he will eventually rebel. Even His Majesty cannot avoid this turmoil."

Zhu Houzhao showed a wry smile on his face and said: "Yes, as you said, Li Qing, this is not only the personal ambition of King Ning, but also the counterattack of a large number of conservative people against the New Deal. This turmoil cannot be avoided anyway. .”

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao cheered up and said, "If there are no accidents, the court will receive the news of King Ning's rebellion in a long time."

For such a big event, although Jin Yiwei's information transmission speed is extremely fast, the court will not be too slow. After all, it involves a local king's rebellion, no one dares to neglect, and the news will definitely be sent at the fastest speed Passed to the capital.

Casually throwing the bow and arrow in his hand to Qiu Ju who was serving at the side, Zhu Houzhao walked towards the imperial study while cleaning his hands, and at the same time ordered Gao Feng and others: "Declarate my will, and immediately call the cabinet ministers, six ministries, All the governors of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion, British Duke, Cheng Guogong and others enter the palace to have an audience!"

As he said that, Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan who was at the side and said, "Li Qing, is there anything else you want to add?"

Li Huan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty handled it properly, I have nothing to add."

On the official road, several riders came galloping with the flag board of [-] miles on their backs. Wherever they passed along the way, everyone who saw them avoided, and no one dared to obstruct the messenger who was speeding past.

"Eight hundred miles, hurry up, dodge quickly!"

Accompanied by shouts and shouts, several cavalry galloped in, and entered the capital directly under the astonished eyes of the gatekeepers of the capital.

These cavalry scattered immediately, some rushed to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, some rushed to the Mansion of the Governor of the Five Armies, and some rushed to the direction of the imperial city.

In front of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the galloping cavalry dismounted from their horses, panting and shouting: "Eight hundred miles, hurry up, King Ning is plotting rebellion..."

Originally, the courier came galloping on horseback, coupled with the eight-hundred-mile urgent sign, it was already eye-catching enough, at least the officials at the gate of the yamen.

But when the courier shouted the words of King Ning's rebellion, many people were taken aback, with disbelief on their faces.

The messenger didn't care about the people at the gate of the yamen who were stunned by the news of King Ning's rebellion, but rushed into the yamen while panting heavily.

Su Ping, the left servant of the Ministry of War, was on duty in the yamen as usual, looking through official documents, when suddenly he heard noises from outside.

[Those who have a monthly pass will be smashed. 】

(End of this chapter)