Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 176
While the capital was struggling with the Mongolian issue, the mountains and rivers in the southeast of Daming were still as beautiful as picturesque scrolls, especially the rivers that flowed quietly.

The old county of Yuzhang, the new mansion of Hongdu.The star is divided into Yizhen, and the ground is connected to Henglu.Take the three rivers and lead the five lakes, control the wild Jing and lead Ouyue.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was here that the famous Hongdu Defense Battle took place. It was one of the most famous defense battles in China, and Hongdu is the current city of Nanchang.

Nanchang City is 7.2 kilometers long, with a height of two feet and nine feet, a thickness of two feet and one foot, and a depth of one foot and one foot. There are seven gates in total, namely Desheng Gate, Yonghe Gate, Huhua Gate, Jinxian Gate, Huimin Gate, Guangrunmen and Zhangjiangmen.

Since Nanchang City is located on the side of the Ganjiang River, the downstream is Poyang Lake, and the mouth of Poyang Lake can enter the Yangtze River, so the waterway transportation here is very developed.

At the end of May, Nanchang is full of greenery, and the Ganjiang River flows quietly from south to north, with boats coming and going on the river.

Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, wearing a third-rank official uniform, led all the officials of Nanchang Mansion to the pier, looking towards the north of the Ganjiang River, because the imperial envoy was about to arrive.

"Shouldn't the imperial court escort Wang Hua to Beijing to await trial?"

"Wang Hua's fate is hard! The great victory in southern Jiangxi, the court's treatment will naturally be softer!"

"It's thanks to him having a good son. I heard that the idea of ​​suppressing the bandits is all his son's idea!"

"His son is courageous in doing things, but young people tend to be reckless and leave Zhu Yanghe's daughter behind and go back to Ganzhou!"

……

Next to Li Ang were Jiangxi Zuo Buzheng Xu Huai, Jiangxi Dusidu Commander Liu Jun, and Jiangxi Inspectorate Chen Yonghao. Since they were far away from the group of officials behind them, they talked here without any scruples.

In their plan, as long as the Jiangxi local officials join forces, it will be very easy to get rid of Wang Hua, the governor of southern Jiangxi who was parachuted by the imperial court.

It's just that the great victory in southern Jiangxi disrupted their deployment.It was supposed to be Wang Hua who was arrested and sent to Beijing to await trial. As a result, the great victory in southern Jiangxi gave Wang Hua a sudden political bargaining chip, which caused the imperial court to send imperial envoys here this time.

"Don't mess up your position. Now Wang Hua's deduction of military pay is conclusive evidence. No matter whether the imperial court arrests Wang Hua and goes to Beijing, or sends imperial envoys to investigate the case, we only need to report the truth!" Li Ang looked at the already The surface of the river, which is moving and still, seems to be well-planned and authentic.

He was a Jinshi in Jingtai for five years. Although he may not have the chance to enter the central government organization in this life, he has more experience and skills than anyone else in the management of local forces.

Thanks to the support of Xu Pu, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, most of the officials in Jiangxi are now gathered under his command.As long as Wang Hua is charged with embezzlement of military pay, even if Wang Hua has the military merit of the Great Victory in Southern Jiangxi, it is nothing more than a balance of merit and demerit.

At that time, Jiangxi still belonged to Jiangxi, and the emperor's plan to intervene in Jiangxi through the Beijing officials may have ended without a problem.

At this time, an official ship became more and more clear, and the dragon flag hanging on the bow looked very bright, hunting in the river wind.

"coming!"

"coming!"

"The imperial envoy is here!"

……

Jiangxi officials are almost all authentic local officials, and they have rarely come into contact with imperial envoys in their lives, so they all appear excited and authentic.

Of course, they also had other thoughts, and wanted to win over the imperial envoy's stay in Nanchang, and perform well to leave a good impression on the imperial envoy.

In the future, maybe this imperial envoy will suddenly think of him, so that he can be promoted to another level, or even directly introduced as a confidant.

Why can Li Ang be distinguished?This is not because he embraced the thigh of Xu Pu, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and became the most powerful person in Jiangxi from a small county magistrate.

Come so fast, who is this imperial envoy?
Li Ang, governor of Jiangxi, looked at the flying dragon flag and couldn't help but feel curious.

There are not many officials who have the same thoughts, because they only know that the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to Jiangxi, but they did not directly explain who they sent, and the imperial envoy came faster than everyone expected.

The water is exhausted and the cold pool is clear, the smoke is condensed and the mountains are purple at dusk.

Luo Xia and Lone Frog fly together, the autumn water is always the same.

……

That tall dragon boat seemed to rush out of the fog, drawing a wave on the calm river, and soon moored slowly at the pier.

The imperial guard led by Lu Song stood on the deck, looking extremely majestic at the moment.

After the battle of Yangzhou, they can be said to be famous, and wherever they went, local officials were uneasy.After all, they killed too many people.

"The lower official Li Ang, the left deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, led the Jiangxi officials to welcome the envoy to Nanchang!" Jiangxi Governor Li Ang immediately led the officials to welcome him.

Wearing a second-rank official uniform, Wang Yue came to the deck, condescendingly looked down at the officials kneeling on the pier and said indifferently: "My colleagues, please forgive me!"

what?
Wang Yue?

Jiangxi Right Chief Envoy Qin Minyue followed everyone to thank the gift, but stood up and looked up at Wang Yue who appeared on the deck, and was dumbfounded.

Others may not recognize Wang Yue, but I was the inspector of Huguang a few years ago. When Wang Yue was exiled to Anlu, he visited Wang Yue several times.

Now seeing that the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court turned out to be the famous king beheaded, I couldn't help feeling flustered.

Wang Yue?Wang beheaded?

There were dozens of Jiangxi officials present, not only the Jiangxi right chief envoy Qin Minyue recognized Wang Yue, but also several officials who had also met Wang Yue, and they couldn't believe it.

How could it be Wang Yue?

Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, did not meet Wang Yue, but when he learned that the imperial envoy in front of him was the famous Wang Yue, he couldn't help but panic, and at the same time, he felt a deep confusion.

Everyone in the world knows that Wang Yue is the Prime Minister of Yanzheng, why did the court suddenly send Wang Yue to Jiangxi, and it was still dealing with a mere case of a thousand taels of silver? Could it be that Wang Yue was relegated again?

Lu Song, a member of Jinyiwei's hundred households, turned his head and glanced at Wang Yue, and immediately raised the imperial decree in his hand and said loudly: "Jiangxi officials listen to the decree!"

"My respectful greetings to Sheng An!"

"Saint Gong'an!"

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: In ancient times, the sage kings ruled the world relying on virtuous ministers. Since Zhou Zhao came down, there were Yan Ying, Baili Xi, and Sun Shuao. In the Han Dynasty, there were Xiao He and Cao Shen. The ministers are the rulers, and the world is governed... The land of Ganpo, Jiangxi, is worthy of the national line, and the position is especially important, and I attach great importance to it. Specially, the left deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wang Yue, patrolled and hunted on behalf of me to observe the people's sentiments, rectify the government, and act cheaply. Wherever he went, such as I kiss you, I respect you!"

Hunting on my behalf?Play cheap?
Commander Liu Jun of the Jiangxi capital and Chen Yonghao, the inspector of Jiangxi Province, couldn't help but look at each other. In their expectation, the imperial court sent imperial envoys to investigate Wang Hua's embezzlement of military pay.

It is not difficult to see between the lines that the emperor is dissatisfied with Jiangxi's officialdom, and it is better to say that he is rectifying Jiangxi's officialdom than to investigate Wang Huake's deduction of military pay.

But...they didn't seem to have revealed any flaws, and Wang Hua's deduction of military pay is also well documented.

"It's over! The imperial court must know!" Jiangxi Zuo Buzheng Xu Huai has a very keen political sensitivity. After hearing this imperial decree, Dang even felt that a catastrophe was imminent.

cough!
Seeing that Xu Huai's psychological quality was so poor, Li Ang, governor of Jiangxi Province, coughed and gave him a restless look.

Although the matter is indeed out of his control, he is confident that with his own ingenuity and so many years of operating in Jiangxi, he will be able to easily deal with this outsider.

Even if this is the world-famous beheaded king, it can only be regarded as a mighty dragon at best.

After clarifying his identity, Wang Yue cast his eyes on Jiangxi Governor Li Ang and asked calmly, "Governor Li, are you convicted?"

This……

The Jiangxi chief envoy, Zhu Yanghe and other officials couldn't help being stunned, but they didn't expect that the imperial envoy would point the finger at Li Ang just after he arrived, and they all looked at Wang Yue in puzzlement.

"Master Imperial Envoy, I don't know what you mean by this? What is my crime?" Jiangxi Governor Li Ang never thought that Wang Yue would point the finger at him, so he responded forcefully.

Wang Yue's face sank, and he said seriously: "As the governor of a place, if you don't feel comfortable with the people, you will not relieve your majesty's worries! Now the imperial envoy is here, and I must investigate you carefully! Come on! People, put Governor Li in prison and wait for retrial!"

Does this work?
Jiangxi Zuo Buzheng Xu Huai and other officials could not help but stare, and found that the imperial envoy seemed a little unreasonable, and stared in surprise.

"Wang Yue, you and I have the same rank and the same job. If you put me in prison like this, do you still have Wang Fa? Do you still have official rules?" Li Ang, governor of Jiangxi, never expected that Wang Yue would treat him like this. Even if he asked angrily.

Not to mention that the unspoken rule of the officialdom is to stay on the front line, and now he and Wang Yue are both the left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but Wang Yue put him in prison for investigation as soon as he arrived.

It would be fine if he really had some clues in Wang Yue's hands, but he didn't show any flaws at all, which made him unable to tolerate Wang Yue's misbehavior.

Facing Xu Huai's questioning, Wang Yue responded indifferently: "I am an imperial envoy who is ordered to patrol the hunt. So what if you are taken under investigation? Do you still want to rebel?"

"You... Are you reckless?" Li Ang knew that Wang Yue was an imperial envoy, but he still accused him without anger.

Wang Yue snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "If it's really reckless, just because you question this imperial envoy, this imperial envoy can sacrifice Shangfang's sword and cut off your head!"

what?
Shangfang Sword?

How do you play this?

Only then did Jiangxi Zuo Buzheng Xu Huai and other officials realize that Wang Yue was indeed holding a big weapon in his hand, and immediately understood why Wang Yue was so crazy.

Li Ang was so angry that he gritted his teeth this time, but facing this hooligan holding Shang Fang's sword, he could only blame how the present day could give this old hooligan the Shang Shu sword.

"Come on, tie him up!" Lu Song brought Jin Yiwei to Li Ang, and Dang even waved his hand.

Wang Yue didn't give up, looking at the chief officer of the third division in Jiangxi, he said indifferently: "You three will also go with this imperial envoy. This imperial envoy needs your cooperation in the investigation!"

Liu Jun, the commander of Jiangxi's capital, and Chen Yonghao, the inspector of Jiangxi, looked at each other, but they knew that they had no capital to challenge this old hooligan.

"Obey!" Xu Huai realized that he was nothing, and immediately said politely.

Just seeing that he was about to be imprisoned by Wang Yue, Liu Jun, the commander of the Jiangxi capital, couldn't help asking: "Master Imperial Envoy, didn't you order to check the case of deducting soldiers' pay? What is your intention?"

Dozens of officials, including Zhu Yanghe, Jiangxi chief envoy, turned their heads to look at Wang Yue, but they also didn't understand what he was singing, and it was not what they expected.

"Do you think that the imperial court sent this imperial envoy here for the mere 1000 taels of military pay? The imperial court now wants to investigate Jiangxi, why your Jiangxi officials are so inactive, and who among you is preventing the imperial court from suppressing bandits in southern Jiangxi!" Wang Yue looked down at the dozens of officials on the pier from a high position, and immediately said sternly.

what?
When the officials at the scene heard about Wang Yue's intentions, they immediately felt dark clouds over the top, and they dared to question them.

Seeing the reaction of the officials below, Wang Yue said softly and hard: "This imperial envoy is speaking here! Anyone who can provide clues, this imperial envoy can protect them, but if this imperial envoy finds out who knows Report or be involved in it, then all of them must be interrogated together!" After a pause, he directly arranged: "Don't engage in the reception banquet today, everyone will go back and experience it. Is there anything that needs to be explained to the court!"

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

Wang Yue's reputation is really too loud. Yangzhou killed hundreds of officials in one day and became the hero of the people all over the world, and he was worshiped as an idol by countless scholars.

After learning that Wang Yue came to Nanchang City, people from all directions came like a tide, but they wanted to see the true face of Lushan where Wang was beheaded.

Wang Yue is used to this, ever since beheading hundreds of officials in Yangzhou City, no matter where he goes, the common people and scholars will be so crazy.

It's just that the crazier the people are, the heavier his responsibility will be.

Like this time when he was ordered to patrol Jiangxi, he felt the responsibility on his shoulders, but he knew that he had the obligation to make a bright future for the passionate Jiangxi people.

As night fell, Nanchang City lost a bit of its usual hustle and bustle, and it seemed that a bloody storm was brewing.

Wang Yu and Hu Jun had been by their side all the time, and Wang Yu asked in confusion, "Grandpa, what song are you singing? We don't have any criminal evidence in our hands. Now you are imprisoning Li Ang and other high-ranking officials. It seems that it is not good to report to the court." Can you tell me?"

"There is a saying in the art of war: to capture the thief, first capture the king! Destroy its stronghold, seize its leader, and relieve its body. Just wait, and the matter will be solved soon!" Wang Yue was writing his military art experience under the lamp, looking very confident typical.

Just when Wang Yu was about to continue to get to the bottom of it, Gou Huowang walked in from the outside.

The corner of Wang Yue's mouth raised slightly, and he asked directly: "Who's here?"

"Jiangxi Right Chief Envoy Qin Minyue!" Gou Huowang was determined to follow Wang Yue, and reported seriously.

Wang Yu and Hu Jun looked at each other, still didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in their grandfather's gourd, and also didn't understand why the majestic Jiangxi Youbu Zhengshi suddenly visited late at night.

(End of this chapter)