The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chang Feng's words made Wang Miaoxin break into a cold sweat.

He had always believed that the reason why Emperor Zhengde did not severely punish King Ning for his evil intentions was because King Ning invested a lot of money in Jiang Bin, Qian Ning, and Gu Dayong. Emperor Zhengde was deceived by his close ministers and did not notice King Ning's rebellion.

He never thought that the ambitious Prince Ning was actually just a pawn of Emperor Zhengde!

Wang Miao thought: "Is the Emperor so scheming?"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "I tell you, never underestimate today's emperor. To be disrespectful, I grew up watching him. I am afraid that even the old foxes in the cabinet cannot match his shrewdness."

"But having said that, being too shrewd is sometimes not a good thing. Shrewd people have no friends and will make enemies everywhere. This is true for ordinary people, and so is the emperor."

Wang Miaoxin asked: "Where is Prince Ning's Mansion in Nanchang?"

Chang Feng said: "You should keep an eye on him if you should. If there is any change in Prince Ning, please send a pigeon to the guard immediately."

Let’s talk about Prince Ning’s Mansion in Nanchang, thousands of miles away.

A man in his forties was eating shit in a room. It's not an adjective, it's eating shit in the physical sense.

Obviously, normal people will not eat shit, unless they are crazy.

This madman is the most famous talented man in Jiangnan, Tang Yin and Tang Bohu.

Of course, not even a lunatic would have the guts to eat fresh, hot shit. What he ate was the dried renzhonghuang among the medicinal materials.

Tang Yin picked up a piece of Renzhonghuang and chewed it in his mouth. He smacked his lips and said crazy things: "Well, it tastes so good! What's more, I'm not full!"

Friends who often eat renzhong yellow know that eating this stuff makes you thirsty.

Tang Yin had a bottle of wine by his hand. He poured a bowl of wine and drank it all in one gulp: "When the wind blows, the water becomes cold, and when a strong man eats shit, he will never return it!"

"The best among people is wine. The more you drink, the better. It's such a delicious thing in the world!"

In Tang Yin, Prince Ning's Mansion joined the army and served in the army.

After the examination fraud case, Emperor Hongzhi issued an order to expel Tang Yin from the capital and was prohibited from participating in the imperial examination for life, but he was allowed to serve as a prefectural and county official.

How could the leader of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River bend over for five buckets of rice? Naturally, he would not serve as a minor official.

He indulged in brothels and brothels in the south of the Yangtze River and used women as food.

Although Tang Yin was implicated in the imperial examination case, he became a criminal. But his calligraphy and paintings are still popular in Jiangnan. The arty and wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River spent a lot of money to buy Tang Yin's calligraphy.

There’s a problem here—earning money quickly is not enough to spend it slowly.

The brothels and brothels in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Yingtian can be called gold-selling caves. Those ugly and shameless big sisters are best at getting the money from men's pockets into their own pockets.

Tang Yin was also a big spender and spent a lot of money. In the third year of Zhengde's reign, there was a great tide in the Qiantang River. He ordered people to pack a basket of gold leaves and scatter them on the river. Just to see the golden flowers on the trend with the chief oiran of the Yangzhou Guild Hall, and to win the chief oiran's smile.

No matter how big the income is, Tang Yin can't stand it.

Gradually, Tang Yin began to be unable to make ends meet and was short of money.

At the age of forty, Tang Yin had had enough fun. He hopes to find a stable place to spend the rest of his life.

Prince Ning admired Tang Yin's talent for a long time, sent someone to find him, and asked him to serve as an aide to Prince Ning's Mansion in Nanchang.

Tang Yin went happily. But after a few years in Prince Ning's Mansion, Tang Yin was surprised to discover a fact - Prince Ning was probably going to rebel!

Rebelling against this kind of KPI will drive employees crazy. Under tremendous psychological pressure, Tang Yin gradually became crazy.

As for whether it is really crazy or fake, only God knows.

Let's talk about two people standing in front of Tang Yin's door. One is in his fifties and the other is in his seventies.

The man in his fifties is Liu Yangzheng, the staff general under King Ning.

The one in his seventies is Li Shishi, the chief minister of King Ning.

Neither "General of Staff" nor "General of History" existed in the official system of the Ming Dynasty. But Nanchang is one-third of an acre of land owned by King Ning. He can do whatever he wants to do with it, and he can appoint others as officials as he wishes.

Needless to say, Liu Yangzheng was not only King Ning's first adviser, but also the broker sent by King Ning to the capital to bribe important ministers.

This person is an old acquaintance of Chang Feng. In the 22nd year of Chenghua, he spread a rumor in Qufu that Duke Yansheng slept with his maid and was caught by Chang Feng.

Li Shishi had been a minister of the imperial court for eight years. He successively served as the minister of the Ministry of punishment and the censor of the right capital.

Emperor Zhengde began to crack down on civilian power in the eighth year of his accession to the throne. The unlucky Li Shishi was one of the first targets to be attacked and was forced to retire and return to his hometown in Nanchang.

He hated Emperor Zhengde and the court. As soon as King Ning won over him, he naturally fell into the arms of King Ning and devoted himself to King Ning's great cause of rebellion.

Liu and Li watched Tang Yin happily drinking heavily with Ren Zhonghuang.

Li Shishi is old and has poor endurance. My stomach was churning. He covered his mouth with a handkerchief: "Tang Yin even eats this thing. He is obviously crazy."

Liu Yangzheng said: "He is born crazy. He is prone to madness. How can such a madman serve His Highness?"

In fact, Liu Yangzheng, who was so smart, only believed 40% of Tang Yin's madness.

But Liu Yangzheng had his own Xiao Jiujiu: Tang Yin's talent was well known to everyone in Jiangnan. He is as serious as assisting His Highness Prince Ning. When King Ning succeeds in his rebellion, he ascends to the throne. Should I be the Prime Minister or should Tang Yin be the Prime Minister?
It would be better to tell Tang Yin to get out as soon as possible!
Ever since, Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi left the door of Tang Yin's bedroom and went to Prince Ning's bedroom.

Prince Ning was drinking with two bare-chested girls in his arms.

Liu Yangzheng raised his hand and said, "Your Highness, Tang Yin must be really crazy."

Prince Ning glanced at Liu Yangzheng: "Oh? Are you sure?"

Liu Yangzheng replied: "He just drank with people like Huang. If he wasn't really crazy, how could he do such a thing?"

Prince Ning felt sick after hearing these words: "People are yellow? This guy is disgusting!"

Prince Ning retched for a while, and the naked girl next to him quickly helped him rub his back.

After a while, Prince Ning came to his senses and said, "Liu Qing, what do you think I should do with Tang Yin?"

Liu Yangzheng said viciously: "Your Highness, Tang Yin knows too much. He should be killed."

Prince Ning said: "Okay. You can take some guards with you to handle this matter."

Li Shishi put forward a different view. This old guy has been competing with Liu Yangzheng for favor. He would oppose anything Liu Yangzheng suggested.

Li Shishi said: "Your Highness, you must not do it! Tang Yin has always been the most talented man in the south of the Yangtze River, and his talent is unparalleled in the world. If he died in our Prince Ning's palace out of nowhere, who of the knowledgeable people would dare to serve your Highness in the future?"

"Besides, he is just a lunatic, so what does it matter no matter how much he knows? Even if he goes out and talks nonsense, others will only think that he is crazy and not credible."

"If Your Highness wants to conquer the world and become the co-owner of the world, he must learn three things - tolerance, ruthlessness, and benevolence!"

"In my opinion, not only should Your Highness not kill Tang Yin, but you should give Tang Yin a generous sum of money and send him out of the palace as a gift."

"In ancient times, there was a saying of buying horse bones with a thousand pieces of gold. If Your Highness treats a lunatic so kindly, why are you afraid that the talents from Jiangnan won't rush to serve you?"

Li Shishi is worthy of being a minister of the Ministry of Justice and a censor of Youdu. He has a structure and a loud mouth.

Liu Yangzheng wanted to refute, but couldn't figure out his thinking for a while.

Prince Ning clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful! As expected of you, Li Qing! You are right. Just as you said, give that crazy talent two hundred, oh no, five hundred taels of gold. Send him out of the palace!"

That evening, a carriage drove out of Nanchang City carrying a box of gold.

Sitting on the carriage were Tang Yin and his little book boy. The little book boy said: "My lord, you spent three hundred taels of snowflake silver on the twelve taels of fake licorice powder. You really gave the fake medicine dealer a lot of money."

Tang Yin smiled and said: "That's better than actually eating shit."

The little book boy said: "Master, we have escaped from Prince Ning's territory. Where are we going now? I heard that the governor of Southern Ganxi, Wang Shouren, is a courtesy gentleman. How about we go to Ganzhou?"

Tang Yinque said: "I will never work as a staff member for anyone in this life. Freedom is the foundation of happiness."

The little book boy asked: "Shall we go then?"

Tang Yin said: "Just find a place with a brothel and settle down first."

The little book boy scolded: "Master, I finally understand that even if you have gold and silver, you will still lose it all to a bitch!"

Tang Yin said with a smile: "If you are not romantic, your life will be in vain."

The carriage traveled forward for more than ten miles. Tang Yin drank heavily in the carriage.

Tang Yin likes wine, but the quantity is not large. He was high after half a bottle of wine.

He thrived on poetry through drunkenness. He held a wine glass in his hand and recited: "Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu, Peach Blossom Fairy in Peach Blossom Temple."

"The Peach Blossom Fairy grows peach trees and picks peach blossoms in exchange for wine money."

“When you’re sober, you just come here to spend money to sit down; when you’re drunk, you come here to spend money to sleep.”

"Half awake and half drunk day after day, flowers fall and flowers bloom year after year."

"I hope that I will die of old age among the flowers and wine, rather than bow in front of my carriage."

"The chariot, dust, and horses are all good for the noble, but the wine-cup and flower branches are for the poor and the lowly."

"If you compare the rich to the poor, one will be on the ground and the other will be in the sky."

"If flowers and wine were compared to chariots and horses, he would have to drive and I would have nothing to do."

"Others laugh at me for being crazy, but I laugh at others because they can't see through it."

"There are no tombs of martial arts heroes, and there are no flowers and no wine to cultivate the fields."

Tang Yin was born in the second year of Chenghua. Among all the talents in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Weier was the only one who was equally famous as him.

In comparison, Xie Jin is just a bureaucrat with no bottom line. Yang Shen's poetry and prose are outstanding, but his calligraphy and painting are far inferior to Tang Yin's.

Of course, if we have to compare Tang Yin and Xu Wei, Xu Wei is still the winner. Because Xu Wei is not only proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting, but also in military strategy. Xu Wei played a great role in Hu Zongxian's pacification of the southeast.

In the second year of Jiajing's reign, Tang Yin died of poverty and illness at the age of fifty-three. When he died, his inheritance was insufficient for burial. Friends raised money to organize his funeral.

I am a talented person from the south of the Yangtze River. How can I be rich and powerful?

Tang Yin left King Ning, but King Ning didn't take it seriously. There are many bandits in Jiangxi, and King Ning has contacted dozens of groups of bandits, and his army guards number more than 100,000 people. There are also hundreds of counselors under his command.

One person with more Tang Yin is not too many, and one with less Tang Yin is not enough.

King Ning's rebellion plan has reached a state where everything is ready and all he needs is the east wind. His goal was to conquer Yingtian first, control the south of the Yangtze River, and form a north-south confrontation with Emperor Zhengde in the north. I followed Taizu's example again and went north to sweep the Central Plains in one go.

Prince Ning did this without any psychological burden. In his opinion, half of the people in this world belong to Prince Ning's family.

Thinking back to the battle of Jingnan, King Zhu Di of Yan had very few soldiers and horses. Zhu Di tricked King Ning Zhu Quan into handing over the three guards of Duoyan, and cooperated with Jingnan. After the deed is accomplished, "half of the world" will be achieved.

But when the Jingnan ended, Zhu Di broke his promise and changed Zhu Quan's title to Nanchang.

The hatred of the ancestors continues to this generation. King Ning's idea is: Since Zhu Di can conquer the world through rebellion, he can do it alone!
Unconsciously, the spring of the fourteenth year of Zhengde arrived.

Emperor Zhengde has returned to Beijing. On this day, he summoned nobles, relatives, cabinet members, and six ministers in Baofang.

Emperor Zhengde narrowed his eyes and said: "I have visited all the nine sides. I plan to visit Jiangnan this year!"

As soon as he said this, Yang Tinghe blurted out: "No!"

The butt determines the head. After Yang Tinghe took the position of civil servant leader, he had to safeguard the interests of civil servants.

He knew better than anyone what the emperor's southern tour meant.

Jiangnan is the hometown of civil servants, and it is also the pocket of civil servants. The emperor in front of him is not the former emperor Xiaozong. He can do anything.

Maybe Emperor Zhengde will use some thunderous tactics to destroy the civilian officials' lair.

Emperor Zhengde asked: "Why not?"

Yang Tinghe said: "Taizong established the ancestral system. The emperor will guard the gate of the country, and the king will die in the country! If the emperor's chariot goes to Jiangnan, who will guard the gate of the capital?"

Zu Zhi is really a urinal, someone will take it out from under the bed at any time.

Chang Feng stood up and spoke for Emperor Zhengde: "I dare to ask Yang Shoufu, after the Battle of Yingzhou, the Tatar strength was greatly reduced, and the young prince died of illness. The Tatar tribes attacked each other for the throne. Do they have the strength to go south to invade? "

Yang Tinghe hesitated for a moment and said: "No."

Chang Feng said: "Since there is no threat from foreign enemies, there is no emperor to guard the country! The emperor's southern tour is to comply with the will of God and the will of the people."

Yang Tinghe was stunned: "God's will?"

Chang Feng said: "Yesterday Taizu gave the emperor a dream and asked him to go to Yingtian Xiaoling Mausoleum to worship his ancestors."

When Chang Feng told this lie, Emperor Zhengde was stunned. After a moment, Emperor Zhengde came to his senses and said repeatedly: "Ah, yes, yes! Taizu is entrusting me with a dream!"

Yang Tinghe knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, in short, the southern tour must not be done!"

All members of the cabinet and the ministers of the five ministries of official affairs, etiquette, military affairs, punishment, and work all knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, the southern tour is absolutely forbidden!"

Only Chang Ponu, who was in charge of the household department, stood there without saying a word.

Yang Tinghe glared at Chang Ponu. Although Chang Ponu is a civil servant, he belongs to the backbone of the Xungui Group. He stared in vain.

Chang Feng asked Yang Tinghe: "The chief minister and the ministers and ministers oppose the southern tour. There must be a reason, right?"

Yang Tinghe knew that with the cunningness of the old fox Chang Feng, Chang Feng could refute any reason he found.

Yang Tinghe simply broke the pot and said: "No need for a reason, the southern tour is not allowed!"

Emperor Zhengde was furious: "Where does the emperor want to go? Can't do it if the ministers say no?! I'm going to Jiangnan to decide!"

Yang Tinghe said seriously: "If the emperor insists on having his own way, the ministers and civil servants of the entire court will kneel down and remonstrate!"

Emperor Zhengde sneered: "Are you doing this again? Liu Jian and Xie Qian used to kneel down and remonstrate against me back then!"

"Where is Liu Jian now? Where is Xie Qian?"

"Mr. Yang, do you want Liu Jian to be second and Xie Qian to be second?"

After saying this, Emperor Zhengde stood up and said, "Move. No, the Leopard Room is my place. Anyone who opposes the southern patrol will get out of here!"

Yang Tinghe and a group of civil servants exited the Leopard Room. They were going to contact their colleagues and kneel down to admonish Emperor Zhengde. Even if we risk our lives, we must keep Jiangnan, the home of civil servants!

In the Leopard Room, only Chang Feng, Jiang Bin, Qian Ning, Chang Ponu, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and other close servants were left. (End of chapter)