The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

When Wang Shouren came to Ji'an, he was surprised to find that many old acquaintances had already arrived in Ji'an.

The first old acquaintance was Xing Xun, the prefect of Ganzhou. Ganzhou is the seat of the governor of southern Gansu. He is Wang Shouren's direct subordinate. After the fall of Ganzhou, he and Wang Shouren escaped separately. He ran to Ji'an first.

The characteristics of Xing Xun are as his name suggests, he likes to torture and extract confessions. If Wang Shouren is a god, Wu Wen must be a ruthless man. That Xing Xun is considered a ruthless person.

Wang Shouren put down the rebellion two years ago, and Xing Xun was also one of his helpers.

In addition, there are three civil servants in Ji'an Prefecture. One is the general judge Hu Yaoyuan, the other is the official Xu Wenying, and the other is the county magistrate Wang Mian.

Everyone gathered at the Yamen of the prefect of Ji'an. The counter-insurgency command was officially opened.

One governor, three magistrates, one magistrate, one magistrate, and one county magistrate. These people are the entire staff of the headquarters. Without exception, they are all men of letters.

In the lobby of the Yamen. Wang Shouren went to the hall to discuss matters.

He first pointed to his bulging official robe: "I have a royal flag specially issued by the emperor. It can mobilize all the troops stationed in Jiangxi."

These words can only deceive ghosts. The civil servants in the hall and Wang Shouren had a tacit understanding.

There is a royal order flag, why doesn't Mr. Yangming hang it out instead of hiding it in his official robe? Is it possible that Wang Ming’s flag is not visible to others?

However, no one exposed Wang Shouren. They all know that only Wang Shouren has the ability to clean up the situation in Jiangxi.

Wang Shouren asked: "Prefect Wu, where are the soldiers and horses of the three thousand households in Ji'an?"

Wu Wending replied: "Three thousand soldiers and horses have gathered on the city wall to defend it."

These three thousand people were the "protecting soldiers" Wang Shouren had previously selected from among the Hakka people. They are all simple and kind-hearted and excellent contestants in the bandit head-cutting competition.

These three thousand people are the elite soldiers Wang Shouren can rely on most to suppress the rebellion.

But compared to King Ning's more than 100,000 rebels, the three thousand Hakka soldiers were still at a slight disadvantage.

Wu Wending suddenly reported: "Wang Futai. Two years ago, you put down the rebellion and recruited people. Many bandits put down their swords and guns and returned to the fields to serve the people."

"The lower official was afraid that the bandits would be ready to stir up trouble again due to King Ning's rebellion. So he took matters into his own hands and arrested more than 200 bandit leaders with criminal records in Ji'an and three nearby prefectures."

"The official is planning to kill dozens of his people in public tomorrow to scare Xiao Xiao!"

Wang Shouren nodded with satisfaction: "Well done! Xiaoxiao's disciples should be shocked in advance! Save them from chaos!"

Wu Wending listened to his boss's praise and felt proud of his iron-blooded skills.

Wang Shouren seemed to be quite interested in these bandit leaders, big and small. He asked: "Where are the bandit leaders imprisoned?"

Wu Wending replied: "I am imprisoned in the government prison."

Wang Shouren said: "Ah, these people are cunning villains, so be careful."

Wu Wending handed over his hand: "Go back to Mr. Futai. In addition to the two hundred government officials in the government prison, I also hired two hundred Hakka soldiers to guard it. It is as solid as an iron barrel. Nothing can go wrong."

Wang Shouren held out his thumb: "Brother Wu Nian is really reliable in his work! So what? I'm tired from the journey, so I'll rest for a while."

Wu Wending said: "I will arrange a bedroom for Mr. Futai."

Ying Tianfu. Yingtian guards the eunuch's Yamen.

Zhang Zhong, the young eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, is meeting Wu Ren, the eunuch guarding Nanchang.

Zhang Zhong is a new generation of favored eunuchs after Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and Wei Bin.

In the Leopard Room, there are three newly favored eunuchs. They are Zhang Zhong, Zhang Xiong and Zhang Rui, known as the "Three Zhangs".

He came to stand up for Emperor Zhengde.

Zhang Zhong asked Wu Ren: "Senior Wu, can the situation in Jiangxi last until the emperor arrives?"

Wu Ren was a eunuch and Zhang Zhong was a young eunuch. Therefore Zhang Zhong called him "old senior".

Zhang Zhong is now most afraid of the local government in Jiangxi garrisoning troops to suppress the rebellion. Then wouldn't it be a waste of time for the Zhengde Emperor to conduct his own expedition?
Wu Ren replied: "I have ordered all the generals in Jiangxi to lead their troops and rush to respond to the sky. The first thing is to protect Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty. There are only a group of civilian officials left in Jiangxi without soldiers or generals."

"The situation in Jiangxi will definitely last until the emperor arrives."

Zhang Zhong nodded with great satisfaction: "Okay, okay! Those acid writers are also good at making noises and playing with their pens. To say that they are fighting is just a bunch of trash!"

Zhang Zhong made a mistake. He ignored Wang Shouren's existence.

You can say that most of the civil servants are just losers, and most of them are weak scholars.

Wang Shouren is not.

Moreover, God cannot bear to see the people of Jiangxi being tortured by the rebels. Put all the ruthless people among Jiangxi civil servants next to Wang Shouren.

Wu Ren smiled and said: "What Eunuch Zhang said is absolutely true. Even if they are not useless, they are unable to quell the rebellion. Without soldiers, what can they do to quell the rebellion? Can they rely on moral articles to persuade King Ning to stop fighting?"

Zhang Zhong said: "Senior Wu, wait until the emperor leads the army to Jiangxi. We will follow Zhan Guang and make great achievements in suppressing the rebellion."

"You are originally a provincial town supervisor. After this incident, you may be able to be transferred back to the capital and join the ceremonial supervisor."

Wu Ren smiled brightly: "Then let me borrow Eunuch Zhang's good words. Although I entered the palace a few years earlier than you, I am far less favored than you. When the time comes, I will ask you to say some kind words in front of the emperor."

Wu Ren is a complete bastard. In order to lick Emperor Zhengde and help Emperor Zhengde make great achievements. He actually transferred all the few soldiers and horses in Jiangxi to Yingtian. Completely disregarding the life and death of the people.

Two treacherous eunuchs are sitting here in Yingtian, dreaming of promotion and fortune.

At the same time, the Ji'an government office was in jail.

Wu Wending came to the door of the prison and found that the door was open.

He scolded the cell leader: "What's going on? Aren't you afraid of those bandit leaders escaping from prison? How dare you neglect your duties?"

The cell leader explained: "Return to the mansion. Wang Futai just entered the prison."

After hearing this, Wu Wending thought to himself: Wang Futai must have gone to see the bandit leaders to intimidate them to send messages to their subordinates outside and not to act rashly.

Thinking of this, Wu Wending went to jail.

Upon entering the prison, Wu Wending was stunned.

I saw Wang Shouren setting up a banquet in the guard room of the prison. At the same table with him were eight or nine local bandit leaders in Ji'an.

Wang Shouren drank and drank with a group of big bandit leaders, chatting and laughing happily. It seems that they are not officials and bandits, but a group of old friends.

Seeing Wu Wending coming, Wang Shouren smiled and said, "Prefect Wu, sit down quickly."

Then Wang Shouren said to one of the seventy-year-old old bandit leaders: "You made me suffer a lot in the battle in Nankang two years ago!"

The old bandit leader said: "Wang Futai can really tell lies. You lost fifty people, and I lost a thousand people. How can you be considered to have suffered a big loss?"

Wang Shouren stopped smiling: "In that battle, I predicted that the number of casualties before the battle would be at most twenty."

After a while, he smiled again: "We can't make a deal without fighting! Now we have a good friendship, just like half brothers."

Wang Shouren hurriedly tried to make friends with the bandit leaders, trying to hide his grudges with a smile.

Wu Wending couldn't figure out what medicine Wang Shouren was selling in his gourd. After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food. Wang Shouren finally made his intentions clear.

He picked up the wine glass and said, "I'm looking for you today because a big event happened in Jiangxi. King Ning rebelled, and the rebels looted and slaughtered people wherever they went. Everyone should have heard about this."

The old bandit leader said: "Of course we know this. After we were recruited, we became honest people and behaved like little wives all day long. This time we were arrested by Magistrate Wu and put in jail because of this matter."

Wang Shouren said: "Although you have corrected your evil ways, you still have the word 'bandit' on your head. Whenever something happens on the ground, the government will cut you in and squat. I feel sorry for you!"

"Now there is a great opportunity. Not only can you wash away the brand of banditry on your body, but it can also make you a hero of the imperial court. You can even get a military position and have an iron rice bowl. I wonder if you are happy with it?"

Wu Wending was shocked. According to Wang Shouren's wishes, he wants to recruit bandits to fight against King Ning's rebel army composed of bandits!
The first level of officialdom crushes people to death. At this time, even if Wu Wending was extremely dissatisfied, he could not express it, which would prevent Wang Shouren from coming to power.

The old bandit leader was a good man and he understood immediately: "Master Futai, do you want us to follow you to fight the rebels?"

Wang Shouren nodded: "Not only you. But also your sons and daughters who are not in jail yet!"

"You used to regard robbing homes and killing people as doing business. Following me to destroy the rebels is also doing business."

"If you lose in business, you will lose your head. If you make money in business and suppress the rebellion, your profit will be military expenses and military positions!"

The old bandit leader was more practical: "If we follow Wang Futai, how many taels of silver will you give each of our sons?"

Wang Shouren began to draw a pie: "Have you heard about Prince Ning's wealth?"

The old bandit leader said, "I've heard of it. It is said that Prince Ning is even richer than the old emperor."

Wang Shouren started to lie: "Yes! I have found out that the total amount of silver in Prince Ning's treasury is 20 million taels."

"If the rebellion is put down, I will give you three parts of Prince Ning's wealth. That's six million taels!"

Anyway, there is no tax on the pie. Wang Shouren's pie is so big.

Do these gangster leaders, who are like human beings, trust Wang Shouren? The answer is: letter!
First of all, Wang Shouren is known as the Lesser Sage in Jiangxi. How could Yasheng tell lies?
Secondly, when Wang Shouren used both suppression and appeasement to eliminate banditry two years ago, he was honest. He indeed did not pursue those who put down their swords and guns. Even the gangsters had not confiscated any of the property they had saved through robbery.

Everyone looked at each other. The old bandit leader asked: "How many people does Wang Futai plan to recruit to share the six million taels of silver?"

Wang Shouren thought for a while and said: "The rebel army of King Ning is called 160,000 people. In fact, there should be about 100,000 people. I have to recruit 100,000 people to share the 6 million taels of silver. Each person will get 60,000 taels!"

"Moreover, if you win, you will not only get money points. Everyone here is a leader. Each of you can at least seal a thousand households."

"If you become a member of a thousand households, your children and grandchildren will be hereditary. Your descendants will have a golden rice bowl that will last for thousands of years!"

Wang Shouren made a big fool of himself, and all the gangsters were moved.

Wang Shouren finally added: "You should know that I, Wang Shouren, am the best at fighting. Follow me and you will win without losing! Such good business is hard to find even with a lantern!"

Wang Shouren is the second sage, and he speaks in an elegant and easy-going manner. He paused and asked: "They are all the ones who pee standing up. Come on, let's just say, do you want to do it?"

The old bandit leader picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Then he threw the wine bowl and said, "Damn, I'm hanging in the air! We followed Wang Futai!"

The bandit leaders, big and small, all agreed: "Yes, you won't suffer any loss if you follow Wang Futai!"

"We all follow Wang Futai's orders!"

Wang Shouren's thinking is very clear. I don’t have any soldiers. In fact, King Ning doesn’t have many real “soldiers” in his hands.

Most of his hundreds of thousands of rebels were bandits and robbers.

Okay then, I will use the bandits and robbers to fight the bandits and robbers!

Jiangxi's folk customs are simple and honest. You can gather hundreds of thousands of bandits and robbers from a population of more than nine million. I can do the same.

This "recruitment" banquet is over. Wu Wending followed Wang Shouren out of the prison worriedly.

Wu Wending finally couldn't bear it anymore and said seriously: "Wang Futai, you are crazy."

Wang Shouren smiled and said, "Why do you say this?"

Wu Wending said: "If you use bandits to quell a rebellion, even if you win, some people in the court will accuse you of collaborating with bandits! You know, you stole the show when you put down a rebellion two years ago. How many people in the court are jealous of you!"

"If you lose, you will die. If you win, you will still die!"

Wang Shouren said: "When doing things, you must first think clearly about the results you want. The result I want is to quickly quell the rebellion and save the people of Jiangxi from military disasters."

"For this result, I will do whatever it takes and be willing to bear all the consequences."

Wu Wending sighed: "Wang Futai, my brother Shou Ren! When I look at you now, it's like looking at a dead person!"

Wang Shouren said: "Thousands of people have gone to me, so why should I fear death?"

After a moment, he smiled slyly: "Besides, I can't die. There is someone in my court."

Wang Shouren has three major backers. One is Jin'an Hou Changfeng, the second is Wang Qiong, Minister of War, and the third is Wang Hua, his father who became an official.

Wang Hua has been an official in the capital for so many years, and his disciples’ old friends are spread all over the world. Although he has retired at home, his energy in officialdom is still there.

If bandits can be used to quell the rebellion. It is not difficult to find a way to balance the merits and demerits without expecting the imperial court to commend him for his efforts in countering the rebellion.

Wang Shouren spread the news through the bandit leaders in Ji'an Prison that Lord Futai was recruiting rebels. If you follow Wang Futai, you can make a fortune and become an official.

For a time, all the simple and kind-hearted bandits and thieves in Jiangxi responded.

Bandits are not born bandits. They are also from common people. Everyone knows that Wang Shouren loves the people like a son.

Besides, Wang Bing’s reputation is unparalleled in Jiangnan. They believe that when they follow Wang Shouren, they can only win but not lose.

Who wouldn’t want to do a business where the profit is guaranteed but not worth it?

In just half a month, Wang Shouren actually recruited a counter-insurgency army composed of about 100,000 thieves and bandits!

And the civil servants under him, such as Wu Wending, each became a general with tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of troops.

Late that night, Wu Wending found Wang Shouren.

Wu Wending got straight to the point: "Brother Shou, why did you come to Ji'an?"

Wang Shouren replied: "Recruiting troops."

Wu Wending asked: "Have the troops been recruited?"

Wang Shouren replied: "We're here."

Wu Wending clapped his hands: "Let's go then! When will we set out to quell the rebellion?"

Wang Shouren said, "I won't leave."

Wu Wending asked: "What are you waiting for if you don't leave?"

Wang Shouren replied: "Timing!"

Now Ning Wang's rebels are staying outside Anqing City. From anyone's perspective, King Ning's right choice was to attack Anqing first and open a channel to attack Yingtian. Then he captured Yingtian and proclaimed himself emperor. There was a north-south confrontation with Emperor Zhengde in the north.

Wang Shouren started his sexy operation. (End of chapter)