The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

In addition to Wang Shouren, there was another person who sneaked into Hangzhou City, and that was the eunuch Zhang Zhong.

Zhang Zhong was Jiang Bin's trusted younger brother. How could he not come to his elder brother to complain after being bullied by Wang Shouren in Jiangxi?

Inside the imperial envoy's residence, Zhang Zhong knelt down and cried to Jiang Bin, "Master, Wang Shouren slandered me for falsely conveying the imperial edict. He ordered his wolf-like runners to beat my butt. But it wasn't my butt that was hit, it was clearly your face!"

Jiang Bin frowned, "Before you beat a dog, you should look at its owner. Wang Shouren must be tired of living."

Zhang Zhong added fuel to the fire: "Wang Shouren also said, what does the emperor's edict mean? Jiangxi is far away from the emperor. He doesn't recognize the edict, the edict is just a piece of toilet paper."

Jiang Bin slammed the desk and roared like a tiger: "You are deceiving the heavens!"

Zhang Zhong was so possessed by some strange power that he said something extremely treasonous: "In fact, you are in power now. The emperor has great confidence in you. All the hundreds of thousands of troops in the southern expedition obey your command. The inspector Zhao Kuangyin in front of the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty was no more than this."

No matter how little Jiang Bin had read, he knew the story of Zhao Kuangyin's coup at Chenqiao and the yellow robe he wore. How could Jiang Bin not hear the hidden meaning of Zhang Zhong's words?

Logically, Jiang Bin should have scolded Zhang Zhong and thrown him into prison. He was actually instigating important officials to rebel.

But Jiang Bin said nothing.

Zhang Zhong continued to talk nonsense: "If the Marshal becomes Zhao Kuangyin, the world will be in your hands. Wang Shouren, Chang Feng, Zhang Yong, you can kill them at will and exterminate their entire clans at will."

Jiang Bin said meaningfully: "But now the garrison of the capital is in the hands of Chang Feng's wife Liu Xiaoyan."

Zhang Zhong said quickly: "General, it is true that the capital's garrison is in Liu Xiaoyan's hands. But the emperor is now in Jiangnan, not the capital! Most of the generals of the Southern Expedition Army came from the Leopard House. Those people are your old subordinates."

What Zhang Zhong said was true. All the commanders and commanders of the Southern Expedition Army came from the Leopard House. In order to train his trusted generals, Emperor Zhengde asked Jiang Bin to bring many of his former comrades in the Border Army into the Leopard House. These people only followed Jiang Bin's lead. Jiang Bin did have the ability to instigate the Southern Expedition Army to carry out the Chenqiao mutiny.

Jiang Bin said nothing.

Zhang Zhong added: "Now the civil officials headed by the cabinet chief Yang Tinghe regard you as a thorn in their side. Chang Feng and Zhang Yong are also at odds with you. If this continues, you will inevitably die at their hands one day."

Jiang Bin asked: "What do you mean?"

Zhang Zhong knelt down and kowtowed, saying solemnly: "If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences. Taizu was originally a commoner from Qinhuai, but he was able to establish the Ming Dynasty. You are a famous general, do you have any interest in the world?"

"If the emperor was in the capital, it would be difficult for you to succeed. But today is a good opportunity! The emperor is in Jiangnan, and most of the generals around him are your old subordinates."

Jiang Bin waved his hand: "Don't say anything more. Let me think about it."

At this time, a captain of Jiang Bin's personal soldiers reported: "General, something bad has happened. The insider outside the city reported that Wang Shouren handed over the Ning Wang to Lord Chang and Eunuch Zhang. The two of them are ready to set off and escort the Ning Wang back to the capital! In addition, they have conveyed an oral order to Wang Shouren. Wang Shouren is also ready to return to Jiangxi and go to Nanchang to be promoted to the governor of Jiangxi."

"Pah!" Jiang Bin picked up a teacup and threw it hard on the ground. "This is deceiving God! The three of us were ordered by the Emperor to come to Hangzhou to 'capture' Prince Ning. But these two want to take credit for it!"

Zhang Zhong fanned the flames: "The Chang family has been prosperous since the end of the Chenghua period, and it has been thirty or forty years now. The power in the court and the palace is deeply rooted and intertwined. Not to mention Zhang Yong, he is now the seal of the Imperial Household Department and the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. It is almost impossible to get rid of these two people. Unless..."

Jiang Bin asked: "Unless what?"

Zhang Zhong glanced at the captain of the personal guard. Jiang Bin understood and ordered the captain of the personal guard: "You go down first."

Zhang Zhong said: "If you want to get rid of them, then the person sitting on the dragon throne is not surnamed Zhu, but surnamed Jiang!"

Jiang Bin fell into deep thought.

Suddenly he said, "Someone come!"

The personal guards returned and asked: "What do you want, sir?"

Jiang Bin said, "Go find Wang Shouren. Convey the emperor's order and order him to go to Yingtian and wait for an audience with the emperor."

When did Emperor Zhengde ever issue such an oral order?
Jiang Bin thought like this: If I want to learn from Zhao Kuangyin and start an uprising, the biggest obstacle will not be Chang Feng and Zhang Yong, but Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren's military talent is obvious to all. He was able to bring a dozen literati and form a team out of thin air to quell the large-scale rebellion of Prince Ning. This shows how powerful this man is.

If Wang Shouren returns to Jiangxi, he will have territory, troops, and money and grain from Jiangxi Province as a backing. If he raises an army to support me when I start a rebellion, the consequences will be disastrous.

If Wang Shouren had arrived in Yingtian, it would have been much easier to deal with!
The emperor has come to Nanjing, and it is only natural that the army accompanying him to the south should take over the garrison of Yingtian. The army from top to bottom is all my people. I am starting a rebellion in Yingtian, and killing Wang Shouren, who has no soldiers around him, is not as easy as crushing an ant?
If Wang Shouren dies, my cause will surely succeed!
The thousand personal soldiers took the order and left.

Zhang Zhong saw through Jiang Bin's thoughts and flattered him: "Shuai Ye is tall, really tall!"

Jiang Bin asked: "Where is Gao?"

Zhang Zhong said: "To make an inappropriate analogy. If Wang Shouren returns to Jiangxi, he is a tiger. If he is in Yingtian, he is just an ant. If the commander wants to accomplish his goal, he must kill Wang Shouren."

Jiang Bin smiled slightly: "Oh, you think too much. The emperor likes to make friends with strong men who can fight. Wang Shouren is a strong man, how can I not take him to Yingtian and introduce him to the emperor?"

A courtyard house outside Hangzhou.

A thousand of Jiang Bin's personal soldiers came to convey the "oral order" to Wang Shouren.

Chang Feng was puzzled: "The emperor never said he wanted to see Brother Shouren."

Zhang Yong said: "Could it be that Jiang Bin falsely conveyed the imperial edict? That doesn't make sense. He should be eager for Mr. Yangming to return to Jiangxi so that he won't steal his credit."

At this time, Chang Feng had not yet thought that Jiang Bin had already rebelled. In his eyes, Jiang Bin was just a jester, not a traitor with the courage to rebel.

Wang Shouren said, "Since there is an oral order, whether it is true or false, I will follow you to Yingtian. It would be good to meet the emperor. I can persuade him to return to the capital as soon as possible to govern the country."

Zhang Yong said, "Mr. Yangming, if you meet the emperor, you can talk to him about military affairs first. After winning his appreciation, you can advise him on what you want to advise. The emperor prefers to talk about military affairs."

Chang Feng agreed: "Yes, you can tell the emperor the whole process of how you suppressed the rebellion of Prince Ning. The emperor will definitely be very interested. I will tell you one more thing. The position of Jiangxi Governor you just promoted will not last long. Sooner or later, the emperor will use you to come to Beijing and serve as the Xiaguan of the Ministry of War and the Grand Marshal of the Ming Dynasty." (End of this chapter)