Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 856 Su Maoxiang

The Western Factory and the Xiaoling Guards went on a killing spree in Nanjing. This was planned by Zhu Youxiao before Fang Zhenghua was ordered to leave Beijing. Anyway, Zhejiang, Guizhou, and Fujian were in chaos, and the situation in the southeastern provinces was also turbulent, so there was nothing to worry about.

Kill!
Even if there is chaos in Nanjing, as long as we can ensure that Nanjing is not lost, even if there is rebellion and riot in Nanzhili in the end, the worst that can happen is we can fight again!
With the Xiaoling Guard led by Mei Chun, the Huangmingzong Army led by Lu Xiangsheng, and the Western Factory led by Fang Zhenghua, there is no need to mobilize the troops to the south to suppress the Japanese pirates. As long as they can hold out until the troops mobilized to suppress the rebellion arrive, the situation will not be too bad!
Although Nanjing City and Nanzhili are the core of the Ming Dynasty, they are not the real political center of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Youxiao does not need to worry so much.

The capital city is different from northern Zhili.

Even if Zhu Youxiao wanted to kill many people, he had to consider stability. After all, if this political center was in chaos, even for just a few months, it would be a huge blow to the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court.

This is Zhu Youxiao’s style of doing things!
It is precisely this style that directly or indirectly affects many people.

One of them is squareness.

……

For many days, Nanjing remained turbulent.

Fang Zhenghua executed a large number of corrupt officials in the inner court and hereditary officers of the Nanjing Imperial Guard outside the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City in Nanjing. This caused a great shock to the whole of Nanjing!
The central government in Nanjing, except for the lack of a cabinet, adopted the same system as that in the capital. There were also nobles in Nanjing, which made some of Nanjing's structures not much different from those in the capital.

The civil and military officials, nobles, upright officials, literati, gentry, wealthy merchants and other groups in Nanjing City were all at a loss because of Fang Zhenghua's sudden and unprovoked massacre.

But Fang Zhenghua did not give them time.

The palace and the imperial city were firmly under control, and the personal guards of the upper echelons underwent a major reshuffle. The Xiaoling Guard controlled the Chaoyang, Zhengyang and Tongji gates. The key was that a large number of soldiers from the Western Investigation Factory were stationed in the area around the Jubao Gate, and the entire pattern inside and outside the city of Nanjing formed a kind of delicate balance!

Even if someone really can't sit still and wants to do something in private, hoping to cause chaos in Nanjing, they have to consider these forces! !
Nanjing Forbidden City.

The temporary headquarters of the Western Investigation Factory.

"The factory manager, he's here."

Wang Chengen, with a tired look on his face, walked into the hall and saw Fang Zhenghua busy at his desk. He lowered his head slightly and Fang Zhenghua raised his head after hearing this.

"After waiting for so long, it's finally here!"

Fang Zhenghua frowned and asked, "Where is he now?"

"Just outside the Meridian Gate."

Wang Chengen said.

"Let's go see him."

Fang Zhenghua quickly stood up and said.

The Forbidden City in Nanjing is currently controlled by Fang Zhenghua and his men, but they strictly abide by etiquette and rules, and no outsiders are allowed in the palace.

"Have all the palace maids in the Forbidden City in Nanjing been registered?" As they were heading to the Meridian Gate, Fang Zhenghua remembered something and said to Wang Chengen who was traveling with him.

“They are all registered.”

Wang Chengen nodded and said, "We will arrange for them to leave the palace secretly in a few days. All the unmarried men in Xiaoling Guard will have the opportunity to meet them, and they can get married if both parties are satisfied."

"You keep an eye on this matter."

Fang Zhenghua said solemnly: "This is the Emperor's order, there can be no mistakes." "Don't worry."

Wang Chengen replied.

Fang Zhenghua was a little confused about this matter. All the palace maids in the Forbidden City in Nanjing were dismissed from the palace. Those who were willing to get married were married with the unmarried men of the Xiaoling Guard and the Nanjing Imperial Guard. Of course, this was not an arranged match, but one that both parties were satisfied with. This matter was handled by the Western Investigation Factory.

Those who are older and do not want to get married are concentrated in the imperial farms around Xiaolingwei. The inner court will support them for their entire lives and find things for them to do.

After this happened, there was no longer a single palace maid in the Forbidden City in Nanjing. The only ones left were eunuchs in power and eunuchs at all levels.

Although he didn't understand, Fang Zhenghua still followed orders.

But Fang Zhenghua didn't know that it was precisely because of this move that the Xiaoling Guards and the other upper guards who were deployed to different regions during the turmoil in the southeast showed strong fighting spirit! !

Of course that's all for later.

For Fang Zhenghua right now, he wants to meet Su Maoxiang as soon as possible!

Su Maoxiang, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli, when he was only years old. After observing politics in Beijing, he was initially appointed as the Director of the Ministry of Revenue. There are very few records of this person in historical materials, and those who don't pay attention don't know much about him, but this person is a rare talent, and he did a lot of practical things when he was the governor of Zhejiang!
The key point is that although this person was a civil servant, he knew about military affairs. Zhu Youxiao knew about this person by accident after he asked the officials of the Southern Study to look up the governors, provincial governors, and provincial governors of the southeastern provinces and summarize all the things that happened in the southeastern provinces from the Wanli Dynasty to the present.

If we want to solve the long-standing problems in the southeast, we must know where the root lies.

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Which ones are worth winning over, which ones are worth suppressing, and which ones are worth eradicating... In fact, Zhu Youxiao had already started to plan for the southeast very early on.

It’s just that many people don’t know about this.

"Mr. Hong, how are you?"

Fang Zhenghua rushed to the Meridian Gate and met Su Maoxiang in a duty room. He was very surprised when he first met him. Su Maoxiang, who was almost sixty years old, looked very old and had a hunched back. Could this man really help him to rectify Caojiang? But despite his doubts, Fang Zhenghua still raised his hand and bowed with a smile.

"Don't dare."

Upon seeing this, Su Maoxiang stood up and returned the greeting to Fang Zhenghua.

If he didn't know about the emperor's secret decree, he wouldn't have rushed to Nanjing from Fujian. The key point is that after arriving in Nanjing, he learned about what Fang Zhenghua and others had done, and Su Maoxiang began to worry.

Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places were in chaos. Under such circumstances, Fang Zhenghua and his gang of eunuchs from the capital were making such a big fuss in Nanjing. Aren't they afraid of chaos in Nanzhili?
If there was chaos in Southern Zhili, it would have a huge impact on the entire southeast.

"Since Grandfather Hong is willing to come to Nanjing, he must be aware of his responsibilities here, right?" Seeing Su Maoxiang like this, Fang Zhenghua did not shirk his responsibility and went straight to the point.

"know."

Su Maoxiang nodded and said, "He is the Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War and is also the assistant in charge of the military affairs of Caojiang. If my guess is correct, then Lord Fang is going to deal with Caojiang next, right?"

Even though Su Maoxiang had been unemployed for a long time and had been away from the political arena of the Ming Dynasty, he was still very familiar with the affairs of the Ming Dynasty's central government and Nanjing.

After all, in his heart, he has feelings for the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes."

Fang Zhenghua nodded and said, "This is exactly our duty in Nanjing. The emperor is furious when such things happen in Zhejiang, Guizhou and Fujian. In fact, there are more problems in the southeast than just these. Caojiang is the one that needs to be solved urgently!!"

(End of this chapter)