Ping An Biography

Updated: 2013-11-21

After recovering from the wind and cold, Zhang Ning went to the temple to worship the Buddha and came back, and then resumed his usual work and rest.The impression he gave to everyone was still the same: he didn't show the slightest sign of being diligent and busy, but he could always be found in the official office if something happened.

The people who can enter and leave the inner study at any time include several cabinet ministers and personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If these people have urgent matters, they can go directly to Zhang Ning.In addition, military officers and generals will need to make an appointment at least one day in advance; if these people really cannot see him for important matters, they can go to their own peaks, such as generals can see Zhu Heng, Minister of the Ministry of War.

After this arrangement, Zhang Ning does not have to deal with various affairs on weekdays, but does not worry about making mistakes, which is very appropriate.

Although he was sick for a few days during this period, he was generally in a good mood.After Yang Shiqi's arrival, he can win over gentry from all over Huguang, and the situation of governing Huguang can be predicted to be very good.As long as the manpower, material resources and taxation of more than a dozen prefectures are truly controlled, a solid foundation will be laid, and all deployments will go smoothly. [

But this favorable situation didn't last long. First, an accident occurred in Nanzhili, east of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then various signs surfaced, and Zhang Ning could no longer sit back and relax.

Among the stacks of letters from the newly established Secretary of General Affairs in the government office, there is a report by Wei Bin, the commander of the Yongding Daying Camp.The main force of the Shi Yongding Battalion was stationed at the border between Huguang and Jiangxi, and the battalion soldiers successively intercepted "Xizuo" at several passes. Escort the fine work to Wuchang on the way.

Within two days, several ministers met in the study of the cabinet official office, and Zhu Heng announced in public that he had received secret letters from some old friends of old officials in Nanjing.When he said it himself, it seemed very frank... Of course, no one would doubt that Zhu Heng would play a fool between King Xiang and King Han.It would be a little credible for someone to say that a certain bureaucrat stepped in two boats between the imperial court and Huguang, but it would be completely out of reason to say that Huguang officials colluded with the King of Han.

After hearing this, Zhang Ning immediately said: "It must be that the situation in Nanjing is not good, and those talents have come to Zhu Butang to find a way out."

With one sentence, he completely dispelled Zhu Heng's worries, and also expressed his belief that it was impossible for him to have an affair with the King of Han.Several people present had no objection.

Zhu Heng nodded immediately, his movements were larger than usual, and then he said positively: "Last time, the prince mentioned that our scouts in Nanzhili found that Caishiji was breached by the imperial court, and now there are signs that this news is probably true. Yes. Caishiji has been a barrier for Jinling since ancient times, if this place is lost, the city of Nanjing will be in danger."

Zhang Ning turned to look at Yang Shiqi who was silent, and asked him first: "Mr. Yang, what do we think we should do?"

Seeing this, Zhu Heng stepped back temporarily and listened to what Yang Shiqi had to say.Yang Shiqi stroked his beard, and pondered: "Zhu Butang is in charge of military affairs, he should also know that there are few soldiers in Huguang, and the road to Nanjing is high and the road is far away. Whether we want to rescue or not, I'm afraid we have more than enough energy. Thinking of one thing, the prince occupies Huguang, and Jiangxi is in the middle, so it is dangerous to defend, why not take it?"

Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment, then said, "It's a long story."

Zhu Hengdao: "Before we were short of troops, the plan was to stabilize the defense of the Jiangxi; several mansions in Jiangxi were occupied by the King of Han, and we have always taken the alliance with the King of Han to deal with the Xuande Dynasty, which has many generals, as an established strategy, so we have not planned to annex it yet. Heart."

"Just as Zhu Butang said." Zhang Ning said, "However, the situation has changed now. If the King of Han does not protect him, we can prepare in advance to persuade the guards in the cities in the northwestern part of Jiangxi to annex Jiangxi first. It can not only expand the territory, but also serve as a source for the lake. The defense of the Canton Line provides strategic depth."

Yang Shiqi, Zhu Heng, and Zheng Qia present all had no objection.Zhang Ning immediately asked: "Who will be sent to collect Jiangxi, you can name one person."

Everyone was groaning after hearing this, Zheng Qia looked back at Zhu Heng, but Zhu Heng didn't mean to be self-sufficient... He went to Jiujiang City to face the Shenji Camp last time, and was almost defeated, and now it seems that he is not willing to volunteer .At present, there are only a few people in Xiangwang Group who can take charge of their own affairs, but the Yao family, father and son, and Zhou Mengxiong have important responsibilities, so it is difficult to decide who can be selected.

At this moment, Yang Shiqi said: "This is a major matter. The king of Xiang should think about it and discuss it a few times. It must be decided in a hurry."

Zhang Ning took advantage of the situation and agreed: "That's fine."

Yang Shiqi said again: "The old minister has two more things to say. The first thing is that the King of Xiang always lives in the Chu Palace, but works in the cabinet office. Move the cabinet to the north gate of Chu Palace."

If you live and work in one place, then you don’t have to go out and move around if you really stay there in the future.However, Zhang Ning also heard about one thing. Last year, the imperial court offered a reward to Jin Wanliang and Feng Hou for his own head. This kind of thing is really careless.He didn't hesitate too much, and immediately said: "As Duke Yang said, we can do it today."

Yang Shiqi went on to pay homage: "Although the old minister is in charge of the cabinet, he is new to Huguang's military and political affairs. He needs to read the files stored in the official office. I don't know if it is appropriate for the new left servant of the Ministry of War, Yu Qian, to come and assist him from time to time?"

Zhang Ning thought for a while, then nodded and agreed: "Since I let Princess Yang go to the cabinet, I shouldn't refuse you from the old and new government affairs. It is reasonable for Yang Gong to ask you."

He suddenly noticed that Yang Shiqi mentioned Yu Qian at this time, and he had a guess in his heart: Could it be that Yang Shiqi wanted to ask Yu Qian to preside over Jiangxi affairs?

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At the time of You, all officials came directly from the cabinet office.As soon as Zhu Heng returned to the mansion and got off the sedan chair, his housekeeper Hou Dahu came up and handed him a handful of greeting cards.

This Hou Dahu was Zhu Heng's former old housekeeper. After Zhu Hengben escaped from Nanjing, the people in the house scattered like birds and beasts. Only Hou Dahu traveled all the way to Huguang. attended.

As Zhu Heng walked towards the inner house, he flipped through the greeting cards casually.After the official position in Huguang has been firmly established, more and more guests want to see him. It is not surprising that there are officials who want to find a way, gentry merchants who want to do business, or people who want to meet acquaintances. thing.He didn't care about most of them at all, a few of them were directly confessed to Hou Dahu, and only a few acquaintances actually made appointments.

He flipped through the pages casually, but suddenly his hands stopped, and there was a card in front of him that said: Nanjing Wang Bin.

Just at this time, Hou Dahu who was at the side said softly: "This man is indeed Wang Bin, whom the master knew well in the official circles in Nanjing. In the morning when he sent the greeting card in, the old slave immediately asked people to watch him, and took a look at him in private. , it was indeed him."

Hearing this, Zhu Heng couldn't help thinking: If Hou Dahu just took a peek secretly, would he be so attentive to follow by his side to remind himself?It is very likely that Hou Dahu has already met him first, and he has received some benefits, so he only takes people's money to do things.However, Zhu Heng didn't point out that since such bad rules are not against the law, there's no need to control his subordinates too strictly.

"Mr. Wang has done a good job as an official under the tent of Hanwang, why did he come to Wuchang all of a sudden?" Zhu Heng said coldly.

Hou Dahu said: "I heard that the situation in Nanjing is tight. He may have taken a fancy to the situation and is planning for a rainy day."

Zhu Heng took two steps, then turned his head and said, "During the Warring States Period, there was an eunuch named Miao Xian who made a mistake and wanted to flee to the Kingdom of Yan. He thought that the King of Yan would take him in. Wang Si shook hands with his ministers and said: "I would like to make friends. I know this, so I want to go." His guest, Lin Xiangru, persuaded him: The reason why King Yan wanted to make friends was because Miao Xian was Zhao Wang's favorite minister. Once he fled Zhao, The reason for making friends no longer exists... Now if the King of Han is destroyed, what use will those criminal officials be to us?"

Hou Dahu didn't try to persuade him, so he could only follow the old man's words: "No, last year the King of Han's Mansion sent people to threaten him, asking the Lord (King of Xiang) to send him back for punishment. I don't know who came up with this idea in the King of Han's mansion. , anyway, this matter must be done because there is no objection in the palace. These people used to have no backs, but now they think of backs."

"However... if I remember correctly, Wang Shishun, the chief general of the garrison in Jiujiang City, should be a relative of Wang Bin." Zhu Heng said in a deep voice.

Hou Dahu hurriedly said, "Yes, that's him."

Zhu Hengdao: "That's what you can see. Go and settle him down immediately, don't wander around in the city, in case you are caught as a spy and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is unnecessary trouble……"

After Zhu Heng finished speaking, he remembered Zhang Ning's words of trust in him during the day, and felt that there was nothing to hide about this matter, so he changed his words: "Go directly to the house to settle down, and I will change my clothes later and go see people."

After hearing this, Hou Dahu took the order to do it.

Later in the evening, Zhu Heng went to the living room to meet guests in his ordinary clothes.As soon as he entered the door, he saw a man in his thirties who was pacing and fidgeting. It was Wang Bin whom Zhu Heng had known before.There was still a young woman sitting next to her, she stood up hastily when she saw someone coming in.

Zhu Henglang said in a loud voice: "Oh, Brother Wang Xian!"

Wang Bin was overjoyed, took two steps forward, and knelt down all at once: "I can see Mr. Zhu, I can see you..."

"No, please get up quickly." Zhu Heng hurriedly went to help him, "I heard the servants in the mansion say that the younger brother has come to Wuchang, and I didn't believe it at first. I really didn't expect it... Why did you come here suddenly?"

Wang Bindao: "It's a long story. In short, it's hard to behave in Nanjing now..." [

"It's easy to talk, easy to talk. I'm telling someone to rush to prepare a table of wine and food to clean up the dust for you. Let's talk slowly at the table." Zhu Heng said enthusiastically, and turned his head to look at the woman again, "This is it?"

"Oh!" Wang Bin hurriedly said, "Your humble wife, Mrs. Li. My first wife died of illness a few years ago, and my new wife, who has always respected each other like a guest and has deep feelings, couldn't bear to keep her in Nanjing, so I brought her back to Nanjing. Huguang is here. If Mr. Zhu ignores the past, I would like to ask you to take care of Jiannei, and I can go to Jiujiang to persuade my uncle Wang Shishun to submit..."

"No hurry, no hurry." Zhu Heng persuaded him kindly, thinking that Wang Bin still has that temperament, and he has to put forward any conditions in a hurry.

Sure enough, he completely ignored Zhu Heng's dissuasion, and continued to say: "Master Zhu has a lot of people, if there is anything wrong with him before, I still look to Haihan."

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(I was sick a few days ago, and my condition was not good, so the update was suspended for some reason. Xifeng felt sorry for it, at least 2 updates in the past few days, and hoped to make up for one or two.)

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