Ping An Biography

In the city of Wuchang, according to the suggestion of Yang Shiqi, the chief assistant minister, the office of the cabinet office has been moved into the Wangjing Gate of the Chu Palace.A house that was originally very inconspicuous in the palace. After approaching the hall, there is a lobby in the front, and there are twenty or thirty rooms and buildings in the back.

The house has been rearranged.The hall enshrines the statue of Confucianism, and there are seats on both sides; it is quite different from the general hall of the government. The biggest difference is that there is no public seat for the superior, and the prince or the minister sits on both sides when discussing matters.This is Zhang Ning's low-key approach. If he sits on the top and there are ministers below to worship, what's the difference from worshiping in the upper court?

There is a two-story building behind the lobby, with archives and study rooms.

The days have gradually entered May, and the heat of summer is already very obvious. Various insects are chattering among the green leaves and trees, and they will be bitten by mosquitoes from time to time.

When Zhang Ning walked slowly through the corridor of this house, he had an epiphany by chance: Usually it is very difficult for people to enter the palace of Chu, and the further the center moves to the deep palace, the cabinet ministers will become more important. [

He had just returned from the front lobby, and not long ago he had a joyous meeting with several cabinet ministers in the lobby about the good news sent from Jiangxi.

As soon as Yu Qian led his army to Jiujiang City, he used Leili's means to set up this important town, killed the defender Wang Shishun and hundreds of people below, and incorporated tens of thousands of Han Wangjun, and quickly controlled the situation around Jiujiang.Then Yu Qian boldly used the newly recruited King of Han Army, selected Jingzhuang and Yongdingying to form a coalition force to quickly "threat" Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Chief Secretary, and fell in three days.In Nanchang, Yu Qian said that the whole territory of Jiangxi can be peaceful, and it is expected that most of the cities will surrender without a fight.After conquering the city by force, Yu Qian was also a good way to win over and unite the local scholar-bureaucrats. He was not only a Jinshi, but also a Jiangxi native, so he could easily win the trust of the local officials and people.The situation of Jiangxi chief envoy is very good.

The cabinet discussion is mainly to show Yu Qian's merits and discuss how to reward him.The few cabinet ministers in Wuchang are naturally happy to hear such things: Needless to say, Yang Shiqi has a teacher-student friendship with Yu Qian, Zhu Hengju's Yu Qian, and Zheng Qia's unwillingness to have a grudge with Yang Shiqi and others will not have any objections.

However, there were two other letters in Zhang Ning's study room. They were letters between Monk Yao and Zhou Mengxiong. They both mentioned Jiangxi.The two are military generals who also serve as cabinet ministers. Their attitudes this time are surprisingly similar, and they both criticize Qian somewhat.Outside Jiujiang City, Wang Shishun, the general of the Han Dynasty, and as many as hundreds of people were trapped and killed.Yao Tuesday thought it was a mistake, which would bring great trouble to other generals in the future to persuade them to surrender.Zhou Mengxiong even bluntly said that the direct incorporation of tens of thousands of Jiujiang Army would become too big and difficult to control, implying that Yu Qian's intention to disregard the general damage to the Suzaku Army.

Without the "slander" of Yao Tuesday, Zhang Ning does not absolutely trust Yu Qian, but right now, of course, he can only reward him according to the reason, not the other way around.Otherwise, if a minister has made great achievements abroad, if the superiors behind him persecute him because of suspicion, wouldn't it be the act of the faint master? How to explain it to the world?Since Zhang Ning decided to use Yuqian back then, he was doomed not to treat him like this.

... In a few days, the general of the pass reported that the king of Han was sent to Wuchang.The cabinet yamen in the royal palace of Chu handled the matter. Liang Yan, an official from the Ministry of Rites, was first appointed to receive the envoys, because it was reported that the envoys who came were Wang Changwen, the left chief of the palace of the Han Dynasty. Totally ceremonial.

Wang Changwen was first settled in the former procuratorate's residence, and after some investigation, it was confirmed that although this person was also surnamed Wang and was from the side of Hanwang, he had nothing to do with Wang Shishun's family who was killed in Jiujiang.However, although this person is only of the fifth rank, he is indeed a true confidant around the King of Han. Before Zhu Gaoxu raised his troops, he was the long history in charge of everything in the palace.

The princes in the cabinet have already guessed that the King of Han sent his confidants to ask for help.But Wang Changwen didn't explain the specifics, but kept urging Liang Yan, who received him, to arrange a meeting with King Xiang as soon as possible.

Zhang Ning finally agreed to meet Wang Changwen.

It was arranged that one morning, Wang Changwen was taken into the Palace of the King of Chu to meet the King of Xiang in the cabinet lobby.As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Zhang Ning sitting on the upper left seat, as if he was sitting on an equal footing with all the ministers. Wang Changwen was a little surprised at once; It can only be a minister, so he can barely figure it out.

When Zhang Ning first saw Wang Changwen, for some reason, he remembered a person he knew a long time ago: Wu Yong.Although he doesn't look like him, it's probably because this Wang Changwen is also fat, wide and kind.

Wang Changwen didn't care about the direction of Zhang Ning's seat, and knelt down on the ground: "Your servant kowtows to King Xiang."

Zhang Ning made a gesture of support: "No, no, just get up and talk."

Wang Changwen couldn't get up, and when he spoke, his expression suddenly became sad: "I implore the King of Xiang to send troops to rescue my Han King as soon as possible... The official army broke through Caishiji a month ago, and all the troops of Xuan Dabing swarmed through the gap Jiang, after dozens of battles in the past month, our army has been defeated, and Nanjing is almost a lonely city in danger."

"The situation has become like this, how can I save you?" Zhang Ning blurted out.

Wang Changwen said: "I heard that a part of the King of Hunan's elite soldiers was already in Jiujiang, and he killed the rebel general Wang Shishun and collected all his soldiers. There are tens of thousands of soldiers capable of fighting in Jiujiang. The siege of Nanjing is expected to..."

Zhang Ning and Yang Shiqi and others looked at each other in dismay after hearing this, as if they both knew what they were thinking: Why should we take the risk of going deep alone to save the King of Han?

Wang Changwen kowtowed a few times, and hurriedly continued: "In the past, King Jianwen of Hunan was orthodox, and the ceremony was different from my king, but in fact, they have always been in peace, and they echoed each other to correspond to the Northern Army of the imperial court. Both the king of Han and the king of Han knew the danger of dying lips and teeth. Now the king of Han is in danger. Once Nanjing falls, the entire east will be pacified by the imperial court. It is very dangerous to deal with the imperial army in one corner. If you are willing to protect the king of Han, you will gain everything but only harm."

Zhang Ning shook his head and sighed: "Wang Changshi is right, but we have already rescued him if we could. Why wait until now? You said that we should kill Wang Shishun and take his soldiers. This is true, but Wang Shishun is the one who took the initiative." His nephew, Wang Bin, came to Wuchang to surrender. We have already killed him for the King of Han. There is evidence for this. This king is by no means just talking about it. Even if we did not kill Wang Shishun, he would not lead his army back to Nanjing to die. "[

Yang Shiqi also echoed: "Jiujiang soldiers have lost their commander in the new chaos, and the army's morale is unstable; the Zhuque army in Jiangxi is too small in number to be defeated by Xuanda's elite soldiers. What's more, Jiangxi is not stable, and many places have not yet surrendered. The military rations and supplies will not work well. If our army advances from Jiangxi, the rear will be unstable. Nanjing has become an isolated city. Our army hastily rushed thousands of miles, and we must first deal with the Xuanda elite soldiers on the periphery, so we cannot rescue the main city of Nanjing in time... Now Feelings are really capable.”

"I've heard that the Huguang Suzaku army is good at fighting, and the Beijing camp is not an opponent. Now the prince and the princes are sitting idly by, it must be because they don't want to!" Wang Changwen's face turned red and he became emotional, "If the prince does not agree to send troops , the servant also Yan went back to meet the King of Han, and died in this hall today to repay the kindness of the king..."

He didn't just say something, he stood up at this moment, and instead of bullying Zhang Ning, he turned around and walked towards a pillar.

Seeing this, Zhang Ning hurriedly called the guard at the door: "Hold him quickly."

When Wang Changwen saw the guards enter the door, instead of stopping, he quickened his pace and slammed into the pillar head-on.It was too late to stop him when the incident happened suddenly, and he actually hit his head on the pillar with a "bang", leaving a bloodstain on it immediately, and he also fell down.

Lian Yang Shiqi and other veterans stood up from their seats in surprise.Only then did the guards come to Wang Changwen's side, but there was no need to drag him, so he had to turn him over to see if he was dead.

"Call the doctor to come and save me." Zhang Ning hurriedly ordered, and then went to the side of the pillar to see the person.Wang Changwen's white forehead was covered with redness, and the blood was still flowing, but his eyeballs were still moving, so he didn't seem to be killed by the collision.

Yang Shiqi, Zhu Heng and others also surrounded him. Yang Shiqi frowned and said, "I will treat each other with courtesy, and the King of Xiang will personally meet him. How can Wang Changshi do this? If he died in Wuchang, wouldn't it mean that we treat people meanly?"

Wang Changwen woke up faintly, regardless of what other people said to him, he pretended to get up and bump into the pillar again, of course he couldn't succeed this time, there were many people around him.

The guard held down his arm to keep him from moving, so Zhang Ning finally persuaded him, "You were sent to Wuchang as an envoy by the King of Han, so it is useless. Being in the position of Huguang, would you send troops to rescue Nanjing in this situation? No one would do that! The defeat of the King of Han in Nanjing is a foregone conclusion. It is not something you, Wang Changwen, can change. So, how about staying in Huguang to find another way out?"

Wang Changwen calmed down a lot, and then said weakly: "My lord's kindness, I appreciate it..."

After hearing this, Zhu Heng said: "Wang Changshi often lives in the inner mansion of the King of Han. I didn't have much contact with you before, but today I admire you very much. If the King of Han was surrounded by people like Wang Changshi, it would be better to plan the river back then. And the great situation of governing hundreds of thousands of soldiers, how come today?"

At this moment, a doctor with a gray beard was brought in by the guards.Zhang Ning waved his hand: "Wang Changshi's life is in danger, so you carry him down so that he can be treated with medicine."

The guards were busy sending people to look for stretchers again, and once they met the envoys, it ended in a mess.

Finally, Zhu Heng gently reminded everyone of the situation that everyone should be aware of: "Nanzhili will soon fall into the hands of the Northern Army, and we have to make early deployments."

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