Smuggling Daming

Jiang Bin was very depressed during this period. He and Qian Ning met the Emperor Zhengde in the tiger's mouth last time, and his life was in danger. Qian Ning was timid. After seeing the fierce tiger, he squatted He didn't dare to go forward in the corner, relying on him to rescue him desperately, which saved Zhengde from danger, and it was from that time that Emperor Zhengde obeyed him, but at the same time alienated Qian Ning.

Without Qian Ning, the biggest opponent, Jiang Bin's power has once again been strengthened. Now he not only controls the [-] frontier troops in the Beijing camp, but also gets a position as the commander of Jinyiwei Capital, although it overlaps with Qian Ning's position. , and it's just a false name, and it doesn't actually manage things, but it can already put its hand into Jinyiwei in a legitimate way.

In addition, Jiang Bin also saw that Emperor Zhengde didn't like staying in the palace very much, he was very yearning for the outside world, and he was particularly fond of military affairs, so Jiang Bin kept encouraging Zhengde to go to his hometown Xuanfu to play. In order to do what he likes, secondly, he has a different status now. If he can bring His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty back to his hometown, he will naturally return home with the most glorious brocade clothes. The most powerful.

Originally, Jiang Bin's matter of persuading Zhengde to go to the Xuanfu had already been settled, and he had already started to prepare for his departure, but what he never expected was that at this critical moment, Emperor Zhengde suddenly announced that the Governor of the Four Seas Zhou Zhong turned out to be his younger brother, His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming. This news caught Jiang Bin a little off guard. When he realized it, the plaques in Prince Zhao's Mansion in the capital had already been hung up.

If it was an ordinary prince, Jiang Bin would not pay attention to it.For example, King Ning who is far away in Nanchang.Often give some gifts to the dignitaries in the capital.Even Qian Ning had friendship with that King Ning, but Jiang Bin didn't give King Ning the slightest bit of embarrassment, and returned all the gifts he gave, because he knew that although those vassal kings were noble, they didn't have much power. They give themselves gifts that are sure to be desired later.And I still have to bear certain risks, so it is better to refuse all of them now.

It's just that Zhou Zhong, the newly promoted king of Zhao, is different from ordinary vassal kings. For one thing, Zhengde has no heirs, and the throne in the future will either belong to King Zhao or his son. You can guess it in the capital.In addition, Zhou Zhong is not one of those vassal kings who have no real power. The other party has served as the governor of the world for many years and has incomparable power overseas. The three navies he created by himself are also extremely elite. It is said that they are invincible at sea.Having brought the whole of Nanyang into the rule of Ming Dynasty, such a character is naturally not comparable to ordinary vassal kings.

It was also Jiang Bin who knew that His Royal Highness Zhao Wang was extraordinary.So after Jiang Bin knew that His Majesty had handed over the affairs of the military academy to Zhou Zhong, after serious consideration for a long time, he finally decided to reluctantly give up control of the military academy. In comparison, if you don't know the situation and give up, then it is very likely that King Zhao will retaliate against you in the end, and even His Majesty may not be able to protect yourself.

Speaking of which, the military academy was also proposed by Zhou Zhong. The biggest role of the military academy is not only to train generals for the military academy, to facilitate the imperial court to control the army, but also to unite the military generals of the Ming Dynasty. There is a layer of classmate friendship. Facing the suppression of the civil official group, they will no longer become a mess like their predecessors, but will form an alliance to fight against the civil official group. At that time, the military academy will become the core of the military generals alliance. As long as you master the military academy, you are equivalent to mastering the future of the Ming army, and at the same time controlling half of the court situation.

Jiang Bin served as an instructor in a military academy, so he naturally knows the role of the military academy better than anyone else. Unfortunately, because of Zhou Zhong's arrival, Jiang Bin can only watch helplessly as the military academy that will soon be taken over is taken over by Zhou Zhong, and he has to bear the pain Cutting off all ties with the military academy, and completely drawing a clear line with the military academy, in order to avoid conflicts with Zhou Zhong, this made him, who has always been proud and arrogant, really not reconciled.

However, although the military academy is important, for people like Jiang Bin who gained power by relying on Zhengde's favor, the most important thing is to please Zhengde. As long as he can keep his favor, Jiang Bin's power will increase day by day , Even when his power is strong enough, it is not impossible to kick Zhao Wang away and take back the military academy.

Knowing this, Jiang Bin quickly cheered up from the attack of the military academy. After washing up this morning, he immediately led people into the palace. Today is the end of the month. According to Zhengde's previous temperament, he wanted to compete with them in bow and arrow , and even go hunting in Xiyuan when he is interested, and this is the best time for Jiang Bin to express himself.

Jiang Bin has now replaced Qian Ning as Zhengde's number one favorite, so when he came to the gate of the palace, no one stopped him, and he easily came to the Leopard Room where Jiang Bin lived. When Jiang Bin came Most of the adopted sons recommended by him have already come, but what surprised Jiang Bin was that Zhengde didn't talk with these adopted sons who were born as generals like before, but there was no one at all.

"Li Cong, why isn't Your Majesty here?" Jiang Bin pulled a long-faced thin man and said, this guy named Li Cong was one of his old brothers in the Xuanfu. He recommended it to Zhengde, and now he is also one of Zhengde's adopted sons, and among these adopted sons, apart from Jiang Bin, Li Cong has the highest status.

"Brother Jiang, we don't know. According to His Majesty's habit, we should have come today, but now it's such a time, and we haven't seen His Majesty's shadow yet. Just now I asked someone to ask Eunuch Gu, However, Eunuch Gu only said that His Majesty is in the martial arts hall behind, but did not say what His Majesty is doing, so we can only wait here." Li Cong replied helplessly.

The Hall of Martial Arts is a hall built by Zhengde in the Leopard Room. This hall was originally a place for Zhengde to practice martial arts, but after Zhou Zhong presented the sand table to the imperial court, Zhengde asked people to make a huge map of the whole country. The sand table covered the entire martial arts hall. When he was free, Zhengde liked to take a walk around the martial arts hall.Because the sand table was Ming's military secret, ordinary people could not enter the martial arts hall at all, and only Jiang Bin was allowed to enter the martial arts hall with Zhengde's special permission.

"Well, you guys are waiting here, I'll go into the palace to have a look!" Jiang Bin thought for a moment, and finally said in a deep voice. Based on his understanding of Zhengde, the opponent's favorite thing is fighting and hunting, so he shouldn't shrink back at this time In the martial arts hall?

After Jiang Bin finished speaking, he walked straight to the direction of the Martial Arts Hall. Speaking of which, the Martial Arts Hall is located next to the Zhengde Palace, surrounded by women from the Zhengde Income Palace. Zhengde's favorite, so the general foreign ministers can't get close to the martial arts hall.

However, Jiang Bin was an exception. During this period of time, he was deeply trusted by Zhengde. Even when they talked about military affairs before, the two of them stayed up all night. There is absolutely nothing that cannot be entered in the Leopard Room.

After passing through several levels of palaces, Jiang Bin soon came to the gate of the Martial Arts Hall. When he raised his foot and was about to enter the hall, he heard a burst of laughter from Zhengde in the hall, and at the same time there was a man beside him. The voice made Jiang Bin stunned at the time, wondering who else could enter the martial arts hall besides himself and Zhengde?

With doubts in his heart, Jiang Bin did not enter the palace in a hurry, nor did he let the eunuch outside go in to report, but walked gently to the door, only listening to the voice of the man inside: "Brother, please look, at that time The situation in Nanyang is like this. All the big islands already have immigration strongholds for the Governor's Mansion. Only the Danmu Kingdom on Java Island has a strong military force, and the Governor's Mansion can't get involved for the time being. Finally, after a long period of preparation, this dispatch Only after Qu Lie led the troops to destroy the Danmu Kingdom, the whole of Nanyang could be regarded as completely falling into the hands of my Daming..."

Hearing the man inside calling Zhengde "Emperor Brother", Jiang Bin also immediately understood that in the entire Ming Dynasty, only His Royal Highness Zhao Wang would call His Majesty that way, and what he said should be the Governor's Mansion's response to Nanyang. In the process of using soldiers, His Majesty likes military affairs the most, so it is no wonder that he will always stay in the joy of martial arts and forget about today's martial arts competition and hunting.

Jiang Bin was an army general who basically knew nothing about naval combat methods. He stood outside the door and listened for a while, but found that the more he listened, the more confused he became.But in contrast, Zhengde has learned a lot about the navy because of Zhou Zhong's influence in recent years, so he can understand Zhou Zhong's explanation, and he also asks his own questions from time to time, which makes the discussion atmosphere inside It was very enthusiastic. Looking at it like this, Jiang Bin guessed that His Majesty the Emperor would not think about martial arts competitions and hunting today.

Since Zhou Zhong was inside, Jiang Bin gave up the idea of ​​going in. After all, he had been avoiding meeting Zhou Zhong during this time, because he felt that the newly promoted King Zhao was not very friendly to him, so Jiang Bin After standing outside for a while, he turned and left.

But what Jiang Bin didn't expect was that when he came to the palace to meet Zhengde the next day, he was stopped by Gu Dayong because the other party told him that His Royal Highness King Zhao presented something called badminton to His Majesty today. Now the two are having fun, and His Majesty has already ordered that no one will be seen, so I ask him to come back another day.

Jiang Bin had no choice but to go back again, but on the third day when he entered the palace, King Zhao actually played something called bowling with His Majesty. On the fourth and fifth days... a month passed like this. Jiang Bin couldn't see Zhengde even once, which made him scream badly. It seems that His Royal Highness Zhao Wang came here to target him! (to be continued..)