Smuggling Daming

Hearing Zhou Zhong's question about Zhengde, Jiao Fang and the others smiled wryly, and finally Wang Qiong said, "Reporting to Jian Guo, Your Majesty is walking very slowly on the road this time, especially in Shanghai. After landing, drinking and having fun on the road every day, and even recruiting some women to accompany him, it is really inappropriate, I hope Jian Guo can send a letter to warn him!"

Zhou Zhong was not surprised when he heard Zhengde's actions. King Ning's rebellion hit Zhengde very hard. After all, he always regarded King Ning as one of his relatives, but now he was betrayed by this relative. Zhengde, who values ​​feelings, is very difficult to accept, that's why he makes so many abnormal actions.

"Brother Huang is in a bad mood. It is inevitable that he will do some excessive things. Everyone should be considerate of him. In addition, if Brother Huang causes any trouble or loss to the local area on the road, people will definitely make up for it afterwards. I will also give the emperor Brother, write a letter to tell him not to disturb the people too much, I believe that as long as this time passes, he will return to normal!" Zhou Zhong finally sighed.

After discussing the matter with the cabinet, Zhou Zhong asked Wu Shan to be brought in again. Some time ago, because of collusion with King Ning, Qian Ning was deposed as the commander of Jinyiwei, so Wu Shan took over Jinyiwei. After Zhengde left the capital, Jinyiwei has been in charge of Wu Shan, and now it's just an extra position that is justifiable.

"See you, my lord!" Wu Shan entered the room and saw Zhou Zhong, he immediately bowed his head and saluted.

"Get up, how is the arrangement of the guards around the emperor?" Zhou Zhong asked without raising his head. The Jinyiwei was originally divided into two parts, and one part is the Jinyiwei in the eyes of ordinary people. It was completely transformed into an intelligence agency, and the other part was called Dahan Generals. They belonged to the emperor's guards and usually served as guards of honor. Zhengde was also guarded by these people when he traveled.Now Zhou Zhong was asking about the situation of General Han.

"Don't worry, my lord. I have arranged many brothers who are proficient in water to follow His Majesty, and try not to let His Majesty go to a place with water. In addition, every time Jiang Bin meets His Majesty, there are also a few good men who guard him secretly. There will never be any mistakes!" Wu Shan replied solemnly, although he didn't know why His Royal Highness King Zhao had asked him to arrange some water-like brothers to guard His Majesty?I don't know why you want His Majesty not to go to the water?But he only needs to accept the order, and he will never say a word about other things that he shouldn't ask.

"Good job!" Zhou Zhong nodded in satisfaction. Although the history has been tampered with beyond recognition by him, some major historical events remain the same, such as the rebellion of King Ning and Zhengde's southern tour. Zhong also knew that it was when Zhengde arrived in Nanjing during his southern tour.He accidentally fell into the water and died of a disease, and Zhengde died very strangely. Zhengde, who was always as strong as a cow, would fall into the water and get sick, and died, and even the time of his death could not be determined.I only know that Jiang Bin was by his side at the time, but unfortunately Jiang Bin was also killed later, and no one knows how Zhengde died.

Knowing this, Zhou Zhong sent many more guards immediately after knowing that Zhengde had gone to Nanjing, especially some guards who were proficient in water skills, and they were not allowed to leave Zhengde for half a step.Although Zhou Zhong didn't know if this would be useful, it was the only thing he could do.

"By the way, how are the Tatars in the north now? Do they still have the strength to resist?" Zhou Zhong suddenly thought that Zhengde had left the northern frontier army, and worried that the Tatars would use this to cause chaos, so he asked.In the past, Jinyiwei's influence was only in Daming.There is not much external deployment, but with Zhou Zhong's rectification of Jinyiwei, his strength has expanded to various countries around Ming Dynasty, and even India and Egypt have their development eyeliner.

"Don't worry, my lord. The Tatars attacked my Ming army several times before. All of them were defeated. Now the prestige of the little Tatar prince has dropped to the lowest level. The leaders of several big tribes are already very dissatisfied with the little Tatar prince. Now they are discussing about seizing the throne of the little prince. For this situation, we Jinyiwei have also contributed a little bit, so the leaders of those big tribes are more confident. It won't be long before a war breaks out inside Tatar. The little prince of Tatar is also having a headache about this matter, and it is impossible to go south!" Wu Shan said confidently, the Jinyiwei contributed a lot to the internal struggle of Tatar, and they can see that this powerful enemy of Ming Dynasty is played by him. Under the palm, this made Wu Shan feel very excited.

"Very well, Tatar is already in decline under the attack of my Ming Dynasty, and I heard that the little Tatar prince has also suffered from health problems. If the little Tatar prince can die at this time, his few My son will definitely start competing for the position of Khan, and together with the leaders of those big tribes, the whole Tatar will be in chaos. I, Ming, will take advantage of the situation and step up to eat the grassland. I believe it will not be long before the entire grassland will be included. I am under the rule of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhou Zhong nodded in satisfaction again when he heard this, as long as the border troubles in the north are solved, then the Ming Dynasty can fully develop the sea and compete with Western countries for the colonies of the world. With the national power of the Ming Dynasty, I believe that no country is an opponent of Ming Dynasty.

Next, Zhou Zhong asked about the specific situation inside Tatar, and then gave some instructions on Jin Yiwei's next move, so as to better cooperate with Ming's encroachment on the grassland, and finally asked about the Ottoman Empire, to be exact It is the situation on the side of the Suez Canal. Among the technical officials and entourages sent to Egypt, some are spies of Jinyiwei. In addition to measuring the canal, they also need to collect local intelligence. In a few years, the Suez Canal will become their next target, so get ready now.

At the same time, Zhengde finally arrived in Nanjing, and just like in history, when he learned that King Ning had been captured, he was very disappointed, and even a little dissatisfied with Wu Wending and others. Seeing Zhengde's thoughts, he even boldly arrested Wu Wending, and then took King Ning and other prisoners.

Zhengde did not stop Jiang Bin and others from doing anything wrong, but he also had a sense of propriety. Although Wu Wending and others were arrested, nothing would happen. At most, they would be locked up for a few days to relieve Zhengde's anger. In the future, they will still be rewarded for their merits As for the captives like King Ning, Zhengde also arranged a very famous program for them, that is, the farce in history where King Ning was released and then captured by himself.

Zhengde was very dissatisfied with the fact that King Ning was captured by others, because he felt that he could only relieve himself if he caught the other party himself. Unfortunately, before he arrived in Nanjing, King Ning had already been captured by Wu Wending and others. Moreover, the captives were also sent to Nanjing. In this case, some villains around Zhengde came up with a bad idea, that is, let Zhengde put King Ning back, and after the other party reorganized the rebel army, Zhengde himself went to pacify King Ning. Rebel.

Although Zhengde was very moved by this idea, fortunately he was still a little rational, knowing that if he really did this, he would definitely leave a big joke through the ages, so Zhengde did not completely take this suggestion, but chose A low-impact compromise.

When King Ning and other prisoners of war were sent to Nanjing, they were not put in prison immediately, but were removed from their shackles, mounted on horses and armed with weapons, and then sent to the encirclement of the Ming army. His personal guards also wore armor to fight against King Ning, and King Ning almost died of anger. He was not a military commander in the first place, and most of the prisoners sent to Nanjing were civilian officials. Zhengde actually wanted them to take up arms. Fighting, this is even more uncomfortable than killing them.

This farce naturally ended with Zhengde capturing King Ning and others again, and then all the "prisoners" captured by Zhengde himself were sent to the prison in Nanjing, and no one was allowed to visit, but only There is one exception, and that person is Zhu Houzhao himself.

Since King Ning and others were imprisoned, Zhu Houzhao had entered the prison several times, and each time he was not allowed to accompany anyone, not even Jiang Bin, so no one knew what Zhu Houzhao did after entering the prison, but According to the speculation of later generations, Zhu Houzhao should have met King Ning when he entered the prison. As for what did the two of them say?Did Zhu Houzhao scold King Ning and other issues?That is not what future generations can guess.

At the end of the month when King Ning was sent to Nanjing, Zhengde ordered people to behead King Ning and others in Tongzhou. North Tongzhou echoes each other.

After King Ning and others were beheaded, it also marked that the rebellion of King Ning was completely put down, but Zhengde did not return to Beijing immediately, but still stayed in the south for fun. Speaking of which, he came to the south once to recognize Zhou Zhong last time , but that time he was with Empress Dowager Zhang, and he had other things to do, so he came and went in a hurry, and had no chance to appreciate the customs of various parts of the south. In addition, now that the north is pacified, Zhengde is depressed because of the rebellion of King Ning, so I just took this opportunity to visit the mountains and rivers, and take a break by the way.

It is precisely because of this that Zhengde stayed in Nanjing for a period of time. After swimming all over the banks of the Qinhuai River, he began to play around. He didn't even plan to go back during the Chinese New Year. In this way, he stayed in the south until September of the next year. One day, Zhengde came to Qingjiangpu area, and on a whim, he planned to fish in the pond. Although the guards on both sides tried to persuade him, Zhengde refused to listen, and started fishing in a small boat.