Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

While the capital was struggling with the Mongolian issue, the mountains and rivers in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty were still as beautiful as a picture scroll, especially the quietly flowing rivers.

The old county of Yuzhang and the new mansion of Hongdu. The stars are divided into wings, and the ground is connected to Henglu. It embraces the three rivers and leads to the five lakes, controls the wild thorns and leads Ouyue.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, a famous defense battle of Hongdu took place here. It was one of the most famous city defense battles in China, and Hongdu is now Nanchang City.

Nanchang City is 7.2 kilometers long, 2 feet 9 feet high, 2 feet 1 foot thick, and 1 foot 1 deep. There are seven gates, namely Desheng Gate, Yonghe Gate, Hue Gate, Jinxian Gate, Huimin Gate, Guangrunmen and Zhangjiangmen.

Because Nanchang City is located on the side of the Gan River, with Poyang Lake downstream, and the Yangtze River can be entered from the mouth of Poyang Lake, the waterway transportation here is very developed.

Nanchang is full of greenery at the end of May. The Ganjiang River flows quietly from south to north, and the river is full of ships coming and going.

Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, wearing a third-grade official uniform, led all the officials of Nanchang Prefecture to the dock and looked towards the north of the Gan River because the imperial envoy was about to arrive.

"Shouldn't the court escort Wang Hua to Beijing to await trial?"

"Wang Hua has a tough life! With the great victory in southern Jiangxi, the court will naturally be more gentle in handling it!"

"Thanks to him for giving birth to a good son. I heard that the idea of ​​​​suppressing the bandits this time was all his son's idea!"

"His son is quite courageous in doing things, but young people tend to be reckless and he even left Zhu Yanghe's daughter and returned to Ganzhou!"

…

Next to Li Ang were Xu Huai, the political envoy to the left of Jiangxi, Liu Jun, the commander of Jiangxi Dusi, and Chen Yonghao, the inspector of Jiangxi. Since they were far away from the group of officials behind him, they talked here without any scruples.

In their plan, as long as they Jiangxi local officials join forces, it will be very easy to get rid of Wang Hua, the governor of southern Jiangxi who was parachuted in by the imperial court.

But this great victory in southern Jiangxi disrupted their plans. Wang Hua was originally supposed to be arrested and sent to Beijing to await trial. However, the great victory in southern Jiangxi suddenly gave Wang Hua more political leverage, causing the imperial court to send an imperial envoy here this time.

"Don't get confused. Now there is conclusive evidence that Wang Hua withheld soldiers' pay. No matter whether the court arrests Wang Hua and brings him to Beijing, or sends an imperial envoy to investigate the case, we only need to report it truthfully!" Li Ang looked to the people who had already seen him. The movement on the river surface seemed to be well planned.

He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jingtai. Although he may not have the opportunity to enter the central government organization in this life, he has more experience and skills than anyone else in the management of local forces.

Thanks to the support of Xu Pu, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, most officials in Jiangxi are now gathered under his command. As long as the charge of withholding soldiers' pay is pinned on Wang Hua, even if Wang Hua has the military merit of the victory in southern Jiangxi, it will only offset the merits and demerits.

At that time, Jiangxi will still belong to his own Jiangxi, and the emperor's plan to intervene in Jiangxi through Beijing officials may come to nothing.

At this time, an official ship became more and more visible, and the dragon flag hanging on the bow looked very eye-catching, rustling in the river wind.

"coming!"

"coming!"

"The imperial envoy is here!"

…

Almost all Jiangxi officials were out-and-out local officials. They had never come into contact with imperial envoys a few times in their lives, so they all looked excited.

Of course, they also had other thoughts. They wanted to ensure that the imperial envoy would perform well and leave a good impression on the imperial envoy during his stay in Nanchang.

In the future, perhaps this imperial envoy will suddenly think of himself, and thereby promote himself to a higher level, or even directly introduce himself as a confidant.

Why can Li Ang become noble? This is not just because he embraced the lap of Xu Pu, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and became the most powerful person in Jiangxi from a small county magistrate.

He arrived so quickly, who is this imperial envoy?

Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, looked at the floating dragon flag and couldn't help but feel curious.

There were many officials who had the same idea, because they only knew that the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to Jiangxi, but it was not directly stated who was sent, and the imperial envoy arrived faster than everyone expected.

When the water is gone, the cold pond is clear, and the smoke condenses and the mountains are purple at dusk.

The setting clouds and the solitary owl fly together, and the autumn water becomes the same color as the sky.

…

The tall dragon boat seemed to rush out of the mist, creating a wave of water on the calm river surface, and soon slowly moored at the edge of the pier.

The imperial guards led by Lu Song stood on the deck, looking extremely majestic at the moment.

After the Yangzhou battle, they were well-known and made local officials uneasy wherever they went. After all, they killed too many people.

"The lower official, the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Li Ang, led all the officials in Jiangxi to welcome the envoy to Nanchang!" Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, immediately led the officials to greet him respectfully.

Wang Yue, who was wearing a second-grade official uniform, came to the deck, looked down at the officials kneeling on the dock and said calmly: "Comrades, no courtesy!"

ah?

Wang Yue?

Qin Minyue, the Right Chief Minister of Jiangxi Province, followed everyone to thank him, but stood up and looked up at Wang Yue who appeared on the deck, and he was stunned and said.

Others may not recognize Wang Yue, but they were the inspectors of Huguang a few years ago, and visited Wang Yue several times while Wang Yue was relegated to Anlu.

Now that I saw that the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court turned out to be the famous Wang Behead, I couldn't help feeling panicked.

Wang Yue? King beheaded?

There were dozens of Jiangxi officials present. Not only Qin Minyue, the Right Chief Envoy of Jiangxi Province, recognized Wang Yue, but several other officials had also seen Wang Yue and suddenly expressed disbelief.

How could it be Wang Yue?

Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, had no interaction with Wang Yue, but when he learned that the imperial envoy in front of him was the famous Wang Yue, he couldn't help but panic, and at the same time he felt deeply confused.

Everyone in the world knew that Wang Yue was in charge of the Salt Administration. Why did the imperial court suddenly send Wang Yue to Jiangxi to deal with a mere case of a thousand taels of silver? Could it be that Wang Yue was demoted again?

Lu Song, a member of the Jinyiwei Baihu, turned his head and glanced at Wang Yue. He immediately raised the imperial edict in his hand and said loudly: "Jiangxi officials listen to the edict!"

"I respectfully send my regards to you, Holy Father!"

"Holy Holy Gong!"

"The emperor was entrusted to heaven, and the edict said: In ancient times, the rule of the saint kings depended on virtuous ministers. After Zhou Zhao came down, there were Yan Ying, Baili Xi, and Sun Shu'ao, and in the Han Dynasty, Xiao He and Cao Shen continued. If ministers are promoted, the emperor will be upright, and the world will be governed... The land of Jiangxi, Ganpo and Jiangxi is worthy of the national lineage, and its position is particularly important to me. I specially appointed the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Censor Wang Yue, to patrol on my behalf. He observed the sentiments of the people, organized the administration, and acted expediently. Wherever he went, as follows: I personally appreciate this!"

Hunting on my behalf? Acting cheaply?

Jiangxi Dusi Commander Liu Jun and Jiangxi Inspector Chen Yonghao couldn't help but look at each other. They expected that the imperial court would send an imperial envoy to investigate Wang Huake's case of deducting soldiers' pay, but it turned out that Wang Yue was patrolling on behalf of the emperor.

It is not difficult to see from the lines in this sentence that the emperor was dissatisfied with the officialdom in Jiangxi. It was better to say that he came to investigate Wang Huake's deduction of military pay than to rectify the officialdom in Jiangxi.

But... they didn't seem to have exposed any flaws, and Wang Hua's deduction of military pay was well documented.

"It's over! The imperial court must have known about it!" Xu Huai, the governor of Jiangxi Province, had a very keen political sensitivity. After hearing this imperial edict, he murmured to himself even if he felt that a disaster was coming.

cough!

Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, saw Xu Huai next to him with such poor mental quality. He coughed and gave him a calm look.

Although the matter is indeed out of his control, he is confident that with his intelligence and so many years of business in Jiangxi, he will be able to easily deal with this outsider.

Even if this person is the world-famous King Beheading, he can only be regarded as a powerful dragon at best.

After Wang Yue revealed his identity, he turned his attention to Jiangxi Governor Li Ang and asked calmly: "Governor Li, do you know your guilt?"

this……

Jiangxi Chief Envoy Councilor Zhu Yanghe and other officials could not help but be stunned, but they did not expect that the imperial envoy would point the finger at Li Ang as soon as he arrived, and they all looked at Wang Yue in confusion.

"Imperial Envoy, I don't know what you mean by what you said? What crime did I commit?" Jiangxi Governor Li Ang never expected that Wang Yue would point the finger at him, so he responded forcefully.

Wang Yue's face sank, and he said with seriousness: "As a governor of a place, if you are uneasy about the people, you will not relieve your Majesty's worries! Now that the imperial envoy is here, I will check you out! Come here! People, put Governor Li in prison until he can be tried again!"

Is this okay?

Jiangxi Zuobuzheng Xu Huai and other officials couldn't help but stare. They found that the imperial envoy seemed a bit unreasonable, and they stared in surprise.

"Wang Yue, you and I are of the same rank and have the same position. If you put me in prison like this, do you still have royal law in your eyes? Are there still official rules?" Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, never expected that Wang Yue would treat him like this. Even if asked angrily.

Not to mention that the unspoken rule of officialdom is to stay on the sidelines, and now he and Wang Yue are both the left deputy censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As a result, Wang Yue has just arrived and imprisoned him for investigation.

It would be fine if he really had something to fall into Wang Yue's hands, but he didn't reveal any flaws at all, which made him intolerable to Wang Yue's misbehavior.

When Wang Yue faced Xu Huai's question, he responded calmly: "I am an imperial envoy on a hunting mission. So what if I take you down for questioning? Do you still want to rebel?"

"You...are you messing with your life?" Li Ang knew that Wang Yue was an imperial envoy, but he still accused him without anger.

Wang Yue snorted coldly and said with great disdain: "If it is really a mess, just because you question this imperial envoy like this, I will use Shangfang's sword to chop off your head!"

ah?

Shang Fang's sword?

How can we play this?

Only then did Xu Huai, the governor-general of Jiangxi Province, and other officials realize that Wang Yue indeed held a deadly weapon in his hand, and they immediately understood why Wang Yue could be so crazy.

Li Ang was so angry that he gritted his teeth this time, but facing this gangster holding Shang Fang's sword, he could only blame the emperor for how he could give Shangshu's sword to this old gangster.

"Come here, tie him up!" Lu Song led the royal guards to Li Ang and said with a wave of his hand.

Wang Yue did not give up. He looked at the chief officers of the three departments in Jiangxi and said calmly: "You three should also go with me. I need your cooperation in the investigation!"

Jiangxi Dusi Commander Liu Jun and Jiangxi Inspector Chen Yonghao looked at each other, but they knew that they had no capital to challenge this old gangster.

"Follow your orders!" Xu Huai realized that his love was nothing, and he immediately said politely.

Just seeing that he was about to be imprisoned by Wang Yue, Liu Jun, the commander of Jiangxi Dusi, couldn't help but ask: "Master Imperial Envoy, weren't you ordered to investigate the case of deducting soldiers' pay? What is your intention with this move?"

Jiangxi Chief Minister Zhu Yanghe and dozens of other officials turned to look at Wang Yue, wondering which song he was singing. It was completely different from what they expected.

"Do you think the imperial court sent this imperial envoy here to pay for that mere thousand taels of soldiers? The imperial court is now looking to investigate Jiangxi, to find out why you Jiangxi officials are so inactive, and to find out who among you is preventing the imperial court from suppressing the bandits in southern Jiangxi! "Wang Yue looked condescendingly at the dozens of officials on the dock, and immediately said in a stern tone.

ah?

When the officials present learned of Wang Yue's intention, they immediately felt that dark clouds were coming over them, and they were afraid that they were about to launch an attack on them.

Wang Yue saw the reaction of the officials below, and he said softly and hard: "I am here to speak! Anyone who can provide clues, I can keep them safe, but if I find out who knows or not If you are reported or involved, then everyone will be held accountable together!" After a pause, he directly arranged: "Don't hold the Fengfeng Banquet today. Let's go back and have a good experience. Do you have anything to explain to the court?"

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Wang Yue's reputation was so great that he killed all the officials in Yangzhou in one day and became a hero to the people all over the world. He was even regarded as an idol by countless scholars.

After learning that Wang Yue had come to Nanchang City, people from all directions came like a tide, but they wanted to see Wang Yue's true face in Lushan after beheading him.

Wang Yue was used to this. Ever since he beheaded hundreds of officials in Yangzhou City in one day, no matter where he went, the people and scholars would be so crazy.

It's just that the crazier the people are, the heavier he feels his responsibility is.

Like this time when he was ordered to patrol Jiangxi, he felt the responsibility on his shoulders, but he knew that he had the obligation to create a bright future for the passionate people of Jiangxi.

As night falls, Nanchang City loses a bit of its usual hustle and bustle, and it seems that a bloody storm is brewing.

Wang Yu and Hu Jun were always by their side. Wang Yu looked puzzled and asked, "Grandpa, what song are you singing? We don't have any evidence of crime. Now that you are imprisoning Li Ang and other high-ranking officials, it doesn't seem good to tell the court." Explain it?"

"There is a saying in the art of war: to capture the thief, capture the king first! Destroy its strongholds, seize its leader, and disintegrate its body. Just wait, the matter will be solved soon!" Wang Yue was reading and writing his experience in the art of war under the lamp, looking very confident. typical.

When Wang Yu was about to continue to inquire, Gou Huowang walked in from outside.

The corners of Wang Yue's mouth raised slightly, and he asked directly: "Who is coming?"

"Qin Minyue, the Right Chief Envoy of Jiangxi Province!" Gou Huowang was determined to follow Wang Yue and reported the news seriously.

Wang Yu and Hu Jun looked at each other in confusion. They still didn't understand what medicine their grandfather was selling in his gourd, and they didn't understand why the dignified Jiangxi Governor-General suddenly visited late at night.