The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Just when Yan Shifan re-drafted the vote and sent Guo Xiyan's memorial to the palace again, two captains in imperial robes greeted them at Chaoyang Gate in Beijing. They galloped into the city on horseback. Even on the bustling streets of Beijing, The horse under his crotch did not slow down at all.

Soon, an urgent report from Nanjing City was handed over to Lu Bing.

Looking at the sealing paint on the bamboo tube in his hand and the eye-catching hints on it, Lu Bing's heart twitched. This was a mark that would only be used in major military situations.

However, he did not open it immediately. He first carefully checked the paint on the bamboo tube to make sure it had not been touched before opening it and looking at the paper roll inside.

Just after seeing the beginning, Lu Bing stood up quickly and ordered outside: "Get your horses ready and go to Xiyuan immediately."

After speaking, Lu Bing carefully read the information sent twice more, "The sergeants of Nanjing Zhenwu Camp mutinied, and Huang Maoguan, the minister of household affairs in Nanjing, was suspected to have been killed."

Nanjing, that's Nanjing. Most of the court's taxes come from Jiangnan. If Nanjing is really in chaos, Lu Bing can't imagine what the court's finances will be like this year.

The counterinsurgency must be completed as soon as possible, otherwise the water transportation that will be restored soon will be affected, and the northern border towns will become unstable due to lack of grain.

Thinking of this, Lu Bing collected the information sent from Nanjing and strode out of the house.

Needless to say, Emperor Jiajing was in a bad mood at this time. There were talented officials among his officials, and they actually wanted to force him to establish a throne.

When Lu Bing aggressively entered the Yongshou Palace and handed the information about Nanjing to Emperor Jiajing, Lu Bing, who was kneeling on the ground, heard a muffled sound of "clang, clang, clang" followed by a series of sounds of gold and iron colliding. The sound was so loud that the little chamberlain outside the palace gate could hear it.

Emperor Jiajing looked at the note handed over by Lu Bing, and then slammed the jade Ruyi in his hand into the bronze chime, breaking it to pieces.

"What's the situation in Nanjing now? Have the rebels taken over the city?"

The note in Emperor Jiajing's hand only said that there were rebels in Nanjing, and that the minister of household affairs was suspected to have been killed. Information about the subsequent developments had not yet been sent, but Emperor Jiajing could not wait any longer.

"Your Majesty, there is no further news from Nanjing yet. I think it is still on the way. After receiving the news, I did not dare to delay for a moment and entered the palace.

However, although the city of Nanjing is dangerous, there are loyal ministers and generals such as Wei Guogong and Cheng Yibo sitting in the city. It is expected that some insurgent troops will not cause trouble and they should have been wiped out by this time. "

Lu Bing said hurriedly that if he didn't say some words of comfort to make Emperor Jiajing feel better, he might be in trouble.

"Do you have any idea about the stickers?"

Emperor Jiajing suddenly changed the topic and brought up the anonymous posters that appeared on the streets of the capital two days ago.

"Your Majesty made atonement, I am still investigating."

After all, it was done in the dark. Who would have thought it would be him before Guo Xiyan wrote the letter.

A small official like Guo Xiyan is actually not within the scope of Jinyiwei's control. Without him, he has no power and power, and how much trouble he can cause.

So it wasn't until Guo Xiyan wrote to establish the throne that Lu Bing began to notice this person and began to investigate.

It's just that time is short, and there will naturally be no results in the short term.

"Over in Nanjing, report any news immediately, no matter when."

Emperor Jiajing still understood his ministers' difficulties. After all, it was thousands of miles away, and even the fastest Tang Ma would take several days to deliver the documents.

Looking at the time, the news was sent within a few days. Jin Yiwei was already fast enough.

At this moment, a servant reported outside the door, and the Chief of Ceremonies asked for an audience with a high letter of loyalty.

"Let him come in, and you can go down too. You can't relax on either side."

It goes without saying that when Gao Zhong came in, there must be something going on with the court, and now the only thing that could attract Emperor Jiajing's attention was Guo Xiyan's memorial.

If it is confirmed that it was Guo Xiyan who did it, Emperor Jiajing will never let go of this man who has no king in his heart.

Yes, when Guo Xiyan wanted to take advantage of opportunities and gain support, he ignored the bigger problem, which was that the current Emperor Jiajing was still in his prime.

If you write a letter to establish a throne at this time, doesn't that mean you're damning yourself?

Otherwise, why bother choosing a candidate for the crown prince now?

Sure enough, Gao Zhong sent the cabinet's vote on Guo Xiyan's memorial.

"It's suspicious, haha."

Emperor Jiajing looked at the familiar handwriting on the ticket, stroked his beard and chuckled.

"Served by pen and ink."

Emperor Jiajing did not say how to criticize Hong, but suddenly gave Huang Jin instructions.

Huang Jin knew that Emperor Jiajing wanted to personally approve the memorial, so he hurriedly brought up the inkstone that had been polished from below.

Emperor Jiajing took down his brush from the brush mountain, dipped it in it, and then personally commented after the draft: "When you saw him yesterday, weren't you angry, but with the word "suspicious" on the end, you didn't see that he had any rebellious intentions. "In the inner circle, there are four words to establish the emperor and establish the crown prince, and the husband establishes his son as the crown prince. Whoever can establish the emperor will come with two auxiliary votes."

After the imperial approval, Gao Zhong took the memorial and sent it directly to the cabinet and handed it over to Yan Song.

After Gao Zhong left, Emperor Jiajing sat on the throne in a daze for a long time, but finally felt something was wrong.

The inner court and the cabinet have been going back and forth for two days over a memorial from Guo Xiyan.

All in all, the news about Nanjing should reach the capital by tomorrow at the latest.

Emperor Jiajing got up and walked back and forth in the palace several times, and then he told Huang Jin: "Draw up the decree."

When Huang Jin, who had been standing by the side, heard what Emperor Jiajing said, he immediately turned around and sat down behind the desk on the side of the throne, holding paper in one hand and a pen in the other, preparing to record Emperor Jiajing's edict.

"Small evil will not be forgiven. Today's unfaithful ministers and unjust people are all evil. If the new government is not implemented quickly, it can be seen that if the king has been in power for a long time and he does not attack the king, he will attack the auxiliary minister. All the tribes are ministers. It is also said that You can ask the ear and eye officials for flattery.

Still excerpting the theory of establishing the emperor in Shuzhong, he ordered the Department of Rites and other disciplines to gather together to discuss it. "

Emperor Jiajing was pacing in the palace while dictating. Huang Jin quickly copied Emperor Jiajing's edict on rice paper and checked it to make sure it was correct. Then he held the edict in both hands and handed it to the emperor for reading.

After Emperor Jiajing took it and looked at it carefully, he nodded slightly and said, "Use your seal and send someone to deliver it to the cabinet."

Emperor Jiajing didn't plan to waste too much time on Guo Xiyan's memorial. Since he was a disloyal minister and an unjust citizen, he would directly submit his remarks to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section and see what they said.

When Emperor Jiajing's imperial pen and the imperial edict were placed on Yan Song's desk, Yan Song was just in a daze looking at the two documents.

Yan Shifan on the other side shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This Guo Xiyan has no one to blame for seeking his own death. Father, don't feel sad for such a person."

"After all, we are fellow villagers."

Yan Song sighed and said.

"Your Majesty's intention is very clear. This Guo Xiyan will not survive. I will ask Lan Bi and the others to impeach him later."

Yan Shifan knew that his father had looked away and figured it out, so he said again.

"My lies are misleading the public. Is it possible to arrange a marriage?"

Yan Song frowned and looked at Yan Shifan, who looked at him and shook his head, "Your Majesty can't pass that test."

"That's all, your people who are responsible for the Li Department will ask them to convene the Six Departments to discuss this matter."

Yan Song didn't want to worry about it anymore. After all, he was almost eighty and had low energy. Many times, if Yan Shifan hadn't helped analyze and handle important matters in the court, he would have been unable to do so. He had already planned to become an official.

However, for the sake of the family, he had to continue to hold on to this position. At least he could not leave until Emperor Jiajing made it clear that he would be the heir apparent.

Later that day, Lu Bing received a second piece of information from Nanjing Jinyiwei, which recorded the murder of Huang Maoguan and the news that Wei Guangde and Liu Shiyan fought off the Zhenwu Camp rebels in the streets near Xiaoxiaochang. Therefore, this time Nanjing Zhenwu The camp mutiny did not involve the whole city, and only a few violations of law and discipline occurred around the primary school.

After that, Nanjing garrison, Wei Guogong Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao issued military orders, mobilizing officers and soldiers from Nanjing Jingying Camp to surround the Xiaoxiaochang, trapping the rebels from Zhenwu Camp inside.

The Nanjing Zhenwu Camp Mutiny in history covered a wide range of areas.

After Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao were forced to agree to a reward of 100,000 taels of silver from the Zhenwu camp rebels for escaping from the siege, they eagerly summoned the Nanjing dignitaries to discuss the matter.

As a result, the discussion failed to produce any results and he was surrounded by rebels and fled for his life in a hurry.

However, the sergeants of Zhenwu Camp failed to capture all the dignitaries in Nanjing City, so they immediately dragged Huang Maoguan's body and paraded it through the streets, smashing, smashing, and looting along the way.

You Zhenwu Battalion's demonstration came first, and officers and soldiers from all Nanjing battalions participated to a greater or lesser extent, resulting in chaos in Nanjing for more than ten days. Most of the dignitaries fled the city until He Shou, the eunuch left behind in Nanjing, agreed to an army of 100,000 rebels. With the golden reward, order in Nanjing City was gradually restored.

As for why they did not wait for the senior officials of Nanjing City to discuss before causing chaos, in fact, the big reason was because of Huang Maoguan's death.

A big mistake was made. The rebels knew that they would not be able to escape the death penalty, so they did not stop doing anything. They took advantage of the large number of people and forced hundreds of officials in Nanjing to give a memorial to explain the reasons for the mutiny in order to survive.

Because Wei Guangde's timely appearance prevented the rebels from causing chaos throughout Nanjing, the losses of this mutiny were undoubtedly much smaller than the original history, and the impact and duration were also greatly shortened.

After reading this, Lu Bing knew that the city of Nanjing was considered stable. The rebellion only lasted for half a day and was brought under control. Although the intelligence also mentioned that the Zhenwu Camp rebels were trapped in the primary school grounds and were not allowed to go out, but as long as If it does not affect the entire city of Nanjing, then there is nothing to worry about.

Lu Bing naturally did not dare to neglect after receiving this information, and hurriedly rushed to Xiyuan again to deliver the latest news about Nanjing City.

Knowing that the mutiny of sergeants in Nanjing City had been successfully controlled, Emperor Jiajing naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

Who said that Emperor Jiajing was devoted to cultivating Taoism and was indifferent to important court affairs?

That is his country, and until the power is handed over to the next person, it is all his.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing only appeared to be indifferent to government affairs in front of others, but in fact he handled all major affairs of the court in an orderly manner. As for the appointment of Yan Song and his group of traitors who were criticized by later generations, in fact, in the eyes of the emperor, ministers were neither good nor bad. The difference is only the size of the ability.

Emperor Jiajing would choose to appoint officials who could do good things. Who would not be greedy?

On the second day, news of the mutiny of sergeants in Nanjing reached the capital. Both the Ministry of War and the General Affairs Department received memorials from Nanjing stating the whole story of the Zhenwu Camp incident that occurred in Nanjing on the 20th.

At the same time, yesterday afternoon and evening, after the meeting of the six departments convened by the Li Ke, Lan Bi and others reported that they were desperate and resentful, and were treasonous and treacherous. The general affairs envoys were immediately sent to the cabinet.

In fact, Yan Song, Xu Jie and others already knew about the impeachment memorial of Lan Bi and others yesterday evening, so they naturally affirmed it when the vote was drafted and immediately sent it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

The Nanjing incident surprised Yan Song. Normally, if something like this happened, he should have been sent to Xiyuan immediately, and there was no need to send it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. However, this memorial clearly stated that the rebels had been controlled. They did not cause trouble in Nanjing.

Seeing this, the first thing that came to Yan Song's mind was that the officials in Nanjing City were restless and deliberately created something to attract attention.

But he just wanted to think about it. Then he asked someone to find Xu Jie and handed him the memorial in his hand.

"Look, something happened over there in Nanjing."

Emperor Jiajing knew about the mutiny at Zhenwu Camp in Nanjing one day in advance, but the information was not detailed enough, so naturally he could not inform the cabinet to make various responses.

And as Lu Bing said, there are Duke Wei, eunuchs who stayed behind, and six ministries in Nanjing. It is impossible for so many people to be unable to deal with this rebellion.

Therefore, Yan Song didn't know what happened in Nanjing until he received the official document.

"Huh, okay, okay, the Nanjing officials handled it properly and controlled the rebels that day."

Xu Jie carefully read the memorial from Yan Song's hand, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yan Song in a relaxed tone.

"As mentioned in the memorial, the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue's unauthorized deduction of military pay from Zhenwu Camp and other military units was the cause of this incident. There was a disaster there last year, and there was another plague at the beginning of the year, and the soldiers could not survive.

Not long after Ma Kun arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, such a big incident in Nanjing was all caused by his fault during his tenure. It seems that the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue will continue to be replaced. "

Yan Song's purpose in calling Xu Jie over was naturally to talk about this matter.

Although the memorial did not impeach anyone, it made it clear that the military salaries of Zhenwu Camp had been deducted.

For military mutiny, someone must take the blame, and the dead Huang Maoguan is naturally the best person to take the blame. As for whether the court will pursue Ma Kun's fault, does it have anything to do with the officials in Nanjing?

As for how to deal with it, it will naturally be done according to what was discussed. In addition to repaying the arrears of military pay to the soldiers, each of the soldiers whose pay was deducted will be given one tael of silver as compensation.

As for those who committed the rebellion, they will naturally be brought to the court for trial. Twenty-five of the instigators of the rebellion have been arrested. Three of the leading offenders are planned to be executed, and the other accomplices will be sent to the extreme.

The memorial was not issued on the day of the uprising in Zhenwu Camp. It was drafted after the soldiers of Zhenwu Camp gave up their resistance after the soldiers invaded the territory. He Shou, Xu Pengju, Zhang Hao, Li Sui and others repeatedly deliberated and then submitted the memorial.

Because this incident was a mass incident, when Li Sui and Wei Guangde went to Zhenwuying for negotiations, they had already set a general framework, that is, they would not kill the soldiers who caused the incident.

As for the three chief criminals who were reported to be beheaded, they were killed by Liu Ya during the conflict between the Zhenwu camp rebels and the three guards who rushed to the Xiaoxiaochang for rescue. The so-called beheading was just to reassure the court.

The purpose of looking for him turned out to be to select a candidate for the Minister of Household Affairs.

Xu Jie understood at this time that it was not time to fight Yan Song yet, so he naturally nodded and agreed.