Looking at Zhu Youjian who still looked gloomy, Qian Longxi and others were uneasy, especially Shi Fenglai and others, who were worried that Zhu Youjian would be angry and send them to prison together. After all, they were also members of the eunuch party.

One member.

Just the few words Zhu Youjian said just now, at least a dozen second- and third-grade officials were in trouble. Even if they were added to the list, it would not be surprising at all.

"My dear friends, the thieves have taken over Jinan Mansion. How should we destroy them?"

After a while, Zhu Youjian asked.

"Your Majesty, the walls of Jinan City are very tall. It may not be easy to recover them. We should appoint the Governor of Shandong Province to oversee Shandong Military Affairs. At the same time, we should dispatch troops from Henan and South Zhili to Shandong to participate in the encirclement and suppression."

Qian Longxi Gongshou said, although there are more soldiers and horses in Beizhili, the soldiers and horses in the capital will not be easily mobilized before the safety of the capital is endangered, and more of the soldiers and horses in the capital are used to defend the grassland.

Enter the Mongols.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand: "In that case, the cabinet will draw up a list of candidates for the governor of Shandong and recommend it to the court tomorrow morning."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Qian Longxi and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Youjian said this, which shows that he is still rational. Senior officials do not make decisions just by whoever says it. The cabinet must first draft the candidates and then approve them.

Qing Ting pushed for it, and finally the emperor issued the decree.

Although the emperor could also directly issue an order to appoint someone as a governor, such an official was not recognized by officials in the world. When he went to the local area, local officials would not obey orders, and the officials in the court would not punish local officials for this.

This is the check and balance of the imperial power by hundreds of officials. Although they can't do anything to the emperor, they can do nothing. No one wants to have another Hongwu Emperor. Of course, they don't dare to do this kind of thing casually. This is to beat the emperor.

Face will only make the emperor completely confront the civil and military officials.

What they worry about is that Zhu Youjian will break the rules because of his anger. Breaking the rules only happens once and countless times. If they compromise this time because Zhu Youjian is angry, what about next time? What about the next time?

Everyone was discussing who should be appointed as the governor of Shandong. At this time, Wang Chengen hurriedly walked in and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards are here to report that the Jinyiwei commander and the whole family of Fang Haichuan disappeared four days ago."

"Fang Haichuan?"

Zhu Youjian frowned and said, "Why did you suddenly disappear?"

Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, according to the report from Tian Ergeng, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, the reason why Su Hao became a member of Jinan Prefecture's Jinyi Guards Qianhu was all because of Fang Haichuan's recommendation."

"Immediately ask the criminal department to issue a wanted order for arrest. If you want to see the person alive, you will see the corpse if you die!"

Hearing that Su Hao was recommended by Fang Haichuan, Zhu Youjian's anger that had calmed down erupted again. If Su Hao hadn't been a member of the Qianhu Jinyi Guards, he would never have been easily captured by the walls of Jinan Prefecture.

It is even less likely that he will be slaughtered easily.

After a pause, Zhu Youjian continued: "Send an order to Tian Ergen and ask him to mobilize all the imperial guards to capture the person. If he cannot be captured, let him go to prison by himself."

"Slave, go right away."

Wang Chengen responded quickly.

As the news gradually spread, the entire capital was instantly plunged into panic, especially the eunuch officials. After Zhu Youjian brought down Wei Zhongxian half a month ago, they were worried about when Zhu Youjian would take action on them.

….

But it happened that Su Hao rebelled at this time and massacred King De's family. Su Hao was also an eunuch official. Even if they were not involved in the rebellion, Zhu Youjian would have a good impression of them if something like this happened.

Strange.

………

Dezhou Water Transport Terminal.

In the Sihai Gang lobby, nine people, Tang Xiangjin, Yang Bao, Tian Ming, Hao Yi, Liang Ping, Luo Yi, Wu Feng, Peng Guan and Guo Hong, gathered together.

"Everyone, according to our spies' reports, Dongchang Mansion has learned that Dezhou and Linqing Prefecture have been captured, and the troops of Pingshan Guard and Dongchang Guard have also begun to gather."

Tang Xiangjin looked around and said solemnly: "In addition, the Tianjin guards should have noticed it. I'm afraid it won't be long before the capital will know that the grain here is the lifeblood of the imperial court. I'm afraid the intensity of the first encirclement and suppression campaign will be

I

They are irresistible.”

Hearing Tang Xiangjin's words, Luo Yi and the other two looked very solemn. Although the grain from Dezhou and Linqing Prefecture was only a million dan, they had stayed here for three years. They knew better than anyone how much the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal meant to the imperial court.

important.

In terms of food alone, there are too many people in the capital, including one million people. All the food in the entire Beizhili is not enough to feed the people in the entire capital. The main objects of supply of grain are the border troops and the officials in the capital.

Ordinary people rely more on food trafficked by merchants.

Now millions of stones of grain have been robbed by them, and the canal has been cut off by them. If they cannot recapture the grain and open the canal, then after the spring begins, the capital will most likely fall into famine, and the border troops will also be short of food, and may even mutiny, so

The imperial court's first encirclement and suppression campaign will most likely involve tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Liang Ping frowned and said, "Old Tang, do you mean to abandon this place before the imperial army arrives and burn all the remaining grain?"

"No, we will face the encirclement and suppression by the imperial army next. It is best to transport all the food here back to the capital."

Tang Xiangjin shook his head and said: "What I mean is to try to attack Dongchang Mansion. Now we have more than 10,000 troops here, which is greater than the soldiers and horses of Pingshan Guard and Dongchang Guard in Dongchang Mansion."

Twice as much."

"Even if we can't capture Dongchang Prefecture, as long as we can control the canal, we can transport all the grain to the prefectural city by water."

Hearing Tang Xiangjin's words, Liang Ping and others showed expressions of emotion on their faces. Since they had chosen to follow Su Hao in the rebellion, they naturally wanted to have more chances of winning. After all, their lives and fortunes were at stake.

They had thought about attacking Dongchang Mansion before, but they didn't have enough troops, so they had no choice but to give up. But now they have enough troops. They brought 4,000 people out before. Two days ago, Su Hao sent Tian Ming.

They brought more than 2,000 people here, plus more than 5,000 people recruited from the Linqing Guard, Dezhou Guard, and Dezhou Left Guard, and there were more than 10,000 people. It was enough to attack Dongchang Mansion.

As for the issue of ships, Linqing Guard, Dezhou Guard, and Dezhou Zuowei are the guards responsible for water transportation. Each guard has hundreds of large and small official ships. Each of these large official ships can carry more than two thousand shi of grain.

, even a small boat can carry two to three hundred stones of grain. Although it is winter now, there are no signs of freezing yet. It is still no problem to take a small boat. If you take a waterway, half a month is enough to carry a million stones of grain.

Shipped to Fucheng...

After a moment of silence, Liang Ping said in a deep voice: "For such a big thing as attacking Dongchang Mansion, we must first ask Qianhu for instructions."

"I'll go."

Tang Xiangjin nodded and said, although Su Hao sent them here, it was clear that he trusted them, but they must also be measured. For such a big thing as attacking Dongchang Mansion, Su Hao must nod.

Jinan Prefecture, Jinyiwei Yamen.

"Brother Six, I'm dragging you down this time."

Looking at He Liu, Su Hao was slightly apologetic. This time he rebelled, although not many people were involved, but not too few. Fang Haichuan, He Liu, Zuo Yifeng, Sun Chuanting and other acquaintances may be implicated by him.

arrive.

Among them, the most deeply implicated are He Liu and Fang Haichuan. He Liu recommended him to join the Jinyi Guards. He rebelled, and He Liu must be the same guilty. Fang Haichuan recommended him to become Jinan Prefecture's Jinyi Guards Qianhu, and Fang Haichuan also

He couldn't escape, so after he captured Jinan Mansion, he had people deliver letters to several people.

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Forget about Sun Chuanting and Zuo Yifeng. Although rebellion was a serious crime against the Nine Clan, it was not to the extent that even his father's friends would be implicated. Zuo Yifeng had only been his boss for a period of time. If even Zuo Yifeng had

If Yifeng is implicated, then the entire Jinyiwei will not be able to escape. Of course, although they will not be implicated and imprisoned, their future will definitely be slim.

"Brother Su, there is no need to blame yourself. You were just trying to protect yourself."

Seeing that Su Hao's appearance was much more mature than three or four years ago, He Liu sighed. He was already like this now. What else could he say? Besides, when recommending Su Hao, he had already done this.

He was mentally prepared, but he wasn't either

Thinking that Su Hao would make such a big fuss, he would directly launch an army to rebel.

"Sixth brother, if there is any trouble here, just come to my little brother, and I will never shirk the blame."

Hearing He Liu's words, Su Hao was also a little embarrassed. He Liu was a good member of the Imperial Guard, but because of his implication, he became a traitor along with him.

Hearing this, He Liu didn't say much. In the past three years, he has also benefited from Su Hao. He has made nearly twenty contributions to recommending Su Hao. In the past three years, because of Su Hao's

Due to Hao's reasons, Deputy Qianhu Wu Kun did not dare to target him again, allowing him to live a comfortable life for two or three years. Now that he is implicated, he can only say that he has paid off his debt.

"Qianhu, Tang Baihu is down below asking to see you."

At this time, Liao Qing hurriedly walked up.

Su Hao frowned when he heard that Tang Xiangjin was back. Now Tang Xiangjin should be in Dezhou preparing to deal with the imperial court's encirclement and suppression. Why did he suddenly come back? Could it be that the situation has changed?

Thinking of this, Su Hao quickly said: "Let him come up quickly."

"See Senhu!"

After a while, Tang Xiangjin followed Liao Qing and walked up.

"Tang Baihu doesn't need to be polite, but has the situation changed in Texas?"

Su Hao asked hurriedly, those grains were what gave him the confidence to deal with the imperial encirclement and suppression. If there were any changes to those grains, he would have no choice but to abandon Jinan Mansion and flee with his people.

Upon hearing Su Hao's question, Tang Xiangjin did not answer directly, but glanced at He Liu who was standing aside, with a questioning look in his eyes...

"This is He Baihu, the Jinyiwei Baihu of Kaifeng Prefecture."

Seeing the look in Tang Xiangjin's eyes, Su Hao waved his hand and said, "As one of you, if you have anything to do with Tang Baihu, just tell him."

"Qianhu, those in the capital should know about our raising of troops by now."

Seeing this, Tang Xiangjin held up his hands and said: "The imperial army will arrive within a month at most. Now our delivery speed is too slow. By then, at most half of the grain will be delivered, and the rest will have to be burned."

"What does Tang Baihu mean?"

Su Hao immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the situation had not changed.
To be continued...