The second day of the first lunar month of the twelfth year of Zhengtong.

Almost immediately after Zheng Xiang rushed to the capital, the joint memorial of Fujian governor Zhang Chen and commander Deng An submitted a memorial to Zhu Qizhen's imperial envoy.

And the contents in the memorial are far more serious than what Zheng Xiang described!

Liu Hai, the deputy chief of the Fujian Provincial Administration, could not help but summon more than a thousand official troops to formally attack the largest Fujian Baofeng mining area, preparing to annihilate the main rebels.

According to normal logical reasoning, more than a thousand well-trained regular soldiers, fighting a miner and common people should be as simple as cutting melons and vegetables.

Zhu Yuan also had this idea. He planned to wipe out the miners and then submit a memorial to the court in order to make meritorious contributions.

After all, the dignified county magistrate and 300 officers were killed. As the boss, it was impossible for him to remove the responsibility. At the least, he was demoted, and at the worst, he might even be punished by the dismissal.

Only by making contributions to quell this rebellion can the punishment be minimized, which is why he is in a hurry to take action.

But Zhu Yuan never expected that the terrain of the mining area was extremely complex, and the mine caves were like a devouring abyss. When the officers and soldiers entered, they came out silently.

By the end, when Zhu Yuan found something wrong, the situation had completely reversed. The miners who came from other mines and even many poor farmers who were oppressed by heavy taxes and could not survive, joined the rebel miners team.

The official army was defeated under the counterattack, and the Senator Zhu Yuan was captured, and the commander of the army was injured and fled back to Fu'an County.

But I don’t know if it was because of the public’s grievances or the absentees who were furious with Lu Ding, the Senator Zhu Yuan was actually killed on the spot after being captured!

The county magistrate is just a seventh-rank local official, and the governor is a third-rank senior official, wearing a brutal robe to rule the country!

The matter was completely shattered, and the Fujian Provincial Administration and the Commander Office no longer dared to delay or conceal the slightest amount of time, so they quickly reported the military memorial to the center of the court.

Zhu Qizhen on the dragon throne was flipping through the memorial, and his expression on his face became gloomy and visible to the naked eye.

When he saw the passage of Zhu Yuan being captured and killed, Zhu Qizhen could no longer contain his anger and directly re-watched the memorial of the Fujian Provincial Administration on the Imperial Court.

"A third-rank official of the court was killed by rebels. Is the Fujian Provincial Administration still the territory of my Ming Dynasty?"

This roar of filial piety questioning scared the palace ladies and maids in Wenhua Palace hurriedly knelt down on the ground, fearing that the emperor's anger would implicate him. Even Wang Zhen, who was standing next to Zhu Qizhen, subconsciously took a step back, as if Zilong's power was even more terrifying today.

In fact, it is not that Zhu Qizhen is so angry. The traditional 18 provinces of the Han area have always been the basic foundation of the imperial court. Since the founding of the country, there are very few precedents of third-rank robe officials being killed.

And this was not a death in a chaotic battle, but was killed after being captured. It was simply a naked slap in the face of the government and the court. If such things were not severely punished, it would cause great harm to the imperial court's majesty. In the end, all regions followed the uprising, and the country would not be in power!

"Long live the emperor to calm down. The Fujian Provincial Administration is naturally the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If you are serious, you should not invite the ministers to convene a court meeting?"

Wang Zhen comforted Zhu Qizhen, but did not take the initiative to make suggestions on this matter. Instead, he summoned civil and military ministers to discuss the court.

This is one of the secrets for Wang Zhen’s long-lasting favor. He always maintained a humble attitude in front of the emperor, and even in front of the former San Yang and the Empress Dowager, and did not challenge the authority of the ruler.

"Sir, what do you think this matter should be handled?"

It took quite a while to summon powerful civil and military officials to the palace. Zhu Qizhen was angry and he didn't have the patience to wait for the discussion.

"Long live the emperor, I dare not speak nonsense about the affairs of the government."

"Sir, why do you need this? This is my request!"

Zhu Qizhen never had the concept of eunuchs interfering in politics, and often even took the initiative to ask Wang Zhen to judge military and national affairs.

For Zhu Qizhen, Wang Zhen was not a eunuch in the harem, but a mentor on his own life.

If it were a few years ago, Wang Zhen would still choose to refuse and not to overturn it. However, with the death of Yang Pu, the last important minister of the Three Yangs, and the death of the six ministers, last year, and the desire to imprison and convict of the six ministers.

He can no longer suppress the desire for power in his heart!

After all, Wang Zhen is now under one person and above ten thousand people. He wants to maintain a tolerant and low-key attitude as a super-minded minister.

Not to mention that Wang Zhen, who was already ambitious and wanted to make achievements, could not guarantee that he could always follow the rules if he was a civil and military minister in the court.

"I think this group of Fujian rebels despise the court and plot against the rebels. This precedent cannot be opened and should be punished!"

If the tone of a rebel is set, then there is only one result of a crime, which is death!

"Mr.'s words are very consistent with my wishes. I will summon the ministers of honor and relatives to come to the court to discuss!"

Zhu Qizhen made a cold choice. It was impossible for the central dynasty to make concessions to local rebel forces, which was at its peak.

Just like in history, facing the peasant uprising that swept across several southeastern provinces, even though the Ming Dynasty experienced the storm of Tumubao, it still did not choose the policy of recruitment.

In the sixth year of Jingtai, the twelfth year of the Southeast Peasant Uprising, the last rebel army was wiped out, and the turmoil was completely suppressed.

Chen Yichen on the other side was already standing in front of Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng who was practicing in the morning when it was lightly dawn.

After returning to Duke Cheng's mansion in the middle of the night yesterday, Chen Yichen couldn't sleep all night, thinking wildly in his mind about how to resolve this crisis and prevent the court from sending troops to encircle and suppress Fujian miners and Lu Ding.

This not only contains friendship with Ye Zongliu, but also Chen Yichen's sympathy for the rebel army.

They did not rebel for power or wealth. When people don’t even have a way to survive, can you ask them to wait for death silently?

But from the perspective of the court, this is the challenge of rule and system. Killing officials and rebelling must be zero tolerance, otherwise there will be endless troubles and even division and separatism.

No one can give a standard answer to which is right and who is wrong, and who is right and who is wrong.

This is why Chen Yichen tried his best to appease Ye Zongliu and others, thinking about stifling the crisis of busy farming uprising in the southeast in the bud.

Because once the uprising and rebellion happens, there will be no result that both parties can accept, and it will inevitably be irreversible!

More importantly, the emperor ordered Guo Yan, the co-magistrate of Fuzhou Prefecture, to build a ship in the Xiafan.

The historical records of this purpose are only a few words. No one knows what Zhu Qizhen’s ultimate goal is, whether the Ming Dynasty will reappear in the grand occasion of the Yongle period, and even further open the maritime ban!

But at least one thing can be confirmed, that is, during the Orthodox dynasty, the Ming Dynasty still had the ambition to conquer the ocean.

But this historical process was interrupted by the peasant uprising in the Southeast. From then on, the glorious Chinese civilization missed the era of great navigation and entered a closure and backward relationship.

He has done so much to ease the conflict between Fujian miners, but has not changed the direction of the historical giant ship at all. Chen Yichen couldn't help speculating by conspiracy theory at this time. Whether the situation in Fujian is rapidly deteriorating is related to the level of official class in several southeastern provinces.

There was a famous saying in the Qing Dynasty, which was called millions of canal workers, and the food and clothing were all in charge!

Once the Ming Dynasty opened a maritime ban on Zhu Qizhen, it would also affect the interests of millions of canal workers and the landlords of several provinces.

Otherwise, how could such a coincidence be made?

Of course, this is just Chen Yichen's guess, and there is a certain force that deliberately amplifies and even encourages the occurrence of conflicts.

But regardless of whether it really exists or not, Chen Yichen has to try to avoid the scope of the uprising. Otherwise, when farmers in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places led by Deng Maoqi joined in history, the scale of the uprising army would rapidly expand to hundreds of thousands.

It would be useless to do anything at that time.

"Master."

Chen Yichen respectfully bowed to Duke Cheng Guo, Zhu Yong.

"What's the matter with me?"

Duke Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong stopped practicing boxing and asked Chen Yichen.

It's not a big deal, this kid is definitely not looking for himself at this time.

"My grandpa, a miner riot occurred in Fujian, and the magistrate of Youxi County and the senator Zhu Yuan of the General Secretary were killed."

Hearing Chen Yichen's words, Duke Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong's expression became solemn immediately.

You should know that even the organized chieftain rebellions such as Yao people in Guangxi, Miao people in Sichuan, Guizhou and Miao people in Sichuan, have never had a precedent for the death of third-rank officials. Even the Luchuan wars were only the death of military generals, and how could Fujian be so chaotic?

"How did you know?"

Zhu Yong did not question the truth or falsehood. He knew that Chen Yichen's character and style were not a matter of conclusive evidence, and he would never come to him.

But what surprised him was that as the governor of the Central Army Governor's Office, he didn't even know such military and national affairs, so Chen Yichen could learn about it first.

Where did this guy get the information and information?

"Mr. Master, the news of the riots of miners in Fujian should be reported to the court soon. I hope that Master will ease it."

Chen Yichen thought about a lot of people asking for help last night, but after thinking about it, he felt that he could not control the situation. The matter of killing officials and rebelling was too serious.

The only hope of mediating from it is only honorary relatives of the level of Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong. If nothing unexpected happens, even if the emperor sends a large army of imperial court to conquer, the generals in charge of the army are likely to be honorary relatives.

Before the Tumu Fort Incident, Xunqi controlled the military and national power of the Ming Dynasty!

"Why should I ease it?"

Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng, asked back without expression. Those who have always had to surrender and confess their guilt or die, and there is no third option.

As the Duke of the current dynasty, suppressing and suppressing rebellions from all directions is a natural duty. Did Chen Yichen forget his identity and positioning?

"The riots of miners in Fujian do not mean to be plotting against the superiors. They are just desperate because the court has banned taxes and forced them to do so. The people at the bottom are suffering and hope that the prince can take action to save the people!"

Chen Yichen bowed to Zhu Yongchang, Duke Cheng Guoguo, and only he could avoid the war between the court and the peasant uprising army such as Ye Zongliu.

For the Ming Dynasty, no matter who loses and who wins, they will fight each other in the same family.

Only the barbarians in the southern border and northern borders will make the profit!

"Is it to save the people or to have a personal relationship with Fujian miners."

"Chen Yichen, do you really think that I don't know about some of your actions?"

Duke Cheng's tone was very indifferent. He did not have the perspective of God in his later history. As a member of the great and powerful, he lacked a little understanding of miners and peasants.

In Zhu Yong's opinion, Chen Yichen would ask for help from him just to be favored.

After all, the group of servants who came into the Duke Mansion were all from Fujian miners. In a sense, they were able to successfully enter the Duke Mansion, and Zhu Yong nodded and agreed.

The past has not been pointed out, but it is just that Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong understands very well that as a mature official politician, he will have his own secrets and confidants, which is not a big deal.

However, in order to disobey military and national affairs in order to make personal friends, I am a little confused about priorities. With Chen Yichen's current status and status, I should no longer continue to be naive and naive.
To be continued...