Chapter 113 Ji Gangs rebellion, Prince Qis Mansion a hundred years later?
"It seems like this Su Wu is really a talent."
Zhu Gaojie touched his chin and said, "Talents cannot be used. They can be allowed to settle for a while, and then they can be promoted and used."
At this moment, A Qi hurried over and said: "Ji Gang is in jail! There are also Lu Chaoyang, Yang Rong, Lu Zhen, the Minister of Rites, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and the officials of our palace and the East Palace, including forty-six
All the important officials were sent to prison!"
Like a bomb exploding in a calm lake, Zhu Gaojie was stunned: "What did you say?"
The amount of information was so overwhelming that he needed time to sort through it.
Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, the first general under the command of the Han Palace.
Lu Chaoyang and Yang Rong, both literary and military, are the right-hand men of Prince Qi's palace.
Lu Zhen, the Minister of Rites, and Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Husbandry, were veterans of the Three Dynasties, senior members of the Six Ministries, and top leaders of the East Palace.
Forty-six important officials from the Royal Palace and the Eastern Palace were all imprisoned!
What's happening here?!
Is the capital in ruins?
Who has the ability to flip the table? Could it be that the old man took action?
No, this doesn't sound like the old man's behavior, it's more like...that idiot King of Han?
"Explain the matter clearly." Zhu Gaojie calmed down.
As long as I don't take action, it's not a big deal.
A Qi took a deep breath and said slowly: "Ji Gang has rebelled!"
"What did you say?"
Zhu Gaojie was a little confused.
Ji Gang rebelled?
Did he lose his mind?
During the prosperous age of Yongle, which coincided with the peak period of the Ming Dynasty, the three major battalions of the capital and more than 100,000 troops were waiting in full formation. The inner city of the capital had five military divisions and twelve guards, which could be said to be impregnable.
Lend Ji Gang 800 pounds of courage, will he dare to rebel?
"Wait a minute, who can capture Ji Gang?" Zhu Gaojie suddenly realized a key issue.
The two leaders of Jinyiwei - the commander Ji Gang and the governor Lu Chaoyang are all in prison at this moment. Who is so talented and capable of overthrowing Jinling City?
Jingzhao Mansion? Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division?
It's impossible, the water in the capital is too deep, and they don't have the strength.
Who is that?
"Comrade Commander of the Jin Yiwei, Luo Xiu." A Qi looked solemn, "He is now temporarily taking over the post of commander of the Jin Yiwei. Overnight, he mobilized the Jin Yiwei to mount thousands of cavalry, captured Ji Gang and brought him back, and searched Ji Gang's house.
Thousands of weapons were sent out to confirm the rebellion."
Zhu Gaojie was a little confused: "What does Ji Gang's rebellion have to do with Lu Chaoyang, Yang Rong, Lu Zhen, Xia Yuanji and others? Why are they also in jail?"
A Qi replied: "At Jigang's house, Jin Yiwei searched for private letters exchanged with Lu Chaoyang, Yang Rong and others. The letters did not conceal the intention of treason. Based on these lists, Luo Xiu listed Lu Chaoyang and others one by one.
Arrest him and put him in jail!"
"That's interesting." Zhu Gaojie smiled.
He thought that Ji Gang's rebellion was outrageous enough, but he didn't expect that Lu Chaoyang and others would also be involved.
Doesn’t Zhu Gaojie still know what kind of person Lu Chaoyang is?
What's more, Lu Chaoyang and Ji Gang are mortal enemies. Could the two of them turn their hostility into friendship and join forces to plot rebellion?
absurd!
Zhu Gaojie can now be sure that there is a black hand behind the scenes, deliberately guiding him!
And Luo Xiu is just a tool that was pushed onto the stage.
"Is there any movement over at Jiming Temple?" Zhu Gaojie asked.
A Qi shook his head: "No, it's as if he didn't know anything about it."
Zhu Gaojie nodded slightly: "In that case, I understand."
The emperor did not appear, only the clown was seen prancing outside.
It seems that there is a storm in the city, but in fact the thunder is loud and the raindrops are light.
Although important members of Jinyiwei and the two ministers were involved, this was just a prison sentence, not a beheading.
If that's all, then he probably understands.
Zhu Gaojie sat comfortably on the recliner, wondering what he was thinking about.
…
Zhu Di in Jiming Temple said that he was not shaken in his heart and even wanted to laugh a little.
"The King of Han still let me down with his inferior methods." Zhu Di shook his head, "If it was just that simple, how could it seriously damage the vitality of the Crown Prince and King Qi?"
Zhu Di never expected the King of Han to be able to defeat the Crown Prince and King Qi. The King of Han was not that capable yet.
Yao Guangxiao was delighted: "What a loving father and a filial son."
What kind of father and son are these?
They fight each other every day, hoping that the other will die soon. If one brother dies, the other two will happily go to the banquet and want to set off fireworks to celebrate.
"Your Majesty..." Yao Guangxiao was about to speak, but found that Zhu Di closed his eyes lightly, as if he was snoring.
The old monk thought Zhu Di had fallen asleep, so he stopped talking and continued to sit cross-legged and chant sutras.
Zhu Di did not fall asleep, he just continued to deduce the fate of the country.
From the great achievements of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to the assassination of Emperor Zhengde, the eleven dynasties and ten emperors, Zhu Di vaguely felt that there would be some changes in the twelfth dynasty.
I just don’t know whether it will come back to life or continue to weaken.
He stopped thinking about it and continued to imitate with determination.
[On September 16, the second year of Zhengde, you were born in Prince Xing’s Mansion in Anlu, Huguang. Your father, Zhu Youji, was the fourth son of Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, and you were the second son of Prince Xing, Zhu Youji. 】
[Because your brother died young, you became the heir to the throne, but you are not very happy, because being a feudal king is not something to be happy about. You have to live under the surveillance of the court all your life, and you have to act every day, pretending to have no regard for the court.
Non-threatening appearance.]
[But it’s not just your Prince Xing’s Mansion who needs to act, it’s the same for all the princes in the world. Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and that’s Prince Qi’s Mansion. 】
[You are very envious of Prince Qi's Mansion in the southwest. Back then, King Zhu Gaojie of Qi Wu led a hundred thousand southwest troops to gallop across the world, saving the people of Li from fire and water, and fought back the Wala people who had breached the gates of the Ming Dynasty back to their hometown, defended the capital, and saved the day.
I have made a great contribution.]
[Prince Qi’s Mansion has 100,000 southwest troops stationed in Annan, where the mountains are steep and covered with rain forests, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Prince Qi’s Mansion has taken root in the southwest for a hundred years, and the Ming emperors of all dynasties have ignored Prince Qi’s Mansion. This is not only
It’s because of the countless contributions Zhu Gaojie, King of Qiwu, made to the Ming Dynasty, and even more because today’s Prince Qi’s Mansion has become a behemoth in the southwest. Even the imperial court can’t do anything about Prince Qi’s Mansion.]
[Anyway, the southwest is nominally owned by the Ming Dynasty, and the Prince Qi’s Mansion who rules the Southwest is named Zhu. As long as Prince Qi’s Mansion does not rebel, the two families will live in peace, wouldn’t it be wonderful? 】
[And Prince Qi’s Mansion does not seem to have any rebellious ambitions. Although it has a large number of troops to control the southwest, it has always kept a low profile and is content to be its own local emperor. 】
[You are very envious of the Crown Prince of Prince Qi’s Mansion. He is also the Crown Prince of a vassal. You are always on tenterhooks, but Crown Prince Qi can do whatever he wants behind closed doors. As long as they don’t go out to the southwest, the court can’t do anything to them. 】
Zhu Di was a little surprised. It was not easy!
After simulating the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, this was the first time he saw Prince Qi's palace appear after his fourth son died of illness!
It’s been nearly a hundred years!
Prince Qi's Mansion seems to have emerged from the long river of history, and has been silent since the death of the first King of Qi, Zhu Gaojie.
This time, Zhu Di finally understood what the situation of Prince Qi's Mansion would be like a hundred years later.
The southwest is a place with mountains, water, and forests. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and seems to be isolated from the world. Prince Qi's Mansion is rooted in the southwest and controls 100,000 southwest troops. It may have grown to some terrifying level.
The imperial court didn't even know whether Prince Qi's Mansion had the strength to compete with the imperial court.
The key is that the imperial court does not dare to test it yet. Once the Qi Palace is forced to rebel, will the imperial court really have the strength to suppress the Qi Palace?
With the decline of several dynasties and internal and external troubles, it is difficult to launch a large-scale real war. The real rotten to the bones is like a giant beast that decays day by day. It seems to be covering the sky, but in fact, the internal organs have rotted.
What's more, the enemies of the Ming Dynasty have always been in the north. The grassland people are always evil, and the Ming Dynasty does not have the energy to divide its troops to fight against Prince Qi's Mansion in the southwest. Prince Qi's Mansion is very good in the southwest. At least in name, the southwest belongs to the Ming Dynasty. Everyone
My surname is Zhu, why do we need to get into a fight with each other?
With Prince Qi's Mansion in the southwest, there would be no banditry or rebellion in the south of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it wonderful?
At the very least, Zhu Di was quite satisfied.
Although this would make it difficult for the imperial power to be transferred to the southwest, but without Prince Qi's Mansion, whether the southwest would be willing to belong to the Ming Dynasty is still a question. Is there any need to think about such a simple conversion issue?
It is true that the Duke of Guizhou, the Mu family, is still in charge of the southwest, but can the Mu family alone control the vast southwest territory?
After all, the Duke of Guizhou has a different surname, and King Qi is from his own family. Which one is more trustworthy?
[In the tenth year of Zhengde, Japanese pirates frequently harassed the southeastern coastal areas. They burned, killed and looted wherever they went, and the people were in dire straits. After deliberation, the imperial court decided to order the southeastern kings to lead their palaces to quell the Japanese pirates and build the royal palace. This is on the list. 】
[However, since the Ming Dynasty reduced vassal status several times, the strength of the kings has been weakened to the extreme. They can't even muster 10,000 troops together. How to quell the Japanese pirates? 】
[But the imperial court was unwilling to mobilize local health stations because wars cost money and the national treasury was empty. All the tax revenue from a war for a year would be emptied. The cabinet felt it was not worthwhile.]
[But the cabinet came up with a good idea and asked Prince Qi’s Mansion to send troops.]
[Anyway, the vassal king does not need to take out money from the treasury to send troops, and Prince Qi’s palace is not far from the southeast, and his strength is abundant. This is the best of both worlds. 】
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[And Prince Qi’s Mansion also simply agreed. The leader of the army was Prince Qi’s crown prince Zhu Houxuan. He led eight thousand troops to rush to the southeast. In just half a month, they suppressed the coastal Japanese pirates with vigorous and resolute means and captured 3,200 heads.
Level eighty-eight, and then returned to the southwest in style. The Japanese pirate troubles that caused a headache for the imperial court were easily solved by Prince Qi's Mansion.】
[No one is surprised. The aura of Prince Qi’s Mansion is as dazzling as the sun, and the honor of the ancestors continues to this day. It seems that everyone feels that it is natural for Prince Qi’s Mansion to deal with the Japanese pirates so easily. 】
[But you are deeply uneasy for the imperial court, because in this time of pacifying the Japanese pirates, you clearly realized the combat effectiveness of Prince Qi's Mansion, which was almost crushingly powerful, not only the weapon Jiawei, but more importantly,
The morale was at its peak, which was in sharp contrast to the weakened Ming army.】
[Is such a powerful Prince Qi’s Mansion really no threat to the imperial court? 】