Zhu Chenhao's rebellion is not surprising. It was one of the major historical events of the Zhengde Dynasty. As a time traveler, how could Zhang Yanling not know about it.
Zhang Yanling had already noticed some trends before. When he was in Guangzhou that year, Zhu Chenhao sent his subordinates to collude with officials in Guangzhou, Guangdong and the Fo Langji people to monopolize sea trade smuggling and make huge profits. He also condoned the Fo Langji people.
The kidnapping and trafficking of Guangdong people.
After he conquered Tuen Mun Island and killed all the officials, on the way back to Beijing, Wang Hong and others were attacked by bandits in Wuyi Mountain. All the Guangdong and Guangzhou officials who were escorted disappeared, and all the Fo Langji people were killed.
From then on, Zhang Yanling knew that Zhu Chenhao's hands were stretched very far and he was secretly actively making some big moves.
If Zhu Chenhao wants to rebel, he needs to prepare weapons, horses, armor, ships, food, grass, supplies, and manpower. He also needs to manage the people in the court and block the mouths of some people so that his various abnormal behaviors will not be known to the emperor. Or
Even if the court knew about it, there were still people who would defend him.
All of this requires money. And it requires a lot of money to do it. This is why Zhu Chenhao smuggled overseas goods and monopolized overseas goods to make huge profits.
Colluding with the Fo Lang Ji people and stationed in Tuen Mun Island. Using the power of the Fo Lang Ji people to carry out smuggling activities. Colluding with local officials in Guangdong and tacitly allowing the Fo Lang Ji people to traffic in humans. All of these should be part of the deal.
What Zhang Zhong said about Zhu Chenhao owning a large number of Fo Lang machine guns did not surprise Zhang Yanling. Because since Zhu Chenhao dealt with Fo Lang machine guns, how could he have the ability to steal from Fo Lang machine guns?
Bought a prototype of the Folan cannon and made a copy.
This matter may have been carried out a long time ago, perhaps even earlier than I did it.
Nanchang Prefecture in Jiangxi Province is Zhu Chenhao's territory. Generations of Ning kings have managed it for hundreds of years, and the place has long been like an iron barrel. Not many people outside know about the things he did in secret. Even if they knew, Liu Jin had
The connection with him is so deep that the voices in the court will be suppressed.
Zhu Chenhao raised many bandits in the Wuyi Mountains and armed them as a reserve force for rebellion. This was a secret force. In the open, he used the Wuyi Mountains as an excuse for bandits to wreak havoc. On the one hand, he asked the court to restore the soldiers of his palace guard.
configuration to ensure that he
This is reasonable and well-founded. On the other hand, in order to prevent rampant banditry, the imperial court will inevitably increase the number of local guardsmen and horses in Nanchang, Jiangxi. And all these increased troops will most definitely be used.
Became the capital of Zhu Chenhao's rebellion.
Because most of the civil and military officials in Nanchang Prefecture and even Jiangxi Province are probably Zhu Chenhao's people. No matter how many soldiers and horses there are, if the leaders are bribed and corrupted, then there is nothing to say. They all become Zhu Chenhao's gathered strength.
It has to be said that Zhu Chenhao was quite calculating. He raised bandits, and when the bandits threatened public security, he asked for more palace guards and more local garrison troops, and all of these troops eventually became his. A perfect closed loop was thus created.
This guy is really scheming.
Not only these things, Zhang Yanling knew more. This Zhu Chenhao was very good at being a person, giving people a feeling of being frank and aboveboard. Zhang Yanling had seen him several times in the capital, and I have to say that he was completely impressed by his appearance.
It was obvious that he was someone who wanted to rebel. He spoke humbly and politely, and behaved appropriately and gracefully. Without any preconceived impressions, Zhang Yanling could not see through his inner thoughts at all.
Zhu Chenhao also had a good impression in front of the emperor and the queen mother. He was willing to spend money to please the emperor and the queen mother. Through the hands of Liu Jin, he gave many strange and obscene things to Zhu Houzhao. The queen mother Zhang even praised him.
He kept talking because every time Zhu Chenhao would go out of his way to send some rare things to the Queen Mother to make her happy.
Needless to say, courtiers, when Liu Jin was in power, Zhu Chenhao fed him well. Including some officials in the court, they all benefited from Zhu Chenhao. So Zhu Chenhao originally petitioned to restore the quota of palace guards.
At that time, many ministers, including Liu Jin, actually spoke for him.
You know, it was not long after King Anhua launched the rebellion. Everyone should reflect on this matter, and further investigate and rectify the power of the local vassal kings. As a result, few people opposed it.
Zhu Chenhao even had the idea of having his son adopted by Zhu Houzhao. He sent his son to live in the palace for many days. Empress Dowager Zhang liked it very much, and someone promptly proposed to adopt Prince Ning's son to the emperor.
As an adopted son, the Queen Mother can see the lovely little prince every day.
However, Empress Dowager Zhang was not that confused yet. She felt that the Emperor was still young, and although he had no heirs, he was not yet desperate. The Emperor might have some physical problems, but there were ways to deal with them after all.
In addition, this approach obviously aroused many people's associations, and Zhu Chenhao did not make great efforts to go down this road in the end.
But ambition will not disappear. After the method of occupying the magpie's nest fails, the only way left is to rebel.
However, what surprised Zhang Yanling was that Zhu Chenhao's rebellion came too early. Zhang Yanling remembered that in real history, Zhu Chenhao only launched his rebellion in the fourteenth year of Zhengde. And now is the seventh year of Zhengde.
The year when Emperor Hongzhi died prematurely, Zhu Chenhao actually launched the rebellion eight years in advance, which was too impatient.
However, given that the process of history has obviously accelerated, perhaps this is the result of the disturbance to historical time and space caused by traveling through time.
Perhaps the reason why Zhu Chenhao chose to launch a rebellion so quickly had something to do with himself.
He cut off his financial path and made it impossible for him to continue to make money through smuggling. He eliminated Liu Jin and made him lose his main support in the court. He may also realize that his ambition has been discovered by him sooner or later.
He wanted to be liquidated. Perhaps he was afraid of his own strength and methods. After all, Zhang Yanling was now the anchor of stability in the Ming Dynasty.
Taking into account various factors, Zhu Chenhao may think that if he waits any longer, it will become more and more disadvantageous for him and the chances will become slimmer and slimmer. Therefore, while he is opening up sea trade routes in Nanyang, he will take advantage of this opportunity for him.
The best time to launch an attack is when the person who poses the biggest military threat is away from the country.
This is the catfish effect. Your own time travel has caused disturbances in time and space, leading to changes in many things, and leading to the acceleration or change of the time process. In short, this matter must be related to your own actions.
A key figure or a key node will cause things to change, which gives Zhang Yanling an unreal feeling of playing a game and controlling an unpredictable outcome.
However, when it comes to the specific matter at hand. Zhu Houzhao asked Zhang Zhong to invite him to return to the country to quell the rebellion. This made Zhang Yanling really feel a great embarrassment.
Domestic rebellion is of course an urgent matter, and it is related to the ownership of the Ming Dynasty. If the rebellion cannot be put down in time, the consequences will be unimaginable.
However, the expansion of sea trade has also reached its final moment. If we lead the fleet back to China at this moment, the hard work of the past year will be in vain. More importantly, the great goal and future will be shelved and interrupted.
Could it be said that this is the inevitable part of history? Is it an unchangeable part? Where will I go and how will I choose?