Emperor Zhengde is not messing around today and is reading the memorial seriously. He used to let the eunuchs handle this matter.
The rebel army is already two hundred miles away from the capital. Emperor Zhengde is not really fatuous, so how can he still be in the mood to have fun? Yesterday he asked his chief minister Li Dongyang: "I am not a cruel king, why are Hebei, Shandong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, and Guizhou
Are they all rebels and wreaking havoc?"
Li Dongyang suffered from anal fistula, which made it difficult to sit and stand. His nose started to bleed just as he spoke. He wiped it for a while before answering: "How many days has it been since your Majesty read the memorial?"
Emperor Zhengde remained silent.
On the third day, the eunuch Zhang Yong brought a bunch of memorials and obediently stepped aside to serve them carefully.
The thieves and bandits have all reached the Gyeonggi area, and civil unrest is spreading all over the country. Something must have gone wrong! How could the officials not seize the opportunity?
It was all black material, including Zhu Houzhao's own. From the emperor, clan members, relatives, eunuchs, military attachés, civil servants, the entire Ming Dynasty's powerful and powerful class, all the black material was revealed by officials who were not afraid of death.
Among them, the most talked about is the occupation of fields and the destruction of horse administration, which are also the main reasons for the rebellion.
The eunuch Zhang Yong was very interesting. He didn't dare to hide all the dirty information about himself. So he threw away the memorial that really impeached him and asked the officials he had good connections to write a few more copies, only talking about trivial and innocuous corruption and small evils.
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Zhu Houzhao quickly read these memorials and was frightened by the shocking contents. He sat in the leopard room and remained silent for a long time.
"Your Majesty." Zhang Yong came over with a red pen.
Zhu Houzhao picked up his pen and approved a few memorials at random, threw the pen away, pointed at the remaining memorials and said: "These are kept but not published."
If Emperor Zhengde is serious, he must be a wise king with means, and his handling of this matter is excellent.
Select a few dispensable clan members, honorary relatives, eunuchs, military generals and civil servants, scold those who deserve to be scolded, depose those who deserve to be dismissed, and demote those who deserve to be demoted. By the way, abolish one of your own imperial estates, so that the overall situation will not be shaken.
, and expressed his attitude, and also gave an explanation to the officials.
As for the memorials that were left behind, they are all relatively serious and difficult to deal with at such a critical moment. We must wait until the rebel army is wiped out.
Historically, when the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi was put down, Yang Tinghe did take corresponding measures, including Zhengde's own imperial estate, which was cut off from a large area. In addition, taxes were exempted from the war-torn areas, refugees were recruited to allocate land, and the powerful were arbitrarily occupied.
The land is returned to the farmers.
Although it is impossible to achieve perfection, and it is impossible to deal with the real top dignitaries, it can at least control the number of refugees.
It was a difficult matter, but in Zhu Houzhao's eyes it was very simple, and the solution was solved in one morning.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty had two meals a day and had no lunch to eat, so he had to rely on snacks to fill his stomach.
Just when Zhengde was drinking tea at noon, Qian Ning came over and reported: "Your Majesty, I have already brought you."
Zhu Houzhao said: "Let him come over."
Not long after, the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi, who had followed Wang Yuan that day and picked up the beheads along the way, appeared in front of Emperor Zhengde.
Zhu Houzhao said: "Let's all sit down and eat."
Qian Ning clasped his fists in thanks, sat down very casually, picked up the cake and ate it.
But Xiao Qi was very reserved. After thanking him, he sat half-assed on the bench.
Zhu Houzhao asked: "What is your name?"
The little flag stood up in a hurry: "Humble job... uh, the villain's name is..."
"Sit down and talk." Zhu Houzhao said.
The little flag could only sit down: "The villain's name is Wu Liande."
Zhu Houzhao asked with a smile: "You killed more than ten bandits?"
Emperor Zhengde had a smile on his face when he spoke, but Wu Liande was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "This villain lies about his military exploits and deserves death!"
There was no other way. A memorial from the magistrate of Liangxiang was sent to the capital. It recorded in detail the situation of Wang Yuan chasing the enemy on horseback that day. There were also twelve rebel prisoners who went to Beijing with the memorial, and the whole process was clearly explained.
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Wang Yuan's deeds have spread in the capital, and everyone knows Wang Erlang of Guizhou, and his poems have become popular again.
"Tell me about it." Zhu Houzhao smiled.
Wu Liande immediately gave an honest account, telling how he was ordered to leave the city, how he met Wang Yuan, and everything he saw and heard along the way.
Zhu Houzhao seemed to have forgotten that there were rebels two hundred miles away, and he also seemed to have forgotten the shocking case of corruption and bending the law. At the moment, he was only interested in the brave young man. He confirmed again: "It was really a one-man pursuit of more than three hundred bandits.
Can a horse be invincible for dozens of miles?"
"Your Majesty, it is indeed true." Wu Liande said.
Zhu Houzhao was inexplicably excited. He stood up and walked around, sighing again: "What a pity, what a pity that such a hero is actually a scholar! Why isn't he a hereditary military attache?"
Qian Ning flattered him and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, only when the Holy Emperor comes to court will there be such versatile talents in both civil and military affairs!"
This flattery was not captured properly. Zhu Houzhao suddenly said to the eunuch beside him: "It's already twenty-three today. It's time to finish the grading, right? Go to the Gongyuan of the Ministry of Rites and ask if this Wang Yuan has Chinese style. If not, let him
Forget it if he comes to Jinyiwei, I will give him a thousand households directly!"
The eunuch wondered: "Your Majesty, before the twenty-fifth day, the Gongyuan was locked. The key is in the hands of the censor. I'm afraid... I'm afraid that even if the emperor comes in person, he won't be able to get in."
"well!"
Zhu Houzhao sighed, shook his head and said, "Forget it, wait two more days."
Two days later, the rebel army failed to attack Baoding Fucheng. They actually sent their troops directly towards the capital. In a blink of an eye, they were at the foot of Zhuozhou City, only more than a hundred miles away from the capital.
Ma Zhongxi was urgently promoted to censor of Youdu and admiral of military affairs; Hui'an Bo Zhang Wei was appointed as chief military officer.
There are Ma Zhongxi unified troops and mere thieves and bandits, who cannot make trouble.
This is also true. Ma Zhongxi did not choose to defend at all, but directly took the remaining Beijing camp and took the initiative to attack the bandits.
Hearing that it was Ma Zhongxi's army, Liu Liuliu and Liu Qi refused to fight. They were so frightened that they chose to retreat and then went south to kill Hejian Mansion.
The crisis in the capital was thus solved.
Liu Liu and Liu Qi were really not doing well in the battle. It was just that horses could run faster, and the young and strong men they held captive were thrown away at will.
After the rebels retreated, Zhu Houzhao became more cheerful again and sent eunuchs to Gongyuan to inquire about the news.
The marking was completed on the 25th, but there was still a lot of follow-up work, and the results were not filled in until the 27th.
At this time, the government will send people to announce the good news to the hometown of the new imperial examination candidate, and ask for some wedding money. Often there are scoundrels who will beat up the official who announced the good news on the way, steal the good news and pretend to be themselves, and travel to several provinces just to get the good news.
Get that happy money.
When the scholars saw the list, it was already the morning of the 28th.
"Did you win?" Zhu Houzhao sent someone to ask in advance.
The eunuch replied: "I won. The third place is the top one in the ceremony."
Zhu Houzhao said depressedly: "Why should he? He is so good at martial arts, how can he still have time to study? He must be cheating!"
The eunuch opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.
Qian Ning smiled and came up with a bad idea: "Your Majesty, since this person can take the third place in the National Examination, why not wait for the imperial examination to test him as the number one scholar? The headscarfs have nothing to say. If you choose the number one scholar, you can become an imperial scholar.
He will be compiled by the academy and promoted to the position of lecturer in a few months. At that time, this person can be recruited to accompany the emperor to study history."
"Yes, this is a brilliant plan, you are really my wife!" Zhu Houzhao immediately clapped his hands in admiration.