Ning Prince's Mansion is being searched. There are not many gold and silver treasures, because they have all been used for fighting.
Princess Ning and Prince Ning's son both went with the army, and Prince Ning wanted to take them to Nanjing to ascend the throne. The former committed suicide by drowning, and the latter was captured together.
As for the Nanchang family members captured by Wang Yangming, they were all Prince Ning's concubines and other concubines.
One day, Ji Xiao came to express his thanks.
"I know that Mr. Yangming doesn't love money and feels that he has nothing to repay, so I have been helping to find out the news these days." Ji Xiu said with a cupped hand.
Wang Yangming asked: "What's the news?"
Ji Ji whispered: "According to Zhao Chengfang, Ning Prince's Mansion has account books, which contain details of bribery of officials in Beijing over the past ten years."
"Understood, I will send someone to check." Wang Yangming nodded.
Ji Ji immediately bowed and said, "In that case, I'll take my leave."
Ji Ji and Zhao Chengfang were both unlucky. King Ning heard that Wang Yangming called on King Qin, so he sent them to Ji'an to recruit Wang Yangming to surrender.
Ji Ji used to be the prefect of Nan'an and made great achievements in suppressing bandits under Wang Yangming. He was promoted by the imperial court to the right to participate in politics in Guangxi, which was equivalent to the mayor directly becoming the deputy governor with real power. He returned home happily from the capital and took his wife and children to Guangxi.
When I went to take office, I happened to meet Prince Ning's birthday when passing through Nanchang. I accidentally became a rebel at the banquet.
Zhao Chengfang served as the deputy envoy to promote education in Jiangxi, and took the initiative to join King Ning in the rebellion. He was considered one of King Ning's confidant civil servants.
Prince Ning did not take Wang Yangming seriously at all, and felt that sending these two men to surrender would inevitably lead to Wang Yangming's rebellion.
After Ji Ji saw Wang Yangming, he pointed at Zhao Chengfang and said, "Mr. Yangming, please kill this person!"
Zhao Chengfang was shocked: "The two armies are fighting, so I won't kill the envoy."
Ji Ji said: "This is King Ning's confidant. Killing him will demoralize King Qin's officers and soldiers!"
Wang Yangming did not kill Zhao Chengfang, but detained him. He asked Ji Ji again: "Why are you willing to rebel?"
Ji Ji said: "My wife and children are all in the hands of Prince Ning, so I can only accept the humiliation and keep myself useful. Now, I take the initiative to ask Ying to recruit Duke Yangming, which is actually a plan to escape. My wife and children are under house arrest in Nanchang
In the city, as long as Duke Yangming captures Nanchang, my family can be reunited. This will benefit the country and the family!"
Therefore, Ji Xiu told Wang Yangming the detailed military information of the dispatched troops, including how many soldiers, officers, and warships King Ning had, as well as the garrison and troop deployment of each city.
It turned out that after this guy was forced to rebel, he pretended to be very submissive and even took the initiative to give advice to King Ning. In just a few days, he became King Ning's "confidant" and frantically inquired about various things in King Ning's army.
information.
Scholars are really insidious, Prince Ning was fooled around!
Wang Yangming seemed very reckless in the few battles he fought against Ning Wang's rebels, but in fact he was confident. His confidence came from the military information reported by Ji Xi. He knew that there were a large number of family members of rebel generals in Nanchang, and he also knew that the origins of the rebels were complex, and even more
I know that the generals who defended Nanchang were in conflict with each other.
The process of counterinsurgency, which seemed like child's play, was all planned by Wang Yangming.
Ji Huo, who had made great achievements, had a rebellious experience, so he could only take credit for his crime. However, Wang Yangming ranked Ji Huo very high this time in repaying his merits, which immediately made Ji Huo burst into tears of gratitude.
Wang Yangming interrogated the eunuchs of Prince Ning's palace in detail and finally found the accounts of bribery of officials.
"Son of a bitch!"
Uncle Wang, who has always been very well-behaved, couldn't help but curse on the spot after seeing the bribery account.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It seems that we caught a lot of big fish."
Wang Yangming suppressed his anger: "Among the cabinet ministers, only Yang Yiqing has not received a bribe from Prince Ning. Among the six ministers, only Wang Qiong and Li Xunxue are clean!"
Li Xunxue used to be an official in Nanjing. After he was transferred to Beijing, King Ning's rebellion became apparent, so he might not dare to stop him.
Wang Qiong is very interesting. He has friends with the sycophants and nobles. He is extremely flattering to the emperor and is regarded as a traitor by the Qingliu people. But this traitorous official has been an official in the capital for many years and has not received a penny from Prince Ning. Instead, the Qingliu people have accepted bribes.
There are not a few.
Of course, many ministers were not deeply involved. They only received gifts from King Ning during the New Year, weddings and funerals, ranging from dozens to hundreds of taels at a time.
This does not seem to be against the rules. Reciprocity is normal, and receiving a gift from the feudal lord is a very honorable thing.
But the premise is that King Ning does not rebel!
Wang Yuan reminded: "If this account book is handed over to the imperial court, I am afraid that Mr. will become the target of public criticism."
Wang Yangming asked back: "Did you burn the bribery account book just for the sake of your own future?"
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "My disciple's intention is not to hand it over to the Third Law Department, but to submit it directly to His Majesty. After the Third Law Department has obtained the account book, what else can it do with it? This matter is too involved, and even His Majesty does not dare to build a prison.
For example, Mr. Jin Gui, Mr. Jin Ge, was 100% loyal to Your Majesty, but he still accepted bribes from Prince Ning. That was not called a bribe at all, but just a gift for the welcome. Did Your Majesty still want to punish Mr. Jin Ge? Most of them accepted bribes.
Officials are all in the same situation as Mr. Jin Ge."
Wang Yangming remained silent. He was indeed cunning in his actions, but there was a sense of righteousness in his cunning. The account of bribery of officials had touched Wang Yangming's bottom line, and he did not want to secretly hand it over to the emperor.
With Wang Yangming's wisdom, he can already imagine the result.
Once the account books fell into the hands of the emperor, they became the emperor's trump card, used to bargain with officials, and he could do even more ridiculous things in the future. In this way, the emperor became more ridiculous, and lawless officials could hardly be punished, which was good for the country and the people.
There is no benefit at all.
Wang Yuan stopped talking and waited for Wang Yangming to make a decision.
Wang Yangming stared at his student and said word by word: "If you hand over the accounts to His Majesty privately, you are a real sycophant. I, Wang Shouren, will not be a sycophant!"
Wang Yuan reminded: "However, handing it over to the Sanfa Division will make things difficult for Your Majesty and all the officials. It will not help the matter, so why do it?"
"A gentleman has things to do and things not to do." Wang Yangming pointed to his own heart and then to Wang Yuan's heart. "To have a conscience, what is a conscience? The unity of knowledge and action, what is the unity of knowledge and action? You have forgotten me.
Entrusted to your knowledge?"
Wang Yuan knew that he could no longer persuade him, so he raised his hands and said, "Disciple, please remember this."
Wang Yangming said it righteously, but in fact, he now has a headache. Once the account books are handed over to the Sanfa Department, he will probably not be able to return to Beijing, and will most likely be thrown to Nanjing for a free meal.
Because he offended the public, no one could protect him, including the emperor and Wang Yuan.
Moreover, Wang Yangming would stop his official career from now on, and he would be able to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. The Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing was the most powerful official in Nanjing, even more powerful than the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing.
Wang Yuan was quite frustrated. He originally wanted to take advantage of Prince Ning's rebellion and push his teacher to the center.
But Wang Yangming's bad temper actually messed up Wang Yuan's plan!
(I’m really busy these days, sorry. I’ll definitely make up for it!)