After asking about the situation in the capital, Chu Yi sat there steadily, while the eunuch standing opposite him bowed respectfully to Chu Yi and said: "Master, before setting off, your majesty told the slaves to tell the governor!"
Looking up at the supervisor, Chu Yi nodded and said, "Oh, I wonder if your majesty has anything to tell me?"
The eunuch bowed and said: "Your Majesty asked the servant to tell the governor that if the matter is almost settled, please return to the capital as soon as possible. Your Majesty, he misses the governor!"
Chu Yi took a deep breath, cupped his hands in the direction of the capital and said, "Your Majesty is so kind to you. Chu Yi is extremely grateful. If something goes wrong, I will return to the capital to see your Majesty as soon as possible!"
He nodded towards Cao Shaoqin and said: "Cao Shaoqin, please go and have a rest first, and wait for me to write a secret letter in my own hand and submit it to the emperor!"
The eunuchs bowed to Chu Yi and left with Cao Shaoqin.
Fang Li and others looked at Chu Yi with joy on their faces, and then they heard Fang Li say to Chu Yi: "Master Governor, your Majesty has a daughter, this is a great joy!"
Chu Yi nodded and said: "Yes, once the prince is born, some people will have nothing to criticize His Majesty, let alone think about changing the world."
Tang Yin and others couldn't help being stunned after hearing Chu Yi's words. They looked at Chu Yi in astonishment, only to hear Tang Yin say: "Supervisor, no one really wants to change the world!"
Chu Yi sneered and said: "Your Majesty has no heirs. Once something unspeakable happens, what do you think will happen?"
Several people looked at each other with a look of horror in their eyes. Fang Li said in shock: "If your Majesty has no heirs and something unbearable happens, then he will definitely support a new king. The previous emperor only has your majesty's son alive, so
We can only choose among those close to the royal family. In the generation of the late emperor, only King Xingxian is the closest. King Xingxian has two sons. If nothing unexpected happens, the new king will most likely be under King Xingxian.
Born from a branch."
Fang Li said with a cold look in his eyes: "If King Xingxian's lineage ascends to the throne, his majesty's remaining power in the inner court will be wiped out, and the governor will definitely become a thorn in the side of the new king!"
Tang Yin said: "The new king might as well reuse the governor!"
Fang Li sneered and said: "When a new king ascends the throne, he will naturally reuse the governor. But the more this happens, the more it shows that the new king will take action against the governor. That is the inner court and is directly related to the safety of the emperor. If it is not controlled by the new king,
If the king is in his own hands, I am afraid that the new king will not be able to eat and sleep well."
Qi Hu, who was standing aside, said: "Now that the emperor has an heir, your Majesty is in the prime of his life, and with how much your Majesty attaches great importance to the governor, in the next few decades, the inner court will still be ruled by the governor."
Chu Yi waved his hand and said: "Okay, no matter what, His Majesty's having a baby is the greatest joy for us. We just need to work with peace of mind."
With a bang, in a study room, a fine official kiln porcelain vase was kicked to pieces and shattered to the ground. Prince Ning, who was wearing a python suit, said angrily: "Zhu Houzhao, my son, actually has a wife, old man!"
The sky has no eyes!"
In the study, counselor Liu Yangzheng was stroking his beard and looking at the angry Prince Ning. He waited until Prince Ning calmed down a little before he said: "Your Highness, please calm down. It's just that the Queen is happy now. What if the Queen turns out to be a princess?"
, the seat of the East Palace is still vacant!"
King Ning shook his head and said: "Sir, you should know why I am angry. After our efforts over the years, there have long been rumors in this Jiangnan area that the emperor has no virtue and has sinned against heaven, so that he has no heirs. This is the biggest stain on righteousness, and also
By raising troops in the future, I can gain a major advantage by gaining the support of the people."
For the sake of the throne, Prince Ning could be said to have started making various preparations many years ago. In the past few years, he even ordered people to spread rumors in the south of the Yangtze River that the emperor had sinned against heaven for his misconduct.
What the common people are most interested in are the various rumors about the royal family, and Zhu Houzhao has indeed been childless for a long time. Although it is just a rumor, in the eyes of those people, if a person has no descendants, even if he is the emperor, even if it is a rumor, I am afraid that
It will also become true.
It is very important to know what the people want, especially when it comes to the struggle of the world. Even a high-ranking person like King Ning may not pay attention to the common people, but he still knows that winning the hearts of the people is very important.
He who wins the world.
Once the people think that the emperor is unjust, if someone rises up and raises an army to rebel, it may not be impossible to deceive a group of people to use it.
This is what King Ning planned, but now that the news of the Queen's pregnancy has spread, I believe it won't be long before the rumors that King Ning spent a lot of effort to gradually be accepted by the people in this land south of the Yangtze River will no longer be attacked.
Self-destructive.
For King Ning, the aspirations of the people in the south of the Yangtze River were no less important than tens of thousands of soldiers.
Watching the wind and descending on an inch of ground are two different concepts. Those who win the hearts of the people can be as powerful as the enemy. The enemy's troops descend on the wind. If they don't win the hearts of the people, they will be surrounded by enemies everywhere, and it will be difficult to move even an inch.
Li Shishi narrowed his eyes and said: "Your Highness, you can rest assured. These days, many wealthy gentry and big families in the south of the Yangtze River are secretly supporting your highness in raising an army. As long as you get help from these big families in the south of the Yangtze River, your highness will be free from the support of the people."
care."
This is good news. When Li Shishi said that many wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River were willing to support him in raising an army, King Ning couldn't help but show a bit of excitement on his face.
Almost most of the wealth, material resources, and manpower in Jiangnan are in the hands of these wealthy families. The capital of the Ming Dynasty is located in the north, and the main focus of the court is also on the border in the north. This naturally makes the court less able to control the south than the north.
If the imperial court controls the south just as it controls the north, even these aristocratic families, gentry and dignitaries, no matter how bold they are, would never dare to besiege and kill the tax collectors of the imperial court.
Taking a deep breath, King Ning sat down, looked at Li Shishi and said: "Two gentlemen, you have to worry more. Since these wealthy families have chosen to support me, let them show some sincerity. If he, the King of Japan, wins the world
, I will certainly not be stingy with the reward.”
Li Shishi cupped his hands and said, "What your Highness said is true. As long as these wealthy families are willing to help Your Highness, food, armor and even soldiers will not be a problem. With the support of Jiangnan's wealth, Your Highness can definitely arm an army in a short time."
The elite army rushed into the capital like a broken bamboo."
Ning his eyes narrowed, Prince Ning frowned and said: "Speaking of the capital, has there been news from the spies we sent to the capital? How far has the reorganization of the capital camp gone? I don't want to fight all the way to the gates of Beijing.
, the result is that when the time comes, we will attack the well-armed and impregnable capital."
Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng looked at each other, and Liu Yangzheng smiled bitterly and said: "Back to your highness, I will be responsible for this matter. The reorganization of the Beijing Camp will be personally presided over by the Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Chief Supervisor of Royal Horses, Chu Yi. It is expected to form an eighteenth regiment camp."
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"What, the Eighteenth Regiment Camp?"
Since King Ning wanted to rebel, he naturally could not be unclear about the deployment of the capital's troops.
Although the Beijing Camp was said to have been reorganized several times, overall the changes were not significant. In the early years of Zhengde, the Beijing Camp was reorganized into the Twelve Regiment Camps, which was only the Twelve Regiments Battalion at all costs.
There are also many old, weak, sick and disabled among them. In fact, the total number of those who can really go into battle in the twelve regiments and battalions is only 50,000 or 60,000.
This can be seen from the troops and horses that the capital could use when Lu Wenyang raised troops to flank the Qing emperor.
Even so, the troops in the Beijing camp were already a serious concern for Prince Ning, and now Liu Yangzheng actually told him that the reorganization of the Beijing camp would lead to the formation of an eighteenth regiment camp.
One regiment camp is 10,000 people, and 18 regiment camps are 180,000 people. If they are all young and strong people, even if they are new recruits, 180,000 soldiers, coupled with the danger of the capital, only
Thinking about it, Prince Ning couldn't help but sweat broke out on his forehead.
"God damn the eunuch, is he crazy? Are the princes in the court just letting this eunuch do whatever he wants and the treasury is empty? How will he build the capital camp and support nearly 200,000 soldiers?"
Prince Ning almost roared.
He privately raised an army of only 20,000 to 30,000 people, but it already made it difficult for the palace's finances to support him, so he had to exploit the people of Nanchang.
The imperial court is indeed supported by national taxes, but the national treasury is not sufficient. The consumption of the 180,000 troops is not just a year or two, but has to be supported continuously. This is definitely a heavy burden for the imperial court. Maybe it is not good
The city would overwhelm the imperial government's finances.
With a slight cough, Liu Yangzheng glanced at Prince Ning and said, "Has Your Highness forgotten the huge amount of gold and silver that Chu Yi, the eunuch, gained from repeatedly ransacking his house?"
King Ning snorted coldly and said: "Why don't I know this? It's not that part of it went to the household department and part went to the royal treasury. Based on my understanding of the civil and military officials, it is absolutely impossible for them to provide military pay for a large army for a long time, let alone
The imperial court also needs gold and silver to govern the place. As for the gold and silver that has been put into the royal inner treasury, is it possible that Zhengde will take it out from the inner treasury?"
There are no less than millions of taels of silver in Prince Ning's private treasury. These are the assets accumulated by generations of Prince Ning over hundreds of years. In order to seize the throne, Prince Ning transferred millions of taels of silver from his private treasury to raise a private army.
I feel extremely painful.
He used himself to save others, so King Ning did not believe Zhu Hou's note and took out the gold and silver that had been put into the royal treasury to support Chu Yi in supporting the Beijing army.
Liu Yangzheng smiled bitterly and said: "Reporting to the prince, the news from our people is that this time the army was reorganized, the imperial court came out with more than five million taels of grain silver, of which the Ministry of Finance gritted its teeth and parted, and the emperor also took out some from the inner treasury.
I dialed part of it..."
"Bang!"
Prince Ning slapped the table with his palm, shouted angrily: "The civil and military officials have misled me, the righteous children have misled me, and the eunuchs have misled me!"
"Your Highness, please calm down. The princes in the imperial court are forced to support Chu Yi because of his fierce power. Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi's monarch and ministers are as united as one person. However, Your Highness has the support of the Jiangnan clan, so what is there to fear!"
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