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The Rising Sun Chapter 459: Stealing the Sky for the Sun (Twenty)

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    Hearing Jiajing's edicts one after another, Yan Song couldn't help but feel uneasy. He knew very well that Jiajing had been holding back in Taiyuan because he wanted to gather the nine-sided army to annihilate the main force of Dongxinggang in the first battle in the capital.  Now that the armies from the three western sides have not arrived, they are sending out troops in a hurry, which is really like giving up halfway!  As everyone exited the room, Yan Song did not rush out of Prince Jin's Mansion, but stood in the corridor and stared at the rain curtain in a daze. Mao Bowen did not leave either. After everyone got on the sedan and left, he approached Yan Song and said softly: "First of all,  Mr. Fu, are you worried about disturbing the situation? " "It's not about disturbing the situation, it's about wasting all your efforts!" Yan Song said in a low voice without looking back, "If Dongxing Port attacks Nanjing, its purpose is to disrupt the emperor's plan" "My lord.  Why didn't you tell me when you saw me?" "I can't see through this situation." Yan Song sighed softly and said, "What do you think?" "The two capitals of the Ming Dynasty are thirteen provinces.  The capital, as well as the capital, but if both the capital and the capital fall into the hands of King Yi, not to mention the support of the people, first of all, the official will will be distracted!  With money, food and taxes, how can we fight this war? At this time, the emperor sent troops to harass the capital Tianjin in order to stabilize people's hearts. " Stabilizing people's hearts is of no use!  Yan Song couldn't help but secretly murmured that if he couldn't annihilate the main force in Dongxing Port in one battle, even if he recaptured the capital, it would be of no use. With the combat power of Dongxing Port's soldiers, it would be easy to capture several southeastern provinces. If Jiangnan was lost, the court would fight a protracted war.  It may not be Dongxing Port¡¯s opponent!  After pondering for a while, he said: "Ru Li also thinks that Nanjing is in danger?" Mao Bowen said solemnly: "The Yangzhou bandits with more than a thousand people can cut off water transportation. Is it incredible that the chief minister doesn't realize it?" "This matter is indeed strange." Yan Song  The jaw head said: "But there is no need to be too suspicious. King Yi spent a lot of money in the capital, wantonly buying people's hearts, recruiting troops, gathering the disintegrated soldiers of the capital camp and squadron, and dismissing the palace maids. Slandering the emperor,  It is reasonable for local officials to be on the sidelines. Nanjing officials were either afraid of getting themselves into trouble or trying to play both sides, so they turned a blind eye to Yangzhou" At this point, he heard a rush of emotion.  The sound of horse hooves came faintly from the wind and rain, and he stopped talking immediately.  Riding a horse in the rain must be for urgent news, and sure enough, Lu Bing went and returned quickly, and turned back quickly.  When they entered the door, they stumbled and almost tripped. Seeing this situation, Yan Song and Mao Bowen's hearts sank, and they couldn't help but feel an ominous premonition - something happened in Nanjing!  You must know that Lu Bing is only in his early thirties, and he was recently promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guards, which is a great success.  How could he lose his composure in Prince Jin's Mansion when he was so high-spirited and always steady? There was only one possibility: something big had happened!  Lu Bing walked quickly, climbed the steps, and took off his bamboo hat, but he was not in a hurry to enter the palace.  Instead, he paused for a moment to stabilize his mind. When he saw Yan Song and Mao Bowen coming over, he nodded slightly and did not explain. He just said in a deep voice: "Let's meet together."  Jiajing was surprised.  When he noticed the solemn expressions on the three people's faces, he immediately realized that there was bad news again. There was almost no good news during this period, and he was used to it.  He didn't say anything at the moment and looked at the three people quietly.  After seeing the ceremony, Lu Bing kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, Nanjing is 500 miles away. Ten thousand rebels are going up the Shuo River to attack Nanjing. Nanjing garrison - Wei Guogong Xu Pengju launched a mutiny on the pretext of celebrating his mother's birthday and put a group of people in Nanjing under house arrest."  General Ying took control of Nanjing City and published a statement in the Jinling Newspaper, publicly supporting King Yi! In addition, the supervisory censor Yang Jue, Ge Shizhong Zhou Yi, Ministry of Industry Yuan Wai Lang Liu Kui, and Hu Ke Ge Shi were detained in Jinyiwei Prison.  Among them, Hu Rulin, Nie Jing, Yu Shi Li Chengyun and others had no father or mother. They openly wrote articles to criticize the emperor, regardless of the justice of the emperor and his ministers. All the articles were published in the Jinling Newspaper. " After hearing these words, Yan Song and Mao Bowen's faces turned pale.  This is a worse situation than King Yi's rebels directly entering Nanjing!  Wei Guogong lived in Nanjing and had a high reputation. This public support of King Yi had a very bad impact. The officials of the princes and ministers of various provinces may follow suit and support King Yi!  King Yi launched the Jingnan campaign, and he also lacked talents. The benefits of supporting King Yi were far greater than supporting Jiajing, especially the earls and marquises, who were very likely to speculate. After Emperor Wen Zhu Di succeeded in the Jingnan campaign,  There are many people who generously award meritorious officials, and many people are granted official titles. Who doesn't know this period of history? Now that history is repeating itself, the chance of King Yi Jingnan's success is not small. Who doesn't want to take a chance?  Although Jiajing was also extremely shocked, he quickly controlled his emotions and did not have an attack on the spot. However, his face was gloomy as if water could drip from his face. Although he had a premonition that Nanjing might have changed, he did not expect that it would be the same as before.  The Duke of Wei, Xu Peng, who was highly regarded by him, launched a mutiny and was the first to jump out to support King Yi!  This thing won't be that simple, there must be something behind itIt's greasy, but now is not the time to pursue it.  The criticisms and slanders of Yang Jue, Li Chengyun and other public officials cannot be ignored. This is obviously the instruction of King Yi. The criticisms of these public officials are used to divide people's hearts!  Jiajing remained silent for a long time, and Yan Song did not dare to remain silent any longer. After pondering for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, Nanjing is not important. The focus is still on the capital. If we can annihilate the main force of Dongxing Port in one battle, there is nothing else to fear."  , but the question is, can this battle be won when food and salary are cut off?  Jiajing glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "With the fall of Nanjing, officials in various provinces must be panic-stricken. What are the countermeasures?" Although Jiajing did not say this clearly, Yan Song knew very well that what he was worried about was not the stability of the people, but the stability of the people.  He was worried that local officials in Jiangxi, Huguang and other provinces would wait and see and stop sending grain to Taiyuan. He pondered for a while and then said: "I sincerely pray that the emperor will send imperial envoys to go to each province to supervise grain." This is a good idea!  Jiajing nodded slightly, and sent his trusted eunuchs and ministers to each province to supervise the food supply on the spot, so that the other party's officials would not dare to play any tricks!  The capital, Caishikou.  There were more than ten prisoners lined up in a row. These people were all clerks of the government office. One of them was the county magistrate of Daxing. He had embezzled and withheld grain during the process of opening a warehouse to release grain and distributing grain to the people in the area.  He was discovered during secret inspections by Yang Jue, Zhou Yi, Liu Kui, Hu Rulin, Nie Jing, Li Chengyun and other officials.  "Your Majesty, it's three quarters past noon." Cao Zideng, the Shuntian Prefecture Yin from Xinzha, who served as the supervisor, immediately took out a token and threw it down after hearing the report. He shouted in a cold voice: "The time has come. Kill!  " "Behead -! " With the order, the sword was waved, and more than ten heads fell to the ground. The people watching immediately cheered. Watching this scene in a nearby teahouse, a young scholar couldn't help but  He shook his head and sighed.  He said: "It's so pitiful that you lost your life just after embezzling more than ten stones. This is too cruel" "The kindness of a woman!" A scholar sneered unceremoniously.  "How can a woman be benevolent? Although the price of rice in the capital is high, more than ten stones are only about ten silver dollars, so they cut off their heads for this. Isn't it cruel?" "This is to kill one person to make a warning to hundreds!" Someone immediately joined in and echoed.  Said: "That's right! King Yi is considerate of the people. Distributing grain to each household to subsidize the price of grain is too high. This is not a matter of one or two days. If there are no heavy regulations, these corrupt officials will inevitably intensify their embezzlement and embezzlement. It is an extraordinary period. Apply  It¡¯s a very good way to kill!¡± ¡°Human heads are not leeks, they can grow again after being cut off¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t King Yi following Taizu¡¯s example and trying to eliminate corrupt officials?¡± ¡°That¡¯s too far-reaching.  Oh, King Yi is using these dozen heads to win over the people! Although the rules in Xiaoliuqiu are strict, they are not harsh. " "No matter what, these profiteers who raise food prices should also be killed.  " "King Yi will not attack merchants, otherwise he will not provide food subsidies to the people. Xiaoliuqiu absolutely protects private property. Unless officials are corrupt, they will not raid homes. I heard that officials and government officials will not enter at will.  Unless there is a token for handling the case, what does it mean that "the wind can enter, the rain can enter, but the emperor cannot enter" "What do you mean?  " "The general idea is that although the house is dilapidated.  It can't protect you from wind and rain, but even if you are the emperor, you can't just enter the house without permission.  This is the most widely circulated saying in Xiaoliuqiu to protect private property.  "No wonder the soldiers in Dongxing Port have such good military discipline. They would rather build bunks under the street eaves than enter private houses. There is also a saying.  " "So, wouldn't those merchants be able to raise the price of food at will?  How will you spend your days after this?  " "Is that such a good thing?  Prices in Xiaoliuqiu are strictly controlled, and prices are allowed to increase to a certain extent. Do you think you can go up if you want?  If you dare to break the rules, you will be punished severely, and the punishment will be so miserable that you will lose your entire family!  " "Then why doesn't King Yi care about the price of rice in the capital?  " "Confused!  ¡± At the execution ground, in the execution shed, Cao Zideng examined more than a dozen bloody heads. He couldn¡¯t help but feel his stomach churn. He forced himself to wave his hands and asked the Yamen to leave. He quickly took a sip of herbal tea. At this time, Yang Jue, who was temporarily serving as the censor of the city,  He walked in quickly, bowed and said, "Master Cao, King Yi has decreed that the families of the beheaded officials, including women, children, old and young, will be given a monthly subsidy of two silver dollars until the children grow up and the old man passes away.  " "I respectfully respect your order.  "Cao Zideng bowed quickly. He naturally knew the purpose of King Yi's move, so he immediately gave instructions: "Come, King Yi is kind enough to inform all the relatives"  "The Yamen servant who was waiting took the order and left. Cao Zideng smiled, quickly offered his seat and said: "Master Yang, there is no need to"Greetings, please take a seat.  Yang Jue smiled when he heard this and said: "It's better not to sit in the prison and cut off the shed. I'll take my leave."  " In the Forbidden City, in the back hall of Wuying Hall, Hu Wanli had just gotten up from a nap and was washing up under the waiter of Guan Furong. He heard that Wu Zishun, Liu Siwu, and Li Jian were outside asking for a meeting. When he heard that three people came at the same time, Hu Wanli realized that it was possible.  There was some movement in Jiajing, so he immediately ordered: "Take them and wait in the west pavilion.  " Guan Furong wrung out the towel and handed it over, and said softly: "Your Highness has not had lunch yet"  " Hearing her reminder, Hu Wanli also felt a little hungry. After thinking for a while, he said: "It's hot, so tell them to prepare something light and finish talking before going in."  "With that said, he hurriedly wiped his face and went to the west pavilion. After entering the room and taking a seat, Wu Zishun and the other two people hurriedly came forward to greet him. Hu Wanli waved his hand and said, "Sit down.  Then he said: "Is there any movement in Jiajing?"  " "Go back to Your Highness.  "Wu Zishun said quickly: "Both the towns of Xuanfu and Jizhou have large groups of cavalry dispatched. The cavalry in Cangzhou has made some movements. In addition, Jiajing sent imperial envoys to various provinces. My subordinates secretly thought that in addition to being in charge of the place, the imperial envoys should also supervise money and grain.  the meaning of.  " Hu Wanli glanced at the three of them and said, "What do you think?  " "Your Highness.  "Liu Siwu said in a deep voice: "Based on time, except for the three west and three important towns in the west, the armies of the other nine border towns had enough time to gather in Taiyuan, but there was no movement in Taiyuan.  The subordinates estimated that the other party was out of temper because of the Nanjing Incident and wanted to harass the capital.  " Li Jian added: "Your Highness, Cangzhou's cavalry should be heading for Tianjin Guards, or they may want to harass the canals and post roads from Tianjin Guards to the capital.  " Hu Wanli pondered for a moment, then said: "Has all the grain in Tongzhou been transferred to the warehouses in the capital?  " "Back to Your Highness, everything has been transferred.  Li Jian hurriedly replied. Hu Wanli nodded and said, "How many troops does Tianjin currently have?"  " "Go back to Your Highness.  "Liu Siwu opened his mouth and said: "One of Temasek's divisions has not arrived yet.  Currently in Hanwu, it is expected to take about half a month to arrive. Currently, Tianjin Guard only has one division led by Commander Lu Song Zhongqin and one division from Wang Fugui who came back from Japan.  " After pondering for a while, Hu Wanli said: "There is no movement in Taiyuan, only the cavalry from Xuanfu and Jizhou towns are dispatched.  Jiajing was obviously just trying to regain the capital. The soldiers in these two towns didn't need to pay much attention to it, and they probably wouldn't actually fight!  The focus should be on Tianjin.  Tianjin is our logistics transportation point. They should not have this idea to capture Tianjin. The troops in Cangzhou are far from enough.  The line from Tianjin to the capital of Tongzhou cannot be allowed to be destroyed by him. The acropolis of Tianjin will be garrisoned by the Qin commander. Li Jian, you lead 10,000 troops, plus Wang Fugui's division, and try to defeat the cavalry from Cangzhou in one fell swoop.  " "I obey my orders.  "Li Jian hurriedly stood up and saluted. Hu Wanli nodded and said: "In the capital, Liu Siwu will accompany them around.  Take the opportunity to get more war horses, we need a lot of war horses now.  Liu Siwu also quickly stood up and saluted: "I obey your orders."  "    "sit.  Hu Wanli then asked: "How is the recruitment process going?"  " "Exceptionally smooth, almost one out of ten.  Li Jian hurriedly replied: "The people in the capital are very enthusiastic about joining the Guards, not only because the Guards are well treated and have good food, but there are also rumors among the public that these 20,000 recruits will serve as His Royal Highness's Royal Guards."  Guard the capital!  " Hu Wanli smiled when he heard this, glanced at the two of them, and said, "Isn't this the news you deliberately spread?  " "My subordinates don't dare.  Liu Siwu hesitated slightly before saying, "Your Highness."  These 20,000 new recruits are accustomed to the climate of the capital and are familiar with the terrain. It is actually quite good to garrison the capital  Hu Wanli shook his head slightly and said: "The Ming Dynasty is no better than Little Liuqiu. Many systems have to be changed. Soldiers cannot serve locally. This will be an iron law, so it is absolutely impossible for these 20,000 soldiers to be stationed in the capital."  After saying this, Liu Siwu noticed that Dongxing Port actually followed this principle, but did not explain it. He said in confusion: "Your Highness, is there any particularity in this?"  " "It's very particular.  Hu Wanli nodded and said: "The guards are the elite of the army. They have to fight in the north and south and adapt to various climates and environments. Furthermore, you have also seen the three major soldiers of the imperial court. They have not withstood the test of war for a long time."  As a result, the long-term peace has created a group of veteran soldiers. In the future, our capital garrison will have to change its defenses regularly and be sent out to fight a few battles from time to time. Naturally, it cannot be restricted to one corner.  On the other hand, everyone has three feet of hard soil in front of their door. It is difficult to manage local soldiers. Soldiers are also prone to get involved in local disputes and are ineffective in suppressing local unrest. Moreover, who is stationed at the border?  There are too many disadvantages here, which cannot be compared with the situation in Xiaoliuqiu.After all, Xiaoliuqiu is too small.  " As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yunlu bowed at the door and said: "Your Highness, Xue Liangfu is outside asking for an audience.  " "Let him in."  After Hu Wanli gave the instructions, he glanced at Liu Siwu and said, "You two go make arrangements first."  " "Yes, I am resigning.  "Liu Siwu and Li Jian hurriedly stood up and said. Liu Siwu exited, and Xue Liangfu walked in quickly to greet him. Hu Wanli pointed to the stool and motioned for him to sit down, then looked at Wu Zishun and asked: "How is the situation in the capital?  " Wu Zishun said without thinking: "When there was no food subsidy, the gentry, merchants and people in the capital complained a lot. Many people took the opportunity to instigate. After food subsidies were given to each household, things became much calmer.  " "The war is coming, there can be no chaos in the city.  "Hu Wanli said in a calm tone: "Those with evil intentions must be put under house arrest or detained to avoid disturbing people's hearts and shaking the morale of the military during war.  " "Don't worry, Your Highness.  "Wu Zishun said hurriedly: "Those people have been controlled by their subordinates through various excuses and methods.  " Hu Wanli nodded and said: "You must pay attention to the method and method, and do not cause panic. People in Jinyiwei must use it with caution.  " "I understand.  " Seeing Hu Wanli shut up, Xue Liangfu bowed and said: "As the saying goes, if the name is not correct, the words will not be correct. Although His Highness is now in charge of the capital, and the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty are also under His control, His Highness still has the title of vassal king.  Due to the inconvenience, I sincerely pray that Your Highness will prepare for the enthronement as soon as possible.  " After taking a sip of tea, Hu Wanli said: "It is of course good to ascend the throne as soon as possible. However, now that Jiajing is touring Taiyuan in the west, I am under the banner of King Qin Qingjun. Is it inappropriate to proclaim myself emperor and ascend the throne after entering the capital?  " "Of course it's not for His Highness to propose it himself.  "  Like an empty city, Your Highness should prepare as soon as possible and arrange for the vassal king, honorable ministers, and officials to enter the capital!  Or you can go directly to Nanjing and ascend the throne in Nanjing.  " After pondering for a while, Hu Wanli said: "This matter has been postponed. There is no need to rush. We will wait until the battle in the capital is over. Jiajing can no longer calm down. It has been waiting for so many years, so why rush at this moment?  "
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