It was a foregone conclusion that Lu Wan would resign and be imprisoned for trial. The cabinet was also ordered to reflect and conduct self-examination. Regarding the withholding of Jiangxi Governor Sun Sui's memorial, the person involved must be found. When Zhengde announced these decisions, none of the officials Objection, or in other words, even if you want to explode, you don¡¯t have the guts. ¡ò¡Æw. Under the watchful eye of the Duke of Zhen, these cannot be dealt with in a big way. Song Nan will never let these things go, and everyone understands this. Regarding the candidate to fill the vacancy of the Minister of War, Song Nan proposed that Yang Yiqing would take over and became the only choice. The foreign court expressed its position with acquiescence. Today, when the foreign court is frequently attacked, they no longer have the right to compete for this position and can only watch. Song Nan took it away easily. From the beginning to the end, Yang Tinghe had an indifferent expression. Even Song Nan thought that things went so smoothly today that it was almost unbelievable. Candidates for important official positions had always been the focus of competition. The outer court suddenly ceased, and even Song Nan felt that he was not able to win. , and also a little doubtful in my heart. Yang Tinghe would never give in. He wouldn't just give up and choose to compromise. He would definitely have his own way. Song Nan was convinced of this. ¡°In the final analysis, all people who can become powerful people have similar characteristics, that is, they never give up and only have strategic forbearance. Song Nan is like this, Yang Tinghe is like this, and there are countless examples at home and abroad. The most important issue of counterinsurgency only occupied a small part of this court meeting, because no one except Song Nan could take charge of this matter, and Song Nan also did his part. Regarding Zhu Chenhao's rebellion, Song Nan had Beyond any previous enthusiasm for leading an army on an expedition, he wanted to completely defeat this conspirator and completely level the biggest obstacle in his heart. The court decided that Song Nan would be the commander-in-chief and would go on an expedition against Zhu Chenhao's rebels three days later. After the court meeting, Song Nan summoned relevant people to gather information. Song Nan had not fully grasped the news about the rebels. He came to the palace as soon as he returned to the capital. The saint in front of him went to attend the court meeting. It was almost the second watch of the day. He didn't even enter his own house, and his mother, wife, and children didn't even take a look. He was really like a top, spinning endlessly, and he was mentally and physically exhausted. The extent can be imagined. Zhang Yong specially arranged chairs in the main hall of Fengtian Hall. Shortly after the meeting began, Zhengde ordered someone to bring a bowl of bird's nest porridge to Song Nan to satisfy his hunger. It was a great favor. Song Nan ignored the envious looks of the relevant officials and did not drink the bowl of bird's nest porridge in front of everyone. He just sat quietly on the chair and listened carefully to the reports about the Chenhao rebels from the relevant people in the Ministry of War. As early as seven days ago, on the day Song Nan arrived in Quanzhou Prefecture, Zhu Chenhao, knowing that he could not stop Song Nan from returning to Beijing with the prisoners, announced a formal crusade against Zhengde. At noon that day, Zhu Chenhao held a grand banquet and summoned officials from all levels in Jiangxi and Nanchang Prefecture to attend. He pretended that the Queen Mother had a secret edict and dragged him back to Nanchang Prefecture to announce that all the officials were originally unwilling to participate in Zhu Chenhao's banquet, but when invited They all tried their best to refuse, but they were summoned in the name of the Queen Mother's secret edict. Although they were doubtful, they could not refuse. Suspicious, Jiangxi military and government officials came to Prince Ning's Mansion for a banquet. Before the banquet started, Zhu Chenhao suddenly stood on the threshold of the hall and announced: "Everyone, I have rushed back from the capital to announce a major news. , the current emperor is not the biological son of Emperor Xiaozong at all. Xiaozong was misunderstood by the eunuch Li Guang. To report to the people, my ancestors have not known blood for eight years. Now the Queen Mother finds out this matter and orders me to raise an army to fight against the thieves and restore our Ming Dynasty. "Bloodline, what do you think?" The whole table suddenly became clay sculptures and wood sculptures. Many people had known about Zhu Chenhao's ambition for a long time, but they didn't expect it to come so quickly and to rebel under such pretext; everyone suddenly realized that today's banquet I'm afraid it's a banquet at Hongmen. No one dares to speak out, neither does it agree, nor does it disagree. In short, silence is the best way. A short, dark and thin official stood up, suppressing anger in his words. He was Sun Sui, the governor of Jiangxi who had written seven times to report Zhu Chenhao's unusual behavior. "Prince Ning, where do you start with these words? Didn't you say that the Queen Mother has a secret edict? You might as well bring out the edict for everyone to see." Zhu Chenhao said: "The Queen Mother's secret edict is an oral edict. I have announced it just now." Sun Sui haha He laughed and said, "I'm sorry that I can't listen to you anymore. Everyone knows what the truth is. Prince Ning, I would like to advise you, it's better to stay on your own terms and don't let the heroic spirit of the late Emperor and Taizu be shamed." Chen Hao said with a livid face: "Sun Sui, do you insist on seeing the imperial edict before you believe it?" Sun Sui said: "That is natural." Zhu Chenhao said sternly: "Then I will grant you permission. The edict you want is here." Afterwards, Zhu Chenhao picked up a tea bowl and threw it on the ground. When the tea bowl shattered, dozens of fully armed soldiers swarmed out from the screens on both sides, pointing all the local officials, large and small, with their swords. Zhu Chenhao pointed at Sun Sui and said: "Don't think that I don'tI know what you did to me behind your back, and I have tolerated you for many days. Don¡¯t you want to read the edict? Come on, show him. " Two guards jumped forward and clamped one of Sun Sui's arms. Sun Sui shouted loudly: "Rebel Zhu Chenhao, are you going to rebel? " Zhu Chenhao shouted: "Do it. "A guard stepped forward, holding two copper spoons in his hand, and inserted them into Sun Sui's eyes quickly and accurately. Amidst the screams, Sun Sui's two eyeballs were gouged out alive, and his face was immediately covered with blood. , It¡¯s too terrible to see. ¡°The edict is here, Master Sun, can you see it? Zhu Chenhao asked with a sneer. He turned around and shouted at all the officials present: "Have you seen the edict?" Tell Governor Sun, have you seen it? "The officials were trembling with fear, and they all hummed like mosquitoes: "I saw it. " Zhu Chenhao shouted: "The voice is too low, I can't hear it. I understand. It turns out that you haven't eaten and have no strength to speak. Come and feed them. " Two guards rushed forward, dragged an official and clamped his neck. The official's mouth opened involuntarily. One of the guards reached out and grabbed a big hoof dripping with hot oil and slammed it into the official's mouth. The guard couldn't get the hooves in even with the big bone. The guard turned his knife upside down and struck the big joint behind the hooves. He wedged the whole hooves into the official's throat like a pile driver. After letting go, the official fell to the sky. After a while, his hands and feet were trembling, and he died of suffocation. Zhu Chenhao opened his mouth and laughed, and asked sternly: "Tell Governor Sun, have you seen the edict?" " All the officials shouted at the top of their lungs: "I saw it, clearly, clearly. " Zhu Chenhao laughed wildly several times, turned around and said to Sun Sui, whose face was covered with blood: "Governor Sun, did you hear that? They all saw it, you can feel at ease now. Tell me, are you willing to accompany me to defeat the rebels? The person sitting on the throne is not a descendant of Taizu at all. You should believe it this time. " Sun Suixun opened his mouth and sprayed out, and the blood in his mouth sprayed like smoke, spraying a layer of blood mist on Zhu Chenhao's head and face. Zhu Chenhao shouted angrily, raised his hand and pulled out the weapon from the guard's hand, and with just one wave, Sun Sui's head fell to the ground. When the rebellion began, Zhu Chenhao decided to firmly control Nanchang and Jiangxi, and then attack Nanjing eastward. After capturing Nanjing, he officially ascended the throne as the capital. The two prime ministers were Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng. Li Shishi was a minister of the Ministry of Justice and was well-known in Jiangxi. Although he was old, what Zhu Chenhao wanted was his reputation, and his real chief adviser was a Nanchang man. Liu Yangzheng, the official of the government, was a staff member in Prince Ning's Mansion all year round. He was proficient in military affairs and good at planning. He was appointed as a military advisor by Zhu Chenhao. Under Liu Yangzheng's plan, Zhu Chenhao sent people to quickly control the yamen of Nanchang Mansion and control Nanchang at the same time. The command power of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses was replaced by generals who had penetrated into the army and were dependent on themselves. At the same time, the prisoners detained in various yamen were released into the army, and all the treasury silver of all yamen in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province was moved into the palace warehouse. At the same time, they recruited civilians to join the army in Nanchang Prefecture to expand their troops, confiscated the private properties of wealthy households and used them as military supplies, and ordered other prefectures in Jiangxi to recruit military friends. The generals took action at the same time, and almost overnight, most of the state capitals in Jiangxi were included. On the third day of the action, Zhu Chenhao personally ordered the execution of dozens of military and political officials who refused to comply, and held an oath at the same time. At the meeting, he promised that those who followed him in "crueling thieves" would be rewarded by high-ranking officials in the future, and then sent the royal family's cronies Xu Qin, Wan Rui, Zhou Rui, Lu Cheng, Xie Feng, Yu Xiang, Ma Xiaoliang, etc. Serving as the official position of the main department, he summoned nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses successively mobilized from various state governments and marched eastward from Nanchang Prefecture, approaching Jiujiang, Nankang and other places. On the fifth day, Xu Qin and Wan Rui led three troops. More than a hundred warships sailed down the river and easily occupied Nankang. Nankang prefect Chen Lin fled without taking the occupation. On the second day after occupying Nankang, the army attacked Jiujiang Prefecture again. Jiujiang soldiers Cao Lei and prefect Wang Ying also became deserters. . At this point, the two prefectures of Jiujiang and Nankang were in Zhu Chenhao's pocket, and only Anqing was the gateway to Nanjing. However, in the eyes of the rebels with high momentum, all this was no longer an obstacle, and Zhu Chenhao had begun to dream of occupying Nanjing, the remaining capital. The dream of ascending the throne as emperor.