Chapter 242 I obey the people’s hearts
Although spring rain is as precious as oil, the people of Nankang Mansion at this time could only watch the young crops in their fields being trampled into mud by King Ning's soldiers.
The people working and doing business in Nankang City could only watch as the factories were shut down and business routes were cut off as King Ning's troops besieged Nankang.
The people of Nankang Prefecture did not expect that in this era of adequate food and clothing, there would be rebellion.
But for Wang Shouren, the deputy governor of Jiangxi who was standing in the city of Nankang at this time, King Ning's rebellion was already expected.
However, what Wang Shouren didn't expect was that Prince Ning would suddenly rebel while he was inspecting Nankang City and take over the prosperous Nanchang City in one fell swoop.
Looking at King Ning's rebels spread across Pingchuan outside the city, and the heads that King Ning had raised in front of him, Wang Shouren still calmly directed his officers and soldiers to fill the cannons with gunpowder, and the musketeers were ready to fire. .
Regarding the head, Wang Shouren recognized it. It was the head of Zhuang Dian, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Guard. It was obviously chopped off by King Ning to sacrifice to the flag, as a way to deter officials like himself.
But Wang Shouren was disappointed that there were not many officials who were obviously brave and unyielding. Now all he could know was Zhuang Dian, deputy envoy to the inspection, while Pei Xin, the chief envoy, and Pang Zhengjia, the chief envoy to the inspection, had already taken refuge in King Ning. Among them, Pei Xin had transformed into a After meeting Zhongcheng, the censor under King Ning, he also came outside the city to persuade him to surrender.
"Brother Bo'an, Zhengde is not the blood of Xiaozong, but a bastard among the people, a reckless scoundrel, a fourteen-year-old idiot, who has been awarded a great treasure, built a leopard house and indulged in sex, fought cocks and horses, and killed treacherous ministers from ten tribes at every turn. Now he is even more punished based on public opinion. Loyal ministers, the torture of peeling off the real grass is a cruel king!”
"His Royal Highness King Ning is of the bloodline of Taizu, a courteous and virtuous corporal. He could not bear the destruction of the Ming Dynasty at the hands of the unfaithful king and his treacherous ministers, so he followed the way of heaven and upheld justice to punish the unfaithful king. Pei gave His Highness Prince Ning a special edict, hoping that Brother Bo'an would be wise and loyal in current affairs. You are traitorous, please take refuge in my king, so that the people of Nankang Prefecture will not suffer misfortune! When you achieve great things in the future, my king will also reward you with high officials and generous salaries!"
After Pei Xin said this, Wang Shouren also stood on the Nankang Mansion City and replied with a smile: "What you obey is the way of heaven, but what Wang obeys is the human heart. Brother Zongpu, Bo'an advises you to hang yourself now. It can also avoid the disaster of the nine clans. Wang will also write in the memorial that you hanged yourself for scolding a thief, leaving you with a reputation as a loyal minister!"
"Hmph! He, Zhu Houzhao, is a foolish king, and he is not of Xiaozong's blood. Since Pei Xin is a minister of the Ming Dynasty, how can he recognize him as a bastard as the king! Wang Shouren, Pei will advise you again, you'd better surrender now and obey the law of heaven! Otherwise , after King Ning’s 100,000 troops break the city, you will not leave any chickens or dogs in Nankang City!”
Pei Xin became a little angry and said it again.
"Wang doesn't want to talk nonsense with you. If you really follow the way of heaven, Wang will only follow the human heart! If you don't believe it, Wang will ask the people in the city for you!"
As Wang Shouren spoke, he turned back to look at the militiamen behind him, and shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, do you want to rebel with His Highness Prince Ning?"
"No! Who wants to rebel! The world is so good now, and the government has repeatedly reduced rents and interest rates. Only those who are full will rebel!"
Several of the bolder people replied.
Over the years, King Ning expanded his army and repeatedly occupied official and private lands, resulting in more and more displaced people. Wang Shouren would often take advantage of this situation to recruit these refugees to reclaim new fields in Nankang and Jiujiang, or directly in Nankang City. He opened a factory and recruited workers, and secretly trained soldiers with Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an, in the name of suppressing bandits.
Therefore, at this time, the people of Nankang City were not desperate because of King Ning's ruthless expropriation of land. On the contrary, they were disgusted with King Ning's rebellious behavior, especially after Wang Shouren asked the accompanying officials with Zhongjun Society background to secretly promote it. The king is an ambitious man who wants to rebel, become emperor, bring chaos to the world, and harbor some big thieves who plunder everywhere.
Because of this, when Wang Shouren asked this question, the people in Nankang City all agreed and expressed their unwillingness to rebel.
"Then do you think the current emperor is a good emperor? Is it wrong for the current emperor to kill corrupt officials? Does the current emperor want to overthrow?!"
Wang Shouren continued to ask.
"The Emperor is of course a good Emperor. Your Majesty has already said that the Emperor exempted us from taxes due to the flood last year. The land we have now was also given to us by the Emperor. How can we not be a good Emperor!"
"That's right! It's much better than that King Ning, who only knows how to let his officers and soldiers seize our fields!"
“You still have to eat without paying for it!”
“I’ll take my hundred stones of tea leaves as soon as I say so!”
"He also said that we planted his land and asked us to pay more taxes and grain than what we gave to the government. What good does His Highness Prince Ning do!"
"The emperor is much better than King Taning. He said that cloth is now less valuable than before and he was afraid of hurting farmers. He also reduced the corvee and gave subsidies!"
"Today's emperor is a good emperor. He is the best emperor in history. He is the only emperor who gives money to us common people!"
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The people talked a lot, talking endlessly about the praise of Emperor Zhu Houzhao and the sins of Prince Ning. Wang Shouren also smiled proudly when he saw this. The likes and dislikes of the people strengthened his determination to put down Prince Ning's rebellion, and also made him more convinced that the current Emperor has the support of the people and is a legitimate ruler who truly has the support of the people. , is the real orthodoxy in the world, so he shouted again:
"Brother Zongpu, look at the public opinion in the world. Do you still need to distinguish between who is an orthodox and wise king and who is a rebel and unpopular person?!"
Wang Shouren shouted loudly, waved his hands and shouted: "All villagers, follow me and shout to punish the rebels and defend peace! Commander Xu Tai has led 30,000 border troops, and Commanders Liu Hui and Gui Yong have led the guards. The army is 20,000, and Wu Wending of Ji'an, Qin Jin of Huguang, and Yang Dan of Liangguang are also employed. The 160,000 imperial troops have arrived day and night, because I have already anticipated that King Ning will rebel. Now as long as we hold on to Nankang City, the rebel King Ning will definitely be eliminated by then! The land will also come back to you!”
As Wang Shouren spoke, he waved his hands and shouted: "Kill the rebels and defend peace!"
"Execute the rebels and defend peace!"
"Execute the rebels and defend peace!"
"Execute the rebels and defend peace!"
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Other officials and citizens in Nankang City also shouted.
Pei Xin was naturally speechless when he saw this. He even felt scared. Although he reminded himself countless times in his heart that although he had no choice but to surrender to King Ning, it was also because the current emperor was too cruel and harsh to the gentry, but he still Still he couldn't help but feel that the people of the world seemed to still be with the imperial court, so he felt a little scared and retreated angrily.
King Ning also saw this scene, and his face darkened for a moment. He thought that if he had learned that Qianhu, who smuggled weapons to him, was killed by Wang Shouren, causing him to rebel in advance, he would not let Wang Shouren in Nankang City. Whisper.
At this time, Pei Xin also came to King Ning and told him in detail the news about the coming of the imperial court's 160,000 troops.
King Ning asked the civil servants Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng who had taken refuge in him: "Two gentlemen, do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"
"Now that Wang Shouren refuses to surrender, and Nankang City is no longer in our hands, we cannot go north across the river. At present, the only way to go is to stick to Nanchang!"
Liu Yangzheng, who was named the right prime minister by King Ning, replied at this time. As a scholar who followed King Ning in rebellion, he knew better than anyone what King Ning's army was. Naturally, he did not think that King Ning's army could conquer the south. Kangcheng, so he simply suggested that King Ning stick to Nanchang.
Li Shishi, who was named the Prime Minister of Zuo by King Ning, also agreed with Liu Yangxing's suggestion. As a senior civil servant who was once the censor of Zuodu in the imperial court, he extremely hated the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao's behavior of not respecting Confucianism, otherwise he would not have done so. Left The Censor of the Capital followed King Ning in his rebellion, but he was not a very clever military strategist. After seeing a group of people in Nankang City and Wang Shouren's determination to defend Nankang, he also backed down and suggested that King Ning return The division defended Nanchang City.
King Ning was also an ambitious but not resourceful king of the Second Domain of the Second Domain. Seeing that the two prime ministers around him suggested this, he also returned to Nanchang City.
That night.
Wang Shouren got the news that King Ning had returned to defend Nanchang through the Jinyiwei undercover, and he laughed: "Sure enough, I was frightened by the 160,000 troops. I sent an order and organized the villagers to go to Nanchang Mansion and put up notices everywhere to let more people Know about the coming of 160,000 troops.”
The officials of Nankang Mansion immediately said yes and left.
Wang Shouren immediately summoned Zhang Lun and other Nankang city guards to discuss: "Now that King Ning has rebelled, I predict that if he wants to conquer the world, there are only three strategies he can use. The best strategy is to attack the capital with surprise troops. This It is more difficult to deal with, and it will inevitably lead to chaos in the Central Plains; the middle strategy is to take Nanjing along the river, and separate the south to become independent; the next strategy is to stick to Nanchang, and when my imperial army arrives, we can easily put him down. "
"If King Ning takes the best and middle strategies, he must attack Nankang and Jiujiang to seize the river crossing, so Nankang City must hold on!"
Zhang Lun also replied.
"Well, as long as Nankang is not lost, Prince Ning can only stick to Nanchang. Although it is false news that the imperial court's 160,000 troops are coming soon, we have trained 80,000 soldiers and horses, so we can take advantage of this to pacify Prince Ning in the Nanchang City area. The rebellion will prevent the war after King Ning’s rebellion from spreading to other state capitals and causing harm to the people!”
While Wang Shouren was talking, Wang Shuo, the Jin Yiwei who was in charge of intelligence, ran over and said, "Young Master, Mr. Futai, something bad has happened. Xu Zan, the prefect of Jiujiang, has also rebelled! He killed Tongjian Yuanzong and responded to King Ning, saying that he was following the way of heaven. , all the foolish monarchs, and call on the gentry of the world to raise the banner to help King Ning!”
"What!" Zhang Lun shouted in shock.
And Wang Shouren couldn't help but frown: "There are really scholar-bureaucrats in the world who only care about their own interests and ignore the justice of the country! These people have really read the books of sages in vain! They are also really stupid!"
"Master Futai, now is not the time to talk about this. Once Jiujiang is lost, Nankang City will be attacked from both sides. I'm afraid there is no need to defend, and it is uncertain whether other officials and gentry will be affected by King Ning's rebellion. Influence and follow the response! ”
Zhang Lun said.
The plot about King Ning here is basically adapted from the original historical data. Historically, Wang Yangming did use false news about the arrival of 160,000 troops to scare King Ning at the beginning, causing King Ning to miss the opportunity and immediately send troops. The most crossing the river It was a good time, and the content of the appeal written by Liu Yangzheng, a scholar who took refuge in King Ning in history, did indeed call Zhengde a bastard. He said that Zhengde was a child found by the eunuch Li Guang among the people and passed it off as the son of Emperor Xiaozong, so he executed him on the order of the Queen Mother. A faint king is virtuous. Of course, King Ning in history rebelled in the 14th year of Zhengde, but it was earlier here because Zhu Houzhao used public opinion to control the gentry, making the gentry more constrained and restrained. Some literati with ill intentions would be more eager to have someone come out. Rebellion, and King Ning is undoubtedly very suitable. The author also designed a direct reason here, that is, Wang Shouren discovered that there was a corrupt official who smuggled weapons to King Ning. There are also examples of court officials in private dealings with King Ning in history, so it is not surprising. . Okay, I continue to code. Book friends, keep reading. Also, if you don’t like this book, please delete it, but please don’t scold or curse people too viciously. In fact, I didn’t expect that writing a book would really lead to such a situation. There are indeed some vicious people, but now I'm almost used to it. I just delete and ban them, and I don't bother to reply again. After all, it delays the time of coding. But I still want to remind you, if you don’t like it, please leave.
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