On the tenth day of the fifth month of the fifth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, a group, no, three groups of neatly dressed figures had gathered outside the Juiyang Gate and near the Juishui River. Why are there three groups? Because two of the groups looked like enemies and glared at each other, they almost jumped into a fight, while the middle group was a peacemaker who separated the two groups to prevent them from getting down if they started fighting.
Bi Ziyan, who had just been transferred from the governor of Shaanxi to the governor of Henan, was the one standing in the middle. He was surrounded by a group of begging county magistrates and begging magistrates from Shaanxi, as well as a group of chief envoys, inspectors, and governors from Henan Province. The chief soldier, the deputy chief soldier, and oh, there is also Chen Zhenhao, the sighing prefect of Nanyang.
There are many reasons for the Nanyang prefect to sigh, including the drought in Nanyang Prefecture last year and the more than 300,000 Shaanxi begging soldiers coming from Shangluo Road this year, but these are not the biggest headaches for Chen Zhenhao. What troubled him the most was the frequent internal strife in the Tang Palace in Nanyang City!
That's right, it's the internal strife in the majestic Ming and Tang Dynasties! It was a group of descendants of Tang Ding Wang Zhu Kuang, the 23rd son of Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, who was fighting among themselves.
In fact, internal strife among dragon sons and grandsons is not uncommon. There are numerous examples in all dynasties. Even in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was a great internal strife that changed the direction of history - the Battle of Jingnan.
However, the internal strife that occurred in Nanyang Fucheng among the descendants of Tang Ding Wang Zhu Juan was not a big battle like the Battle of Jingnan, but a small fight. They were so small that they didn't even use knives, they just used sticks and bricks to fight each other in the city.
This is difficult for Chen Zhenhao, the prefect of Nanyang. He is a first- and fourth-grade prefect with a high official position, but he really cannot control a group of county princes, generals of the country, generals of the auxiliary country, generals of the country, and various lieutenants. What a fight!
He couldn't send troops to the streets to kill these descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang, and all the reports he gave to the court about the intraclan fighting in Nanyang Fucheng fell into disgrace.
Because he was a little desperate due to the fight between a group of clan disciples, Chen Zhenhao also used his connections to inquire about it. I also learned that as early as the second year of Chongzhen, after the death of the old Tang King Zhu Shuoyu, and the first internal strife over the succession of the Tang vassal, the cabinet put forward a proposal - to appoint the grandson of the old Tang King Zhu Shuoyu (the younger brother of the crown prince). Zhu Yujian is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the cause of death of the previous crown prince Zhu Qiqi is thoroughly investigated!
However, after the cabinet's suggestions were sent to the emperor Zhu Youjian, they were like nothing more.
A few months before the death of King Zhu Shuoji of the Old Tang Dynasty, the King of Old Tang requested that the prince of Fushan, King Zhu Qishong, be appointed as the crown prince because of his sudden death. The memorial also fell into disgrace - neither rejected nor approved. .
In other words, after the death of Zhu Shuoji, there was a "big vacancy" in the Tang palace. There was neither the king of Tang nor the prince of Tang.
As a result, the two forces in the Tang palace were one - the Fushan King Zhu Qishuan, who was favored by the old Tang King Zhu Shuoji, and his half-brother Anyang King Zhu Qiqiu, and the Tang Crown Prince Zhu Qiqi's eldest son Zhu Yujian and his Several brothers of another group launched a "fierce" struggle.
Both parties wanted to grab the throne of the Tang Dynasty and the wealth in the Tang Dynasty. So they all went to the court to claim the throne and accused their opponents of being "unfilial" or "murdering the prince".
While submitting the letter, both factions gathered a group of close eldest sons, armed with sticks and stones, and wanted to "seize control of Nanyang Imperial City by force" - the imperial city's treasury can store a large amount of silver!
People from both groups feel that whoever gets this money can use it to carry out activities in Beijing, clear the way, and obtain the position of King of Tang!
However, the two sides fought several games in a row, and it was difficult to determine the winner - Fushan King Zhu Qishun and his half-brother Anyang King Zhu Qicun were both county kings themselves, and they were favored by the old Tang King. With a lot of savings, of course he can buy more Zongzi-level thugs.
As for Zhu Yujian and several of his brothers, because their father had been trapped by their grandfather for a long time, they had not lived a pampered princely life since they were young, and they even had a bit of bitterness and hatred!
A prince with great bitterness and deep hatred, he is of course very vicious when he fights people. He dares to fight, dare to charge and dare to kill. Therefore, although they have a small number of people here, they have never been at a disadvantage when facing opponents several times their size. Moreover, he often beat his opponents until their hands and feet were broken, and even almost killed him!
Because of this matter, Fushan King Zhu Qishuan and Anyang King Zhu Qiqun also complained to the emperor... but Zhu Youjian still ignored it.
Without him as the emperor to make the final decision, no one would be able to control the internal strife among the eldest sons in Nanyang City!
Chen Zhenhao, the prefect of Nanyang, is in trouble. In the city he governs, there are a group of untouchable men fighting all day long, inevitably injuring passers-by and destroying shops... The gentry businessmen in Nanyang City Of course, we have to find Chen Zhenhao, the prefect, to come forward.
But what can Chen Zhenhao do? He could bring people to persuade them to make peace, and he could also forcefully separate the two groups, but he couldn't arrest people and kill them, let alone solve the internal strife in Nanyang City... The only one who could solve the problem was the Emperor Ming.
But the emperor just doesn’t care!
But this time the emperor has come to Nanyang, so he can't just ignore things now, right?
Chen Zhenhao looked around and saw that both groups of disciples were in a defensive posture.
A large group of people came out from Fushan Wang Zhu Qishuan and Anyang Wang Zhu Qichun, and there were many wounded people with broken arms and legs. Some were on crutches, and some were sitting on stretchers. They looked pitiful...
There were much fewer people on Zhu Yujian's side, and there were no wounded, but Zhu Yujian and several of his brothers were all wearing sackcloth and mourning. Among them, Zhu Yujian himself was holding the memorial tablet of his late son, Zhu Shuoyu.
It's really strange that Tang Fan took over like this. Who knows that the Ming Emperor, who was both dim and wise, and often went out of his way to do things, would do this?
The rapid and dense sound of horse hooves came from far and near again, and in the blink of an eye, a large group of red knights appeared in the sight of the people waiting outside Nanyang City's Juiyang Gate.
Also appearing at the same time were twelve dragon flags symbolizing the emperor!
Zhu Youjian came, not with the mighty emperor's chariot, but with more than a thousand cavalry, galloping over, and everyone was carrying carbines, the tips of the spears shone coldly in the sun, jumping up and down. Moreover, these more than a thousand cavalry were very neat, galloping in four columns along the official road on the edge of the Feishui River without any disarray.
In the blink of an eye, this astonishing cavalry had arrived at Tuoyang Gate and formed a horizontal formation. The knights all took off their carbines and assumed a posture of charging into the formation at any time.
Zhu Youjian, surrounded by dozens of cavalry, stepped out of the crowd and arrived in front of the three large groups of people outside the Tuoyang Gate.
"I respectfully wish you holy peace, long live, long live, long live..."
When the three large groups of people saw Zhu Youjian wearing a dragon-patterned hood outside his plate armor, Bi Ziyan and others who recognized Zhu Youjian took the lead and bowed in obeisance.
"Ping Shen!" Zhu Youjian smiled as he watched everyone straighten up, and without waiting for Zhu Yujian, who was holding the spiritual tablet, to speak, he asked, "How come someone is holding the spiritual tablet? Did the Nanyang clan finally kill someone in a group fight?"
What does it mean to finally kill someone?
You, a long-lived man, are you looking forward to killing people in the Nanyang clan?
"Long live the Lord," while everyone was in a daze, Zhu Yujian, who was holding the spiritual tablet, said loudly, "This is the spiritual throne of Chen's father, the son of Tang Fan... Chen's father is the traitor Zhu Qi. Shuang and Zhu Qiqi were harmed, my minister Zhu Yujian asked Long Live Lord to uphold justice!"
As he spoke, Zhu Yujian knelt down to Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Qishuan and Zhu Qiqun on the other side heard the words and immediately started to protest loudly.
"Long live my lord, my brother died of a long illness!"
"Long live my Lord, Zhu Yujian is the late king's rebellious grandson. Before the late king passed away, he had already reported to the court that he wanted to deprive his eldest son of his position as the legitimate eldest son. However, this son was unruly and cruel, refused to obey the late king's discipline, and even angered the late king to death. Later, he even violated the regulations. According to the late king’s last wish, it is really treasonous to take action to rob the palace!”
Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said: "Don't tell me these useless things... I just want to ask, have you been fighting internally for several years, have you lost any lives?"
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