After the New Year's Eve of the fifteenth year of Wanli, the temperature became increasingly warmer, and new greenery gradually flowed out from the melting ice and snow, spreading to the window of Qinzheng Hall, and Zhu Yijun, who was standing in front of the window, was listening to Zhang Jingxiu's urgent report.
Zhang Jingxiu said to him at this time: "Your Majesty, the Huguang Jinyi Guards have come to report that someone in Wuchang is secretly making armor, and the Chu Palace is purchasing a large amount of bean feed. It is said that the royal guard's horse army is short of bean feed, but according to our people, The amount of beans stored in the Chu palace has far exceeded the needs of the palace's cavalry guards."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jingxiu in a deep voice: "Are you saying that the King of Chu wants to rebel?"
Zhang Jingxiu hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I dare not speculate on the clan without authorization, but if what Huguang Jinyiwei Xizuo said is true, I have to report this to Your Majesty."
"It doesn't matter."
"I will never blame you for alienating the clan."
"But if it is true, why did King Chu do this? Doesn't he know the results of the rebellion of the vassal kings such as King Guangtong, King Anhua, and King Ning?"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and spoke.
Zhang Jingxiu said: "I dare not comment on this matter."
"Go and summon Master Shen and Qi Shu."
Zhu Yijun suddenly ordered.
Not long after, Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang came to Zhu Yijun.
"Now that the restructuring has reached this point, some powerful vassals and civil and military bureaucrats are taking risks because they are unwilling to endure some loss of interests. I have thought about such a situation. Not all people in the world are sensible and understand the general situation. Even if you know that Your Majesty He is far more benevolent than the Holy Lord Yao and Shun, and he demands that no one in the world harm the country and the people even if they are members of the royal family. However, it is difficult to control human desires, so that they can really restrain themselves because of their superiority. Not everyone can do it."
"However, your Majesty, don't worry, this kind of rebellion is generally difficult to succeed, not to mention that the vassal king is no longer in the early days of his country."
Qi Jiguang started talking first, and then said: "It's just that if the King of Chu raises troops at this time, he will really choose the right time. At present, most of the troops that the court can mobilize are focused on fighting the Japanese and developing Donglai. If he mobilizes troops again at this time, It's even worse if we don't talk about horses, it can easily lead to emptiness in Jiubian and the capital."
Shen Shixing said at this time: "Your Majesty, as the Prime Minister said, after the restructuring today, we have lost a lot of interest due to cleaning up Buddhist temples and attracting people's money to develop external profits. We have also lost a lot of sea profits because we cannot monopolize maritime trade. For powerful vassal families, no matter how well they know their intentions, there will still be people who cannot bear to cause chaos, and are unwilling to wait until the external benefits completely exceed the internal benefits of subjugating the people, then they will cause trouble."
"However, if the King of Chu really wants to fight, he must have the support of the governor."
"Otherwise, even if the imperial court does not deploy troops and horses, even if Fu Fu can't quell the rebellion with the troops he controls in Huguang, it will still make it difficult for him, the King of Chu, to successfully leave Huguang. If Fu Fu can do anything, even A person who can be quickly eliminated; during the time of Wu Temple, King Ning planned a rebellion, and Mr. Fuyang Ming of Jiangxi Province was able to quickly put down the rebellion."
"Therefore, in my humble opinion, if the King of Chu really dares to plot rebellion, and if he is wise and not just stupid, he must have secret support. And even if the imperial court cannot immediately mobilize troops and horses, it must stop it first. Touch the possibility of collusion with it.”
Zhu Yijun asked: "How to stop it?"
Shen Shixing couldn't help but frown: "Of course, we can't suddenly change the massage at this time, lest the new massage should be stopped without knowing what's going on. In the opinion of the minister, we should ask for a discussion and seek collective advice."
Zhu Yijun said: "That's okay. Before the political affairs are discussed in the hall, I have an idea. The ministers can discuss it during the meeting. If they feel it is inappropriate, they can refute it. On military and national affairs, you can't dare to refute it just because it is my words. .”
Shen Shixing handed over his hand and said yes.
Then, Zhu Yijun said: "Sir, please teach me to govern the country in the right way!"
"Nowadays, the restructuring has always been in line with the people of the world. Whether it is the powerful officials, gentry or ordinary people, most of them are still on the side of the court. Not many people want to rebel, and not many people want to replace me. Most of them even advocate God's will is the Holy Will, so judging from the general situation, even if King Chu wants to plot rebellion, he will definitely be defeated!"
"But it's just that at present, the main energy of the imperial government is mainly focused on the external affairs, so it is difficult to take care of both at the same time, which will cause great damage to the internal affairs by plotting chaos. In order to avoid such damage, the conspiracy needs to be turned into a conspiracy. Suppress it with force!"
Zhu Yijun stood up as he spoke: "But to do this, you might as well impeach the Huguang governor and collude with the King of Chu to rebel, and use Yang to defeat his conspiracy!"
"On the imperial court's side, naturally they will not punish the press officer for falsely accusing him. They will only ask the press officer to investigate the King of Chu's rebellion and express their trust in him with a clear edict. Naturally, the press officer would not dare to do so. Then secretly support the King of Chu in his rebellion, making it easier for him to capture surrounding cities."
"Otherwise, the press officials will definitely become the target of public criticism. Once there is a slight setback, more officials will suspect that they are colluding with the King of Chu. In order to avoid being blamed by the court and causing harm to their family, they can only do their best to suppress them. Clear your name.”
After Zhu Yijun said this, Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up and they couldn't help but look at each other.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Shen Shixing replied with a smile, and then said: "As the saying goes, evil does not lead to righteousness, and the care and pressure are the scholars. First, if the care and massage officials cannot be weak and submissive, then the scholars must not be weak and submissive! Such is the power of the King of Chu!"
"That's right."
"As a exiled official, if he supports the King of Chu in plotting rebellion, he will only dare to support it secretly. For example, if he deliberately leads the Biao camp to leave Wuchang when the King of Chu raises his troops, and deliberately places the internal personnel who have made peace with the King of Chu in some key passes, and allocates money and food The firearms craftsman was secretly placed in a place where the king of Chu could plunder, and at most he would be guilty of not observing and not knowing how to fight, and at most he would be dismissed from his post to serve the people, so as not to harm his family."
"And His Majesty has never been willing to severely punish ministers who make mistakes in their work, so they don't have to worry anymore, because some of the crimes of negligence will be severely punished."
"And if someone in the imperial court really leaked the news first that they were deliberately pretending to be ignorant of the soldiers and wanted the King of Chu's rebellion to succeed, I'm afraid they would have to seriously suppress the rebellion. After all, this involves the safety of the nine tribes."
"There may be some people among the vassal kings who are not smart or sensitive, but the ministers are not smart or sensitive. They will not really be determined to help the vassal king to cause chaos. On the surface, they will definitely commit suicide. Don’t seek chaos.”
Qi Jiguang echoed a few words and said, "I think this is a good strategy!"
"Then let's go to the hall to discuss it, and the master will find the official. When the time comes, the cabinet will punish the official lightly, but remember to promote him back later."
Zhu Yijun said.
Shen Shixing verbally obeyed the decree, and after returning to serve on the imperial court, he informed Liu Yingjie, Wang Xijue, Zhang Xueyan and others about the possible rebellion of the King of Chu.
Wang Xijue couldn't help being shocked after hearing this: "Why are these feudal kings so bold?"
"It's not the vassal king who is bold, it's the fact that some of the world's most powerful officials and gentry are too bad!"
After Shen Shixing said this, he asked a group of ministers: "Among the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology, is there anyone who dares to impeach Huguang Governor Luo Zun for conspiring to cause rebellion with the King of Chu?"
Liu Yingjie began to think deeply after hearing this.
Wang Xijue suddenly said at this moment: "This is a brilliant plan!"
After Wang Xijue said this, he handed over to Shen Shixing: "Yuan Fu can be my teacher!"
"Mr. Ge has misunderstood. This plan is for the emperor."
Shen Shixing said with a smile at this time.
(End of chapter)
