"What are you thinking about?" Huang Zhiting said uneasily after seeing Gao Xiang pragmatically thinking for a long time without speaking, "Don't have any ideas like Cen and Huang joining hands to fight against the Ming Dynasty."
Gao Pragmatic was startled, then smiled and said, "Why do I think so? I am a Han Chinese."
"Oh, that's true." Huang Zhiting breathed a sigh of relief and sighed, "I'm just worried because someone has thought this way before."
"Really?" Gao Pragmatic said in surprise, "Who is so bold?"
Huang Zhiting heard the teasing in his words and said angrily, "Cen Meng, have you heard this?"
"Oh, it's him." Gao Pingshi suddenly said, "I've heard of it, but I didn't know what he had in mind."
Huang Zhiting was a little curious and asked, "What do you think he has planned?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "He does things without any rules. I thought he just acted according to his temper."
After hearing this, Huang Zhiting shook her head slightly and whispered, "You know, he's not messing around. He went through hardships when he was only a few years old and almost lost his position as the prefect of Tianzhou. At that time, Si'en Mansion was the head of the Cen family. , Cen Jun, the local magistrate of Si'en Prefecture, had oppressed Cen Meng for many years, and even occupied Tianzhou, so that he had the title of magistrate, but could not return home. Fortunately, Cen Jun was attacked by the imperial court because he did not take the imperial court seriously.
At that time, the imperial court mobilized more than 180,000 official troops from Guangdong and Guangxi, chieftains from left and right rivers, wolf soldiers from Huguang, and chieftains from Pianyuan. They surrounded Sien in six directions and destroyed the Cen family's strongest Sien Mansion in one fell swoop. One main branch. Originally this was a good thing, but it turned out that the court believed some rumors or had murderous intentions against the Cen family, so they demoted Cen Meng to the rank of Qianhu, and reorganized Si'en and Tianzhou at the same time. "
Gao pragmatic didn't know the specific situation at that time. This was the first time he heard such a detailed explanation. When he heard the court's handling, he couldn't help but shake his head. He secretly thought that the court's move was obviously too hasty. At this time, Dong Si'en Mansion was justified. Dong Tian Where does Zhou Zeli come from? Cen Meng is the victim now.
Sure enough, Huang Zhiting went on to say, "Not only was Cen Meng demoted to a thousand households, but he was also moved to Pinghaiwei, Fujian Province, thousands of miles away. How could Cen Meng be so willing to accept this? So he delayed going, and asked his grandmother several times to beg for help. He performed meritorious service in the remote areas of Guangxi in order to offer sacrifices. At that time, there were upright and upright people in the court who also spoke for Cen Meng. Xie Hu, the new governor of Tianzhou, was also afraid of going to Tianzhou to take up his post. He repeatedly delayed and refused to take office. The funniest thing is that he also accepted bribes and was found out and impeached by Chen Jin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The court had no choice but to let Cen Meng serve nearby."
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said, "I seem to have heard about what happened next. It seems that there was a quarrel in the court over the Tianzhou incident, and the great eunuch Liu Jin had a fight with Liu Daxia, the then Minister of War."
"Yes, but although the two of them quarreled over the Tianzhou incident, they had little to do with Cen Meng after all. What had a big relationship was that after the civil uprising in Jiangxi became more serious, the former governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Chen Jin, was re-appointed by the imperial court. , in charge of the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Huguang. At that time, Chen Zhijun recruited Guangxi wolf soldiers, and Cen Meng, who was only sixteen years old, was ordered to go on the expedition.
Cen Meng fought extremely well in this battle. Five hundred defeated six thousand, three thousand were killed in formation, etc. In short, the result was brilliant. Unfortunately, Chen Jin was impeached, saying that the rebel army he had recruited was of poor military discipline and was causing harm to the local area, so he was summoned back to the court. After Chen Jin left, the wolf soldiers returned to their hometown, and Cen Meng also returned to Guangxi. Fortunately, the court still rewarded him for his merits. He was promoted from a guilty Qianhu to a commanding officer, and actually took control of his old land of Tianzhou. Mansion.
In the 10th year of Zhengde, Chen Jin was again appointed governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was ordered to pacify the rebellion of Prince Gongxun of Fujiang and the rebellion of Dateng Gorge of Xunjiang. During this period, Cen Meng was falsely accused several times. Fortunately, Chen Jin was aware of everything and prevented him from being wronged. According to the regulations of the imperial court at that time, Tianzhou was to send three thousand wolf soldiers to guard Liuzhou. If there were other matters, they would be recruited separately. Sometimes as many as 20,000 Tianzhou wolf soldiers were recruited. This time because of Cen Meng's meritorious service, So the levy and tribute were reduced or reduced. A few years later, Cen Meng recovered his strength and began to prepare for revenge.
Previously, when Cen Jun was the leader of the Cen clan, he ordered 20,000 soldiers from Sicheng to attack Tianzhou. In the second year of Jiajing, Cen Meng casually found an excuse to attack Sicheng. It happened that at this time, the imperial court dispatched Tianzhou wolf soldiers to quell the rebellion. Cen Meng remembered Chen Jin's kindness back then, so he withdrew his troops and obeyed the levy, and made another contribution in suppressing the rebellion. However, this time Chen Jin was long gone, and the imperial court unexpectedly No reward was given. "
When Gao Pragmatic heard this, he knew it was a bad idea. His strength had greatly increased, his old grudges had not been avenged, he came to help you fight honestly, but you won and you refused to give him a reward. Isn't this forcing him to disobey you?
Sure enough, Huang Zhiting sighed and said, "From then on, Cen Meng began to distance himself from the court, but he had no objection at that time. He just began to avenge his childhood. He was bullied by Cen Jun when he was young. Since Cen Jun was the head of the Cen family at that time, Not only was the Sicheng family accomplices, almost most of the chieftains of the Cen family around Tianzhou were involved. So they began to be retaliated by Cen Meng one by one. They could no longer defeat Cen Meng at that time, and Sien Mansion had changed With Tuguiliu, the old main branch no longer existed, and these chieftains of the Cen family had no choice but to recognize Cen Meng as the main branch of the Cen family in name only.
However, this was just their expedient. While they were submissive, they bribed two consecutive governors of Guangdong and Guangxi. Until Yao Rong took office, he did not accept bribes, so these branches of the Cen family bribed Xie Ruyi, the censor at the time. Xie Ruyi designed to frame Yao Rong, saying that he accepted bribes from Cen Meng, and even framed Yao Rong's son. Yao Rong had no choice but to mobilize his troops to conquer Cen Meng. Cen Meng asked himself that he had not rebelled against the imperial court at that time, so he planted a yellow flag on the border and wrote a letter of repentance and surrender. Yao Rong pretended to appease him, but instead recruited more than 100,000 troops from various places to suddenly attack Cen Meng.
Poor Cen Meng thought he had nothing to do at this time and went back to attack Sicheng. This time the imperial army succeeded in the sneak attack on Tianzhou, leaving Cen Meng with no time to recruit wolf soldiers. He only had more than 10,000 men at hand, but he was still in Shimian. He broke out of the ambush and fled to Guishun Prefecture, where his father-in-law Cen Zhang lived. Cen Zhang was not strong enough to dare to take Cen Meng in when the imperial court's 100,000 troops were pressing down on the country. So he found an opportunity and quietly surrounded Cen Meng in his mansion and prepared dove wine for him. Cen Meng laughed angrily, scolding Cen Zhang for being a cowardless rat, then raised his head and drank the Jiu wine in one gulp, and died.
You should be very clear about what happened after that. Cen Meng’s wife took charge of the government of Tianzhou, and she is Mrs. Wa as you Han people call her. She led the Tianzhou wolf soldiers to atone for her husband’s sins, and fought against the wolf in the battle against Japan. The soldier's great reputation. "
Only then did Gao Jingshi realize that this was the cause of the Tianzhou Rebellion. It seemed that Cen Meng was not really rebelling.
However, Gao Pingshi still had doubts in his mind, and immediately asked, "But Miss Huang, you just said that Cen Meng was the first person to propose that Cen and Huang join hands to fight against the Ming Dynasty. But from the story you just told, Cen Meng Meng has no objection, why is that?"
Huang Zhiting shook her head slightly and said with a wry smile, "He only sent someone to contact our Huang family after he fled to Guishun Prefecture. Although he only had more than ten thousand soldiers and horses at that time, his father-in-law was afraid of the tyrannical wolf soldiers in Tian Prefecture and was stunned for several months." If he dared to take action, the movements of the imperial court were also very strange. In short, they did not send troops to attack Guishun Prefecture, so he stayed in Guishun Prefecture for more than half a year, trying to find a way out.
But at that time, none of the branches of the Cen family dared to help him, so he targeted our Huang family, hoping to persuade our Huang family to join him first, so that he would be qualified to seduce the Cen family branches and our Huang family. You’re not stupid. If you jump on Cen Meng’s pirate ship at this time, wouldn’t you be courting death?”
Gao pragmatic nodded and said, "Miss Huang, I understand what you mean. In fact, you just want to say that the Cen family is in disarray and cannot be united at all."
"Yes." Huang Zhiting breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile, "Mr. Zhang, to tell you the truth, the Cen family is like this, and the Huang family is not much better. I said that the Cen family is in disarray, but in fact it is just a joke at fifty steps. "
Gao Pragmatic didn't care about her attitude, and just said calmly, "In other words, if you want the Cen and Huang families to exert their true strength, they must first be able to work together."
Huang Zhiting nodded first, and then said in surprise, "Mr. Zhang, what do you mean?"
Gao pragmatically waved his hand, "I have told you that I am a Han Chinese and will not advise you to rebel. In this case, what do you think the girl is worried about?"
Huang Zhiting asked dubiously, "Really?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed, "Miss Huang, take a step back and say, you are a member of the Huang family. What does it matter what I, an outsider, think? Could it be that if I say that the Huang family should rebel, the girl will listen to me?"
Huang Zhiting's pink face turned red, she turned her head and snorted, "Of course not."
