prosperous age

Just when Yan Shifan re-drafted the draft and re-sent Guo Xiyan's memoir to the palace, two school captains in Jinyi ushered in the Chaoyang Gate of Beijing City, and they galloped into the city on horseback. The horse under the crotch did not slow down at all.

Soon, an urgent report from Nanjing City was handed over to Lu Bing.

Looking at the lacquer seal on the bamboo tube in his hand and the eye-catching hints on it, Lu Bing felt his heart pounding. This is a mark only used in major military situations.

However, he didn't open it right away. He carefully checked the wax on the bamboo tube to make sure it hadn't been tampered with before opening it, and looked at the scroll inside.

Just seeing the beginning, Lu Bing stood up abruptly, and said to the outside: "Prepare your horse, go to Xiyuan immediately."

After finishing speaking, Lu Bing carefully read the information sent twice again, "The sergeant of the Nanjing Zhenwu Camp mutinied, and Huang Maoguan, the servant of the Nanjing household department, was suspected to have been killed."

Nanjing, that's Nanjing. Most of the court's taxes come from the south of the Yangtze River. If the city of Nanjing is really in chaos, Lu Bing can't imagine what the court's finances will look like this year.

The counter-insurgency must be completed as soon as possible, otherwise the restored water transportation will be affected in the near future, and the northern border town will become unstable due to lack of food and fodder.

Thinking of this, Lu Bing collected the information sent by Nanjing and strode out of the house.

Needless to say, Emperor Jiajing was in a bad mood at this time, and there were talents among the officials under him, so he actually wanted to force him to establish a reserve.

When Lu Bing entered Yongshou Palace aggressively and handed over information about Nanjing to Emperor Jiajing, Lu Bing, who was kneeling on the ground, heard a muffled sound of "dang lang lang" followed by a series of metal and iron collisions. The noise was so loud that the servants outside the palace gate could hear it.

Emperor Jiajing saw the note that Lu Bing handed over, and immediately smashed the jade Ruyi in his hand into the copper chime, smashing it to pieces.

"What's the situation in Nanjing now? Have the rebels already occupied the city?"

The note in Emperor Jiajing's hand only said that there were rebels in Nanjing, and that the servant of the household department was suspected to have been killed. Information about the follow-up developments had not yet been delivered, but Emperor Jiajing couldn't wait any longer.

"Your Majesty, there is no further news from Nanjing, and I think it is still on the way. The minister did not dare to delay for a moment when he received the news and entered the palace.

However, although Nanjing City is dangerous, with Wei Guogong, Cheng Yibo and other loyal ministers and generals sitting in the town, some rebellious troops will definitely not be able to make things happen, and they should have been wiped out by this time. "

Lu Bing said hastily, if he didn't say some comforting words to make Emperor Jiajing feel better, he might be in trouble.

"Is there any clue about the stickers?"

Emperor Jiajing suddenly changed the subject and brought up the anonymous posters that appeared on the streets of the capital two days ago.

"Your Majesty made amends, I'm still investigating."

After all, it was done in the dark. No one would have thought that it would be him before Guo Xiyan wrote the letter.

A petty official like Guo Xiyan really didn't appear in the scope of Jinyiwei's control. Without him, without power and power, he could stir up so much trouble.

So it wasn't until Guo Xiyan wrote a letter to establish a reserve that Lu Bing began to notice this person and began to investigate.

It's just a rush of time, and naturally there will be no results in the short term.

"Over there in Nanjing, report any news immediately, no matter when."

Emperor Jiajing still understood the difficulties of his subjects. After all, it was thousands of miles away, and even the fastest Tangma would take several days to deliver the documents.

Check the time, the news was sent within a few days, Jin Yiwei's speed is fast enough.

At this moment, there was a report from an internal servant outside the door, and the supervisor of ceremonies asked to see him with a pen.

"Let him come in, and you go down too, neither of these things can be relaxed."

It goes without saying that there must be something wrong with the court, and now the only thing that can attract the attention of Emperor Jiajing is Guo Xiyan's memorandum.

If it is confirmed that Guo Xiyan did it, Emperor Jiajing will never let this man who has no king in his heart go.

Yes, when Guo Xiyan wanted to take advantage of opportunities and win the meritorious service, he ignored the bigger problem, that is, the current Emperor Jiajing was still in his prime.

At this time, if you write a letter to become a reserve, isn't that cursing yourself to die?

Otherwise, why bother to appoint a candidate for the crown prince now.

Sure enough, Gao Zhong sent the cabinet's new proposal for Guo Xiyan's memorabilia.

"Suspicious, hehe."

Emperor Jiajing looked at the familiar handwriting on the ticket, and unconsciously stroked his beard and chuckled.

"Pen and ink serve."

Emperor Jiajing didn't say how to criticize the red, but suddenly gave Huang Jin instructions.

Huang Jin knew that it was Emperor Jiajing who wanted to personally approve the memorial, so he hurriedly brought up the already polished inkstone from below.

Emperor Jiajing took down his writing brush from the pen mountain, dipped it in, and then personally commented after the draft: "When you saw it yesterday, he was not sullen, but at the end of the doubtful word, he didn't see that he harbored rebellious intentions. Inside, the emperor establishes the four characters of the reserve, and the husband establishes the son as the reserve, whoever the emperor can establish will come with the second assistant ticket."

After the imperial approval, Gao Zhong took the memorial to Zunhuang's order and sent it directly to the cabinet and handed it over to Yan Song.

After Gao Zhong left, Emperor Jiajing sat on the throne in a daze for a long time, but finally he still felt something was wrong.

For a memorial to Guo Xiyan, the inner court and the cabinet have been dragging back and forth for two days.

After all, news of Nanjing City should reach the capital by tomorrow at the latest.

Emperor Jiajing got up and walked back and forth in the palace a few times before he ordered to Huang Jin: "Draft the decree."

Huang Jin, who had been standing by the side all the time, heard what Emperor Jiajing said, and immediately turned around and sat down behind the desk on the side of the throne, pressing the paper with one hand and holding a pen, ready to record Emperor Jiajing's edict.

"There is no reason for small evils to be pardoned. Today, disloyal ministers and unrighteous people are all evil. If the new government is not implemented quickly, it can be seen that if the monarch has been in power for a long time, he will not attack the monarch, but attack the assistant. The ministers are all ministers, and it is said that Flattery can ask the eyes and ears officer.

Still excerpted from the theory of Jiandi in Zhongjian, and ordered the Rites to gather together with other disciplines to hear about it. "

Emperor Jiajing was pacing in the hall while dictating, and Huang Jin quickly copied Emperor Jiajing's edict on rice paper and checked it again to confirm that it was correct, and then handed it to the emperor with both hands.

Emperor Jiajing took it and read it carefully, then nodded slightly, "Use the seal and send someone to the cabinet."

Emperor Jiajing didn't intend to waste too much time on Guo Xiyan's memorandum. Since he was a disloyal minister and an unjust citizen, he should directly submit his remarks to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division to see what they said.

When Emperor Jiajing's imperial pen approved the red letter and the ensuing edict was placed on Yan Song's desk, Yan Song was only slightly dazed at the two documents.

Yan Shifan on the other side shook his head and smiled wryly, "This Guo Xiyan can't blame anyone for committing suicide. Father, don't be sad for such a person."

"After all, I'm from my hometown."

Yan Song said with a sigh.

"Your Majesty's meaning is very clear. This Guo Xiyan will not survive. I will ask Lanbi and the others to impeach him later."

Yan Shifan knew that his father had already seen it and figured it out, so he said again.

"Bewitching words to confuse the crowd, is it feasible to make a distribution?"

Yan Song frowned and looked at Yan Shifan, but Yan Shifan shook his head when he met his eyes, "Your Majesty can't pass that test."

"Forget it, your people who give Ritsu, let them convene the Sixth Division to discuss this matter."

Yan Song didn't want to worry about it anymore. After all, he was almost [-] and his energy was low. If Yan Shifan hadn't helped analyze and manage important affairs in the court, he would have been unable to do what he wanted, and he had already planned to become an official.

It's just that, for the sake of the family, he still has to persist in this position, at least he can't leave until Emperor Jiajing has made a clear crown prince.

Later that day, Lu Bing received a second intelligence report from Jinyiwei in Nanjing, which recorded the killing of Huang Maoguan and the news that Wei Guangde and Liu Shiyan drove back the rebels from the Zhenwu Camp in the streets near the small school field. The camp mutiny did not involve the whole city, only a small number of violations of law and discipline occurred around the small school grounds.

Afterwards, Nanjing Garrison, Wei Guogong Xu Pengju, and Zhang Jia issued military orders to mobilize officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Jingying to surround the small school field and trap the Zhenwuying rebels in it.

The Nanjing Zhenwu Camp mutiny in history involved a wide range of areas.

After Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia were forced to agree to reward Zhenwuying rebels with 100,000 taels of silver for escaping from the siege of rebels, they rushed to call Nanjing dignitaries to discuss the matter.

As a result, when the deliberations failed to come to fruition, they fled in a hurry because they were surrounded by rebels.

However, the sergeants of the Zhenwu Camp failed to capture the dignitaries of Nanjing City, and then dragged Huang Maoguan's body through the streets to show the public, smashing, looting and looting along the way.

With the demonstration of the Zhenwu Battalion in front, the officers and soldiers of all battalions in Nanjing participated more or less, resulting in chaos in Nanjing for more than ten days, and most of the dignitaries fled the city until He Shou, the eunuch who stayed behind in Nanjing, agreed to the [-] rebels. With the reward of gold, the order in Nanjing City was gradually restored.

As for why they didn't wait for the high-ranking officials in Nanjing to discuss it before making trouble, in fact, the big reason was Huang Maoguan's death.

A big mistake was made, and the rebellious army knew that death was inevitable, so they did not stop doing one thing, and took advantage of the large number of people in Nanjing to force all the officials in Nanjing to play for themselves and explain the reasons for the mutiny, so as to survive.

Because of Wei Guangde's timely appearance, the mutiny did not cause chaos in the whole city of Nanjing, so the loss of this mutiny is undoubtedly much smaller than the original history, and the impact and duration are also greatly shortened.

After reading this, Lu Bing knew that the city of Nanjing was safe and sound, and the mutiny was brought under control after only half a day. If it doesn't affect the entire city of Nanjing, then there is nothing to worry about.

After receiving this information, Lu Bing naturally did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly rushed to Xiyuan again to deliver the latest news about Nanjing City.

Knowing that the mutiny of soldiers in Nanjing City had been successfully controlled, Emperor Jiajing naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

Who said that Emperor Jiajing devoted himself to cultivating Taoism and ignored the important affairs of the court?
That is his country, and it belongs to him until the power is handed over to the next one.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing only seemed to be indifferent to the government in front of people, but in fact he handled all major court affairs in an orderly manner. As for the appointment of Yan Song and other traitors criticized by later generations, in the eyes of the emperor, there is no difference between good and bad ministers There is only a difference in ability.

As long as they are officials who can do things, Emperor Jiajing will choose to appoint them. Who would not be greedy?

On the second day, the news of the military mutiny in Nanjing reached the capital, and both the Ministry of War and the Minister of General Affairs received memorials from Nanjing, stating the whole story of the Zhenwu Camp incident that took place in Nanjing on the [-]th.

At the same time, yesterday afternoon and evening, after the six-subject meeting convened by the Li Ke, the memorial to Lan Bi and others in the matter, Xi Yan, resentment, hope, treason, and law division, was also submitted to the The general ministers were then sent to the cabinet.

Regarding the impeachment memorials of Lanbi and others, Yan Song, Xu Jie and others already knew about it last night, so they naturally affirmed it when the bill was drafted, and sent it to the Supervisor of Rites immediately.

Yan Song was very surprised by the incident in Nanjing. Ordinarily, it should be sent to Xiyuan immediately after such a thing happened, and there is no need to send it to the Supervisor of Rites. Did not cause chaos in Nanjing.

Seeing this, the first thing that Yan Song thought of might be that the officials in Nanjing City couldn't stay idle anymore, and deliberately created something to attract attention and attention.

But the idea was just to think about it. Immediately, he called someone to find Xu Jie, and handed over the memorial in his hand.

"Look, something happened in Nanjing."

Emperor Jiajing knew about the mutiny of the Zhenwu Camp in Nanjing one day in advance, but the information was not detailed enough, so naturally he could not notify the cabinet to make various responses.

And just as Lu Bing said, there are Wei Guogong in Nanjing City, there are left-behind eunuchs, and there are six departments. It is impossible for so many people to handle this little rebellion well.

Therefore, Yan Song did not know what happened in Nanjing until he received the official document.

"Phew, it's okay, it's okay, the Nanjing officials handled it properly, and the chaos was brought under control that day."

Xu Jie read the memorial from Yan Song's hand carefully, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Yan Song in a relaxed tone.

"It is said in the memorial that the Nanking Household Department arbitrarily deducted some military pay from the Zhenwu Camp and other military forces.

Not long after Ma Kun arrived in the Ministry of Household Affairs, such a big incident in Nanjing was caused by his mistakes. It seems that the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs will continue to be replaced. "

The purpose of Yan Song calling Xu Jie over was naturally to talk about this matter.

Although the memorial did not impeach anyone, it made it clear that the Zhenwu camp's military salary was deducted.

For a military mutiny, someone must be responsible, and the dead Huang Maoguan is naturally the best one. As for whether the court will pursue Ma Kun's fault, does it have anything to do with the officials in Nanjing?
As for how to deal with it, it is natural to deal with it according to the negotiated matter. In addition to paying the owed military salary to the soldiers, the soldiers whose salary has been deducted will be paid one tael of silver per person as compensation.

As for the rioters, they will naturally be handed over to the Judiciary for interrogation. So far, 25 instigators of the riots have been arrested, and three of the first offenders are planned to be beheaded, and the other accomplices will be sent to the extreme side.

The memorandum was not issued on the day when the Zhenwu camp rebelled, but was drafted after the soldiers of the Zhenwu camp gave up resistance after the soldiers suppressed the territory.

Therefore, this incident was a mass incident. When Li Sui and Wei Guangde went to Zhenwuying to negotiate, they had already set a general framework, that is, they would not kill the soldiers who caused the disturbance.

As for the three first offenders reported to be beheaded, they were killed by Liu Ya during the conflict between the Zhenwu camp rebels and the three guards rushing to the small school field for rescue. The so-called beheading was only to reassure the court.

The purpose of finding me here was originally to be a candidate for the Minister of the Household Department.

Xu Jie understood at this moment that it was not time to fight Yan Song, so he naturally nodded in agreement.