Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Zhu Chenhao waited for Wang Shouren to attack in Nanchang. When there was no movement in early July, he led his army northward.

However, under the city of Anqing, Zhu Chenhao's rebel team was quickly taught how to behave.During the entire eighteen-day siege, no results were achieved except constant losses of troops and generals.

On July [-], Zhu Chenhao looked at the still strong city of Anqing and then at the troops that had dispersed a lot, so he had no choice but to order the withdrawal and return to Nanchang.On the way back to the army, there were many disputes about things, and almost half of the people left the team.

At this time, Wang Yangming of Nangan had integrated his miscellaneous troops and marched north to capture Nanchang City on July [-]th.

On the 23rd, Zhu Chenhao led his army to the woodcutter's house thirty or forty miles north of Nanchang City. That night, Nanchang prefect Zheng Wei took the opportunity to escape and informed Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an who was stationed nearby, about the rebels' inside story.

Wu Wending led his troops to advance overnight, and Xu Lian, the prefect of Yuanzhou, and Hu Yaoyuan, the general magistrate of Ruizhou, followed suit.

At dawn on the 26th, Wu Wending used the forty ships he had raised and took advantage of the wind to launch a fire attack from the lower reaches, and the Ming army followed.

The rebels, who were attacked by land and water, were unable to resist in a hurry, and were defeated by the Ming army.

Zhu Chenhao, who was convening a meeting with his ministers, saw the fire soaring into the sky, and even his auxiliary boat was burned. Knowing that the situation was over, he changed boats and fled, but was captured by the magistrate of Wan'an County.

The Ning Fan clan, Li Shishi, Liu Yangzheng, Wang Lun, etc. who were accompanying the army were all captured.

Princess Ning's wife, Lou, committed suicide by drowning.

The rebellion of King Ning Zhu Chenhao only lasted 42 days from its inception to its failure. It can be said that its rise was rapid but its demise was sudden. 】He himself was deposed as a commoner on the day of defeat, and was sentenced to death in Tongzhou in December of the following year.

It can be said that Zhu Chenhao gained nothing during this rebellion except for his infamy. On the contrary, he gained Wang Yangming's reputation as a good fighter.

On July [-], the imperial court received a report from the Nanjing garrison counselor and other officials, and then learned that Zhu Chenhao had launched an army to rebel.

Just when the courtiers were discussing this, Emperor Zhengde was so happy to see the hunting spirit that he proposed to lead the expedition himself. Not surprisingly, he was opposed by almost all the courtiers.

The emperor could not personally conquer the country, but the general could always lead the army to conquer it.

So Zhu Shou, the Duke of the town, came online urgently.

In the face of the opposition of the ministers, the governor-general of military affairs, the mighty general, the chief military officer, the rear army governor's office, the grand master, and the Zhenguo Duke Zhu Shou Zhu, received the emperor's order to lead the army to conquer the rebel vassal.

Emperor Zhengde personally led the expedition and ordered Zhang Yong to lead 2000 border troops as the vanguard.

But before the army arrived, Wang Shouren, the deputy capital censor who was in charge of the military affairs in Tingzhang and Nangan, had already captured Zhu Chenhao and was escorting him to the capital.

Zhang Yong stopped Wang Shouren on the way and asked him to put Zhu Chenhao in Poyang Lake.

Wang Shouren refused and went to Hangzhou to meet Zhang Yong in person, but Zhang Yong refused to meet.

Wang Shouren scolded the gatekeeper, walked straight in, and shouted, "I am Wang Shouren. I am here to discuss official business with you. Why don't you see me?"

Zhang Yong was overwhelmed by his momentum and had no choice but to walk out.

Wang Shouren then said to Zhang Yong: "Jiangxi has been devastated by war and has suffered heavy losses. When large troops arrive, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

Zhang Yong then said: "I am only here to protect the emperor, not to grab credit."

He pointed to the chariot where Zhu Chenhao was imprisoned and said, "This belongs to me."

Wang Shouren immediately gave him the carriage and returned to Jiangxi with Zhang Yong.

At this time, eunuch Zhang Zhong and others had arrived in Nanchang and were harassing the local area in the name of tracking down Zhu Chenhao's remaining party members.

After Zhang Yong arrived, he calmed down the place, inspected the warehouse, found evidence of collusion between Zhu Chenhao and Lu Wan, the official secretary, and urged Zhang Zhong to return to Beijing with him.

On August 14, the 22th year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao led an army to set off from Beijing.

As a rule, concubines were not allowed when leaving the army, so Emperor Zhengde and his beloved Empress Liu made an appointment to meet in Luhe.Empress Liu gave me a hairpin as a token.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhengde knocked off his hairpin when he rode his horse across the Marco Polo Bridge, so he was unable to hold down his troops and the big rope could not be used for three days.When the army arrived in Linqing, they sent a lieutenant to pick up Empress Liu as promised, but Empress Liu didn't see the letter and said goodbye, "I don't dare to go if I don't see the hairpin."

Emperor Zhengde saw that the beauty was eager and had no other choice, so he traveled alone on a boat day and night to greet the beauty in person.

In December of the 14th year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde arrived in Yangzhou.

All the officials in Jiangnan were facing a formidable enemy.

Historical records describe Emperor Zhengde's southern tour as a journey in search of flowers and willows.

The eunuch Wu Jing arrived in Yangzhou and changed the residence of the magnificent residence into the admiral's residence, and will be stationed in Zhiyan.The scriptures have been corrected, and the virgins and widows have been married. The people are fierce, and women are all suitable for one night. It is impossible to escape at night and fight for the door.

The prefect Jiang Yao asked for permission to be exempted.

The eunuch Wu Jing said angrily: "How dare you, a young official, to kill someone like you?"

Yao did not move and said slowly: "If a small official disobeys his superiors, he will die, but the common people are the common people of the court. If other changes are caused, I am afraid that someone will be held accountable in the future."

The eunuch Wu Jing left in anger.

The eunuch Wu Jing secretly visited the houses of widows and prostitutes. In the middle of the night, he suddenly sent a few cavalrymen to open the city gate, call for the arrival, and ordered the thoroughfares to be lit with torches as bright as day.

The eunuch Wu Jing went all over the house and carried out all the women to get out. If there were any who were hiding, they would break down the walls and destroy the houses, but no one could escape.

The sound of crying shocked people far and near, and women were sent to nuns to stay in monasteries.

Two people were so angry that they refused to die.

The prefect Jiang Yao buried him in a coffin.

Since then, all the women's families have been redeemed with gold, and the poor have all been brought to the governor's mansion.

In order to invite the giant Buddha of Emperor Zhengde back to the capital, the cabinet cabinet minister Jiang Mian and others urged Emperor Zhengde to return to the capital. They also wanted to persuade Emperor Zhengde to come back on the grounds of offering sacrifices in the southern suburbs of the first lunar month.

Where could Emperor Zhengde listen?He only said that the sacrifice would be held in Nanjing.

Emperor Zhengde stayed in Jiangnan for more than eight months. After getting a thorough understanding of the situation in Jiangnan, he returned to Beijing.

On the way back, Wu Zong traveled to Zhenjiang, climbed Jinshan Mountain, and crossed the Yangtze River from Guazhou.

In September of the 15th year of Zhengde's reign, while passing by Qingjiangpu, Emperor Zhengde saw the beautiful scenery on the water and the shallow bottom of the fish. He became interested in being a fisherman and drove his own boat to fish.

As a result, when he saw many fish when lifting the net, Emperor Zhengde tried his best to pull it, causing the boat to lose its balance and he himself fell into the water.

Emperor Zhengde grew up in Beijing and did not know how to swim. When he entered the water, he was in a hurry and flopped around. Although his attendants rescued him, the water choked his lungs, and coupled with fear and panic, his health deteriorated.

It is also possible that he was frightened and caught a cold in autumn, which caused pneumonia.

In the first month of the 16th year of Zhengde, Wu Zong and his party returned to Beijing.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Zhengde still held on and hosted a large ceremony in the southern suburbs.

During the first ceremony, Emperor Wu Zong bowed down to worship heaven and earth. Suddenly he vomited blood and collapsed to the ground, unable to get up again.

The gift had to be terminated.

On March 31, Emperor Wu Zhengde was already in a dying state. He said to the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony: "I am ill and cannot do anything about it. I want to express my intention to the empress dowager. The world is a serious matter, so I will review it with the cabinet ministers. Everything happened before." It was my mistake, and it was beyond your control." After saying this, Beng drove to Baofang, at the age of [-].

The Empress Dowager Zhang and her chief assistant Yang Tinghe stabilized the situation in Beijing. Since Emperor Zhengde had no son to succeed him, in accordance with the ancestral motto of "brothers end with younger brothers", the then 14-year-old Prince Xing's eldest son Zhu Houxun inherited the throne and took the reign name Jiajing.