Chapter 458: King Gui raises troops
Yunyang has a great victory!
The news reached Nanjing, and the whole court was full of joy and excitement.
In particular, the emperor issued an imperial edict to commend the meritorious soldiers.
Jin Shenghuan's rescue is of course rewarded. Cao Fengnian should also be rewarded.
What made Zhu Cilang most happy was that this great victory completely defeated Wu Sangui's aura, forcing him to flee to Henan in a hurry and dared not make any more ideas about the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time.
Immediately afterwards, news came from Ningbo Prefecture.
The navy led by Zheng Chenggong defeated the Japanese pirates and recovered Jiushan Island.
Under the double joy, the Ming Dynasty was in full swing.
Zhu Cilang also vaguely felt that the Ming Dynasty had transformed from passive defense to strategic general offensive. Perhaps in two or three years, or in one or two years, it could attack the Central Plains in the northern part and restore the Shenjing.
But at this moment, the Military Information Department of the Inner Factory reported urgently that the King of Gui in Guangxi was restless.
He first asked the governor of Guangxi to mobilize his troops on the grounds of suppressing bandits, and then borrowed troops from Ding Kuichu and joined forces to go straight north.
The Tangbao on the Ministry of War may be on the way, but before that, the military information department of the Internal Factory had already taken the lead, giving Zhu Cilang a rough understanding.
His cousin is really restless.
Zhu Cilang originally wanted to wait for the overall situation and deal with King Gui, but he couldn't wait now.
To fight against foreign countries, we must first settle the internal situation. If the hidden danger of King Gui cannot be eliminated, how could the army be at ease with the Northern Expedition?
If the soldiers fought with the Tartars on the battlefield, King Gui stabbed the knife in the back.
"Come here, the Minister of the Ministry of War will meet you."
Zhu Cilang of course had to discuss such an important matter with Lu Zhenfei.
Now we have to make up our minds.
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"I Lu Zhenfei pays homage to Your Majesty, long live my emperor."
After Lu Zhenfei entered the warm pavilion, he knelt down on the ground and performed his manners.
Zhu Cilang's father, Emperor Chongzhen, liked to summon ministers on the platform. Zhu Cilang liked to be in the warm cabinet.
First, it is warmer here, and second, it is also possible to communicate with subordinates more privately.
"I'm going to get up."
Zhu Cixuan stepped forward and helped Lu Zhenfei up and said in a harmonious voice: "I have received a secret report that King Gui intends to rebel and has raised his troops."
Lu Zhenfei was shocked when he heard the news.
He knew that King Gui had made a bad plan. But how could he raise an army so suddenly?
"Your Majesty, is the source of information reliable?"
"It's an urgent matter for the internal factory, so there should be no problem."
Zhu Cilang paused and then said, "I am a soldier, I would rather trust this kind of thing than trust it without."
Lu Zhenfei was silent.
His Majesty the Emperor said it right. Of course, there should be no carelessness in such a thing as a rebellion.
That is related to the ownership of the throne.
Identities like the vassal king have always been very sensitive.
I said that this dynasty first had Jianwen and then Yongle, and I enjoyed the destruction of the vassals.
Even so, King Ning was able to gather 100,000 troops to rebel.
It can be said that the emperor's biggest threat came from within before the rise of the Tartars.
King Gui is the grandson of Emperor Wanli, and his bloodline is noble.
It is understandable that he has ideas about the great master.
But when the bloodline of today's son is more noble. In order to get to power, King Gui had to slander the bloodline of today's emperor who is not the Emperor Lie, and intends to gain opportunities.
This statement is of course extremely absurd, but Lu Zhenfei has to admit that it is very lethal.
Since King Gui spread this rumor, he has spread all the same thing, and even the tofu-selling grandma in Nanjing has known it.
Rumors are endless, let alone such a thing.
Lu Zhenfei also knew that the emperor was feeling uncomfortable, so he advised: "Your Majesty is right. Now we should notify Jiangxi and Zhejiang to be ready to start a war at any time."
Guangdong and Guangxi now support King Gui, at least on the surface.
Needless to say, Zheng Zhilong from Fujian.
This person has a rebellious bone behind his head, and most of the Japanese attacks were caused by him to disperse the pressure on King Gui.
Including Wu Sangui's sudden attack on Huguang, it seems accidental, but if you think about it carefully, don't there be many connections?
Wu Sangui raised his troops to disperse the troops in Huguang, and Zheng Zhilong sent private soldiers to pretend to be Japanese pirates to cause trouble in order to attract the Ming army in Zhejiang.
Isn’t everything about creating opportunities and space for the King of Gui to rise up?
From this point of view, this is a rebellion that has been deliberately planned.
What made Zhu Cilang even more disappointed was that King Gui not only colluded with Zheng Zhilong, but also tied with Dorgon through this line.
Otherwise, Zhu Cilang would not believe that Wu Sangui would have such a coincidence.
"For specific matters, this army can come up with a charter. However, I have a few requirements. One of them is to hand over the troops of King Gui to Yuan Jixian. Secondly, eliminate all evil things and eliminate the roots."
"I obey the order."
Lu Zhenfei bowed and bowed.
Both points raised by the Holy Emperor are very reasonable.
In the former, Yuan Jixian is one of the few handsome talents in the Ming Dynasty today, comparable to that of Wen'an, and Zhang Kentang is only half.
There is nothing else.
Although Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Zheng Chenggong, Jin Shenghuan, and Ma Jinzhong are all powerful generals, they are all talented and have different natures.
As for the latter, it is even more intriguing.
The rebellious King Gui was the cousin of today's son, but it was precisely because of this that his rebellion was unforgivable.
In history, the battle for the throne was bloody.
Countless brothers and relatives turned against each other in order to compete for the throne.
Father and son are tragic, brothers are scattered.
Today, Zi Renhou. But this does not mean that he can tolerate his cousin's betrayal.
The best way to deal with betrayers is to eliminate the roots so that they do not have the ability to counterattack.
The lineage of King Gui seems to be amazing.
There is no big difference between extermination of the vassal kings and the common people.
The only difference is that the emperor needs to let the clan mansion remove the clan family from the clan family of the vassal kings.
In this way, all the vassal kings became common people, and the nine Yi tribes had no scruples.
Otherwise, if the emperor is not removed from the jurisdiction, wouldn’t the nine clans include the emperor himself? That’s all.
It is a normal decision for me to cut off the roots today.
If you want to blame, you can only blame King Gui for being blinded by lard and actually want to overthrow it.
A wise monarch who is both civil and military like Jinshang is hard to find even if he is lanterned. King Gui is looking for death himself, so don’t blame Jinshang for being ruthless.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will immediately draft a charter and hand it over to your Majesty for the emperor to read."
"Get out of here, my dear."
Zhu Cilang waved his hand and said tiredly.
"I'm going to leave!"
After Lu Zhenfei retreated, Zhu Cilang couldn't help but sigh.
Is this chair really so attractive?
He actually doesn't want to attack his uncles and brothers. But no one hurts the tiger, and it hurts the tiger.
King Gui did such a tragic thing to force Zhu Cilang into a desperate situation.
He had to take action to protect himself.
This is not only for myself, but also for the Ming Dynasty.
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Chapter completed!