bookcurios Chapter 64: The frightened Prime Minister of the Cabinet, the confidence of the Nanjing Six Departme
Chapter 64: The frightened Prime Minister of the Cabinet, the confidence of the Nanjing Six Departme
Wang Yangming followed Zhu Houzhao out of Baohe Hall with an excited and astonished mood.
As soon as he left the bedroom, he saw the chief minister Yang Heting and the second minister Li Dongyang had been waiting outside the palace for a long time.
"Shouren."
Li Dongyang smiled at Wang Yangming. He had a connection with Wang Yangming.
As early as when Wang Yangming took the imperial examination for the first time and failed.
Li Dongyang once commented: Although he did not become the top scholar, he already had the potential to be one.
Such comments were made considering Li Dongyang's reputation and status.
For Wang Yangming at that time, it was also an honor and great opportunity.
But Wang Yangming was in no mood to reminisce with Li Dongyang at this moment.
He just smiled back.
He hurriedly followed His Majesty's steps.
...
"This Wang Shouren?" Li Dongyang was slightly stunned.
The impression he had of Wang Yangming was not so arrogant.
Even if you are suddenly valued by His Majesty and hold a high position.
But you shouldn't be so rude in front of him!
However, Prime Minister Yang Heting noticed something.
He lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty summoned you and me here. Why?"
Why?
It was because of Prince Ning’s matter.
It is also for the logistics of sending troops to quell the rebellion!
Yang Heting and Li Dongyang have been preparing for this matter these days.
Because of this, Li Dongyang hasn't even had a good night's sleep for several days.
The army went out to war.
Logistics support is an extremely cumbersome task.
Not to mention that it has to pass through Nanjing and Jiangxi.
It requires him, a cabinet minister, to worry about it.
"Then how much logistics does His Majesty want us to prepare?"
Prime Minister Yang Heting asked, "How many Great Snow Dragon Riders are there? How many Imperial Guards are needed to accompany the army?"
Finish this sentence.
Yang Heting hurriedly followed His Majesty's steps.
Li Dongyang stood there in a daze for a moment, then he came to his senses instantly.
His expression also became extremely shocked: "No way?!"
...
Li Dongyang's suspicion did not last long.
After arriving at the Imperial Guards training ground.
He no longer had any doubts in his mind and just stared at the scene in the distance in amazement.
The training ground was originally big enough to accommodate 30,000 imperial guards for training.
Now it is occupied by a huge phalanx composed of more than 10,000 Snow Dragon Riders.
Li Dongyang and his friends looked out from the high platform.
You can clearly see the thousands of snow dragon riders sitting quietly on their horses.
All of these people were wearing armor and carrying Northern Liang swords.
The momentum is terrifying.
The evil spirit is strong.
Even the cabinet minister Li Dongyang felt his legs go weak and he could not stand steadily.
But no one cared about Li Dongyang's embarrassing appearance.
Because whether it was Yang Heting who had made some speculations before, or Wang Yangming who had already known the situation.
Everyone was trembling all over.
Wang Yangming looked at the Snow Dragon Riders, each of whom had a murderous aura and fierce eyes.
His scalp even went numb for a moment: "Thirteen thousand Snow Dragon Riders..."
wrong!
Your Majesty definitely has more than just this background.
The attitude of casually mentioning 20,000 Snow Dragon Riders was already clear.
The number of Great Snow Dragon Riders that Your Majesty possesses is definitely not that few; it may even be beyond anyone's imagination.
call.
Wang Yangming took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Zhu Houzhao, and bowed solemnly: "Your Majesty!"
"I will wipe out all the evil spirits for your majesty!"
Ten thousand snow dragon riders!
Such an amazing momentum!
It was enough for Wang Yangming to suppress everything.
Forget about the Jiangnan bureaucratic group or Prince Ning’s 100,000 mob.
Even if Wang Yangming was asked to lead his troops north to attack the Xiongnu, he would have the courage to go! ! !
...
Zhu Houzhao was also excited when he saw the huge Snow Dragon Riders in front of him, all wearing black armor.
Even if he summoned it himself.
But if ten thousand Snow Dragon Riders really gathered together, the scene would be enough to make anyone tremble.
Not to mention that these are the troops under his command.
All enemies will be wiped out under Zhu Houzhao's command!
He walked slowly to the platform, and the Emperor's Sword at his waist was unsheathed for the first time.
Zhu Houzhao raised the Emperor's Sword in his right hand and gave the order in a deep and deep voice: "Go!"
No nonsense.
There is no language either.
Just because the people in front of him are absolutely loyal to him.
No words of encouragement are needed, I will die for him!
But in the face of the rebellion of Prince Ning.
Ten thousand Snow Dragon Riders will be invincible!
.....
Boom! ! !
In the complicated eyes of Yang Heting and Li Dongyang.
Wang Yangming led Xu Yan's soldiers, 10,000 Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, and 20,000 imperial guards to march south.
Such a commotion instantly made the entire Forbidden City boil.
There were even spies from Prince Ning who wanted to pass on the message.
However, the Western Factory, the Six Gates, and the Divine Marquis' Mansion, who had been prepared for this, took direct action to arrest them.
Today, not even a pigeon can fly out of the Forbidden City!
Zhu Houzhao also wanted to use the thunder-like Snow Dragon Cavalry to quickly wipe out the entire Jiangnan region.
It also gave Nanjing a little shock!!!
.....
Nanjing.
Whether it is the Minister of Personnel Xia Yan or the Minister of Revenue Zhang Cong.
In any case, they never expected that Zhu Houzhao would suddenly send troops on the day Wang Yangming arrived at the Forbidden City.
I didn't expect that the group heading south this time would be 10,000 Snow Dragon Riders.
For them, the rebellion was harmless no matter what the outcome.
At most, it would be to spend a little more money to provide relief to the rioters in Jiangnan?
Or send some troops to assist Zhu Houzhao!
So when Yang Heting brought the news.
The Minister of Revenue Zhang Cong was just sitting in the yamen.
He said calmly: "Ask the people below to take out 100,000 taels, and ask them to cooperate along the way."
"If Wang Yangming wants to mobilize troops from Nanjing, let him come to me."
In Zhang Cong's view.
After Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, he did many great things in succession.
But he was still a little too impetuous.
The matter of Prince Ning's rebellion should be handed over to Nanjing for handling, or important cabinet officials such as Yang Heting and Li Dongyang should be sent over.
But the result was that a small county magistrate was promoted to the Minister of War of Nanjing?
What is this intended to do?
What should be done with these officials who stayed in Nanjing?
Is it a precaution against traitors?
Or will the rebels be wiped out? !
Zhang Cong, the Minister of Revenue, deliberately made things difficult for Wang Yangming.
This is also telling Your Majesty.
Things in Nanjing.
This is something Nanjing should be responsible for!
The Jiangnan Rebellion was also a Nanjing affair!
As soon as Zhang Cong's order was passed down, there were sounds of ridicule everywhere in Nanjing.
"Your Majesty is still too young after all."
"Eighty percent of the Ming Dynasty's taxes are collected in Nanjing."
"Does Your Majesty really think that you can do whatever you want just because you hold the military power and have the foundation left by the previous emperor?"
"Killing and arresting people in the Forbidden City is fine. But what about opening the Western Factory?"
"Are we officials supposed to be guarded against? Should we be governed by the eunuchs?!"
"ridiculous!"
This is actually the attitude of Nanjing officials towards Zhu Houzhao.
Far away in Nanjing, they could not feel Zhu Houzhao's majesty at all.
I also don’t know how exaggerated Zhu Houzhao’s background is.
I just simply disliked Zhu Houzhao's practice of ruling the country with eunuchs!