Chapter 130 Sincerity

On July 6, in the government office of Ji'an Prefecture, two old friends Wang Shouren and Wu Wending sat together and laughed happily, and the staff of Long Guang, Xiao Yu, Lei Ji and Gao Rui, who accompanied the attendants next to them also kept laughing.

Wu Wending said, "Ning Wang is really obedient. Wang Dudu asked him to stop for a few days, and he stopped for a few days. Just now, the army of the king of Ning left Nanchang on July 3, leaving only more than 10,000 horses, including his son Zhu Gongxi and eunuch Wan Rui, stationed in Nanchang, and the rest of the main force was more than 60,000, known as 100,000, out of Poyang Lake and went straight down the stream to attack Nanjing.

Lei Ji said with a smile, "King Ning was stranded by us in Nanchang for more than 20 days. When he found out that there was no plan to suppress the five-way officers and army, and there was no internal traitor of Liu Yangzheng, Yu Qin and Ge Jiang. It was not only that we had gathered a large number of soldiers and horses in Ji'an, but I believe that the provincial government offices along the river had already been alerted and had a considerable degree of preparation measures. Governor, your strategy of interfernal strategy is a success.

Long Guang said: "Others can still learn from the governor's use of interstimanship; and the governor's calmness in the face of danger is beyond the reach of ordinary people. In the Fengcheng section of the Ganjiang River, when the pursuers of King Ning were about to arrive, the governor could not only get out in time, but also told us not to resist, just let the pursuers search. As a result, we were also shocked and finally returned safely. Of course, almost all the valuable things on the ship were robbed.

Wang Shouren said, "Actually, I don't have any magic tricks. I just think it's easier to save your lives. It's just an intuition at best."

Xiao Yu sighed and said, "The Doctrine of the Mean says: 'Sincerity is like a god', the practice of the governor has reached this level."

At this time, a government official came to report: "In the township Dingyou Hanlin Academy, the editor Zou Shouyi and the township officials asked for a meeting."

Wang Shouren was overjoyed and said quickly, "Please come on." After a while, Zou Shouyi and a group of white-haired officials came in. Zou Shouyi was wearing a tight casual suit and a sword around his waist. As soon as Wang Shouren saw it, he joked, "Oh, Tanhualang is going to join the war."

Zou Shouyi hurried forward to salute and said, "Students visit the teacher." Then he pointed to several magistrates and said, "These two are Lord Xie Yuan and Lord Wu Xiru, who have returned to the supervision. This is Wang Maozhong, the right deputy governor of Zhishi, this is Liu Xun, the governor of Fujian, and this is Huang Xiu, who is Huang Xiu, the deputy governor of Zhishi,..."

Wang Shouren bowed his hand and said, "Dear gentlemen, the country has suffered unprecedented chaos, so that you can't enjoy the years in your hometown. However, for our ministers, we will share the worries of the country for the rest of our lives. Therefore, Wang's special governor invited you to come together to discuss the ups of the army and the diligent king of thieves.

Wu Xiru, the imperial historian, stepped forward and said, "Duke Wang, you're welcome. It is the duty of a minister to raise troops to fight against thieves and to make troubles for the country. Originally, the subordinate was only worried that no one would take the lead. He was a scholar who could do nothing. Now with the initiative of Wang Dudu, the subordinate was overjoyed and was willing to hand over his blood to the governor.

Wang Shouren said with a smile, "That's great. It is said that Luling is a place of outstanding people and talents, as it is. In front of Wang, there are so many former officials of the imperial court standing today, which really makes people think that half of the world's talents are in Ji'an. No wonder people often say that Ji'an is 'a three-jinshi, two prime ministers across the river, ten miles and five champions'!"

Zou Shouyi said, "However, there are also several officials in the countryside who don't ask you to move, either to get rid of illness or to get involved in everything at home."

Another inspector Xie Yuan said angrily, "A coward! Confucianism! After the rebellion is put down, I will participate in them.

Wang Shouren smiled and said, "I am very happy to have so many loyal and brave scholars and doctors. Come on, has the incense table been arranged yet?

Lei Ji said, "It's already set."

Wang Shouren said, "Wang invited everyone to come to swear to the Heavenly Alliance, denounce the crime of Ningfan's great rebellion, advocate the king's righteous brigade, and go north to fight against the thief. Come on, inside, please!"

In July, the Wuying Hall in the Forbidden City was on duty, and the cabinet ministers and six ministers sat together for a meeting. Yang Tinhe looked at the newspaper and was stunned. University scholars Mao Ji and Jiang Mian sat there, only knowing how to brush their beards.

Zhang Yong, the eunuch sent by Emperor Zhengde to listen to the meeting, said, "Fathers, ladies and gentlemen, King Ning has rebelled. Wang Shouren, the admiral of Southern Jiangxi, and Li Kesi, the governor of Nanjing, have sent people to intensify the report and report on this matter. The emperor was furious when he heard that he wanted to go on a personal expedition, but I couldn't persuade him. Ladies and gentlemen, make an idea.

Yang Tin and asked vaguely, "Has King Ning reversed? Could it be that there is a gap between Wang Shouren and Ning Wang? The court sent the emperor's son-in-law captain Cui Yuan and others, just to announce the cancellation of his escort, and did not intend to give him any punishment?

Wang Qiong, the minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and said, "Yang Ge's words are not good. Wang Shouren is far away from Ganzhou. What will be the feud between Wang Ning in Nanchang? Besides, is it false that the intensified military newspaper sent by Li Kesi, the governor of Nanjing? King Ning has always had anti-bones and has accumulated for a long time, but now he is just taking advantage of the opportunity of the court to cancel his guard. We still have to wait and see about this, which is not what the minister should do.

Yang Ting, who was ashamed in his heart, stopped talking. Mao Ji, a university scholar, said: "Wang Shangshu, you have always had the reputation of 'house conspiracy and Du Du Duan'. When this country is in danger, you don't have to blame others anymore. Please come up with your opinions on handling it directly. Yang Xiangguo, what do you think?

Yang Tinhe nodded. Wang Qiong saw it and said, "Okay. Since you can trust me, I will talk about my handling opinions. In fact, King Ning is also in a hurry, so there is nothing to worry about. Wang Shouren is in the upper reaches, and recently, the Ministry of War has once again awarded him a flag token that can maneuver troops. I believe that King Ning will be captured by Wang Shouren in a short time.

Zhang Yong asked, "Wang Shangshu, according to what you said, we don't have to do anything. Just wait for Wang Shouren to escort King Ning to Beijing?"

Wang Qiong said, "It's not. If you don't send generals out, it is not enough to show the prestige of the court. Therefore, I advocate: order Qin Jin, the imperial historian of the capital, to lead Huguang and horses to march east into Jiangxi, with the goal of guiding Chang; order Yang Dan, the imperial historian of the capital, to lead the two Guang soldiers and horses north to assist in the capture of Nanchang; order the generals of the towns around Jianghuai to lead their troops to march towards Jiangxi except for a small number of soldiers and horses stationed in place. Fa, ready to annihilate the rebels of King Ning in Nanchang City. In addition, the most important thing is that there are loyal ministers and righteous people who can lead the righteous brigade to capture the rebels, and they can be awarded the title of marquis. What do you think?"

Yang Tin and the cabinet members nodded. Wang Qiong said, "Well, I'm going to go down to draft various edicts." Zhang Yong said, "There is Wang Shangshu." Wang Qiong went straight down.

Zhang Yong said to Yang Tinhe, "Mr. Yang, there is one more thing, you have to persuade the emperor. He kept trying to conquer himself, but in fact, Jiang Bin's group encouraged the emperor to take the opportunity to cruise to the south. The soldiers were in chaos, and the emperor ran to the south. How dangerous it was. In case... you have a big face, you'd better persuade the emperor."

Yang Tinghe said, "I will go, but the emperor's temper also knows that it may not be useful. Let the emperor prepare first. Didn't Wang Qiong Shangshu say that Wang Shouren could quickly capture King Ning? If that's the case, then the emperor may have no reason to go to the south at that time.

In the morning, Wang Shouren walked out of the second door of the inner house in a uniform. Zhu's wife led her son Zhengxian out of the door. Wu Wending, a magistrate who is also dressed in military uniform, and a group of local officials have been waiting outside the door.

Wang Shouren asked Wu Wending, " Shi Tai, are you ready?"

Wu Wending said, "Just wait for the governor's order."

Wang Shouren said, "Madam, take care. Do everything as I was told last night.

Zhu Shi said, "Sir, don't worry. On the Ganjiang River, my concubine and Zhengxian have encountered a crisis, and it doesn't matter if they do it again. In the face of danger, my concubine still knows this point of righteousness.

Wu Wending looked around and said, "Captain, why are you piling so much firewood by the courtyard wall?"

Wang Shouren smiled indifferently and said, "Oh, I ordered them to pile firewood around the official office. If something happens to us on the front line, Ji'an Mansion will be difficult to protect. At that time, the wife would order the domestic slave to light firewood in order to achieve benevolence. Well, Qianzhi also moved his family members into the office, not only as a companion with Qiannei, but also agreed on the national disaster of coexistence.

Only then did Wu Wending notice that Zou Shouyi was whispering comforting a young woman holding a child in the yard. Although young women dress well and behave quietly, tears keep flowing.

Wang Maozhong, a white-haired official, stepped forward and said with emotion, "Captain Wang is a sincere heart for the country, and heaven and man learn from each other. Heaven has eyes. I believe that this time I will be able to defeat the rebels and restore the society.

Wang Shouren smiled and said, "Oh! Don't be so solemn and nervous. Don't worry, Wang will go north and will definitely capture King Ning alive. At that time, he will drink a celebration wine with you.

All the township officials bowed together and said, "May the governor win and triumph as soon as possible!"

Wang Shouren was meeting with the generals of the state government in the camp, and the officials saw him in turn.

"Dai Deru, the governor of Linjiang, visited the governor!"

"Xu Yan, the governor of Yuanzhou, saw the governor!"

"Ganzhou magistrate Xing Xun and Ganzhou Weidu command Yu En to see the governor!"

"Hu Yaoyuan and Tong Qi, the general judge of Ruizhou, was sent by Lord Zhao, and came to obey the order."

"Li Mei of Xinganzhi County, Li Zhen of Taihe Zhi County, Wang Tianyu of Ningdu Zhi County, and Huang Mian of Wan'an Zhi County see the governor!"

When Wang Shouren saw it, he said happily, "Okay, you are brave enough to go to the national disaster, and your loyalty is commendable! The governor has reported the rebellion of King Ning to the court, and the court will soon send all kinds of troops to suppress it. However, as local officials in Jiangxi, we can't wait for the imperial army, but do our best to do our best to restore the country and Li people live in peace as soon as possible before the arrival of the rebels. Ladies and gentlemen, what's a good idea for begging for thieves? You might as well say it and listen to it."

Xing Xun, the governor of Ganzhou, stepped forward and said, "Captain, I'm also your old subordinate. Just say something from the bottom of your heart. It is reported that there are 70 to 80,000 subordinates of King Ning, and more than 10,000 people left in Nanchang alone. And the number of people we are gathering now is only 15,000, and their strength is very different. Therefore, the subordinates believed that they should take a defensive posture and set up defenses on the front line of Zhangshu and Fengcheng, waiting for the arrival of the main force of the imperial court before joining forces to attack it.

"I have a different opinion!" Xu Li, the governor of Yuanzhou, came out and said, "If we wait for the main force of the court to come, it will take at least two or three months. At that time, King Ning has already known how many cities have been harmed. Therefore, I think that I should take the initiative to attack, go down the river and chase Ning Wang's buttocks. When he arrived in Nanjing, we fought in Nanjing and annihilated the king of Ning on the Yangtze River with the main force of the imperial court.

Wu Wending, the governor of Ji'an, said: "Lord Xu's idea of taking the initiative is good. However, the king of Ning has occupied Jiujiang and Nankang, which poses a great threat on my side. If we catch up regardless of the consequences, we will inevitably suffer from the enemy. At that time, the consequences will be unimaginable. Governor, do you think...?"

Wang Shouren said very calmly: "I think it is not advisable to take a defensive posture, which means that we have done nothing and gathered troops in vain; and it is not advisable for soldiers to go out of Poyang Lake, go down the river and directly attack King Ning directly, which will make us suffer from the enemy and lose our advance and retreat. Therefore, I thought that I should directly attack Nanchang Province, first take down the nest of the king of Ning, force him to return for help, and then annihilate it by the camera during his movement.

Wu Wending said with approval: "What the governor saw is extremely good. It is reported that when the king of Ning passed by Anqing, Zhang Wenjin, the governor of Anqing, and Yang Rui, the garrison commanded Yang Rui to deliberately let the soldiers scold the king of Ning on the wall. The king of Ning was enraged and is now commanding the soldiers to attack Anqing. However, Anqing has been preparing for war for more than 20 days and can't be attacked overnight. If Nanchang is lost and the nest of King Ning is lost, his military heart will certainly be greatly shaken. If he returns to the division for rescue, he will limit the battlefield to Jiangxi, then the disaster of knives and soldiers in the whole world will be much smaller.

Wang Shouren said: "The analysis of Wu Zhifu is very reasonable. Everyone, please don't be scared by the large number of Ning Wang's troops. Although our army has been temporarily gathered from various prefectures and counties, in the past two years, after the actual test of extermination of mountain thieves, they are all veterans who can fight. Although you are mostly civil officials, you have been very rich in practical command in the past two years. And King Ning's troops are still essentially a group of bandits and bandits and have not gone through a big battle, so we don't have to be afraid of their large number. As long as our army is disciplined and act together, it is possible not only to take Nanchang, but also to completely defeat King Ning.

Xing Xun said, "Dongdu, after you said this, the subordinate is much more at ease. To be honest, there were so many bandits and bandits in Nan'an and Ganzhou at the beginning, and their scalps were numb when they remembered, but after you came, only a few months, they were all wiped out. In this way, King Ning's 70,000 or 80,000 troops can't stand your stir-frying spoons.

Wang Shouren said seriously, "Xing Zhifu probably thought that the food on the big stove in the barracks was not good, suggesting that the governor would send him a good cook."

When the officials heard this, they laughed and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

Wang Shouren said: "Except for Chen Huai, the governor of Fuzhou, Zeng Ji, the governor of Jianchang, Lin Chengzhi, the governor of Rauzhou, and Zhou Chaozuo, the governor of Guangxin, because the long road has not yet arrived, and the people of the rest of the prefectures and counties have arrived, and we can no longer wait. This governor ordered that all kinds of people from all walks of life be organized into 13 battalions. After lunch today, they will go to Nanchang without any mistakes. Do you understand?"

"The last general is obeyed!"