Chapter 791 sensational
Wang Shouren is indeed a person with intentions. In recent years, although he has been far from Nanchang as governor of Gannan, Wang Shouren has been paying attention to all the actions of King Ning. What Wang Shouren has done by Zhu Chenhao has done is much more detailed than that reported by Nanchang Jinyi Weimen. Although Song Nan knew it would be like this, the blind behavior of thousands of Jinyiwei in Nanchang Prefecture still made Song Nan furious.
"Lord Wang, my men have found that King Ning has many contacts with local officials in Nanjing, Jiangxi and Anhui. The exchanges between them are very close, and most of them are leaders with military power; I don't know if these things are true? As the governor of Gannan, holding two guards and horses in your hand, you must have received special courtesy from King Ning. I don't know what King Ning's intention is to do this?"
"Prince, since you have asked this question, how can you not know what King Ning's intention is? Most of the military and political officials around Jiangxi are guests of the throne of Ning, but Shouren is not among them. Lord Sun Suisun, the governor of Jiangxi, never participated in his banquet and drinking party and did not accept the gold and silver beauties he gave him, which disappointed the prince.
Song Nan sighed and said, "Lord Wang, don't blame me for speaking straightforwardly. Of course, I know that Lord Wang and they are not the same person, otherwise I would not have come to visit today to discuss major plans with you. Tell me, what did Zhu Chenhao do in Jiangxi? Why is it that the outside world calls him virtuous and never listens to him?
Wang Shouren laughed and said, "Although I don't know how to evaluate Zhu Chenhao in the folds reported by Jiangxi officials, I can imagine that there must be many people who praise him as the virtuous king of virtue. I'm afraid there is not even a word of slander. Not to mention the things he did in Jiangxi.
"What did he do?" Song Nan asked.
Wang Shouren stroked his long bere and said slowly: "King Ning seized the fertile land around Nanchang, monopolizing the fertile land around Nanchang Prefecture, monopolizing the trade of rice, tea and salt in Jiangxi, and agating countless wealth. Have you reported these things to the Jinyiwei government?
Song Nan slowly shook her head and said, "There has been a rumor in recent years, and the report of Nanchang Jinyiwei Qianhu government is not very clear. It seems that there is something wrong with Nanchang's Jinyiwei government.
Wang Shouren smiled and said, "I'm not surprised at all. Although the Jinyiwei Office of Nanchang Mansion is under the jurisdiction of the Lord, it is under the jurisdiction of Ningwang Mansion. If you think that your office is a piece of iron plate, it's too naive."
Song Nan sighed, "What else? These alone are nothing. It's nothing new for the local vassals to gather their wealth and occupy the fertile land. In the final analysis, this matter is actually not a big deal.
Wang Shouren smiled and said, "The prince wants to know some shocking news. OK, Shouren will tell you some shocking news. Wang Zhe, the imperial historian who inspected Jiangxi, died suddenly at the end of last year. It is no wonder that the prince of the country was fighting with the Tatar in the northwest at that time, and he would not have noticed the death of a small imperial historian; but I know that Wang Zhe's death has another hidden story.
Song Nan doesn't know who Wang Zhe is at all. The official position is also one of the civil servants. Even if Song Nan knows about the death of an ordinary civil official, he will not care about it. However, hearing Wang Shouren say so, it is obvious that this matter is extraordinary.
"Does it have anything to do with King Ning?"
Wang Shouren said with sarcasm: "The prince's hands and eyes are open, but within the sphere of influence of King Ning in Nanchang Prefecture, he has become deaf and blind. Wang Zhe died after returning from the banquet at King Ning's Palace. Although the body was soon buried, his family leaked news that Wang Zhe's face was dark and he was poisoned before his death.
Song Nan said horrified, "You mean that King Ning invited him to the banquet and then openly poisoned him? How dare he do this in broad daylight? But what is this for?"
"For what? Wang Zhe wrote a letter about the king of Ning's embezzlement and enrichment of the fertile land. The court did not respond to this matter, but the king of Ning got the news, so he was poisoned. Isn't this reason enough?
Song Nan was stunned. In any case, he didn't expect that Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, was so bold that he had openly killed local officials. It can be seen that within the scope of the Ning Wangfu, the king of Ning was already a local emperor.
What surprised was later, and Wang Shouren's fierce news continued: "Hu Shining, the deputy inspector of Jiangxi, wrote a letter to impeach the king of Ning in Jiangxi. The king of Ning falsely falsely slandered the public and arrested him and sent him to prison. It was the brocade guard of your Nanchang Jinyi Guard Gate. Hu Shining did not escort him to Beijing on the pretext of the complexity of the case. So far, he is still imprisoned in the prison of Nanchang Jinyiwei Yamen, and I don't know whether he is dead or alive.
"Dai Yisu, the commander of Nanchang Weidu, did not get along well with Zhu Chenhao. He once denounced Chen Hao for his different aspirations. At the last year, the bandits in Poyang Lake were rampant and failed repeatedly. Ning then reported that he was associated with the lake bandits. Dai Yi was beheaded in prison. 16 people in the whole family were accused of bandits, and none of them were spared."
"Fan Luo, the governor of Nanchang, once talked about the establishment of the royal palace of the King of Ning in private, saying that it was overly and did not conform to etiquette and law. The king of Ning learned that a few days later, two court officials were pulled out of the government office and beaten by unidentified people and received death threats. The two officials had to leave Nanchang, and they couldn't perform their duties where the government office was. Do you think it's a big joke?
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Wang Shouren's narrative, Song Nan became more and more shocked. Although he knew that Ning Wang's generous appearance was an appearance, he did not expect this person to be domineering like this. In this way, the jurisdiction of Ning Wangfu has become a country in the country. Zhu Chenhao can kill in his small kingdom without scruples, which sounds a little It's incredible, but since Wang Shouren said it by name, it must not be a lie.
"The Duke has stood firm. In addition to the above, I have a bigger secret to tell you. Ningwang Mansion has made countless fortunes and has businesses in Fujian, Guangdong Province. It is nominally buying and selling cotton and hemp grain and other businesses. Do you know what they secretly bought?
Song Nan said hoarsely, "According to my investigation, it also buys leather armor and gold and iron things there."
Wang Shouren sneered and said, "After all, your brocade guard government still has some ability. He bought a leather gold iron, and the use is self-evident. It is a necessity for building leather armor weapons. In addition, he also bought a firearm called Folang machine and firearm bought from the vassal merchants. Although the purchased are all parts, there is an assembly machine in Nanchang Mansion. Structure, assembled and built day and night without extinguishing lights. Is this what a prince should do?
Song Nan gritted his teeth and said, "This is scheme, and it's almost a fore."
Wang Shouren said again, "Do you know the reason for the endless banditry in Jiangxi? Five hundred lake bandits such as Poyang Lake bandits Ling 11 and Min 24; more than 100 thieves in southern Gannan thieves Yang Qing, Li Fu and Wang Ru; more than 200 people such as Li Zhen, Zhou Boling and Wu 38; even some mountain bandits in Guangxi and mountain bandits in Zhangzhou, Tingzhou, Fujian Province and other places have been linked. The reason why these bandits have been repeatedly suppressed is that there are King Ning intervened in it; provided supplies and reported the news. Dai Yi, the commander of Nanchang Weidu, was depressing the bandits halfway and colluding with the bandits. His actions were known to the bandits in advance. How can there be no reason not to fail? After that, the bandits released rumors that Dai Yi had received their silver liang, which is the so-called Dai Yi collusion with the lake bandits. I don't think the prince of these.
The shock in Song Nan's heart is beyond words. Zhu Chenhao is not only bold, but also the intention of colluding to protect these gangs and gangs is self-evident. This is to search for local armed forces for himself. At the critical time, these bandits are his death squads; the bandits are rampant, coupled with the power of King Qing Palace, which is why Zhu Chenhao can be strong. One of the reasons why local officials are silent. Whoever dares to talk too much is afraid that Zheng Yue was generally pulled out of the government in broad daylight and beaten and expelled. After that, he was pushed to the bandits.
The reason why Zhu Chenhao accumulates money crazily is that he urgently needs a large amount of silver, not only to support the expenses of these bandits under his protection, but also to purchase a large amount of armament materials, which are very expensive.
The current situation is that the actual situation is much worse than they thought. The results of Hou Dabiao, Sun Xuan and others are also nothing, which is limited to fur. After all, it is a peripheral investigation and cannot go deep inside. So far, there has been no report about the king of Ning. Obviously, Nanchang Jinyiwei Qianhu does not belong to him. A big problem is that Nanchang Jinyiwei Qianhu has definitely needed the assistance of Nanchang Jinyiwei Qianhu Yamen when the Fusi of Nanchang has privately investigated the king of Ning, that is to say, if Nanchang Jinyiwei has He became Zhu Chenhao's minion, and his secret investigation of Zhu Chenhao will definitely be known by King Ning.
This man's city is difficult. He secretly exposed his background, but he didn't move. Seeing that he was also as enthusiastic as ever, he was a brother. Looking back on the situation he met with him during this period, Song Nan was sweating all over, and Zhu Chenhao was too calm.
But there is still a huge question in Song Nan's heart that has not been answered. Since Zhu Chenhao is so high-profile in Nanchang and Wang Shouren also knows so much detail, why didn't anyone report what he did to the court? If Zhengde knew about this, how could he say something, and how could he not say anything at all? He also broke the news that day, and the emperor was shocked when he heard it. Zhengde did not seem to show himself. Obviously, he did not know what Zhu Chenhao had done, that is to say, he did not receive any report about Zhu Chenhao's behavior in Jiangxi.
Song Nan did not hesitate to throw this question to Wang Shouren. Wang Shouren laughed and said, "I knew there was such a question, but I can't answer you. This matter is not only you, but I also think it's strange. How could no one report this matter? Even I myself have reported it several times; Sun Sui, the governor of Jiangxi, submitted it seven times, but there was no response. As an official from Beijing, we have neither the right to see nor the court, so we can only use the memorial to report this matter. The strangeness of this matter still needs the prince to relieve my doubts.
A flash of lightning flashed in Song Nan's heart, and he basically understood why things were so strange.