Chapter 196: The Wind Rises
Jiang Bin, whose name is Wenyi, is a native of Xuanfu in the border town, and was originally a small leader of the border army. This man was so brave that he was struck by three arrows in a campaign to suppress a peasant uprising, one of which pierced his cheek, but he pulled out the arrow and continued the battle.
Later, Jiang Bin took the path of Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and was summoned by Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde, and then began to make a fortune, staying by Emperor Zhengde's side.
Once in the leopard room, Emperor Zhengde tried to fight the tiger because of his competitiveness, but he was almost bitten by a tiger at the beginning, and he yelled at Qian Ning to save him in a hurry, but Qian Ning did not dare to step forward because he was afraid, only Jiang Bin bravely rushed forward to save Emperor Zhengde.
From then on, Emperor Zhengde appreciated Jiang Bin even more, and began to alienate Qian Ning, and gradually, Jiang Bin's limelight had overshadowed his benefactor Qian Ning. Qian Ning was naturally unhappy and began to take action to rectify Jiang Bin, but Jiang Bin was worried that he was alone in the capital and was not Qian Ning's opponent, so he instigated Emperor Zhengde to transfer the border army into Beijing.
Emperor Zhengde was very martial, and when he heard Jiang Bin say that the border army was brave and fierce, and its combat effectiveness far exceeded that of the Beijing camp by ten times, he ignored the opposition of the ministers and transferred the border soldiers of the four towns of Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong and Yansui into the capital and handed them over to Jiang Bin under the command of Jiang Bin.
As a result, Jiang Bin held the military power of the four foreign armies, and had the emperor's favor, which was like a tiger's wings, and since then he no longer birded Qian Ning, and even worked against Qian Ning.
Qian Ning is not a good bird, and this Jiang Bin is not a good stubble, after being favored, he flew high and domineering, and did a lot of bad things that angered people and resented people.
In order to consolidate his position, Jiang Bin did everything possible to persuade Emperor Zhengde to tour the north, saying that there were many beauties in Xuanfu, and they could command the border army on the spot.
So Emperor Zhengde ignored the opposition of his ministers, took a group of cronies to the border town, and built a general's mansion in Xuanfu, proclaimed himself the mighty general Zhu Shou, and lived here for many years.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month of the thirteenth year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of Zhengde, who had been stranded in the border town for more than a year, finally led his troops back to the capital.
On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Jiang Bin returned to the mansion from the leopard room, bathed and changed clothes under the service of his wife and concubine, and began to meet with the subordinates and gift-giving officials who came to visit.
It is said that at this time, Jiang Bin has been named Pingyubo, and he is also the right governor of the Governor of the Five Armies, and he holds the military power of the four armies, which can be described as powerful, and he is in the limelight for a while.
However, Jiang Bin didn't have the slightest joy at the moment, he had a straight face, and the scars left by the arrows on both cheeks were slightly purple, which looked a little scary, and the people in the mansion didn't even dare to come out.
It turned out that not long ago, Jiang Bin's nemesis Qian Ning proposed in front of Emperor Zhengde that King Ning's eldest son would be in charge of Sixiang Taimiao for the spring festival after the year, and Emperor Zhengde agreed.
According to the usual practice, the duties of Sixiang Taimiao are actually held by the crown prince, but Emperor Zhengde is nearly thirty years old this year, and he still has no heirs under his knees, so the position of the prince has been vacant.
Now Qian Ning proposed to let the prince of Ning perform his duties on behalf of the crown prince, obviously wanting to push the prince of Ning to become the heir to inherit the unification, but Emperor Zhengde agreed.
Jiang Bin was naturally very unhappy, and had a strong sense of crisis, you must know that King Ning and Qian Ning are in the same group, if the prince of Ning is allowed to sit on the throne in the future, then Jiang Bin will naturally have no good fruit to eat.
Jiang Bin knows Qian Ning's ruthlessness very well, once Qian Ning gains power, he is afraid that he will end up in the destruction of his family, so how can he be happy at this time?
"General, Xiao Huai, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, is visiting!"
At this time, the housekeeper came in with a letter of worship and respectfully handed it to Jiang Bin.
"Call him in!" Jiang Bin said casually, suddenly excited, waved his hand and said, "Wait, who did you just say is visiting?" ”
The housekeeper said cautiously: "Lord Xiao Huai Xiao, the right capital of the Imperial Palace!" ”
"It's him!" Jiang Bin showed a strange look on his face, and said hesitantly: "Let him in!" ”
In other words, the responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to supervise, impeach, and make recommendations, which is equivalent to the current procuratorate, which is responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, and has considerable power, which is equivalent to the status of the six ministries. The officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all called speech officials, and they are known as professional "trolls" with licenses, and even the emperor dares to play the book when he makes mistakes.
After Jiang Bin was favored, he was arrogant, and naturally let the officials spray, and some honest officials even impeached Jiang Bin, gritting his teeth and asking Emperor Zhengde to kill the traitor Jiang Bin and rob his home.
Therefore, Jiang Bin hated these speech officials very much, and today he actually ran a speech official to visit, Jiang Bin naturally felt that the sun came out of the west, and Jiang Bin clearly remembered that Xiao Huai, the right capital, had also impeached himself in the book.
Soon, a middle-aged man in civilian clothes was brought in, it was Xiao Huai, the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Xiao Huai is about 50 years old, with a square face and a broad forehead, and a long beard under his chin.
"Xiao has seen Commander Jiang!" Xiao Huai arched his hand proudly.
Civil officials have always looked down on martial artists, although Jiang Bin is now powerful, Xiao Yushi's words and deeds still carry a kind of literati arrogance.
Jiang Bin glanced at the small burden that Xiao Huai was carrying, with a hint of ridicule on his face, and said lightly: "Xiao Yushi won't come to give a New Year's gift to this general, isn't he afraid of damaging his reputation?" ”
Xiao Huai said indifferently: "Xiao is indeed here to give a gift, but it is not a New Year's gift, but a gift that is beneficial to Jiangshan Sheji!" ”
Jiang Bin's heart moved, and he said hesitantly: "Then Xiao Yushi should take it to the emperor, why did he come to General Ben?" ”
Xiao Huai said lightly: "This official wants to personally dedicate himself to the emperor, but the emperor has been living in the leopard room since returning from the northern tour, and it is not something that the minister can see if he wants to." ”
A hint of pride flashed in Jiang Bin's eyes, now the only ones who can freely enter and leave the leopard room to meet the Son of Heaven are himself and a few favored eunuchs, and even Qian Ning has to wait for the emperor to summon him.
"What's in the baggage? Open it up and let General Ben see what kind of treasure it is! Jiang Bin took a sip of tea for a long time.
Xiao Huai glanced left and right and was silent, Jiang Bin suddenly understood, and all the people in the hall retreated.
Xiao Huai slowly opened the baggage, Jiang Bin was still joking, but when he saw the things in the baggage, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he was so shocked that he immediately stood up......
Half an hour later, Xiao Huai left Jiangfu empty-handed.
On the twentieth day of the thirteenth year of Zhengde, Xiao Huai, the imperial historian, wrote a letter to impeach King Ning, and the book of nearly 10,000 words detailed the various illegal crimes of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning.
On the day that Xiao Huai's recital was delivered to Emperor Zhengde's desk, Jiang Bin then carried a jade seal into the leopard's room to meet the Son of Heaven......
On the 25th day of the lunar month, Emperor Zhengde ordered Yang Ting, a cabinet scholar, to remove the three guards of the Ning Wangfu on the same day, and sent Cui Yuan, the commander of the attached horse, Lai Yi, and Gu Yishou, the imperial historian of Zuodu, to Nanchang to proclaim the decree, and investigate and verify the illegal acts of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning. Jingzhong instantly set off an uproar!
On the day that the holy decree of Emperor Zhengde has not been drawn up, a fast horse rushed out of the capital in the wind and snow, and there were special post stations along the way......