In 1519, the ambitious King of Ning, Jiangxi, Zhu Chenhao, openly killed the imperial court officials and led his warriors to stir up trouble. Zhu Houzhao, who was bent on making meritorious achievements, immediately decided to march on the royal conquest. The other ministers quickly spoke out against it, the emperor's expedition was not a good thing, and at any time it could completely destabilize the imperial court. The ministers painstakingly advised, but Zhu Houzhao did not listen to them at all.
In the end, Zhu Houzhao tried his best to defy the public opinion and personally led a large army from the capital, like a sightseeing tour, and went to quell the chaos. Normally, when generals lead soldiers to fight, they are not allowed to bring their families. However, Zhu Houzhao did not have such taboos, and he also made an appointment with his favorite concubine to meet in Luhe. Before the two separated, they used a hairpin as a keepsake, which seemed to be romantic.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao, who was careless, accidentally lost the hairpin on the road. He felt that he did not have the face to see the pet concubine, so he stopped and asked the warriors to help him find the hairpin. When Zhu Houzhao rushed to Zhuozhou with a large army, a message suddenly came. Wang Yangming, the inspector of Nangan, had actually defeated King Ning and captured him alive. In other words, Zhu Houzhao had mobilized the masses, and before he could start fighting, he was already victorious in the front.
Zhu Houzhao did not want to go back with a gray face, so he hid the good news and continued to lead the army forward. After arriving at Yangzhou Capital, Zhu Houzhao did not want to deal with the affairs of the imperial court, but only took some servants out to hunt every day. In fact, when Zhu Houzhao was playing wantonly, Wang Yangming's side had already sent the culprit of the rebellion, King Ning, to Nanjing. According to the normal procedure, Zhu Houzhao should accept the captivity and reward Wang Yangming.
However, Zhu Houzhao did not play his cards according to the routine and refused to accept the captives. Wang Yangming thought about it here, and finally figured out Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, and quickly counted all the credit to the head of the great general Zhu Shou. Zhu Shou is actually Zhu Houzhao himself, but he has taken a pseudonym. Zhu Houzhao accepted the captivity, but the matter did not end there.
After the failed rebellion of Zhu Chenhao, the King of Ning, Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty let it go and recaptured it. To put it simply, Zhu Houzhao felt that there was no sense of accomplishment in directly taking prisoners, so he put on a good military uniform and let people set up a position, and put the shackles on the body of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, and placed them in the circle surrounded by warriors. After cutting the drums and sounding the gold, the soldiers rushed up and arrested King Ning and put him in chains. Since then, Zhu Houzhao has been completely satisfied and led people home triumphantly.