Smuggling Daming

Out of some need, Zhou Zhong’s later generations beautified almost all the people or things related to the rebellion in history, but the facts are the facts, and no matter how beautified some things are, they can’t cover up the essence of these things In fact, people like Huang Chao and Li Zicheng actually caused more damage to the society at that time than they contributed, and countless ordinary people died at their hands. Shaped into a national hero.

The influence of Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion is far from comparable to those of Li Zicheng. In the entire history of China, they can only be regarded as one of the many small and medium-sized rebellions. The duration is not short, a full three years.

But don't underestimate this rebellion. It was the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi that caused the domestic situation to deteriorate sharply in the later period of Zhengde's reign, and the financial situation was even more messy. And others set a bad example by coercing ordinary people to join their rebel ranks, which led to a rapid increase in the number of rebels in a short period of time, and at the same time caused countless families to be destroyed, causing huge damage to society.

Speaking of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, they were not good people in the first place. These two brothers were originally thieves and thieves who ran across Hebei.Don't think that Liu Liu and Liu Qi are chivalrous thieves or righteous thieves. A robber is a robber. They rob wealthy households just to accumulate money for themselves.

When Liu Jin was in power last year, he also wanted to make some political achievements.So the censor was sent to arrest the thieves in the towns around the capital and clean up the local law and order. As a result, Liu Liu and Liu Qi's family was arrested by the government because of their involvement, and another thief leader Qi Yanming was also arrested, so Liu Liu and Liu Qi Qi Yanming was rescued by leading people to rob prison, but he failed to find his family members. The government was furious and beheaded all Liu Liu and Liu Qi's family members. One of his subordinates raised the flag to rebel.

The above is how Liu Liu and Liu Qi rebelled.Moreover, they also chose a good place. Although Bazhou was close to the capital, Daming practiced horse administration in this area. Many local farmers became horse households. These horse households had to bear extremely heavy corvees in order to raise good horses.Life is also very difficult, plus the people in Hebei area are tough, and they have long been dissatisfied with the government, so Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion banner was just set up, and thousands of people soon gathered to follow the rebellion.

Liu Liu and Liu Qi took the first thousand people as the foundation, coercing other ordinary people to rebel with them.As a result, the number of rebels snowballed, and the local government couldn't stop it.This was reported to the imperial court. When Zhengde and the others received the news, Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebel team had gathered 6000 to [-] people. It can be said that it has become popular in Bazhou. If Bazhou develops outward, it will be really unimaginable at that time.

Think of the heavy blow Liu Liu and Liu Qi brought to Ming society.Even countless people from Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places were involved, Zhou Zhong was also very anxious.I wish I could give orders instead of Zhengde, and directly mobilize the army to trap Liu Liu and Liu Qi to death in Bazhou. Unfortunately, in the current hall, he has the lowest status, and it is not his turn to speak, so Zhou Zhong can only act in a hurry.

I saw that after Zhengde heard about the rebellion in Bazhou, his face showed a dismissive expression. After all, Daming has been plagued by natural disasters in recent years, and there have been rebellions almost every year, but nothing has happened, so he doesn't care much about it. Li Dongyang said: "The rebellion in Bazhou is only a few thousand people, and it won't be able to make a big deal for the time being, so I will discuss it later. Today I invite you to come here to discuss a big matter with you!"

Seeing that Zhengde didn't pay much attention to the affairs of Bazhou, Li Dongyang and the others looked at each other. They were also a little numb to the domestic rebellion, so they didn't ask any more. When they heard Zhengde say that there was a big event, they saw Yang Tinghe He said: "Your Majesty, I don't know what is the big deal, that you need to call all the cabinet ministers to discuss it?"

When Zhengde was still the prince, Yang Tinghe was the prince's attendant, and he was an old man in the East Palace. Zhengde also respected him very much. When Liu Jin took power, he was opposed by Yang Tinghe, but even so, Liu Jin did not dare to take it What happened to Yang Tinghe? At most, he was transferred to Nanjing to work, but soon Yang Tinghe was transferred back by Zhengde. From this, it can be seen that Zhengde attaches great importance to him. Relatively open.

"Yang Aiqing, before I talk about this important event, I want to introduce someone to you." Zhengde smiled slightly when he heard this, but he didn't answer Yang Tinghe's words directly, but pointed to Zhou Zhong beside him and said, "This young man His surname is Zhou, his first name is Wenda, and he is the young son-in-law who wrote Journey to the West in the legend, and he is also the son-in-law of Zuodu Censor Wang Lun!"

"Junior Zhou Zhong, I have met all the elders!" Hearing Zhengde's introduction, Zhou Zhong hurriedly stood up and saluted Li Dongyang and others. These people in front of him are not only older than him, but also in charge of the power core of Daming. Everyone His official position is two levels higher than that of his father-in-law, so he dare not lack in etiquette.

When Li Dongyang and the others heard Zhou Zhong's identity, they looked him up and down in surprise, especially Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe. They had been paying attention to Zhou Zhong for a long time, and they even secretly guessed that Zhou Zhong and Emperor Zhengde must have a secret relationship. The so-called Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is probably one of the tools used by His Majesty to make money for himself. I didn't expect to see Zhou Zhong himself here in the Leopard Room today.

"It turns out that Mr. Zhou, who is so talented in the legend, is really so young. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes today, the veteran would really not believe it!" At this time, a cabinet university standing next to Li Dongyang praised him. , like Liang Chu, were newly promoted bachelors recommended by Li Dongyang to join the cabinet after Liu Jin's downfall.

"Thank you for your praise, I'm ashamed of you!" Zhou Zhong naturally didn't know Liu Zhong, but he naturally had to be polite and modest about others' compliments. Although it was very hypocritical, it made Li Dongyang and others have a good impression of him , at least I think he should not be a proud person.

Because Zhengde is here, Zhou Zhong and Li Dongyang stopped talking after a few polite words, and then saw Emperor Zhengde smile and said: "This time, the important matter that I want to discuss with all my lovers is precisely with Mr. Zhou." Related, this year Mr. Zhou took in some Frangji people, but from these Flangji people, he learned that one of the Flangji people, a country named Portugal, was planning to capture the city of Malacca, the gateway to Nanyang, that is, Our vassal state of Ming Dynasty is the Manga Kingdom."

When he said this, Zhengde paused for a moment and then continued: "The city of Malacca has been paying tribute to my Ming Dynasty since it became our ancestor. I don’t care about it, so I decided to dispatch my Daming Navy to aid the city of Malacca, what do you guys think?”

"No, Your Majesty!" As soon as Zhengde's words fell, he was immediately opposed by Li Dongyang, who saw the chief minister of the cabinet say excitedly, "Sun Tzu said: Soldiers are a major event in the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, It must be checked. Thinking that the city of Malacca is far away in Nanyang, if I send troops from Ming Dynasty to help, it must be an expedition. Whether I can defeat the Portuguese is still a second matter. The key is that the food and wages these soldiers and horses need are not small. The state of the treasury really cannot support such a war!"

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang is very clear about the situation of Daming, especially the rebellion of King Anhua has just been quelled, and the consequences of Liu Jin's chaos have made Daming's current treasury extremely empty. It seems that the most important thing for Da Ming now is to recuperate and recuperate. He can only defend against threats from the outside world, and absolutely has no strength to take the initiative to attack.

Regarding Li Dongyang's words, Liang Chu and Liu Zhong immediately agreed. Firstly, they are all recommended by Li Dongyang to join the cabinet. Naturally, they have to stand with Li Dongyang on such a major event. Second, they share the same political views as Li Dongyang. , thinking that the current Daming must never use weapons anymore.

"Your Majesty, I think Li Gong's words are justified. Given the current situation of our Ming Dynasty, it is indeed inappropriate to send troops. However, the city of Malacca can't be ignored. I think Your Majesty can call on all the southern countries to send troops. At that time, Daming will only need to send one or two principals. The Minister of State, just command the troops belonging to the country, and there is no need for me, Ming Dynasty, to send troops in person!" At this time, Yang Tinghe proposed another method, but his method sounds good, but it has a huge problem in operation. Not being able to summon a sufficient army is a big problem, and even if it is called, there are already many conflicts among the various dependent countries. At this time, if their troops are called together, I am afraid that before the Portuguese, the coalition forces will Let's fight first.

Zhengde is well versed in military affairs, and is also shrewd, so he can tell at a glance that Yang Tinghe's idea is bad.However, he was not surprised to see that several cabinet ministers all opposed his sending troops. After all, he knew that this situation would happen, so Zhengde had already discussed it beforehand.

I saw Zhengde glanced at Zhou Zhong at this moment, which made Zhou Zhong understand immediately, and immediately took a step forward to salute Li Dongyang and others again: "Your Majesty is not qualified to intervene in discussions with the elders, but This matter started from below, so please listen to the next words!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )