Smuggling Daming

In the Leopard Room in the Imperial City of Beijing, Zhengde once again summoned Li Dongyang and other cabinet ministers to discuss matters.It is strange to say that Zhengde used to stay in the leopard room every day to have fun, and all government affairs were handed over to the cabinet and the supervisor for joint management. However, since Zhou Zhong came to the capital last time, Zhengde called Li Dongyang and others to the capital for the first time. After the Leopard Room discussion, for the next period of time, he would convene cabinet discussions almost every two days, which made Li Dongyang and others feel a little strange and vigilant, worried that Zhengde would weaken the power of the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, the leader of the rebels in Bazhou, Qi Yanming, fled to Jinan Prefecture. After reuniting with the rebel Yang Hu, he raised his flag to rebel again. Now he has even descended to Zhangqiu and other counties, and then the soldiers pointed directly at Jinan. Fortunately, the reinforcements arrived in time. Only then did Jinan City not fall into the hands of the rebels, and now Lu Ming, the governor of Shandong, has sent a distress letter to the imperial court, asking His Majesty to send troops to wipe out the rebels!" Li Dongyang was the first to report.

During this period of time, Li Dongyang's life was not easy. He had just quelled the rebellion in Bazhou. He didn't expect that Qi Yanming would go to Shandong to rebel again, and the momentum was bigger than before. This made him quite a headache. Fortunately, Jinan He was not defeated by this gang of rebels, otherwise, if he really made this gang of rebels bigger, I am afraid that he, the chief assistant, would have succeeded.

However, what Li Dongyang and others did not expect was that when Zhengde heard the news, he suddenly burst into laughter, and after a while he said: "It seems that what Zhou Zhong said before is indeed true. To wipe out Liu Liu and Liu Qi within time, and let Yang Hu join them together, the situation will probably be worse than it is now. Fortunately, Liu Liu and Liu Qi, the two main anti-thief leaders, are dead now. The rest Qi Yanming and Yang Hu colluded together, and they haven't even captured Jinan City, so I'm afraid they won't be able to cause any big disturbances in the end!"

Hearing that Zhengde suddenly mentioned that Zhou Zhongyi advocated vigorously to wipe out Liu Liu and Liu Qi, Li Dongyang and the others were also secretly glad in their hearts. Fortunately, they were not too opposed to this matter, so that Shenying was able to lead the troops smoothly. The rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi has been quelled, otherwise, if it is really the place to counter the rebellion as they suggested before, then Liu Liu and Liu Qi will definitely be difficult to wipe out in a short time, coupled with the arrival of Shandong Yang Hu.I'm afraid it will increase the momentum of the rebels even more.Leaving aside whether the rebellion can be suppressed at that time, some of them must be responsible for this matter. After all, it is their wrong decision-making that makes Liu Liu and Liu Qi big.

Thinking of this, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others all looked at each other with a little bit of fear in their eyes, and at the same time, they were a little more grateful to Zhou Zhong in their hearts.They all praised His Majesty for his wisdom. After all, although Zhou Zhong put forward the suggestion, it was Zhengde who made the final decision, so the greatest credit should go to Zhengde.

Zhu Houzhao has been on the throne for so long, this is one of the few times he has heard his ministers sincerely praise him for his wisdom, which makes him very proud.But it didn't take long for him to be proud.But Yang Tinghe stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although Qi Yanming and Yang Hu can't cause any disturbances, Jinan Prefecture has suffered greatly from it, and countless people have been displaced due to the war. Therefore, the most important thing now is to quickly calm down the situation. A rebellion, and then send officials to resettle the refugees, so as not to cause more damage!"

Hearing Yang Tinghe's words, Li Dongyang and others also nodded.Among them, the cabinet minister Liu Zhong stood up and suggested: "Your Majesty, when the Bazhou rebellion was put down before, Bo Shenying of Jingyang used troops to put down the rebellion in just a few days, so the veteran recommended him to lead troops to put down the rebellion again! "

The last time Zhengde proposed to send Shenying to quell the rebellion, but several cabinet ministers objected. Unexpectedly, less than a month later, as a cabinet minister, Liu Zhong started to propose to let Shenying go to quell the rebellion. I guess He also wanted to put down the rebellion as soon as possible, and then promote the corn and sweet potatoes as soon as possible, so that not only can they leave their names in history, but also stabilize the country of Ming Dynasty, so they don't have to worry about it like they are now.

Zhengde heard Liu Zhong's suggestion, but frowned and said: "Liu Aiqing doesn't know something. When Zhou Zhong left Beijing, I promised him that after Shenying put down the rebellion in Bazhou, I would send him Shenying was transferred to work under him, after all he doesn't have much experience in leading the army, I feel relieved to have Shenying help me, so I'm afraid Shenying won't be able to go this time."

Hearing that Zhengde actually wanted to send Shenying to help Zhou Zhong, Liu Zhong didn't insist anymore. After all, Shenying wasn't the only military general in Ming Dynasty, and finding a general to counter the rebellion wasn't too difficult.

Seeing Liu Zhonggang backing down, Li Dongyang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the rebellion in Jinan must be put down as soon as possible, otherwise the bandits will only become powerful, so we must send a capable general to lead the army. , Xianning Bo Qiuyue was transferred back to the capital to take charge of the [-] Battalion for his meritorious deeds, Your Majesty might as well send this person to suppress the rebellion!"

Hearing that Li Dongyang recommended Qiu Yue, Zhengde was also overjoyed and said: "Li Aiqing's words are very much in line with my wishes. Qiu Yue is a man who can endure and is very good at seizing the opportunity. He is a rare general. If he leads troops to suppress the rebellion , I am relieved."

Before Liu Jin fell from power, the Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu of Ningxia rebelled. After killing the general soldier of Ningxia, he forced other generals to rebel with him. Before Qing and Liu Yong's anti-rebellion army reached Ningxia, King Anhua's rebellion was put down by Qiu Yue. Later, he was promoted to the general soldier of Ningxia and named Xianning Bo as a reward for his meritorious deeds.Later, when Liu Jin fell from power, Zhengde transferred Qiu Yue back to the capital to take charge of the [-] Battalion. From this, Zhengde valued and trusted Qiu Yue, so he was so happy to hear that Li Dongyang recommended Qiu Yue.

Seeing that both Zhengde and Li Dongyang agreed to send Qiu Yue to suppress the rebellion, Yang Tinghe and others did not object, so the matter was settled like this. Then Zhengde asked with great concern about the preparation of the fields for planting corn and sweet potatoes Originally, there were not many seeds for corn and sweet potatoes, so Zhou Zhong planted them in Huangzhuang for a year, but the cabinet was worried, so they specially sent officials to supervise the matter, and even managed the preparations for planting corn and sweet potatoes in a pretentious manner. Work, and now Zhengde doesn't know the preparations for his Huangzhuang. Instead, he still needs to ask the cabinet.

Regarding the preparation of the fields, the cabinet minister Liu Zhong has the most say. This is because several cabinet ministers feel that the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes is extremely important, and it is necessary to assign a person from the cabinet to manage this matter, among them Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe He was so busy with government affairs that he couldn't spare time, so he finally chose Liu Zhong and let him take care of this matter. This also made Liu Zhong excited for several days, because if this matter is done, it will be a shame to leave a name in history. Just a breeze.

At that moment, Liu Zhong stood up and reported the preparation of the field to Zhengde and other cabinet ministers. It can be said that Liu Zhong also made great efforts for this matter. During this time, he almost ran all over the Huangzhuang around the capital. Finally, some of the most fertile lands were selected. Now those lands and manpower have been prepared, and the corn and sweet potatoes can be planted immediately in the next spring.

Zhengde, Li Dongyang and others were also very satisfied with Liu Zhong's preparations, and then they discussed several important government affairs. At this time, Zhengde felt a little bored, so he asked Li Dongyang and the others not to play any more. The cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies can discuss it and do it.

After being kicked out of the leopard room by Zhengde, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and other cabinet ministers walked together, and Liang Chu, who was in the center, spoke first: "Everyone, your majesty has been acting a little abnormally these days, and he will call every two days. We enter the palace to discuss matters, and we will also express our own views on some government affairs, and even make some decisions, what do you think?"

Hearing Liang Chu's words, the younger Yang Tinghe also frowned and said: "What Mr. Liang said is very true. Yang also feels that His Majesty has started to care about the government recently. I don't know if you have noticed. This change of His Majesty is exactly the same. After Zhou Zhong was promoted to Admiral of the World, His Majesty suddenly began to care about government affairs."

Hearing that Yang Tinghe actually mentioned Zhou Zhong, Liang Chu, Liu Zhong and the others were taken aback for a moment, and then they thought about it seriously, and found that, as Yang Tinghe said, the change of His Majesty the Emperor came from Zhou Zhong began to appear after entering Beijing, which made Liu Zhong and others feel a strange feeling in their hearts. Could it be that Zhou Zhong said something in front of His Majesty, which made His Majesty cheer up, and planned to follow the example of the one who had not spoken for three years? , the blockbuster King Zhuang of Chu?

Thinking of this, Liu Zhong, Liang Chu and others all looked at Yang Tinghe, but their eyes were full of complexity. If Zhengde really cheered up, it would be a good thing and a bad thing for them. You don’t have to worry about powerful ministers like Liu Jin anymore, but the bad thing is that if the emperor is in power, the power in the cabinet will inevitably be weakened. Even if Zhengde is in power and still messing around like before, it may bring greater disasters to Ming Dynasty, so In contrast, many of them feel that it is better for Zhengde not to be in charge of the government.

"Li Gong, what do you think of His Majesty's current behavior?" At this time, Yang Tinghe found that Li Dongyang, who was walking among the crowd, had not expressed any opinion on this matter, which made him couldn't help stepping forward and asking, the gazes of Liu Zhong and others At this time, they all concentrated on Li Dongyang.

However, after Li Dongyang heard this, he stopped to look at the crowd and said with a smile: "Everyone, how could your majesty think that we courtiers can speculate on our own? Everyone should perform their duties and do their part well." !"

After saying the above words, Li Dongyang didn't wait for everyone's reaction, and immediately left without looking back. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)