The later generations where Zhou Chong was located were beautified by almost all the people or things related to rebellion in history for some time, but the facts are facts. No matter how much some things are beautified, they cannot cover up the essence of these things.

The ugliness of people like Huang Chao and Li Zicheng actually caused much damage to society at that time than to contribute, and there were countless ordinary people who died at their hands, but unfortunately, it was due to some need, so they were

Become a national hero.

The influence of the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi is far from comparable to those of Li Zicheng. In the entire Chinese history, they can only be regarded as one of the many inconspicuous small and medium-sized rebellions, and lasted for quite a long time, which lasted for three years.

However, 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. Moreover, Liu Liu Liu Qi was also the one who later Li Zicheng

People set a bad example, that is, to coerce ordinary people to join their rebel team, which caused the number of rebels to increase sharply in a short period of time, and at the same time caused countless families to be destroyed, which caused huge damage to society.

Speaking of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, they are not good people. These brothers are originally thieves Xiangma from the Hebei area. They have more than a dozen brothers under their command and are also considered the number one figure on the Green Forest Road.

Don’t think that Liu Liu and Liu Qi are heroes, righteous thieves, and robbers are robbers. They robbed wealthy families just to accumulate money for themselves, and it is impossible to divide the property they robbed at the risk of their lives.

When Liu Jin was in power last year, he also wanted to make some political achievements. So he sent the censor to arrest thieves in towns around the capital and clean up local public security. As a result, Liu Liu and Liu Qi's family were implicated by them and were captured by the government.

Another leader of the horse, Qi Yanming, was also arrested, so Liu Liu and Liu Qi led people to rob the prison and rescued Qi Yanming, but he failed to ask for his family. The government was furious and beheaded all Liu Liu and Liu Qi's family.

As a result, Liu Liu and Liu Qi were furious and raised their flags to rebel with more than a dozen subordinates.

The above is the rebellion of Liu Liu and Qi, and they also chose a good place. Although Bazhou is close to the capital, the Ming Dynasty implemented horse administration in this area. Many local farmers became horse households, and these horse households wanted to raise good horses.

, burdened with extremely heavy labor service, and life was in a difficult situation. In addition, the people in Hebei were strong. I had long been dissatisfied with the government. Therefore, the banner of Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion was just raised, and thousands of people soon gathered

Follow the rebellion.

Liu Liu and Liu Qi took the first thousand people as the foundation and coerced other ordinary people to rebel with them. As a result, the number of rebels was getting bigger and bigger like snowballs. The local government could not hold it anymore. Then he reported it to the court.

By the time Zhengde and others received the news, Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion team had gathered five or six thousand people. It can be said that it has become a climate in the Bazhou area. If they wait until they meet with Yang Hu from Shandong, then rush out of Bazhou toward

If it develops outside, it would be really unimaginable at that time.

Thinking of the heavy blow that Liu Liu and Liu Qi brought to the Ming society. Even countless people from Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places were involved, Zhou Chong was also anxious and wanted to issue orders on behalf of Zhengde and directly mobilized the army to Liu Liu and Liu Qi.

He was trapped in Bazhou, but unfortunately, he had the lowest status in the hall now, so it was not his turn to speak, so Zhou Chong could only be anxious.

After hearing about the rebellion of Bazhou, Zhengde showed a disdainful expression on his face. After all, there were natural disasters and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, and people rebelled almost every year, but they were not a big deal. Therefore, he didn't care much about Li Dongyang.

He said: "There are only a few thousand rebels in Bazhou, and they cannot become a big climate for the time being, so I will discuss it later. Today I invite you all my dear friends to come here to discuss a major event with you!"

Seeing that Zhengde did not attach importance to Bazhou, Li Dongyang and others looked at each other. They were also a little numb about the domestic rebellion, so they did not ask questions again. When Zhengde said that there was a big thing, he only saw Yang Tinghe.

The interface said: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the big deal is, but I actually need to call all the ministers in the cabinet to discuss?"

When Zhengde was the crown prince, Yang Tinghe was the prince's lecturer. He was also 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.

How about Yang Tinghe? At most, he was transferred to Nanjing to serve, but Yang Tinghe was soon transferred back by Zhengde. From this we can see that Zhengde attaches great importance to him, and this is the relationship between him, so Yang Tinghe also faces Zhengde.

More relaxed.

"Yang Aiqing, before I talk about this big event, I will introduce someone to you." Zhengde heard this and smiled slightly, but did not answer Yang Tinghe's words directly, but pointed to Zhou Chong next to him, "This young man

The man's surname is Zhou and his courtesy name is Wenda, which is the young man who wrote Journey to the West in the legend. He is also the son-in-law of the Zuodu Censor Wang Lun!"

"My younger generation Zhou Chong, I have seen all the masters!" After hearing Zhengde introduce himself, Zhou Chong hurriedly stood up and saluted Li Dongyang and others. The people in front of him were not only older than him, but also in charge of the core of power in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone

His official positions are two levels higher than his father-in-law, so he dare not lack etiquette.

When Li Dongyang and others heard about Zhou Chong's identity, they looked at him up and down in surprise, especially Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe. They have been paying attention to Zhou Chong for a long time, and even secretly speculated that Zhou Chong and Emperor Zhengde must have had secretly.

The so-called Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is probably one of the tools for His Majesty to make money for himself. I didn’t expect to see Zhou Chong himself in the Leopard Room today.

"It turns out that the legendary talented Master Zhou is really so young. If it weren't for what I saw with my own eyes today, the old minister would be a little unbelievable!" At this time, a cabinet university standing next to Li Dongyang praised, "This is called Liu Zhong."

Like Liang Chu, they were all new Grand Secretary recommended to the cabinet by Li Dongyang after Liu Jin fell.

"Thank you for your praise, I'm sorry, I dare not take it!" Zhou Chong naturally didn't know Liu Zhong, but he naturally had to be polite and humble to others for the praise. 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 Chong and Li Dongyang and the others were just polite and stopped talking. Then Emperor Zhengde smiled and said, "This time I want to discuss with you all my dear friends is the major event with Mr. Zhou.

Related, this year, Mr. Zhou took in some Folang Ji people. As a result, from these Folang Ji people, he actually learned that a country named Portugal, among them, was preparing to capture Malacca City, the portal of Nanyang.

Our vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Malacca."

When talking about this, Zhengde paused for a moment and then said: "Malacca City has been tribute to our Ming Dynasty since the time of Chengzu. It is one of our vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. Now it is in trouble. As the emperor of the Sect Master, I naturally cannot keep my eyes open.

I don't care, so I decided to send our Ming Navy to assist Malacca City. I wonder what your dear friends want?"

"Your Majesty, no!" As soon as Zhengde finished speaking, he was immediately opposed by Li Dongyang. The chief minister of the cabinet said excitedly, "Sun Tzu said: War is a major event in the country, a place of life and death, and a way to survive and die.

It is necessary to observe. I think that Malacca City is far away in South China. If our Ming Dynasty sent troops to provide assistance, it would be a labor force to fight. Whether the Portuguese can be defeated is still the second. The key is that the food and wages required by these soldiers will not be a small amount, now

The situation of the treasury really cannot support such a war!”

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Li Dongyang knew very well about the situation of the Ming Dynasty, especially the rebellion of King Anhua, and the consequences of Liu Jin's chaos in politics, the Ming Dynasty's treasury is extremely empty, so he

It seems that the most important thing for the Ming Dynasty now is to rest and recuperate. It can only defend against threats from outside, and there is absolutely no force to take the initiative to attack.

Liang Chu and Liu Zhong next to him immediately agreed with Li Dongyang's words. First, they were all recommended by Li Dongyang to join the cabinet, so they naturally had to stand with Li Dongyang on such a major event. Second, they had the same political views as Li Dongyang.

, I believe that the Ming Dynasty today must not take any more weapons.

"Your Majesty, I think Mr. Li's words are reasonable. Given the current situation of our Ming Dynasty, it is indeed not appropriate to send troops, but the Malacca City cannot ignore it. I think Your Majesty can call on various vassal states in Nanyang to send troops. At that time, the Ming Dynasty only needs to send one or two chief officials.

The minister, just command the troops of those vassal states, and I don’t need to send troops personally!" At this time, Yang Tinghe proposed another method, but his method sounds good, but there are great problems in operation. First of all,

It is a big problem not to convene a sufficient army, and even if it is convened, there are many conflicts between the various vassal states. At this time, they may have summoned their troops together, and before the Portuguese were waiting for the coalition forces, they would be

Fight first.

Zhengde is well-versed in military affairs and is smart, so he naturally can tell at a glance that what Yang Tinghe came up with was a bad idea. However, he was not surprised to see that several cabinet ministers all opposed his troops. After all, he knew that this would happen.

, so Zhengde has already discussed it in advance.

Zhengde looked at Zhou Chong at this time, which made Zhou Chong understand immediately. He immediately stepped forward and bowed to Li Dongyang and others again and said, "Originally, Your Majesty and the Masters are not qualified to interrupt, but
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