Zhou Chong's later generations out of some need, almost all the people or things related to the rebellion in history have been beautified, but the facts are the facts, some things no matter how beautified, can not cover up the ugliness of these things, such as Huang Chao and Li Zicheng, in fact, they caused much more damage to the society at that time than they contributed, and the ordinary people who died in their hands were countless, but unfortunately they were still out of some need, so they were shaped into national heroes.

The impact of Liu Liu's rebellion was far from being comparable to that of Li Zicheng's, and in the entire history of China, they could only be regarded as one of many inconspicuous small and medium-sized rebellions, which lasted for a long time, a full three years.

However, don't underestimate this rebellion, it was the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi that made the later period of Zhengde's reign, the domestic situation deteriorated sharply, and the financial situation was even more chaotic, and Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi also made a bad example for Li Zicheng and others later, that is, coercing ordinary people to join their rebel team, which made the number of rebels increase sharply in a short period of time, and at the same time made countless families ruined, and caused huge damage to society.

Speaking of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, they are not good people, these two brothers were originally big thieves in the Hebei area, with more than a dozen brothers, and they are also the number one people on the green forest road. Everyone must not think that Liu Liu and Liu Qi are some kind of thieves and righteous thieves, robbers are robbers, they rob rich people just to accumulate money for themselves, and it is impossible to divide the property they have 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 Yushi to arrest thieves and clean up local security in the towns around the capital. As a result, the families of Liu Liu and Liu Qi were affected by them and were arrested by the government. Another ringing horse leader, Qi Yanming, was also arrested. So Liu Liu and Liu Qi led people to rob the prison and rescued Qi Yanming, but they failed to ask for their own family, and the government was furious, so Liu Liu and Liu Qi's family members were all beheaded to show the public, and as a result, Liu Liu Liu Qi was angry and took more than a dozen of his subordinates to raise the flag and rebel.

The above is the process of Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion, and they also chose a good place, although Bazhou is close to the capital. But the Ming Dynasty implemented horse politics in this area, and many local farmers became horse households, these horse households in order to raise horses, burdened extremely heavy labor, and their lives were also miserable, coupled with the strong customs of the people in Hebei, they had long been dissatisfied with the government, so Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion banner had just been erected, and soon thousands of people gathered to follow the rebellion.

Liu 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 snowballed and grew larger, and the local government couldn't hold it back. Only then did it report to the imperial court, and when Zhengde and they received the news, Liu Liu's rebel team had gathered five or six thousand people, and it could be said that it had become a climate in the Bazhou area.

Thinking of the heavy blow that Liu Liu and Liu Qi brought to the Ming society, and even hundreds of people in Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places were involved, Zhou Zhong was also anxious, and he couldn't wait to give orders instead of Zhengde, and directly mobilized the army to trap Liu Liu and Liu Qi in Bazhou, but unfortunately above the current hall, his identity was the lowest, and it was not his turn to speak at all, so Zhou Zhong could only be anxious.

After all, natural disasters and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty have been made almost every year, but they can't become any climate, so he didn't care much about Li Dongyang and said: "There are only a few thousand people who rebelled in Bazhou, and it can't become a big climate for the time being, so I'll discuss it later, today I invite you Aiqing to come to discuss a major event with you!" ”

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

When Zhengde was still the prince, Yang Tinghe was the prince's attendant, and 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 Yang Tinghe, at most he was transferred to Nanjing, but soon Yang Tinghe was transferred back by Zhengde, which shows that Zhengde attaches great importance to him, and it is precisely this relationship that exists, so Yang Tinghe is more open in front of Zhengde.

"Yang Aiqing, before I talk about this important matter, I want to introduce someone to you Aiqing." I saw Zhengde smile slightly when he heard this, but he didn't answer Yang Tinghe's words directly, but pointed to Zhou Chongdao next to him, "This young man's surname is Zhou Chongzi Wenda, that is, the young man who wrote the legendary Journey to the West, and he is also the son-in-law of Wang Lun, the imperial history of Zuodu!" ”

"Junior Zhou Chong, I've seen all the elders!" Hearing Zhengde introduce himself, Zhou Chong hurriedly stood up and saluted Li Dongyang and the others, these people in front of him were not only older than him, but also in charge of the power core of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone's official position was two levels older than his father-in-law, so he didn't dare to be lacking in etiquette.

When Li Dongyang and the others heard Zhou Chong's identity, they all looked 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 guessed that Zhou Chong must have a secret connection with Emperor Zhengde, the so-called Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is probably one of the tools for His Majesty to collect money for himself, I didn't expect to see Zhou Chong himself here in the leopard room today.

"It turns out that the legendary talented Zhou Gongzi is really so young, if it weren't for what he saw with his own eyes today, the old minister really couldn't believe it!" At this time, a cabinet university standing next to Li Dongyang opened his mouth and praised that this person named Liu Zhong, like Liang Chu, was a new scholar who was recommended by Li Dongyang to join the cabinet after Liu Jin fell.

"Thank you for the compliment, the kid is ashamed!" Zhou Zhong naturally didn't know Liu Zhong, but for other people's praise, he naturally had to be polite and modest, although it was very hypocritical, but it made Li Dongyang and others have a good impression of him, at least he felt that he should not be a proud person.

Because Zhengde is here, Zhou Zhong and Li Dongyang stopped talking after only a few polite words, and then saw Emperor Zhengde smile and said: "This time, the major matter that I want to discuss with you Aiqing is related to Zhou Gongzi, this year Zhou Gongzi took in some Francophone people, and as a result, from the mouths of these Francophone people, I actually learned that a country named Portugal among the Franco people was actually preparing to capture Malacca City, the gateway to the South Seas, that is, our Ming Dynasty's vassal country Manchuria. ”

When he said this, Zhengde paused for a moment and then said: "Malacca City has been paying tribute to my Ming Dynasty since it became an ancestor, and it is one of our Ming Dynasty's vassal countries, and now the subject country is in trouble, as the emperor of the suzerain, I naturally can't watch it alone, so I decided to send my Daming Sailor to aid Malacca City, I don't know what you Aiqing wants?" ”

"Your Majesty can't do it!" As soon as Zhengde's words fell, he was immediately opposed by Li Dongyang, and he saw the cabinet chief assistant say with an excited expression, "Sun Tzu Youyun: soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored." Thinking that the city of Malacca is far away in the South Seas, if I send troops to help, it must be an expedition of laborers, whether we can defeat those Portuguese is still secondary, the key is that the food and salary required by these soldiers and horses is not a small amount, with the current situation of the treasury, it really can't support such a war! ”

Li Dongyang, as the first assistant of the cabinet, is very clear about the situation of the Ming Dynasty, especially the rebellion of the King of Anhua just put down before, coupled with the consequences of Liu Jin's chaos, which makes the Ming Dynasty's treasury extremely empty now, so in his opinion, the most important thing for the Ming Dynasty now is to recuperate, and he can only defend against threats from the outside world, and he has absolutely no strength to take the initiative.

For Li Dongyang's words, Liang Chu and Liu Zhong next to him also immediately agreed, firstly, they were all recommended by Li Dongyang to join the cabinet, so they naturally wanted to stand with Li Dongyang in this kind of major matter, and secondly, they had the same political views as Li Dongyang, thinking that the current Ming Dynasty must not use swords again.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Gong is reasonable, with the current situation of our Ming Dynasty, it is indeed not suitable to send troops, but the city of Malacca can not be ignored, the minister thinks that His Majesty can call on all the subject countries of Nanyang to send troops, and then the Ming Dynasty only needs to send one or two ministers in charge to command the armies of those subject countries, and I don't need to send troops in person at all!" At this time, Yang Tinghe proposed another method, but his method sounds good, but there is a huge problem in operation, first of all, whether you can gather a sufficient army is a big problem, and even if it is convened, but there are already many contradictions between the various subject countries, and then gather their troops together, I am afraid that before the Portuguese, the coalition will fight first.

Zhengde is well versed in military affairs, and he is also shrewd, so he naturally saw at a glance that Yang Tinghe had a bad idea. However, he was not surprised to see that several cabinet ministers were all against his own troops, after all, he had already known that this would happen in Ludao, so Zhengde had already discussed it in advance.

I saw Zhengde glance at Zhou Chong at this time, which made Zhou Chong immediately understand, and immediately stepped forward and saluted Li Dongyang and the others again: "Originally, His Majesty was discussing with the elders, and he was not qualified to intervene in the future, but this matter started because of the subordinates, so please listen to the next words!" (To be continued......)