In the leopard room in the imperial city of Beijing, Zhengde once again summoned Li Dongyang and other cabinet ministers to discuss matters. It's strange to say, in the past, Zhengde stayed in the leopard room every day to have fun, and all government affairs were handed over to the cabinet and the celebrant to jointly manage, but since Zhou Chong came to the capital last time, Zhengde took the initiative to convene Li Dongyang and others to the leopard room for the first time, and for the next period of time, he would convene a cabinet meeting almost every two days, which made Li Dongyang and others strange and a little vigilant, worried that Zhengde would weaken the power of the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, the leader of the anti-thieves in Bazhou, Qi Yanming, fled to Jinan Mansion, and after meeting with the anti-thief Yang Hu, he raised the flag again to rebel, and now he has even connected Zhangqiu and other counties, and then the soldiers pointed directly at Jinan, fortunately, the reinforcements arrived in time, which made Jinan City not fall into the hands of the anti-thieves, and now Lu Ming, the governor of Shandong, has sent a distress document to the imperial court, asking His Majesty to send troops to exterminate the anti-thieves!" I saw Li Dongyang first come forward to report.

During this time, Li Dongyang's life was not easy, the front foot had just quelled the rebellion in Bazhou, but he didn't expect that Qi Yanming to go to Shandong to rebel again, and the momentum was greater than before, which made him quite a headache, fortunately, Jinan was not beaten down by this gang of anti-thieves, otherwise if he really let this gang of anti-thieves become bigger, I am afraid that he, the first assistant, will also do it.

However, what Li Dongyang and the others didn't expect was that when Zhengde heard the news, he suddenly laughed, and only after a while did he speak: "It seems that what Zhou Zhong said before is really right, if the imperial court does not exterminate Liu Liu and Liu Qi in a short period of time, and let Yang Hu join them, I am afraid that the situation will be even worse than now, fortunately, now Liu Liu and Liu Qi, the two main anti-thief leaders, are dead, and there is only one Qi Yanming and Yang Hu colluding together." So far, even Jinan City has not been captured. I'm afraid that the most unfortunate will not be able to set off any big waves! ”

I heard Zhengde suddenly mention that Zhou Chongyi advocated vigorously purging Liu Liu and Liu Qi. Li Dongyang and they were all secretly glad in their hearts, fortunately they did not oppose too much in this matter, so that Shen Ying was able to lead the troops to successfully quell the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, otherwise, if they really put down the rebellion locally as they suggested before, then Liu Liu and Liu Qi would definitely be difficult to exterminate in a short time, coupled with the arrival of Shandong Yang Hu, I am afraid that the anti-thieves will rise sharply. Whether the rebellion can be quelled or not will be put aside for the time being, and some of them will definitely be responsible for this matter. After all, it was their decision-making mistakes that would make Liu Liu and Liu Qi sit big.

Thinking of this, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others all glanced at each other, and there was a little fear in their eyes, and at the same time, they were also a little more grateful to Zhou Chong in their hearts, and they praised His Majesty for his wisdom, after all, although the suggestion was put forward by Zhou Chong, it was Zhengde who made the decision the most, so the biggest credit should still be attributed to Zhengde.

Zhu Houzhao has been on the throne for such a long time, and this is one of the few times he has heard his ministers sincerely praise his wisdom, which makes him very proud. But he didn't have to wait long for him to be complacent. But he saw Yang Tinghe stand up and said: "Your Majesty, although Qi Yanming and Yang Hu can't set off anything in the storm. But Jinan Prefecture has suffered deeply, and hundreds of people have been displaced by the war, so the most urgent thing now is to quickly quell the rebellion, and then send officials to resettle the refugees to avoid greater losses! ”

Hearing Yang Tinghe's words, Li Dongyang and the others also nodded one after another, among which the cabinet minister Liu Zhong stood up and suggested: "Your Majesty, when the rebellion in Bazhou was quelled before, Jingyang Bo Shenying used the army to get the law and put down the rebellion in just a few days, so the old minister recommended him to lead troops to quell the rebellion again!" ”

Last time Zhengde proposed to let Shen Ying go to quell the rebellion, the result was opposed by several cabinet ministers, but I didn't expect that less than a month had passed, Liu Zhong, who was a cabinet minister, began to take the initiative to let Shen Ying go to quell the rebellion, it is estimated that he also wanted to quell 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 can more stabilize the Ming Dynasty, and they don't have to worry about it as now.

I saw Zhengde hearing Liu Zhong's suggestion, but he frowned and said: "Liu Aiqing doesn't know, when Zhou Zhong left Beijing, I promised him that after Shenying put down the rebellion in Bazhou, he would transfer Shenying to serve under him, after all, he has no experience in leading troops, and I am more relieved to have Shenying to help, so I am afraid that Shenying will not be able to go this time." ”

Hearing that Zhengde was going to send Shen Ying to help Zhou Chong, Liu Zhong didn't insist anymore, after all, Shen Ying was not the only military general in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not difficult to find a general to quell the rebellion.

I saw that Liu Zhonggang retreated, and then Li Dongyang suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, the rebellion in Jinan must be quelled as soon as possible, otherwise the thieves can only be allowed to sit big, so we must send a capable general to lead the troops, just some time ago Ningxia General Commander, Xianning Bo Qiu Yue was transferred back to the capital to take charge of 3,000 battalions, Your Majesty might as well send this person to quell the rebellion!" ”

Hearing Li Dongyang's protection of Qiu Yue, Zhengde was also overjoyed and said: "Li Aiqing's words are very in line with my intentions, Qiu Yue can forbear, and he is very good at seizing the opportunity, he is a rare general, if he leads the troops to quell the rebellion, I will be relieved." ”

Before the fall of Liu Jin, Ningxia's Anhua King Zhu Ningxia rebelled, killed the Ningxia general soldiers, forced other generals to rebel with him, as a result, Qiu Yue pretended to be obedient, and when the time was ripe, he killed Zhu Ningxiao in one fell swoop, so that Yang Yiqing and Liu Yong's counterinsurgency army had not yet arrived in Ningxia, and the rebellion of the Anhua King had been quelled by Qiu Yue. Later, Liu Jin fell, and Zhengde transferred Qiu Yue back to the capital to take charge of the 3,000 battalions, which shows Zhengde's importance and trust in Qiu Yue, so he was so happy when he heard Li Dongyang recommend Qiu Yue.

Seeing that Zhengde and Li Dongyang agreed to send Qiu Yue to quell the rebellion, Yang Tinghe and others did not object, so this matter was decided, and then Zhengde was very concerned about the preparation of the fields for planting corn and sweet potatoes. Now Zhengde doesn't know the preparations of his imperial village, but he still needs to ask the cabinet.

For the preparation of the field, cabinet minister Liu Zhong has the most right to speak, this is because several cabinet ministers feel that the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes is extremely important, and it is necessary to separate a person from the cabinet to manage this matter, among which Li Dongyang and Yang Ting are entangled in government affairs, and they can't spare time at all, so they chose Liu Zhong after the most and let him specialize in managing this matter, which also made Liu Zhong excited for several days, because if this thing is done, it will be easy to leave a name in history.

At that moment, I saw Liu Zhong stand up and report to Zhengde and other cabinet ministers about the preparation of the fields, it can be said that Liu Zhong also made great efforts for this matter, he almost ran all over the imperial villages around the capital during this time, and finally selected a few of the most fertile land, and now those lands and manpower are ready, just wait for the next spring, you can immediately plant corn and sweet potatoes.

For Liu Zhong's preparation, Zhengde and Li Dongyang and others were also very satisfied, and then they discussed a few important matters of government affairs, and then Zhengde felt a little bored, so he asked Li Dongyang and them not to play anymore, and they just had to discuss with the celebrant and the celebrant about anything.

After being kicked out of the leopard room by Zhengde, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and several other cabinet ministers walked together, and the outspoken Liang Chu in the center was the first to speak: "Everyone, His Majesty's behavior in the past few days is really abnormal, and he will summon us to the palace every two days to discuss matters, and he will also express his opinions on some government affairs, and even make some decisions, I don't know what you think?" ”

Hearing Liang Chu's words, the younger Yang Tinghe also frowned and said: "What Liang Gong said is very true, Yang also feels that His Majesty has begun to care about the government affairs recently, and I don't know if you have noticed, this change under His Majesty is that after Zhou Zhong was promoted to the governor of the four seas, His Majesty suddenly began to care about government affairs. ”

Hearing that Yang Tinghe also mentioned Zhou Chong, this made Liang Chu and Liu Zhong and others stunned, and then thought about it seriously, and found that it was really like what Yang Tinghe said, this change under the emperor's majesty began to appear after Zhou Zhong entered Beijing, which made Liu Zhong and others have a strange feeling in their hearts, could it be that Zhou Chong said something in front of His Majesty, which made His Majesty cheer up, and planned to follow the example of the king of Chuzhuang, who had not been singing for three years and was a blockbuster?

Thinking of this, Liu Zhong and Liang Chu and others all glanced at Yang Tinghe, but their eyes were full of complexity, if Zhengde really cheered up, it would be a good thing for them and a bad thing, the good thing is that after Zhengde is pro-government, they no longer have to worry about the emergence of powerful ministers like Liu Jin, but the bad thing is that if the emperor is pro-government, it will inevitably weaken the power in the hands of the cabinet, and even if Zhengde is still as nonsense as before after Zhengde, I am afraid it will bring greater disasters to the Ming Dynasty, so in contrast, Many of them think that it is better for Zhengde not to be pro-government.

"Gong Li, what do you think of His Majesty's current performance?" At this time, Yang Tinghe found that Li Dongyang, who was walking in the middle of everyone, did not express any opinion on this matter, which made him can't help but step forward and ask, and the eyes of Liu Zhong and the others were also focused on Li Dongyang at this time.

However, after hearing this, Li Dongyang stopped and looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Everyone, what is in your Majesty's mind, where can we, the courtiers, speculate on ourselves?" Everyone still performs their duties and does their part! ”

After saying the above words, Li Dongyang didn't wait for everyone's reaction, and left without looking back. (To be continued......)