Liu Yijing spoke while Tang Feng listened. After Liu Yijing finished speaking, Tang Feng finally understood the cause and effect of the matter.
Last winter, Henan and other places were hit by a heavy snowstorm, and the local taxes were too heavy. In the spring of this year, there was a drought. This time, the people in many places had no food.
If there was food and water, who would cause trouble? This person was about to starve to death. Without hope, he would have a rebellious heart.
In An City, Henan Province, a warrior named Liu Sanhei had gathered a group of starving people to make trouble and ask the local government to release food.
However, in the later stages of the Ming Dynasty, corrupt officials ran amok. Most of the grain in the local treasuries was sold off by the local officials at a low price. Where could the local people take out the grain?
Of course, even if they could, those greedy local officials would not take out the food to these people.
The local officials were used to being bossy, so they ordered the bailiffs and constables to expel the disaster. Then, the disaster victims and the bailiffs broke out in conflict.
Originally, the problem could have been resolved with only a portion of food. However, due to the inaction of the local officials, the situation worsened and eventually became a riot.
Tens of thousands of starving people gathered together and attacked the An City government office. However, when the starving people opened the granary, they found that it was empty.
The angry hungry people burned down the granary and the county government.
A riot of more than 10,000 people could not be taken lightly. If it could not be calmed down as soon as possible, it might engulf the entire Central Plains and eventually deteriorate into a huge disaster.
"What do you think?" Tang Feng looked at Liu Yijing and asked.
Now that the Tianqi Emperor did not care about the court affairs, these things that were enough to make people anxious fell on him and Liu Yijing.
"Naturally, we have to quell the chaos as soon as possible. Otherwise, the land of Henan will rot.”Liu Yijing replied.
"It's just that right now, we're hesitating as to who to send to Henan to lead the troops.”
That's right, which general should lead the troops? This was also a question that Tang Feng was considering.
Yuan Chonghuan, Mao Wenlong, Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong, and Man Gui were the five most famous generals in the Tianqi Era.
At this point in time, Yuan Chonghuan, a junior, had just risen to prominence in the Bureau of Military Personnel. Right now, he was just an armchair strategist.
Mao Wenlong was a capable and experienced old general, but the problem was that this fellow had many flaws. He was domineering, headstrong, and did not put others in his eyes.
Xiong Tingbi was suitable, but he was currently guarding Liaodong and fighting the Manchu Qing in Nurha City.
According to Tang Feng's memory, Liaodong fell this year, and Xiong Tingbi, who was the manager of Liaodong, was dismissed.
After this incident, Sun Chengzong ascended the throne and became the Minister of War.
Thinking of Sun Chengzong, Tang Feng's eyes lit up. This person was a good candidate.
With the solar term and knowledge of military affairs, if he were to go to Henan to quell the chaos, there should not be any big problems.
"Minister Zhao, what do you think of Sun Chengzong?”Tang Feng asked the Minister of War.
Hearing Tang Feng suddenly mention Sun Chengzong, the Minister of War was stunned.
"I didn't expect you to know Chengzong. He knows military affairs, but he has never been on the battlefield, so I'm worried.”Minister Zhao hesitated for a moment.
"That's fine. Sun Chengzong is the commander-in-chief. If we give him a few generals who have been through many battles, it should be enough to easily quell the chaos.”Tang Feng said with a smile.
Upon hearing Tang Feng's strong recommendation of Sun Chengzong, Liu Yijing and the others looked at each other. They pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.
Even if this was just a rebellion, it also involved the balance of power. Once the rebellion was successfully quelled, not only would there be a huge amount of military achievements, but there would also be a lot of wealth and benefits.
Sun Chengzong was the Emperor's teacher and was proud. He didn't form any cliques with the people in the court. If he was the commander, he could weigh the interests of both sides.
Of course, the so-called balance of power was nothing more than the distribution of benefits between the Pavilion Elder and the Seal Eunuch, which was Liu Yijing and Tang Feng.
The reason why Tang Feng recommended Sun Chengzong was also because of his own selfish motives.
Cai E's position as a guerrilla general was a little low. He only had a thousand men, but if he followed Sun Chengzong to Henan to quell the rebellion, he would definitely be able to obtain a lot of military merits.
With military merits and his support, he believed that Cai E would be able to improve.
As long as Cai E could become a general, his military power would increase. After all, in the Ming Dynasty, a general was equivalent to a commander in the future.
After a round of bargaining, the two parties finally decided on the distribution of power in the war war, and everyone happily parted ways.
Ding dong.
"Activating war mode. The generals under the host will obtain military merits, and the host will obtain corresponding reputation points. The reputation points can be used to exchange for various system products.”
The system notification appeared a little sudden.
Before Tang Feng could react, an interface appeared in front of him out of thin air.
This was a completely virtual interface that only Tang Feng could see.
In this interface, there was a main menu. Under this main menu, it was divided into four secondary sub-menu.
Among the Level 2 menu, there was a general menu, a weapon menu, a technology menu, and a recruitment menu.
Tang Feng casually opened the military menu. There were a bunch of avatars on it. He glanced at it and saw many familiar names.
Shi Lang, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Feng Zicai, Deng Shichang, Zheng Chenggong, etc. There were hundreds of them.
Tang Feng closed the menu after sweeping his eyes through it.
For now, he didn't need these generals. Cai E was enough.
After opening the weapons menu, there was another pile of items.
There were guns, cannons, warships, and all kinds of gunpowder and cannonballs.
Of course, these guns and cannons were also muskets and cannons. Compared to the guns and cannons of the current western countries, they were more than ten years advanced.
As for the warship, it was a four-masted sailboat. It looked very familiar. Tang Feng thought for a long time and finally remembered the name of this wooden warship.
After thinking for a long time, Tang Feng couldn't think of the name of this wooden warship, so he gave up in the end.
According to the information, this warship was about 40 meters long and had a weight of 1,500 tons. There were 20 four-pound cannons on each side.
Two 2-pounder cannons were installed at the stern of the ship.
In this era, a warship with more than 40 cannons was definitely a terrifying monster.
Tang Feng was quite interested in this kind of warship. However, after seeing the 20,000 reputation points displayed below, he temporarily gave up.
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