Hong Chengchou was from Yingdu, Fujian. He was from a poor family in his early years. The young Hong Chengchou was talented and liked to study, but his family was poor and could not provide his studies. Hong Chengchou had a good life and met the famous scholar Hong Qiyin, who funded Hong Chengchou's studies.

Hong Chengchou studied hard and finally passed the Jinshi exam in the 44th year of Wanli and entered the official career. Among the similar people and events in history, Wang Mian and Kuang Heng were also similar to those of people and events.

Hong Chengchou was an amazing person. In the 43rd year of Wanli, the 23-year-old Hong Chengchou went to the province to participate in the provincial examination and was the 19th Juren in the Yimao section.

In the 44th year of Wanli, Hong Chengchou went to Beijing for the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination. He was ranked 14th in the second place in the Bingchen examination and was awarded the title of Jinshi. Hong Chengchou was first appointed as the chief officer of the Qing Lis Office of the Ministry of Justice, and was appointed as the chief officer of the Qing Lishu Department of the Ministry of Justice. He was appointed as the deputy director of the Ministry of Justice and was a deputy director and a doctor. He served in the Ministry of Justice for six years and was smooth sailing.

In the second year of Tianqi, he was promoted to the assistant minister of Zhejiang's academic performance. He was highly talented and knew the talents. All the selected talents were highly respected by the court. Two years later, he was promoted to the left-ranking senator of Zhejiang Cheng. In the seventh year of Tianqi, Hong Chengchou was promoted to Shaanxi to supervise grain and participate in politics and officially became a senior official.

In July of the first year of Chongzhen, a civil rebellion broke out in Guanzhong area. The court ordered Yang He from three sides to suppress and pacify, focusing on pacification. In the second year of Chongzhen, the rebel Wang Zuogao and Miao Mei led his troops to attack Hancheng. Yang He had no generals. In desperation, Hong Chengchou, who was still in charge of the governor of the grain bureau at that time, led his troops to fight. Hong Chengchou lived up to his expectations, killed 300 enemy soldiers, and lifted the siege of Hancheng, and became famous immediately.

In June of the third year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou was appointed as the governor of Yansui. Wang Zuo surrendered and rebelled again, and was killed by Hong Chengchou. As a general under Yang He, he should have supported his superiors' policy of recruiting and recruiting, but Hong Chengchou instead vigorously suppressed bandits.

Moreover, he not only suppressed the bandits, but also surrendered. At that time, there were tens of thousands of surrendered bandits killed by him. He was ruthless and famous all over the world and was known as the Hong Guizi.

However, he was only responsible for one side, and there was not much change in the overall situation. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, the governor of the Three-Borders Yang He was dismissed from office and imprisonment for his ineffective suppression of bandits. Hong Chengchou succeeded the governor of the Three-Borders of Shaanxi. Hong Chengchou changed Yang He's policy of suppressing and purging the side of the army to fully clear the situation, concentrating troops to attack various places.

In the spring of the fifth year of Chongzhen, a stream of people could not withstand the pressure of the official army and broke through to Qingyang. Hong Chengchou went to Qingyang in person to command the battle. He and the general Cao Wenzhao and He Huchen surrounded and suppressed the bandits. The two sides fought fiercely in Western Australia dozens of times, and the bandits suffered heavy losses. The leader was killed in Tianfei. The general Bai Guangen surrendered. He relied on Cao Wenzhao to suppress the bandits at Yaozhou Zhizishan. The bandits killed the lone wolf and surrendered. Hong Chengchou ordered the massacre of 400 people, and the rest were all dismissed.

Later, the bandits moved to the northern part of western Henan, where the Ming army had weak strength. With Yunyang as the center, they intersected between Henan, Chu, Sichuan and Shaanxi, and carried out guerrilla mobile warfare. In order to change the passive situation, Hong Chengchou surrounded the central area of ​​the rebels with heavy troops and carried out key attacks. Gao Yingxiang's rebel army was defeated in Queshan, Zhuxianzhen and other places one after another, and was forced to move into the western mountainous areas.

In order to change the different powers of the court, the passive situation of waiting and watching each other, the court changed to concentrate troops and comprehensively encircled and suppressed the enemy.

In December of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen removed Chen Qiyu who failed to encircle and suppress, and Hong Chengchou was still the governor of the three sides, but he was appointed as the Prince Taibao, the Minister of War, and the military affairs of five provinces in Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang and Sichuan, becoming the main military commander of the Ming court to suppress the peasant uprising.

But when he mobilized the official army to go out of Shaanxi and reorganized the siege, there were more than 200,000 peasant army gathered in Shaanxi, among which the powerful king Gao Yingxiang and his subordinate Li Zicheng were the most powerful. Hong Chengchou ordered the general He Renlong, and Zuo Guang first sent troops to attack. The rebel army broke through the siege and went east, and turned into Lingbao, Sishui, etc.

Unexpectedly, in order to block the bandits, the court tried hard to mobilize troops from all over the country, causing empty defense, allowing bandits to take advantage of loopholes and attacked Fengyang, Zhongdu, causing a sensation in the world.

Hong Chengchou also ushered in the biggest crisis since he entered politics. Although Fengyang was not his territory, as the governor of the five provinces, he had the responsibility to suppress the enemy, so he could only lead the army to rescue him.

It can be said that the bandits' capture of Fengyang brought great passivity to Hong Chengchou, and it was also the most serious crisis since his political career. Not only were others full of doubts about him, but even he himself was full of doubts about himself. However, Hong Chengchou had the advantage of all those who achieved great things, that is, his will was firm. He still believed that his strategy was not wrong, trained an elite force, and then gave the bandits a fatal blow.

Don’t say that the use of suppression and support is used together, first and then suppression or first and then suppression is only one word, that is, killing. If you kill all these people, you will naturally solve their problems. He has always adopted this strategy, at least so far, and there is nothing wrong with it.

After they temporarily stood firm, he did not chase after him and fought a decisive battle with the bandits. He still found a way to rest here, take a breath, and prepare to train an elite unit to come out and fight the enemy to the death.

But Hong Chengchou thought so, others would not allow him to think so. He made a good plan, but others would not cooperate.

For Fengyang, I wish they could destroy the bandits and the enemy immediately, so that they could reduce the pressure on the local area.

Not only Fengyang local officials, but also other people, and even the imperial court, because as long as they eliminate bandits in advance, they can reduce a large amount of military expenditure.

It was not the first time that the Ming Dynasty was in such a thing, and it would not be the last time. It was during a war. The emperor and the ministers above were urging to go to war and fight to the death. In the end, the matter was ruined and the matter was ruined.

So now Zhu Dadian and others have a market for making such counter-defense suggestions. After all, from the standpoint of the court, the faster the bandits, the better. Even if he is stationed here, he will have to spend a lot of money and food.

Now the Ming Dynasty court is now overwhelmed by various expenses and military expenditures. They have huge expenses every day, and their income is only getting smaller every day. Even those who have no knowledge understand that if they can reduce their expenditures in terms of funds, they will make their lives much easier in the Ming Dynasty.

So Hong Chengchou wanted to calm down and concentrate on training for several months, and then look for opportunities to fight against the bandits. This was impossible.

Lu Jiude and Zhu Dadian were both clear about this matter, so they also knew that Hong Chengshou wanted to make suggestions to the emperor, and that the emperor would not agree, so they would have their own defense comments.

The Ming Dynasty court is now scared by the bandits. They will never hesitate to be able to wipe out the bandits. Moreover, even the Ming Dynasty’s ancestral tomb was lost, which was unprecedented in the attack on the Ming Dynasty court. The attack on the Ming Dynasty court’s confidence was unprecedented, so they had no choice but to order them to eliminate the bandits as quickly as possible.

Another thing is that the Ming Dynasty court has been beaten by bandits to the news of Heliu. This time, it lost Fengyang of Zhongdu. Even the emperor issued a self-criticism and severely criticized himself.

It can be said that if Zhongdu Fengyang is lost again, it is definitely not just a matter of being in trouble. It is not easy for them to get out of poverty.

Zhu Dadian insisted on this, so he never nodded. It was impossible to transfer Liu Bu's troops away. He was the governor of Fengyang. All he had to do was to defend Fengyang and keep Fengyang unrestrained. This was the best way. If he wanted to transfer a soldier and a soldier from here, he would not be responsible for Fengyang. As a governor and a local rank-level official, his defense and statement were very strong and powerful. Even the emperor and the court must pay attention to his opinions.

If Liu Bu is transferred, he will not take responsibility, which will make many people worry and panic about it.

In Zhu Dadian's eyes, eliminating bandits was the affairs of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces. Even if he, the governor of Fengyang, eliminated many bandits in his territory, he was still governor of Fengyang, and could not be promoted to the official position or promoted to the level. Even if he sent Liu Bu out to fight, he would fight for others and could not gain benefits by himself, so he would not let Liu Bu leave.

Moreover, Zhu Dadian was extremely selfish. He understood that the Liu family army had strong combat power. With the Liu family army there, they would not have to worry about the bandits fighting back.

If the Liu family army had not been present, they would probably be hit by the bandits again. So under such circumstances, he would not have let Hong Chengshou transfer Liu Bu away no matter what. He promised Liu Bu that everyone would be here together, work together, and make money together. Even if the emperor transferred Liu Bu, he would not allow him. Governor Fengyang disagreed. It is estimated that if the emperor forced the order, he could also return the imperial edict.

It was because of Zhu Dadian's guarantee that Liu Bu was full of confidence. In fact, Zhu Dadian did not guarantee that he did not have to worry. He has achieved success and fame, and has his own strength. If he disagrees, he can't force him.

He is not like Cao Wenzhao or Zu Kuan. Hong Chengchou and the court want to punish him in one sentence. As long as they make a card from his military pay and personnel power, they can lock them tightly and make them obedient. However, Liu Bu is completely different. The military pay of his Liu family army is paid by Liu Bu, and he has provided a lot of subsidies. Even if the court does not give them money and food, they will have a way to get it themselves and can afford it themselves.

Therefore, since the Liu family army was founded, his nature was determined, that was to serve the interests of the founding family, not to serve the Ming court. If he had no benefits, he would not go out easily.
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