Chongzhen became more dignified, and he was not as easy to express his emotions as it was a few months ago. He looked at Zhou Qingli and said, "Zhou Qing, what do you think?"
When Zhou Qingli listened to the word'Zhou Qing', she felt a little loose, pretending to ponder for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister should have said it, but as a father, I would like to ask Rongchen to say a word or two for the dog."
Chongzhen was a little surprised by Zhou Qingli's words, and immediately glanced at Shi Yanlai calmly, and said, "Say."
Shi Yang listened to Zhou Qingli's words and shook his head secretly. At this time, he should be guilty. The more you are, the less clean you will be. You were originally a Zhou Zheng, but now you can't get rid of Zhou Qingli.
Zhou Qingli said: "You can never change things, behave recklessly, and can do things without being a man. No one in the dynasty can only argue with him. The ministers look at what the dog does, nothing is extraordinary, nothing is to reshape bad governance, for your majesty, for the court, and forever. For the people of Pingfu, the minister thinks about it, it should be that the minister has offended some people, please, your Majesty, please rule the sins of the minister."
Listening to Zhou Qingli's words, Shi Yanlai, the deputy chief assistant, still shook his head. This pair of Zhou family fathers and sons really know how to do things but not behave. At this time, they dare to argue.
Shi Yang raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the impeachment of a hundred officials is so plausible, how can it be made out of nothing? My minister, please investigate it carefully."
Chongzhen looked at Shi Yan, and looked at Zhou Qingli blankly, and said, "Is there anything else to say?"
Zhou Qingli's dark face still showed worry and anxiety, and said: "The minister did not dare to argue, but asked the emperor to read the dog with a sincere heart, and tolerate him one or two."
Chongzhen suddenly remembered the conversation with Zhou Qingli before sending Zhou Zheng to Yongping Mansion. He had stated clearly with Zhou Qingli that he would'cover' Zhou Zheng.
After a moment of silence, Chongzhen said: "The two Qings go now, let me think about it again."
Shi Yanlai burst into laughter, the emperor's attitude indicated that Zhou Zheng's affairs had been decided, and he could not escape the blame!
Zhou Qingli raised her hand and said, "The minister retire."
Looking at Zhou Qingli's tired expression, Chongzhen frowned, suddenly feeling a little unbearable.
When the two left, Chongzhen let out a sigh of relief, took the tea cup in his hand, and saw Li Zhong coming in with a thick memorial book.
Without waiting for Chongzhen to ask, Li Shi hurriedly said: "Long live Lord, this is the memorandum of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Ministry of Engineering, and Official Ministry."
Chongzhen suddenly had no interest in drinking tea, put down the tea cup, reached out to take it, and suddenly raised his head and said: "You just mentioned the Xing Department? What happened to Zhang Yonglian's case?"
Li Zhong was taken aback when he was asked, and quickly looked down for the memo.
When Chongzhen saw it, he said angrily: "Go away."
Li Zhong took two steps back quickly, bowing his head tremblingly and pleading guilty.
Chongzhen searched for the memorandum and found the memorandum about Zhang Yonglian's case.
Zhang Yonglian was his imperial death, and he has been beheaded, but in this memorial, he asked for a retrial as "the case is in doubt," even if Zhang Yonglian has already been executed.
Chongzhen frowned, muttering to himself: "Do you doubt it? Could it be that Zhou Zhengyun is really using public and private to construct power?"
Li Zhong listened, as if he had made up for the merits and quickly said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Zhengyun's slave servant doesn't know, but no one seems to impeach Zhang Yonglian. I heard that a senior citizen praised him."
Chongzhen's expression changed slightly, and he looked at him violently, and said, "What are you saying is true?"
Li Zhong was taken aback, as if he could not be sure of Chongzhen's attitude, he hesitated and said, "It seems like this..."
Chongzhen looked a little ugly, staring at the memorial in front of him.
Even if Zhang Yonglian's case is in doubt, most of the things are true, right? Why hasn't a few hundred officials come to impeach Zhang Yonglian for so many years
Instead, Zhou Zheng investigated and punished Zhang Yonglian, and a bunch of people rushed to impeach him
Zhang Yonglian once confessed that he had a patron in the imperial court. This patron was still a cabinet minister. Was it Shi Yang
Chongzhen became more angry the more he thought about it, his face turned blue, and he looked up at Li Zhong and said, "Where is Wei Zhongxian's adversary?"
Chongzhen had been ordering Li Zhong to stare at this incident. Listening to Chongzhen’s words, Li Zhong said with some joy: "Long live Lord, Shi Ge has already convicted 37 people as the first crimes. It has been verified that there are more than 60 others. It’s basically verified that people are rebellious."
The eunuch party had the power to overwhelm the Ming Dynasty, from the cabinet ministers to the six temples and nine temples in the north and south of the capital, and then to the local chiefs, the prosecutors, and some governors, governors, and internal supervisors. There were only a few hundred people.
Even Chongzhen's list is far more than that!
Chongzhen became more angry as he thought about it, and said in a deep voice, "Go, send someone to make an official appointment. In June, I want Li Guopu as the head and assistant."
Li Zhong was shocked. The long live in front of him has only been on the throne for ten months and has already changed the third first assistant.
"The slave servant follows the order." Li Zhong said without moving, but in his heart he wondered how to provoke Zhou Zheng's affairs.
After Chongzhen said this, he saw Zheng Qing's memo and threw it aside with boredom.
Li Zhong immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at him. Zhou Zheng's level had passed temporarily.
Zhou Qingli went out of the palace and did not return to the household department, but went straight back to the house.
Zhou Fang and Zhou Ding, who was nearly four months pregnant, were waiting. When he came back, Zhou Fang quickly said: "Father, what did the emperor say, will you really deal with the second brother, right?"
Zhou Qingli looked at the worried expressions of the two, and said, "It's okay."
After speaking, he went straight to the study without a word.
Zhou Ding looked at his back, turned to Zhou Fang, and said, "Hengping, you said, second uncle will be fine, right?"
Maybe he will be a father, Zhou Fang is a lot more calm than before, thinking about the more changeable political situation than in the past, worrying in his heart, or comforting his wife: "It's okay, the second brother has always done things well. , The most is to dismiss office and go home, nothing serious."
When Zhou Ding listened, he nodded slightly.
…
Yongping Mansion.
Zhou Zheng is still busy with his government affairs, constantly convening people from all walks of life to come to meetings, summarize and solve problems, and push his innovation forward.
Perhaps I felt Zhou Zheng's nervousness. The people under him worked very hard, and each of the government affairs was advancing very quickly.
Every village and town in Yongping Prefecture is in full swing of land surveying and preparations for subdivision.
The officials, wealthy and local clansmen who were suppressed by Zhou Zheng did not dare to raise their heads, and the resistance had been reduced to a minimum.
But one day, Zhou Zheng received news from Beijing.
Yao Tongshun held a copy of Zheng Qing's impeachment of Zhou Zheng. He looked angrily and handed it back to Zhou Zheng and said, "My lord, this Zheng Qing can't stay!"
Shangguan Lie was murderous, and said, "My lord, he has his shadow in many cases. Take it out and drown him!"
Ding Qi was more cautious and said, "My lord, it is better to impeach him directly for inaction. This is more secure and the court will be more convinced."
Zhou Zheng looked at the copy of the transcript in his hand, which Li Zhong had sent him. There was also a letter in it, presumably the content was that Emperor Chongzhen was getting harder and harder to speculate. Zhou Zheng should be careful not to get him involved.
Zhou Zheng thought about it for a moment, looking at Shangguan Lie, and said indifferently: "Since he doesn't know how to promote, there is no need to be polite, and take him to the prison division!"
Shangguan Lie looked excited, and immediately said, "Yes, I'm going now!"
Shangguan Lie said, turned around and ran away.
Ding Qi hurriedly said: "My lord, do this now, will it arouse dissatisfaction from the court..."
Zhou Zheng picked up Li Zhong's letter, put it on the candlelight, and said, "Lao Shi Ge, it's about to be an official official."
Ding Qi, Yao Tongshun, and others were shocked. Is Shi Yanglai this official
He temporarily replaces the cabinet, and it's less than three months after he is full, right
However, this is good news for them. The court is so noisy that there is no extra energy to stare at them. (End of this chapter)