Zhou Zheng leaned closer to Cao Bianjiao, and said with a flat expression: "From Liaodong to Sichuan, the long nine-sided town, have you ever seen that general who can commit crimes and merit merit? If Cao Zongbing commits sins and merits merit, as long as Cao Zongbing commits sins and merits merits, there is no other possibility, just No one can save it!"
Cao Bianjiao was alarmed, his scalp numb.
He is also a man who has been in the army for many years, and he is used to seeing those generals coming and going. He knows that Zhou Zheng's words are truthful, they are words from the bottom of their hearts!
Cao Bianjiao reluctantly settled, looking at Zhou Zhengdao: "My lord, what should I do then?"
Zhou Zheng gave him a cup of tea, and his expression became calmer, and said: "I think of a way to run it, spend some more money, and redeem it for Chief Cao. But you have to promise me that without my permission, Chief Cao can't go anymore. Going out! If he wants to go out again, it may affect many people..."
Cao Bianjiao understood, stood up, knelt on one knee again, and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, the last general, this great kindness, Cao Bianjiao will never forget it!"
Zhou Zheng pulled him up and said, "You have been following me for many years, and you don’t need these polite words. I will figure out a way to let you meet Cao Zongbing in the Tianjao tomorrow, and try to persuade him. Let’s rest in my house tonight. Six tracks."
Cao Bianjiao didn't know if it was agitated or staying up all night, his eyes were red, and he said, "Thank you, Lord!"
Liu Liuzhe pushed the door in and said with a smile: "How come the Second Young Master doesn't care about you, are you at ease now? Let's go, I'll arrange the guest room for you."
Liu Liuzhe and Cao Bianjiao are also familiar with each other and speak close to nature.
Cao Bianjiao was full of thoughts, smiled reluctantly, and left with Liu Liuzhe.
Zhou Zheng sent him out, watched him disappear on a dark path, looked up at the bright moonlight, and muttered to himself: "I hope it will kill you."
He remembered that Cao Wenzhao was besieged by stray bandits next year.
The next day, Cao Bianjiao went to the prison of the Criminal Ministry and met with Cao Wenzhao.
The two had a close conversation for a long time, and Cao Bianjiao came back and told Zhou Zheng that Cao Wenzhao had responded.
Zhou Zheng immediately set about making arrangements. In fact, Cao Wenzhao's crime was not serious, and as in history, the result was to send the border guards. Zhou Zheng spent five thousand taels of silver to redeem Cao Wenzhao for the people.
After Cao Wenzhao was released from prison, he gave a banquet to Zhou Zheng.
Both of them were leaders, especially Zhou Zheng's record, which made Cao Wenzhao admire very much, and naturally they talked very happily.
Cao Wenzhao did not stay in the capital. At the beginning of July, he followed Cao Bianjiao to Tianjin Wei to stay temporarily.
But only half a month, in mid-July, there was a memorial to the Imperial History, saying that the Northwest is more defeated, please pardon Cao Wenzhao, make him guilty and meritorious, continue to chase and suppress the insurgent bandits.
The bandits spread to the five provinces, and there is no need for people everywhere. What's more, for a man with such a great feat as Cao Wenzhao, the Ministry of War immediately sent people to ask Cao Wenzhao's meaning in order to meet the imperial decree.
Seeing that the civil unrest in Northwest China is getting more and more fierce, and the officials and the army are getting more defeated, Cao Wenzhao can't help but wants to respond.
Cao Bianjiao came back from the military camp, dressed in military armor, and said solemnly: "Uncle San, my nephew will not stop you. But there is one thing I want to talk about in advance. To save you in the capital, Lord Zhou used a lot of relationships, many people The imperial court and the emperor gave you a guarantee, and then you are released from prison. If you have another accident, these people will be affected, especially Master Zhou!"
Cao Wenzhao's expression changed slightly, the corners of his face stirred, and he hesitated.
Martial artist is most loyal, and he makes actions that hurt others, especially benefactors, which is absolutely impossible.
In my heart, I can't make it through!
Cao Bianjiao looked at Cao Wenzhao with a solemn expression, and did not make extra persuasion. He assured Zhou Zheng in the capital that Cao Wenzhao could no longer go into official positions without Zhou Zheng's permission.
For a while, Cao Wenzhao nodded slightly and said, "Tell the people in the Ministry of War that I have relapsed and I cannot lead soldiers."
Cao Bianjiao felt relieved and said, "Okay. Don't be discouraged by the third uncle. I once asked Master Zhou. Master Zhou said that it takes a period of time to settle, as short as half a year, and the longest is only three years."
Cao Wenzhao was somewhat lonely, sighed and stood up and said, "I see, go."
Cao Bianjiao gave a hum, then turned to talk to the messenger of the Ministry of War.
The ambassador just came to inquire, not the imperial ambassador, and returned to Beijing without saying much.
Now is not the time for the star to wither in the future and to be extremely lack of people. Now the Ming star is like a cloud. Even if the Ministry of War, Chongzhen knew that Cao Wenzhao could not pretend to be ill, he was only a little angry and did not pay much attention to it.
Zhou Zheng's military merits are still higher than that of Cao Wenzhao, isn't he still living at home
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Zhou Zheng was busy walking his baby at home. He was not talking about it. He was either teasing at home, or taking it out to show off. When nothing happened, he took the baby to the homes of those relatives and friends to eat and drink to show off his son's intelligence.
The previous few times Shangguanqing had followed, but later on, I might feel ashamed and just ignore it.
Zhou Zheng didn't notice anything, he walked almost all the time he got close.
At the same time, the fighting in the court became more fierce, and Wen Tiren's image of a lone minister was a bit unsustainable. There were repeated rumors that Chongzhen was dissatisfied with him and would be deposed.
The rebellion in the five northwestern provinces is becoming more and more raging, and the people from all walks of life continue to grow. There are more than ten bandits with more than 30,000 soldiers alone. Various kinds of'kings' are emerging in an endless stream, and some strange mountain bandits have the names It keeps appearing in the court’s mansion newspaper.
Gao Yingxiang's "Chuang Wang" is still passable, but some "Zuo Jin Wang", "Jianshi Wang", "Hengtian Wang", "Shangta Wang", etc., and more, "Hundred Thousand Thousands", 'Guotianxing','Nine Dragons','Geliyan' and other weird things.
These are obviously bandits and bandits, but they are spreading like a raging fire in the northwest, the total number is hundreds of thousands!
The Ming Ting became more and more nervous. It drew troops from Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi and other places, entered the five northwestern provinces, belonged to Hong Chengchou, and went all out to conquer and suppress.
I don't know when it started, the general trend of the officers and the army having more victories and less defeats changed. The court received more and more news of defeats, but on the contrary, fewer and fewer victories.
The emperor Chongzhen was worried, and kept calling the ministers to play the right way, trying his best.
In fact, there is another element that restricts the officers and the army: money and food.
As more and more troops were enlisted by the imperial court, the issue of money and food came to the forefront.
The use of soldiers for years, the consumption of money and food is huge, but the tax revenue is declining. Compared with the seven years of the Apocalypse, the tax revenue of the five northwestern provinces is less than 30%. Under the fierce natural disasters, other provinces have also experienced a sharp drop of more than 30%.
There are many reasons for the defeat of the officials and the army, the non-cooperation of the various armies, the fear of war, the buck-passing, the struggle for merit, etc., but the money and food are ranked first!
The farce of Na donated was staged again and again, and Chongzhen had also repeatedly sacked his own money. It was a drop in the bucket. The northwest seemed to be a bottomless pit, devouring the blood of Daming.
This is much better than in history, at least the Liaoning salary is saved by more than half.
The imperial court had no money and food, and all kinds of wonderful ideas of officials at all levels came. One of the ruthless ones was donating officials.
This is a kind of donation. It used to be obscure, but now it has been directly picked up. One Jinyiwei has three hundred taels in 100 households, 1,000 households in one thousand taels. There are also some idle officials, and idle jobs have also been sold publicly.
This naturally ushered in the anger of many people. The impeachment book flew into the General Secretary like snowflakes, but it fell to nothing. (End of this chapter)