Chongzhen looked at Li Zhong's back with murderous intent in his eyes, and slammed his fists on the tabletop fiercely, making a low roar and cursing in his mouth.
Wang Chengen had just stepped out of the door, and one foot that had stepped in, withdrew silently.
The chaos in the Northwest is now a big worry for Chongzhen, and it is related to the stability of the Daming Jiangshan community. Who wants to be in trouble at this time
Zhou Qingli moved extremely fast, and the news spread the next day, and many people really started attacking Zhou Zheng for a variety of reasons.
Even at the court meeting, many people began to question this matter, asking Chongzhen and the court to be cautious, so as not to make a joke, and thoroughly investigate Zhou Zheng.
Wen Tiren and others were cautiously neutral and vague, which naturally contributed to this voice.
Yang Sichang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, is not familiar with Zhou Zheng, but he also knows that Zhou Zheng has never had any technical content in wars. He can only fight hard. Although he has some achievements, he does not dare to guarantee that Zhou Zheng really captured the imperial confidant Gao Yingxiang. Be cautious in your words and deeds.
The senior officials of the imperial court took an extremely cautious attitude towards Zhou Zheng's memorial. If it were other things, it would naturally be very common, but at this time, as long as the imperial court was "cautious", it would herald catastrophe!
Sure enough, Chongzhen had to make an order and ordered Li Zhong to personally take people to Xi'an for verification, and secretly ordered the Prime Minister of the five provinces, Lu Xiangsheng, to secretly lead his army to suppress Zhou Zheng's army.
When Zhou Zheng knew this, it was already two days later.
He and Lu Xiangsheng hit it off right away, deducing gangsters in Xi'an, discussing strategies for suppressing bandits, and slept together almost all day long.
Li Zicheng knew that Gao Yingxiang was defeated, and Lu Xiangsheng and Zhou Zheng were hoarding the army in Xi'an.
When Li Zhong arrived in Xi'an Mansion, he saw Gao Yingxiang and Lu Xiangsheng's security, and he was completely relieved. Without the solemnity in the palace, he grinned and smiled all day, just like a fool.
Lu Xiangsheng didn't dare to neglect the second master in the palace, so naturally he was kind to entertain.
Li Zhong was not so arrogant and domineering. He said his intentions and refused the benefits. On the contrary, his performance made Lu Xiangsheng and others quite applauded, unlike those insatiable and domineering inmates.
After finding a gap, Li Zhong and Zhou Zheng whispered various secrets inside and outside the palace.
Zhou Zheng listened carefully, thought about it, and said, "Well. You did a good job, and do everything cautiously. I should be able to get there safely this time. Find a time and find a way to beat Wen Tiren so that he won’t bite me. Don’t let go. Also, when appropriate, say a few good things to me in front of the emperor, probably because it’s not easy on my way."
Li Zhong said, "This is easy, I just look for opportunities."
Zhou Zheng thought that Zhou Qingli had already taken action. The problem should not be too big. He glanced at Li Zhong and said, "After I go back, I will see someone in the teahouse. Three thousand acres of farmland, the large yard near Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, plus fifty thousand taels of silver. ."
Li Zhong opened his eyes and said with a smile: "I know you will not treat me badly, well, I will return to Beijing tomorrow, and I will definitely praise you in front of the emperor!"
Over the years, Li Zhong was cautious in his words and deeds. He never embezzled or accepted bribes. He was as clean as a piece of white paper. The gifts given by those in the court were well recorded and honestly given to Chongzhen.
why? Because those are too few, where is Zhou Zheng's big hand!
Zhou Zheng and Li Zhong talked secretly for a while, then separated quietly and continued to pretend to be unfamiliar.
On the second day, Li Zhong escorted Gao Yingxiang, and under the escort of Lu Xiangsheng's army, he began to return to Beijing.
Lu Xiangsheng and Zhou Zheng were standing on the tower, both of them were relieved.
Lu Xiangsheng was much taller than Zhou Zheng and several years older. He was burly in shape with square corners of his face. He smiled and said, "Zhengyun, this time you are at least an official soldier of the Ministry of War, not far from Shang Shu."
Lu Xiangsheng has been in the military for a long time and seems to be inexplicably optimistic about the officialdom.
Zhou Zheng smiled faintly, and said: "We said the day before yesterday that the banditry in the Northwest is not so easy to solve. You are afraid that you won't be able to return to Beijing for a while."
There are too many problems at the root of the chaos in the Northwest, and they cannot be solved by mere suppression.
Lu Xiangsheng also knew that his smile narrowed a little, and he sighed: "I only hope that the court will be aware of it and make changes."
Zhou Zheng shook his head secretly. There are no lack of discerning people in the court. The key points of the letter are everywhere. The problem is implementation!
No matter how talented the plan is, can it be handed over to a group of corrupt officials who only know about corruption, fight for power and gain, and have infighting, can it have good results
They will only get worse!
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Gao Yingxiang was pressed to the capital, and Yang Sichang and Chongzhen confirmed that they were overjoyed.
Chongzhen burst into tears with excitement, and on the same day he sacrificed to the ancestral temple and kept crying.
The civil and military officials of the imperial court suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions relaxed, and their emotions excited.
They discovered at this moment that they were all panicked before, and it was also at this moment that they felt that Daming would not perish the country!
Chongzhen came back from the ancestral temple and walked into the Palace of Qianqing with a smile all over his body. He didn't see any official who asked to see him.
Sitting on the chair, Chongzhen's expression was still a little tranced, her heart trembled, but her face was full of smiles.
Li Zhong followed, watching Chongzhen's expression, and quietly gestured outside.
An internal monitor outside the door left silently. After a while, he came in with a large stack of melodies and handed it to Li Zhong, who whispered in his ear for a long time.
Chongzhen was in a good mood, watching the inmate whispering in Li Zhong's ear, smiling and saying, "What are you talking about?"
Li Zhong trembled, and almost fell off the plate in his hand, but a few melodies still fell.
Chongzhen frowned, and said in a harsh tone: "Come here!"
Li Zhong quickly took the memo and walked to Chongzhen cautiously.
Chongzhen looked at Li Zhong's expression, took the top memo and swept it away, his smiling face suddenly became angry!
He threw away one book and looked at the next one, and for a while it was the next one, and threw four or five books in succession!
Chongzhen's face was blue, his eyes were angry, and he said, "What did you just say?"
Li Zhong looked uneasy and whispered: "Long live master, this is only a few, there are dozens of books on the supervision of the li supervisor..."
Chongzhen opened his eyes with anger and sneered repeatedly, saying: "The Chuang thief was captured by Zhou Zhengyun. They are still desperately impeaching such a nailed matter. Are they blind or deaf?"
Li Zhong paid attention to Chongzhen's look, and then he changed his mind. His face became more cautious: "Long live Lord, Zhou Zhengyun has always dared to speak up. He has offended the adults of the Manchu dynasty a long time ago. There are also many adults in the Department of Political Envoys, who seem to be withdrawing the memorial..."
Chongzhen laughed angrily and couldn't say a word. (End of this chapter)