Chongzhen was very angry. He didn't know how long it took before he gritted his teeth and said: "These are the civil servants and generals of my dynasty. They have no loyalty to the emperor for the country. They only know that they are intriguing and fighting for power. All should be killed!"
Li Zhong stopped talking, he knew, it was enough to say this.
Chongzhen's eyes were red, and after a while, he looked at Li Zhong and said irritably, "What is there to say from the Sixth Cabinet?"
Li Zhong hurriedly said: "The details are not clear. Yuan Fu seems to have revealed the meaning, saying that the thief has been captured. Zhou Zhengyun is of little use in Shaanxi. He wants to transfer him back to Shandong to guard against captives."
This may sound reasonable at first, but it's strange to look at it carefully. Although Gao Yingxiang was captured, the bandits weren't hurt much. How come Zhou Zheng is about to be transferred from Shaanxi, or on the premise that he has made such great achievements
Thinking of the recent crazy impeachment against Zhou Zheng, Chongzhen looked bad and said, "How does the court plan to award Zhou Zheng a reward?"
Li Zhong's face was thinking hard, and he said: "There seems to be no news, probably as usual."
Chongzhen understood this time, and his face was uncertain.
Although angry at the court that some people formed parties to reject dissidents and attack Zhongliang, Chongzhen couldn't do anything for a while, didn't know who it was, couldn't deal with it, and couldn't go against the will of everyone.
Wang Chengen has been watching quietly from the side, looking at Chongzhen's face, then glanced at Li Zhong, and said in a rare voice: "Long live Lord, you are still vacant."
Chongzhen was startled, and then frowned. He didn't really like Zhou Zheng in his heart. As a result, Zhou Zheng once deceived the court and made him angry. Secondly, he didn't like Zhou Zheng and didn't get close to him. In other words, he didn't like anyone who didn't get close to him.
However, Zhou Zheng captured Gao Yingxiang after all, and eliminated the great troubles in his heart. It is considered that he has saved the Daming Shrine. The reward should be given, Chongzhen can also be magnanimous!
Chongzhen sat on the chair, expressionless for a while, and said, "Let's do this. The other rewards will be doubled, and the rewards will be given to Zhou Zheng's wife, children, brothers, and father. Then I will write to Zhou Zheng and ask questions. Does he have any other requirements? He has done a great job, and we and the court can't treat him badly!"
Wang Chengen didn't change his expression, and said, "The slave and maid obeyed the decree."
I don't know why, Li Zhong was very vigilant after Wang Chengen spoke. After listening to Wang Chengen's'Slavery's obedience', his scalp suddenly became numb, always feeling that Wang Chengen had discovered something and was deliberately setting him up.
'No, when Zhou Zhengyun comes back, he must find a way. He must not be so worried! 'Li Zhong said secretly.
Chongzhen's intentions quickly spread to the cabinet, and the Ministry of War, naturally, according to his intentions, drafted related awards for Zhou Zheng and the'Zhou Jun'.
The rare atmosphere in Chongzhen's eyes is still stingy, stingy, and even mean.
Zhou Zheng, who was still in Shaanxi, was stunned after receiving the order. He was promoted to the rank of the right assistant of the Ministry of War. This was completely beyond his expectation, but it also gave him a better opportunity.
Regarding Chongzhen's request for his'request', Zhou Zheng also only asked for his husband's wife, her mother-in-law, to give her a fate, and nothing else.
At the end of August, Chongzhen formally issued an edict to Zhou Zheng to be promoted, and he was generously rewarded and sealed.
When Zhou Zheng returned to Beijing, Gao Yingxiang was executed and died in Caishikou.
Zhou Zheng returned the army he had brought back from Shandong and brought a few soldiers back to the capital.
The first step, of course, is to enter the palace, thank you.
Regardless of what Chongzhen thought of Zhou Zheng, how he didn't like it, facing Zhou Zheng, the man who captured Gao Yingxiang and saved the Daming community, Chongzhen still gave a high standard of reception.
On the platform of Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen received Zhou Zheng with a smile on his face. After listening to Zhou Zheng's description of the capture of Gao Yingxiang, he kept nodding his head with a smile.
Standing beside him were Wang Chengen, Li Zhong, and the first assistant Wen Tiren, and Yang Sichang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.
After hearing this, Chongzhen said with emotion: "If all the ministers of the DPRK and Central China can have half the heart of Aiqing, how can the northwest be so corrupted."
Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang were expressionless, as if he hadn't heard Chongzhen's face slap like this.
Zhou Zheng had already figured out Chongzhen's attitude towards him from Li Zhong, and raised his hand unmovingly, saying: "Your Majesty, the minister is just doing his duty."
Chongzhen nodded slightly, and said with more approval and emotion: "If Aiqing could be used long ago, maybe many things will not stop there. I will regret it too late."
Zhou Zheng didn't pay any attention to such words, just raised his hand humbly.
Chongzhen looked at the exhausted look on Zhou Zheng's face and said with concern: "Aiqing, do you have any other opinions about the Northwest Rebellion?"
Zhou Zheng and Lu Xiangsheng discussed for three days and two nights. They were so familiar with each other that they opened their mouths and said: "Your Majesty, the chaos and bandits spread to the five provinces, and the forces are scattered. Although the officers and soldiers are elite, they cannot take care of them. The minister thinks that the priorities should be prioritized and targeted Eradication."
Chongzhen listened, thought for a moment, and turned his head to look at Yang Sichang.
Yang Sichang also looked up at Zhou Zheng at this moment. Zhou Zheng was about to become the right assistant of the Ministry of War and was his deputy, but Zhou Zheng's strategy was different from his.
Chongzhen glanced at Yang Sichang with a pensive expression, obviously comparing Yang Sichang and Zhou Zheng's tactics to suppress bandits in his heart.
Zhou Zheng had just captured Gao Yingxiang and made great contributions. Chongzhen was instinctively inclined to Zhou Zheng's strategy, and felt that it should be so.
Yang Sichang quickly noticed it and leaned toward Chongzhen, and said, "Your Majesty, although the strategies are different and the goals are the same, please discuss carefully with the Ministry of War, and then play your Majesty."
Chongzhen just smiled and said: "Okay, your Ministry of War carefully prepares a strategy for suppressing bandits, and discuss it in the hall another day."
When Yang Sichang heard the discussion in the hall, he couldn't help frowning, but he looked at Zhou Zheng and stopped talking.
Chongzhen asked carefully about the Northwest, and then asked Liaodong.
Zhou Zheng answered calmly, with reason and evidence.
Perhaps it was Zhou Zheng's contribution. Chongzhen believed in his words very much, praised him repeatedly, and encouraged him several times.
Zhou Zheng knows Chongzhen's character, what he said may not be effective, he still answers and analyzes seriously.
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When Zhou Zheng was in the palace and Chongzhen countermeasures, the Zhou family was also very excited.
Zhou's in-laws, Ding's and Shangguan's are all here.
Shangguan’s family is Shangguanqing’s natal family. Zhou Zheng has made great contributions this time, and there are a lot of various shades. For example, both Shangguanqing and Shangguanqing’s mother were given a tribute, and Shangguan Xun and Shangguan Lie were rewarded by hundreds of households in Jinyi.
Zhou Qingli, Zhou Fang also received a reward. It can be said that this time, Zhou's family is proud and their status has risen greatly. The momentum is a bit more than when Zhou Qingli was the minister of the household.
In Zhou's living room, the woman sat together, talking and laughing.
Zhou Ding looked at Shangguanqing and said with a smile: "Last time your brother said that he wanted to give your mother a fate, but he didn't expect the second uncle to really earn it for you, brother and sister, so good fortune."
Shangguanqing held his sleeping son and smiled and said, "Big brother is not bad." (End of this chapter)