Zhou Zheng took the teacup, and smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly: "What can I do? Soldiers will cover the water and earth. What I asked you to do is done?"
Zhang Heyi hurriedly said: "My lord, we have taken advantage of the chaos of Wen Shoufu's dismissal. We have already won a lot. There are also a few about the land reform, taxation, and military system in Liaodong. The law, the cabinet is declining, and the officials are still trying to find a way."
Zhou Zheng put down his teacup and said, "In other words, the problem lies with the Ministry of War?"
Zhang Heyi glanced at Zhou Zheng and said, "Yes."
Zhou Zheng laughed and said, "The problem will be easier to handle. Go ahead, do the things in detail, the other things are not yours."
Zhang Heyi and Yao Tongshun looked at each other, not daring to ask more, and raised their hands together and said: "Yes."
Zhou Zheng watched the three leave and glanced at the official document in front of him.
These are all complicated things, and there is no important information, especially in the northwest.
Zhou Zheng smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth, holding his teacup, sleeping leisurely.
When Zhou Zheng was sleeping, the Ministry of War came and went, and it was very lively, and even more lively than that was the imperial court.
Wen Tiren was dismissed, the new first assistant was undecided, and Yang Sichang's "ten-faced netting" was in full swing, which can be said to be a mess and a mess.
There is also Zhou Zheng's affairs. The court is even more chaotic. There are all kinds of voices. The memorial of impeaching Zhou Zheng came to the top for a while, causing the ruling and the opposition to look at him.
There were constant criticisms of Zhou Zheng from outside the palace, and there was no peace in the palace, but no one dared to publicly declare it, because the long live master in the Qianqing Palace had already angered once.
At this moment, Chongzhen was reviewing the memorial in Dongnuan Pavilion. Li Zhong stood by and waited. He continued a cup of tea and said softly: "Long live Lord, this is the impeachment of Zhou Zhengyun again. In total, there are almost 60 copies."
Chongzhen heard the words'Zhou Zhengyun', and was about to frown, venting his dissatisfaction, suddenly startled, looked up at Li Zhong, and said, "How much do you say? Sixty copies?"
Li Zhongdao: "Yes, this is still a brief copy just copied by the Superintendent of Li, and the Secretary for General Political Affairs still has it. In the past few days, I am afraid that there are less than a hundred copies."
This time Chongzhen was no longer angry, his face hesitated, and his eyes flickered: "Baiben? Has Zhengyun offended so many people this week? What did he do outside?"
Li Zhong bowed and said, "The slave and maidservant didn't hear anything, but there were hundreds of books in just a few days. This... The slave and maid had never seen anything like this in the palace for more than 20 years."
Chongzhen picked up the teacup, looked indifferently, and said, "You mean, someone wants to deal with Zhou Zhengyun and wants to put him in jail?"
Li Zhong hurriedly said, "This servant doesn't know, but things are a bit weird. Long live Lord has to guard against."
Chongzhen took a sip of tea, snorted, and exhaled deeply, but at the age of twenty-five or sixteen, his face was full of exhaustion.
He put down his teacup and said, "Zhou Zhengyun has never been a friend or party, and has no foundation in the court. Who has such a deep hatred of him? Must ruin his future?"
Li Zhong leaned forward and said, "Slaves don't know."
Chongzhen glanced at Li Zhong, and said angrily: "Useless things, ask three questions, get out!"
Li Zhong looked trembling and responded quickly, trotting to the door.
Chongzhen's wringed brows slowly loosened. After thinking and thinking, when Li Zhonglin went out, he said again: "By the way, what happened to the admiral Jingying?"
In recent years, Chongzhen has sent more and more internal prisoners, especially in the capital city. Not long ago, he ordered the internal supervisor to supervise the capital to patrol the capital. Now he is worried about the major camps in the capital and is preparing to send the internal supervisor to supervise the Beijing camp.
But for such a thing, the ministers must agree, otherwise, there will be trouble, and Chongzhen can only regress and cannot succeed.
Li Zhong ran back hurriedly, frowned, thought about it carefully, and said: "Old Zhang Ge seems to let go, no objection."
Chongzhen was happy, and said, "Really?"
Li Zhong hesitated and said, "The slave and maidservant are still not clear, so I have to ask someone to go to the cabinet to find out."
Chongzhen threw a memo book over, and said angrily: "That's not going to go!"
"Yes, the slave and maid will go now!" Li Zhong ran out in a panic.
Zhang Gelao, also known as Zhang Zhifa, was originally the second assistant, but now temporarily acting as the cabinet, but not temporarily acting as the chief assistant. The post of the chief assistant is still stuck.
The court was fighting, and Zhou Yanru of Jiangnan was also ready to move.
Soon, Li Zhong brought back an accurate return to Chongzhen.
Chongzhen was overjoyed. After complimenting Li Zhong, he directly made an order to order the great eunuch Cao Huachun to supervise the Beijing camp and command all the soldiers and horses in the capital.
Chongzhen became more and more arbitrary, and directly made orders. The courtiers could not work together to oppose, and they succeeded repeatedly. The imperial edict has never been obstructed or refuted by the six subjects.
Chongzhen stayed in the Dongnuan Pavilion all night long. Wang Chengen and Li Zhong waited outside the door. I don’t know how long it was before the sky turned dark. Wang Chengen looked inside and turned his eyes to Li Zhong, and said with no joy or sadness: "You take it. What are Zhou Zhengyun's benefits?"
Li Zhong's temples agitated abruptly, and then he glanced at him calmly, and said, "Those people and things you arranged for the Wang family, are the money paid for nothing?"
Wang Chengen Fuchen changed directions and said, "Communication with foreign ministers is a serious crime. You should know how to deal with it."
Li Zhong calmly continued, saying: "Zhou Zhengyun has made great contributions to the country. He is loyal to his majesty and to me, and he has repeatedly made merits. What's wrong with me to protect him from being victimized by a traitor? If you think I did not do the right thing, you can tell Long live Lord, this is my confession."
What Li Zhong said was high-sounding and righteous.
Wang Chengen frowned, shook his head secretly, and said, "I don't want to report your intentions, but I want you to understand that you should not harm others and yourself."
Only then did Li Zhong suppress the panic in his heart, pretending to calmly glance at Wang Chengen, and said, "Thank you very much."
Wang Chengen glanced at him again, holding the floating dust, and continued to look ahead.
Li Zhong tried his best to stay calm, but his back was cold and his body was trembling slightly.
"Fortunately, I have discussed with Zhou Zhengyun early on the countermeasures, otherwise I will definitely reveal the stuff today... This Wang Chengen, who usually does not make a sound, is in trouble at this time, but fortunately I didn't really handle it for him to catch..."
Li Zhong secretly cried out for luck, raised his head and glanced at the sky, wiping sweat pretending to be nonchalant, but it was cold sweat on his head.
He glanced at Wang Chengen quietly again, thinking about whether he should find another opportunity to discuss with Zhou Zheng. This Wang Chengen really can't stay! He is always in fear at all times, but he doesn't know when he will show up!
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By July 25, the cabinet chief assistant had settled, Zhang Zhifa was promoted to the first assistant, and everyone else failed, including Zhou Yanru, the former chief assistant who had been active for a long time.
At the same time, with the ruling and opposition parties boiling, Zhou Zheng, who logically should have been sent to prison a long time ago, was unscathed. He worked and worked at the Ministry of War as usual, just like a okay person.
I don't know how many people are puzzled, and when they are struggling to impeach, they are also inquiring around, trying to figure out what's going on.
When Yang Sichang came out of the Palace of the Qing Dynasty, on the way back to the cabinet, he "coincidentally" met the eunuch Wang Chengen. (End of this chapter)