The town of Gansu was about to go to war, and it spread to the capital.
From their heart, they just want to live a stable life. Even if they hit the door, they just need to keep the door or close the door. As for going out to fight, they don't have to do it as a last resort.
But in the face of Zhou Zheng, they were very weak, and the military power was in Zhou Zheng's hands. Even if Yang Sichang participated in the'army reform', he couldn't mobilize the army, and he couldn't stop it.
Before the Lantern Festival, Zhou Zheng returned to Beijing from Tianjin Wei.
Zhou Yanru did not come to see him, and the court seemed to have passed this matter, and no one mentioned it again.
Naturally, Zhou Zheng would not take the initiative to talk about it. Everyone continued to live as usual.
The Ministry of War is the most nervous, and has been watching the battle in Gansu Town.
For this reason, considering the long distance, the Ministry of War requested instructions from the cabinet and set up a'temporary command post' in Shaanxi.
In March, finally came the news from Gansu Town that made Daming's executives relieved.
Moxi Mongolia had no intention of starting a war, and retreated after a short contact.
But Mobei Mongolia, suffered from the invasion of Moxi Mongolia, its strength was greatly damaged, and it was extremely vulnerable under natural disasters.
This is especially true for Horqin. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty really dared to go out, his attitude changed drastically, and he took the initiative to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and gave a lot of good things.
Among them, Zhou Yanru and Zhou Zheng expressed his'heart', and the gift was sent to the door.
As a result, Jianlu was also alarmed. The real'peace talks' meant a lot, but the envoys sent were scolded by Zhou Yanru and driven away from the mansion.
Regardless of this, Zhou Zheng stared at Nan Zhili.
The'reform' has never been smooth sailing, even for the broken Daming now, the turbulence inside and outside has never stopped.
The same was true in Nanzhili. All kinds of weird things happened. Lu Daqi was on the left and right, and without Zhou Zheng's strong support, he was ousted from office a long time ago and was thrown into prison.
Even Zhou Zheng feels a lot of pressure and needs to deal with it carefully.
In June, someone suddenly wrote a letter, tracing Zhou Zheng’s merits, thinking that a Dingguo Duke was not enough to judge, and asked for the addition of an undecided king, hereditary replacement.
There was no reaction from the court. There were always such memorials, either for grandstanding or just to climb Zhouzheng.
But shortly afterwards, a proposed decree appeared in the cabinet to control the room, to the effect that Zhou Zheng was crowned king.
Only then did the court shake, and even Zhou Yanru sent to ask if it was Zhou Zheng's intention.
Of course this is not what Zhou Zheng meant!
He originally wanted to hide his power and bide his time, and he was bent on reforms, where he would jump out and put himself on the fire.
Mid-June.
Zhou Zheng, Gao Hongtu, Sun Chuanting and others are inspecting some farmland in Beizhili.
Gao Hongtu walked, and said: "My lord, I think there is no shortage of land. It is just that the land is good or bad, how much, and the natural disasters are fierce, so too many things are difficult to handle."
Zhou Zheng walked ahead, looking at the dry land, frowning all the time.
Droughts and floods are the most serious problem facing Ming.
Sun Chuanting said: "The gang in Nanzhili are still not reclaiming enough. Where the land is the best in the world, if it is properly reclaimed, it will solve the big problem."
Zhou Zheng nodded slightly and said, "I have discussed with my eldest brother about the Taihu Lake. When the flood is over, I will start to clear the silt of Taihu Lake, unblock the river, reclaim the nearby land, and use chemical fertilizers and farm tools..."
Gao Hongtu seriously remembered, ready to go back to have a good meeting and discuss.
The three people walked and talked, and then randomly looked at a village.
After coming out, Gao Hongtu said in a worried tone: "The situation is getting worse and worse. If it can't be stopped in time, I'm afraid the Northwestern chaos will return."
Sun Chuanting had almost the same expression.
Zhou Zheng deliberated and said, "At present, there is still money and food, but the world is too big, and we have to find a way to solve the problem."
Gao Hongtu said: "Currently, the reforms are progressing slowly in other provinces except Nanzhili. The place where we are governor is okay. Those in Yuanfu didn't move at all."
Having said that, Sun Chuanting looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "My lord, how do you think you got the will?"
That Dao is only a tentative draft, and has not yet been drafted or announced.
Gao Hongtu also raised his head to look at Zhou Zheng with a solemn expression.
This matter is a bit weird no matter how you look at it, maybe someone came to them.
Zhou Zheng strolled along and smiled and said: "There is nothing hard to guess, it's nothing more than someone tempting me. It's your majesty in the palace, courtiers outside, or those who oppose the reform. Essentially, there is no difference."
Sun Chuanting said: "Before the adults said there was a plan, what the adults want to do."
Zhou Zheng looked at the direction of the capital, and said: "People have too many thoughts, it may not be a good thing, we really need to make some preparations."
Sun Chuanting and Gao Hongtu glanced at each other, knowing in his heart that after returning to Beijing, he was afraid that something would happen.
Everyone went to several places and returned to the capital at night.
Before returning home, Zhang Heyi came.
He handed over a document and said: "My lord, it's drafted."
Zhou Zheng took it and took a look, nodded and said, "You don't need to go through the cabinet, but mobilize on behalf of the Ministry of War."
"Yes!" Zhang Heyi answered with a solemn expression.
At this time, Li Bang Hua Mansion.
Li Banghua rarely fidgeted, frowning, standing under the eaves, looking at the gray, as if it was going to rain, his expression became more and more unsightly.
"Dark clouds are over the city."
A middle-aged man came over and said, "Teacher, is there any difficulty?"
Li Banghua glanced at him, sighed deeply, and said, "Some people who are dissatisfied with Duke Dingguo are taking some adventurous moves. Duke Dingguo is quiet like an abyss, and I am very disturbed."
The middle-aged man was silent and suddenly said, "Teacher, be careful. Duke Dingguo, the tiger, is afraid that he will eat people."
Li Banghua's face moved and said, "I also have a hunch, but I don't know what he will do. Does he know who it is? Or does he not know?"
The middle-aged man frowned, feeling that Li Banghua's words were a bit strange, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.
Two days later, the capital was still very calm, and the memorial to Zhou Zhengfeng disappeared without a trace.
Anyone who knew about this thought it had passed like this. Who knows, suddenly someone wrote a letter to the Nine Tins.
The so-called "Nine Tins", Cao Cao, Yang Jian, and Li Yuan have had it. They can already be regarded as the first step in the'usurpation'.
Such a memorial is absolutely unpredictable.
And it's a public one, without a name.
The ruling and opposition parties exploded immediately, and suddenly many memoirs appeared. They criticized Zhou Zheng and compared him to the'reincarnated Wang Mang', and even asked the court to oust Zhou Zheng and imprison him.
Cabinet small meeting room.
Zhou Yanru, Zhou Zheng, Qian Qianyi, Yang Sichang, Li Banghua, Zhang Sizhi, Li Juesi, and Li Hengbing were all present.
Zhou Yanru looked around, twisted his eyebrows, and looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "Zhengyun, who did this matter?"
Zhou Zheng glanced at Zhou Yanru and saw that he didn't even have hypocritical anger on his face. He knew it in his heart. Then he glanced at the other people. Seeing that they didn't seem to have any anger or other emotions, it was more of a kind of standing on the sidelines, waiting quietly. It looks like a good show.
A strange emotion appeared in Zhou Zheng's heart, as if everyone here was calculating him. (End of this chapter)