Zhou was in Gansu Town for six or seven days, then left and headed south for Guizhou.
Most people think that the most severely affected place in Daming is Shaanxi, but in fact, it is Guizhou.
Guizhou is remote, poor, and there are many chieftains. Since the Wanli period, various wars have never stopped. The chieftains surrounded Guiyang and Guiyang fell not once or twice. The so-called'ten chambers and nine empty spaces' are the most prominent feature here. .
Governor Wang Sanshan accompanied Zhou Zheng with a solemn expression and said: "Dong Guo, although you have calmed down the northwest, you have also given Guizhou a lot of money and food, the situation is still not optimistic. It’s a difficult situation, and it’s not done by humans..."
Gao Hongtu, who was next to Zhou Zheng, frowned as he heard it, and said, "Governor Wang, in your words, you are full of shirking responsibilities. Is it possible that Dingguo and I will be the governor for you?"
Wang Sanshan smiled bitterly, and said: "Noble book, how dare you subordinate officials? You have been here for a few days. What have been seen and heard, is it possible that the subordinate officials deliberately showed you? The land is barren and deserted, the people are scattered, and the people are tired. … The lower official believes that it may not be possible to recover after ten years..."
Gao Hongtu snorted coldly, and said, "You governor are like this, you can imagine below. Governor Wang, I have been listening for a while, but there is no good news for a word? Is it possible that the court gave you hundreds of thousands Are you greedy for money and food?"
Wang Sanshan looked at Gao Hongtu and said, "Noble book, Gao Tang, you are in the capital, and you are delicious. Look at me? If you push you down like this, I will be in front of Duke Dingguo. Killed here alive!"
Zhou Zheng made a round and waved his hand: "Okay, how do I feel that you two told me on purpose?"
Gao Hongtu laughed with him, and said, "My lord laughed. The next official just thinks that there are difficulties in Guizhou, but not all difficulties. The governor Wang is too clean."
Wang Sanshan hurriedly said: "Duke Dingguo, you have to be the master of the next official. The next official has never slackened. You have a good night's sleep. In the past two years, I haven't slept a good night..."
Zhou Zheng glanced at him, and said: "I know your purpose of calling Qu, and you still want money and food, don’t you have one more! Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and my 13th Ming province. Tell me, why not? Short of money?"
Wang Sanshan suppressed his bitter expression, and then said with a smile: "Xiaguan has no other meaning, just 500,000, 500,000..."
Zhou Zheng walked straight forward, looking at the dry cracks in the fields, and said: "There is no more, you have to do it for me. Now the ruling and the people are waiting to see my jokes, take my handle, and rush. I step down, if I step down, you will surely rise up and rise to the top..."
Wang Sanshan couldn't laugh anymore. He glanced around and whispered: "My lord, should we say a few words in the letter?"
Zhou Zheng is a member of the group, and almost never appeared, attacked, and defended in party struggles. Therefore, Zhou Zheng appeared to be very lonely in the ruling and opposition parties.
Zhou Zheng strolled forward and said: "It's not necessary. You don't need to concentrate on doing things to advance the reform, restore people's livelihood, and stabilize my foundation. Other things don't need you to worry about."
Wang Sanshan bowed and answered'Yes'.
But I thought to myself: Encountering such a Shangguan might be the greatest happiness in your career as an official.
Zhou Zheng walked, looked at, and said, "Although there is no more money and food for you. I will give you some advice. First, Nanzhili is vigorously reclaiming wasteland, and there is a shortage of people. You can move some over. . Second, Guizhou must actively strive for the projects of the Ministry of Industry, which can also relieve your pressure. Third, you must increase your efforts to promote some dry crops. Regarding the taxes on salt, iron, etc., the court will give discretion to it. Exempt..."
After listening to Wang Sanshan, he smiled and said, "The next official said that the adults will not ignore Guizhou."
Zhou Zhengdao: "My next stop is to Huguang, I hope they can give me some good news."
Wang Sanshan was honest again and again, leading Zhou Zheng to move on.
Zhou stayed in Guizhou for three days before rushing to Huguang.
Huguang is Zhou Yanru's site. Even so, Zhou Zheng watched it seriously and went wherever he should go.
Zhou Zheng also confessed a lot of things seriously, but watching Huguang's'shoucheng' posture, he did not hold much hope in his heart and went to Guangdong and Guangxi.
He spent a long time in Zhou, Guangxi and Guangxi, and planned a lot of things, especially the sea trade. He walked by the sea for a long time.
Seven days later, Zhou Zheng set off for Fujian. The first thing he did was to inspect the "Navy Division" and even conducted an exercise at sea.
As soon as Zhou stayed in Fujian, it was December.
Zhou Zheng, Gao Hongtu, Fujian Governor Yu Huaiyuan and others walked outside Fuzhou to inspect the crops.
Yu Huaiyuan said: "My lord, the disaster in Fujian is getting worse, especially this typhoon. This year, there have been twelve incidents in succession. There has never been an incident."
Zhou Zheng nodded lightly, and along the way, he saw too much and was so shocking that he didn't want to talk a lot.
Gao Hongtu's face was solemn, and said: "The disaster we are facing has never existed in ancient times. If Zhang Juzheng's teachings were able to continue at the beginning, it might not be necessary for us to work as hard as we are now."
Yu Huaiyuan nodded and shook his head, and said, "What I am worried about is that one day, our descendants will also say the same thing."
Gao Hongtu twitched his mouth, looked at Zhou Zheng's back, and stopped talking.
Zhou Zheng said: "We won't be able to go back to the capital this year. Gao Shangshu will go back first. The household can be available for too long. I will go to Jiangxi and then to Nanzhili. This way, at least April or May next year. go back."
Gao Hongtu looked dark and said: "My lord, don't you worry about the capital change?"
Zhou Zheng laughed and said, "Don't worry, they can't make waves."
Gao Hongtu nodded lightly, without saying more.
Zhou stayed in Fujian for more than ten days. In the second year of Anhe and the fifteenth year of Chongzhen in history, he went to Jiangxi under the protection of Liu Liuzhe's Jinyiwei.
Zhou Zheng was sitting on the carriage, wobbly sleep soundly.
Sitting on the horse, Liu Liuche looked at the situation on both sides of the official road, and whispered: "Second Young Master, something is wrong."
Zhou Zheng kept his eyes open, and said, "In the capital, they can't do anything to me. This is a chance for them. It's weird not to make a move."
Liu Liuzhe leaned closer and whispered: "Second Young Master, we are only more than 70 people in total, I'm afraid it won't be enough."
Zhou Zheng swayed and said, "Keep walking, pretending to know nothing."
Liu Liuzhe was stunned, and immediately realized something.
He, the second young master, always seeks stability, so to speak, presumably there are arrangements.
Zhou Zheng's horse caravan was walking along the official road as usual.
In the woods in the distance, a group of people in black bowed their heads, holding knives in their hands, and waiting quietly.
These are divided into two sides, they are very long, and the number of people is more than two hundred!
"Something is wrong," one of the men in black whispered.
Another person stared at Zhou Zheng's somewhat "empty" carriage, and then whispered: "Jin Yiwei can't be unaware, and Zhou Zhengyun would not be so unprepared."
"What to do? In addition to our people, there are many bandits. If they don't do anything, they may do bad things. It's a bit difficult for us to stop talking." The third person said.
"Then do it, it's a hundred!"
"Okay, fight to the death!"
"it is good!"
The three men in black quickly reached an agreement, doing their own actions, preparing to attack suddenly.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes, rushing towards here.
The complexion of the three men in black changed drastically, pressing their hands fiercely, making everyone more concealed.
"It's Ying Tianfu's soldiers."
"That seems to be Zhang Yitan, Zhou Zhengyun's former guard."
"It's him. What if you don't say there are a thousand cavalry?"
"Don't move rashly!"
The man in black was extremely nervous, and Zhang Yitan, a thousand cavalrymen, could easily wipe them out.
Zhang Yitan rushed over with the cavalry and ordered the army to follow slowly twenty feet away. He rode a horse and came to the window of Zhou Zheng's carriage, grinning: "Sir, am I not late?"
Zhou Zheng opened the curtains and glanced. There were quiet and terrifying silence on both sides of the road, and said lightly: "Pretend you don't know, don't care."
Zhang Yitan snorted coldly, and said, "My lord, you are too forgiving. If I were to wipe out these people, I won't leave them alone."
Zhou Zheng glanced at him and said, "Yeah, as a general soldier, do you have a good temper?"
Zhang Yitan hurriedly put on a simple and honest smile, and said: "My lord scolds me, who doesn't know that my old Zhang is the most kind, can I still listen to the lord?"
Zhou Zheng pointed at him and said, "When you reach the boundary of Jiangxi, there will be a response, and you can go back."
Zhang Yitan became more honest, and said, "My lord, the younger one wants to be by your side and learn more."
Zhou Zheng put down the curtains directly and didn't bother to care about him.
Zhang Yitan immediately sat upright, serious.
Liu Liuzhe secretly smiled while watching. The two had known each other for many years, and they didn't tell him to laugh.
Zhou Zheng's carriage never stopped, and it passed through the ambush point calmly.
The cavalry behind didn't know if they knew about the ambush, and they sat motionless on the horse anyway.
The men in black on both sides were extremely nervous. If these cavalry attacked, none of them would be able to leave!
However, these cavalrymen passed by calmly like blind men.
After walking away, the three black-clothed people relaxed. One of them said, "What does Zhou Zhengyun mean? Don't you put us in your eyes at all?"
"He must have discovered us. Is he staying still to draw out the people behind us? Or is he going to do it after he leaves?"
The other person in black was silent for a long time before saying: "I feel very upset, leave here quickly, and tell the above, don't do it anymore. Zhou Zhengyun, there may be something to do."
The other two men in black looked at each other, nodded silently, and quickly walked away.
And those bandits who were bought over looked dumbfounded. Although they took the money, the employer just ran away
Zhou Zheng left Nanzhili and entered Jiangxi under the escort of Zhang Yitan.
Although he was born in Beijing, his genealogy is in Jiangxi. When he came back, the whole of Jiangxi, especially those in Jiujiang Prefecture, showed great enthusiasm.
Some people called Zhou Zheng as "Ding Guo Gong", "Zhou Ge Lao", and "Zhou Jiujiang" behind the scenes. There are countless respectful words.
Naturally, Zhou Zheng was going back to worship his ancestors. The Zhou family did not see a few elders, elders, and all branches and houses. The show was extremely vast, with hundreds of people!
It's purely male!
After worshipping the ancestors, Zhou Zheng met with officials at all levels in Jiangxi and inspected all aspects of Jiangxi's reform.
Zhou Zheng has unprecedented prestige in Jiangxi, and he is not stingy. He has promoted more than one hundred people from Jiangxi to the provinces and the court.
When leaving Jiangxi and rushing to Nanzhili, the elders of Jiangxi officials almost sent each other ten miles away.
Entering the boundary of Yangzhou Mansion, Liu Liuzhe said next to Zhou Zheng's carriage: "Second Young Master, there is nothing wrong on this road, it seems that they have retracted."
Zhou Zheng hummed and said, "What did you find?"
Liu Liuzhe said: "They are relatively scattered and their movements are very secretive. They are not like ordinary desperadoes. Judging from some of their movements, they should be veterans in the army. I tried to catch a few, but they were originally in prison. The death row prisoner was Li Zi's escape after retreating from success and failure. For the time being, it is not possible to find out who is behind the scenes."
Zhou Zheng listened, shook his head, and said, "I need to find out wherever I can. I can call more than two hundred people to shoot at me, and there are not many people who can see Daming."
Liu Liuzhe thought about the imperial court, but didn't feel the same, and said: "Will it be the remnants of thieves? They have not given up."
Although Li Zicheng was wiped out, he was not so clean. I don't know how many people tried to make a comeback and secretly sabotage. The assassination of Zhou Zheng never stopped.
Zhou Zheng laughed and said, "If they had been desperate, they would have known how to advance and retreat."
When Liu Liuzhe heard this, he immediately curled his eyebrows and said, "Second Young Master, I will send a message back and let them watch. These people dare to do something, afraid that they will do something in the capital."
Zhou Zheng's carriage was quiet for a while, and then a voice came out, saying: "There will be no major disturbances, but there will definitely be movements."
Liu Liuche responded and suddenly said, "Second Young Master, let's come out this time to give them a chance?"
Zhou Zheng sighed lightly and said: "No, I want to take a good look at the real situation of the place. You inform the people in the capital and give them some opportunities. I also want to see what they want to do."
Liu Liuzhe responded, shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, I can't see it with my own eyes in the capital."
Zhou Zheng didn't speak any more, and when he arrived in Yangzhou, he took a boat and then went to Yingtianfu.
Lu Daqi and others knew about Zhou Zheng's arrival for a long time, and more than a dozen people, including the governor's office, the governor, and the generals, came to greet him.
Zhou Zheng talked to Yingtian Mansion along the way with them. After they settled down, they talked with Lu Daqi, Cao Wenzhao and others.
This chat was that at night, Zhou Zheng was a little tired, and hurriedly said: "I will stay in Nanzhili for at least one month, so don't worry."
Only then did Lu Daqi and others wake up, stop the conversation, and leave.
Zhou Zheng took a rest for one night, and the next day he asked Shen Yunchang and other people from the Nanjing Chamber of Commerce to go boating on the Qinhuai River.
In the evening, I met some Xiyi people and officials from Suzhou Prefecture.
Then, Zhou Zheng began to meet people from all walks of life in Nanzhili, the ministers of honor, officials at all levels, merchants, farmers, craftsmen, and so on.
In February, Zhou Zheng began to leave Yingtian Mansion and walk around the various manures in Nanzhili.
Nanzhili is too big, and it is not easy to go through it easily. A month later, Zhou Zheng only left halfway.
In mid-March, Zhou was in Huai'an Prefecture and participated in the'cooking competition' held in Huai'an Prefecture. At the same time, the situation of the salt industry in Huai'an Prefecture was used to calculate the entire Nanzhili.
It was not until May that Zhou Zheng returned to Yingtianfu, retreating in Yingtianfu, sorting out his experiences along the way.
On May 15th, when Zhou Zheng was immersed in writing, Liu Liuzhe suddenly took a copy of the Flying Pigeon and ran in with great excitement, and said, "Second Young Master, here comes."
Zhou Zheng didn't look up, and said, "What's coming?"
Liu Liuzhe handed over the note, saying: "The form of Zhang Sizhi that Li Zicheng gave to Li Zicheng is out. It is not the original text, but it has been copied countless copies and plastered the imperial wall. It should have alarmed the entire capital by now."
Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows, put down his pen, looked at Liu Liuzhe and said, "I remember, this drop meter should be in the hands of Li Hengbing?"
Liu Liuzhe nodded and said, "It should be. And this old boy was a former official of the Criminal Ministry. He took charge of those adversary cases. He was afraid that he had more things in his hands. Zhang Sizhi was afraid that he would not escape.
Zhou Yanru can't protect against such a serious crime as'attaching to rebellion', or in other words, no one can protect it!
Zhou Zheng kept pondering and did not speak.
Liu Liuzhe was still excited, and said incessantly: "Li Hengbing is really cruel enough to throw it out at this time. Once Zhang Sizhi falls, Yuan Fu's power will be hit hard, and he will have to watch it lively."
"This time, I am afraid it is really lively." Zhou Zheng said with a smile.
Liu Liuzhe was startled and said, "Second Young Master, what else is there?"
Zhou Zheng closed the document in his hand, leaned on the chair, and said, "This time, their goal should not be Zhang Sizhi, but Yuan Fu."
Liu Liuzhe didn’t know, so he said: “Even if Zhang Sizhi is in rebellion, Zhou Yanru knows people at best. The emperor still needs Zhou Yanru to control the court. Is it possible that the emperor dare to let the second master be the first assistant?”
Zhou Zheng glanced at him and said, "It's okay to think so. But judging from the traces, our Yuanfu can't stand it anymore, the first assistant has to be replaced."
Liu Liuzhe was most convinced by Zhou Zheng, and he listened: "Then, Second Young Master, will you be the first assistant?" (End of this chapter)