Chapter 241: It's Really Ruthless
Zhou Zheng didn't know the relationship between Huang Liji and Cui Chengxiu, and asked him to stop how much selfishness was involved, and said in a very calm and firm tone: "Cui Chengxiu must resign." β
Huang Liji looked at Zhou Zheng's expression, snorted coldly, turned around and left, and said no more nonsense.
Zhou Zheng looked at Huang Liji's back, and his expression was not as relaxed as usual just now. He knew that once Huang Liji intervened, it would be unexpected and a very important matter.
Trouble is coming, and it's different.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhou Zheng to be taken away from the Criminal Department, but not to Dongchang, but to Dali Temple.
In the prison of Dali Temple, Zhou Zheng's treatment is not bad, it is a clean single room, a desk, a study room with four treasures, and a few books.
Zhou Zheng looked at this treatment, he was not happy at all, and silently thought in his heart how Huang Liji would make a move on him.
In the evening, Zhou Zheng's prison door came to a person that Zhou Zheng did not expect - Wu Chunfu.
This person has been transferred to the Ministry of Justice!
From the seven-grade official to the idle official to the official of the ministry, it only took half a year!
Wu Chunfu is different from those people in the officialdom, his expression is solemn, his every move is very regular, the Confucian temperament in his bones, his demeanor is a little frivolous, and there is a strange smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he treats the things in front of him as a toy.
That's how he looked at Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng looked at him, with vigilance in his eyes, raised his hand and said, "Wu Tianguan is also Cui Tianguan's lobbyist?" β
Wu Chunfu smiled, walked in front of Zhou Zheng, pulled the chair behind him, sat down casually, and looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "I am also serving as the secretary of Dali Temple, and I am temporarily acting as the secretary of the ministry." β
Zhou Zheng tasted the meaning of his words and said, "Then, Wu Tianguan came to see me on purpose?" β
Wu Chunfu leaned on the chair, pointed to his chin with one hand, looked at Zhou Zheng and said with a smile: "I knew about you before, but I didn't expect that your courage is really not small, and you dare to make trouble at this time." β
Zhou Zheng is very wary of this, Wu Chunfu has climbed so high in just a few things, but it is not ability, if he is ruthless, Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ergeng will have to stand aside.
Wu Chunfu looked at Zhou Zheng without saying a word, couldn't help laughing, and said: "Do you know, Wei Gong is very angry, he only has a word, he can make you die silently, no one knows how you died, where you died, and the body can't be found." β
Zhou Zheng speculated about Wu Chunfu's intentions, and said with an unmoved expression: "Wu Tianguan, are you here to make me disappear?" β
Wu Chunfu had a playful smile on his face and said, "If you want you to disappear, why do you need me to come in person?" β
"What about Wu Tianguan?" Zhou Zheng asked.
Wu Chunfu saw that although Zhou Zheng was vigilant and uneasy, he didn't have much fear, thinking about the rumors, and said: "I won't go around in circles with you, the cabinet has issued an order to ask the officials to remove your fame, and Dali Temple will sentence you to be guilty and never use it." Tang Yin in the Hongzhi period knows, right? He will never be used. β
Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows fiercely, Huang Li is really ruthless!
Tang Yin, also known as Tang Bohu, was banned from entering the government during the Hongzhi period because of his involvement in the fraud case in the scientific field, and he was never used.
Tang Bohu, the head of the four great talents in Jiangnan, has never been able to be an official all his life, has no ambition in his life, and dies of depression!
Whether it is the change of court, or the replacement of the throne, or Tang Bohu's fame inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, this 'never used' has never changed!
In other words, if Huang Liji really did this, Zhou Zheng would be ruined!
Even if the eunuch party falls in the future, or his father Zhou Qingli ascends to a high position, there is no way!
So ruthless!
Zhou Zheng's face was difficult to calm down, and his eyes flashed rapidly.
Although he doesn't like the current officialdom, it doesn't mean that he doesn't need an official body, and what can he do at this time without an official body?!
Wu Chunfu looked at Zhou Zheng's changing expression, the more he smiled, and he leaned on the chair with a playful look on his face.
Zhou Zheng was flustered, looked at Wu Chunfu's expression, suddenly suppressed the chaos, took a deep breath, and said, "Wu Tianguan, you won't come to tell me this good news in person, right?" β
Wu Chunfu was stunned, then smiled, and said: "I like smart people, simple, if you want to sue the emperor, I can let you enter the palace." β
Zhou Zheng looked at Wu Chunfu, and he also understood in his messy heart that the relationship between Wu Chunfu and Cui Chengxiu and Huang Liji was not good, and Wu Chunfu wanted to fish in troubled waters!
Zhou Zheng's heart was in turmoil, thinking hard, and said, "Yuanfu, how long do you plan to get rid of my fame and never use it?" β
Wu Chunfu said: "Tomorrow, he is the first assistant." β
Huang Liji has the merit of supporting Zhu Youzhen's ascension to the throne, commanding civil officials, and he now has the appearance of a real first assistant, and his power is naturally not small.
One more day.
Zhou Zheng's heart was slightly relieved, and he looked at Wu Chunfu and stopped talking.
Wu Chunfu kept staring at Zhou Zheng, seeing that his expression was relaxed, he tilted his head slightly, and squinted at Zhou Zhengdao: "It seems that you still have something in your hand." β
There were no other chairs in the cell, so Zhou Zheng could only stand, looking down at Wu Chunfu, still silent.
Wu Chunfu looked at Zhou Zheng's cell for a while, then turned his head to look at Zhou Zhengdao: "Give me what you have in your hand, and I will help you block Huang Liji." β
Zhou Zheng was not as flustered as before, his thoughts had already moved, and he looked at Wu Chunfu with a smile and said, "Shouldn't Wu Tianguan sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" Is this going to end in person? β
Wu Chunfu's slanted eyes narrowed slightly, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he said lightly: "There is a disadvantage of smart people, that is, they are self-righteous, and they say everything that should be said and what should not be said." β
Zhou Zhengduo wants to tell Wu Chunfu, you are different from me, I collapsed high to make profits, you are a grasshopper after the autumn, the higher you jump, the faster you die.
Zhou Zheng looked at Wu Chunfu's indifferent expression, the murderous intent hidden in his eyes, and said: "What I want to say is, Wu Tianguan, don't worry, the show has just begun, you might as well watch it slowly." β
Wu Chunfu tilted his head back, looked directly at Zhou Zheng, and said, "Interesting." I'm curious, even if you force Cui Chengxiu to resign, aren't you afraid that he will retaliate afterwards? Cui Chengxiu's protΓ©gΓ©, any one of them can crush you to death, not to mention, you are now slapping Wei Gong in the face, if Wei Gong falls, you will really die without a place to be buried. β
Zhou Zheng really couldn't explain to Wu Chunfu, and said: "Xia Guan believes that my Ming officials can distinguish between right and wrong, and they believe in Wei Gonggong." β
The corners of Wu Chunfu's mouth twitched, he heard a lot of Zhou Zheng's words, but when it came out of Zhou Zheng's mouth, it completely changed its taste.
He glanced at Zhou Zheng, patted the chair and stood up, and said, "Okay, I'll just wait for your good show, don't forget, you only have one day." β
Zhou Zheng looked at the back of Wu Chunfu leaving, took a deep breath, and frowned.
Huang Liji's intervention made things a little troublesome.
Zhou Zheng sat on the chair, frowned, pinched the corner of his clothes with his right hand, and slowly scrutinized.
Huang Liji's threat is undoubtedly fatal, and it is really a devastating blow to Zhou Zheng to 'never be used'.
After a while, Zhou Zheng whispered to himself: "Will Huang Liji really do this?" β
If Huang Liji makes such a ruthless move, the consequences will be quite large. Shilin's opposition to the eunuch party is the mainstream, and Zhou Zheng is now carrying the banner of impeaching the eunuch party's hardcore traitor Cui Chengxiu, and Huang Liji retaliates against Zhou Zheng, isn't he worried about the Qing Dynasty?
He really didn't know the attitude of the new emperor Zhu Youzhen towards the eunuchs at all?