"Who mentioned it?"

Zhou Zheng, who was originally calm and calm, changed his expression immediately.

Jiuguan is an important town along the Great Wall of China, from the northwest of Gansu Town, to the Yulin Town of Shaanxi, and then to the easternmost Jizhou Town, Shanhaiguan, stretching for thousands of miles, has always been the best and heaviest nine places of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Nine Border Towns are flawed and dilapidated for a long time, their importance should not be underestimated.

Not to mention dealing with the threat north of the Great Wall, the chaotic people in the pass also need to deal with it, and the abolition of eight of the nine passes is equivalent to abandoning the Great Wall and cutting the army, which is simply self-defeating!

Hu Qingzheng knew that Zhou Zheng cared about these things, and said: "It seems to be Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Zhou Yingqiu?"

Zhou Zheng frowned, kept a calm face, and did not speak.

I don't know how stupid it is to give up the eight important towns, but it was actually proposed by Zhou Yingqiu, the former secretary of the Ministry of Ministers and the current secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Hu Qingzheng looked at Zhou Zheng's face and said, "I'm leaving." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't speak, still groaning to himself.

The court of the Ming Dynasty did some things to abolish martial arts, but the reasons seemed to be very sufficient. He could think of the reason why Zhou Yingqiu proposed to abolish the other eight passes, which was nothing more than that there was no foreign enemy, and it was useless to spend money and food, so it was better to abolish it and use it to consolidate Liaodong, which posed the greatest threat.

At this time, almost no one will oppose this kind of reason, not to mention, Zhou Yingqiu is still a eunuch boss, a former official of the ministry, who will jump out to oppose it, and who can oppose it?

Zhou Zheng sat in the class room for a while, leaving work as usual.

First went to Jiujiang Pavilion, Zhou Ji took a look, and then Zhou Zheng returned home.

The family, now there is more Zhou Ding, the four of them sit around the dinner table, there are not so many rules, eating and chatting casually.

Zhou Fang gave Zhou Ding's dishes from time to time, and asked if it was suitable for the taste, so that the kitchen could change it.

Zhou Qingli smiled on her dark face and did not speak.

Zhou Zheng was tired of his heart, and told Zhou Qingli about Zhou Yingqiu's proposal to guess the eight towns in the nine towns.

Zhou Qingli's expression suddenly froze, and she looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "True?" ”

Zhou Zheng hummed and said, "It shouldn't be wrong." ”

Zhou Qingli put down her chopsticks, her expression was a little unsightly, and it didn't take long for her to recover, and said: "Now that Liaodong has won a big victory, all the attention is on Liaodong, Zhou Yingqiu mentioned this at this time, and most of them can be successful." ”

The important towns of the nine borders cost the imperial court an unknown amount of grain every year, but except for Shanhaiguan, there have indeed been few wars in other towns in recent years, which seems a bit 'out of place'.

As soon as Zhou Yingqiu is in the book, and someone follows the trend, there is a chance that it will come true!

Zhou Fang listened and said angrily: "Self-destruction of the Great Wall!" ”

Zhou Fang's words are really appropriate.

Zhou Zheng looked at the expressions of Zhou Qingli and Zhou Fang, paused for a moment, and said, "I plan to refute it in a book." ”

Zhou Qingli looked up at Zhou Zheng, and before he could speak, Zhou Fang said in a deep voice: "Refuge, I support you!" If I didn't have an official status now, I would definitely have to go to school, if they do this, sooner or later they will destroy the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhou Qingli glared at Zhou Fang coldly, then looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "Have you thought about it?" ”

Zhou Zheng nodded and said: "The abolition of the Eight Towns is not only a self-abolishing martial arts, but also a cause of endless harm, I am worried that this is just the beginning, and I don't know what will be abolished in the future, and it must be stopped." ”

Zhou Zheng remembered an extremely famous joke in later generations, 'The abolition of the post station led to the destruction of the Ming Dynasty'. Although it was just a joke, it was a fact that Li Zicheng had no livelihood to rebel after being dismissed, until he entered the capital and destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Qingli looked at Zhou Zheng and said very seriously: "You must be careful!" ”

The reason why he is so serious is because Wei Zhongxian's 'prestige' has reached a peak, robbing the credit for the great victory in Liaodong, and wantonly sealing the official and making a wish, at this time, whoever touches his brow will be unlucky!

Although Zhou Zheng is accustomed to taking the sword sideways, he also left only after seeing it, and said calmly: "I plan to impeach Zhou Yingqiu and point out that he is a eunuch." ”

Zhou Fang looked slightly startled, and looked at Zhou Zheng with wide eyes.

Rebuttal and impeachment are two different things, if Zhou Yingqiu is a eunuch by name, it is indirectly slapping Wei Zhongxian in the face.

Zhou Qingli was moved in her heart and said, "Do you want to cut off with the eunuchs?" ”

Zhou Zheng and Wei Xizhuang are close, the Zhou family knows, and there are many people in the capital who know, and in the eyes of many people, Zhou Zheng is a eunuch.

Zhou Zheng didn't hide it, and said, "Well, Wei Xizhuang is a good person. ”

Zhou Qingli's face was dark, she couldn't see any expression, she was silent for a long time, and said: "You have to be careful, although Zhou Yingqiu is our family, but that is a matter of the last two generations, if you annoy him, you won't take this into account." ”

Zhou Qingli and Zhou Yingqiu's lineage, the three generations of the chase are one family, and the grandfather's generation is like brothers, but later Zhou Yingqiu moved to Jiangnan, Zhou Qingli has settled in the capital for nearly 20 years, and has long been out of contact, and outsiders don't even know that the two of them are their own family.

Zhou Zheng hummed and said, "I know." ”

Zhou Qingli didn't say much, although she felt that Zhou was taking risks, but this heart for the country was still commendable.

Zhou Fang suddenly slapped the table and said, "Okay, I'll also go to school!" ”

Zhou Qingli, Zhou Zheng, and even Zhou Ding were taken aback by him.

Zhou Fang looked at the three of them and said, "How can I say that I am also a Jinshi, and I am qualified to go to school." ”

That's true, but someone has to see it.

Zhou Qingli didn't say much about this, and said: "Those generals in Liaodong arrived in Beijing in mid-July, don't worry, look at their attitudes." ”

These people in Liaodong are shining now, and their words, the imperial court has to pay attention to them, if Yuan Chonghuan and others oppose it, then Zhou Yingqiu's proposal may not be able to happen.

Zhou Fang and Zhou Zheng nodded, and then looked at each other, and the two told each other that they had no hope at all.

Zhou Ding didn't speak on the side, listening quietly.

A few days later, almost July, the news that Zhou Zheng had been waiting for finally came.

Ning Yuan sent back a good news, detailing the course of the first battle of Ning Jin, and attached a list of meritorious soldiers.

These Zhou Zheng didn't care, and there was also the fact that before Jianyu withdrew his troops to Shenyang, he suddenly sent troops to attack Dongjiang Town, and Mao Wenlong was suspicious, but in fact, he collected his troops early and retreated on Phi Island, so that Jianyu pounced.

The hanging heart finally fell to the ground, and in the class room of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhou Zheng smiled and said to Yao Tong: "Well, your friend in the General Political Envoy Department is good, go to Zhou Ji after work to get ten taels of silver, and invite him to have a good meal." ”

Yao Tongshun looked surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said, "My lord, ten taels is too much, three taels is enough." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled and waved his hand.

Yao Tongshun also had a reserved smile on his face, raised his hand and said, "The villain retires." ”

The ten taels of silver were the money for the meal, and the friend's, and of course his.

Zhou Zheng put his mind at ease and focused on his affairs, holding in his hand the warehousing documents of this year's summer grain in Huzhou Mansion.

This year, the figure on the document is 14,000 stones, that is, 14,000 stones, and last year, it was 20,000 stones, which is 6,000 stones.

Zhou Zheng doesn't have to think about it to know what is greasy inside, but he doesn't have a way, even if he goes down to inspect, he will definitely not be able to find out why, this kind of data is fake layer by layer, and there is no way to check it.

Zhou Zheng shook his head secretly and put it aside.

A few days later, Zhou Zheng got off work and was pulled to his teahouse by Wei Xizhuang.

Wei Xizhuang sat opposite Zhou Zheng, drank tea a few times, and looked up at Zhou Zheng, his eyes dodging.

When Wei Xizhuang came back from Liaodong, it was the first time he saw Zhou Zheng.

"What's going on?" Zhou Zheng looked at his expression and asked strangely.

Wei Xizhuang put down the teacup, his eyes flickered, and he said hesitantly: "Nine thousand years old, I plan to make me Dongdingbo." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Wei Xizhuang's expression, knew that he was moved, and said, "You should go?" ”

"I didn't refuse." Wei Xizhuang was a little afraid to look at Zhou Zheng.

The last time he refused, he had already used great strength, and now that Wei Zhongxian mentioned it again, he really had no way to refuse.

This is a knighthood, who wouldn't want it? Ordinary people may not get it for more than ten years for a fame!

Zhou Zheng knew the attraction of this title to Wei Xizhuang, but this was looking for death!

Zhou Zheng's expression was solemn, and in an unprecedented tone, his eyes stared at Wei Xizhuang indifferently, and said, "Nine thousand years old, this name has not been known in ancient times." His current power, the crown covers the ancient and modern, if it were not for the presence of the British duke, his usurpation of the throne may be just a matter of one sentence, do you think, how long can the emperor tolerate him? ”

Wei Xizhuang opened his mouth to say, but Zhou Zheng interrupted him and said: "I know that he is an internal eunuch, he is loyal to the emperor, and he will not rebel, but this is not whether he will, but whether he can or not!" ”

Zhou Zheng's voice was cold and cold, and said, "At his level, he will either go further, or it will be a dead end!" This is a bloodstained lesson of history, and no one can change it! If you accept this title, then you have to be buried with it, you think carefully! ”

It was the first time for Zhou Zheng to speak to Wei Xizhuang with this expression and tone.

Wei Xizhuang looked at Zhou Zheng, his expression was a little dull, and he didn't know how to react.

What Zhou Zheng said, he didn't understand, or he didn't want to understand, this title was too tempting, and with the pressure of Wei Zhongxian, Wei Xizhuang couldn't resist.

Zhou Zheng knew that Wei Xizhuang was embarrassed, but Wei Xizhuang couldn't help it, Zhou Zheng had to let him give up this idea!

Looking at Wei Xizhuang's hesitant expression, Zhou Zheng said very resolutely: "At the end of the year!" If Wei Zhongxian is still okay at the end of the year, I won't stop you! ”

Wei Xizhuang was a friend of Zhou Zheng, and he also knew that Zhou was good for him, listening to his words, he hesitated: "At the end of the year? ”

Zhou Zhengdao: "Well, this time the eunuch party really dominated the court, from the palace to the outside of the palace, from the capital to the frontier, all of them were controlled by the eunuch party, and there was only one British duke." ”

The British Duke Zhang Weixian is in charge of all the armies in the capital, and if anyone wants to rebel, he must nod his head to succeed.

Zhou is speculating based on reality that it is a kind of hard break, but in fact, he knows that Wei Zhongxian can't last September!

Wei Xizhuang didn't understand this, listening to Zhou Zheng's last sentence 'at the end of the year', he still hesitated, and for a long time, he sighed helplessly and said, "Okay." ”

Zhou Zheng knew that Wei Xizhuang was unwilling, but he was still not at ease, and said, "Go out, find a reason, and hide." ”

Wei Xizhuang looked at Zhou Zheng, his expression was still unnatural.

Zhou Zheng sighed in his heart, knowing that he was indeed embarrassed by Wei Xizhuang, and said, "Then pretend to be sick." ”

Wei Xizhuang looked helpless, as if crying and laughing.

He hadn't told Zhou Zheng about his pressure in the Chitose Mansion, the last time he rejected Wei Zhongxian, he was unhappy, and if he refused again this time, he didn't know what the consequences would be.

Zhou Zheng didn't say anything more, and had already decided to send someone to keep an eye on Wei Xizhuang, so as not to make him do something foolish.

Guan Sheng said

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