There are many problems in the Ming Dynasty, very, very many problems, the root cause of these problems is not investigated, what is in front of the court is to solve these problems, and to solve these problems, it takes a lot of money and food.

These money and food are often obtained through various nominal tax increases, but this behavior not only does not help solve the problem, but only adds fuel to the fire.

The Ming court is not stupid, everyone knows it, but they have no other way than to drink to quench their thirst.

It can be said that the whole court of the Ming Dynasty, including Emperor Chongzhen, was worried about money and food.

Now, there is as much as one million dollars and food, 'disappearing out of thin air', and the first one who can't bear it is Chongzhen!

After Zhou Yanru's words fell, Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren with a very stern and murderous look.

Wen Tiren has been very much in line with him recently, because Zhou Yanru is perfunctory about many things, which makes him dissatisfied, while Wen Tiren can perceive his mind and do things seriously.

But when it comes to a million dollars of food, no matter how good it is, Chongzhen will not show mercy!

Wen Tiren was not in a hurry, raised his hand, different from his appearance, his voice was sonorous and powerful, and said: "Your Majesty, the first to attack Laizhou Mansion was Zhou Zhengyun, and the first to attack Dengzhou Mansion was also Zhou Zhengyun. Zhu Dadian didn't mention this million money and grain, but Zhengyun didn't mention it this week, which is a little strange. ”

Chongzhen was just about to frown, and without waiting for him to speak, Zhou Yanru turned his head and said lightly: "How do I remember, Zhu Dadian's recital said that it was the Laizhou Mansion that he attacked, and it was also the Dengzhou City that he attacked, how did it become Zhou Zhengyun now?" ”

Wen Tiren was still not in a hurry, and said: "It is indeed the Denglai Second Mansion that Zhu Dadian attacked, which is indisputable. But it was indeed Zhou Zhengyun who entered first, and he didn't mention a word in the notebook, didn't Yuan Fu think it was weird? ”

Zhou Yanru was speechless by Wen Tiren's words, his expression was annoyed, he turned to Chongzhen, and said: "Your Majesty, Wen Ge Lao is a clever word, a million dollars and grain is not ten taels or twenty taels, you can hide it casually, please send Zhu Dadian to prison and investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

Wen Tiren said: "Your Majesty, Zhu Dadian exterminated Kong Youde and pacified Shandong, with outstanding merits, how could he be imprisoned at this time?" Chill the hearts of the meritorious people. Weichen suggested that Zhou Zhengyun be sent to prison, find out the reason, and recover millions of money and food. ”

If it is usual, the result of going to prison Zhu Dadian is inevitable, Sun Chengzong has done so many things in Liaodong, and he has been forced to become a master out of nothing, not to mention just one Zhu Dadian.

Chongzhen has very few eyes and ears in the government and the opposition, and many things are kept in the dark, but he has eyes and ears for this matter, that is, the lieutenant official in charge of this rhyme grain and grass, Gao Qi Diving!

Gao Qiqian had already come up and put all the responsibility on Zhou Zheng.

Now listening to the confrontation between Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, Chongzhen was a little undecided.

At this moment, Li Zhong looked hesitant and stopped talking.

Chongzhen's eyes flickered, caught a glimpse of Li Zhong's expression, and said coldly: "Bastard, what are you doing?" ”

Li Zhong hurriedly stepped forward, the corners of his mouth moved, he glanced at Wang Chengen, and said, "Long live the lord, let the eunuch Wang know about this matter." ”

Chongzhen frowned and turned to Wang Chengen not far away.

Wang Chengen glanced at Li Zhong's back, and said calmly to Chongzhen: "Long live Lord, there is a casino in the palace, and the slave and maid learned that Gao Qiqian has just bought thousands of acres of fertile land in Suzhou, purchased a mansion, and accepted a three-room wife. In the palace, many people got a share of the profits. ”

Chongzhen's face changed abruptly, gloomy as ink, and shouted: "You mean, Gao Qi dived that dog thing and deceived me? He's so bold! ”

Wen Tiren's eyes changed violently when Wang Chengen's words fell, and he was chilled.

He seems to have fallen into a trap!

He wrinkled his eyebrows quietly, quietly glanced at Chongzhen, and then looked at Zhou Yanru, who was already expressionless, but seemed to be holding a wisdom pearl, and was secretly shocked.

He didn't expect that Zhou Yanru was silent and actually colluded with the big eunuch in the palace!

Wang Chengen bowed his head slightly and didn't say much.

Wang Chengen is not involved in government politics and is cautious in his words and deeds. But in Chongzhen's eyes, it is undoubtedly a tacit acquiescence.

Chongzhen's teeth clucked, the corners of his face were hideous, and his voice was almost hoarse: "Send Zhu Dadian to prison, recover the million money and grain to me, and I will never spare one less son!" ”

Zhou Yanru's eyes flashed with a smile, raised his hand, and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Chongzhen was furious and said, "Investigate thoroughly!" Anyone involved in this case, whether it is an internal prison or a foreign minister, will be arrested by me, and if they dare to cover up and plead for mercy, they will all be guilty of the same crime! ”

Wen Tiren's fat face is still gentle, but it is a little tighter, giving people a very tight feeling.

He didn't speak, and there was a chill in his heart.

Zhu Dadian was recommended by him, and the emperor's words just now were he warning him?

Soon, the two were blasted out by Chongzhen.

Zhou Yanru was naturally high-spirited and helped Zhou Zheng solve Zhu Dadian, and the most important thing was to hit Wen Tiren!

Zhou Yanru glanced at Wen Tiren, who seemed to be normal on his side, but was actually unusually tense, and felt comfortable.

'Zhou Zhengyun's move is really clever, killing two birds with one stone! Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren, my position, is it so easy to do? If it weren't for the palace, Zhou Yanru would have laughed out loud.

Wen Tiren did not move, but he was very anxious in his heart.

He knew very well that the emperor in the palace, once he hated him, the nine cows would not be able to pull it back, and he had to find a way to make up for it as soon as possible.

Zhu Dadian is already irretrievable, so he can only think of something else.

As a result, a happy and unsurprising scene occurred in the Ming court. That is, Zhu Dadian, the coach who had just eliminated Kong Youde and made great contributions, was imprisoned.

It is not surprising that the party disputes surrounding this matter have risen one after another, and there is no boundless.

Zhu Dadian was arrested and returned to the capital, while Zhou Zheng and Jin Guoqi, Chen Hongfan and others stayed in Denglai and the two mansions, in fact, the imperial court also suspected them, but it was not appropriate to move too much, so they were not moved for the time being.

In mid-December, Zhu Dadian confessed that he did get 200,000 yuan of money and grain, which he shared in the name of 'reward', and he got 70,000 taels for himself.

This naturally could not satisfy the imperial court and Chongzhen, so the imperial court arrested all Zhu Dadian's henchmen and strictly pursued the stolen goods.

Around the matter of Zhu Dadian, in addition to Wen Tiren who was not implicated, more than 20 major officials were seized of their posts and imprisoned, and 300,000 yuan of stolen goods were recovered.

No one mentioned the high rise and diving of the internal supervisor, as if he had disappeared.

Only 500,000 were recovered, and the court and Chongzhen were barely satisfied, and the next thing was around the placement of the two mansions of Denglai and the distribution of military merits.

Others are okay to say, most of them are military generals, rewards, and false titles, but Zhou Zheng is different.

He is a civil official, born in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then Tianjin Bingbei Dao, there are two great merits recorded, and now there is another one, how to reward, there are some debates in the court.

There were three major differences of opinion, one was to transfer Zhou Zheng to the military department to give full play to his military talents; the second is that the household department wants Zhou Zheng, which is called by Bi Ziyan; The third is that someone recommended Zhou Zheng to garrison the mountains and seas and defend the Beijing Division.

Others also included transferring Zhou Zheng to Youtun, chasing and suppressing the bandits in Shanxi, and even asking Zhou Zheng to go to Chengdu Mansion to be the prefect, but these voices were not loud and were quickly drowned out.

In addition, some people pointed out the problem of Zhou Zheng's academic qualifications, that is, Zhou Zheng is only a person, not a jinshi, and he cannot be promoted too high.

Zhou Zheng has repeatedly made great contributions, this time it is still the fourth grade of the 'Imperial Historical Title', if it is promoted, how can it not be lower than the fourth grade, otherwise it is not a reward, but a punishment.

Therefore, there is quite a bit of controversy and it is unresolved.

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