Chongzhen listened to Li Zhong's words, but did not react, and said indifferently: "Go ahead." ”

Li Zhong said respectfully: "Yes." ”

He didn't dare to hide it, and became more and more cautious, and the majesty in front of him seemed to be more and more distrustful of the inner prison, even if he was the one who followed him in the palace.

It didn't take long for the news of the Qianqing Palace to spread.

Bi Ziyan, who was busy in the household department, heard the news, and looked up at Zhou Qingli not far away with some emotion, and said: "Our Yuanfu has a mind and vision, and dares to take things." ”

Zhou Qingli raised her head from the vast official document, shook her head tiredly, and said, "It's hard to say, let's do it and see." ”

Bi Ziyan also knows the situation well, no matter if you are a traitor or a capable minister, don't want to stay in the position of the first assistant for too long!

"Anyway, your unicorn has survived this catastrophe." Bi Ziyan said with a smile.

Zhou Qingli didn't speak, and picked up the teacup.

Before Zhou Zheng left Beijing, Zhou Zheng had a private chat with him, and once lent a large sum of money to a person, who might enter the cabinet this year.

Although Zhou Zheng didn't mention who it was, Zhou Qingli could already guess at this time that most of them were the new first assistant.

It has only been a few months since the new first assistant entered the cabinet and was ranked as the first assistant, and his previous position was very low, so if it had been arranged earlier, it was very likely.

Zhou Yanru's reputation is quite bad, this time he can be the first assistant, one is that there is no one in the court, he is qualified, he has not many qualifications, and he is tall among the short people. The other is widely rumored - bribery of internal supervisors.

Bi Ziyan and Zhou Qingli just said it in passing, and continued to be busy with political affairs.

The palace wants to issue an order to reprimand Zhou Zheng, which satisfies the wishes of many people, and in their minds, it won't be long before Zhou Zheng should be imprisoned for questioning!

So, they tried their best to impeach Zhou Zheng, and I don't know how many copies flew into the General Political Envoy Department.

But it sank into the sea, and there was no movement.

When the decree arrived in Hejian Province, a group of people were first shocked, and then they were overjoyed.

With such a big movement, the court will reprimand the will is over, isn't this raised high and gently put down, without the meaning of asking for sin?

As a result, Hejian Province's actions became more and more violent and faster, and Taishan promoted Zhou Zheng's innovation policies in Hejian Province like a top.

No matter how many complaints there are in Hejian Mansion, there are 10,000 fierce bandit troops outside, and there are thousands of soldiers inside, whether it is based on real evidence or even punishment, without the intervention of the imperial court, they will not be able to resist Zhou Zheng at all.

Zhou Zheng stayed in Hejian Mansion until June, and seeing that the general situation had been decided, he turned around and returned to Tianjin Wei.

Tianjin Wei is really a special place, not only there is a canal directly down to the south of Zhili, but also a river into the sea, is a transportation hub.

Zhou Zheng came to the mouth of Tianjin Wei in mid-June, Dagu.

Cheng Economy accompanied Zhou Zheng, standing on a high rock, looking at the sea condescendingly, and said with some excitement: "My lord, this Tianjin Wei is not only the main road from the south to the north, but also has developed commerce and trade, as well as an outlet to the sea, especially the territory of adults, if the headquarters of the Zhou Chamber of Commerce can be moved here, it is much better than in the capital, and all the conditions are good!" ”

Zhou Zheng looked at the sea, blowing the sea breeze, and said, "I'm very happy that you can think of this." Originally, Yongping Mansion was good, but I didn't expect that I could still come to Tianjin Wei. ”

Cheng Economy hurriedly said: "Yes, who would have thought that the adults would return to the main government of Tianjin Wei, this position is simply excellent!" If the business is done well, adults will never have to worry about money in the future! ”

Zhou Zheng didn't seem to hear Cheng Jing's words, and said in a rare and passionate tone: "I want to dredge all the lakes, rivers, and seaways in Tianjin Wei and Hejian Mansion!" I want to build a big port in this Haikou, where thousands of ships come and go every day, and countless goods come and go every day, and there are inns and restaurants all over here, and the long streets crisscross and are lit up all night......"

Cheng Economy knew that Zhou Zheng was a big-minded person, and when he heard his impassionedness, he raised his hand excitedly and said: "My lord, the villain is willing to do his best to help the adults make their wishes come true, and Tianjin Wei will be ten times more prosperous than Yangzhou and Suzhou!" ”

Zhou Zheng turned his head to look at him, laughed and said, "Okay! ”

Zhou Zheng and Cheng Economy stood on the big rock, looking at the sea, in their conversation and laughter, but in half a month, millions of taels of silver were invested in Tianjin Wei!

From Yongping Mansion to Tianjin Wei and then to Hejian Mansion, when the farming is busy, the people are busy working; In the free time, there are soldiers gathered to practice at the head of the village, and there are more than 100,000 strong men!

From Baiyangdian to the north, to the triangle lake, and then along the Weihe River to the east to the Dagu estuary, I don't know how many people are rectifying the lake, the river, at a glance, in full swing, vigorous.

While Zhou was busy rectifying Hejian Mansion and implementing his long-awaited plan, the civil unrest in Shaanxi became more and more intense, even spreading to more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Shanxi, alarming the Beijing Division.

Shaanxi participated in the politics of Hong Chengchou and reorganized the army, and defeated several rogues, but the rogues were unabated, and there was a tendency to burn the prairies, and dozens of 'grass kings' suddenly appeared, all over Shaanxi.

For the first time, the imperial court seemed to recognize the crisis, and began to draw troops and horses into Shanxi, and Shaanxi suppressed the civil unrest.

Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, impeached Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, and Nan Juyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, wrote a letter to defend himself, which led to a struggle between the government and the opposition, and finally Nan Juyi was forced to give office, and the Ordnance Bureau was closed.

Jianyu tentatively attacked Liaodong again, but returned in vain.

In mid-August, Yuan Chonghuan, who had been indecisive for a long time, was finally sentenced to death - Ling Chi!

The news about Yuan Chonghuan's collaboration with the enemy and betrayal of the country has long been spread in the capital, and for a while, the crowd was excited, and hundreds of people were extremely angry, even the corpse was not spared!

This kind of capital punishment is also extremely rare in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention Yuan Chonghuan, who was once a hero.

This shows how much hatred Chongzhen has in his heart.

I don't know how many high-ranking officials are worried and worried.

Yuan Chonghuan has been in the sea for many years, especially Liaodong is a legendary person, many protégés and old subordinates, and now they are emotionally complex and difficult to speak.

When he heard the news, Zhou Zheng was in the camp of Tianjin Wei.

Cao Bianjiao and Yuan Chonghuan are not familiar with each other, when Yuan Chonghuan was there, he was still a low-level soldier, that is, because of Cao Wenzhao's relationship, he had some preferential treatment, but he never spoke to Yuan Chonghuan.

Cao Bianjiao stood in front of Zhou Zheng, his face was tanned, his voice was unusually bright, and he said: "My lord, 30,000 people have been recruited at present, and according to the meaning of the adults, 15,000 people are strictly trained, which is the number of soldiers given by the imperial court. The remaining 15,000 people will be retired in half a year, and 5,000 will be retained as a reserve and supplemented at any time. ”

In the summer, Zhou Zheng was also wearing armor, his face was full of fine sweat, he couldn't wipe it, looked at the roster, and said: "Well, even if it is prepared, training cannot be weakened, and the military salary must be clearly understood, for embezzlement of military salary, empty salary, etc., we must be severely dealt with, and we will never tolerate mercy, our army must be clean and disciplined!" ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "Yes! The subordinates have strictly demanded that the military justice department will not allow anyone to know the law and break the law! ”