Seeing Zhou Zheng's disdain, Liu Liuzhen glanced behind him, and saw that no one was following him, so he said: "Second young master, now that the northwest is almost in the hands of Li Zicheng, the people of the government are panicked, and they all say that they are going to change the dynasty." ”

Zhou Zheng put his hands behind his back, sneered more and more, and said, "Just him? He may be able to accomplish something, but he is absolutely incapable of founding a country, he does not have the courage and ability to do so. ”

Li Ziyuan himself has extremely serious shortcomings, which leads to his inability to really achieve great things, and at the same time, this is also the fatal flaw of Liukou.

Historically, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not enter the customs, Li Zicheng's Great Shun Kingdom would not have become the second Ming Dynasty.

Liu Liuzhen naturally didn't believe Zhou Zheng's words, nodded like this, and said, "Then, Second Young Master, what should we do?" ”

Zhou Zheng stopped, looked in the direction of the capital, and said with a smile: "The capital is becoming more and more jealous of me, so the first strike is stronger." Later, when I wrote about the recital, I said that I was not feeling well and asked to recuperate. ”

Liu Liuzhen immediately continued: "Second young master, I know this, this is to retreat as advance, right?" ”

Zhou Zheng turned his head to look at him and said, "If you don't know this, I'll kick you into the water." ”

Liu Liuzhen smiled, and then said: "Then, what if the imperial court borrows the slope to get off the donkey, accepts the official position of the second young master's Jiliao Governor, and takes away the military power?" ”

Zhou Zheng, the Jiliao Governor, unless he leaves the station, or someone betrays and suddenly takes him down, otherwise the imperial court can only adopt the usual routine to deceive.

Of course, it would be better if the ministers knew each other and gave up automatically.

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "What I want to see is the attitude of the imperial court, not to ask them to agree." ”

Liu Liuzhen immediately understood, and said, "It's still the second young master who is smart." ”

Liu Liuzhen knew the relationship between Zhou Zheng and Shoufu Zhou Yanru, and vaguely guessed that the person in the palace was Li Zhong, with these two people, Zhou Zheng could stop it before it happened.

Zhou Zheng looked at the direction of the capital for a while, then turned around and said, "Let people do something on the canal and block the money and grain from the south for two months." ”

Now the imperial court is extremely short of money and food, so it can only be forcibly requisitioned from Nanjing and sent to the capital, which is the life-saving straw of the imperial court, and two months later, Li Zicheng will have much less trouble.

Liu Liuzhen thought for a while and said, "Let those dead soldiers go." ”

Zhou Zheng snorted, the dead soldiers under his command had grown to five hundred, and they had done a lot of hidden things.

Zhou Zheng paced and said, "Give Li Zicheng a little more support." ”

……

After staying in Shanhaiguan for a few days, Zhou Zheng went to Tianjin Wei again, removed some unstable factors, and completely mastered Tianjin Wei, and Zhou Zheng arrived in Shandong by the way.

Before Zhou Zheng arrived in Jinan Mansion, the imperial court received Zhou Zheng's recital.

Standing in front of Chongzhen were Zhou Yanru, the first assistant, and Zhang Jinyan, the left attendant of the military department.

Chongzhen's expression was withered, his brows were wrinkled, his whole body was full of anger, but his tone was very calm: "Zhou Zhengyun's recital, it is said that the old injury is attacked, the pain is unbearable, and he can't be controlled, so he asks to return to Beijing to recuperate." ”

Zhou Yanru had received the news before this recital arrived in Beijing, and he pretended to be silent at the moment.

But Zhang Jinyan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you must not, you must not agree." ”

Chongzhen's withered face concealed his true expression, and he said lightly: "What do you say?" ”

Zhang Jinyan immediately said: "Your Majesty, now everyone in the world hopes that Zhou Zhengyun can lead the northwest armies and exterminate the thieves again, but the court has not dispatched him, what is he?" This is to express dissatisfaction, if Your Majesty really agrees, not only Zhou Zhengyun's heart will be chilled, but also those governors, governors, and general soldiers in the northwest......"

Chongzhen's brows tightened, and he snorted in his nose, "Shoufu, what do you think?" ”

Only then did Zhou Yanru speak, and said: "Your Majesty, what Zhang Shilang said makes sense, but Zhou Zhengyun has the military power of Liaodong, Tianjinwei, and Shandong in his hands, so he is a little uneasy. ”

Not only Zhou Yanru is not at ease, as Li Zicheng continues to grow up, Zhou Zheng's status continues to be highlighted, especially the military power in his hands, the three places combined, not to mention 200,000, most of them are still elite, Gyeonggi is close at hand, who can rest assured?

The corners of Chongzhen's face twitched, and just as he was about to speak, Zhang Jinyan said in a panic: "Your Majesty, you can't move, if Zhou Zhengyun thinks that the court is suspicious of him, is it really ...... What can I do if I force him back? ”

Chongzhen's eyes suddenly flashed with coldness, and the murderous intent was like substance.

Zhou Yanru looked at it, slightly shocked.

The Ming Dynasty has reached a very critical moment, and the emperor is very sensitive, especially the powerful ministers who hold heavy troops.

Zhou Yanru has recently regretted entering the court more and more, and regretted not listening to Zhou Zheng's advice.

However, now he can't help it, Zhou Yanru pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Zhengyun is a person who has made great contributions to Your Majesty and the imperial court, and he can't be punished without guilt, let alone let him recuperate." ”

Chongzhen's brows furrowed, the corners of his face twitched a few times, his voice was a little indifferent, and said, "Then what do you say?" ”

Zhang Jinyan immediately said: "Your Majesty, reward, at this time, you have to reward again!" ”

Zhou Yanru glanced at Zhang Jinyan, why didn't he find out before that this person was so good at talking.

Chongzhen's eyes flickered for a while, nodded slightly, and said, "It should indeed be like this." Entering the cabinet, adding titles, rewards, cabinet drafting, and passing on the decree before the year. ”

Zhang Jinyan raised his hand again and said, "Your Majesty, Zhou Zhengyun can't return to Beijing, and he must continue to guard Jianyu, and the rumor of 'slaves and coquents' can't be ignored." ”

Chongzhen said: "Well, that's what I mean. ”

Chongzhen still has a strong vigilance against Jianyu, and the danger of almost losing the country when the soldiers came to the city ten years ago is still in front of him.

If Jianyu really colluded with the thieves and broke through again, it would be a real ruin.

Jianyu, you must not enter the customs again!

Zhou Yanru felt strange in his heart, and glanced at Zhang Jinyan, how did he think that this person was also Zhou Zheng's person, but he knew in his heart that it was not.

Chongzhen's will really arrived in Ningyuan before the end of the year.

In addition to all kinds of rewards, not to mention the placating nonsense, Zhou Zheng was promoted to a scholar of Wenhua Palace, the crown prince, and the official position was a product, and he continued to supervise Ji Liao.

Zhou Zheng's status has risen sharply, and it is obviously very prominent in the whole university.

The people around Zhou Zheng are naturally overjoyed, and with the improvement of Zhou Zheng's status, they will also 'ascend to heaven'.

In the face of the flood of congratulations, Zhou Zheng only said one sentence to his close people: "The court has not lost its mind. ’

The reward for Zhou Zheng also has another effect, that is, it is a great excitement for the imperial court, especially Li Banghua and people from all walks of life in the northwest to suppress bandits, and they thought that the imperial court was finally going to transfer Zhou Zheng to the northwest to suppress bandits, and their morale was greatly boosted, and Li Zicheng's attacks were thwarted one after another, and good news continued to reach the imperial court.

For this reason, Chongzhen was overjoyed, and especially rewarded Zhou Yanru and Zhang Jinyan.

The court was not happy for long, after the New Year, that is, in the first month of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng openly proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, the country name was 'Dashun', changed to Yuan Yongchang, and vowed to go east to overthrow the Ming court.