At noon the next day, Zhou Zheng left the palace and came to a restaurant on Chang'an Street.

It didn't take long for Xiao Er to come to serve the food, and while putting the plate, he said enthusiastically: "Childe, your dishes were all ordered by that guest officer, by the way, I also gave you a letter, you take it." ”

Zhou Zheng took the envelope and waited for the little two to leave before opening it.

These are words cut out of the book one by one and stuck on the batter.

There are only six words: 'Danger, stay or die'.

This letter was sent by Li Zhong.

Li Shi and Li Zhong have a very close relationship with Zhou Zheng, and they are too implicated, and now he is just being held by Zhu Youzhen, and he has not been interrogated, if one day he bites out more things in order to protect himself, then Li Zhong and Zhou Zheng will be disgusted by Zhu Youzhen, and even ask for guilt.

This is a catastrophe!

Zhou Zheng didn't know that Li Shi had been detained by Zhu Youzhen, and when he looked at the letter, he couldn't help but think.

Li Zhong is now a close minister of Zhu Youzhen, and even the commander of Dongchang, which has a bright future!

He was in a hurry to shut up Li Shi now, most likely because he felt threatened and felt uneasy.

Zhou Zheng was thinking about the situation that had exploded now, looking at these six words, he stretched out his hand and peeled them off one by one, leaving only one word 'death'.

When Xiao Er served the food again, he quietly took the letter away.

After Zhou Zheng finished eating, on the way back to the cabinet, Liu Liuzhen ran over, handed Zhou Zheng a package, and said in a low voice: "Second Young Master, the one sent by Yang Si said that it was something that the Second Young Master wanted." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled secretly, this Yang Si is also a multi-faceted bet, he disappeared for a while before, and now he has come out again.

Zhou Zheng took it and weighed it, and said, "He didn't say anything else?" ”

Liu Liuzhen glanced around and said in a low voice: "He said, Yang Huzhi and Huang Liji, Li Guopu are very close, and they don't seem to be afraid of the second young master." ”

Zhou Zheng looked in the direction of Daming Gate, with a sneer in his eyes.

It stands to reason that Cui Chengxiu has entered, and Yang Huzhi should be very flustered and come to Zhou Zheng to reconcile as soon as possible, but now that he has climbed the high branches, he has nothing to fear with Zhou Zheng.

Liu Liuzhen looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "Second Young Master, I heard that there are many people who want to frame the master. ”

Zhou Qingli is in charge of investigating the 'Wei Zhongxian case', not to mention the people involved in Wei Zhongxian, who just want to make a profit in this case, and they are trying their best to kick Zhou Qingli away, and all kinds of means are naturally indispensable.

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, the good show is still to come, you are optimistic about Zhou Ji, don't make a mess." ”

Liu Liuzhen said: "Well, then I'll go back." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded, thought for a while, and continued to return to the cabinet.

Now Li Guopu is the only one in the cabinet, and he is very unfamiliar with government affairs, not to mention that he can't handle so many things alone. In addition, the adults of the six ministries and nine temples took leave together, and the entire government affairs of the Ming Dynasty came to a standstill.

The cabinet secretary is very leisurely, and most of the errands are saved.

Zhou Zheng sat at his desk, looking through the things Yang Si had sent.

There is specific information about the sixteen big salt merchants in Huaiyang written by Yang Si, all of which are handwritten.

Zhou Zheng looked at it slowly, his expression was calm, and he was very surprised.

Each of these 16 families has more than one million family assets, and there are countless homes, shops, and acres of land, and the business is huge, all over the country, and many of them are involved in maritime trade.

Zhou Zheng wrote it down carefully, and then saw the information of the so-called 'Eight Great Imperial Merchants' that he asked Yang Sishao to investigate, and there are still a few of these eight who are now nameless, but the Fan family has a considerable scale in Shanxi, and it is a famous Jin businessman, not to mention that the wealth is rivaled by the country, and the family assets are more than one million.

Zhou Zheng looked at it, silently remembering some important content in his heart.

At the same time, Zhuo Mai, who had planned to enter the palace early in the morning, was late and did not enter the palace until this time.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the thick pile of documents, account books, evidence, etc., handed over by Zhuo Mai, and said in surprise: "There are so many? ”

Zhuo Mai thought to himself, this is still to remove the file of Cui Chengxiu framing the Donglin people, otherwise it will be ten times more.

He was slandered in his heart, and said without moving his face: "Back to Your Majesty, Cui Chengxiu and his henchmen have committed too many big crimes, if it weren't for the fact that the time is too short and there is no time to interrogate, more things may be found out." ”

Zhuo Mai's words left him with enough way out.

Zhu Youzhen nodded lightly, he was sure of Zhuo Mai's words, in one night, Zhuo Mai could do so much, much better than Huang Liji and others.

Zhu Youzhen now has no intention of paying attention to Cui Chengxiu's crime, looked at Zhuo Mai and said, "What do you think of the court situation?" ”

Zhuo Mai naturally knew about the resignation of hundreds of officials, his expression was slightly gloomy, and he said: "Your Majesty, now that the New Year is approaching, it is the busiest time for government affairs, one or two days is acceptable, if it is a long time, I am afraid that it will affect the whole country and turbulent national politics." ”

Zhu Youzhen saw this clearly than Zhuo Mai, and asked directly: "What do you think should be done now?" ”

Zhuo Mai had actually thought about this question before he came, but if he answered, he would offend the high-ranking officials of the Manchu Dynasty, which is what he would do, his face was difficult, and his words were blocked.

Zhu Youzhen looked at his expression, didn't embarrass him, and said, "I know, you have carefully verified Cui Chengxiu's matter, don't give Xiao Xiaoxiao a chance." ”

Zhuo Mai's heart was relieved, and he raised his hand and said, "Obey." The minister retired. ”

Zhu Youzhen sat on the chair, he hadn't slept all night, he was very tired, but he didn't feel sleepy.

Wang Chengen walked in, held a bowl of soup, and said softly: "Long live Lord, Niangniang heard that you didn't sleep or eat all night, so you made it yourself." ”

Zhu Youzhen has the princess Zhou, because she has not changed the year name, she cannot be canonized as the queen, and now the palace is called 'Niangniang'.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the white soup, had no appetite at all, and asked, "Didn't anyone come to ask to see him?" ”

With such a big matter as the government and the opposition, is it possible that there is no one who is loyal to the country and comes to share the worries?

Wang Chengen put down the soup and said, "No, it's quiet outside the palace." ”

Zhu Youzhen exhaled deeply, feeling that his shoulders were extremely sore, and said, "What about Li Ge Lao?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "I heard that Elder Li Ge has been in the cabinet and has never gone out. ”

Zhu Youzhen sat on the chair, his expression was so stiff that he didn't know what his expression was, he was silent for a while, and said faintly: "You say, if the imperial brother faces this situation, how will he deal with it?" ”

Wang Chengen lowered his head and did not speak.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at him, and suddenly said, "What is Zhou Yuanshan doing now?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "The 'Wei Zhongxian case' involves too much, and there are too many things just to copy the Wei Mansion, Lord Zhou, I heard that it has been over there." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked outside the door, stretched out his hand to take the soup bowl, and said, "Spread Han Huang to see me." ”

He has no one in his hands, and the eunuchs have boycotted the dynasty, and the only ones who can use it are the Donglin people in the past.

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was a little depressed, and said, "Yes." ”

Soon, Han Huang entered the palace.

It didn't take long for news to spread in the palace that many of the officials and elders of the cabinet were about to recover, including Wang Ji, the former secretary of the Criminal Department, Li Sicheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and so on.

These people are all resigned from the position of the six Shangshu, and if they are reinstated, they must at least be equal, or even go further.

But before half an hour later, there was a rumor of Wang Ji in the capital - he was dedicated to learning and refused to go out.

There are many other people who have the same ambiguous attitude, and they did not refuse, but they did not agree.

In this situation, who would dare to step into it easily?

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