Chongzhen looked at Li Zhong's back, his eyes were full of killing intent, and his fierce fists slammed on the table, and his mouth let out a low roar and curse.

Wang Chengen had just arrived outside the door, and one foot that stepped in retracted silently.

The Northwest Rebellion is now a major problem in Chongzhen's heart, and it is related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Qingli's movements were extremely fast, and the news spread the next day, and many people really began to attack Zhou Zheng, for various reasons.

Even at the court meeting, many people began to question this matter, asking Chongzhen and the court to be cautious, so as not to make jokes and thoroughly investigate Zhou Zheng.

Wen Tiren and others cautiously remained neutral and vague, which naturally fueled this voice.

Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is not familiar with Zhou Zheng, but he also knows that Zhou Zheng has never had any technical content in fighting, and will only fight hard.

The high-ranking officials of the imperial court took an extremely cautious attitude towards Zhou Zheng's recital, if it was something else, it was naturally very common, but at this time, as long as the imperial court was 'cautious', it would indicate a catastrophe!

Sure enough, Chongzhen had no choice but to issue an order, ordering Li Zhong to personally take people to Xi'an Mansion to verify, and secretly ordered Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister of the five provinces, to secretly lead the army to suppress Zhou Zheng's army.

When Zhou Zheng knew this, it was already two days later.

He and Lu Xiangsheng hit it off at first sight, deducing the affairs of the rogue in Xi'an Mansion, discussing the strategy of suppressing bandits, and sleeping together almost all day and night.

Li Zicheng knew that Gao Yingxiang's army was defeated, Lu Xiangsheng and Zhou Zheng were hoarding an army in Xi'an, and they didn't dare to mess around, retreated to Suiyuan, and held a general meeting to elect the 'new king'.

When Li Zhong arrived at Xi'an Mansion, he saw Gao Yingxiang with his own eyes, and Lu Xiangsheng as a guarantor, so he was completely relieved, without the solemnity in the palace, he grinned all day long, smiling, like a fool.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't dare to snub this second master in the palace, so he naturally entertained him.

Li Zhong was not so arrogant, he said his intentions and refused the benefits, but his performance made Lu Xiangsheng and others quite praised, not like those insatiable and domineering internal prisoners.

After finding a gap, Li Zhong and Zhou Zheng whispered about various secret things inside and outside the palace.

Zhou Zheng listened carefully, pondered, and said, "Hmm." You're doing a good job, and you're doing everything carefully. I should be able to get through safely this time, you find a time, find a way to beat Wen Tiren, don't let him bite me. Also, at the right time, two good words for me in front of the emperor are probably not easy for me along the way. ”

Li Zhong snorted and said, "This is easy to do, I'll just find a chance." ”

Zhou Zheng thought that Zhou Qingli had already made a move, and the problem should not be too big, so he glanced at Li Zhong and said, "After I go back, I will meet someone in the teahouse." 3,000 acres of fertile land, a large courtyard near the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, plus 50,000 taels of silver. ”

Li Zhong's eyes widened, and he said with a smile: "I knew that you wouldn't treat me badly, okay, I will return to Beijing tomorrow, and I will definitely praise you in front of the emperor!" ”

Li Zhong has been cautious in his words and deeds over the years, never embezzled or accepted bribes, clean as a blank piece of paper, and he recorded all the gifts given by those people in the court, and honestly gave them to Chongzhen.

Why? Because there are too few of them, where is Zhou Zheng's handwriting!

Zhou Zheng and Li Zhong talked secretly for a while, and then parted quietly, continuing to pretend that they were not familiar.

On the second day, Li Zhong escorted Gao Yingxiang, escorted by Lu Xiangsheng's army, and began to return to Beijing.

Lu Xiangsheng and Zhou Zheng stood on the city tower, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Xiangsheng is much taller than Zhou Zheng, a few years older, burly, with square faces, and said with a smile: "Zhengyun, this time, you must at least be an official squire of the military department, not far from Shangshu." ”

Lu Xiangsheng has been in the military for a long time, and he seems to have an inexplicable optimism about officialdom.

Zhou Zheng smiled faintly and said, "The day before yesterday, we said that the bandit trouble in the northwest is not so easy to solve, and you are afraid that you will not be able to return to Beijing for a while." ”

There are too many root causes of the Northwest Rebellion, and they cannot be solved by simply suppressing them.

Lu Xiangsheng also knew, his smile was a little restrained, and he sighed: "I just hope that the imperial court can notice it and make a response." ”

Zhou Zheng shook his head secretly, there is no shortage of discerning people in the imperial court, and there are many books that hit the nail on the head, and the problem is execution!

No matter how talented the plan is, in the hands of a group of corrupt officials who only know corruption, struggle for power and profit, and incessant infighting, can there be good results?

They're only going to get worse!

……

Gao Yingxiang was pressed to the capital, and after Yang Sichang and Chongzhen confirmed, they were overjoyed.

Chongzhen cried excitedly, and on the same day, he sacrificed to the temple, and he couldn't stop crying.

The civil and military officials of the imperial court suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions were relaxed, and their emotions were excited.

They only found out at this moment that they were all terrified before, and it was only at this moment that they felt that the Ming Dynasty would not die!

Chongzhen came back from the Zongmiao, full of joy, and walked into the Qianqing Palace with a smile on his face, but he didn't see any of the officials who asked to see him.

Sitting on the chair, Chongzhen's expression was still a little dazed, and his heart trembled, but his face was full of smiles.

Li Zhong kept following, looking at Chongzhen's expression, and quietly made a gesture outside.

An inner prison outside the door left silently, and soon after, he came in with a large stack of notebooks, handed them to Li Zhong, and whispered in his ear for a long time.

Chongzhen was in a good mood, watching the inner eunuch whispering in Li Zhong's ear, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about?" ”

Li Zhong trembled, and almost dropped the plate in his hand, but a few notebooks still fell.

Chongzhen frowned, and said in a somewhat stern tone: "Come here!" ”

Li Zhong hurriedly took the notebook and walked cautiously in front of Chongzhen.

Chongzhen looked at Li Zhong's expression, directly took the top notebook, swept it away, and his originally smiling face suddenly became angry!

He threw away one to look at the next, and in a moment it was the next one, and he threw four or five in a row!

Chongzhen's face was pale, his eyes were full of anger, and he said, "What did you say just now?" ”

Li Zhong looked uneasy, and said in a low voice: "Long live the lord, this, this is only a few, there are dozens of ...... over there."

Chongzhen's eyes widened angrily, and he sneered angrily, and said: "The thief was captured by Zhou Zhengyunsheng, such a sure thing, they are still desperately impeached, are they blind or deaf?" ”

Li Zhong paid attention to Chongzhen's expression, changed his mind, and said with more and more caution on his face: "Long live Lord, Zhou Zhengyun has always dared to speak out, and he has already offended the adults of the Manchu Dynasty, it is not strange, I heard that there are also many adults in the General Political Envoy Department who are making trouble, as if they want to withdraw the book......"

Chongzhen couldn't laugh angrily, and couldn't say a word.

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