Zhou Zheng didn't get involved in the affairs of his eldest brother Zhou Fang's family, and was busy with the letter from Mongolia.

The various institutions of the Ming Dynasty were becoming more complete, and Zhou Zheng did not act arbitrarily, and transmitted the news to the cabinet, which naturally let all the institutions of the imperial court know.

I thought things would go well, but I didn't expect that the 'council' that had not yet taken shape would actually have a moth.

The internal 'Armaments Review Panel', a total of five people, suddenly wrote a notebook to the cabinet, asking the imperial court to send troops to destroy Mongolia and fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years.

Dozens of officials, large and small, wrote a book, their words were generous, and the words were very intense, as if they were going to personally lead the troops to fight.

Whether these people want to really invite merit or fight for fame, it really set off a lot of movement, and even Zhu Cihong couldn't sit still and asked in person.

This immediately annoyed Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the household department, who was known as the "iron rooster," and he directly wrote a letter to refute the remarks of these people, and refuted them almost in all directions on the issues of armaments, battlefields, understanding of the enemy, treasury, money, grain, and transportation.

Gao Hongtu is very pragmatic and professional, and there is no sound in suppressing the government and the opposition.

As a result, the cabinet meeting decided to send Sun Chuanting as a special envoy of the Ming Dynasty to Gansu Town to meet with the Mongolian tribes to discuss relevant covenant matters.

In response to this matter, in the cabinet, Zhou Zheng, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others discussed for seven or eight hours before the charter was decided.

On the day of Sun Chuanting's departure, Zhou Zheng saw him off, the two walked side by side, Zhou Zheng said: "Negotiation with Mongolia, there is no need to make concessions, the attitude must be tough, I have ordered Mangui to accompany me, you are planning with Qin Liangyu and others, if necessary, just fight, peace, it is ...... fight"

Sun Chuanting understood the meaning of 'fighting', and fought a quick battle, showing the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, if it was a long war, the Ming Dynasty might be defeated.

Sun Chuanting listened carefully and said: "The military intelligence department shows that the situation of various Mongolian tribes is very bad, especially Mobei, the adults really have no idea, take Monan and Mobei into the bag?" ”

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "You still understand me." But it's not the time, take it now, you have to spend effort to keep it, and so on. ”

Sun Chuanting also smiled and said: "Over there in Moxi, I don't know much about Daming, it will take time, and Heshute is very strong." ”

The Heshute tribe is the leader of the Moxi Mongols, ruling many Mongolian tribes, and its strength should not be underestimated.

Zhou Zheng nodded and said: "Genghis Khan and his descendants back then were still very eloquent, the territory they occupied was beyond imagination, west of Moxi, judging from the reconnaissance of the intelligence department, most of them were the former territory of Mongolia, and now except for one Russia, they are almost fighting in the interior." ”

The Mongol Empire and its descendants really cannot be underestimated, and the threat faced by the Mongols in Moxi has risen and expanded its territory everywhere Russia, as well as the Kazakh Khanate, including India in later generations, and now it is also ruled by Mongol descendants.

Sun Chuanting naturally saw this, looked at Zhou Zheng, and said with a smile: "The covenant in their mouths, the 'surrender' above us, and the inclusion of Moxi in my Ming territory, my lord, this is a far-reaching plan." ”

Zhou Zheng could hear the meaning of his words and said, "Don't worry. Let them fight a dozen first, and we will earn some benefits and restore people's livelihood. ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Weapons, armor, fire, and other daily necessities, do you really want to open them to them?" ”

Zhou Zheng pondered for a while and said, "Give it to the Heshuo Special Department, and Mobei can also give it to control the quantity." As for the luxury goods such as silk, porcelain, and even wine, if they are not in strategic materials or the like, they can be given with confidence, and we will save money for them, as long as they can exchange them. ”

Zhou Zheng doesn't like gold and silver now, these things are dead, he prefers grain, cattle, sheep and horses, these are alive.

Sun Chuanting understood, and said: "I asked Fan Wenjing to go to Moxi to take a look at these Mongolian tribes, the customs and customs of Moxi, and the forces between countries. ”

"Is Zhang Qian out of the plug?"

Zhou Zheng thought about it, nodded, and said, "Yes, it's okay for him to talk about the road, you can use the banner of trade to let him bring more things and walk out of the road." I'm so big and so much I can sell. ”

Sun Chuanting looked towards the sea trade wharf in Suzhou Mansion, and there was another road here, and said secretly: It seems that adults are really obsessed with trade.

Zhou Zheng looked at the convoy not far away and said, "Don't you have anything to leave me?" ”

Sun Chuanting pondered for a moment and said, "I know that if I say it, adults may be unhappy." ”

Zhou Zheng was stunned and said with a smile: "We have known each other for more than ten years, what else can't we say?" ”

Sun Chuanting's expression was slightly solemn, and he said: "Because I know adults, adults value love and righteousness, and after trusting a person, it is difficult to be suspicious again." ”

Zhou Zheng frowned, he is not a fool, he can make Sun Chuanting talk about it so carefully, there are few people in the government and the opposition.

"Lu Jiandou?" Zhou Zheng seemed to be talking to himself.

Sun Chuanting stared at Zhou Zheng and said: "It is said outside that Lu Xiangsheng's 'social skills' are not inferior to adults, plus his background, now the government and the opposition are looking at each other, and they regard him as a strong opponent of adults, rather than a right-hand man." Now that he has entered the cabinet, his mind is on military affairs, is it true that adults are not defensive at all? ”

Zhou Zheng has a special emotion towards Lu Xiangsheng, which Sun Chuanting also feels. Therefore, the people around Zhou Zheng, no matter what Yuan Yuyi did, tried to prevent Lu Jiandou from entering the cabinet, and now they are constantly trying to limit Lu Jiandou's power and influence, but Sun Chuanting has never spoken.

Zhou Zheng was silent for a while and said, "Is there any evidence?" Clues are also fine. ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said: "No, adults should know that Lu Jiandou is different from us, what we want is 'Daming Zhongxing', what does Lu Jiandou want, have you ever thought about it?" If he is loyal to the emperor, will he ask the lord to abdicate and make way for the virtuous at some point? Maybe he didn't care about the position, but just wanted to return to his roots? Or does he think that's what adults think, and one day they find out that it's not? ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Sun Chuanting and said, "Do you want me to drive Lu Xiangsheng away on trumped-up charges?" ”

Sun Chuanting was calm as usual, and said: "The lower official is not Qin Hui, and he can't do such things." I just hope that my lord will be alert, when we are all united in reform, there is a special person in the court who can destroy all our things in one fell swoop, and this person is secretive and out of place. ”

Sun Chuanting was almost the last person to persuade Zhou Zheng to be wary of Lu Xiangsheng.

Zhou Zheng thought for a while and said, "I know." ”

Sun Chuanting looked at Zhou Zheng's expression, and sighed lightly in his heart, he couldn't say that Zhou Zheng was wrong, paused for a moment, and said: "Can the lord agree to the lower officials, before the lower officials come back, they can't use troops against Wu Sangui and others." ”

Zhou Zheng responded decisively and said with a smile: "Don't worry, even if Lu Jiandou has any thoughts, I can hold it down for the time being." ”

Sun Chuanting nodded slightly at Zhou Zheng's words of relief, raised his hand and said, "The lower official will leave." ”