"Hooray, this is tonight."

Li Zhong held a plate of notebooks and handed them to Chongzhen's desk.

Chongzhen is becoming more and more diligent, even if the courtiers get off work, he still has to deal with the recital for two hours, this is a hard rule he gave him, in fact, he often stays up all night, and he has not been to the harem a few times.

Chongzhen didn't raise his head, mumbled in his nose, took the pen, and reviewed it on the notebook.

Li Zhong looked at it, really distressed, and said softly: "Long live Lord, it's late at night, why don't you take a rest and review it tomorrow." ”

Chongzhen may have heard the taste of concern, put down the pen, sighed, picked up the teacup beside him, glanced at a pile of notebooks, and said, "What are these?" ”

Li Zhong hurriedly said: "It's some urgent reports from the northwest, some are disasters, some are bandits, some are applying for preferential treatment, and some are about Yuan Fu and Qian Ge Lao. ”

"Qian Xiangkun?"

Chongzhen frowned and said, "Pull it out." ”

Chongzhen was very concerned about the movements of the courtiers, especially the cabinet ministers. Now Jinyiwei and Dongchang have been suppressed by him, and they have no eyes and ears, so they rely on these scripts to understand their movements.

Li Zhong hurriedly found it out, handed it to Chongzhen, looked at Chongzhen's face carefully, and said, "Long live the old man, the reputation of Qian Ge Lao outside is not very good. ”

Chongzhen picked up the notebook, opened it, and said casually: "Why is it bad?" ”

Li Zhong stared at Chongzhen's face, and said more cautiously: "It's all rumored, saying that the old Qian Pavilion covets the position of the first assistant, and small actions are frequent. ”

Chongzhen saw that Li Zhong said this, and said with some disappointment: "The words of the villain, if the ministers are all like this, wouldn't they make the world laugh?" ”

"Long live what Lord said." Li Zhong accompanied him and quietly retreated, his eyes always staring at Chongzhen's face.

Chongzhen looked at the notebook and quickly frowned.

This is a transcript of the impeachment of Zhou Yanru and Qian Xiangkun, about Qian Xiangkun is a brush, and the long impeachment is Zhou Yanru, saying that he formed a party for personal gain, and the 'Western Party' crossed the government and the opposition, covering up his speech, selling official positions, and being corrupt and degenerate.

The 'Western Party', that is, the 'Jin Party', the Shanxi Party.

In fact, Zhou Yanru is not from Shanxi, but from Jiangnan.

Chongzhen put it aside and picked up the next one, his brow furrowed even deeper.

This is about Zhou Yanru presiding over the Jiangnan Gongyuan examination in the second year of the Apocalypse, accusing him of favoritism, accepting bribes, and leaking questions to his nephews, which is reasonable and well-founded, and even cited multiple witnesses.

Chongzhen's face was a little ugly, and he continued to read the next one.

This one is Qian Xiangkun's, he impeached Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, accusing Wang Yongguang and Zhou Yanru of 'friendship between cats and dogs, snakes and rats', cultivating private individuals, the party fighting against differences, and intolerable others, and asked Chongzhen to remove Wang Yongguang.

Chongzhen looked at this notebook, his face pale.

What he hates the most is that the courtiers form a party, and these scripts are clearly manipulated behind his back, trying to force Zhou Yanru to step down!

"Long live the lord, Shousuke asks to see you." An inner supervisor stood outside the door and said to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen put away the notebook, his face returned to indifference, and said, "Hmm." ”

The inner prison turned around and disappeared outside the dark door, and it didn't take long for Zhou Yanru to arrive.

Zhou Yanru came in, hunched over, his face was tired, his eyes were sunken, he stepped forward and raised his hand and said, "Minister......"

Before he finished speaking, Chongzhen saw his tiredness and said, "Come on, move a stool for Zhou Aiqing." ”

Zhou Yanru hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't dare to ......"

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Sit." Why are you coming to see me so late? ”

Zhou Yanru sat down a little stiffly, and said: "Your Majesty, it is about the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, the minister recommended Hong Chengchou to serve, the cabinet has been indecisive for a long time, and the situation in the northwest cannot be delayed, and the minister asks the emperor to make an arbitrary decision." ”

This matter is also something that Chongzhen has been paying attention to, and he listened to it silently for a while, and said: "Yang He is incompetent, let the bandits sit big, hand it over to the three divisions for trial, and conclude the trial as soon as possible!" ”

Zhou Yanru responded, still looking at Chongzhen.

Yang He is in charge, there is nothing wrong with the method and means, the key to the problem is that the imperial court has no money and food, so it is doomed to failure, so he will take the blame.

Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "There are many governors in the northwest, and the governors have repeatedly done bad things, and there is only one Hong Chengchou who is decent, so let's do it." ”

In Shaanxi's official army suppressed the civil unrest, the official army had many defeats, especially some big people were even more unbearable, but Hong Chengchou repeatedly thwarted the main force of the bandits, and even captured and killed the bandit leader, which was very eye-catching and earned a lot of face for the imperial court.

Zhou Yanru listened to Chongzhen's words, a smile flashed in his eyes, and then he stood up, took out a playbook from his arms, handed it to Chongzhen, and said: "Your Majesty, Qin Liangyu, the chief soldier of Sichuan, has conquered Chengdu, defeated the chaotic Tusi, recovered Chengdu, and asked the imperial court to send someone to help him." ”

Chongzhen stretched out his hand to take it, his face finally looked good, and he said with a smile while looking at it: "Okay, good, the imperial court will send someone to help and reward Qin Liangyu and others, and they will be rewarded!" ”

"Yes." Zhou Yanru also smiled and said: "If Sichuan can be stabilized, then the Shaanxi rebellion can also be pacified, and the northwest is worry-free." ”

Chongzhen also thinks so, the two sides are sandwiched, no matter how many bandits there are, it will not help, and if the northwest is determined, it will also go to Chongzhen A big piece of heart disease.

Chongzhen put down the notebook, looked up and saw that there was still a notebook in Zhou Yanru's arms showing half of the corner, and said curiously: "What else is there to do with Zhou Aiqing?" ”

Zhou Yanru looked down, hurriedly put it back, and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, some can't be done, and the minister plans to take them back to see." ”

Chongzhen nodded approvingly and said, "The courtiers can have half of Zhou Aiqing's heart, why bother so much, and work hard to love Qing." Take it out and watch it with Aiqing. ”

Zhou Yanru said: "Your Majesty will not work for some trivial things, the minister will go back and read it, and then play Your Majesty." ”

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Take it out, I will go to detail with Aiqing, and today's matter will be finished today." ”

Zhou Yanru was still a little hesitant, took it out slowly, and handed it over.

Chongzhen opened it with a smile, and it didn't take long for his face to be ugly.

These are all transcripts of the impeachment of Qian Xiangkun, and the content seems to be the copy of the impeachment of Zhou Yanru just now, with a different name!

Zhou Yanru looked at Chongzhen's face was not good, and explained a little anxiously: "Your Majesty, the cabinet is first and most peaceful, and only when the cabinet is harmonious can the government be governed smoothly, and these have not been verified, they may be the words of the officials, and they cannot be taken seriously." ”

Chongzhen listened to Zhou Yanru's words, looked up at him, sighed lightly, and said, "Zhou Aiqing, you are magnanimous, but others may not. ”

There was a trace of doubt on Zhou Yanru's tired face, as if waiting for Chongzhen to continue.

Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "It's getting late, Zhou Aiqing should go back and rest early." ”

Zhou Yanru was still puzzled, so he had to hesitate and raise his hand and say, "The minister will retire." ”

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru's back, his face was very ugly, he was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Li Zhong." ”

Li Zhong has been standing not far away, listening to their conversation, and knowing in his heart that this is the last step arranged by Zhou Zheng, thinking about Chongzhen's thoughts at the moment, listening to Chongzhen calling him, he was startled, walked over quickly, and said, "Long live the lord." ”

The light flickered, shining on Chongzhen Tieqing's face, and he said indifferently: "Tomorrow, you go to see Qian Xiangkun and order him to pay tribute." ”

Li Zhong's heart was both relaxed and heavy, and everything was calculated accurately by Zhou Zheng.

Qian Xiangkun is going to be a leader.

"Yes." Li Zhong said.

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he waved his hand and continued to bury himself in government affairs.

Li Zhong retreated and stood not far away, still watching his ears and nose, as if everything had nothing to do with him, and stayed out of the matter.

As soon as Zhou Yanru walked out of the gate of the inner court, an inner eunuch said a few words in his ear.

Zhou Yanru's face was full of smiles, he didn't see the tiredness just now, and whispered to himself with burning eyes: "You want to be my position, have you asked me?" ”