Listening to Cao Yubian's words, Cao Sicheng nodded slightly and said, "That's what I mean, what I'm worried about is...... Can't hold it down. Zhou Zhengyun, you should know that this young man has always had no scruples, what to say, we will press his transcript, just afraid that another letter will appear directly tomorrow morning, and even the cabinet, maybe we will also be impeached. ”

Cao Yubian looked up at Cao Sicheng and said, "You say, will he take advantage of the momentum of you and me to fish in troubled waters, both to invite fame and profit?" ”

Cao Sicheng thought about it like this, but he shook his head and said: "He was fearless and fearless in the court a few times ago, and he didn't care about the future at all, and he offended everyone who could offend, not like a person who invited merit and fame." ”

Cao Yubian listened to his words and said: "Cui Chengxiu's persecution is getting more and more urgent, we have to resign as soon as possible, Zhou Zhengyun's involvement, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out so easily." ”

This is also what Cao Sicheng is worried about, and said: "Zhou Zhengyun is a member of our Metropolitan Procuratorate after all, if Cui Chengxiu and others think that it is the two of us who are the masterminds, then this black cauldron will have to be borne by us." ”

Cao Yubian's expression was slightly gloomy, and he said, "Well, I'm still worried about what the emperor will think." ”

Cao Sicheng looked solemn and nodded slightly.

The reason why they jumped out and defected from the eunuch party was actually a hint of the apocalypse, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was a powerful institution to check and balance the situation, especially most of the officials here.

was forced to resign because the eunuch party was too strong and had to resign.

Zhou Zheng's impeachment of the eunuch party is up, what does the emperor think?

It was the instruction of their second Cao, I don't know the severity, and they are still disrupting the court at this time? Or do they love the power of the stack and refuse to leave?

This notebook, no matter how you look at it, it's a trouble!

Cao Yubian looked at Cao Sicheng and said, "I'll go talk to Zhou Zhengyun and let him not be on this script, if he really doesn't comply, I will lock him up in the Prison Division and release him when the dust settles." ”

Cao Sicheng's eyes lit up and said, "This is a way, just do it." ”

Cao Yubian put Zhou Zheng's notebook in his arms and said, "I'll go now." ”

Cao Sicheng said again: "Be gentle." ”

Cao Yubian replied and strode out of Cao Sicheng's room.

Cao Sicheng solved the matter, a warm elder smile appeared on his face again, reached out and touched the chair under him, and whispered to himself: "I will come back soon, and in the future, I will move you to a better and higher place." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't know that the second Cao of the Metropolitan Procuratorate wanted to detain him in order to stop him from doing this, and he was in an inconspicuous courtyard in the north of the city at this time.

He sat on a chair, and beside him stood Meng Hezhou and other brocade-clothed secret guards.

There were three people kneeling in front of them, Hong Qiyong from the household department, Zhao Heqin from Caoyun, and Qin Li from the Ministry of Industry.

These three people are all in low positions, either they are in charge, or they are similar to the head of the office, running errands.

But this is the kind of talent that cannot be underestimated, and often they are the ones who grasp the core things and know the most.

These three people were caught by Tao Ran and sent to the Criminal Department, and then secretly sent to Zhou Zheng.

The three of them were fine in the Criminal Department, no one interrogated them, and no one rescued them, because no one knew that they had been arrested by the Criminal Department.

Now looking at Zhou Zheng sitting in front of him, they didn't know each other, they looked at each other, their expressions were stunned, and they didn't know why.

Hong Qiyong is the head of the household department, he looked at Zhou Zheng, and said cautiously: "This lord, I don't know what you are doing to arrest us?" ”

He could see that Zhou Zheng was an official, and the people behind Zhou Zheng were not ordinary people.

Zhou Zheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the three tables not far away, and said: "There is pen and ink there, Hong Qi uses, you will write me clearly about the inconsistencies and incursions of the money allocated by the household department to the Sichuan bandits." Zhao Heqin, you will clearly write down the arrears of Caoyun tax and silver in the first half of the year. Qin Li, you will clearly write down the use of the Ministry of Industry's disaster relief money and grain last year. ”

Qin Li's face was as thin as a mouse, his expression was abrupt, and he stared at Zhou Zhengdao: "Who are you?" ”

Zhou Zheng raised his right hand and moved his two fingers.

Two guards dragged out a large pile of torture instruments and placed them in front of the three of them.

Zhou Zheng's expression was faint and said, "I believe that you are not hard bones and will write honestly." I'm going to do it tonight. The three of you have a lot of intersections, and I can still go to verify them, if you lie to me, I will guarantee that you will not die, and let you taste these great punishments every day. ”

Hong Qiyong looked at these torture instruments, his face changed, and he looked at Zhou Zheng and said nervously: "This adult, what do you want?" If you want silver, you can tell you how much money you want, as long as you are willing to let me go, you can say as much silver. ”

Zhou Zheng was too lazy to say, stood up, and said to Meng Hezhou: "You know better than me about interrogation, let them confess honestly, I am useful." ”

Meng Hezhou looked at the three of them and said disdainfully: "It doesn't take the night, I guarantee that they will write what you want in an hour, and it is all true." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled and stepped out, he didn't want to see the bloody scene.

Zhou Zheng was in the yard, looking at the big sun overhead, a little dazzling, and stood under a tree.

It didn't take half an hour, Meng Hezhou walked out and said, "Recruit some, it's still being written later, you take a look at this first, by the way, they also gave up three account books, and I sent someone to get them." ”

Zhou Zheng was not surprised at all, there were so many iron-clad people.

Zhou Zheng flipped through the papers, and sure enough, they were all dirty things, what Zhou Zheng cared about, they were corrupt, withheld, and withheld the disaster relief money and food issued by the imperial court, official salaries, military salaries, etc., all of which were clearly written.

Among them, there are also the accounts of officials at all levels, and a personal name and official position are clearly written in black and white.

Zhou Zheng looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "Well, I got it and gave it to me, and also, pay attention to confidentiality." ”

During the interrogation, Meng Hezhou was on the side, he didn't know Xiao Ximi, but he still knew the names of several big people, he said, "Okay, I know." ”

Zhou Zheng hummed, didn't say much, and left directly.

When Zhou Zheng quietly left from this small courtyard, the turmoil in the court became more and more intense.

Cui Chengxiu, who had just been transferred to the Ministry of Industry for a few days, planned to be transferred to the Ministry of Officials, and Zhou Yingqiu, who had just been transferred to the Ministry of Households, planned to be transferred to the Ministry of Justice.

This Wu Chunfu, in less than a year, was promoted from the idle Qipin Zhixian to the sixth-grade hall official of the second-grade master!

If the second Cao of the Metropolitan Procuratorate resigns again, the so-called Seventh Secretary composed of the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will have to be reshuffled again.

Time, but only ten days!

Zhou Zheng only shook his head secretly when he got the news, bought a box of pastries on Chang'an Street and prepared to go home.

As soon as he left Chang'an Street, three strong men surrounded Zhou Zheng, and behind these three came a half-hundred old man with a cold face and eyes like poisonous snakes.

"Zhou Zhengyun?" The old man's voice said indifferently.

Zhou Zheng put his right hand behind him, signaling the people who followed him not to move, he looked at a sedan chair not far away, and said lightly: "Who is in the Zunfu?" ”

"The surname is Cui." The old man said.

Zhou Zheng immediately figured out who it was, his eyes were vigilant, and he said as usual: "What are you doing?" ”

"Please." The old man didn't talk nonsense, and said on one side.

Zhou Zheng looked at the sedan chair not far away, gestured to the person behind him again, and walked forward.

When he came closer, the sedan chair was very quiet, there was no movement, Zhou Zheng paused, raised his hand, and said, "Xiaguan has seen Master Xuan." ”

The person inside coughed lightly, and the half-hundred-year-old man bent down and lifted the sedan curtain.

Cui Chengxiu is very thin, with an elegant face and a slightly serious and mean face.

He looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "Er Cao is about to resign, I promise we won't come back." I will give you two roads, the first one, the whole family will be assigned to Liaodong, and it will never be used. Article 2, report Er Cao, next year, I will ensure that your father will be the prefect of Fengyang Prefecture, and within three years, he will be promoted to the governor of Yingtian, and the political envoy of the province will be established in five years. ”

Cui Chengxiu's condition can be said to be very good, and ordinary people have already nodded and agreed.

The political envoy of a province, that is the official of the feudal territory, wants the wind to be rainy, and the future is even more unlimited, and it is unknown whether he will rank in the court.

However, Zhou Zheng knew that it was not only Er Cao who was finished, but the master in front of him was executed!

Zhou Zheng listened to Cui Chengxiu's words, not only did he not panic, nor did he be overjoyed, but just smiled slightly, with a relaxed expression on his face.

"Adults are loved, our Zhou family has been noble for generations, and they have never bent over for officialdom." Zhou Zhengdao.

Cui Chengxiu looked at Zhou Zheng and said expressionlessly: "You're not afraid of me at all?" ”

'Nonsense, you said you were exiled, and you didn't kill me, I'm still afraid of you! You exiled me today, I was pardoned before I left Beijing, and I got a clear name for nothing, I thank you It's too late, I'm afraid of what you're going to do? ’

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "The lower officials act from the heart, not for anything else." ”

Cui Chengxiu glanced at Zhou Zheng and said, "Then you go back and pack your things." ”

After Cui Chengxiu finished speaking, the half-hundred old man put down the sedan curtain.

The sedan chair man quickly lifted up, passed past Zhou Zheng, and left without hurry.

Zhou Zheng looked at Cui Chengxiu's sedan chair, looked around, and it was a pity, if someone saw it, maybe it could evolve into a good story of 'Imperial History Rejecting Shangshu' in the future.

Zhou Zheng secretly felt a pity, and left with a relaxed smile.

As a result, he didn't go far before he was stopped again.

"Lord Cao is waiting for you in the teahouse." A small official stood in front of Zhou Zheng and pointed to the teahouse on his side and said.

There were two Lord Cao in the Imperial Court, Zhou Zheng didn't know which one it was, thought about it, nodded, and turned around and entered the teahouse.

The second floor was empty, and only one person sat there, his expression calm and his eyes majestic.

The right capital of the imperial history, Cao Yubian.

Zhou Zheng naturally knew, thinking about his intentions in his heart, he stepped forward and raised his hand and said, "Xiaguan has seen adults." ”

Cao Yubian is the imperial history of the right capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, and Zhou is the supervising imperial history, which can be regarded as his own family.

Cao Yubian glanced at Zhou Zheng lightly, pushed the notebook on the table over, and said, "You wrote it?" ”

Zhou Zheng's script, he naturally knew, his expression did not move, and said, "Yes." ”

Cao Yubian said in the tone of an official: "Take it back and rewrite it, only impeach Cui Chengxiu, don't touch other people's." ”

This was expected by Zhou Zheng, so he pretended to groan for a while, and said, "My lord, the lower officials will forgive their fate." ”

Cao Yubian's face sank, and he said, "I can deprive you of your qualifications to play!" ”

Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows, this is true.

Pretending to be silent for a while, Zhou Zheng said: "My lord, the lower official heard that you are going to resign, why bother with the affairs of the court." ”

Cao Yubian scolded in his heart, can I still walk with your notebook? I could have resigned, but you had to send me to prison!

No matter how unhappy he was, Cao Yubian still had a majestic look on his face, and said, "You can't go up this notebook, write a new one." If you don't think it's enough, you can add two more names, not so many. ”

Zhou Zheng's recital almost listed the civil and military capital of the Manchu Dynasty as a eunuch party, and this is worth it, the anger of those adults can burn the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate!

Zhou Zheng thought for a while, and said with a asking expression: "Then, add a field to cultivate?" ”

Cao Yubian didn't think about it, and said, "Yes." ”

No matter who Zhou Zhengjia is, as long as it is not such a large-scale attack, it is easy to say, which imperial history does not impeach the court members at every turn, and which one does not have dozens, or even hundreds, impeachment notes?

Cao Yubian didn't think about it, but a strange smile flashed on Zhou Zheng's face.