Li Zhong didn't dare to be careless in the face of this first assistant, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was frightened and just fell asleep. Shousuke-sama, what's the matter? ”

Zhou Yanru pretended to hesitate and said: "That's the case, most of the courtiers are withered, and if the official wants to appoint some people, he still needs the approval of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Zhong has been in the palace for many years, and he is used to seeing all kinds of methods, and when he saw that Zhou Yanru was the only one who came, he immediately guessed his intentions and said, "Recruit Xibo, do you know?" ”

Zhou Yanru looked at Li Zhong and said with an impassive expression: "Zhou Ge has been outside Beijing for a long time, and he is not familiar with Beijing affairs. If your father-in-law has any suitable candidates, you can talk to the official. ”

Zhou Yanru's words are very direct, it is a cooperation and transaction.

Li Zhong suddenly sneered in his heart, this old guy wanted to pick peaches so soon, and he didn't look at it, now the capital is full of Zhou Zheng's people, if Zhou Zheng wants to die, he can make anyone disappear silently!

Li Zhong looked at Zhou Yanru's longing expression that he couldn't hide, his mind changed, and he said plainly: "Okay, I'll give you the list tomorrow." ”

Zhou Yanru was ecstatic in his heart, if he could form an alliance with Li Zhong, then his position would be as stable as Mount Tai, and everything in the government and government would be in his hands!

Zhou Yanru suppressed his excitement, and began to talk with Li Zhong about restoring the court situation, enthronement ceremony and other things, and then quietly mentioned some people.

Li Zhong couldn't hear anything, and responded with a smile.

Zhou Yanru was even happier when he saw that Li Zhong did not object, and then began to evaluate Zhou Zheng, his words were more pertinent, but he attributed his great contribution to Kuang Fu Sheji this time to the 'wisdom of the first emperor'. And he has always been called 'Zhou Ge Lao', without mentioning 'Zheng Xibo'.

The two talked for a long time, and finally Zhou Yanru said with a smile: "I know that Gonggong Li has been in the palace since he was a child, but he always has to think about it for a hundred years. I have 500 acres of fertile land in Suzhou Prefecture, and there is a compound on the edge of the Humble Administrator's Garden, all of which I gave to my father-in-law. ”

Li Zhong pouted secretly, five hundred acres, you are embarrassed to take out your hand, Zhou Zhengyun has given me more than five thousand acres over the years!

Li Zhong was disdainful, but bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Thank you Yuanfu." ”

Seeing that Li Zhong did not refuse, Zhou Yanru was relieved and said, "Then it is decided, His Royal Highness the Prince, there will be Gonggong Lao to take care of it." ”

"It's a matter of duty." Li Zhong still said with a smile.

If it weren't for Zhou Yanru's overhappiness now, he would definitely find that Li Zhong's smile was a smile and not a smile.

Zhou Yanru walked out of the palace heroically with unprecedented excitement and excitement.

Not long after Zhou Yanru left, Zhu Cihong opened the door sleepily, looked at Li Zhongdao, "Father-in-law, what's the matter?" ”

Li Zhong hurriedly turned around and said, "Your Highness, it's Zhou Shoufu, who came to talk about the enthronement ceremony." ”

Zhu Cihong slept for a while, his spirit was much better, and he raised his face and asked, "What about Zheng Xibo?" ”

Li Zhong said: "Zheng Xibo seems to be discussing with many generals about pursuing the thieves. ”

Zhu Cihong sighed, and then didn't speak.

Li Zhong looked at Zhu Cihong, sighed in his heart, and was worried.

Now that it has completely changed, Zhou Yanru and Zhou Zheng will inevitably have a fight, Zhou Yanru can't play Zhou Zheng at a glance, in the future, what will happen to Super?

Zhou Yanru walked out of the inner court and walked towards the Daming Gate, and as soon as he came out of the noon gate, he saw Lu Xiangsheng talking to someone not far ahead.

Zhou Yanru raised his head slightly, stared at Lu Xiangsheng for a moment, and walked over.

"Build a bucket." Zhou Yanru shouted calmly and majestically.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned, turned around and saw that it was Zhou Yanru, and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen Yuanfu." ”

Zhou Yanru looked at Lu Xiangsheng, nodded approvingly: "This time to recover the capital, you have made great contributions, I have already told His Royal Highness the Prince, you will be crowned with the title of secretary of the military department, the prime minister of the five northwest provinces, and you will lead the troops to exterminate the thieves!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned again and said, "Yuanfu, Zheng Xibo has already accepted his fate in Shanhaiguan. ”

This time it was Zhou Yanru's turn to be stunned, and he wanted to say that it was not legal, but at that time, the capital fell, and Zhou Zheng was holding the edict of the first emperor, so it was understandable to do so. To argue now is to be very petty.

Zhou Yanru quickly recovered his expression and said with a smile: "The capital fell, the first emperor was martyred, Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department, is the culprit, you are the next secretary of the military department, plus the title of prince and taibao." ”

Lu Xiangsheng is not a fool, he gradually understood a little, especially the last 'Prince Taibao title', Zhou Zheng is also the Prince Taibao title.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zhou Yanru quietly, and said, "Yuan Fu, the lower official is about to go out of Beijing to suppress bandits, and he can't take on this position." ”

Zhou Yanru frowned slightly, and suddenly realized that he was too anxious, a little confused, and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to invite Zhou Ge to go to the northwest to suppress bandits, after all, he succeeded once, His Royal Highness the Prince, the court also counted on him this time, I will invite him to a banquet in the evening, you also come, let's talk in detail." ”

Lu Xiangsheng became more and more aware of it, and said with a normal expression: "Yuanfu, the capital has just been decided, and there are too many affairs for the lower officials, so the lower officials can't go." ”

Zhou Yanru's eyes were slightly cold, and he immediately smiled and said, "That's what I said, then you can go." ”

Lu Xiangsheng raised his hand neither humbly nor arrogantly, and said, "The lower official retires." ”

Zhou Yanru looked at Lu Xiangsheng's back, his brows tightened, and his expression was ugly. Lu Xiangsheng actually didn't give him face like this, he really didn't know how to lift!

Not long after Lu Xiangsheng left, Lu Xiangtong walked over and said in a low voice: "Brother, what did Yuanfu say to you?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face tightened slightly, and he sighed lightly: "He wants to win me over." ”

Lu Xiangtong was suddenly a little happy, and just about to open his mouth, Lu Xiangsheng looked at him and said, "Deal with Zheng Xibo." ”

Lu Xiangtong's expression changed immediately, and he hurriedly said: "Eldest brother, Zheng Xibo has a great favor with us, and he is a great hero of Kuang Fu Sheji, we can't harm him......"

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at him, took a deep breath, and said, "Tell everyone that we are not allowed to contact the courtiers other than the people who conquered Xibo, and if they find out, they will all be sent back to their hometowns." ”

Lu Xiangtong was satisfied and said, "Okay." By the way, Zheng Xibo's side has been fully deployed, a total of 115,000 people, including Cao Bianjiao's cavalry, except for the 20,000 personal soldiers led by Zheng Xibo, almost all the rest are given to you, what a lot of trust! Eldest brother, if we exterminate the northwest and conquer Xibo, it will be a matter of time before we enter the cabinet to pay respects to the prime minister in the future......"

The corners of Lu Xiangsheng's face moved, and he sighed again in his heart: I'm not afraid of villains, I'm afraid of gentlemen's kindness......

Zhou Zheng was in the West Corridor at this time, and saw Ma Shiying, Kou Huaiyi, Zhou Fang and others. These people were all hidden by the Military Intelligence Department before Li Zicheng entered Beijing, but they were unscathed.

Ma Shiying was the most excited, sat on Zhou Zheng's right hand side, and said: "Your Excellency's achievements are no less than those of Zhongsu Gong, and they will definitely go down in history and win glory with the sun and the moon!" ”

'Zhongsu Gong', refers to Yu Qian, who was the secretary of the Ministry of War at that time, who resisted Wara and saved the Ming Dynasty from the crisis of the country.

Kou Huaiyi was not so sycophant, but he also said with admiration: "My lord's exploits are indeed incomparable. ”

Zhou Zheng waved his hand to stop their touting, and seeing that Zhou Fang had been silent, he said, "Big brother, are you okay?" ”

Zhou Fang experienced this experience, and he could be regarded as witnessing the Ming Dynasty almost losing the country, and his mind was somewhat unstable, and he said, "It's okay." I'm the governor of Suncheonfu, is this okay? ”

Others can say that Zhou Fang is Zhou Zheng's eldest brother, and Shuntian Mansion Yin is such a critical position, it is inevitable that some people say that Zhou Zheng is nepotistic and favoritism, which has become a handle to attack him.