After Zhou Zheng returned home, he took a group of children to play for a while, and then read and rested by himself.

When it got dark, the Zhou family began to finish eating, and at the dinner table, Liu Liuzhen said in a low voice: "Second young master, it's still outside." ”

Zhou Zheng waved his chopsticks and continued to eat.

A few little guys gobbled up, and not long after, a bunch of chopsticks, threw down the sentence 'I'm full', and ran away, including the youngest Xiao Ke'er.

Zhou Zheng looked at Shangguan Qing with some curiosity and said, "What are they going to do?" ”

Shangguan Qing pursed the corners of his mouth and said, "There is a Xiyi man in the city, who has brought a lot of strange things. ”

Zhou Zheng understood and said with a smile: "If they want to play, let them play, don't stop it." ”

Shangguan Qing glared at him, wiped his mouth, and followed.

Zhou Zheng sighed and shook his head.

After eating, Zhou Zheng and Liu Liuzhen were playing chess in the study, talking about various things.

I don't know how long it took, Liu Liuzhen suddenly said, "Second Young Master, I'm still outside after that." ”

Zhou Zheng picked up a cup of hot tea, took a sip gently, and said, "It seems that Jianyu's situation is more serious than we thought. ”

Liu Liuzhen nodded and said: "The news that Lao Meng came back is true, and Huang Taiji is dying, he must want to arrange the future, otherwise his death will be equivalent to the death of the country." ”

Zhou Zheng looked outside and said, "Call him in." ”

Liu Liuzhen got up, found someone outside the door, and whispered a few words.

The lieutenant hurried out the door, and soon led me in, who was drenched in with him.

Ning Wan I was frozen, trembling all over, raised my hand stiffly, and said, "Zheng Xibo." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Pour a cup of tea for Mr. Ning." ”

After Ning finished my face was pale, and after thanking me, I sat down opposite Zhou, looked at the endgame, and said, "This game of chess has deep meaning. ”

Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup and covered his hands, and said: "The whole Ming Dynasty knows that my chess skills are not good, Mr. Ning, such sycophant kung fu is not able to sit in a high position." ”

Ning Wan raised his head seriously and said: "There is no problem with the layout of Zheng Xibo, it is magnificent, but it is just one step behind, always one step slower, and I lost the lead." Of course, if there is anything else, Shu Ning is clumsy and can't see it. ”

Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows, but he saw it clearly.

Zhou Zheng took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Mr. Ning has been guarding outside my door for a few hours, so he must have something to say." ”

Ning Wan I took the teacup handed by Liu Liuzhe, didn't drink it, held it in my hand, stared at Zhou Zheng's eyes and said: "Before the expedition to Xibo, we all agreed, Your Majesty's four sons entered Beijing as a hostage, and Dolgon led 5,000 cavalry to accompany him." Territory, as you say, but you cannot garrison more than five thousand. ”

has reached this juncture, and if there is any temptation and psychological warfare, I don't think it is necessary at all.

Even being able to agree to such harsh conditions, Zhou Zheng probably guessed the situation of Jianyu in his heart, turned the teacup lightly, and thought in his heart, whether to come to a war to try.

Soon, this idea was suppressed by Zhou Zheng, if the dying tiger was powerful, the Ming Dynasty might not be able to take advantage of it, but would give Jianyu a chance to breathe.

Zhou Zheng pondered for a while, and said: "This matter can't be made public, don't sign anything, what you gave me was obtained by my Daming, and your proton is also voluntary." ”

Ning Wan kept staring at Zhou Zheng and said, "Zheng Xibo promised us, how to fulfill it?" ”

Zhou Zhengdao: "I turn a blind eye to your smuggling in North Korea, and so does Xikou." ”

Ning Wan listened to it, understood that Zhou Zheng did not really mean the mutual market, frowned, and said: "I hope that Zheng Xibo can give 100,000 stone of grain as sincerity." ”

"Yes." Zhou Zheng agreed without hesitation.

The corners of my mouth twitched after Ning Wan, if Zhou Zheng hesitated, he still held hope, Zhou Zheng was so happy, he felt hopeless.

"When?" I gritted my teeth and said.

Zhou Zhengdao: "Now I don't have any food in Daming, let's wait for the summer harvest." ”

After Ning finished, I immediately said: "No, it must be before the year!" ”

If he can survive until the summer harvest, what is he doing when he comes to Daming to seek peace?

Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "I couldn't draw 100,000 stones a year ago." ”

I don't believe it at all, others can't transfer it, Zhou Zheng can definitely do it!

Ning Wan took a deep breath and said, "Before the end of the year, 50,000 stones, no less." ”

Zhou Zheng said again without hesitation: "Okay." ”

Ning Wan's heart was full of uneasiness, his eyes flickered, and he said, "Immediately lift the blockade on us, both in the West Exit and on the North Korean side." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't know where I paid attention, so he pretended to hesitate and said, "Wait until your proton arrives." ”

Ning finished I breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there is a mouth, he will have a way to get the grain of the Ming Dynasty to Shenyang!

Zhou Zheng looked at Ning Wan's expression, with a deep smile hidden in his eyes, turned to Liu Liuzhe, and said, "Lead Mr. Ning to meet Zhang Heyi and agree on the specific details." ”

After Ning Wan, I quickly stood up and said, "Thank you for Zheng Xibo." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't bother to pay attention to him, he just hoped that he wouldn't hate him and grit his teeth when the time came.

Liu Liuzhen took the order and took Ning Wan and me away.

Zhou Zheng stretched comfortably, got up and turned to the bedroom.

How could Zhou Yanru have expected that Zhou Zheng and Jianyu's 'peace' would be this kind of action, and he was ready to talk to Zhou Zheng, and if he couldn't get along, he would strongly refuse.

Now he and Zhou Zheng need each other, Zhou Zheng wants to borrow his momentum, he wants to borrow Zhou Zheng's power, the two are no longer incompatible, and cooperate more.

How could he have thought of it?

The court situation is disturbed and bustling, and in a blink of an eye, it is time for annual leave.

But because the new emperor has just ascended the throne, there are too many things, and most of the officials have not taken a vacation, and they are still busy.

Zhou Zheng is not idle, there are a lot of things to change, and he has to take care of everything, especially the general direction can't move.

In just three days, Zhang Heyi and Ning Wan finalized the details of the 'peace', and after Zhou Zheng made a slight revision, he took Ning Wan and me to Liaodong to see Lu Xiangsheng.

This matter also needs Lu Xiangsheng's overall planning and careful arrangement.

Jianyu's 'peace negotiation' this time may not be without hidden intentions, and it needs to be handled carefully.

As the New Year approached, Zhou Zheng spent more and more time in the cabinet, and met with Zhou Yanru, Qian Qianyi, Li Banghua and others very frequently, discussing and arguing more and more.

The huge cabinet often quarrels, even in general meetings, dozens of people come and go.

Too many things have nothing to do with party disputes, but are purely different views and handling of things, each stating the pros and cons, arguing about the key points, and enjoying it, but not intense.

Later, it is necessary to formulate a plan for next year's yuan change, as well as next year's budget, government affairs, and so on, and it will be a good quarrel, and there will be a dispute here.

Everyone doesn't care what party affiliation, who is big or small, for themselves and for their own departments, it is a fight with a red face and a thick neck.

At this time, Zhou Zheng and Zhou Yanru couldn't keep a straight face, they used their momentum to suppress people, and they played the role of peacemakers, coming and going to persuade peace.