The town of Gansu was about to go to war, and it spread to the capital, and the high-level of the imperial court was silent.

From the bottom of their hearts, they just want to live a stable life, even if they knock on the door, as long as they guard the door or close the door, as for going out to fight, they will not do it as a last resort.

But in the face of Zhou Zheng, they are very powerless, and the military power is in Zhou Zheng's hands. Even if Yang Sichang participated in the 'military reform', he couldn't move the army, and he couldn't stop it.

Before the Lantern Festival, Zhou Zheng returned to Beijing from Tianjin Wei.

Zhou Yanru did not come to see him, and the court seemed to have passed this matter, and no one mentioned it again.

Zhou Zheng naturally didn't take the initiative to talk about it, everyone continued to live as usual.

The military department was the most nervous, and had been paying attention to the battle situation in Gansu Town.

For this reason, in view of the long distance, the Ministry of War consulted the cabinet and set up a 'temporary command office' in Shaanxi, with the head of the Ministry of War as a sign of support.

In March, news finally came from Gansu Town that relieved the Ming leadership.

Moxi Mongolia had no intention of starting a war, and retreated after the slightest contact.

However, Mobei Mongolia, invaded by Moxi Mongolia, its strength was greatly damaged, and it was extremely vulnerable under natural disasters.

Horqin was even more so, seeing that the Ming Dynasty really dared to go out, his attitude changed greatly, and he took the initiative to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and sent a lot of good things.

Among them, Zhou Yanru and Zhou Zheng also expressed their 'heart', and the gift was sent to the door.

As a result, Jianyu was also alarmed, and the real 'peace talks' had a strong meaning, but the messenger sent was reprimanded by Zhou Yanru and driven away from the house.

Zhou Zheng didn't care about this, and stared at Nan Zhili.

'Changing the law' has never been smooth sailing, even if the broken Ming Dynasty is now, the internal and external turmoil has never stopped.

The same is true for Nan Zhili, all kinds of strange things happened, Lu Daqi was left and right, without Zhou Zheng's full support, he would have been ousted from power and imprisoned.

Even Zhou Zheng felt strong pressure and needed to deal with it carefully.

In June, someone suddenly wrote a book, recounting Zhou Zheng's merits, thinking that a Dingguo Duke was not enough to assess, and asked for the title of unnamed "Dingwang", hereditary replacement.

There was no reaction in the court, and there had always been such a recital, either to grandstand or just to climb the Zhou Zheng.

But then, a proposed will appeared in the cabinet room, to the effect that Zhou Zheng would be crowned king.

At this time, the imperial court was shaken, and even Zhou Yanru was sent to ask if it was Zhou Zheng's meaning.

Of course, this is not what Zhou Zheng meant!

Originally, he wanted to keep his head in obscurity, and he was bent on changing the law, where would he jump out and roast on the fire.

Mid-June.

Zhou Zheng, Gao Hongtu, Sun Chuanting, and others were inspecting some farmland in Beizhili.

Gao Hongtu walked and said: "My lord, it stands to reason that there is no shortage of land, but the land is good or bad, how much or less, plus natural disasters are like fierce, too many things are difficult to deal with." ”

Zhou Zheng walked in front, looking at the dry land, his brows furrowed all the time.

The drought and flood are the most serious problems facing the Ming Dynasty now.

Sun Chuanting said: "The reclamation of Nanzhili is still not enough, where the land is the best in the world, if it is properly cultivated, it will solve the big problem." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded lightly and said, "I have discussed the matter of Taihu Lake with my eldest brother. When the flood situation is over, we will start to clean up the silt of Taihu Lake, clear the river, reclaim the nearby land, and use chemical fertilizers and farm tools......"

Gao Hongtu remembered it carefully and prepared to go back to the meeting to discuss.

The three of them walked and talked, and then looked at a random village.

After coming out, Gao Hongtu said worriedly: "The situation is getting worse and worse, if it can't be contained in time, I'm afraid that the Northwest Rebellion will come again." ”

Sun Chuanting's expression was almost the same.

Zhou Zheng pondered and said: "At present, there is still money and food, but the world is too big, and it is a drop in the bucket, so we have to find a way to solve the problem." ”

Gao Hongtu said: "At present, except for Nanzhili, the progress of other provinces is slow, and the place where we are governors is fine, and those of Yuanfu have not acted at all." ”

Speaking of this, Sun Chuanting looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "My lord, what do you think of getting the will?" ”

That word is only tentative, and has not yet been drafted and issued.

Gao Hongtu also looked up at Zhou Zheng with a solemn expression.

This matter, no matter how you look at it, is a little weird, maybe someone is coming at them.

Zhou Zheng walked and said with a smile: "It's nothing difficult to guess, it's just that someone is using this to test me." Whether it is His Majesty in the palace, the courtiers outside, or those who oppose the change, in essence, there is no difference. ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Before, the adults said that there was a plan, what the adults wanted to do. ”

Zhou Zheng looked in the direction of the capital and said: "People have too many thoughts, it may not be a good thing, and we must indeed make some preparations." ”

Sun Chuanting and Gao Hongtu glanced at each other, knowing in their hearts that after returning to Beijing, they were afraid that something would happen.

The group went to several more places and returned to the capital in the evening.

Before he returned home, Zhang Heyi came.

He handed over a piece of paper and said, "My lord, it's ready." ”

Zhou Zheng took it and looked at it, nodded and said, "You don't need to go through the cabinet, you can transfer it in the name of the Ministry of War." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Heyi responded with a solemn expression.

At this time, Li Banghua's mansion was on.

Li Banghua rarely fidgeted, frowned, stood under the eaves, looked gray, as if it was going to rain rain, and his expression became more and more unsightly.

"Dark clouds weigh down the city."

A middle-aged man walked over and said, "Teacher, is there any difficulty?" ”

Li Banghua glanced at him, took a deep breath, and said, "Some people who are dissatisfied with Dingguo Gong are carrying out some risky actions. Dingguo Gong's side was as quiet as an abyss, and I was very uneasy. ”

The middle-aged man was silent, and suddenly said, "Teacher, be careful." Dingguo Gong, the tiger, is afraid that he is going to eat people. ”

The corners of Li Banghua's face moved, and he said, "I also have a hunch, but I don't know what he will do." Does he know who they are? Still don't know? ”

The middle-aged man frowned, always feeling that Li Banghua's words were a little strange, but he couldn't think through it for a while.

Two days later, the capital was still very calm, and the recital for Zhou Zhengfeng disappeared without a trace.

People who knew about this thought that this was the end, but who knows, suddenly someone wrote a book and wanted to give 'Jiuxi'.

The so-called 'Jiuxi', Cao Cao, Yang Jian, and Li Yuan have it, which can already be regarded as a previous step of 'usurpation'.

Such a piece of music is definitely ill-intentioned.

And it's open, not obscure.

The court and the opposition exploded, and suddenly a lot of scripts appeared, criticizing Zhou Zheng, comparing him to 'reincarnation Wang Mang', and even asking the court to depose Zhou Zheng and send him to prison.

Cabinet Chamber.

Zhou Yanru, Zhou Zheng, Qian Qianyi, Yang Sichang, Li Banghua, Zhang Sizhi, Li Juesi, and Li Hengbing are all there.

Zhou Yanru looked around, wrinkled his eyebrows, and looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "Zhengyun, who did this?" ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at Zhou Yanru, and saw that there was no hypocritical anger on his face, and he knew it in his heart, and then glanced at the other people, and saw that they didn't seem to have any anger or other emotions, but more of a kind of watching from the wall, waiting for a good show.

A strange emotion appeared in Zhou Zheng's heart, as if everyone here was calculating him.