Qianqing Palace.

Zhou Yanru handed over the list of appointments of officials at all levels and asked Zhu Cihong to take a look.

Now that no one has opened the court, it is natural that Zhou Yanru will decide whether to appoint him, which is also a draft list, and he needs to be appointed by edict after ascending the throne.

Zhu Cihong has an extremely limited understanding of the court situation, every time Zhou Yanru speaks, he looks at Zhou Zheng with a blank eye, in his eyes, Zhou is Optimus Prime, the most trustworthy!

Zhou Zheng occasionally put forward a few opinions, which made Zhou Yanru unhappy, but Zhou Zheng didn't care, but Zhu Cihong trusted Zhou Zheng more.

Li Zhong stood aside, looking at his nose and his heart.

Zhou Yanru was dissatisfied with Zhou Zheng, and according to his patience, he talked about the enthronement ceremony and the funeral of Chongzhen.

These rituals are very complicated, Zhu Cihong heard it in the clouds, and Zhou Yanru didn't seem to be aware of it, and he couldn't stop talking.

In this, there is also power and status, which is directly hidden and immeasurable.

Zhu Cihong dozed off, and finally waited for Zhou Yanru to stop, and hurriedly asked Zhou Zheng, "Conquer Xibo, and send troops to suppress bandits in two days, are you sure?" ”

Most of the five northwestern provinces are Li Zicheng's territory, and the defeat of the official army is a mess, even if Zhu Cihong is small, he also knows that it is not easy, and he is worried, worried that Li Zicheng will come again.

Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister has an army of 100,000, as long as the grain and grass arrive, it is not difficult to exterminate the thieves." ”

Speaking of grain and grass, Zhou Yanru frowned, and his expression was a little ugly.

Zhu Cihong naturally looked at Zhou Yanru, did not speak, and was overflowing.

Zhou Yanru pretended to think for a moment, and said: "The minister is trying to find a way to raise money from the big households in the south of the Yangtze River, and within ten days, it is expected to raise 500,000 yuan of grain. ”

Zhu Cihong was overjoyed and said, "Zhou Aiqing is worthy of his father's trust, and I am waiting for your good news." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Zhu Cihong with an immobile expression, this one actually entered the role so quickly.

Zhou Yanru was still very happy with this compliment, even if he lost 500,000 yuan of money and grain, he even praised: "The minister doesn't dare to be it." ”

Zhu Cihong may have contacted him a long time ago, and said some words to appease Zhou Zheng and Zhou Yanru, so that the two of them left the Qianqing Palace.

Zhou Yanru left the palace, immediately frowned, and said in an unkind tone: "You didn't keep the agreement!" ”

Zhou just took a moment and said, "Yuanfu, none of your arrangements have told me, a few of them have obviously been arrested by me, and they are still on Yuanfu's list." Motosuke, are you deceiving me? ”

Zhou Yanru's expression moved, knowing that he was at a loss, he sighed with fake worry, and said, "The capital is withering, and no one is available." ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at him and said, "Those are all rebellious and damned people, if the emperor knows, how does Yuan Fu plan to explain it?" ”

Zhou Yanru said: "Without verification, they are all rumors, if it is verified by then, the old man will be the first to spare them!" ”

Zhou Zheng sneered in his heart, this Zhou Yanru really dared to use anyone in order to control the situation as soon as possible.

He dug the pit himself, Zhou Zheng naturally wouldn't stop it, and he had to help him dig a little bigger, and said with a smile: "Since Yuanfu said so, the lower officials don't care." However, some people don't seem to be comfortable today, as if they are not very happy with me, and there is a lot of cynicism. In this way, I can't leave Beijing for the time being, let them go out of Beijing, so as not to see me angry and hurt my body, which is not good. Jianlu is too presumptuous, take advantage of the fire to rob me at the time of the great disaster, unforgivable, send them to reprimand Jianlu, in order to show my prestige! ”

Zhou Yanru's eyes widened slightly when he listened, and his anger boiled.

Zhou Zheng's desire to promote and suppress is not to send them to death! What 'reprimand', is Jianyu so easy to reprimand?

Zhou Zheng didn't give Zhou Yanru a chance to refute, and said: "It's so decided, I let the cabinet book draw up the list." ”

"Wait!"

Zhou Yanru hurriedly stopped Zhou Zheng, who was about to leave, with a calm brow, thought for a while, and said: "I know they are disrespectful to you, but they can't go to death, so let's do it, I'll send them outside Beijing, don't come back." ”

Zhou Zheng continued to turn around and said, "Then I'll be angry when I look at it, so be it." ”

With that, Zhou Zheng strode away.

Zhou Yanru's face was gloomy, his fists were clenched, and there was a rare murderous intent in his eyes.

Zhou Zheng was too presumptuous, and he actually bluntly wanted to kill his people in front of him!

Zhou Yanru's eyes were cold, his heart was angry, but he was very helpless, if Zhou Zheng asked to do something, he couldn't stop it at all, the current capital was in Zhou Zheng's hands, he couldn't commit this trivial matter to bring the lawsuit to the new emperor, and the new emperor might not be on his side.

"Patience!"

Zhou Yanru roared, his eyes were gloomy and terrifying.

He does not yet have absolute power, and he can't fight hard with Zhou Zheng, and when the new emperor ascends the throne, his people will come to the throne one after another, and he will be able to suppress Zhou Zheng through the imperial court and reduce his power and wings!

At that time, Zhou Zheng's life and death were in his hands!

"You wait for me!" Zhou Yanru screamed angrily.

Zhou Zheng went to the west corridor next door to the cabinet to discuss the military situation with Lu Xiangsheng and others, and after half an hour, the news spread.

Zhang Heyi couldn't help but smile and said: "My lord, Li Sanqiu, who was originally going to be a waiter in the Ministry of Works, is said to have heard the news, his face was like a pig's liver, he threw his cup in public and left, and ran to find Yuanfu, but Yuanfu didn't see him at all." ”

"There are a few other people, all of whom are going to be promoted and make a fortune, and now it is said that they are already explaining to the future generations, hahaha......" Yao Tongshun was rarely cautious, and laughed with him.

Ding Qi poured a cup of tea for Zhou Zheng and said with a smile: "I also heard that Yuan Fu has not come out in the class room for a long time, and he has reprimanded many people. ”

Shangguan Lie was also here at this time, snorted coldly, and said, "These people, while spreading rumors outside, saying that the thieves were originally going to retreat, we just happened to take advantage of it; While boasting about Zhou Yanru's great achievements, he said that Zhou Yanru was old enough to seek the country and was far-sighted, and we adults acted according to orders...... Some people also say that our adults are not virtuous enough, and they are not worthy of being cabinet ministers, so we should tell the old man to return to his hometown, my brother-in-law's age, do you need to tell the old man to return to his hometown? ”

Lu Xiangsheng listened and shook his head secretly. Zhou Yanru was too anxious, no wonder Zhou Zheng fought back.

He didn't like the battle in the court, so he changed the topic and said: "My lord, the preparations are almost complete, Li Zicheng is also deploying troops and arranging troops, and it seems that he is preparing for a decisive battle with us in the Tongguan area." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't care about that, looked at the map, thought for a moment, and said, "Don't pay attention to Li Zicheng, follow our pace." Yuanfu has promised me that within ten days, he will give me 500,000 yuan of money and grain, which will be used for disaster relief at that time, and if the victims can't arrange it, they will be sent to Shandong and Liaodong, and I will order the two places to be ready. ”

At this time, Zhang Heyi, the squire of the military department, said with a straight face: "My lord, I heard that the troops outside the pass have been withdrawn, and those who surround Youtun should also be withdrawn soon." If the troops in the northwest are insufficient, can they be redeployed from Liaodong? ”

In Liaodong, Dongjiang Town, Zhou Zheng still had an army of 60,000.

The five northwestern provinces have been completely chaotic, with a huge territory and an army of 100,000, it seems that it is a drop in the bucket.

Zhou Zheng shook his head and said, "There are still 40,000 pieces of stone, transfer them back, and defend the Jingshi in case of accidents." I want to find a way to make up 120,000 troops for Jiandou, plus Li Banghua's and Qin Liangyu's in Sichuan, you should be able to make up 200,000, almost. ”

Lu Xiangsheng also nodded and said, "It's not what it used to be, you don't need to stretch the net on ten sides, 200,000 is enough!" ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Lu Xiangsheng, and said in a tone of thousands of entrustments: "Jiandou, this Northwest Rebellion, I will hand it over to you!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng naturally didn't say anything, raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "The subordinate official receives the order, and he will never live up to the trust of the adults!" ”