Qianqing Palace, Warm Pavilion.

Zhu Youzhen, who stayed up all night, looked tired, his eyes were red, looking at these leave-telling and begging books, his face was pale, he flipped through one book after another, threw one book after another, panting, gritting his teeth, and hated so much that he couldn't say a word.

Wang Chengen, Li Zhong stood not far in front of him, bowing his head, and he didn't dare to have an atmosphere.

An inner supervisor hurriedly came in from the outside and said, "Long live Lord, Elder Li Ge asks to see you." ”

Zhu Youzhen's face was bored, but he still said, "Let him in." ”

"Yes." The internal supervisor responded.

It didn't take long for Li Guopu to come in a hurry, with an anxious face, and he didn't care about saluting, and said: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the officials in the imperial court, above the fourth grade, five or six out of ten have taken leave, and the yamen of each ministry is more than half empty......"

Zhu Youzhen had already seen a lot of leave, resignation scripts, listening to Li Guopu's words, he was not surprised at all, his face became more and more ugly, and said, "What can you do?" ”

Li Guopu was transferred from the Zhan Mansion, and he has very few connections in the government and the opposition, let alone so many people at once.

Li Guopu's face was embarrassed, and he said, "Your Majesty, Yuanfu proposes to open a court discussion." ”

It has been almost three months since Zhu Youzhen succeeded to the throne, and he has not held a court meeting once, first, he has been trying to understand and control the court situation; The second is that a lot of things have happened, and there is no chance at all.

Zhu Youzhen listened to Li Guopu's words, and was very disappointed in him, Huang Liji wanted to open a court meeting, and he must use the court to suppress Cui Chengxiu's matter, which was completely contrary to Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, but Li Guopu didn't seem to see this layer at all.

"I know, you go to the cabinet and stabilize government affairs." Zhu Youzhen was disappointed in his heart, his face didn't show much, and he said lightly.

Li Guopu still wanted to say more, but looking at Zhu Youzhen's tired look, he had no choice but to say, "The minister retired." ”

Li Guopu left, Zhu Youzhen was under more pressure, sat on the chair, his intuition was breathless, he stood up straight, and said, "Imperial Garden." ”

Wang Chengen responded and accompanied Zhu Youzhen to the Imperial Garden.

Wang Chengen followed behind Zhu Youzhen, looked at his back, and didn't say anything.

After Wei Zhongxian's death, the tense court situation, with Cui Chengxiu's arrest, was finally chaotic.

The new emperor has only been on the throne for three months, and he can control the situation of the court, and there are not many people in his hands who can be used, and it is impossible for the Manchu eunuchs to be replaced at once.

Now the first assistant and the adults of the six departments and nine temples are picking, and all the pressure is focused on the new emperor.

What can I do?

Wang Chengen is also from the court, and has seen a lot of court battles, and this time the court officials worked together so much to 'leave', far exceeding the grand occasion of the 'national capital dispute' back then.

At that time, the Wanli Emperor, who had reigned for more than 30 years, had to back down, and the new emperor, who had just succeeded to the throne for three months, what could he do?

Zhu Youzhen was only sixteen years old, and he walked towards the imperial garden with a blank face, and no one knew how angry he was in his heart.

The palace felt a majestic pressure, but there was no sign of stopping outside the palace.

More than 20 inspectors of the Imperial Court played one after another, impeached Zhuo Mai, and defended Cui Chengxiu.

The Criminal Department is directly investigating Zhuo Mai and collecting all kinds of 'criminal evidence' from him.

The overwhelming force quickly poured into the palace and flocked to the young emperor.

At noon, the Qianqing Palace successively summoned Huang Liji, the first assistant, Feng Quan, the assistant minister, Wu Chunfu, the secretary of the ministry, Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Yan Mingtai, the secretary of the military department.

In the afternoon, a major incident suddenly broke out in the household department, the treasury was empty, and officials at all levels of the imperial court could not be rewarded.

The so-called 'year-end reward' probably means year-end bonus.

This incident quickly spread throughout the government and the opposition, causing many officials to be anxious, and all of them looked eagerly at the Qianqing Palace.

The Qianqing Palace is as quiet as an abyss as always, and it is difficult for outsiders to see anything.

Except for the unsuccessful summoning, the Qianqing Palace did not take any other action until dark.

Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Qingli came back from Zhan Shifu, with a tired and worried face.

Zhou Fang also returned home from Dali Temple early and waited in the hall.

"Dad, did something happen?" Zhou Fang looked at Zhou Qingli and asked.

Zhou Qingli sat down on the chair, took a sip of tea, and then said: "There are also many people in the Zhan Mansion who have taken leave and resigned. ”

Zhou Zheng listened from the sidelines, looking as usual.

The infiltration of the eunuch party is everywhere, and now it is not only Wei Zhongxian who committed suicide, but the eunuch party is at a loss, but Cui Chengxiu's arrest has caused everyone in the eunuch party to be in danger.

Zhou Fang didn't think about it so much, and said: "Well, Dali Temple also has it, and our adults are ready to resign, and we are already cleaning up." ”

Zhou Qingli glanced at him, didn't speak, and turned to Zhou Zhengdao: "What are you busy with?" ”

Zhou Zheng didn't tell Zhou Qingli that Cui Chengxiu was sent in by him, and said with a smile: "Jiujiang Pavilion now has hundreds of people coming in and out every day, and there are also literary giants such as Mr. Jinghu, I am very busy." ”

Zhou Qingli nodded slightly when she listened, and said, "Don't get involved." ”

The current court situation is a huge powder keg, and the people in it will be blown to pieces at any time, and there will be no bones left!

The corners of Zhou Zheng's mouth moved, but he still didn't dare to tell Daddy Zhou.

Zhou Fang looked thoughtful and said: "Now there is a lot of discussion outside, and they all say that there are traitors around the emperor, and I don't know who it is referring to......"

Zhou Qingli and Zhou Zheng's faces changed slightly.

"Where did it come from?" Zhou Qingli asked. As a person in the emperor's palace, he is also a close minister, and it is rumored that there are traitors around the emperor, who is this for?

Zhou Fang saw Zhou Qingli's expression, was stunned and then startled, and hurriedly said: "It was passed on by Dali Temple, I didn't say anyone, this is how it was transmitted." ”

Zhou Zheng's expression was slightly condensed, and he looked at Father Zhou and said, "Dad, I think most of them are going for you." ”

Li Guopu is not in power now, but Zhou Qingli, who is in charge of investigating the 'Wei Zhongxian case', is likely to arouse the fear of the eunuch party and start to take action.

Zhou Qingli nodded silently and said, "It's okay." ”

Zhou Zheng saw that Father Zhou's expression was calm, he must have a countermeasure in his heart, thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "Dad, Hou Guoxing, did Keguangxian and others confess?" ”

Zhou Qingli looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "You want to ask about the salt merchant?" ”

Zhou Zheng didn't hide it, nodded and said, "I've been waiting for the opportunity to give him a hammer." ”

Seeing that Zhou Zheng was so calm, Zhou Qingli paused, and said, "Recruited, almost all the big merchants have sent silver to Wei Zhongxian, so the Yang family is also here, what do you want to do?" ”

Zhou Zheng had already thought about it, and said: "I am ready to delete the names of the Yang family and the other sixteen big salt merchants in the compendium, and when we liquidate Wei Zhongxian, I think my father will list them separately." ”

Zhou Qingli couldn't guess Zhou Zheng's thoughts, and said, "Okay." ”

Zhou Zheng was a little surprised, he didn't expect Daddy Zhou to agree so quickly.

At this time, Liu Liuzhen knocked outside and said, "Second young master, there is something urgent." ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at Father Zhou and Zhou Fang, got up and walked to the door.

Liu Liuzhen glanced inside, and said in a low voice: "Second Young Master, there is news from the palace, let you go to the restaurant tomorrow." ”

Zhou Zheng's eyes condensed slightly, and said, "I know." ”

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