At the same time, the outside of the palace became more and more lively.

Many officials impeached Zhou Zheng and made his 'collusion' with Jianyu almost real, and I don't know how many people in the government and the opposition followed suit.

The high-level of the imperial court about Zhou Zheng's affairs became even more intense.

The three Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry suddenly joined forces to protect Zhou Zheng and quarreled in the cabinet.

The Ministry of War insisted that all of Zhou Zheng's actions were approved by the Ministry of War, that the Ministry of War did not exercise ineffective control, and that Zhou Zheng did not act without authorization.

The household department said that Zhou Zheng's money and grain came from the commercial taxes of Yongping, Hejian and Tianjin Wei, and the household department collected 100,000 yuan a year, not privately, and the emperor also knew it.

The Ministry of Industry claimed that the cannon built by Zhou Zheng came from the Ordnance Bureau of Tianjin Wei, which was approved by the Ministry of War, supervised by the Ministry of Households, and that all approvals were available, and that the Ministry of Industry had managed this matter in place and had no responsibility.

Because of the unanimous voice of the three scholars, it was difficult for others to attack even if they wanted to, and the cabinet was secretive and unwilling to speak out, which made the quarrel continuous, protracted, and difficult to decide.

The officials naturally refused to give up, and one by one the scripts flew into the general political envoys, looking like Zhou Zheng was heinous, and he would not give up without unloading eight pieces!

The officials were holding on to it, the high-level of the court was arguing, and the Qianqing Palace was naturally unable to make a decision.

This delay dragged on until the end of September.

Royal Palace, noon.

Chongzhen is only in his twenties, but he is as old as his fifties, with his hands behind his back and a tired expression pacing in the imperial garden.

Usually at this time, Chongzhen is reviewing the recital, and the reason why he came out was because he felt breathless and his body couldn't support it, so he had to come out and take a few steps.

In September, the flowers are in full bloom, competing for beauty, butterflies and birds shuttle, the breeze is coming, which makes Chongzhen's mood soothe a lot.

Chongzhen was followed by four or five internal supervisors, cautious, and did not dare to breathe.

Chongzhen looked at the flowers in front of him, couldn't help frowning again, patted his head vigorously with his right hand, and sighed: "It's really not half comfortable......

A little eunuch who was not very old, only seventeen or eighteen years old, looked at Chongzhen's back, rolled his eyes, stepped forward and said respectfully: "Long live Lord, but what's the trouble?" Maybe the slave can solve the ...... for the Lord of Long Live

Chongzhen didn't look back, and said, "Do you solve it?" Those scholars can't help it, what can you solve? Let's talk about Zhou Zhengyun's matter, how can you solve it? ”

The little eunuch suddenly didn't dare to speak, lowered his head, and didn't dare to come out.

Zhou Zhengyun's matter is very sensitive, who dares to say more before he finds out the emperor's mind?

Chongzhen saw that there was no movement behind him for a long time, sighed helplessly, cried and smiled again, put his hands behind his back, and continued to walk forward.

At this time, Li Zhong took a stack of thick notebooks, hurried over from outside, watched Chongzhen pacing aimlessly, and said softly: "Long live the lord, several generals in Liaodong, and several magistrates of Hejian Prefecture have written a transcript to impeach Zhou Zhengyun. ”

Chongzhen sat down in a pavilion and said lightly: "Are you saying that Zhou Zhengyun is arrogant and arrogant, nepotism or something?" ”

Li Zhong put the notebook on the stone table and said, "Yes." ”

Chongzhen has received too many of this kind of music recently, and he can't arouse his interest, just about to drink tea, as if he suddenly woke up, he looked up at Li Zhong and said: "By the way, there is no one who has written to defend Zhou Zheng and plead for mercy?" ”

Li Zhong bowed and said cautiously: "The slave maid has been to the political envoy department, but there are a few copies, but they have not been delivered. ”

Chongzhen's withered face was suspicious, and said, "Didn't send it up?" Why? Who went on and what was it talking about? ”

Li Zhongdao: "It is a few adults in the opposition who intercede for Zhou Zhengyun, hoping that Long Live Lord will be extrajudicial and gracious, after all, Zhou Zhengyun has made great contributions to the country, and everything he has done is for the country, not for personal gain, not for the crime of rebellion and collaborating with the enemy." ”

Chongzhen's expression was a lot soothed, he nodded, and said, "What other voices do you have from the government and the opposition?" ”

Li Zhong looked at Chongzhen's expression, his expression did not move, and said: "The slave maid heard that there are already people in the court brewing the governor of Denglai and officials at all levels, and there is also the reward for this great victory in Dongjiang Town." ”

Chongzhen's brows furrowed, his eyes were disgusted, and he said, "Are they so impatient?" ”

Li Zhong kept staring at Chongzhen's expression, and said slowly: "Long live Lord, the slave maid also heard that in addition to Zhou Zhengyun, Zhou Qingli and Lord Zhou, as well as Zhou Zhengyun's brother Zhou Hengping, and some civil and military officials and generals who have had contact with Zhou Zheng, they have all been impeached, and the Zhou family's property has also been extorted...... By the way, Zhou Qingli's book of Lord Zhou's petition for guilt seems to be missing. ”

Chongzhen's brows jumped when he heard this, and finally looked at Li Zhong, and said in a cold tone: "Gone?" ”

Li Zhong hurriedly bowed his head and said, "I didn't go to the celebrant supervisor, I should have been taken away by someone in the general political envoy department." ”

The corners of Chongzhen's face tightened, obviously about to be angry, and at this moment, an inner eunuch hurriedly came and said, "Long live Lord Qiqi, Elder Wen Ge asked to see him, saying that it was about the Jianyu Mission. ”

Chongzhen didn't want to see any outsiders now, but he couldn't see it, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart and said, "Xuan." ”

Wen Tiren was a little fat, walked slowly, came to Chongzhen, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the Jianyu Peace Mission is a little impatient and wants to leave. ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly and said, "Presumptuous! Do they really think that my Ming Dynasty does not have the troops to pacify Liaodong and recover Shenyang? ”

Wen Tiren stopped talking, and there was no expression on his fat face.

The Ming Dynasty was in Liaodong, Denglai, and it can be said that there were more than 100,000 troops, but there were very few who could really go north to crusade against Shenyang. More often than not, people are worried that if they fail, the situation will be reversed.

Therefore, many people in Daming shouted Pingliao, but the high-level was calm.

Chongzhen also vented his anger, he knew it very well in his heart, paused for a moment, and said, "If they want to go, let's go." I ask you, what does the cabinet plan to do with Zhou Zheng's matter? ”

Wen Tiren looked at Chongzhen's expression, his heart wandered, and said, "The minister listens to the hadith." ”

Chongzhen looked dissatisfied and said, "What I asked is your attitude!" ”

Wen Tiren hesitated a little at this time, and said: "Zhou Zhengyun deceived the court and did his own thing, even if he had great merit, he couldn't condone it, and the minister suggested that he be severely punished." ”

Chongzhen became more and more impatient, and said, "How to punish it severely?" ”

Wen Tiren hesitated for a while, and said: "Thinking of the great victory in Dongjiang Town, he was stripped of all official positions and sentenced to one year in prison, never to be used. ”

Li Zhong listened, and suddenly interjected: "Isn't this too heavy?" I am afraid that it will make the border generals chill, and the government and the opposition will be boiling. ”

Wen Tiren glanced at him and did not speak.

Chongzhen listened to Li Zhong's words, his brows tightened, his eyes flickered for a moment, and said, "Zhou Zhengyun has a lot of merits, and it is indeed a bit heavy. In this way, he will be stripped of his official position, imprisoned for half a year, and ...... forever The rest, it's up to the three divisions, so be it. ”

Never use it is the biggest punishment for an official, Chongzhen's words have been exported, and he has taken it back.

Wen Tiren raised his hand unchanged and said, "The minister's order." ”

Finally ended this matter, Chongzhen felt a lot more comfortable, and said: "Cao Bianjiao, Jin Guoqi and others were transferred from Denglai, and they belonged to Cao Wenzhao's moderation, and ordered Cao Wenzhao to eliminate the bandits in Shanxi as soon as possible!" ”

"Obey." Wen Tiren raised his hand.