Chongzhen became more and more majestic, and he was not as easy to show his emotions as he was a few months ago, he looked at Zhou Qingli and said, "Zhou Qing, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Qingli listened to the word 'Zhou Qing', her heart was slightly relieved, and she pretended to groan for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister should have spoken, but as a father, please ask Rong Chen to say a word or two for the dog." ”

Chongzhen was a little surprised by Zhou Qingli's words, and immediately looked at Shi Fenglai quietly, and said, "Say." ”

Shi Fenglai listened to Zhou Qingli's words, and shook his head secretly, you should ask for guilt at this time, the more you skimm, the more unclean you become, it was originally a Zhou Zheng, but now you can't even get rid of Zhou Qingli with you.

Zhou Qingli said: "The dog is less and more important, the behavior is reckless, he will do things and will not be a man, no one in the Manchu Dynasty is the only one who refutes him, and the ministers look at what the dog does, nothing is out of line, all of them are reshaping the bad government, for Your Majesty, for the court, for the sake of the people of Yongping Mansion." The minister thinks about it, it should be the minister who has offended some people, please ask Your Majesty to punish the minister's sin. ”

Listening to Zhou Qingli's words, Shi Fenglai, the acting head of the family, still shook his head in his heart, this father and son of the Zhou family really know how to do things and not be people, and they dare to argue at this time.

Shi Fenglai raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the impeachment of hundreds of officials, how can it be made out of nothing?" Please investigate strictly. ”

Chongzhen looked at Shi Fenglai, looked at Zhou Qingli with an expressionless face, and said, "Is there anything else you want to say?" ”

Zhou Qingli's dark face still showed worry and uneasiness, and said: "The minister doesn't dare to refute, only ask the emperor to read the dog's sincere heart and forgive him." ”

Chongzhen suddenly remembered the conversation with Zhou Qingli before sending Zhou Zheng to Yongping Mansion, and had made it clear to Zhou Qingli that he would 'cover' Zhou Zheng.

After a moment of silence, Chongzhen said: "The two of you will go, and Rong Zhen will think about it again." ”

Shi Fenglai smiled in his heart, the emperor's attitude shows that Zhou Zheng's matter has been decided, and it is difficult to escape the responsibility!

Zhou Qingli raised her hand and said, "The minister retires." ”

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Qingli's tired expression, frowned, and suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart.

When the two left, Chongzhen exhaled lightly, took the teacup casually, and saw Li Zhong come in with a thick notebook.

Without waiting for Chongzhen to ask, Li Shi hurriedly said: "Long live Lord, this is the transcript of the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials." ”

Chongzhen suddenly had no interest in drinking tea, put down the teacup, reached out to take it, and suddenly raised his head and said, "You just said the Criminal Department?" What happened to Zhang Yonglian's case? ”

Li Zhong was stunned by the question, and hurriedly lowered his head and rummaged through the notebook.

When Chongzhen saw it, he said angrily: "Retreat." ”

Li Zhong hurriedly took two steps back, looking trembling and bowing his head to plead guilty.

Chongzhen rummaged through the notebook and found the transcript about Zhang Yonglian's case.

Zhang Yonglian is a capital crime he convicted of and has been beheaded, but in this script, he asks for a retrial on the grounds that 'this case is doubtful', even if Zhang Yonglian has already been executed.

Chongzhen frowned, and said to himself: "Doubtful? Could it be that Zhou Zhengyun really framed the power with public and private interests? ”

Li Zhong listened, as if he had made up for his merits, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Zhengyun's slave maid doesn't know, but it seems that no one has impeached Zhang Yonglian, and I heard that some pavilion elders have praised him." ”

Chongzhen's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he looked at him fiercely, "What you said is true?" ”

Li Zhong was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't be sure of Chongzhen's attitude, and said hesitantly: "It seems like this......"

Chongzhen's expression was a little ugly, and his eyes were staring at the notebook in front of him.

Even if Zhang Yonglian's case is suspicious, most of the things are true, right? Why have few officials written to impeach Zhang Yonglian for so many years?

On the contrary, Zhou Zheng investigated and punished Zhang Yonglian, and a bunch of people rushed to impeach him?

Zhang Yonglian once confessed that he had a backer in the imperial court, but this backer was still a minister, was it Shi Fenglai?

The more Chongzhen thought about it, the more angry he became, his face turned blue, he looked up at Li Zhong, and said, "Where is the progress of Wei Zhongxian's reverse case?" ”

Chongzhen has been ordering Li Zhong to stare at this matter, listening to Chongzhen's words, Li Zhong said with some joy: "Back to Long Live Lord, Shi Ge Lao has convicted thirty-seven people as the first crime, which has been verified, and there are more than sixty people who have rebelled, and it has basically been verified." ”

The eunuch party once leaned towards the government and the opposition, crowned the Ming Dynasty, from the cabinet ministers, to the six ministries and nine temples in the north and south of the two capitals, and then to the local political envoys, according to the judges, and some governors, governors, plus internal supervisors, only a hundred people?

Even the list in Chongzhen's heart is far more than that!

The more Chongzhen thought about it, the more angry he became, and said in a deep voice: "You go, send someone to order Shi Feng to come to Zhishi, in June, I want to promote Li Guopu as the first assistant." ”

Li Zhong was shocked, the long live in front of him had only been on the throne for ten months, and he had already changed to the third first assistant.

"The slave obeys." Li Zhong said with an unmoved expression, but he was thinking about Zhou Zheng's matter in his heart, how to provoke it again.

After Chongzhen finished saying this, he saw Zheng Qing's recital again, and threw it aside with some annoyance.

Li Zhong looked at it and immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Zhou Zheng's pass was temporary.

Zhou Qingli left the palace and did not return to the household, but went straight back to the house.

Zhou Fang and Zhou Ding, who was nearly four months pregnant, were waiting, and when they saw him come back, Zhou Fang hurriedly said: "Dad, what did the emperor say, he wouldn't really deal with the second brother, right?" ”

Zhou Qingli looked at the worried looks of the two and said, "It's okay." ”

After saying that, he went straight to the study, and did not say a word.

Zhou Ding looked at his back, turned to Zhou Fang, and said, "Hengping, you say, the second uncle will be fine, right?" ”

Maybe he is going to be a father, Zhou Fang is much calmer than before, thinking about the court situation that is even more changeable than in the past, he is worried, but he still comforts his wife and says: "It's okay, the second brother has always done things in a measured way, and besides, there is still a father, at most, he will be dismissed and go home, it is not a big deal." ”

Zhou Ding listened, and then nodded slightly.

……

Yongpyeongfu.

Zhou Zheng is still busy with his government affairs, constantly convening people from all walks of life to hold meetings, summarize problems, solve problems, and push his innovation forward.

Perhaps because he felt Zhou Zheng's nervousness, his subordinates worked hard, and every government affairs were advancing quickly.

Every village and town in Yongpyeong Province is in full swing with land measurement and preparation for re-division.

The officials, wealthy families and local clan forces who were suppressed by Zhou Zheng did not dare to raise their heads, and the resistance had been reduced to a minimum.

But one day, Zhou Zheng received a message from the capital.

Yao Tongshun had a copy of Zheng Qing's impeachment of Zhou Zheng in his hand, his expression was angry and hateful, and he handed it back to Zhou Zhengdao: "My lord, this Zheng Qing can't be kept!" ”

Shangguan Lie was murderous and said: "My lord, there are many cases where his shadow is found, take it out, drown him!" ”

Ding Qi was a little more cautious and said, "My lord, it is better to directly impeach him for inaction, which is more secure and easier for the court to convince." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at the copy of the transcript in his hand, which was sent to him by Li Zhong, and there was a letter inside, probably the content of which was that Emperor Chongzhen was becoming more and more difficult to guess, and asked Zhou Zheng to be careful and not to implicate him.

Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment in his heart, looked at Shangguan Lie, and said in an indifferent tone: "Since he doesn't know how to lift, there is no need to be polite, arrest him and put him in the prison department!" ”

Shangguan Lie looked excited, and immediately said, "Yes, I'll go now!" ”

Shangguan Lie said, turned around and ran.

Ding Qi hurriedly said: "My lord, if you do this now, will it cause dissatisfaction in the imperial court......

Zhou Zheng picked up Li Zhong's letter, put it on the candle flame and lit it, and said, "Elder Shi Ge, it's time to send a letter." ”

Ding Qi, Yao Tongshun and others were shocked, Shi Feng came here to pay tribute?

He temporarily took over the cabinet, and it has been less than three months since he was full, right?

However, this is good news for them, the court is so noisy, there is no extra energy to keep an eye on them.