The affairs of the clan have always been royal affairs, royal affairs, no trivial matter.

King Lu asked for the palace in the capital, but the court did not give it, which naturally attracted attention, especially King Lu's decent jumping feet, which made many people lose face.

On the one hand, King Lu wrote letters, invited people everywhere, and jumped up and down in the capital, using all means to force the court to give money.

The next day, King Lu came to the cabinet again and sat for half an hour, and Zhou Yanru didn't even show his face.

He thought about it and came to the west corridor again.

At first, Zhang Heyi was still talking and laughing at the door, and invited him to the cabinet, where could King Lu bear it, he stood at the door and broke open and scolded.

King Lu was not decent at all, and he didn't want his demeanor, he rushed to the gate of the West Corridor and said angrily: "Zhou Zhengyun, you come out for this king!" You dare to detain the clan money, don't you want to die! This matter is approved by Your Majesty, Yuan Fu, and you have to give it if you don't give it! ”

"I tell you, what is the clan? It is connected with the emperor's blood, the descendants of Taizu, you dare to treat it harshly, how many heads do you have? ”

"Zhou Zhengyun! If you don't give it, the official won't leave here today! I tell you, if I don't see the silver today, I'll burn it down tomorrow!" ”

King Lu scolded at the door like this, and there was a lot of discussion in the west corridor, and there was no way to do anything.

And it quickly spread to the inside and outside of the palace, and I don't know how much movement it will cause.

Zhang Heyi had a cold face, this King Lu was simply skinless and faceless in order to get some silver.

"I tell you, don't think that the emperor is easy to bully at a young age, our clans will never watch you bully the emperor!"

"This Ming is our Zhu family, when will it be your turn to call the shots, with our clans, you don't want to turn the sky upside down......"

Seeing that what King Lu said was getting more and more unlikely, Zhang Heyi hurriedly turned around and went inside, ready to invite Zhou Zheng.

As soon as I turned around, I saw that Zhou Zheng had already come out.

King Lu saw that Zhou Zheng was about to raise his neck and shout, but he didn't know why, his breath was short, and he stared at Zhou Zheng with anger on his face and didn't continue to scold.

Zhou Zheng stood on the steps, glanced at King Lu, and then glanced at the people around him, snorted coldly, and said: "A dignified prince, shouting here, what kind of system!" ”

King Lu suppressed his anger and said, "The emperor said that he would embezzle your military salary to our clan, and if you give it to me, I will leave." ”

"Fart! You dare to embezzle military salaries, have you been kicked in the head by a donkey?! This Li Zicheng was defeated just now, do you want him to come again? The first emperor is still watching above our heads, could it be that you also want to surrender and be that rebellious thief!? This official told you that if you dare to talk nonsense and nonsense again, I will be beheaded now, and then you will enter the palace to plead guilty! Zhou Zheng put his hands behind his back and reprimanded loudly without mercy.

Before Zhou Zheng's words fell, a group of guards immediately rushed over, with the scabbard half out and a cold expression.

King Lu's expression turned pale, and his neck slowly retracted.

With Zhou Zheng's current reputation, if he really wants to kill him, the prince, there may not be much trouble, and the people of the world will only praise Zhou Zheng for not being afraid of the powerful and going straight to justice.

Zhang Heyi looked at King Lu's movements and sneered. This kind of goods dare to come to them and shout for embezzlement of military salaries, I really don't know whether to live or die!

King Lu looked at Zhou Zheng's indifferent look, glanced around, how dare he say more, turn around and leave.

Zhou Zheng watched him leave, snorted coldly, and said, "Next time, if King Lu dares to make trouble again, he will arrest me and send it to the emperor, and the official will talk to him well." ”

"Yes." The lieutenant in charge of the guards around the cabinet responded with a deep voice.

King Lu listened behind him, how dare he stay longer, and ran away quickly.

The first thing I knew was the cabinet next door to the West Corridor, Zhou Yanru listened to Zhou Zheng's words in his ears, his expression moved, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cihong was studying under the teaching of several Hanlin scholars, and when he heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "Zheng Xibo is worthy of being the pillar of the country, and he said it well!" ”

Several bachelors glanced at each other, and they were all approving.

Whether it is Zhu Cihong or these ministers, in their hearts, they don't want to give so much silver to the clan, especially at this time. It's just that these words can't be said publicly.

Li Zhong stood aside, did not speak, and secretly said in his heart that King Lu was also dizzy, and Zhou Zhengyun dared to blackmail.

King Lu left the palace and was angry, feeling that the entire capital was bullying him.

He is a dignified prince, from the time of Taizu to the present, when has he been bullied like this?

"When will they arrive?" King Lu's face was blue, and the anger in his heart was about to explode, and he shouted angrily at the palace chief Shi beside him.

Changshi hurriedly said: "King Zhou, King Xiang, King Jing temporarily live in Zhangde, King Liao is in Fengyang, King Zhao is in Zhangde, King Zheng is in Huaiqing, King Huai is in the river, King De is in Jinan, King Heng is in Qingzhou, these are relatively close, the news has been released a long time ago, and they can arrive in Beijing in three days at the latest." ”

King Lu listened, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! As soon as they arrived, we entered Beijing together, and I was bullied by them alone, I didn't believe it, so many clan princes, they could still bully! ”

Changshi didn't dare to speak, and accompanied King Lu back to the restaurant.

The clan of the Ming Dynasty can be said to have suffered a lot of impact now, especially in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places, most of the princes fled before the chaos came, and those who were too late were killed, such as King Jin and King Hui.

That is, some feudal kings who were not affected by the bandits, such as Fujian, Shandong, etc. Those princes who were looted by Li Zicheng and other bandits and lost their family wealth, received a letter from King Lu, and they all rushed to the capital non-stop, wanting to regain the palace and fiefdom, and asking the court to give them money to repair the palace and make up for the losses during this time.

Zhou Zhengcai ignored them, and was busy with too many things in the West Corridor.

The thirteenth year of Chongzhen, June 11.

Man Gui, Shi Kefa and others sent good news, they gathered 60,000 troops, and finally conquered Xiangyang, and the thieves were defeated.

This matter, for the imperial court, naturally overjoyed, Li Zicheng was after the breakthrough of Xiangyang, changed to Xiangjing to continue to sit big, conquer Xiangyang, that is a heavy blow to the thieves, is an important step for the official army to recover the lost territory, and calm the rebellion in the northwest!

Zhu Cihong was the happiest, and called Zhou Zheng, Zhou Yanru, and Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, into the palace, and praised them excitedly for a while.

It's a pity that in the palace, except for some virtual titles that can be given, there are basically no actual benefits.

However, Zhu Cihong didn't seem to care about this, and kept saying things like 'revitalizing the ancestral industry and exterminating the bandits', and asking the courtiers to 'work together, with a beginning and an end'.

These words were clearly said by those bachelors, and Zhu Cihong just copied the original words.

Zhou Yanru was humble, repeatedly expressed his determination, and his credit was all his appearance.

Zhou Zheng's expression did not move, and occasionally answered two sentences.

Zhu Cihong obviously saw who was suppressing the bandits and who was the main hero, so the words were all revolving around Zhou Zheng.

Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department, has completely become a foil, and he has not said a word for a long time.