Although Zhou Yufeng's words of persuasion were said tactfully, Zhou Kui not only did not listen, but jumped up as if he was provoked, he lowered his face and said: "Share your worries, I want to share your worries for Your Majesty, but has Your Majesty given me a chance?"

Imperial Prince, Imperial Prince, this name is good, but Your Majesty will neither give you a title, nor an official and a half-position, how can you let us share your Majesty's worries?

Although you are married now, you are the queen of the world, and even your father has to greet you. But you don't have to forget, you are still surnamed Zhou. Your Majesty has no helpers by his side, so you should recommend and recommend your brother, can you write two words in this pen?

If your belly can compete for qi and the firstborn gets a man in one fell swoop, do you still need a bastard with the same surname Tian to fight for anger..."

Zhou Yufeng stood up, she pointed at her father with her finger, and reprimanded angrily: "Daddy really doesn't care..."

Before the words were finished, Zhou Yufeng, who got up too quickly and was too emotional, felt that his eyes were dark, and he fell down like this. This sudden change frightened the three people present.

However, Ding quickly reacted, stretched out his hands and quickly hugged his daughter's fallen body, and shouted to the father and son who were standing there, "Don't go and call someone yet." ”

Zhou Yi subconsciously agreed and rushed out, while Zhou Kui stood in place at a loss, not knowing whether to follow his son out to call someone, or stay with his wife to take care of his daughter.

At this moment, Zhou Kui was really cold in his hands and feet, and it was difficult to move. The current Zhou Yufeng is the only hope for the Zhou family's wealth, if she has three pieces and two shorts here, then the Zhou family's fledgling wealth will be completely lost, not to mention whether the emperor's son-in-law, who is not easy to get along with, will hold him accountable.

While Zhou Kui was still thinking nonsense, Zhou Yi finally rushed in with the palace people, and the room was suddenly in chaos, and Zhou Kui's father and son were soon squeezed out of the room.

After Zhou Yufeng woke up, he found that he was lying on a bamboo couch, and there was no one else in the room except for his mother and a few palace people.

Xiao Cui, the personal female officer who served Zhou Yufeng, was the first to notice that she had woken up, "Your Highness has woken up, please invite Dr. Hu and Dr. Wang to come in and show your Highness..."

In Xiaocui's shouting, the two doctors who were called in from outside took turns to check the queen's pulse again, and Zhou Yufeng had the strength to ask, "What happened?" What's wrong with my body? ”

The two doctors whispered a few words to each other, and one of them replied to her with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Your Highness, we have diagnosed it twice, and we think it is the pulse of Ximai." Your Highness, you are pregnant. It looks like it should be a month to two months, and Your Highness may be paying attention to your diet lately..."

Zhou Yufeng did not listen to the doctor's explanation. She happily covered her belly, wanting to feel the life that was being conceived inside, at this moment, in her heart, there was nothing more important than this child.

Eager to return to the palace to verify the authenticity of the news, Zhou Yufeng gave up the idea of continuing to talk with her father, and she felt that today's atmosphere was not suitable for further conversations.

Hearing that his daughter's body did not have any other problems, but she was pregnant, Zhou Kui was greatly relieved and became excited.

After sending off the queen's car, he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and instructed his wife: "You prepare, tomorrow you will go to the Guanyin Temple to do a charity, to bless our jade phoenix, this time you must give birth to a boy..."

In the departing car, Zhou Yufeng closed his eyes for a while and recuperated, and then suddenly said: "Xiaocui, you arrange a time to summon that Hai Lanzhu into the palace, I want to meet her." ”

Xiao Cui looked at her with some concern and said, "Your Highness, now that you have a body, don't you stop worrying about foreign affairs first, so as not to hurt your spirits." That barbarian woman doesn't seem to have any education, if she collides with His Highness..."

Zhou Yufeng interrupted her gently but firmly and said, "It's okay, I just want to meet her." Anyway, she is going to enter the palace sooner or later, so it's better to see you late than early. ”

The news that the queen was pregnant again made Zhu Youzhen very happy, he left the headache at hand, and accompanied Zhou Yufeng in the harem for a day with peace of mind.

However, for Zhu Youzhen, this comfortable time obviously will not last long, and after entering September, the news that the clans of the Han and Qin clans in Shaanxi were punished by national law finally spread to the ears of the clans everywhere.

Since Emperor Jianwen engaged in the cutting of the feudal domain and carried out a difficult battle and lost the lives of his emperor and his family, the successive generations of great emperors since him have not engaged in any public actions to cut the feudal domain, and the violations of law and discipline in various clans are also based on admonishment and tolerance, which is for fear of forcing out a rebellious clan.

However, now that the imperial court openly imposed punishments on the clans of the Han and Qin clans, and cut off dozens of heads in one go, this suddenly made the clans everywhere resentful. King Han and King Qin's crime of rebellion, of course, they did not dare to intervene.

But they were not just at the punishment that the two clans had suffered for their crimes. After all, according to the rules of the ancestors, as long as the clan is not a rebellion, no matter how big the sin is, it is just a matter of being banned by Fengyang, when will it lose its head.

What's more, now the imperial court also intends to deprive the criminal clan of its identity and exile it to a wild place overseas, which makes many clans feel a chill on the back of their necks. However, the court's more than 200-year-old pro-vassal system, although these clans have raised lawlessness, it has also made them lose their blood.

They were also worried that Chongzhen would tear his face and act brutally with them, so the content of the book either accused a villain of blinding Chongzhen, or directly pointed the finger at Huang Liji, the first assistant, Yuan Keli, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Cui Chengxiu and Yang He, who were in charge of investigating and handling the case, and compared them to the four murderers.

Huang Liji was also prepared for the anger of the clan, but when some local officials also began to conform to the sect's statement and wrote to impeach the four of them, he couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly ran to ask Chongzhen for advice.

Regarding the reaction and countermeasures of the clans, Zhu Youjian had already prepared, and he said to Huang Liji comfortingly: "The letters of the clans are just a quick tongue, and after the hot spots have passed, most of the clans have forgotten about it.

Because most of these clans did not commit any major mistakes, they were not very worried that the punishment would fall on them. Only a small number of clans with serious crimes, after seeing the punishment of these two clans, felt the same way, so they jumped up and down so hard to collude with other clans, trying to escape punishment.

Now that the vassal kings of Beijing, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Sichuan are all in the hands of the imperial court, I will let them refute the letters of these clans and publish them in the Daming Times, so that the opinions within the clan will not be so unified.

In addition, the Daming Sect Support Foundation that I put the King of Shu in charge of is almost complete, and I will let the foundation be officially established in three days, and then it will be operational. In this way, the low-level clans have hope, and they will not follow those clans who are traitors to mess around.

In addition, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Clan's Office jointly issued a document informing all feudal clans in the world that if the clans of each feudal clan voluntarily surrender to the prince of their domain before the end of the current year, after registering their crimes, as long as they no longer break the law and commit crimes, they will be punished lightly.

But if he refuses to turn himself in, and deliberately incites the clan to rebel against the laws of the imperial court, he shall be punished for the crime of treason..."

After listening to Chongzhen's countermeasures, Huang Liji's heart was relieved, but he still asked with some relief: "According to Your Majesty's way, the discussion of the clan can probably be calmed down."

But Your Majesty, it seems that this matter is no longer just the clan complaining, but also the officials and scholars in various places are also discussing this matter. There are many people who think that this punishment of the clan is really too heavy, and it seems that His Majesty has no human feelings, no intention of kissing and respecting..."

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but interrupt Shoufu and asked, "What kind of officials and gentry in what place are talking like this?" What do they want? ”

Huang Li hesitated for a rare moment before replying: "It is mainly the scholars and officials in the Nanzhili area, and the imperial court has completely opened the sea ban before, which has caused many local gentry and large families to suffer a lot of losses.

Some of the reform policies promoted by the cabinet have also reduced the opportunities for scholars in the south to move forward. The Nanjing scientific expedition case that broke out this time has caused many famous local families to lose face.

Therefore, they probably want to take advantage of the incident of the Shaanxi clan to incite public opinion from the government and the opposition to attack the ministers and others, so that the ministers and others will take the initiative to resign. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Huang Liji and was silent for a long time before he asked playfully: "So what does Mr. think should be done to deal with these people?" ”

Huang Liji replied without thinking: "The officials sent by the imperial court to the Nanzhili region were not quickly subdued by the local gentry; It was excluded by the local gentry, and the government decree couldn't even get out of the county government.

Therefore, the minister thought that a major rectification of local officials should be carried out. Those officials who are subservient to the locality, or even obey the orders of the local gentry, must be dismissed one by one and the prestige of the court in the local area must be restored..."

Zhu Youzhen carefully considered what Huang Liji said, but finally understood Huang Liji's careful thinking.

Obviously, after his open and honest conversation with Huang Liji, this cabinet chief assistant has probably really figured it out these days, and he also knows that he and his family have been tied to the reform of the Ming Dynasty, and if the reform fails, his family will never end well.

Therefore, he simply wanted to take this opportunity to try to eliminate some obstacles to reform or future political enemies of the reformists.

Regarding Huang Liji's request, Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a long time, but nodded in agreement, "In this matter, I support whatever Mr. wants to do." But don't make a fuss, I don't want to hear about any more gentlemen. ”

Huang Liji hesitated for a moment, but still replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”