Chapter 130: Visiting Zhou Zheng (I)

It took Gao Ming two days to popularize radio gymnastics in the East Palace, and after Li Mingda learned radio gymnastics, he took the initiative to run to teach radio gymnastics to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin felt that this sport was very good, so he taught it to the ministers.

Radio gymnastics is not like those martial arts with intense movements, its movements are softer, and at the same time it is easy to learn and can be quickly mastered by men, women and children.

Therefore, in less than a week, the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty, including their families, will do radio gymnastics, and everyone has also given it a nice name, called "Prince Opera"!

When Gao Ming received the news, he immediately smiled from ear to ear.

"I didn't expect this radio gymnastics to be the same as the five bird plays, it has become a set of exercises, and when this set of radio gymnastics spreads all over the world, won't I become a grandmaster-level figure? Hahahaha......"

At this time, Gao Ming had already begun to flutter, so he had been in a good mood for the past few days, until Su Gan Chengji returned to Chang'an.

After Su Gan Chengji returned to Chang'an, he immediately reported to Gao Ming that he had gone to investigate Zhou Zheng, and told Gao Ming the results of the investigation like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

After listening to the results of Su Gan Chengji's investigation, Gao Ming suddenly fell silent.

Judging from the results of Su Gan Chengji's investigation, Gao Ming found that Zhou Zheng's case was not a simple power dump, or rather, it was not that the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to engage in Zhou Zheng at all, but that Li Shimin wanted to clean him up!

If Zhou Zheng is a corrupt official, then Gao Ming doesn't have to worry so much, the problem is that Zhou Zheng is indeed a clean official, and he is also the kind of Qing official who is quite famous in the local area, according to Su Gan Chengji, when he inquired about Zhou Zheng's news, no one said a bad word about Zhou Zheng!

There is no doubt that Zhou Zheng is indeed a good official, but it is a pity that he offended people, and he did not offend one person, but a group, and the name of this group is - Shandong Shi Clan.

In Datang, the Shandong Shi clan refers to the gate lord clan in the vast area east of Taihang Mountain, mainly including the five surnames of Li, Cui, Lu, Zheng and Wang, that is, the "five surnames and seven hopes" of the Tang Dynasty.

Among them, the Li family is Li Yuan's lineage, and now it is already a royal family, the reason why Li Yuan was able to rebel and successfully establish the Tang Dynasty was to rely on the strength of these gate lord clans, so after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, these gate lord clans swallowed the biggest piece of cake.

The clan of the gate lords is deeply rooted in the imperial court, and the important members of these gate lords are basically in important positions, and this is only on the surface, and the kind of intertwined interpersonal relationships established by intermarriage in private will be even more amazing.

And Zhou Zheng just offended such a behemoth.

Zhou Zheng is the assassin of Jinzhou, and Jinzhou's grain production has been reduced for two consecutive years, so he planned to write a letter to reduce the peasants' taxes, but what he didn't expect was that before the excerpt arrived in Chang'an, he was beaten back by Jingzhaofu and let him do everything as usual.

If you are a clever person, you should stop when you realize that something is wrong, but Zhou Zheng is biased, after the excerpt was beaten back, he simply did not go through Jingzhao Mansion, but directly sent someone to bring the excerpt to Chang'an, intending to send it directly to Li Shimin.

Moreover, this time, Zhou Zheng not only asked Li Shimin to reduce or reduce the taxes of the people in Jinzhou, but also impeached the Zheng family for encroaching on farmland and raising land rents, and asked Li Shimin to punish them.

Zhou Zheng's idea was very good, but the result was a pity, after his recital was presented, there was no news, and the Zheng family was not punished.

After that, in less than two months, there was a "Jindan case" that shocked Chang'an, not only many alchemy Taoists were killed, but also many officials were dismissed, and Zhou Zheng was one of them.

Jinzhou changed a new history of assassination, and Zhou Zheng was locked into Beijing and locked in the prison of the Criminal Department, although the sentence has not yet been announced, but it is foreseeable that waiting for Zhou Zheng will be two results, one is to be beheaded after the autumn, and the other is to be sent to remote places such as Lingnan.

It can be said that no matter what the outcome is, waiting for Zhou Zhengshi will be a very cruel ending.

After learning about Zhou Zheng's story, Gao Ming's good mood for days was suddenly swept away, and his heart was instantly filled with gloom.

After being silent for a long time, Gao Mingcai let out a long sigh.

"Alas...... Originally, I thought it was the black hand of the eldest grandson and the old fox, but I didn't expect it to be the means of the old man of my family, no wonder I told him about it last time, and there is no news until now, the water of this Datang is too deep, where is the most basic trust between people? ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Su Gan Chengji, who was standing next to him, couldn't help grinning, but he didn't dare to make a sound, but Gao Ming also expected him to speak out, and after talking to himself, he let out a long sigh again.

"Alas...... It seems that I can't control this matter, this Zhou Zheng is really kind, even the Zheng family dares to offend, Aki, let's go, accompany me to the prison of the Criminal Department, I want to see who this Zhou Zheng is. ”

"Yes!"

Gao Ming and Su Gan Chengji went to the prison of the Criminal Department together, but as soon as they left, someone told Li Shimin the news.

Li Shimin, who heard the news, immediately frowned.

"What? They went to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Li Shimin simply put down the government affairs in his hand, and then called Liu Bing to go to the prison of the Criminal Department.

At this time, Gao Ming was already chatting with Zhou Zheng in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Zhou Zheng was imprisoned in the prison for a month, looking a little unkempt, and Gao Ming stood at the door of the prison after seeing him and talked.

"Zhou Zheng, do you know me?"

Hearing Gao Ming's voice, Zhou Zheng, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly raised his head and looked at Gao Ming's face, and then shook his head miserably.

"The guilty minister just impeached His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in January this year and asked His Majesty to depose the crown prince, and now it's only been two months, how can you not know the prince? Didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to see the jokes of the guilty ministers? ”

“……”

Hearing his words, Gao Ming suddenly showed a stunned face.

it? There is still such a thing, why doesn't Lao Tzu know?

Seeing Gao Ming's gaze on himself, Su Gan Chengji suddenly bowed to him with a wry smile.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, two months ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was furious because of this matter, have you forgotten, Your Highness?"

“……”

Hearing Su Gan Chengji say this, Gao Ming was suddenly a little speechless, he couldn't say that he wasn't Li Chengqian, so he didn't know about this at all, right?

Thinking of this, Gao Ming had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and spread his hands.

"I did forget."

Su Gan Chengji: "......"

Zhou Zheng: "......"

Looking at the stunned expressions of the two, Gao Ming laughed again, and then turned his head to look at Zhou Zheng.

"Lao Zhou, I didn't expect you to be really kind, even if you offend me, you also offended the Zheng family, do you think everyone is as good at talking as me?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, he suddenly found that Zhou Zheng was looking at him with an idiotic gaze, looking at Zhou Zheng's eyes, Gao Ming suddenly remembered that Zhou Zheng's opinion of him was still at the stage of Li Chengqian.

To put it bluntly, even in Zhou Zheng's opinion, he is not much better than the Zheng family or the eldest grandson Wuji.

After thinking about this, Gao Ming suddenly touched his nose with some embarrassment, and then smashed his mouth at Zhou Zheng.

"Tsk...... Okay, I'm not going to talk nonsense, let's get straight to the point, Zhou Zheng, do you have a daughter named Zhou Hong......"

Before Gao Ming's words were finished, he saw Zhou Zheng raise his head violently, and then pounced towards Gao Ming like a madman, fortunately Gao Ming reacted in time to dodge back, otherwise he would definitely be caught.

Zhou Zheng didn't catch Gao Ming, he grabbed the railing of the prison with both hands, and then stared at Gao Ming with red eyes.

"Evil animal, what kind of gentleman is you coming at me and embarrassing my daughter? If you dare to touch a single hair of my daughter, the old man will not let you go! Ah......h

Looking at Zhou Zheng who was roaring wildly, Gao Ming suddenly covered his ears helplessly, and only after he finished roaring did he sigh helplessly.

"Well, I said can you wait for me to finish speaking? Why am I finely touching your daughter's hair? If you want to move, you will move her whole person, and when she gives birth to the dolls, I still have to call you an old man, right? ”

"You ......"

Seeing that Zhou Zheng had signs of anger again, Gao Ming didn't dare to tease him anymore, so he hurriedly waved his hand at him.

"Okay, okay, I was talking to you just now, I really didn't do anything to your daughter, on the contrary, I saved your daughter, otherwise she would have fallen into the dust."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Zheng suddenly showed a stunned face, and a pair of eyes were also staring at Gao Ming in a daze, as if he was analyzing the truth of his words.

Looking at Zhou Zheng's suspicious eyes, Gao Ming suddenly smiled bitterly.

"It seems that I, the crown prince, have failed quite a bit, and even a prisoner of the rank has begun to doubt my words."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhou Zheng suddenly woke up.

"Yes, I'm just a prisoner now, no matter how good the prince is, there's no need to lie to me."

Thinking of this, Zhou Zheng immediately bowed to Gao Ming.

"I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will say that the criminal ministers are grateful!"

Seeing Zhou Zheng saluting himself, Gao Ming suddenly pursed his lips, and then shook his head again.

"If you're in a bad mood, call me a wicked animal, and if you're in a good mood, call me His Royal Highness the Prince, it seems that people say that it's really true that the official word is two-mouthed."

“……”

Zhou Zheng also heard the irony in Gao Ming's words, and suddenly his old face turned red, revealing a look of embarrassment, he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, so he simply knelt down for Gao Ming with a "poof".

"The guilty minister is rude, and I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will forgive his sins!"

Seeing Zhou Zhengdu kneeling, Gao Ming couldn't hold on to this point anymore, so he simply waved his hand at him.

"Okay, okay, let's not kneel in Datang, you better get up first, can't I tell you about Zhou Hong?"

As soon as Zhou Zheng heard Gao Ming agree, he immediately stood up with a happy face, and then arched his hand towards Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming nodded suddenly, and then began to tell Zhou Zheng about how he met Zhou Hong.

"At that time, I went out of the palace to see my teacher Wei Zheng, and then passed by Wanhualou......"