"Let them in. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Zheng De glanced at the Zhang brothers thoughtfully, "The two uncles should hurry up and treat the wounds, and by the way, they will also give me a three-month confinement, so let's reflect at home." "As the four evils of the capital, these two must have done a lot of evil things, although it is inconvenient to punish them because of the face of their cheap mother, and they have not been caught, but it does not mean that Zheng De will let them go.

"Your Majesty, it's unfair for you to do this, and the ministers don't seem to have done anything wrong!" Zhang Yanling ignored his brother's pull at this time, and shouted loudly.

"And what do you say about today?" Zheng De looked at the two of them with unkind eyes.

"This ......" Zhang Yanling wanted to say something, but was forcibly stopped by his brother Zhang Heling, "Your Majesty Xie is magnanimous, and the ministers will accept the punishment and retire." ”

The Zhang brothers bowed and saluted, and when they went out, they happened to pass by Zhou Shou, the Marquis of Qingyun, and Zhou Jiao, the son of Chang Ningbo, who came in.

The two sides glanced at each other, but Qingyunhou's pupils shrank, and suddenly he had a bad premonition, and then passed by.

came out of the Qianqing Palace, but Zhang Yanling looked at his brother with a dissatisfied face, "Brother, why did you pull me just now?" ”

Zhang Heling touched his mouth and it really hurt, but he still reluctantly said, "It's just that I'm grounded for three months, don't really annoy Your Majesty." ”

"But we really don't know about this." Zhang Yanling was still unconvinced.

Zhang Heling's heart was actually not very balanced, he thought about it and pointed in the direction of Kunning Palace, "I can only go to the Queen Mother to judge us." ”

"Yes, go to the Queen Mother." Zhang Yanling instantly understood, and followed his brother to Kunning Palace.

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Although there is a really dirty mantra that the face saint does not kneel, but the uncle and nephew of the Zhou family still knelt down and bowed when they saw the emperor, "Chen Qing Yunbo Zhou Shou and Caomin Zhou Jiao knocked to see my emperor Long live, long live, long live." ”

"Get up." Zheng De frowned slightly when he saw this, and waved his hand impatiently. Looking at the white-haired old man in front of him and the middle-aged man on the side, he thought that Zhou Yu, who had just passed away, was already an old man in his sixties and seventies. Zheng De really couldn't imagine that he would send people to fight at such an age, which was really unexpected.

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that the minister's younger brother Ning Bo's slave was fighting with the Shouning Hou slave in the market, and it was the minister's brother who was not strict and insulting to the family, and asked Your Majesty to punish the crime." Qingyun Marquis Zhou Shou originally accompanied his nephew Zhou Yu to report the emperor's funeral, but he didn't expect to hear about this incident halfway, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. After all, the Empress Dowager Zhou has passed away, and Emperor Xiaozong, who originally took good care of the Zhou family, has just passed away. Compared with the Zhang family, who are also in the middle of the day, the Zhou family, who is also a relative, is obviously declining, so he hurried to ask for guilt.

"Punishment? When people are dead, how can I punish them? This old guy is really cunning. Zheng De looked at him speechlessly, "The dead are the greatest, since Changning Boxue, everything is forgiven." ”

Zhou Shou breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you for your majesty's forgiveness, but your brother has already died, but he has also worked hard for the Ming Dynasty for decades, and I also ask Your Majesty to give him a nickname to comfort the soul of his brother in the sky." ”

"Decades of hard work? It's a shame that you can still say it without blushing and panting, it's really thick-skinned. Zheng De couldn't help but despise it in his heart, but said, "Chang Ningbo Bo passed away, and I also express deep sorrow. However, the matter of the name still needs to be requested by the officials, and I have no right to decide. ”

Zhou Shou no longer insisted on it when he heard this, after all, there are some things that the emperor can't do, and he has to look at the faces of the courtiers. However, thinking of his middle brother's vicious life, there is a chance that he will not be able to get this nickname, he sighed lightly, and then mentioned another matter, "The nephew Zhou Yao is loyal and filial, and I also ask Your Majesty to allow him to take the title of Earl of Changning." ”

Raid seal? Zheng De sneered, this Qingyun Marquis is really troublesome, some time ago, he eliminated the official who asked to retain the official position of his son and nephew, and now he is asking for a knighthood for his nephew. Does he think that the entire court is run by his family, and he will give him whatever he wants? Turning his head to look at the middle-aged man on the side, he asked, "Do you have military merits?" ”

Zhou Jin was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "Weichen has no military merits?" ”

"Oh, then why did you claim the knighthood?" Zheng De looked at him playfully.

Hearing this, a trace of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he only felt a slight tremor all over his body, and couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow, "The minister is guilty...... The minister is guilty. ”

Zhou Shou on the side sighed when he heard this, after his request to keep the official position of his son and nephew was rejected a few days ago, he should have thought that this was the result, but he still came without giving up, and quickly knelt down, "It's Weichen who is reckless, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive you and forgive Weichen's nephew." ”

"Get up." Zheng De looked at the two uncles and nephews who were kneeling and waved his hand, "It's okay, Chang Ningbo Bo is the middle brother of the late Holy Empress Xiaosu after all, for his son and the imperial court to make proper arrangements, you go back first to take care of Chang Ningbo's funeral." ”

"That Weichen retreated." Zhou Shou breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly pulled his nephew to kneel down and kowtow before leaving.

"Uncle, if my nephew doesn't have a knighthood, I'm afraid that the huge family business left by my father won't be able to be saved." Out of the palace, Zhou Jin couldn't help but say to his uncle anymore.

Zhou Shou glanced at him when he heard this, and sighed, "Don't worry, after all, your aunt was also the queen of the Ming Dynasty, even if she can't be crowned, she can still be an official." Besides, with your uncle's old bones to support, the sky can't fall for the time being. ”

Zhou Yao hurriedly knelt down, "Thank you uncle for your kindness." ”

"Get up," Zhou Shou waved his hand, "Go back and take care of your father's funeral." ”

"Nephew understands."

……

Not to mention Zhou's father and son, Zheng De is also distressed. After all, the Zhou family is the royal family, although he doesn't want Zhou Yu's son to be awarded the title of Earl of Changning, but he can't just ignore it and become a commoner, so that it doesn't seem that the royal family is a little mean?

But the lowest rank of knighthood in the Ming Dynasty was the earl, and the following sons and second barons were dismissed. Unless these two titles are restored, there really is no good way to do it.

"Go and find Li Dongyang." Zheng De thought about it and said something to Wang Yue. Of the three cabinet elders, Zheng De only had a good impression of Li Dongyang, and he didn't speak like Liu and Xie who had guns and sticks between them, and they also had a "good strategy" in the court, so now they can only ask him.

Thinking of the seven young officials he met today, Zheng De wanted to use the search system to search for them. However, thinking that Li Dongyang was going to come over later, he gave up after thinking about it, and practiced calligraphy again after being idle.

It's a pity that Zheng De hasn't waited for Wang Tingxiang yet, and Kunning Palace came over to pass the word and let Zheng De go over.

"Kunning Palace, could it be that the Zhang brothers went to the Queen Mother to make a small report?" Zheng De secretly guessed in his heart, but this matter really made him guess correctly.

When Zheng De came to Kunning Palace, the Zhang brothers were also sitting here.

"Is it okay to make a small report for this little thing?" Zheng De was quite contemptuous of the two brothers' actions, but now was not the time to settle scores.

He bowed to the Zhang family and asked straight to the point, "Erchen has seen the queen mother, I don't know what the queen mother summoned to come?" ”

Zhang waved his hand unhurriedly, "Don't be busy, the emperor will sit first." ”

Zheng De sat down on the left side, and his two uncles became well-behaved at the moment, and quickly got up and saluted him, "I've seen Your Majesty." ”

"The two uncles don't have to be polite, they both sit." Zheng De also waved his hand, and the two dared to sit down.

Zhang slowly spoke, "Today, the Marquis of Shouning came to the palace to see the concubine, saying that he was murdered in the street and knocked out two teeth, has the emperor heard about it?" ”

Zheng De nodded, "This is true." ”

"Has the assailant ever been arrested?"

Zheng De shook his head, "Since the matter is still under investigation, it has not yet been arrested." ”

Zhang said dissatisfiedly, "The injury on Shou Ninghou's face is already so obvious, isn't this evidence, how else does it need to be investigated?" ”

Zheng De was silent for a while, according to Li Mengyang, a person who is not afraid of heaven and earth, he can indeed do this kind of thing to beat the powerful. However, this matter is not big or small, although he does not despise Li Mengyang's personality, he will not deliberately embarrass him. I wanted to turn a big thing into a small thing, but I didn't expect that Zhang's father and son would go to the Queen Mother Zhang's to make a big deal about it, which made him a little embarrassed for a while.

"Also, why did the emperor ban the two marquis?" At this time, Zhang asked again, "Their servants fought and dealt with them." What does it have to do with the Marquis of Shouning, and the Marquis of Jianchang can't fight with eight poles, is the emperor deliberately favoritism? ”

"If it weren't for their lax control, how could they have done something to destroy people's shops?" Regarding Zhang's aggressive questioning, Zheng De explained neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Besides, Erchen is only grounded for three months with the two uncles, which is already the lightest punishment. ”

"What about the Marquis of Jianchang? He doesn't seem to have done anything? ”

"Has the queen mother ever heard of the four evils in the capital?" Zheng De looked at the Zhang family, who shook his head blankly, but glanced at the Zhang brothers thoughtfully, "Who are the four evils in the capital talking about, isn't it that the Marquis of Shouning and the Marquis of Jianchang are also included in it?" ”

"Exactly" Zheng De nodded, "Zhou Yu, the middle brother of the emperor's great-grandmother, Xu Yande, the prince of Dingguo, and the two uncles, relying on the status of the emperor's lords and ministers, run rampant in Beijing, and often do things that oppress the people, and the people of Beijing avoid them like tigers, and they are helpless to call them the four evils. He stared straight at Zhang, "If you don't do anything that hurts heaven and reason, how can you be called the Four Evils of Jingshi?" ”

When the Zhang brothers heard this, their faces changed, but with the Queen Mother and the Emperor here, they had no part to speak, so they could only remain silent