[The faces of several family patriarchs changed greatly, and many even stood up. 】

[Patriarch of the Gongsun Clan: Lord Shoufu, why is this so? Now, the disaster has been temporarily controlled, you have completed the task of the imperial court, and you can return to the capital to receive the merits, why bother to harm your future for the sake of these victims? 】

[We don't take a penny of your gold, and we will give a generous gift as the adult's travel fee back to Beijing, and I hope that the adult will raise his noble hand and let us small people have a way to live. 】

[We will not forget the kindness of adults, and we will definitely give generous gifts another day to help adults go further.] 】

[Several patriarchs of the family also laughed one after another, promising to give generous gifts, hoping that Zhou Zhenwen would raise his noble hand. 】

"Humph!"

"These local families are simply a cancer of the country!"

"If they hadn't interfered with it, how would the Qingzhou famine have reached such a point?"

Empress Liang Zhao scolded a few words, and she still recognized Zhou Zhenwen's actions of dispersing her family wealth and relieving the victims.

Although this person is greedy for money and power, he still has his own principles on major issues of right and wrong.

[Zhou Zhenwen: Your generous gifts can be compared to these 100,000 taels of gold? 】

[The patriarch of the Gongsun clan smiled bitterly: Naturally, it can't be compared. 】

[Zhou Zhenwen: I can give up even 100,000 taels of gold, and I can even give up the position of the first assistant to the cabinet, can't you still see my determination? 】

[As soon as these words came out, the patriarchs of the families knew that there was no room for maneuver in this matter. 】

[After the discussion of several major families, in the end, they chose the first path and fully cooperated with Zhou Zhenwen to solve the famine in Qingzhou. 】

[Zhou Zhenwen also knew that distributing disaster relief food alone was not a long-term solution, so he proposed a way to work for relief, so that the victims could contribute to rebuilding houses, paving roads, and renovating city walls. 】

[With the help of Zhou Zhenwen's series of measures and several major families in Qingzhou, the famine in Qingzhou was completely solved. 】

[Simulation completed......]

The infinite mist converged, and the scattered points of light disappeared.

Empress Liang Zhao gradually woke up, looking at the familiar room, she felt like waking up from a dream.

She took a deep breath, exhaled a long time, and sighed: "What a Zhou Zhenwen, what a cabinet chief, it's really a good means!" ”

For Zhou Zhenwen's methods of persecuting the Qingzhou families, the empress Liang Zhao also admired it.

With the first assistant of the cabinet and ten thousand taels of gold as a bet, forcing the Qingzhou family to compromise, such courage, it is no wonder that this Zhou Zhenwen can beat the rest of the cabinet scholars at the age of less than a year, and become the first assistant of the cabinet and the leader of the Tsing Yi Party.

Empress Liang Zhao looked at the letter of the first emperor in her hand, looked at the evidence of Zhou Zhenwen's guilt on it, shook her head with a chuckle, and muttered: "This Zhou Zhenwen's control of human nature is really powerful, obviously he brought dozens of boxes and prepared a perfect strategy, but he just made a jade burning appearance and forced the Qingzhou family to bow his head?" Interesting......"

Although Empress Liang Zhao didn't see what was in these boxes?

But she could guess a thing or two.

In addition to the necessary 10,000 taels of gold, which must carry firearms, bows and crossbows and other military control equipment, once the Qingzhou family does not compromise, or has different intentions, the empress Liang Zhao believes that this Shoufu Lord will not hesitate to lead the army to conquer and kill a hundred examples.

As long as the famine in Qingzhou can be solved, Empress Liang Zhao believes that this Shoufu Lord will definitely do everything.

After all, he even dared to risk his life, and the position of the first assistant and ten thousand taels of gold could be abandoned, would he be afraid of anything?

"Your Majesty, it's time for the early dynasty......"

The eunuch knocked on the door and reminded in a low voice.

"What time is it?"

Empress Liang Zhao's voice immediately became low and extremely calm.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's almost time......" the eunuch responded.

It turned out that it had only been half an hour...... Empress Liang pushed the door out and strode towards the Jinluan Palace.

The great eunuch hurriedly followed.

……

Jinluan Palace, hundreds of officials gathered.

According to the rank and identity, the civil and military are divided into two factions, the left and the right, whispering to each other.

"It seems a little late today......"

"Why hasn't Your Majesty come out yet, it's almost dawn?"

"Yes, it should be over before the normal morning meeting?"

"Isn't there a court meeting today? Shouldn't it? If the DPRK is canceled, it should be notified in advance. ”

……

Listening to the whispers of the officials, Zhou Zhenwen's expression was as usual, without the slightest change.

Zhou Zhenwen was not interested in their discussion.

At this moment, a cough suddenly sounded.

"Ahem!"

The hundred officials instantly quieted down, and they all turned their eyes to the light gauze curtain behind the dragon chair, looking at the blurred figure behind the curtain, and did not dare to continue to make a mistake.

Although the emperor has reached adulthood, the empress dowager is still in charge of the dynasty, unwilling to completely delegate power, and has been using her own influence to control the situation in the court.

Zhou Zhenwen squinted slightly, looked at the figure of the woman behind the light gauze curtain, and muttered in her heart: "This queen mother, who refuses to let go of power for a long time, what is the attention?" ”

"Are you worried about the little emperor's ability?"

"Or is there some other additional purpose?"

Zhou Zhenwen has always felt that there is a problem with the empress dowager, according to the ancient system, the empress dowagers of all dynasties, after the emperor is an adult, will delegate power to the emperor, let the emperor himself govern, and handle government affairs.

And in the era when the empress dowager did not let go of power, the emperor was equivalent to a puppet.

In the history of Zhou Zhenwen's previous life, there was a female emperor who reigned for 24 years and reigned for 15 years.

"Could it be that this queen mother is not satisfied with being the queen mother, and wants to go further and become a female emperor?"

Zhou Zhenwen had a guess in his heart, and decided to solve the problem of the queen mother's system in the court as soon as possible, further control the situation in the court, and it is best to restore the prime minister system, completely dominate the family, and become a powerful and unrivaled existence.

Nowadays, although the power of the cabinet is already very large and can handle government affairs, it is still up to the emperor to make the decision in the end.

The Empress Dowager did not agree, and if she did not cover the jade seal, many policies could not be implemented.

In order to solve this matter, Zhou Zhenwen had to cooperate with Wei Xian, the eunuch of Bingbi, to control part of the red approval power, which overwhelmed the Qingliu Party, Yan Party, Wang Party and other parties.

The cooperation between Zhou Zhenwen and the eunuch Wei Xian was also called the cooperation between the Tsing Yi Party and the Eunuch Party by many officials in Beijing.

Many court officials who boasted of being clean and clean all scoffed at Zhou Zhenwen's actions, believing that he was unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals, and he was willing to go along with the eunuchs, which was simply ruining the reputation of scholars.

In this regard, Zhou Zhenwen didn't care, he was a traitorous minister system, not a Ming Xiang and a loyal minister system, what do you want to clear your name?

At this moment, a voice came from outside the main hall.

"Your Majesty has arrived at ......"