Chongzhen became more and more majestic, and he was not as easy to express his emotions as a few months ago. He looked at Zhou Qingli and said, "Zhou Qing, what do you think?"

Zhou Qingli felt a little relieved when she heard the word "Zhou Qing". She pretended to ponder for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I should say it, but as a father, I would like to ask you to say a word or two to the dog son."

Chongzhen was a little surprised by Zhou Qingli's words, and then he looked at Shi Feng quietly and said, "Say."

Shi Feng came to listen to Zhou Qingli's words and shook his head secretly. At this time, you should apologize. The more you tell me, the less clean you are. It was originally a Zhou Zheng, but now you, Zhou Qingli, cannot be separated.

Zhou Qingli said: "A young dog son is not good at doing things, he is reckless in his behavior, knows how to do things, and is not a good person. There is no one in the court to argue with him. Looking at what the dog son does, he has nothing out of his way, and he has reshapes his bad policies, for your Majesty, for the court, and for the people of Yongping Prefecture. I think it is me who offended some people and asked His Majesty to punish me."

Listening to Zhou Qingli's words, Shi Fenglai, the chief assistant, still shook his head in his heart. The Zhou father and son were indeed good at doing things and were not good at being a human being, and they dared to argue at this time.

Shi Feng raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, all officials are impeached, and they are sure of it. How could it be a mistake to make a mistake? Please investigate it strictly."

Chongzhen looked at Shi Fenglai, looked at Zhou Qingli with a blank expression and said, "Is there anything else to say?"

Zhou Qingli still showed concern and uneasy on his dark face, saying, "I dare not argue, I just ask the emperor to remember the dog son's sincere heart and forgive him."

Chongzhen suddenly remembered the conversation with Zhou Qingli before sending Zhou Zheng to Yongping Prefecture, and once told Zhou Qingli that he would "cover" Zhou Zheng.

After a moment of silence, Chongzhen said, "Let me go, the two of you, let me think about it again."

Shi Fenglai laughed in his heart. The emperor's attitude means that Zhou Zheng's matter has been decided and he cannot escape the blame!

Zhou Qingli raised his hand and said, "I will leave."

Chongzhen frowned when he looked at Zhou Qingli's tired expression, and suddenly felt a little reluctant.

When the two left, Chongzhen let out a light breath and took the teacup casually, and saw Li Zhong coming in with a thick plate of memorials.

Before Chongzhen asked, Li Shi hurriedly said, "Long live, this is a memorial from the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Personnel."

Chongzhen was not interested in drinking tea at all. He put down the teacup, reached out to take it, and suddenly looked up and said, "You just said the Ministry of Justice? How is Zhang Yonglian's case?"

Li Zhong was stunned when asked, and quickly lowered his head to search for the memoir.

When Chongzhen saw this, he said angrily: "Get back."

Li Zhong quickly took two steps back, looking trembling and bowed his head to apologize.

Chongzhen searched for the memorial and found the memorial about the Zhang Yonglian case.

Zhang Yonglian was his imperially convicted death penalty and had been beheaded, but in this memorial, he requested a retrial because "this case is doubtful", even if Zhang Yonglian had been executed.

Chongzhen frowned and said to himself: "Suspicious? Could it be that Zhou Zhengyun really framed the power with public and false personal information?"

Li Zhong listened, as if he had made up for his merits and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I don't know about Zhou Zhengyun, but no one seems to impeach Zhang Yonglian. I heard that some of the elders praised him."

Chongzhen's expression changed slightly as he heard that he looked at him suddenly and said, "Are you saying true?"

Li Zhong was stunned, as if he was unable to confirm Chongzhen's attitude, and hesitated: "It seems like this..."

Chongzhen looked a little ugly, and his eyes were fixed on the memorial in front of him.

Even if Zhang Yonglian’s case is doubtful, most of the things are true, right? Why haven’t many officials written to impeach Zhang Yonglian for so many years?

On the contrary, Zhou Zheng investigated and dealt with Zhang Yonglian, and a bunch of people rushed to impeach him?

Zhang Yonglian once offered himself a supporter in the court. Is this supporter still a minister? Was Shi Feng from here?

Chongzhen became more and more angry the more he thought about it. His face turned blue. He looked up at Li Zhong and said, "Where has the Wei Zhongxian case been progressing?"

Chongzhen kept asking Li Zhong to stare at this matter. Listening to Chongzhen's words, Li Zhong said happily: "Go back to Master Shi Ge Lao has convicted thirty-seven people as the chief crimes, and it has been verified. There are more than 60 other people who are verbally verified, and it has been basically verified."

The eunuch party once had power over the government and the country, with the highest power in the Ming Dynasty. From cabinet ministers to six ministries and nine temples in the two capitals in the north and south, to local governors, censors, and some governors, governors, and internal supervisors, there were only a few hundred people?

Even Chongzhen’s list is far more than that!

Chongzhen became more and more angry as he thought about it, and said in a deep voice: "Go and send someone to Shi Feng to retire. In June, I want to promote Li Guopu as the chief assistant."

Li Zhong was shocked. The person in front of him had only been ten months after he ascended the throne and had already changed to the third prime minister.

"I obey the order." Li Zhong said with a calm expression, but he was thinking about Zhou Zheng's affairs in his heart, how to take it again.

After Chongzhen finished speaking this, he saw Zheng Qing's memorial again and threw it aside with some boredom.

Li Zhong immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at it. Zhou Zheng's level had passed temporarily.

Zhou Qingli left the palace and did not return to the Ministry of Revenue, but went straight back to the house.

Zhou Fang and Zhou Ding, who was nearly four months pregnant, were waiting. When he saw him come back, Zhou Fang hurriedly said, "Dad, what did the emperor say? I won't really deal with my second brother, right?"

Zhou Qingli looked at the worried look on both of them and said, "It's okay."

After saying that, he went straight to the study room and said nothing more.

Zhou Ding looked at his back, turned to Zhou Fang, and said, "Hengping, you said, the second uncle will be fine, right?"

Perhaps Zhou Fang was much more calm than before, thinking about the changeable court situation than in the past, and was worried, and still comforted his wife, "It's okay, my second brother has always been responsible for his work. Besides, his father is there, at most he will be dismissed from office and go home, and there is no big deal."

Zhou Ding listened and nodded slightly.

...

Yongping Mansion.

Zhou Zheng is still busy with his government affairs, constantly convening people from all walks of life to meet, sum up problems, solve problems, and promote his innovation forward.

Perhaps because he felt Zhou Zheng's nervousness, his men worked hard and every government affairs was advancing very quickly.

Every village and town in Yongping Prefecture is in full swing to measure and prepare for re-division.

The officials, wealthy families and local clans who were suppressed by Zhou Zheng did not dare to raise their heads, and the resistance had been reduced to a minimum.

But one day, Zhou Zheng received news from the capital.

Yao Tongshun was a copy of Zheng Qing's impeachment of Zhou Zheng. He looked angry and returned it to Zhou Zheng: "Sir, Zheng Qing can't stay!"

Shangguan Lie was murderous and said, "Sir, he has his shadow in many cases. Take it out and drown him!"

Ding Qi was more cautious and said: "Sir, it's better to impeach him directly and inaction. This is more secure and the court will be more convinced."

Zhou Zheng looked at the copied copy in his hand. It was sent to him by Li Zhong. There was also a letter in it. The content was probably that Emperor Chongzhen was becoming increasingly difficult to guess. Zhou Zheng should act carefully and not implicate him.

Zhou Zheng thought about it for a moment, looked at Shangguan Lie, and said in a cold tone: "Since he is ignorant, there is no need to be polite, arrest him in the prison department!"

Shangguan Lie looked excited and immediately said, "Yes, I'll go now!"

Shangguan Lie said, turning around and running away.

Ding Qi hurriedly said: "Sir, will this cause dissatisfaction from the court if you do it now..."

Zhou Zheng picked up Li Zhong's letter, put it on the candlelight, and lit it, saying, "Ge Ge Lao, you are about to retire."

Ding Qi, Yao Tongshun and others were shocked. Will Shi Feng retire now?

He temporarily served as the cabinet, and it is less than three months since he was a full blown card?

However, this was good news for them. The court was so noisy that it had no extra energy to stare at them.
Chapter completed!