Liu Liuzhe looked around again, helped Zhou Zheng get on the carriage, and said, "I have checked Menghezhou. If I move, I can pull him off at any time."

Zhou Zheng lifted the curtain of the carriage and said, "Don't worry, I haven't stood firm in the Ministry of War yet, wait and then take action."

Liu Liuzhe responded and then said loudly: "Second Young Master, the master has been waiting in the mansion for a long time. Let's go back to the mansion."

Zhou Zheng's carriage had not moved yet, and countless people were still watching the yamen in various places.

Zhou Zheng is a troublesome person in the eyes of many of them. Even though those things have passed almost ten years, not many people are willing to come back.

Even though the court has changed one after another, what happened before is still vivid in my mind.

A person who dares to tell the truth is more terrifying than those sweet swords.

“It’s a turbulent time…”

I don’t know how many people expressed such feelings, echoing in the major yamen of various ministries.

Zhou Zheng, a juren, was promoted to the Assistant Minister of War. Although he attracted attention, he was not the only one.

Another juren, before Zhou Zheng, had been promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of War, that is Chen Xinjia!

This person is different from generals such as Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng. He is both civil and military, and is extremely outstanding in both military and government affairs.

He was a juren in the 36th year of Wanli. He had a strong qualification and was appreciated by Yang Sichang. He was recommended as the Left Minister of the Ministry of War, just half a month before Zhou Zheng entered the capital.

I am not here today, Zhou Zheng has not seen it.

Zhou Zheng sat in the carriage and returned home staggeringly, thinking about Yang Sichang in his heart.

This person is indeed outstanding in ability. He is allowed to serve as the Minister of War. Without the constraints of Jianlu, he may be able to destroy the rioters.

This does not conform to Zhou Zheng's plan.

What Liu Liuzhe said was referring to this person!

Zhou Zheng returned home much later than expected, and passed the meal time prepared by Zhou’s mansion.

But a group of people in the Zhou family were still waiting, and only a few children would eat something when they were hungry.

Uncle Fu and others were waiting for Zhou Zheng at the door. When they saw him coming back, they were surprised to send someone to report the message inside, and said to Zhou Zheng: "Second Young Master, are you tired? The master and his in-laws have been waiting for a long time."

Zhou Zheng smiled and greeted him, and walked inside.

Sure enough, as soon as I arrived at the backyard, I saw a lot of people sitting there, not only the Zhou family’s in-laws, but also some people who were closer.

When Zhou Zheng came back, almost everyone stood up and greeted him with a smile.

Zhou Qingli and Ding Mian naturally sat still. Shangguan Xun instinctively wanted to stand up, suddenly remembered his identity, and sat down reluctantly.

Zhou Zheng greeted him one by one, walked in, raised his hand to Zhou Qingli and others.

Zhou Qingli looked at Zhou Zheng coming back with a smile on her face, stood up and said, "Go and wash first, we'll have a meal here."

Zhou Zheng responded, accused him of guilt, and turned his room.

As soon as he left the wrong way, a little guy outside ran towards Zhou Zheng in a squint manner, shouting in a slight voice: "Dad..."

Zhou Zheng opened his eyes and quickly bent down to pick up Xiao Deshen, rubbed his face against his little face, and said with a smile: "Do you miss your father?"

The little guy pulled Zhou Zheng's face with his hands, and his little head shrank back desperately.

Shangguan Qing walked over from not far away and whispered: "Give me a shot water first, the bath water is ready."

Zhou Zheng glanced at her, hugged her son and walked forward, saying, "Is there nothing wrong with the family?"

Shangguan Qing walked beside Zhou Zheng and said, "It's okay."

Zhou Zheng shook the little guy in his arms, teased him, and said, "I won't leave for the time being, don't worry."

Shangguan Qing turned his head to look at Zhou Zheng's side face and whispered: "It's better outside than in the capital."

Zhou Zheng was stunned, looked at Shangguan Qing's serious expression, and smiled and said, "It was before, but it is not now."

Shangguan Qing blinked, a little confused.

Zhou Zheng did not explain, looked at the little guy in his arms and said, "Son, is it okay to take a bath with his father?"

The little guy pushed Zhou Zheng's face closer, looking at Shangguan Qing with a whisper, his face full of help.

Zhou Zheng laughed and hugged him back to the house.

After taking a shower, Zhou Zheng carried the little guy back to the back hall and had dinner with a group of people.

At the dinner table, the focus is naturally Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng captured Gao Yingxiang, relieved the great troubles of the Ming Dynasty, calmed the court and the country, and promoted him to serve as Minister of War. The topic was naturally inseparable from him.

Zhou Zheng talked about his experience for more than half a year, and the focus was on Gao Yingxiang, and he commented a few casually.

Ding Mian put down his chopsticks and said, "Zhengyun is right. The bandits are indeed my confidant in the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that they will not be able to be eliminated for a while. Some relatives and friends wrote to me to ask about my thoughts, and they were very worried."

The Ming Dynasty scholars and forests looked down on bandits because these bandits were not considered "rebels". They all did robbers and robbers, and completely hooked up bandits. How could scholars like it?

This is also the reason why Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were always bandits and could not become an "uprising".

This also destined that they could not overthrow the Ming Dynasty and establish a brand new dynasty.

From the bottom of their hearts, they do not have such a pattern, ability and conditions.

Zhou Qingli stood a little higher and sighed: "The bandits have been suppressing more than ten years, and the more they suppressed them, they were nervous before and afraid of the destruction of the country, so they are a little more stable now."

Everyone here knows that Emperor Chongzhen cried about the ancestral temple and issued a self-criticism, and nodded silently.

Everyone quickly skipped the topic of repression and turned to the matter of Zhou Zheng's about to take office in the Ministry of Recruitment.

Zhou Zheng said some ideas and the people who were going to bring in, which made everyone here very satisfied because there were people from their family inside.

The guests and guests had fun all the time until midnight.

The guest left, and Zhou Zheng and his son sat in the pavilion, looking at the bright moonlight, drinking tea, and talking about the affairs of the court and the country.

Zhou Qingli said: "Yang Sichang is still a very capable person. He is more enterprising than Zhang Fengyi. The reason why you can capture Gao Yingxiang this time is also because Yang Sichang made an earlier arrangement."

Zhou Zheng nodded, and wanted to explain the ability and pattern of the last minister. Yang Sichang could definitely enter the top three, especially the "ten-sided net" strategy, which almost eliminated the bandits and was indeed more aggressive and courageous than others.

The hundreds of thousands of dollars and grain prepared were for his early preparations for the bandit suppression strategy!

Zhou Qingli glanced at Zhou Zheng and said, "However, this person acts very domineeringly and only uses people he is familiar with. The others are outsiders, trying their best to attack and eliminate dissidents. If you are in the Ministry of War, you must be excluded by him. He has gained a great reputation recently, so you must act cautiously."

Zhou Zheng then spoke and said, "On the way out of the palace, we reached a tacit understanding and did not interfere with each other."

Zhou Qingli's expression was slightly different. He didn't expect that Zhou Zheng had reached a tacit understanding with Yang Sichang as soon as he entered Beijing!

Zhou Qingli knew that there was something here, so she didn't ask much, saying, "That's best. You are now the Minister of War. Every time you are going to enter the court, don't be impulsive in the court. The emperor's temper becomes more and more uncontrollable. Don't think he is the late emperor."

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "I plan to focus on pursuing Shandong, Tianjin Wei and Liaodong. I don't have time to pay attention to the court and keep a low profile first."

Zhou Qingli took a sip of tea and said, "You are now the Minister of War. If you go out to Beijing for inspection, you will definitely bring the Sword of Shangfang, the Governor of Liaodong and Shandong. You can do some things well, but be careful, none of these vegetarian officials are vegetarian."

Zhou Zheng was already thinking about the series of personnel in Liaodong, and then listened and said, "I know, I will be cautious."
Chapter completed!