The most nervous one is the chief assistant Zhou Yanru.

That night, Yang Sichang and Li Banghua were invited to the banquet. Although outsiders didn't know what the three of them had actually talked about, many people saw that Zhou Yanru personally sent them out, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

At this moment, Zhou Zheng was studying with his two children, while reading to them and explaining.

Zhou Deshen is still well-behaved and obedient, while Xiao Ke'er is naughty, pulling clothes from time to time, pulling Zhou Zheng's beard, laughing and not serious.

Liu Liuzhe came in quietly from outside and waited for Zhou Zheng to stop his mouth before he told Zhou Zheng about the matter.

Zhou Zheng pushed the chair and signaled him to sit down, saying indifferently: "They care about the so-called cabinet votes, so let them fight. What's going on when I asked you to investigate?"

Liu Liuzhe hurriedly said, "The investigation was almost done. Salt, one million stones of salt. Not long after arriving in Huaiyang, he was taken away under various names and then disappeared. The price of salt is rising, so it should be someone who is deliberately seeking huge profits."

"Related to Yuanfu?" Zhou Zheng put down Xiao Ke'er and pushed out the two children.

As soon as the two little guys left, Liu Liuzhe approached a little and said, "I found out that there was a boat that went to Yuanfu's hometown, and said at least 100,000 yuan."

Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Not surprising at all. We have known this Yuan Fu for a long time."

Liu Liuzhe nodded, but was angry and said, "We worked hard to reform the law in front, and Yuan Fu tried hard to get benefits from behind. It seemed that he had done something, but in fact it was still a bad thing. If one day comes, I am afraid that Yuan Fu will turn against us and be the first to liquidate us."

Zhou Zheng leaned against the chair, thinking in his mind.

The reason why corrupt officials are willing to do things is that they serve their interests and will not really be attentive. After all, they are selfish. Between the country and the selfish interests, they will always choose the latter.

Liu Liuzhe glanced outside and whispered: "Second Young Master, Yuan Fu is doing more and more, not like consolidating power, but rather like deliberately depriving the Second Young Master of power. In the court, the army intervened openly or secretly. I was a little worried that one day, if they ruined the Second Young Master's reputation, and if they attacked him in one fell swoop, Zhou Yanru was detained for a serious crime. With the thunder, we might not be able to react."

Zhou Zheng glanced at him and smiled and said, "Is this your idea or who is it?"

Liu Liuzhe smiled awkwardly and said, "They are hard to say."

Zhou Zheng breathed lightly and said, "What they said is right. This court is just a big river. If people who do not have enough ability are suppressed, they will fight endlessly, and the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed."

When Liu Liuzhe heard this, he hurriedly said, "Second Young Master, should we take action first?"

Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows and carefully examined Liu Liuzhe.

Liu Liuzhe's expression froze and said, "This is my idea."

Zhou Zheng's expression was still, and he was guessing. Perhaps it was because of his patience that there was a rebound sound within his group.

Zhou Zheng pondered for a while and said, "Don't move for now, let me understand the context of these people."

Liu Liuzhe was somewhat unwilling to accept it and said, "Yes."

Zhou Zheng waved his hand and waited for Liu Liuzhe to leave the door before he looked at his back and said to himself: "Have you even developed ambition?"

Zhou Zheng couldn't tell whether it was right or wrong. With the beginning of their former "big cause", people's hearts gradually began to change.

The envoy of Korqin came soon, and was a son of Korqin Khan, Huang Taiji's brother-in-law, named Sangji.

Zhou Zheng did not see him, and Zhou Yanru arranged the whole process.

Perhaps because he felt the pressure, Zhou Yanru was eager to show his feelings, and soon the two sides agreed.

Korqin paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, congratulated the new emperor on ascending the throne, and sent five hundred sheep, sixty white horses, and a princess.

Although there was no expression of ‘submission’, there was only one piece of window paper left.

On the Ming Dynasty, it was implied that it would not launch a military attack on Korqin and opened up the trade between Zhangjiakou and Korqin.

Although Korqin did not surrender, it did not prevent Zhou Yanru from promoting the following words of "submission". Anyway, Korqin would not come over to explain anything.

Zhou Yanru even posted a newspaper in Ming Dynasty and promoted it.

Zhou Yanru's reputation among the scholars was mixed and criticized, and he was criticized more. This incident really helped him a lot and stabilized the decline of the cabinet and the court.

The one who "surrendered" on Korqin's side was the most shocked was Jianlu.

Ning Wan, in the name of the little emperor, I openly rebuked the Ming Dynasty for "coercive allies and infringing on neighboring countries", and then sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to discuss the "law of peaceful coexistence."

Zhou Zheng was watching these things coldly, not participating, and continued to promote his reforms with concentration.

By October, the affairs of the cabinet and the six ministries became even busier.

Perhaps because he was afraid of Zhou Zheng or fulfilling his contract, Zhou Yanru set out for Nanzhili.

Zhou Yanru had a difficult problem as soon as he arrived in Nanzhili.

Geng Chong, a senator from the Southern Zhili, wrote a letter to severely punish the Nanjing court for being mostly empty, wasting the imperial court's money and food, and acted as a mighty person, harming Nanjing and damaging the sage virtues, so he requested abolition.

Geng Chong did not ask for the abolition of Nanjing, but wanted to abolition of those redundant institutions and personnel, and happened to take some evidence from people, which was reasonable.

Nanjing involves many high-ranking officials and nobles. Even though Zhou Zheng had been involved in a lot of "reverse case" before, the one under the water is even more terrifying.

Zhou Yanru had no choice but to express his opinion, and then accompanied by Lu Daqi, walked around, promoting his "achievements" while appeaseing the chaos caused by the reform.

Objectively speaking, Zhou Yanru and others are indeed conducive to reform. As long as he does not object, in everyone's opinion, it is to support reform.

This also disappointed many people, especially the former member of the Fushe Society, who openly exposed Zhou Yanru at a banquet and threw out his past corruption and bribery and selling official positions.

Zhou Yanru was naturally furious and ordered Nanzhili to arrest many people.

After this trouble, Zhou Yanru was so dirty that he barely stayed in Nanzhili for a few days and hurried back to Beijing.

He originally wanted to take this trip to enjoy the glory and take the opportunity to expand his influence and power, but who knew that this would happen?

In the capital, Yang Sichang completely became Zhou Zheng's clone. He was more anxious about the "reform" than Zhou Zheng, and he did everything himself and worked all night long.

The six ministers of the Ministry of Justice were called to the cabinet from time to time, and the minority was scolded, and the worst was that the public was scolded and threatened to dismiss their officials.

Due to Yang Sichang's pressure, the actions of the six departments were significantly accelerated.

First, the Ministry of Works issued the "Ministry of Works" and listed detailed investment, goals and time limits, as well as specific responsible persons, etc.

The Ministry of Industry has listed up to twenty-two items, and in the next three years, it will invest 5 million to renovate national official roads, rivers and canals, bridges, irrigation of fields, etc.

The Ministry of Revenue issued the "Household Registration Law" to uniformly legislate the household registration of the Ming Dynasty, and require local governments to register to count the population and age composition of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice and others have also issued similar provisions, clarifying rights and responsibilities, while formulating action goals, goals and progress and time.
Chapter completed!