Chapter 80 Royal Approval
Zhou Zheng looked unexpected and took the memorial and entered the class room.
Yao Tong shook Zhou Zheng's seat smoothly, then cooked tea, prepared today's official documents, etc.
Zhou Zheng sat on the chair and didn't care about his busyness. He opened the memorial and looked from beginning to end. He saw a bright red imperial note at the end, with four words written: I understand.
Thinking of Yao Tongshun's words "The Emperor's Imperial Criticism" just now, Zhou Zheng's eyes flashed. This may be really an imperial Criticism. If it is a eunuch who criticizes the winner, it will be at most a word "read", which he has seen in many official documents.
‘I know’, this is the first time I have seen it. The handwriting is tender, but it has a dignified and elegant feeling.
Zhou Zheng looked at the memorial, pondering the possible joints inside, and suddenly asked, "In theory, who will see this memorial?"
Yao Tongshun hurriedly put down the rag in his hand and walked over, saying, "Realistically speaking, the eunuchs in the Silijian will see it, and then seal it and keep it confidential, only when I accept it."
The emphasis here on "reasonable theory" is because the Ming Dynasty cannot be reasonably said.
When Yao Tongshun said this, he suddenly approached and whispered: "The villain got the news from the Tongzheng Envoy Department. It is said that Eunuch Li received the praise from the emperor and was allowed to stay in Beijing for ten days."
Zhou Zheng raised his eyebrows and shook his head in some unknown expression. In fact, this was expected. Li Shi took the opportunity to seek credit and prove that his selflessness was not to follow the flow, so was it natural?
When Yao Tongshun saw Zhou Zheng shook his head, he stopped mentioning this matter and said, "I will be on the Qianqing Palace soon. This time, there are three people, including Lord Hu, Censor Li, and other Censors in Taiwan, with a total of forty people. Just follow Censor Li and Censor Hu. They are all people who take turns many times."
Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "Let me go and remind me."
Yao Tong followed the 'yes' and said, but after a long time since Zhou Zheng spoke again, he quietly withdrew and came to the door with a false cover.
Zhou Zheng took the top document casually, which was from Huzhou Prefecture. The content of this document is about next year's inspection. Although it is full of official words and clichés, the content is still exploring the internal and external aspects of the Censor's arrangements for Huzhou next year and whether to send the Censor to inspect the local area.
The power of the censor is too great. Not only can he make quick decisions on some things and leave the local government helpless, he can also further impeach various people and affairs of local officials. This kind of impeachment is very powerful. Anyone who is impeached will rarely be spared and most of them will suffer.
Last year, an incident happened in Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. A censor on Shandong Road just returned to his hometown. From the prefect to the magistrate, they knelt on the side of the road to greet him. It happened to be heavy rain and it was pouring rain. He did not dare to act rashly. As a result, the censor didn't know that he had walked on another road. These people knelt for two hours before they realized it!
From this we can see how terrifying the Censor is in the local area.
Of course, it was not Zhou Zheng's turn to arrange the inspection site. He wrote the word "reading and transfer" and put it aside.
The other memoirs are mostly like this, all of which are trivial, but they still have to read and criticize things. Zhou Zheng was always upset, his expression was always calm, and he replied one by one without any impatience.
Not long after, Yao Tongshun knocked on the door and came in and said, "Sir, the time is here."
Zhou Zheng nodded, stood up, sorted out his official uniform, and stepped out.
In the Zhejiang corridor, Li Hengbing and Hu Qingzheng were already standing, and the triangle was empty, which was obviously Zhou Zheng's.
Zhou Zheng stepped forward and stood at that position.
Li Hengbing glanced at Zhou Zheng with an indifferent expression and said nothing.
However, Hu Qingzheng leaned closer and whispered: "Old Zhou, are there any good things? Don't worry, I'll just supplement the household expenses."
Zhou Zheng glanced at him, thinking to himself that there were many things to do in the capital next, and there was an indispensable official matter. He looked at Li Hengbing, who was not far away from them, and whispered: "Some things need the help of Yushi Hu, I will talk about them when I come back."
Hu Qingzheng's eyes lit up, and walked over directly, laughed in a low voice: "It's okay, just say it."
Zhou Zheng was stunned. Isn’t it serious to take the Qing Palace? Isn’t it openly talking about things that cannot be put on the table here? He looked up at Li Hengbing in front and found that Li Hengbing seemed to have not heard it.
Zhou Zheng thought to himself, and whispered: "Censor Hu knows a lot of people. I have some things to settle on the street, so it's easy to say."
Hu Qingzheng looked even more affirmative and excited, saying, "I know all the street censors, other Shuntian Prefectures, the Ministry of Justice, etc., don't worry, as long as the matter is not big, I will settle it for you."
"Don't worry, it's not a big deal." Zhou Zheng whispered. Of course, there was nothing big deal about his business. The shops, yards and other things he took from Li Shi were nothing more than some disputes and unclear property.
Hu Qingzheng glanced at Li Hengbing and smiled proudly in a low voice, "Then let's come back and talk in detail." After that, he quickly stood back, raised his head and raised his chest, and was serious.
Just as Zhou Zheng was about to laugh, he saw teams of censors appear in the yard. Censors from each corridor came out one after another, lined up, and walked out of the gate in an orderly manner.
Li Hengbing coughed lightly, and when the team came over, he stepped out.
Hu Qingzheng winked at Zhou Zheng and followed Li Hengbing behind him.
Zhou Zhengli went to the official uniform, followed him out of the corridor, turned around and joined the team.
Their team has more than 20 talents, passing by other corridors, and more and more censors join. When they go out, the team has expanded to forty people, and there are also teams of yamen runners to guard them and guard them towards Donghuamen.
Along the way, these censors were silent, all raising their heads and chests, with a solemn expression, tidy steps and awe-inspiring eyes.
Zhou Zheng followed the team, looking at Hu Qingzheng's serious look, and he felt secretly: Even such a serious matter will change after all.
Zhou Zheng and others came to Donghuamen and handed over the list. The guards came over to check one by one. It took a while before they could enter the palace.
Zhou Zheng and others came in from Donghua Gate in a row, then turned east and west, passed through Ganqing Gate, and entered in front of the main gate of the Ganqing Palace.
An internal magistrate came over and arranged positions for the censors such as Zhou Zheng, and they were all around the main gate of the Ganqing Palace, crossing between the guards.
For some reason, Zhou Zheng was arranged to be next to the main gate of the Ganqing Palace and become the gatekeepers with Hu Qing and Zheng!
Although it was the first time Zhou Zheng still noticed the problem and whispered to Hu Qingzheng: "What's going on?"
Hu Qingzheng also had a serious expression at this moment, but he looked straight ahead and said with a stern face, "Don't talk!"
Before Hu Qingzheng spoke, Zhou Zheng had a fierce expression and stood straight.
Because he had heard the sound of footsteps inside the door, and there was a vague word "Long Live".
The emperor is already inside the door!
Logically speaking, the opening of the court should be in the Huangji Palace, which is the so-called Golden Palace, but Emperor Tianqi did not like it, so he mostly stayed in the Ganqing Palace.
Zhou Zheng didn't know what kind of person Tianqi was. He pricked his ears and listened quietly to the sound inside.
At this moment, a dull bell suddenly rang, resounding around the Ganqing Palace.
Chapter completed!