September in the thirteenth year of Jingzheng.

cabinet.

Zhao Han hurried in from outside, holding a thick document in his hand, shouted at Sun Chuanting, who was lying on the desk of the head, "Sincere, look, the staff department has summarized the data from various provinces, good news!"

Sun Chuanting quickly stood up, walked around the table, took it and opened it.

The weakening trend of natural disasters last year was very obvious. The summer was not so hot, the heavy rain was no longer so majestic, there were almost no earthquakes, and the snow in winter was even weaker. There was almost no snow in the south last year.

The Imperial Heaven Supervision said that the disaster is constantly weakening and there will be a more obvious trend this year.

This trend can be seen with the naked eye, but as the highest level of the Ming Dynasty, they would rather see real data.

Sun Chuanting looked at him, and Zhao Han couldn't help but say: "This year's summer grain is 24 million stones, which is nearly eight million stones more than last year! If it were the whole year, it might be more than the tenth year of Wanli!"

Sun Chuanting nodded repeatedly, his eyes still staring at the report of the staff and staff.

The report not only covers summer grain, but also includes 54 million taels of taels in the first half of this year, covering marine trade. There are also land recovery in various places, farmers' income growth, a large amount of sweet potatoes, corn, and soybean production increased significantly, etc.

All of these data show that the disaster that covered the decades of Ming Dynasty has passed through the most violent stage and is being alleviated.

Sun Chuanting looked at it for a long time, raised his head, and said happily, "Okay, okay! By the way, copy one and send it to the palace."

Zhao Han responded and suddenly said, "Marantor Qin has been seriously ill recently. His Majesty has been going to see him several times. This time the imperial physician said that he is afraid he can't survive."

Sun Chuanting's expression condensed and said for a moment: "I'll go there in person later."

Zhao Han looked at Sun Chuanting's face and knew that he was worried about not only Qin Liangyu's death, but also Cao Wenzhao's rise to the throne.

The Royal Legion has been continuously split in the past two years and formed four armies. At the same time, the Royal Legion has come out to fill the war zones with its special identities. With the special identities of Cao Wenzhao and Qianqing Palace, if he becomes the marshal of the Grand Marshal's Office and controls the Ming army, his control and influence will probably be far beyond Sun Chengzong at that time!

This is too terrible, and it is difficult for the cabinet and the entire civil servant to accept it!

Just as Sun Chuanting was about to turn around, Fang Kongzhang came in and said, "The Chief Auxiliary, the King of Burma wrote a letter to us to return the land that we had occupied six years ago."

A year ago, Shen Xun resigned from his official position when he was seriously ill. Fang Kongxu entered the cabinet as the Minister of Personnel and ranked last.

Sun Chuanting turned around suddenly, snorted coldly, and said, "Lu Xiangsheng only taught them a lesson three years ago, and now he is not honest again!"

Zhou Yingqiu raised his head from the table and said, "Depending on the current situation, you can move."

What Zhou Yingqiu said about "moving" is naturally not as simple as moving.

The Ming Dynasty had a consensus on the only two remaining countries in the Southeast Peninsula, that is, it would be merged into the Ming territory sooner or later!

Now that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has begun to recover, the land reform has been basically completed, and internal troubles are gone, so war can be started.

Sun Chuanting had a cold expression and said, "Tell Lu Xiangsheng first, watch me, and I will come to the palace to meet you later."

Fang Kongzhao thought for a while and said, "It's midsummer now, so it's really not suitable to start a war."

Sun Chuanting did not care about this trivial matter, his face was gentle, and he smiled and said, "The land, business and administration of Nanzhili this year are very good, especially the three Su Yanghang Prefectures. I plan to take a trip and have a look. What do you say?"

In recent years, it has become almost a common practice for cabinet ministers to go down to inspect.

Fu Changzong came down from the third floor council and said, "I'll go to Shaanxi. Li Banghua has submitted a memorial and can gradually lift the farm plan. I'll go and have a look."

King Jing glanced at Zhu Ciyang beside him and said with a smile: "Criminal, do you want to go and have a look?"

Zhu Cilang, Prince Xin, began to follow Prince Jing in and out of the cabinet last year, and the meaning here is very obvious.

Zhu Cixuan quickly stood up and raised his hand and said, "According to the prince's arrangement."

King Jing waved his hand and smiled, saying, "Then let's go to Shanxi with me to see. I heard that their Governor General's General Office is doing a good job, so I plan to set it as an example."

King Jing has been in this position for many years, and now he is gray-haired and really tired. He has found a hereditary prince for his descendants and is already satisfied.

Others also spoke one after another, each with their own places, only Fang Kongxi had to stay in the cabinet.

Sun Chuanting smiled and sat in the class room for a morning, had lunch, and walked towards the Ministry of Personnel.

The current Minister of Personnel is Zhou Linxuan, the former Minister of Works, who was appointed by Zhu Xu.

When Sun Chuanting went to the cabinet, Zhou Linyan looked at a letter in his hand, looked at the chief clerk in front of him with a look of indifferent expression, and said, "Where did it come from?"

The chief clerk looked solemn and said, "Sir, I found it on the official desk early this morning."

"Why didn't you deliver it earlier?" Zhou Linjiong looked at him, his eyes as if he was like a sword.

The chief clerk smiled bitterly and said, "The lower official also knows that this letter is of great importance and hesitated for a long time."

Zhou Linjiong looked at the letter and his face changed. It was not only this little seventh-rank chief clerk who thought it was important, but even he was still hot.

"Sir, the chief minister is here." At this moment, Yuan Zhicheng, the Minister of Personnel, came in and said.

Zhou Linjiong frowned, looked down at the letter, thought about it over and over again, and said, "Forget it, this is not something I can decide, let it be left to the prime minister."

The chief clerk's face turned yellow when he heard this. I'm afraid the chief clerk would also feel it was too hot for this matter?

Sun Chuanting has always attached great importance to the Ministry of Personnel, which is related to the reform of the administration. He has never let go. Zhou Linjiong is a good helper. He has no trace of the imperial party and is easier to cooperate.

"Official Zhou Tian, ​​are you not very welcome to me?" Sun Chuanting walked in and said with a smile.

Zhou Linjiong listened to Sun Chuanting's teasing and smiled bitterly, saying, "Sir, the official wants to cry now, so he can't care about anything else."

Sun Chuanting was a rare joke. Looking at Zhou Linjiong's expression, he exclaimed, and said, "What's the matter? It actually stumped us Zhou Tianguan?"

Zhou Linjiong held the letter in his hand, hesitated for a while, and handed it over, saying, "Sir, you'd better take a look."

Sun Chuanting attached great importance to Zhou Linjiong. Seeing that he had handed a letter solemnly, he took it curiously and took it away and looked away.

He didn't look much, his face gradually changed and his face was as cold as frost.

Sun Chuanting put it back before he finished reading it, looked at Zhou Linjiong with indifferent eyes and said, "Where did this letter come from?"

Zhou Linjiong said, "Someone sent to the Ministry of Personnel."

Sun Chuanting stared at Zhou Linjiong, and Zhou Linjiong looked calm.

Sun Chuanting still stared at him and said, "What do you think this letter is true or false?"

"The master Zhou Ge Lao's handwriting should not admit his mistake, let alone the seal." Zhou Linjiong said.

Sun Chuanting silently said, "You keep your mouth shut about this matter, I'm going to the palace now."

Zhou Linjiong quickly raised his hand and said, "The importance of the officials and officials."

Sun Chuanting didn't say much, left the Ministry of Personnel and turned back to the palace.

Just when Sun Chuanting entered the inner court and entered the Ganqing Palace, Zhou Yingqiu, who was in the cabinet room, suddenly received a small cardboard box.

He was curious and took a look, and saw a dagger inside, a very small and very delicate dagger!

Zhou Yingqiu suddenly turned pale and collapsed on the chair, his eyes were dull and his whole body was trembling.

He was the only one in the class room. I don’t know how long he had sat there. He looked pale and his eyes were dull. He picked up the pen, spread out the paper, and wrote three big words: Apologies.

He wrote in a stroke and stroke, writing a thousand words in a very serious way, then he put down his pen, closed his eyes, expressed pain, and then picked up the small dagger and swallowed it slowly.

Zhou Yingqiu's eyes wide open, his face was full of pain, and he struggled all over, but his hands were pressed in!

Ganqing Palace.

Zhu Xu looked at the letter handed over by Sun Chuanting, with a expressionless face.

The content of this letter is very simple. Zhou Yingqiu was originally a eunuch party. Later, Wei Zhongxian was suppressed by Zhu Xu. Zhou Yingqiu knew the cutting of current affairs and devoted himself to Zhu Xu, the King Hui at that time, and followed Zhu Xu over the years.

However, Wei Zhongxian still had some fatal handles of Zhou Yingqiu, which later fell into Luo Yangxing. Luo Yangxing forced Zhou Yingqiu to do many things, some of which were very rebellious, such as betraying Zhu Xu's itinerary, leaking the court's reform plan, embezzling large sums of money, and pouring it into Luo Yangxing's pocket.

Even though Luo Yangxing was imprisoned, he did not offer Zhou Yingqiu, allowing him to survive until now.

Zhu Xu put the letter on the tea table and said lightly, "Who do you think made it?"

Sun Chuanting raised his hand and said, "It doesn't matter who does it, the key is that there may be more than this letter."

Zhu Xu patted the letter and said, "Only kill the evil people, not others."

In other words, only discuss Zhou Yingqiu's crimes, he will not punish his family, his disciples, old officials, relatives and friends.

This is also a grace that Zhu Xu gave Zhou Yingqiu so hard for so many years.

Sun Chuanting was not surprised to see a decision and said, "Yes, I'll make arrangements."

Zhu Xu waved his hand, shook his head again when Sun Chuanting left, and said to himself: "Why is it again..."

Sun Chuanting returned to the cabinet and was about to deal with Zhou Yingqiu, but was reported to have committed suicide.

Sun Chuanting came to Zhou Yingqiu's class room, looked at his apology, sighed and said, "Let the Criminal Prison Department deal with it, work with the Governor's Office to seize the Zhou Mansion and investigate any suspicious clues."

Although we do not kill the company, some things need to be clarified.

This matter was led by Zhao Han, who led his men to quickly surrounded Zhou's mansion, searched the house and investigated everything.

Zhou Yingqiu's suicide and the investigation of the Zhou Mansion quickly shocked the entire capital, and many people were frightened and rushed to surrender.

One of them is Huang Shaolian, a doctor of the Ministry of Personnel. He delivered a list to Zhao Han, who was secretly caring for Zhou Yingqiu over the years. The list included Fu Changzong's relatives, including one clan brother and three clan grandsons.

These people were arranged to join the Zhengyuan, and were given extra points in the Zhengyuan exam, that is, the imperial examination, and were able to enter the officialdom and rise to the top!

This involves selling official positions and titles, collusion between powerful officials, and private grants and acceptances.

This list was not hidden, and it spread quickly between the government and the government, and even went to the court for a report, causing a thousand waves. I don’t know how loud the voices were, and I asked to investigate Fu Changzong thoroughly!

At first, the cabinet, the Ganqing Palace and others did not care and did not respond, but the waves aroused later became increasingly greater. Some officials from the border, such as the governor of Shaanxi Zheng Chongyong and the governor of Shandong Feng Jiangfeng, wrote letters one after another, saying, "Prevent the problem and prevent it from gradual, there should be no Sichuan, the country and society are in the front, and the closeness and distance are in the back."
To be continued...