The Ministry of War’s reward for the Sihai Governor’s Office for the Portuguese war has been reduced. Although the Ministry of War dared to conceal the military achievements of the border troops in the northwest and Liaodong, it did not dare to conceal the military achievements of the Sihai Governor’s Office. After all, Zhou Chong was in charge of the capital.

He would never allow his subordinates to receive rewards for their military achievements. Even all memorials and decrees related to the sea need to be reported or issued through Zhou Chong's hands. This is the power specially granted to him by Zhengde.

Zhou Chong in the study of the Zhao Wangfu carefully read the rewards from the Ministry of War to Shen Zhou and others, and then compared the list of meritorious people reported by Wang Shouren. After finding that there was no omission, he felt relieved and reviewed it.

Go to the side and wait until tomorrow, someone will be sent to Nanyang quickly.

This was the last official document today. Zhou Chong put down his pen and rubbed his head, then stood up and opened the window and looked, and found that it was already the moon above the sky outside. It was probably Jin Xuan and the others had fallen asleep. He was already still

He promised to tell Xia Xia's bedtime story, but now it seems that he can only break his trust in his daughter again.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chong couldn't help but sigh. He didn't have to be so busy, but during this period his good brother Zhengde became more and more distorted. Not only did he get involved with Jiang Bin and others every day, but he also didn't.

I knew if he believed Jiang Bin's words or what he thought of, and handed over some government affairs in the court to him. As a result, Zhou Chong had to work hard all day every day and had no time to enter the palace but saw Zhengde. Naturally,

It is also impossible to disturb Zhengde, Jiang Bin and others' travel.

What's even more excessive is that during the last court meeting, Zhengde sat on the dragon throne seriously again and announced to all the ministers that he decided to go to Xuanfu in the northwest of the capital to inspect. The result can naturally be imagined.

The ministers below all opposed it wildly, and many censors even took off their gauze hats and asked Zhengde to dispel this idea, otherwise they would resign collectively.

Zhengde had long anticipated the opposition of the ministers below. In fact, the reason why he made it publicly this time was to try the reactions of the ministers. Now that he saw so many ministers opposing, he did not insist and announced directly

The court was dispersed, but in the following period, Zhengde asked Jiang Bin to actively act in secret, contacting many boneless ministers to change the direction and let them support Zhengde's laws in inspecting the border.

A month later, Zhengde proposed to go on a tour in the court again, but the ministers whom Jiang Bin contacted finally played a role. They began to publicly support Zhengde's decision, and Zhengde

They also actively cooperated with these people. As a result, the court made it difficult to controversy over this matter for a while, and neither side could convince anyone.

Another important thing is that Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, is now seriously ill. It is said that he is unable to get out of bed now. He is unconscious every day and cannot pay attention to the government affairs at all. Li Dongyang's serious illness makes the cabinet

Both the court were a little unstable, which was one of the reasons why Zhengde was able to take advantage of the situation.

Li Dongyang fell down. It is said that Yang Tinghe should take over as the chief minister of the cabinet. However, Yang Tinghe was a little young after all, and his prestige and qualifications were not enough to convince everyone. So let alone ministers in the court, even the cabinet was not very convinced.

After all, they also have their own ideas about the position of chief minister.

It is also worth mentioning that among the ministers who supported Zhengde's tour, the leader was Wang Qiong, the Minister of War. Speaking of Wang Qiong, this person was one of the few capable ministers in the Ming Dynasty. In history, he was ranked alongside Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng.

He was a third official of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Qiong's main achievements are three, one is to manage Caohe, the second is to quell the Chenhao rebellion, and the third is to strengthen the northwest border defense. Now, King Ning has not rebelled, so Wang Qiong's second contribution has not been realized, but the first and second

He has completed the three contributions, all of which are real contributions. It can be said that he was able to sit in the position of Minister of War because of his contributions. Moreover, Wang Qiong has the ability to identify people. Wang Shouren, who is now the governor of the Four Seas,

At the beginning, he was valued by Wang Qiong. At that time, he wanted Wang Shouren to train in the south for a few years, and then he reused Wang Shouren, but he didn't expect that Zhou Chong would rob him first.

However, compared with Wang Qiong's achievements, his own ethics are not very good. This is also the main reason why he is not as famous as his achievements as Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng. After all, a person who suffers from personal morality is a historian

He would not have been taboo to him, especially Wang Qiong, for his great books.

Wang Qiong is a capable minister, and he is also a favorite minister of Zhengde. This favorite minister has a bad reputation. This is also the reason why Zhou Chong did not like to make others think that he was a favorite minister of Zhengde, because in the Ming Dynasty, he favored him.

There is another meaning in my memory, that is, this favorite minister is likely to have some relationship with the emperor. For example, Wang Qiong, it is said that he has some ulterior motives with Zhengde. One time, Wang Qiong wore a thorn on his head.

In a slut, he sneaked into the leopard room and drank with Zhengde all night. When he left the next morning, he was hit by someone. As a result, this incident was recorded in "Wanli Yehuo Bian" and passed on to later generations.

In addition, Wang Qiong has always liked to agree with Zhengde in the court, which has always made his reputation in the officialdom not very good. In addition, he is from Shanxi, that is, officials from the north, and has always been rejected by officials from the south. Otherwise, he would have been

Li Dongyang has long been summoned to the cabinet by Li Dongyang, but Wang Qiong has not been able to enter the cabinet, so he has always been disagreeing with Li Dongyang and others. This time, he also once again with Yang Tinghe and others about Zhengde's tour.

Singing the opposite tune.

After Jiao Fang left the court, Wang Qiong had the highest official position and the greatest influence among the officials from the north. Therefore, after Wang Qiong made a statement in supporting Zhengde's tour, those who were in the court who were in a weak position.

Northern officials almost supported Zhengde's tour in one-sidedly. After all, the struggle between officials from the north and the south was actually close to the party struggles in the late Ming Dynasty. Everything was mainly focused on attacking the other side, opposing for the sake of opposing, and not considering the consequences of the matter at all.

The northern official group led by Wang Qiong, coupled with Jiang Bin winning over a group of southern officials, became the main force supporting Zhengde's tour. Although their number was smaller than that of the opposition, because the court had Zhengde's support.

So the two sides fought endlessly about this. They have been arguing for two months, but they still haven't been able to make a big move.

Zhou Chong himself objected to Zhengde's patrol. After all, the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more stable. After the northern border army replaced new weapons and gradually replenished the army's combat effectiveness, the border army's combat effectiveness has increased greatly. In addition, the northern border army has also increased.

His efforts made the Ministry of War dare not conceal the merits of the border army as before. With the stimulation of military merits, the morale of the border army greatly increased, and Zhengde did not need to inspect it at all.

However, although Zhou Chong objected, he could not express any opinion on this matter, because everyone knew that if Zhengde left the capital, he would definitely be the governor. And if Zhengde had any accidents, he would be the Ming Dynasty.

As an emperor, in order to avoid suspicion, Zhou Chong could only stay at home, regardless of the court, and was focused on dealing with what happened in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chong, who was standing in front of the window, couldn't help but sigh. If Zhengde had just been to inspect Xuanfu, then there would be nothing, but Zhengde would definitely take Jiang Bin and the four foreign troops to go there.

Zhengde will definitely favor Jiang Bin more. In addition, Zhengde has lived in the palace since he was a child and has never seen the outside world. Although Xuanfu is not as prosperous as Jiangnan, it has a unique flavor. If Zhengde is addicted to it, he may be

He was really blinded by Jiang Bin.

Just as Zhou Chong was thinking about his thoughts, the door of the study behind him suddenly opened, and then Jin Xuan walked in with a plate. When he saw Zhou Chong turn around, he smiled and said, "Husband, it's late at night."

, I have cooked some lotus seed porridge for you, drink it and take a break soon!"

Looking at the gentle and virtuous Jinxuan, Zhou Chong couldn't help but walk over to support Jinxuan and said lovingly: "Why don't you rest so late?"

"I had already slept for a night just now. Thinking that my husband is still busy with government affairs, I got up and cooked some porridge. You should drink it while it's hot!" Jinxuan gently put down the tray and asked Zhou Chong to sit down again.

, while serving him porridge.

Zhou Chong felt a little hungry at this time. He took the bowl handed over by Jinxuan and drank all the lotus seed porridge in it in a few mouthfuls. Seeing that her husband was drinking sweetly, Jinxuan also smiled and gave it to him again.

One bowl, but Zhou Chong drank three bowls in a row, but he still felt that he was only half full. It was not because Zhou Chong could eat it, but the bowl Jin Xuan took was too small. Speaking of which, everything in the palace has rules, and even

There are regulations on what kind of bowl Zhou Chong uses. Such a small bowl is the standard equipment when Zhou Chong eats full, which is said to prevent him from overeating.

"Okay, don't eat so much at night, otherwise you will get fat easily. With your husband's age, if you get fat, it's not good to lose weight!" Jin Xuan knew that Zhou Chong was not full, but refused to let him eat again.

After all, it’s midnight now. Eating too much before going to bed is not only difficult to digest, but also prone to gain weight.

"Hehe, it's a blessing to be able to eat. What's the point of getting fat? At worst, you can exercise for a while tomorrow morning. No matter how much you eat, you won't be afraid of getting fat!" Although Zhou Chong said this, he didn't eat anymore, and then helped Jinxuan get the things.

After packing up and asking the maid to send it down, the two of them were ready to go back to their room to rest.

However, just as Zhou Chong and Jinxuan walked out of the study, there was a sudden sound of rapid footsteps outside. Then, butler Xu, who was covered in fat, ran over panting, holding a letter in his hand and said: "Prince, outside,
Chapter completed!