Someone sent such a letter without a beginning or end in the middle of the night, and it was also pointed out that Zhou Chong would watch it in person. He was also stunned. At the same time, he had a bad premonition, especially when Zhengde was on a tour again.

Zhou Chong felt that the content in this letter would definitely surprise him.

Zhou Chong took the letter next time, turned around and opened it and looked at it. As a result, after reading it, Zhou Chong took a long breath, put the letter back into the envelope, and then put it in his arms. When he turned around to face Jinxuan, he then went back to the end of the letter.

Turned into a smile.

After spending a night with Jinxuan, Zhou Chong hurried to the palace just as dawn the next day. As he expected, Zhengde also got up early, and was accompanied by Jiang Bin and others to play badminton.

The things were originally presented to Zhengde by Zhou Chong, but unfortunately Zhou Chong's own skills were too poor and he was no longer a match for Zhengde. However, martial artists like Jiang Bin were in good physical condition and could play several games with Zhengde after learning.

If Zhou Chong usually sees Yi Zhengde and Jiang Bin and others, he will not come forward to persuade him, because he knows that Zhengde is a playful person and can dissuade him once, but it is impossible to dissuade him every time, or even

If it is too many times, it may also hurt the relationship between brothers.

But today he had an urgent matter to find Zhengde, so he strode forward and sweated at Zhengde, who was playing with it: "Brother, I have something important to report, please ask the brother to enter the palace.

Talk!”

Zhengde was also surprised that Zhou Chong would look for him at this time, but when he saw the solemn expression on Zhou Chong's face, he was also shocked. He put down his racket and went to the side hall with Zhou Chong. While wiping his sweat, he asked: "What.

Is there anything that makes you run so quickly to find Brother Hui?"

Zhou Chong did not rush to answer Zhengde's words. Instead, he took out his arms and received a letter from his arms and handed it to him and said, "Brother, look at this."

Zhengde took the letter and opened it and looked at it. However, his performance was strange. He was not as angry as Zhou Chong imagined. Instead, he showed an unpredictable smile. After a while, Zhengde tore off the letter.

He said: "These people are really brave enough. Before I left the capital, someone has begun to express their loyalty to you. But they are still not brave enough to even dare to write a signature.

It seems that I want to test your reaction from my second brother.”

The letter Zhou Chong received was full of no end, but the contents of the letter were heart-wrenching. The general meaning was that when Zhengde left the capital, they followed Zhou Chong's lead. Even if Zhou Chong launched a coup and rebelled, they

I am willing to stand on Zhou Chong's side. It can be said that this letter is a letter expressing loyalty, but although the person who wrote the letter is brave, he dare not write his name on it, and even the handwriting of the letter looks like it is

It's very awkward. It's very likely that the writer deliberately wrote the font like this so that he won't be recognized from the handwriting.

As Zhou Chong's sensitive identity, he received such a letter with ulterior motives. It can be said that it is a big problem. If it is not handled well, it may be a disaster. However, Zhou Chong thought about it for a while last night and did it immediately.

One decision was made, that was, to hand over the letter to Zhengde directly. After all, the two brothers had a deep relationship. Instead of deliberately concealing it, it would be better to take it out openly and let Zhengde make his own decisions.

"Brother, let's not guess the intention of the person who wrote this letter, but it can also be seen from this letter that if the brother leaves the capital, it will definitely make people feel unstable and even make some people have strange intentions.

, So the emperor must not leave the capital!" This was the first time Zhou Chong directly dissuaded Zhengde from going to Xuanfu. After all, once Zhengde left, the entire Ming Dynasty was pressed on him.

However, Zhengde laughed and said, "Second brother, the matter of going out to Xuanfu has not been settled yet, and the court has been quarreling. I am upset about my brother listening every day, so don't say this anymore, and for the other hand,

I heard that there is a rugby competition in the military academy today, and it is the finals between the infantry and cavalry departments. It must be very exciting, so we brothers must not miss it!"

After Zhengde finished speaking, he immediately asked Zhou Chong to prepare breakfast, and then asked Zhou Chong to have a casual breakfast with him, and took him to the military academy. Although Zhou Chong wanted to persuade him again, he knew what he was like, looking at Zhengde.

The persuasion probably won't work, so I could only sigh and watch Zhengde for a day's game.

A letter without beginning or end, although the content in the letter is very rebellious, it still cannot shake Zhou Chong's position. Perhaps it is really like Zhengde said, that someone wants to show loyalty in this way, but the other party's courage

It's not big enough, so I dare not write my name. However, it may be that someone wants to frame Zhou Chong, or there are other possibilities. However, these are no longer important. At least for Zhou Chong, this letter has only become his life.

A ripple of the tranquility soon returned to peace.

However, although Zhou Chong's life returned to its previous peace, the court still quarreled endlessly about Zhengde's tour. He supported the supporters, led by Wang Qiong, Minister of War, while the opposition was mainly Yang Ting and these cabinet ministers. In addition, the two were also the ones who opposed it.

Zhengde sat on the dragon throne and pulled the side frame. Both sides were having a lot of fun quarreling about it, and even delayed the serious government affairs.

In recent years, after Zhou Chong's efforts, the grain output of the Ming Dynasty has increased year by year, and the economy has also developed very rapidly. For the people of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they have food in their hands, they will not have any other ideas, and the economy is

The development made the Ming Dynasty's treasury very sufficient and was very generous in all aspects of money. Especially in the border army, he was very willing to spend money. The little Tatar prince led his troops south several times, but was defeated by the Ming Dynasty's border army.

Not only did he fail to grab any supplies and population, but he also lost his troops and generals.

It is precisely because of this that although the Ming Dynasty's court was quarreling and even delayed the handling of government affairs, it did not have much impact on the Ming Dynasty. The domestic people's conditions were stable, and no enemy abroad dared to provoke the Ming Dynasty at this time.

It is estimated that Zhengde thought so, so he not only favored Wang Qiong's side, but also fanned the flames from it, making the two factions even more lively.

However, just when the court was quarreling about Zhengde's tour, a bad news suddenly spread. After several days of illness in the Ming Dynasty, Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, finally passed away last night, at the age of 70.

Li Dongyang is not only the chief minister of the cabinet, but also the minister of the late emperor's personal order. He entered the court as an official at the age of 20 and worked hard for the Ming Dynasty for a full fifty years. Later, he became a Grand Secretary of the cabinet, assisting Xiaozong and Zhengde.

The emperors of the two dynasties were hardworking and made great contributions, so when his death was called "fifty years of establishment of the dynasty and eighteen years of leadership."

In addition, Li Dongyang is also the backbone of the Southern Officials Group. As long as he is there, the Southern Officials Group will not be in chaos, and the cabinet will not be in chaos. However, now that Li Dongyang's death has caused great shock to the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, especially for the Southern Department's origins.

For officials, they felt even more indifferent. After all, they had long been used to the situation where Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the Southern faction, was in charge of the court. Now that Li Dongyang died, most people felt uncomfortable.

Although Yang Tinghe and others in the cabinet were shocked, they were mentally prepared for Li Dongyang's death. They also knew that at this critical moment when debating whether Zhengde would go on a patrol, Li Dongyang's death would definitely cause great morale to his side.

A big blow may even be defeated by Wang Qiong and others, resulting in Zhengde's smooth travel. Therefore, in order to deal with this problem, Yang Tinghe and others immediately proposed to Zhengde to suspend the discussion on the matter of going on a tour, and the most important thing now is to deal with it.

After all, the other party was the chief minister of the cabinet and the minister of life, so naturally there was no omission in his funeral.

Although Zhengde is nonsense, he still respects Li Dongyang very much. He also knows that even if he takes advantage of Li Dongyang's death to get out of the tour, it will cause a strong backlash from Yang Tinghe and others in the future, so it is better to deal with Li Dongyang's first.

At the funeral, then take advantage of the unstable opportunity of Yang Ting and the people in the side to decide the tour in one fell swoop.

Li Dongyang died as the chief minister of the cabinet, and he devoted himself to his work. In addition, his special identity, the Ming Dynasty soon reached the end of Li Dongyang, and he posthumously awarded Li Dongyang the title of Grand Tutor Wen Zheng.

As for Li Dongyang's funeral, Zhengde specially instructed to be organized by the Ministry of Rites, and all the flowers were also delivered by his inner warehouse. Li Dongyang's son was also rewarded. It can be said that the treatment was extremely generous, but because Li Dongyang had passed away.

We asked to be buried in Chaling, our hometown, so the real funeral will be held in Chaling.

. Although Yang Tinghe and others tried their best to delay the funeral of Li Dongyang, they hoped to use this period of time to integrate people's hearts and revitalize the morale of southern officials. However, Wang Qiong and others did not give them any chance at all, and they were active in Li Dongyang's funeral.

In the process, he even gave Li Dongyang the extremely noble posthumous title of "Wen Zheng", so it took only one month to deal with Li Dongyang's funeral.

After the funeral was handled, Wang Qiong immediately mobilized his own strength and once again mentioned Zhengde's tour to the court. As a result, Yang Tinghe and others naturally opposed it with all their might. Unfortunately, after the blow of Li Dongyang's death, the people on their side were a little uneven.

It was Zhengde who also promoted several people from Wang Qiong to important positions, which greatly increased their voice. Even if Yang Ting and the Cabinet Grand Secretary all opposed it, they could not defeat Wang Qiong and others in the end.

Siege.
Chapter completed!