If we evaluate it according to the common vocabulary of later generations, Li Chuanwen is a staff member and master with "excellent professionalism". He always tries his best to complete the tasks assigned by Zhao Junchen, abandons all distracting thoughts and positions, and never fails to do so.
Feel free to comment on the merits and demerits of your own master.
Under such circumstances, Li Chuanwen couldn't help but say that Zhao Junchen's "deep intention and hatred of design are really difficult to evaluate", which itself is very illustrative.
In short, after Li Chuanwen read Zhao Junchen's secret letter, even a staff member with excellent professionalism like him found it difficult to agree with Zhao Junchen's plan this time.
Zhao Junchen's plans and ideas this time are actually very simple. To sum it up in one sentence, it is to "completely domesticate Prince Zhu Heyu"!
An important part of the reason why Zhao Junchen chose to form an alliance with Zhu Heyu was that Zhu Heyu lacked reliable staff and wise men around him at the time, and the Qingliu people also gradually drifted away from him - that is to say, at that time, there were no
People can make suggestions for Zhu Heyu, and no one can exert influence on Zhu Heyu or interfere with Zhu Heyu's judgment.
This is of course a great opportunity for Zhao Junchen to take advantage of it!
In Zhao Junchen's opinion, as long as he seizes the opportunity and operates it properly, he will become the only wise man and counselor Zhu Heyu can rely on in the future. His opinions will largely determine Zhu Heyu's thoughts and judgments - in short
As a result, Zhu Heyu will become Zhao Junchen's puppet!
Although Zhu Heyu has always been stubborn, as long as he has made up his mind, he will always put on a posture of not hitting the wall and never looking back. However, Zhu Heyu is not blindly stubborn. His stubbornness is only expressed in
After he has made a decision - whenever he makes up his mind, it is always difficult to change his mind in time, and then he hits the wall.
In fact, before Zhu Heyu made a decision, he was also very willing to "follow the good". As long as he could successfully instill his own ideas into Zhu Heyu before he made up his mind, then Zhu Heyu would
Be your strongest supporter and executor.
From a certain perspective, if one puts aside those pragmatic thoughts such as loyalty, benevolence and righteousness in Zhu Heyu's mind, one can even think that Zhu Heyu is a person without any opinion!
Regarding this point, just look at Zhu Heyu's strong reliance on Xiao Wenruan, Zhao Shancai and others. If Zhu Heyu was really stubborn, he would not listen to Xiao Wenruan, Zhao Shancai, and the Seventh Prince at all.
Zhu Hejian and others made various suggestions, but in fact Zhu Heyu valued their opinions very much and would resolutely implement their opinions, because these people could often persuade Zhu Heyu before Zhu Heyu made up his mind.
I accept their suggestions.
Zhao Junchen originally chose to join forces with Zhu Heyu because he wanted to play such a role. He would hide behind the scenes to advise Zhu Heyu and point out the direction, while Zhu Heyu stood in front of the stage to charge for him and attract people.
Firepower - this is called "cooperation."
It was precisely because of this consideration that when Zhao Junchen discovered that Zhu Heyu had ignored his original warning when he was investigating the crimes of the vassal clan in Luoyang, not only did he not follow the rules and do business in an official manner, but he listed many serious crimes and impeached everyone wantonly.
After the vassal, Zhao Junchen felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart.
Zhu Heyu can actually make up his own mind?
How is this possible?!
Once Zhu Heyu is used to thinking and making plans alone in the future, how can Zhao Junchen instill his own ideas into him?
If Zhao Junchen cannot instill his ideas into Zhu Heyu, and then let Zhu Heyu become the executor and supporter of his own ideas, then what is the point of Zhao Junchen choosing to join forces with Zhu Heyu?
In fact, Zhu Heyu's unauthorized actions this time were undoubtedly extremely successful in terms of results, and also produced very positive effects. His impeachment of the feudal clan during this period was just to make himself offend the feudal clan.
Play the role of the villain, and then let Emperor Deqing step in to appease the vassal and play the role of the good guy!
In the end, it not only severely damaged the power of the vassal and reduced the burden on the court, but also allowed Emperor Deqing to gain popularity. Such sacrifice of oneself to fulfill Emperor Deqing undoubtedly made Emperor Deqing extremely satisfied. Emperor Deqing was very satisfied with
His outlook improved greatly as a result.
If Zhu Heyu's attempt fails, Zhao Junchen will only be happy to see the success and will proactively take action to clean up Zhu Heyu's mess.
But it is a pity that Zhu Heyu's unauthorized action this time was a huge success. Zhao Junchen actually felt a sense of crisis in his heart, fearing that after Zhu Heyu tasted the sweetness of thinking alone, it would gradually become a habit and eventually form a
A personal opinion.
Therefore, in Zhao Junchen's eyes, Zhu Heyu's wrong habit of thinking alone and acting without authorization must be corrected in time and completely eradicated!
Only Zhu Heyu who follows good deeds is a good Zhu Heyu! Zhu Heyu who has his own opinions is not worthy of Zhao Junchen's support at all!
This is also the real reason why Zhao Junchen hurriedly arranged for Li Chuanwen and Xiao Wenxuan to come to Luoyang City to "assist" Zhu Heyu!
In the secret letter that Zhao Junchen wrote to Zhu Heyu, he still maintained his previous cautious stance and repeatedly warned Zhu Heyu that he must make fewer mistakes and make fewer mistakes during the next period of time, and accept the good news as soon as possible. Emperor Deqing is now
His views on Zhu Heyu have been reversed, but the abolition of the crown prince is imminent and cannot be changed. Under such circumstances, Zhu Heyu has successfully achieved his goal, and there is no need to do anything more. He just needs to be quiet.
Just wait for the opportunity to make a comeback. If there is another big disturbance, it will only create more variables, which may not be beneficial to Zhu Heyu himself.
Then, in the second secret letter that Zhao Junchen handed to Li Chuanwen alone, Zhao Junchen first told Li Chuanwen all the content of his advice to Zhu Heyu, and then explained his real plan to Li Chuanwen in detail, which was
——If Prince Zhu Heyu is still willing to listen to Zhao Junchen's advice this time, then that's it. Li Chuanwen will also try his best to assist him, but if Prince Zhu Heyu still chooses to disobey Zhao Junchen's advice this time, he wants to
If he wants to act without authorization, then Li Chuanwen must secretly make a stumbling block and try his best to sabotage Zhu Heyu's plan. He must make Zhu Heyu stumble hard and suffer a lot!
"If the prince acts on his own initiative, there is no need to consider whether the plan he has made has a greater or lesser chance of success, or whether such a plan is harmful or beneficial to the country and the people. It must be completely destroyed and he must reap the consequences."
These are the original words written by Zhao Junchen in the secret letter.
At the end of this secret letter, Zhao Junchen also specifically told Li Chuanwen the art of raising elephants by ancient elephant keepers, which was to tie the baby elephant to a wooden stake when it was still under adulthood.
The elephant did not want to be restrained, so he naturally tried his best to break free. However, the baby elephant was still weak at that time and could not pull out the wooden stake. After repeated attempts, he gave up. When the baby elephant gradually turned into an elephant, his body
The strength is so great that it can easily pull up the wooden stakes to break free, but the thinking inertia developed since childhood makes it think that it will never be able to pull out the wooden stakes, so it will not even try, and it will
Stay calm and stay near the stakes.
Zhao Junchen deliberately told this story to Li Chuanwen, and his intention was naturally self-evident.
In many cases, humans may not be smarter than elephants, nor may they be more determined than elephants. Zhao Junchen and Li Chuanwen both know this very well.
As long as Zhu Heyu tries to think alone in the future and always encounters failure after taking unauthorized actions, and will taste the bitter consequences after each failure, then the biological instinct of human beings to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages will make Zhu Heyu subconsciously think about it alone.
This kind of thing created fear, which in turn prompted him to unconsciously give up thinking alone. In the end, he had no choice but to rely on Zhao Junchen's advice.
In fact, the success Zhu Heyu gained from his unauthorized actions some time ago is only temporary in Zhao Junchen's eyes, because he has successfully aroused the fear and murderous intention of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, and sooner or later he will reap the consequences. Zhao Junchen has also made a plan
The plan was made, and I planned to wait until the seventh prince Zhu Hejian couldn't help but take action, and take the opportunity to educate Zhu Heyu.
All in all, Zhao Junchen was very patient and extremely firm regarding the matter of "taming Zhu Heyu".
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"No wonder I had to wait until I met His Highness the Crown Prince to open this secret letter. It turned out to be to prevent His Highness the Crown Prince from seeing any flaws in me...
Such a plan is so well-intentioned and so poisonous that even if I have been used to big storms for many years, I will inevitably feel panic when executing it. If I had known about this plan in advance, it would have been difficult to negotiate with the prince.
Stay calm, His Highness the Crown Prince has grown a lot during this time, maybe he will see something...
Also, Xiao Wenxuan is too young and the city does not have enough capital, so this plan cannot be made known to him... Hey! Zhao Gechen really took all the factors into account... It's really scary...
..”
After reading Zhao Junchen's secret letter, Li Chuanwen hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to raise the candle and light the secret letter and burn it.
Watching the secret letter gradually burn to ashes, under the flickering firelight, Li Chuanwen's expression also looked dark and uncertain, and he couldn't help but murmur to himself.
"However... Zhao Gechen would actually want to tame a prince, a future emperor. It is truly rebellious that has not been seen in a thousand years... Especially His Highness the Crown Prince is notoriously stubborn...
.... What a great courage... But if you think about Zhao Gechen's daily words, you can understand that he does not have much heartfelt awe for the imperial power... He can now
It’s not surprising that he came up with such a plan...
It's just that when His Royal Highness the Prince met with me today, he was a courteous corporal. His idea did have a good chance of success. I had originally decided to try my best to help him succeed... But now after seeing Zhao Gechen's words,
The sealed letter...is really a dilemma..."
While mumbling to himself, Li Chuanwen walked to the bedside of the room and slowly sat down, remaining silent for a long time.
It stands to reason that with Li Chuanwen's professionalism, he should abandon all distracting thoughts at this time and work for Zhao Junchen wholeheartedly. However, Zhao Junchen's plan is really shocking to the scholars of this era. Zhao Junchen has the courage to tame it.
Although he was a prince, Li Chuanwen did not have such courage and had to make great determination to do so.
In this way, after sitting quietly on the bedside for a quarter of an hour, Li Chuanwen, who was not young anymore, finally couldn't bear the exhaustion and let out a meaningless sigh before lying on the bed, his eyes gradually closed, and he gradually fell asleep.
passed.
"That's all! The matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor, I have been following this principle since I entered the profession of master. Now that I am working for Zhao Gechen, I can only do my best to promote his plan...
..."
"What's more, Zhao Gechen's plan will not make too many people aware of the signs. If I can help Zhao Gechen successfully tame a prince, it will be of great benefit to the future generations of the family. Just think of it as a chance before you die of old age.
..."
"Your Highness, I'm sorry..."
Before going to sleep, all these thoughts kept flashing through Li Chuanwen's mind.
However, making such a decision was not easy for Li Chuanwen.
Therefore, Li Chuanwen could not sleep well that night.
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That night, not only did Li Chuanwen not sleep well, but the governor of Henan Province, Zhen Zhen, also did not sleep well.
In fact, **Zhen had already fallen asleep, but was suddenly awakened by the servants in the palace, claiming that a secret letter had been sent from the capital.
During this period, under the changing circumstances, secret letters were exchanged frequently between the capital and Luoyang.
After hearing the servant's report, **Zhen immediately woke up.
At this time, it was already three quarters of the night, and the gates of Luoyang City had already been closed. It stands to reason that even if the messenger rushed outside Luoyang City at this time, he would not be able to send the letter into the city at all. Under such circumstances, he could still send the secret
The fact that the letter was delivered to the real person only shows that the origin of this secret letter is of great importance, and the content of the secret letter is also extremely urgent.
Therefore, ** really didn't dare to neglect, and quickly got up and washed her face to wake up a little, and then opened the secret message with a cautious expression to check it.
After ** really opened the secret letter, he immediately discovered a secret mark on the secret letter, and his expression became more solemn.
Since it is a secret message, it is natural that the name will not be left. When communicating with each other, most of them rely on secret messages to confirm their identity.
**After really reading the secret message, I immediately understood who the owner of this secret letter was.
In fact, it is not unexpected. The person who wrote this secret letter is none other than his backer in the court, the chief minister of the court, Zhou Shangjing!