After hearing Emperor Deqing's order, Zhao Junchen looked embarrassed
At this time, he still wants to talk about some important principles for the country and the government first, and then talk about his own personal interests.
But Emperor Deqing gave the order, and Zhao Junchen had no choice.
After sighing, Zhao Junchen said: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, I followed your wishes and did not hesitate to offend the three ministers in the court. I also fully supported Cheng Yuandao, a scholar from Wenhua Palace, to join the cabinet. Ordinarily, I would like to express my gratitude to Cheng Yuandao. Isn't it a bit of kindness? But your Majesty, you have seen what Cheng Yuandao has done in the past few days. The first thing you should do after joining the cabinet is to strictly investigate the Ministry of Household Affairs. The second thing is to impeach. Mr. Zuo Lanshan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who is close to the minister guānxi!"
Emperor Deqing snorted coldly and said, "Didn't I help you suppress these two matters? What else do you have to be dissatisfied with?"
Zhao Junchen smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, your majesty has been kind enough to suppress these two things. It's too late for me to be grateful, so how can I dare to be dissatisfied? It's just that I don't want to grow rice in order to breed Taodoulang. "Three pavilion elders, Cheng Yuandao still regards me as an enemy. He repeatedly embarrasses me and my close colleagues, making me feel like a human being inside and outside, which is really sad."
After a pause, Zhao Junchen shook his head helplessly and continued: "I am loyal to His Majesty. If I just suffer some grievances, it is nothing. But how can those colleagues who are close to me endure this? The minister asked them to help support Cheng Yuandao to join the cabinet, but Cheng Yuandao repeatedly made things difficult for them after joining the cabinet. What would they think in such a situation? I think they would certainly be dissatisfied with Cheng Yuandao, but they would also be more dissatisfied with the minister. I feel dissatisfied with this approach.”
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Emperor Deqing narrowed his eyes slightly and seemed to be thinking about something but did not interrupt Zhao Junchen's explanation.
Zhao Junchen looked up at Emperor Deqing, his expression becoming more helpless and pitiful, and continued: "Your Majesty, you also know that in the officialdom, if you want to achieve something, in addition to your own ability, you need the help and support of your colleagues around you. Otherwise, nothing can be done. I am not willing to go against Your Majesty's wishes. To impeach the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is just what the Metropolitan Procuratorate has done in recent days. It is really too much. I have to go up and down every day to impeach the ministers and ministers. If I continue to repay kindness with kindness and help His Majesty protect the Metropolitan Procuratorate, my close colleagues may never be convinced by me again! And if I don’t have the support of these colleagues in the future, I will not be able to do things for Your Majesty. You have more than enough, but you don’t have enough strength!”
Having said this, Zhao Junchen lowered his head again and sighed: "Such consideration is exactly my selfish interest. I dare not hide anything. I hope your majesty will tell you clearly."
Emperor Deqing snorted softly and said: "To put it nicely, what kind of close colleagues are you talking about? They are not the friends you made in the court camp!?"
Although he said this, Emperor Deqing's complexion improved slightly, apparently accepting Zhao Junchen's explanation.
Especially Zhao Junchen's last sentence touched Emperor Deqing quite a lot.
Zhao Junchen wants to express? a href='/txt/16711/4849414/'>. Thoughts. What if Emperor Deqing just blindly forced Zhao Junchen to support the prince at the expense of harming the interests of the Ziji party? Zhu Heyu and officials from the "Zhao Party" would definitely be dissatisfied with Zhao Junchen. If the "Zhao Party" fell apart, it would be extremely detrimental to Emperor Deqing's control of the overall situation in the DPRK.
On the other side, after hearing what Emperor Deqing said, pointing out that Zhao Junchen had formed a clique for personal gain in the court, Zhao Junchen seemed a little embarrassed and lowered his head in silence.
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According to Zhao Junchen, the so-called "emperor's mind", first and foremost, is to recognize the existence of selfish interests and selfishness of all officials in the court, and then use selfishness and self-interest to distribute rewards and prizes to control the thoughts and actions of the officials.
Like Prince Zhu Heyu, who believes that all officials in the court should be like saints, serving the people wholeheartedly without any selfish motives, I am afraid they will never be able to learn the emperor's mind.
Emperor Deqing was well aware of the emperor's intentions, and he also agreed with Zhao Junchen's self-interested remarks.
However, recognition is recognition, and anger is anger. These explanations alone still could not convince Emperor Deqing.
Seeing that Zhao Junchen was still hanging his head in silence, Emperor Deqing snorted again, and then said: "Even if you are in some trouble, why don't you tell me that I know? Can't I still understand your difficulties? You are so fierce and unruly.
If you go against my will in front of all the officials, where can I put my face?"
Zhao Junchen's face became increasingly bitter as he explained: "Your Majesty, I only discovered the dissatisfaction of Zuo Lanshan and the others before the morning court. I really have no chance to report it to you."
After glaring at Zhao Junchen, Emperor Deqing did not continue to argue on this topic. He just continued to ask with a cold face: "Just now you said that you were serving the public rather than private. You did it as a last resort. Now your selfishness
Having said that, tell me about your public heart. I want to see what other great truths you can say."
Emperor Deqing did not expect that Zhao Junchen actually said something.
I saw Zhao Junchen's face full of seriousness, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the reason why I impeached the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also for your Majesty's country and the country. One of the reasons is that I have already said it in the morning. If not
Severely punishing the Metropolitan Procuratorate will make the people dissatisfied and question the court's legal justice. Only by rectifying the Metropolitan Procuratorate can we stabilize the people's hearts and the country and the country."
Emperor Deqing scolded Zhao Junchen for a long time, and his mouth was dry. At this time, he was drinking tea from a teacup. After hearing Zhao Junchen's words, he glanced sideways at Zhao Junchen and said, "I said,
I don’t want to hear your talk now.”
Zhao Junchen said: "Your Majesty, how can this be just talk? It is indeed what I really think in my heart. However, if that is the case, I would not dare to disobey Your Majesty in public. There are other considerations... Your Majesty, don't you think
, do those young people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have too great an influence on His Royal Highness?"
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Emperor Deqing was slightly startled, slowly put down the tea cup in his hand, frowned slightly, and asked: "What do you mean by that?"
Zhao Junchen said: "This is my second reason. Your Majesty's current elites in the Metropolitan Procuratorate have a great influence on His Royal Highness, or it may be because the Crown Prince trusts the character of these elites too much. Almost all of them
The prince will do whatever the Qingliu say. However, the prince is the prince after all and the future emperor, so how can he be too deeply influenced by a certain force? If this continues, when the prince ascends the throne in the future, what will happen to the world?
Does the prince have the final say? Or do those Qingliu have the final say?"
Although Zhao Junchen's words were a bit alarmist, Emperor Deqing's expression became solemn and he said slowly: "Are you saying that those Qingliu will control the prince in the future? I am also well aware of the character of the people around the prince and want to control them.
You won’t have such a disloyal heart.”
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, Yichen seems that the important point is not whether they will do it but whether they can do it! Even if they do not have the intention to control the prince, but if they have the ability to control the prince, then
I have to guard against it.”
"Can" refers to the mind, and "can" refers to the ability. Sometimes, for emperors, the latter is even more serious.
If a person has rebellious thoughts, it is not very scary to the emperor. If a person has the strength to be rebellious, even if he does not have such thoughts, to the emperor, it is a matter of restlessness.
Got it
So, does Qingliu in the court already have the ability to control the prince?
Just when Emperor Deqing was thinking deeply, Zhao Junchen further explained: "Your Majesty, originally His Highness the Crown Prince was wise and decisive, and would never be easily manipulated by others, but the current situation is different. On weekdays, the situation is different.
The people who gathered around the prince were all those Qingliu. The prince's cronies in the court were all those Qingliu. The people who usually ran errands for the prince were still those Qingliu. No matter how wise and decisive the prince was, under such circumstances
How can you not be affected by those clear streams? Whatever those clear streams say, the prince does."
After a pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "Your Majesty, I boldly speculate that the so-called emperor should be broad-minded, tolerant of both the pure and the upright, and impartial, so that he can sit firmly in the world. If the people around the emperor blindly treat everything,
It is Qingliu, which will only cause the Qingliu faction to become dominant, which is definitely not a good thing. Therefore, I also want to impeach the Imperial Procuratorate for the sake of the prince, and reduce some of the Qingliu forces around the prince, so that the prince can take the opportunity to absorb other forces. Only in this way can
I hope that you can be able to tolerate both the pure and the dark, and not be influenced by one family or one sect alone. I hope Your Majesty will learn from it."
Having said this, Zhao Junchen looked up at Emperor Deqing, and for the first time, his expression flashed with nervousness.
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Previously, Zhao Junchen mentioned the difference between "will" and "can", which actually has three meanings.
The first meaning is that the influence of the Qingliu in the court on the prince Zhu Heyu was too great. Even if he did not have the intention to manipulate the prince, he definitely had the ability to manipulate the prince, which made Emperor Deqing want to suppress the Qingliu forces around the prince.
The second meaning is talking about Zhao Junchen himself, implying that even if he went against Emperor Deqing's wishes, he never went against Emperor Deqing's strength, in order to reassure Emperor Deqing.
As for the third meaning, it is talking about Prince Zhu Heyu. With the ambition and ability that Zhu Heyu has shown now, even if he has the determination to govern the world, he can't.
With such ability? Is it really a good choice to hand over the Ming Dynasty to Prince Zhu Heyu? This was used to hint Emperor Deqing to reconsider the matter of establishing a heir apparent.
Zhao Junchen said these three meanings in a vague way, but Zhao Junchen believed that Emperor Deqing's intentions could definitely be heard.
In addition to these three hints, Zhao Junchen was also testing Emperor Deqing.
Zhao Junchen mentioned that an emperor should be "pure and turbid at the same time". The "clear" in it naturally refers to the clear flow in the court, and the "turbid" in it refers to Zhao Junchen himself!
If Emperor Deqing can make up his mind to ease the relationship between Zhao Junchen and Prince Zhu Heyu, make Prince Zhu Heyu no longer hostile to Zhao Junchen, and finally bring Prince Zhu Heyu and Zhao Junchen together, then Zhao Junchen will definitely
I don’t mind changing my stance right away, and I will wholeheartedly support Crown Prince Zhu Heyu from today on.
Emperor Deqing's next answer is related to Zhao Junchen's future path choice.
Therefore, although Zhao Junchen was well prepared, while waiting for Emperor Deqing's answer, he still couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart!
Then, while Zhao Junchen was waiting nervously, Emperor Deqing thought about Zhao Junchen's words for a long time and finally spoke slowly.
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