But Zhao Junchen came to the outside of Yangxin Hall and found eunuch Zhang De waiting there.
Arriving in front of Zhang De, Zhao Junchen asked softly: "Eunuch Zhang, how is your majesty feeling after he goes to court?"
Zhang De shook his head and replied softly: "Your Majesty, he didn't talk much today, but he didn't look like he was angry. In short, Mr. Zhao, you should be careful when you meet with His Majesty."
Zhao Junchen nodded thoughtfully and handed Zhang De a banknote.
After taking a look at the numbers on the banknote, a look of satisfaction flashed across Zhang De's face. Without saying anything more, he turned around and went to the Hall of Cultivation to report.
Soon, Emperor Deqing summoned Zhao Junchen.
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After Zhao Junchen entered the Yangxin Hall, he looked up secretly and saw Emperor Deqing's expression at this time. Just as Zhang De said, there was no joy or anger, just thoughtfulness.
"My lord, Zhao Junchen, bow to your majesty. Long live my emperor."
Emperor Deqing glanced at Zhao Junchen who was kneeling in front of him, and frowned slightly subconsciously, but still said: "Get up. I just kowtowed to you in the morning, so there is no need to be more polite."
The reason why Emperor Deqing frowned slightly was because Emperor Deqing suddenly discovered that the purpose of summoning Zhao Junchen after he went to court had quietly changed.
Going forward, Emperor Deqing summoned Zhao Junchen privately in order to let Zhao Junchen do some things that were inconvenient for Emperor Deqing to come forward.
But in recent days, Emperor Deqing summoned Zhao Junchen privately, but it was because everything Zhao Junchen did in the court began to make it difficult for Emperor Deqing to understand, so Emperor Deqing needed to ask Zhao Junchen in private
clear.
Faced with such changes, Emperor Deqing was naturally uneasy and felt that he was gradually losing control of Zhao Junchen.
As for Emperor Deqing's thoughts, Zhao Junchen knew clearly, but he was helpless.
In fact, Zhao Junchen was not willing to let Emperor Deqing have the idea that "Zhao Junchen gradually lost control." But since he understood Emperor Deqing's true intentions, Zhao Junchen understood that if he followed Emperor Deqing's instructions in everything,
If you do it with your heart, you will definitely not end up well.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen could only follow Emperor Deqing's instructions and make small moves from time to time to gradually reverse the situation he faced.
But even these small actions often exceeded Emperor Deqing's expectations, and because the goals were too obscure, they also gave Emperor Deqing the idea that "Zhao Junchen is gradually losing control."
These are inevitable things.
But since it was unavoidable, Zhao Junchen could only find some high-sounding reasons to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic to appease Emperor Deqing as much as possible.
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Sure enough, as expected by Zhao Junchen, Emperor Deqing summoned Zhao Junchen this time just to ask Zhao Junchen what the purpose of his actions in the morning session was.
After Zhao Junchen stood up, Emperor Deqing looked at Zhao Junchen for a few times and asked directly without going around any corners: "Junchen, today is the morning meeting. Why did you suddenly target Mr. Huangge? I remember you just gave me the gift yesterday.
I have read a book recommending that Huang Yourong stay in Beijing to assist the government during the southern tour, and I have never heard of any conflicts between the two of you, but your actions today are somewhat confusing to me."
After finishing speaking, Emperor Deqing looked at Zhao Junchen with sharp eyes, not missing any change in Zhao Junchen's expression.
After hearing Emperor Deqing's inquiry, Zhao Junchen did not dare to pretend to be confused anymore. What's more, with Emperor Deqing's imperial mentality, many things could not be hidden at all, but he answered with a frank look: "Return to Your Majesty, I want to say In fact, there are some grievances between the minister and Mr. Huang Ge, but they are just innocuous and trivial matters. The reason why I recommend Mr. Huang Ge to stay in Beijing to assist the government is because this is your Majesty's wish. In fact, for me, no matter whether it is Shen Who will stay in Beijing to assist the government, Mr. Ge or Mr. Huang? It’s the same."
At this point, Zhao Junchen sighed and continued: "However, it is precisely because your Majesty wants Mr. Huang Ge to stay in Beijing to assist the government during the southern tour, so I have to deliberately target Mr. Huang Ge, causing some fights and conflicts. Due to the incident, it would be best if Huangge Lao loses some power and influence before his southern tour. This will also be of great benefit to His Majesty and the stability of your empire."
"Oh?" Emperor Deqing was thoughtful, as if he had thought of something, but still asked: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Junchen explained: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, Mr. Huang Ge's reputation among the government and the public is also known. He is known as the 'Smiling Tiger'. He always smiles but hides his sword, and his character is a good person. This can be seen from this. In the future, during the southern tour, If Mr. Huang Ge is to assist the government, I am really worried. The prince has little experience, and there is no help from His Majesty during the period of supervising the country. I am afraid that he will not be able to defeat Mr. Huang Ge, and he may be deceived by Mr. Huang Ge. So I will take advantage of the southern tour to try to attack the power in the hands of Mr. Huang Ge, and I hope your Majesty will learn from it."
After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Emperor Deqing looked at Zhao Junchen deeply and asked: "Although it makes sense,... do you really think so?"
Zhao Junchen nodded first, then shook his head, and continued to explain: "Not only that, I also have other considerations."
"Oh? What else?"
Zhao Junchen sighed and said: "I understand that since the preparations for the southern tour went wrong, Your Majesty has been worried. You feel that the situation in the court has lost control, and there are disloyal people secretly plotting against the prince. Your Highness, you have ulterior motives..."
Seeing that Emperor Deqing did not deny it, Zhao Junchen looked extremely guilty and continued: "I have gained your majesty's trust and am also in charge of the West Factory. I have the power to supervise the government and the public. Your majesty is also worried about you." It is within my responsibilities! However, no matter how much I conduct reconnaissance these days, I still cannot find any clues. I am incompetent and unable to share your Majesty’s worries. I feel really guilty when I think about it every day.”
After a pause, seeing that Emperor Deqing could not deny it, Zhao Junchen said again: "Then I was thinking that although I don't know who those disobedient people are, the reason why they dare to scheme against the prince and cause harm in secret is probably the same. During this period of time, the situation in the DPRK and China has been too stable. The major factions in the DPRK and China are at peace with each other. There is no fight. People are always thinking about changes, so the situation is stable. But it is not necessarily the case. Good thing.
Therefore, I estimate that if there are some changes in the situation between the DPRK and China, and the ministers of the DPRK and China can restrain each other, I am afraid that they will not have the energy and leisure to do other things, and your Majesty's worries these days will naturally be solved. .It is precisely because of this consideration that I made up my mind to fight with Mr. Huang Ge, so I took today's action."
Zhao Junchen's words were not only extremely frank, but also heartbreaking, alluding to the principle that "when ministers quarrel, the emperor benefits." However, at this time, it was just a private conversation with Emperor Deqing, and
On the surface, everything was done for the sake of Emperor Deqing, so Zhao Junchen was not worried that Emperor Deqing would blame him.
Sure enough, after listening to what Zhao Junchen said, Emperor Deqing could not find anything wrong. Moreover, if the plan mentioned by Zhao Junchen was carried out, Emperor Deqing would control the situation in the DPRK and help Prince Zhu.
It is of great benefit for He Yu to stay in Beijing and assist in the administration.
Therefore, Emperor Deqing's expression softened a lot. He nodded slowly and said, "Junchen, if you really think so, then I will feel at ease."
Although Emperor Deqing said this, Zhao Junchen looked bitter and said: "However, Mr. Huangge has a solid foundation in the court. His disciples and former officials are all over the world, and his power and influence are far beyond my reach. Now I
Although he overestimated his ability to challenge Mr. Huang Ge, he was really not sure that he would be able to handle Mr. Huang's next counterattack. When the time comes, I hope that your Majesty, for the sake of your loyalty, will give you some help.
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Seeing Zhao Junchen like this. He was obviously pretending to be pitiful to please. Emperor Deqing couldn't help but smile and scolded: "If you don't have such confidence, why would you take the initiative to provoke Huang Yourong? You don't even tell me about such a big thing.
You are becoming more and more courageous, but you have not started to worry about the consequences until now? Don’t pretend to be pitiful with me, do you think I really don’t know how you are doing in the court now? How can you be afraid of Huang Yourong’s revenge?”
Seeing Zhao Junchen smile sarcastically, Emperor Deqing changed the topic again and said: "However, I am quite pleased that you can consider me so much and help the prince regardless of your past grudges. If things develop in the future, it will be like this
As you said, I will naturally not let you suffer too much."
"Thank you for your care, Your Majesty." After Zhao Junchen thanked him, he said to Emperor Deqing expectantly: "However, I hope that your Majesty can mention your thoughts to His Highness. Your Majesty, you also know that His Highness
How does he view me? After all, what I did today was for the sake of the prince. After the prince learns about it, he may be able to change his view of me..."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, although Emperor Deqing's expression remained unchanged, he secretly had a headache.
In recent days, Zhao Junchen, in order to paralyze Emperor Deqing, hinted to Emperor Deqing more than once that he wanted to ease the relationship with Prince Zhu Heyu.
As for Zhao Junchen's suggestion, Emperor Deqing was not willing, but he could not refuse it directly, so he had a huge headache.
However, after hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Emperor Deqing's suspicion of Zhao Junchen was reduced a lot, thinking that what Zhao Junchen did today was just a way to show goodwill to the prince Zhu Heyu.
After all, although what Zhao Junchen said just now sounded nice and seemed to consider Emperor Deqing and Crown Prince Zhu Heyu wholeheartedly, Emperor Deqing could not believe it considering the relationship between the Crown Prince and Zhao Junchen.
"Repaying kindness with enmity" is a noble virtue that is contrary to human nature. Compared with "repaying kindness with enmity", Emperor Deqing actually believed more in the principle of "showing kindness for nothing is either adultery or stealing".
Thinking that he understood Zhao Junchen's thoughts, Emperor Deqing felt much more relaxed. Faced with Zhao Junchen's hint, he gently avoided the topic and said slowly: "I will naturally tell you that the prince knows these things, but...
You just said that you had some harmless grudges with Huang Yourong, but did you mean that Huang Yourong's people came to your house to arrest someone?"
He never thought that Emperor Deqing would know such a trivial matter. Zhao Junchen couldn't help being surprised, but he didn't dare to hide it. He quickly told Emperor Deqing the whole story, especially the blind girl.
Xia'er's experience became even more pitiful in Zhao Junchen's words.
After hearing Zhao Junchen's report, Emperor Deqing smiled half-heartedly and nodded: "I see, Huang Yourong's habits are indeed arousing criticism, but I never thought that the refugees who came to Beijing to complain a few days ago would actually
I went to your house to petition, hoping that you would appeal for justice for them. It seems that your reputation among the people, Junchen, has improved a lot, and I am very pleased about this."
Although he said this, there was no hint of relief in Emperor Deqing's expression.
When he heard Emperor Deqing's meaningful words, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but was secretly shocked. He naturally understood that Emperor Deqing's positioning of him was that of a jester who was used to take the blame, and he would never want Zhao Junchen to do so.
Reputation has improved.
On the other side, seeing Zhao Junchen's expression change slightly, Emperor Deqing smiled and said: "Actually, I don't know much about these things. They were mentioned by chance when Zhou Shoufu came to the palace to play chess with me two days ago.
Yes, Zhou Shoufu was still sighing at that time. Those refugees would rather believe that you, Junchen, can uphold justice for them than trust the court's three law divisions. I don't know whether it's because the court's reputation is too bad, or whether Junchen's reputation is too good...
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