At the same time that Zhao Junchen was returning home, Chen Dongxiang was sitting in the secret reception room of Zhao Mansion, with an expression on his face that was changing, and he looked a bit nervous.
In fact, Chen Dongxiang can be considered a veteran in officialdom. Over the years, he has seen a lot of world affairs and people's hearts, and is used to the truth and falsehood. In fact, there are not many things in this world that can make him so restless.
However, this time, following Zhao Junchen's instructions, he pretended to join Huang Yourong and became a double agent. This was the first time in his life. He had no experience and no confidence. Now he was naturally a little uneasy and didn't know what he was doing.
What is accomplished is good or bad.
Although he was holding the fragrant tea offered by the servants of Zhao Mansion in his hand, Chen Dongxiang forgot to drink it. He didn't realize that the tea was cold, and he just kept thinking about everything he had experienced before coming to Zhao Mansion.
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It was about an hour ago.
Not long after Academician Huo Zhengyuan received Chen Dongxiang's secret letter, a famous note from Pavilion Elder Huang Yourong was secretly sent to Chen Dongxiang, inviting Chen Dongxiang to secretly go to Huang Yourong's house to meet him.
Chen Dongxiang and Zhao Junchen had already expected this situation, so after receiving the invitation, Chen Dongxiang immediately rushed to Huang Yourong's house to pay a visit without any hesitation.
At least on the surface, Chen Dongxiang went to the Huang Mansion secretly without attracting anyone's attention.
But it was said that Chen Dongxiang secretly came to the Huang Mansion. After being introduced to the living room of the Huang Mansion, he looked up and saw all the important figures in Huang Yourong's faction waiting for him. Among them, headed by Ge Lao Huang Yourong, to Young Master Zhang Cheng, Wen
Huo Zhengyuan, the great scholar of Yuange, Lin Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and others were all indispensable.
From this, we can see how much Huang Yourong and his party attach importance to Chen Dongxiang's switch to the camp.
Perhaps it is because they have been overwhelmed by the party struggle these days. At this time, it is not an exaggeration to say that the expressions of everyone in the Yellow Party are eagerly awaiting - especially after seeing the appearance of Chen Dongxiang, such as the young master Zhang Cheng and the Minister of Rites.
Lin Wei, an important minister in the court, did not care about the difference in status between them and stood up to greet them!
"Shilang Chen is here! Haha! We have been waiting for it for a long time since I learned that Shilang Chen you intend to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side!" First, Lin Wei quickly came to Chen Dongxiang. He kept patting Chen Dongxiang on the shoulder and burst into laughter.
Quite happy at the time.
"Yes, with Chen Shilang's help, Zhao Junchen and his like will no longer be a threat to us! Please rest assured, Chen Shilang, as long as you can help Mr. Huang Ge bring down Zhao Junchen
Mr. Ge will never treat you badly!" Zhang Cheng also looked excited and happy.
But we can't blame these two people for being easily excited. The secret letter Chen Dongxiang sent to Huang Yourong is really valuable!
The secret letter not only expressed Chen Dongxiang's willingness to switch to Huang Yourong's faction, but also listed many criminal evidence of Zhao Junchen's officials! Although most of these officials were not high-ranking, they were quite numerous. And with these criminal evidence, it was enough
Let Huang Yourong's faction win back a victory in the party struggle with Zhao Junchen's faction!
These days, Huang Yourong's faction is really being suppressed by Zhao Junchen's faction in the temple and can't breathe. If this continues, sooner or later, morale will be low and people will be disorganized. They need something to reverse it, and Chen Dongxiang's surrender. For them,
It was a timely rain.
However, Huang Yourong, who was sitting in the first place, and University Scholar Huo Zhengyuan beside him, subconsciously frowned when they saw how enthusiastic Lin Wei, Zhang Cheng and others were towards Chen Dongxiang.
Will treating Chen Dongxiang like this make Chen Dongxiang proud of his merits in the future? So much so that he thinks that Chen Dongxiang can't win against Zhao Junchen's group if the Huang Party members leave him? He may even underestimate Huang Yourong's group because of this?
In fact, after seeing Zhang Cheng and Lin Wei lose their composure, Chen Dongxiang lowered his head and showed disdain in his eyes.
Therefore, after Huang Yourong and Huo Zhengyuan looked at each other, Huo Zhengyuan coughed slightly, interrupting the overly warm welcome given to Chen Dongxiang by Young Master Zhang Cheng and Lin Wei, Minister of Rites.
After Huo Zhengyuan stood up, he smiled calmly and said: "Zhang Shaofu, Lin Shangshu, and Chen Shilang have decided to abandon the dark side and join the bright side to deal with Zhao Junchen with us. It is naturally a blessing. However, after all, we have not yet brought down Zhao Junchen. Not yet."
When it comes to celebrating, let’s let Mr. Chen Dongxiang sit down and talk in detail first.”
After hearing Huo Zhengyuan's words, Zhang Cheng, Lin Wei and others realized the inappropriateness of their actions. They all looked embarrassed. Then they did not dare to look at Huang Yourong's face and sat back in their respective seats.
After Zhang Cheng, Lin Wei and others returned to their seats, Chen Dongxiang finally found the opportunity to speak, but he remained calm. He just walked quickly to the center of the living room, saluted everyone and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Dongxiang, have you seen me before?"
Mr. Huang Ge! I have also met Mr. Zhang, the great scholar Huo, Mr. Lin, and all my colleagues."
Seeing that Chen Dongxiang didn't have any arrogance and was quite respectful in front of him, Huang Yourong nodded with satisfaction, then returned to his usual smiling tiger look, raised his hand with a smile and said: "Chen Dongxiang, please sit down, from now on everyone is myself."
You will understand how I treat my own people now, but there is no need to be so polite now."
After Chen Dongxiang sat down, Huang Yourong said slowly: "Sir Chen, I have already read the secret letter you sent to me through Academician Huo. It lists many officials of Zhao Junchen and his party who have been corrupt and bribed in the court and used power for personal gain."
The evidence of your crime! It is enough to show your sincerity, Mr. Chen, in abandoning the secret and turning to the bright side. As the elder of the court, I will naturally not sit idly by and ignore these worms in the court! When the arrangements are made, I will report it to His Majesty so that Zhao Junchen can understand me.
The Ming Dynasty has strict laws and regulations, and it is definitely not a place for him to do whatever he wants!"
While talking, Huang Yourong didn't mention the party dispute between himself and Zhao Junchen at all, he just acted like it was business!
However, at this point, Huang Yourong changed the subject, the smile on his face faded, and he asked again: "However, I see that the evidence you listed, Mr. Chen, only involves low-level officials of Zhao Junchen's faction.
Even if they can be investigated and dealt with in the future, I'm afraid it won't be able to do anything about Zhao Junchen's fundamentals. However, my goal now is not the little people under Zhao Junchen's sect, but to bring down Zhao Junchen, the culprit in one go! But I don't know, Master Chen, what do you think about this?
Any suggestions?"
As he spoke, Chen Dongxiang clearly felt that there was a flash of doubt in Huang Yourong's eyes!
It seems that Huang Yourong did not really trust Chen Dongxiang. After all, although Chen Dongxiang revealed to him many evidences of the crimes of Zhao Junchen's officials, the officials involved were too low-level and could not shake Zhao Junchen's foundation. To Zhao Junchen, it was just not enough.
It's just painful or not.
Chen Dongxiang's next answer will also determine whether he can truly obtain evidence of Huang Yourong's crime!
If not, then Chen Dongxiang will not only be unable to gain a foothold in Huang Yourong's faction, but he may also lose his use value in Zhao Junchen's heart!
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PS: I'm very unlucky today. There was something wrong with my computer when I was halfway through writing. After restoring it with one click, all the things I originally wrote were gone. So the update is a bit late and the word count is very small. Please forgive me. I won't be working for the next two days, so I will