From ancient times to the present, both at home and abroad, during the changes of dynasties and the succession of thrones, there have been many emperors who were diligent and caring for the people and eventually became kings of subjugation, while there were also many emperors who were playful and lazy and created a world of peace. Similar situations are not uncommon.
, there are several relevant examples in the Ming Dynasty alone.『≤
It can be seen from this that the emperor's sage or ignorance will not actually affect the general trend of the world in many cases.
Why?
There are many reasons, some are political reasons, some are historical reasons, but most of them are man-made reasons!
After all, the emperor is just an emperor. Although he is superior, he is also a loner. His policies, ideas, and concepts can only be realized with the assistance of his ministers.
No matter how wise the emperor is, if his officials are all useless people, then the good governance that is supposed to benefit the people will eventually turn into a bad governance that harms the country and the people!
Similarly, no matter how stupid the emperor is, if he is assisted by good ministers, the bad government that brings disaster to the country will eventually turn into good government that benefits all the people!
After all, in many cases, ministers are more important than the emperor, and the people who implement policies are more important than the policies themselves!
Therefore, Zhao Junchen never minded giving advice to Emperor Deqing. Whenever Emperor Deqing encountered difficulties, Zhao Junchen would always try his best to come up with some "good strategies" and "good strategies". These "good strategies", "
"Good Strategies" seemed to be entirely for Emperor Deqing, many of which would even harm Zhao Junchen's own interests, but Zhao Junchen never worried!
Because, no matter what kind of "good policy" or "good policy" it is, Emperor Deqing will eventually need hundreds of officials to help him implement it. If the person who implements it deceives the superiors and deceives the subordinates, secretly causing harm, then these "good policies" and "good policies" will only end up being useless.
It will be counterproductive.
And this possibility is exactly the opportunity Zhao Junchen needs!
In Zhao Junchen's view, Emperor Deqing was not a fool. Although he would occasionally encounter some embarrassing situations, as long as Emperor Deqing thought hard, he would eventually come up with a solution. In this case, why didn't Zhao Junchen come up with a solution for Emperor Deqing?
Beforehand, should you propose your own method to Emperor Deqing first? In this way, you can not only win the favor and trust of Emperor Deqing, but also control the future situation in your own hands!
In fact, Prince Zhu Heyu has always been hostile to Zhao Junchen, and Emperor Deqing only raised Zhao Junchen as a "fat pig". It can be said that the conflict between Zhao Junchen and "imperial power" cannot be reconciled at all, but Emperor Deqing did
He has never really doubted Zhao Junchen's position. Although there are occasional precautions, it is just the emperor's balancing act. For most of the time, Emperor Deqing regarded Zhao Junchen as a die-hard confidant. Why? That's it.
Because Zhao Junchen would put himself in Emperor Deqing's shoes every time. Whenever Emperor Deqing encountered difficulties, Zhao Junchen would help Emperor Deqing come up with solutions, even if these methods would harm Zhao Junchen's own interests. Zhao Junchen also
There was never any hesitation, so Emperor Deqing naturally thought that Zhao Junchen was "tame".
But what about actually?
At the beginning, Prince Zhu Heyu wanted to get the job of preparing for the southern tour. So Zhao Junchen tried his best to formulate a seemingly "perfect" preparation plan for Prince Zhu Heyu, but secretly he teamed up with Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong and other central cabinet elders to
As well as local officials from various places during the southern tour, they continued to secretly cause trouble. However, they made Prince Zhu Heyu fail in his work and caused great damage to the reputation of Prince Zhu Heyu.
Then, Emperor Deqing wanted to restore the reputation loss of Prince Zhu Heyu, and Zhao Junchen still offered his advice. He helped Prince Zhu Heyu get the job of investigating the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case", and also formulated a seemingly very simple plan.
A beautiful strategy, but it secretly added fuel to the flames. In the end, not only did Prince Zhu Heyu offend many forces, but it also allowed Prince Zhu Heyu to handle many unjust cases like the Li Xin corruption case. It is foreseeable that Prince Zhu Heyu
He Yu's troubles have just begun.
This is Zhao Junchen's strategy. On the one hand, he proposes plans to Emperor Deqing that seem to be beneficial to the royal family but not beneficial to himself. On the other hand, he plays a hand in the implementation of these plans and seeks interests in the cracks. Can he finally achieve these plans?
Your own purpose depends on Zhao Junchen's own methods!
So far, Zhao Junchen has done well. Under Zhao Junchen's strategy, Emperor Deqing's trust has not diminished, but the reputation of Prince Zhu Heyu has continued to suffer.
This time, Zhao Junchen also adopted the same strategy. On the one hand, he proposed a strategy to Emperor Deqing that seemed to be beneficial to the imperial power and the royal family. But on the other hand, Zhao Junchen still had his own goals and would still do evil in secret, which would eventually lead to the defeat of Emperor Deqing.
The situation turned in a completely different direction.
However, this time, Zhao Junchen’s goal was not only the reputation of Prince Zhu Heyu, but also the prestige of Emperor Deqing himself!
In fact, after Zhao Junchen left Emperor Deqing's temporary palace and returned to his residence, he began to prepare the next plan.
This time, Zhao Junchen's follow-up plan was not complicated. He was just preparing to reveal Emperor Deqing's thoughts through public opinion and rumors.
It can be foreseen that whether Emperor Deqing framed a well-known upright official for the sake of the reputation of Prince Zhu Heyu, or Emperor Deqing prepared to make "huge amounts of property of unknown origin" a crime in order to expand his imperial power, once these things were revealed
, will inevitably cause an uproar in the court!
By that time, not only will the prestige and prestige of Emperor Deqing and Prince Zhu Heyu be lost, but Emperor Deqing may also make some concessions to officials in order to calm down the chaos in the court. By that time, not only will the imperial power be unable to increase
, but there will be a slight decline!
However, Zhao Junchen spent a lot of time thinking about how to reveal this information and prevent Emperor Deqing from doubting him.
In the end, Zhao Junchen decided to leak this information to some "princeling" officials, and publicize these things through the mouths of "princeling" officials - anyway, most "princeling" officials are not strict with their mouths and cannot keep it at all.
any secret.
Moreover, today, Bao Wenjie, the Minister of Rites, was very dissatisfied with Emperor Deqing's decision, and even expressed his dissatisfaction on his face. After Zhao Junchen leaked these things through the "princeling" officials, Bao Wenjie was a natural candidate to take the blame.
Emperor Deqing would not doubt Zhao Junchen's position by then.
After making up his mind, Zhao Junchen began to write to the capital, explaining his various plans to Fang Ru in detail. Zhao Junchen believed that Fang Ru would handle the matter properly.
And just after Zhao Junchen finished writing the letter, Xu Qingyan suddenly pushed in the door and reported to Zhao Junchen: "Master, Miss Chen Zhirong Chen wants to see you."
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