That afternoon, Zhao Junchen quickly received the news about what happened in the imperial study room.\r
In fact, Zhou Shangjing secretly informed Zhao Junchen of this news.\r
According to the news reported by Zhou Shangjing, after Emperor Deqing saw the results of the "Beijing Investigation", he found that "Zhao Party" had gained a lot, and thought that Zhao Junchen would take the opportunity to make up for the weaknesses in his foundation and heritage, so he became wary and vigilant. Maybe they will take action to suppress Zhao Junchen. I hope Zhao Junchen can make full preparations as soon as possible.\r
Of course, when Zhou Shangjing reported the news to Zhao Junchen, he naturally did not mention a word about the roles he and his chief assistant Shen Changmao played.\r
Zhou Shangjing did this because he naturally did not want Zhao Junchen to be too embarrassed under Emperor Deqing's suppression. If Zhao Junchen had no resistance at all, then Emperor Deqing would naturally see that Zhao Junchen's influence was far less than that of Zhou Shangjing. As powerful as Shen Changmao described, then Zhou Shangjing's plan will completely fail.\r
After receiving the news from Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen took it very seriously and immediately summoned his staff to discuss countermeasures.\r
In fact, half a year ago, if Zhao Junchen faced Emperor Deqing's fear and suppression, it would be easy to resolve it. It would be enough to show weakness to Emperor Deqing. As long as Zhao Junchen showed weakness, the fear and vigilance in Emperor Deqing's heart would be It will be resolved, and naturally there will be no more attempts to suppress Zhao Junchen.\r
But now, as Zhao Junchen becomes more and more powerful and has more and more party members, he has reached the point where "if you advance, you will sail against the current, but if you retreat, you will lead to an abyss". However, he can no longer show weakness at will, let alone like before. Kneeling in front of Emperor Deqing without any image, crying and pretending to be pitiful. Once Zhao Junchen did this, not only the prestige that Zhao Junchen had initially established would completely collapse, but the confidence of "Zhao Party" officials in Zhao Junchen would also continue to be shaken, " The cohesion just established by "Zhao Party" will also dissipate.\r
This is also one of the reasons why Zhou Shangjing chose to sow discord between Emperor Deqing and Zhao Junchen at this time, because Zhou Shangjing is very aware of Zhao Junchen's current situation and knows that Zhao Junchen cannot show weakness to Emperor Deqing at will at this time,\r
Therefore, after Zhao Junchen discussed with his staff for a long time, they did not come up with a good solution. The only solution was to "take advantage of the situation and adapt to circumstances", which was not a solution.\r
But at this moment, Li Lun, the staff member who always had many strange ideas, suddenly said: "Sir, in my opinion, the reason why Your Majesty is wary and fearful is actually because of your close proximity. This is because your reputation has gradually improved over time! If my lord, you are still as infamous as before, then no matter how powerful and influential you are, your majesty will not be too afraid. After all, your lord has a lot of flaws. , one catch is accurate, even if there is a high power and influence, His Majesty can easily eradicate it!\r
But now, your reputation has gradually improved, and the previous flaws have been repaired one by one. Even when the Qingliu people impeach you on weekdays, they only accuse you of forming a party for personal gain, instead of accusing you of corruption and bribery as before! Such a situation Come on, your majesty, he can't just seize the loopholes of your master at will, and seeing that your master's power and influence are getting higher and higher, it is difficult to eradicate him at will, so he has fear and vigilance."\r
After hearing what Li Lun said, Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Gradually improving my reputation has always been one of my established long-term plans. It is related to my ability to withdraw from the temple in the future, and I must not change it at will.
!Could it be that just because of His Majesty’s fears and cautions, he deliberately embezzled and accepted bribes and gave others a handle?”\r
Li Lun shook his head and said: "It's not that you, Your Majesty, deliberately took bribes! I mean, Your Majesty, you currently have too few flaws. You can completely reveal a flaw to Your Majesty that is not a flaw, and make Your Majesty mistakenly think that Your Majesty
It will cause a big mistake in the future. In this case, Your Majesty will not be so afraid of you."\r
"It's not a flaw?" After hearing Li Lun's suggestion, Zhao Junchen was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, looked up at Li Lun, and said, "Tell me what you think in detail."\r
Li Lun nodded and said: "My lord, according to the information I know, this is not the first time that Your Majesty has become wary of Your Majesty. During the period before and after the Southern Tour, Your Majesty's expansion of power has gradually caused
His Majesty was alerted, but in the end he did not take action to suppress it. Do you know the reason?"\r
After hearing Li Lun's inquiry, Zhao Junchen gradually felt a little enlightened and said, "You mean, it's because of the commercial tax rectification and the matter of the 'United Shipping Company'?"\r
Li Lun nodded and said: "That's right! At that time, His Majesty and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty thought that the rectification of commercial tax was a hot potato, and the matter of the 'United Shipping Company' was even more whimsical. They also thought that you had taken over these things.
After the incident, you will inevitably fail! Therefore, Your Majesty, he allowed your Excellency to expand his power, thinking that since you will fail sooner or later, there is nothing to be afraid of! But no one expected that Your Excellency is actually a genius.
It is true that the "United Shipping Company" has been used to improve the commercial tax corruption situation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River Waterway, and now it is gradually showing results! If His Majesty had known this earlier, I am afraid he would have taken action to suppress Your Excellency."\r
After a pause, Li Lun continued: "Now that the influence of your Majesty has further increased, Your Majesty has become suspicious again, but you might as well imitate the last example and reveal a flaw that is not a flaw again.
Let Your Majesty once again mistakenly believe that you are going to be in trouble in the future. In this case, His Majesty's suspicion will be resolved again!" \r
Hearing this, Zhao Junchen finally understood Li Lun's thoughts and said slowly: "So, after the rectification of business and taxation, it should be rectification of agriculture!"\r
During this period of time, in order to prevent the disaster caused by the "Little Ice Age", Zhao Junchen has been discussing agricultural reform with his staff. The agricultural reform memorial that Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing discussed a few days ago was the result of Zhao Junchen and his staff.
joint achievements.\r
This agricultural reform plan is indeed full of controversies and seems to be full of risks of failure. It is similar to the original commercial and tax rectification!\r
If Zhao Junchen throws out his agricultural rectification plan, it will definitely cause an uproar between the government and the public, and will definitely offend many vested interests. At that time, Emperor Deqing will definitely be happy to see it succeed, and he will also be afraid of Zhao Junchen.
It will temporarily alleviate a lot.\r
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen nodded slightly and said: "It is indeed a good and effective idea!"\r
Then, Zhao Junchen turned to look at Li Lun.\r
Among the staff, Li Lun is the most junior and the least talented, but he has a sharp vision and dares to break the rules. He always has some fantastic ideas and can take into account things that others cannot consider, so Zhao Junchen
Among all the staff, he is also the most valued.\r
Now, after hearing Li Lun's suggestion, Zhao Junchen suddenly felt that it was a bit unfair to just let Li Lun serve as his staff.\r
"There are so many talents in this world. It is a pity that Zhao Shancai was unwilling to take refuge in me at the beginning, but if Li Lun is well trained, he may not be much worse than Zhao Shancai in the future!" \r