At court this morning, Zhao Junchen encountered opposition from hundreds of officials, and Emperor Deqing naturally saw it.
Just as Zhao Junchen expected, after seeing this scene, Emperor Deqing's suspicion and wariness towards Zhao Junchen could not help but lower a lot.
But Emperor Deqing still had some doubts in his heart.
"According to Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao, Zhao Junchen's current power and influence can interfere with cabinet decisions. Even Zhou Shangjing has to compromise with Zhao Junchen... But the scene in court this morning is not like them at all. From what he said, if Zhao Junchen's power really reached this level, the opposition from the officials would never be so fierce..."
"Could it be that Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao are working together to plot against Zhao Junchen? They want to arouse my suspicion and prompt me to take action to suppress Zhao Junchen's rise? Well, it is possible..."
"However, there is something strange about this matter! This morning, when Zhao Junchen made the proposal, all the officials of the 'Zhao Party' actually stood aside and had no intention of supporting Zhao Junchen! If the officials of the 'Zhao Party' could By standing up and showing support, Zhao Junchen will not be able to argue with the officials on his own today, and the situation will be much better... Zhao Junchen's behavior seems to be deliberately asking for trouble..."
Sitting behind the imperial desk, Emperor Deqing secretly thought about what happened in court this morning, but there were more and more doubts in his heart.
In the end, Emperor Deqing decided to wait and see what happened, and would not take action to suppress Zhao Junchen for the time being. He would observe for a while to avoid falling into Zhou Shangjing's alienation plan.
Then, Emperor Deqing thought of Zhao Junchen's report about the lack of food in the court, and his brows furrowed.
Although Emperor Deqing was very happy with his achievements, he was not an incompetent emperor, so he knew very well what harm would be caused by insufficient food reserves in the court!
If Zhao Junchen's five proposals are all implemented, it is indeed possible to alleviate the court's food shortage dilemma within two or three years, and the ability of various places to deal with natural disasters will also be greatly enhanced. However, due to the strong obstruction of hundreds of officials, these five proposals In the end, only the first two proposals were passed. Although the third proposal was also passed, it was also subject to many restrictions. As for the last two proposals, although they were the most important, they encountered the most opposition and ultimately failed. Of.
In this way, it seems that everyone can reluctantly accept the outcome of this morning's court meeting, but the plight of the court's food shortage has not been improved much.
Judging from Zhao Junchen's attitude, he does not intend to give up the last two proposals and will continue to compete with the officials in the future. However, it is foreseeable that unless Emperor Deqing and the ministers of the cabinet collectively support Zhao Junchen, he will only With Zhao Junchen's own efforts, it is absolutely impossible for these two proposals to be passed in a short time. Maybe even after the imperial court's food reserves are completely exhausted, the debate over these two proposals will still continue.
Thinking of this, Emperor Deqing couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Zhao Junchen said something that is still very reasonable: the court's food shortage must be changed, and the situation cannot be allowed to worsen.
Thinking of this, Emperor Deqing raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and told Zhang Xiu, the eunuch of Yangxin Palace: "Send someone to the Ministry of Household Affairs and bring the accounts of the granaries in various places in the imperial court. I want to review them."
After hearing Emperor Deqing's instructions, Zhang Xiu did not dare to neglect and quickly went to make arrangements.
Then, Zhang Xiu brought another pile of memorials and asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, these are memorials submitted to you by officials from various places. Do you think you should review them now?"
Emperor Deqing nodded and said: "Put it down, I will review it now."
After Zhang Xiu put the memorial in front of him, Emperor Deqing picked up a copy and started to review it.
Then, Emperor Deqing's expression became slightly more relaxed.
This memorial was submitted by the new cabinet minister Liang Fuchen, saying that he had already made a handover with the new Trilateral Governor Wang Zheng and would soon arrive in the capital to take up the post of cabinet minister.
Speaking of which, more than two months have passed since Emperor Deqing decided to let Liang Fuchen join the cabinet to assist the government, but Liang Fuchen still has not come to Beijing to take up the post, which is too much delay.
But Emperor Deqing had no intention of blaming Liang Fuchen.
Because Liang Fuchen first had to wait until the new trilateral governor Wang Zheng arrived in Shaanxi and Gansu before he could hand over to Wang Zheng. In addition, the trilateral governors were extremely powerful and controlled the governors of Hexi, Hedong, Shaanxi and Gansu, Liang, Su and Xi.
, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendoling, Xing'an, and Guyuan's nine generals are facing extremely complex situations and are responsible for the important tasks of northern border defense. Therefore, the handover between Liang Fuchen and Wang Zheng will inevitably take a long time. In this way,
It is completely acceptable for Liang Fuchen to arrive a few days late.
Liang Fuchen is about to come to the capital to take up his post, which is naturally a good thing for Emperor Deqing. This means that Emperor Deqing's control over the center of the imperial court is about to be further enhanced.
However, when Emperor Deqing put down Liang Fuchen's memorial and picked up another memorial for review, his original good mood was immediately ruined.
This memorial was submitted by Wang Baoren, the newly appointed Crown Prince and Grand Master, but it did not contain good news. It was Wang Baoren's apology memorial.
It turned out that when Wang Baoren came to the capital to take up his post, he was also responsible for escorting many prisoners captured by Huang Yourong in Southern Zhili, including not only Su Changzhen and his cronies, but also more than ten smugglers who committed the crime.
However, just after Wang Baoren escorted a group of prisoners to Beizhili, a fire suddenly broke out at the post station where he lived, and all the smugglers who committed the crime died in the fire.
After seeing this memorial, Emperor Deqing snorted and said in a low voice: "This Wang Baoren has really regressed in Nanzhili over the years. He can't even take care of some prisoners!"
After saying that, Emperor Deqing threw Wang Baoren's apology memorial aside, not particularly caring about it, and then picked up the third memorial.
This memorial was a secret document sent by the imperial envoy Huang Yourong from Kuaima, Nanzhili.
After seeing the contents of this secret, Emperor Deqing's expression suddenly changed and his expression immediately became serious.
After pondering for a moment, Emperor Deqing once again ordered Zhang Xiu, the eunuch of Yangxin Palace: "Immediately summon all the cabinet ministers, the six ministers, and the prince to the imperial study for discussion!"
Seeing Emperor Deqing's serious expression, Zhang Xiu did not dare to neglect and quickly went to do it himself.
After Zhang Xiu left, Emperor Deqing first read Huang Yourong's confession carefully, and then picked up Wang Baoren's confession and read it again, his eyes full of contemplation.
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