In fact, after Zhao Junchen's careful analysis, he found that there are really many unfavorable factors facing him today.
There are so many that it can even make Zhao Junchen break into a cold sweat just thinking about it.
Although Zhao Junchen seems to have a good appearance now, he has too many political enemies and a bad reputation. Even the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the current Crown Prince, is quite dissatisfied with him.
Among these problems, some can be easily solved, some can be tried to be solved, and some are simply impossible to solve.
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The problem that can be easily solved is the problem of too many political opponents in the court.
Zhao Junchen is young and belongs to the category with no talent or virtue, but with the help of the Holy Family, he can rise to great heights in a short period of time. Now he is a third-rank official in the imperial court. How can he not make people jealous?
In fact, there are many jealous people, and there are many people who are jealous and hateful. In the past, Zhao Junchen was young and frivolous, and offended many people, thus making more enemies.
In addition, in the past, Zhao Junchen thought that as long as he had the Holy Family, it would be enough, so he always looked down upon those who flattered him, and he had no hardcore allies.
Having too many enemies is never a good thing. They are always watching you secretly, waiting for the moment you reveal your flaw, or push you off the cliff with their own hands, or gleefully add insult to injury, leaving you unable to stand up.
However, although this problem seems troublesome, it is actually easy to solve.
Putting aside the so-called clear-minded people, the vast majority of Zhao Junchen’s political opponents are hostile to Zhao Junchen only because of jealousy and jealousy, and because Zhao Junchen enjoyed too many benefits in the past. The so-called political opponents are essentially because
Uneven distribution of benefits - as long as Zhao Junchen takes some of the benefits he has received and distributes them to them, his original opponents and enemies will immediately become his most die-hard allies.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen is not worried about this.
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What can be tried to solve is the problem of Zhao Junchen's poor reputation among the government and the public.
Throughout the dynasties, there will always be Qingliu. They have no power, but they have the right to speak that even the emperor has a headache for. They can guide public opinion and gain the trust of the people.
Corrupt officials in the past dynasties either did not pay attention to public opinion and the right to speak, or had some ulterior motives. In history, there are countless powerful officials who have been scolded to death by the Qing Dynasty and condemned to death.
Like today, the reason why Zhao Junchen is notorious among the government and the public is that these young people should account for most of the credit.
This is actually a common tactic used by the Qingliu people in the past dynasties - first to discredit the political opponents among the people, so that the political opponents will unknowingly become notorious all over the world, and gradually accumulate public resentment, and gradually increase the number of people.
Their own fame and reputation, in the end, relied on the anger of the people and their own reputation to force the emperor to take action from the bottom up.
In the final analysis, it is to use public opinion to control the emperor.
This trick is very useful when encountering a sage emperor, or an emperor who pays attention to public opinion. Although it is simple, it has proven effective time and time again.
However, although Zhao Junchen is wary of these people, he is not afraid of them. Public opinion can be guided, the right to speak can be fought for, and even in the clear stream, there will always be some "smart people" who are willing to use them for me.
Therefore, although Zhao Junchen is already a step behind in guiding public opinion and does not have the reputation of Qingliu himself, he may not have no chance of turning defeat into victory.
As mentioned above, even if you are a corrupt official, as long as you hide it well, be good at guiding public opinion, and do more things to dress up your appearance, no matter how much money you embezzle or what bad things you do, you will still be the same in the eyes of the world.
A blue-sky master - especially in this world with limited information.
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The problem that cannot be solved at all is the prince's dissatisfaction with him.
This is also the most fatal trouble.
Emperor Deqing is now over fifty, and naturally he has already appointed a prince named Zhu Heyu. According to the Qingliu people, this prince is destined to become a holy king in the future - from this it can be roughly
You can see what kind of person this prince is - he is not a sage like Li Shimin or Kangxi who is lenient and understanding, but a "sage" like Zhu Yuanzhang and Yongzheng who does not rub sand in his eyes!!
What kind of people were Zhu Yuanzhang and Yongzheng? During the reign of these two people, ministers would prepare coffins for themselves before going to court because they did not know whether someone would impeach them today or whether they would do anything.
To satisfy the emperor - and when such a situation arises, the guillotine is their destination.
Who would like this kind of emperor? A Qingliu who only blames others but never does anything practical!!
This prince has never seen Zhao Junchen’s financial contribution to the Ming Dynasty. He only knows that Zhao Junchen is a corrupt official, and corrupt officials should be killed!!
The rumors that "Zhao Junchen is the illegitimate son of Emperor Deqing" and Emperor Deqing's favor towards Zhao Junchen deepened Prince Zhu Heyu's dissatisfaction with Zhao Junchen.
Among the memory fragments inherited by Zhao Junchen, every time the prince appeared, he would not be left with any good memories. The prince even once recounted everything in front of Emperor Deqing in front of Zhao Junchen.
Zhao Junchen's crime was that "if you don't kill Zhao Junchen, it will not be enough to bring peace to the world." Although he was finally suppressed by Emperor Deqing, it still scared Zhao Junchen into a cold sweat.
Once something unexpected happens to Emperor Deqing and the prince succeeds to the throne, Zhao Junchen's fate can be expected.
This is the biggest and most unsolvable crisis that Zhao Junchen is facing now!!
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Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but frown.
"This Zhao Junchen has been so unscrupulous in his actions before. Didn't he realize that although he looks prosperous on the surface, he is actually in danger?"
Facing such a mess, Zhao Junchen just felt a headache.
After a long time, Zhao Junchen shook his head, no longer thinking about it, and sighed: "Forget it, let's decide on three strategies for now - first, stabilize my position beside Emperor Deqing and make him unable to leave me; and then
Winning over political opponents and turning them into party members; in the end, competing with the Qingliu people for the right to speak, changing the impression of myself between the government and the public - in order to slowly change my current unfavorable situation. As for the prince who can't get rid of the sand in his eyes...
Just take it one step at a time. After all, the prince is just the prince, and the prince may become the emperor..."
At this moment, Zhao Junchen has completely assumed the role.
"However, after time travel, I never thought about revitalizing China and saving the people from the fire, nor did I think about being a good official who did practical things for the people. I just thought about how to please the emperor, how to network with cronies, how to control public opinion, etc.
Things are not like what a kind person should do. It is the standard path of corrupt officials and traitorous ministers... Before traveling, I always dismissed such officials when I met them. It seems that under the crisis, they are also exposed.
It shows my hypocritical nature, but it’s all just so that I can live a good life. I can’t protect myself anymore, so how can I care about others..."
Yes, Zhao Junchen has considered all aspects for his future, but he has never thought about changing his identity and becoming a truly upright official.
This is because before time travel, Zhao Junchen worked in the government. Although he didn't do very well, he also learned a lot.
One of them is - "One's birth determines one's camp." This comment describing factional struggle is also applicable here.
If you want to change your identity and become an upright official rather than a corrupt official, that's fine - but the other corrupt officials who used to be corrupt with you will feel that you have betrayed them, will be afraid that you will reveal their secrets, and will try every means to deal with you.
At the same time, no matter how hard you prove that you have changed your past mistakes and abandoned evil to do good, the upright officials and upright people will still not trust you. The ancients were often stubborn, and those upright officials and upright people are the representatives. In their view,
Corrupt officials are corrupt officials, and there is no possibility of abandoning evil and doing good. Seeing you acting like an upright official all day long, they may even think it is a conspiracy...
Therefore, if you change your identity rashly, the result will only be betrayal and separation.
What's more, Zhao Junchen embezzled too much silver before - a full 2.3 million taels of silver - even if he doesn't embezzle a penny in the next ten years, what he did in the past is enough to make those
The censors Qingliu impeached him countless times.
The main reason is that Zhao Junchen judged from the memory fragments he inherited. Although the Ming Dynasty still exists today, its officialdom seems to be still very bad. In other words, corrupt officials are more powerful than honest officials.
——These corrupt officials with high positions are Zhao Junchen’s best allies. They are powerful and have common goals with him. For example, they do not want the crown prince who is destined to be a holy king to ascend the throne...
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Therefore, Zhao Junchen, a corrupt official, will continue to be a corrupt official in the future.
"If God can help you achieve your goals, then the devil is your enemy; if the devil can meet your needs, then you can also declare war on God... Although I am not so unscrupulous, but if I can create a favorable situation for myself
, so even if you put on the skin of a 'corrupt official', use the power of corrupt officials, and take advantage of the power of corrupt officials, what can you do? As long as you have no guilt in your heart..."
Just when Zhao Junchen finally determined the path he should take in the future, bursts of noise suddenly came from outside the bedroom.