Chapter Seven Hundred and Sixty Seven. Changes in the Capital City (End).
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Zhou Shangjing's seemingly dim old eyes took a deep look at Li He and said meaningfully: "Li He, you are now an assistant minister of the cabinet. You are a role model for all officials and a pillar of the imperial court. Of course, you are within the party."
, caught in strife, but you must not just focus on the gains and losses of one party! Although we are forming a party, the foundation of the party is still the court. As an assistant minister of the cabinet, we must always take into account the factions.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to take a long-term view, and sooner or later you will stumble. You must remember this!”
Seeing Li He thoughtfully, Zhou Shangjing looked a little serious and said slowly: "At this time, the less we can suppress Liang Fuchen, because Liang Fuchen is the only important minister in the court who is capable of presiding over the overall situation of Shaanxi and Gansu! If we take the opportunity to suppress
Liang Fuchen was happy for a while, but who will support the Shaanxi-Gansu border defense? Once there is a flaw in the border defense and the Mongolian army breaks through the border defense and marches straight in, will there be any benefit to you and me as cabinet ministers? We must also bear responsibility.
If you don't say anything, how will the history books and fine brushwork evaluate us? What's more, if you and I take the opportunity to provoke him when your majesty is angry, Liang Fuchen will certainly be in trouble, but when your majesty calms down, Liang Fuchen will be safe after all, and it will be you and me.
Your provocative behavior will make His Majesty feel resentful!"
After hearing Zhou Shangjing's explanation, Li He was finally convinced and said: "That's it! The students were too short-sighted and did not think as carefully as Mr. Zhou Ge. They only saw that Liang Fuchen might threaten Mr. Zhou Ge's future chief minister.
position, but somewhat neglected the overall situation, thank you Mr. Zhou Ge for your advice!"
Zhou Shangjing shook his head, looking a little regretful, and said: "Don't worry, it's difficult for Liang Fuchen to sit in the position of chief minister of the cabinet! He has vision, means, and ability. However, he is too upright, fair and square.
Too much selfishness and too little selfishness is certainly the reason why Your Majesty trusts him, but it is also his flaw and shortcoming... At our level, a person who only has selfishness and no public heart will certainly not be able to stand for a long time, but if he only has public and private interests and no
Selfishness also cannot reach the top of being a minister!...As I said before, you must take into account both the faction and the overall situation."
Speaking of this, Zhou Shangjing suddenly smiled and said: "In addition, after arranging for Liang Fuchen to go to Shaanxi and Gansu to take charge of the overall situation, he will not have any threats! As I said just now, Liang Fuchen is the only one in the court who has the ability to take charge of the overall situation of Shaanxi and Gansu.
An important minister, this means that Liang Fuchen will stay there for a long time after going to Shaanxi and Gansu this time... Li He, how long do you think Shen Changmao can stay in the position of chief minister of the cabinet? If after Shen Changmao's collapse, Liang Fuchen will still stay
In the northwest, who will hold the position of chief minister of the cabinet?"
Li He's face suddenly dawned, his eyes full of admiration.
Obviously, Zhou Shangjing supported Liang Fuchen to go to the northwest to take charge of the overall situation, which not only stabilized the court's border defense, but also took the opportunity to eliminate Liang Fuchen's threat to the position of chief minister of the cabinet. This approach was "taking into account the factions and the overall situation"!
In addition to admiration in his heart, Li He was a little confused and asked: "Mr. Zhou Ge, do you think Shen Changmao is about to fall? But the student thinks that although Shen Changmao is unable to control the overall situation of the court, his position is still stable for the time being... He did not find him
Signs of downfall..."
Zhou Shangjing smiled again and said: "The imperial court is currently in troubled times, and Shen Changmao is unable to control the overall situation. In this case, how can he stabilize his position? Just watch, after the northwest war is over, Shen Changmao's downfall will begin! And The trigger for this incident is His Majesty’s punishment for Zhao Junchen’s overstepping of authority! This time Zhao Junchen oversteps his authority, Your Majesty will definitely punish him and take the opportunity to suppress Zhao Junchen’s power and influence, but how can Zhao Junchen accept punishment without restraint? At that time, under Zhao Junchen's secret tricks, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the United Shipping Company, and even the entire temple would be shaken! And Shen Changmao was the scapegoat for this series of shocks!"
After Li He pondered for a moment, he nodded and said: "It is indeed possible! From this point of view, we must make preparations early! However, if the situation in the temple continues to develop like this, the position of chief minister of the cabinet will soon return to the Zhou Dynasty Mr. Ge has it in his hands!"
When talking about the latter part, Li He's face was already filled with excitement!
Zhou Shangjing was not too excited. Instead, his expression became serious and he said slowly: "Speaking of Zhao Junchen... I urged Liang Fuchen to go to northwest Shaanxi and Gansu to take charge of the overall situation as soon as possible this time, also to prevent Zhao Junchen from interfering in military power... Zhao Junchen This person should not be underestimated, I always feel that his act of overstepping his authority this time, and even his action of evading the governor of the northwest, was premeditated, just to interfere with military power!"
As Zhou Shangjing finished speaking, Li He couldn't help but be shocked: "Zhao Junchen wants to interfere with military power? He, he has the courage?"
Zhou Shangjing's eyes were deep and his voice was a little cold, and he said: "To be honest, Zhao Junchen has grown too fast, especially in the past six months. Even I sometimes can't see through his mind... However, his ambition It is indeed getting bigger and bigger, which is not a good thing!...His Majesty obviously has the same worries. Today he specially asked Liang Fuchen to investigate in detail what Zhao Junchen did in Shaanxi and Gansu, and also strictly prohibited Zhao Junchen from interfering in military affairs. Obviously That’s why!”
After hearing Zhou Shangjing's words, Li He's expression gradually became serious, and he frowned in deep thought.
In silence, Zhou Shangjing and Li He returned to the door of Wenhua Hall.
Due to various changes in the northwest, the two of them will have to deal with many things in the Wenhua Palace.
Before stepping into the Wenhua Hall, Zhou Shangjing suddenly spoke again: "By the way, during this period, you sent people to keep a close eye on Shen Changmao! This man has average abilities but high character. He found out that Zhao Junchen wanted to annex him." After sinking the party's intention, he felt that he had been humiliated, and all he wanted in his heart was revenge on Zhao Junchen... I was worried that in order to get revenge on Zhao Junchen this time, he would deliberately hinder the northwest border defense, and finally let Zhao Junchen take the blame... Usually At that time, he and Zhao Junchen were fighting openly and secretly, but if he still didn't understand the importance at this time, I would definitely teach him a lesson. Even if Zhao Junchen really had the intention to interfere with military power, he could never hinder the imperial court. A great border defense plan!”
Hearing Zhou Shangjing's instructions, Li He couldn't help but be stunned again.
But after thinking carefully for a moment, Li He believed that Zhou Shangjing's concerns were indeed possible, so he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou Ge, the students will definitely keep a close eye on Shen Changmao. If he ignores the overall situation and wants to hinder the northwest border defense, , the students will immediately notify Mr. Zhou Ge."
While talking, the two of them had already entered the Wenhua Palace and began to work on the northwest battle situation.
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In order to prevent panic among the people, the imperial court temporarily suppressed various matters in several northwest provinces.
However, in the afternoon of this day, one thing attracted the attention of both the government and the public: Emperor Deqing ordered the execution of more than ten high-level eunuchs of Dongchang including Feng Desheng, the director of Dongchang!
Since the reconstruction of the West Factory, the East Factory has either neglected or neglected its duties, and sometimes bad things have happened. Emperor Deqing has been dissatisfied with the East Factory for a long time, and this time the governors of several northwestern provinces secretly colluded with the Mongolian government without telling the court.
Dongchang was completely unaware of the people's appeasement and peace, but it made Emperor Deqing intolerable and finally made up his mind to completely rectify Dongchang.
In the end, all the top management of Dongchang were purged under Emperor Deqing's wrath. Emperor Deqing finally vented his anger, and Dongchang was also severely damaged.
On the contrary, Xichang, because it was established only a short time ago, and its influence has not yet expanded to the northwest, escaped the wrath of Emperor Deqing this time. When Dongchang's vitality was seriously damaged, for a period of time, it was
It became the only intelligence agency the inner court could rely on.
In this way, Emperor Deqing could only rely on Xichang to take care of many things!
And while the government and the public were speculating a lot about Emperor Deqing's move to rectify the East Factory, Fang Ru, who had been keeping a low profile for a while, finally took action!
While Zhao Junchen arranged for Bao Wenjie to return to the capital to report the situation to Emperor Deqing, he also arranged for an aide to return to the capital to report the news to the Zhao Mansion and the "Zhao Party".
Therefore, on this day, Fang Ru also learned about various changes in several provinces in the northwest.
After learning about the unprecedented threat from the Mongolian army, Fang Ru was quite worried about Zhao Junchen's safety, but Fang Ru also knew very well that it was useless no matter how worried she was. Now her most important thing was to use these changes to fight for Zhao Junchen.
Maximum benefit!
Therefore, after thinking carefully for a long time, Fang Ru suddenly went to Tongji Temple in secret.
Today, Tongji Temple has great influence in the capital. It not only has tens of thousands of devout believers, but also has excellent relations with various yamen in the capital. Its influence is no less than that of several century-old temples near the capital.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Daoquan, the host of Tongji Temple, became a famous figure in the capital. He was not only a living god in the eyes of believers, but also a guest of the high officials of the court, and his every move had great influence.
Normally, it would be difficult for even the nobles of the capital to meet Zhang Daoquan, but Fang Ru was naturally different. Zhang Daoquan was actually just a puppet in Fang Ru's hands. He was always respectful and did not dare to show any slights!
Therefore, after learning about Fang Ru's visit, Zhang Daoquan did not dare to neglect and hurriedly showed up to meet her.
After meeting Fang Ru, Zhang Daoquan was a little trembling. Ever since Fang Ru took charge of Tongji Temple, Zhang Daoquan was a little afraid of Fang Ru, not only because Fang Ru was difficult to fool, but also because Fang Ru would give him something very important every time she showed up.
Difficult tasks cost him countless efforts every time.
"I pay my respects to Mrs. Ruyi! I haven't seen you for a few days, Mrs. Ruyi..."
However, before Zhang Daoquan could finish his flattering words, Fang Ru had already given a clear and concise order: "Time is limited, I won't stay for too long, don't say any polite words, Zhang Daoquan, I have three things that you need to do right now."