Chapter 950. Master Zhao is very optimistic about you.
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As the deputy messenger, Bao Wenjie's main duty was to supervise Zuo Lanshan and Zhao Junchen to prevent Zuo Lanshan from deliberately conniving at Zhao Junchen's stay in Huamachi Camp and delaying his return to the capital.
Bao Wenjie originally didn't think this task was that difficult. After all, in addition to rewarding Zhao Junchen, the content of the imperial edict also clearly required Zhao Junchen to return to the capital immediately after receiving the imperial edict without any delay!
In fact, Bao Wenjie had already made up his mind. As long as Zhao Junchen delayed even a little bit after receiving the imperial edict, he would bring it out. Do you, Zhao Junchen, dare to resist the edict? Take off this big hat.
, Zhao Junchen definitely did not dare to resist, and followed him back to the capital obediently.
Bao Wenjie's idea was wonderful, but he still underestimated the cunning and cunning of these corrupt officials.
He never expected that before he could deliver the imperial edict to Zhao Junchen, his schedule and time would already be delayed. The person who was looking for various reasons to delay the time was not Zhao Junchen, but Zuo Lanshan, who was responsible for delivering the edict.
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However, Zuo Lanshan's reason is very good - I am just sick and I just want to rest. If the doctors can't diagnose it, it's just because their medical skills are not good. What can you do to me? If you force me to go on the road while sick, once my condition worsens
, dying, who dares to bear this responsibility?
I, Zuo Lanshan, am the minister who conveys the decree, and I am also an assistant minister in the cabinet. You are just a deputy envoy and the minister of rites. Do you dare to commit such crimes and tie me up with a rope?
The higher the official rank, the higher the rank. Zuo Lanshan's identity and power were not only one level higher than those of Bao Wenjie? Faced with Zuo Lanshan's reckless behavior, Bao Wenjie was naturally helpless.
At the beginning, Bao Wenjie saw that Zuo Lanshan was sick frequently and tried his best to find doctors and prescriptions. But Bao Wenjie soon saw that no matter how he tried to cure Zuo Lanshan's body, even if it was
After finding a thousand-year-old ginseng and an expert in imperial medicine, Zuo Lanshan still got sick when he needed to, and rested when he got sick. Anyway, he just didn't want to hurry up and hurry up.
During this time, because Zuo Lanshan deliberately pretended to be ill and delayed, Bao Wenjie could not help but quarrel with him many times regardless of the difference in status between the two parties.
Today, after many quarrels, the two have completely broken up. They avoid each other and ignore each other on weekdays. When they are on their way, Zuo Lanshan's sedan is walking in the front, and Bao Wenjie's sedan is dragged behind.
At the very end, there are many carriages, horses and entourages in the middle, which seems to mean that they have never interacted with each other until death.
On this day, Bao Wenjie also sat in the sedan with his eyes closed and meditative. When he noticed that the sedan stopped, he didn't pay much attention at first. He just thought that Zuo Lanshan was looking for a reason to rest again. Now that he saw Zuo Lanshan, he couldn't help but think
He wanted to get angry, so he sat in the sedan chair and didn't want to show his face.
But after waiting for a long time, Bao Wenjie still didn't see the edict-delivery team resume its advance. He couldn't help but lift the sedan curtain to check the situation. He was immediately shocked by the dense and boundless crowd of people in front of him.
Bao Wenjie, like Zuo Lanshan, after seeing this scene, his first reaction was that the victims rushed to the capital to escape the famine.
However, before Bao Wenjie could ask for details, he received an order from Zuolan Mountain, stating that these people were not fleeing famine victims, but farmers going to the north of Zhili to reclaim wasteland, and asked the order team to take the initiative to make way for these people.
After hearing Zuo Lanshan's order, Bao Wenjie couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that a corrupt official with no conscience like Zuo Lanshan would act so caring for the people.
But Zuo Lanshan's second order immediately after - indicating that he suddenly had a bad stomach, and that the team would rest for three days after entering Xi'an City - made Bao Wenjie unable to sit still any longer.
Immediately, he angrily ran to Zuo Lanshan and questioned him.
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When Bao Wenjie saw Zuo Lanshan again, he saw that Zuo Lanshan had a ruddy complexion and was full of energy. However, it was already late and he was obviously a little hungry. He was enjoying a piece of peach cake in the sedan chair. There were two other people beside the sedan chair.
Ming Changsui was busy lighting a fire and making tea for him. He wished he could have a picnic here. Is there any sign of a bad stomach?
This is also the reason why Bao Wenjie can't help but get angry at Zuo Lanshan.
For Zuo Lanshan, his "illness" is just an excuse to delay his trip, but he doesn't bother to put on a show for Bao Wenjie. He does whatever he needs to do on weekdays, without the slightest sign of illness or any pretense!
Especially after the two of them broke up, although Zuo Lanshan kept claiming that he was hurting here and there, his every move clearly told Bao Wenjie - I just found a reason not to leave.
, what can you do?
Even though Zuo Lanshan was just a puppet placed in the cabinet by Zhao Junchen, he didn't have much confidence when he met the other cabinet elders, but after all, he was the head of hundreds of officials and the top of the ministers, so he would not treat him as such.
Bao Wenjie, a powerless Qingliu minister, looked down upon him.
At this time, after seeing Zuo Lanshan tasting the peach cake, Bao Wenjie felt that he had been humiliated, and his anger rushed to his head. The blood vessels on his forehead were beating rapidly, as if they would burst at any time.
In the end, Bao Wenjie finally resisted the urge to curse, and gritted his teeth and said: "Although Mr. Zuo Ge has eaten up his stomach, his appetite is still unabated! I heard that Mr. Zuo Ge is suffering from abdominal pain now, so I hurried away
I came to offer my condolences, but when I saw Mr. Zuo Ge’s face was rosy and full of energy, he didn’t look like he was ill!”
Zuo Lanshan took another bite of the peach cake. After chewing it carefully for a long time, he finally swallowed it and asked with a smile: "These peach cakes were brought by me from the capital. They are all treasures of Li's shop."
, Mr. Bao, would you like to try two pieces? Oh, we also have sour plums from Shangxuan here..."
After saying that, before Bao Wenjie could get angry, Zuo Lanshan had already finished the peach cake in his hand, took a cup of fragrant tea from Chang Sui's hand, and sighed: "Servant Bao, don't look at me. I seem to be in good spirits now, but in fact
I'm just holding on. After all, I am the current Pavilion Elder. The more frail and sick I am now, the more energetic I have to be, otherwise I will be looked down upon... Well, I have eaten a bad stomach and have diarrhea. Of course I have to.
Eat more to fill it up, otherwise the taste will be even worse."
After saying that, Zuo Lanshan took out a piece of peach cake again.
Seeing Zuo Lanshan's performance, Bao Wenjie finally couldn't hold back his anger anymore and accused: "Mr. Zuo Ge, I don't think you are sick at all! You are just delaying your trip deliberately for Zhao Junchen! You have been doing nothing these days
For what you have done, when I return to the capital, I will definitely impeach you to His Majesty!"
Hearing Bao Wenjie's threat, Zuo Lanshan didn't take it seriously.
Over the past few days, there have been countless officials in the imperial court who have impeached him. It doesn't matter if there is one more Bao Wenjie.
Zuo Lanshan just took a leisurely sip of tea and said slowly: "I am indeed feeling unwell... but if this can delay some time and allow Mr. Zhao to stay in Huamachi Camp for a few more days, it will not be a bad thing.
Good thing!"
Bao Wenjie was stunned for a moment, and then said with a gloomy expression: "So, Mr. Zuo Ge, do you admit that you are delaying on purpose?"
Zuo Lanshan sighed, pointed at the group of common people on the official road not far away, and said: "Mr. Bao, look at these common people. After I saw them, I thought they were all victims of famine. In fact, they are also
They are victims of famine! But now, they appear here not to escape famine, but because Mr. Zhao has found a place for these homeless victims!"
"A resettlement place? What resettlement place?" Bao Wenjie was stunned again and asked.
Zuo Lanshan slowly explained: "The resettlement place for the people fleeing famine is naturally fields where crops can be grown! The land in the northwest provinces is barren and has experienced successive years of natural disasters. It is no longer able to support tens of millions of people. Even if the imperial government provides relief
For a while, we cannot continue to provide relief. If this situation continues, there is no solution after all. Sooner or later, trouble will arise!
I just asked the leader of this civilian team and learned that this civilian team appears here only because of Mr. Zhao’s painstaking arrangements!
Over the past few days, Mr. Zhao has worked hard and tried countless ways to resettle these homeless people fleeing famine, and finally found a feasible strategy!
He contacted many powerful business houses, but he sold favors and said good words regardless of his status. He finally convinced these business houses to spend large sums of money to purchase abandoned fields in various provinces, and these disaster victims were hired as tenants.
, responsible for working hard to reclaim these wastelands! In this way, the victims finally found a way to survive!
And these people in front of you are rushing to reclaim wasteland in the north of Zhili! Look at these people, they all look like victims of famine, but there is no despair on all their faces. This is what Mr. Zhao
It gives them hope of survival!"
In fact, these people are all tenants of Zhao Junchen. When Zhao Junchen settled these people, he did not rely on the power of other merchants. He had prepared a large amount of land in advance, so Zuo Lanshan's explanation was half true and half false.
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Zuo Lanshan did not deliberately fabricate the facts. This was the explanation he got from Zhang Cheng. This explanation was naturally to cover up the facts and prevent people with ulterior motives from using this incident to accuse Zhao Junchen of buying people's hearts.
After a pause, Zuo Lanshan said again: "The number of victims in front of us is more than 40,000, but they are still only a small part of the victims in the northwest provinces. There are still countless displaced victims in the northwest provinces.
We can go home! They are all waiting hard for Mr. Zhao’s ideas and arrangements! Therefore, if we arrive at Huamachi Camp one day late, Mr. Zhao will be able to do more for the victims, and more victims will be found.
Way to live!
Mr. Bao, you also understand Mr. Zhao’s methods. Only Mr. Zhao can do this kind of thing! If Mr. Zhao leaves Huamachi Camp too early, I don’t know how many victims will lose their way of living... In this case, why should we
Do we have to rush to Huamachi Camp too early? Is it because we can’t see these victims find a way to survive?”
On the other side, after hearing Zuo Lanshan's explanation, Bao Wenjie couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He also felt that Zhao Junchen's actions were indeed well-intentioned, and he also found a new way to solve the hidden dangers of refugees. It was not only a blessing to the people, but also a blessing to the people.
I can't help but feel admiration for the blessings of the imperial court.
After seeing the change in Bao Wenjie's expression, Zuo Lanshan knew that he had figured out this person, and said: "Mr. Bao, you are also a discerning person. Naturally, you understand the reason why His Majesty urgently summoned Mr. Zhao to return to the capital! It is none other than Zhao.
Your Majesty’s limelight is too great and your achievements are too high, so Your Majesty doesn’t want Mr. Zhao to gain more military and political achievements... But Mr. Bao, you have always claimed to love the people, can you have the heart to cut off the victims just for such a reason?
Is there no way for us to survive?”
Bao Wenjie originally came to question Zuo Lanshan, but now he was questioned by Zuo Lanshan instead.
After hearing Zuo Lanshan's question, Bao Wenjie's expression changed for a long time, and finally he sighed softly. He no longer urged Zuo Lanshan to leave as soon as possible, but just said: "Mr. Zuo Ge, it is hard to disobey the holy will. You can take good care of yourself this time."
After suffering from abdominal pain, we must not get sick again! Otherwise, if we are delayed in arriving at Huamachi Camp, His Majesty may not be able to explain."
After saying that, Bao Wenjie turned around and left, acquiescing to Zuo Lanshan's decision to delay for another three days.
Seeing Bao Wenjie's performance, Zuo Lanshan's expression changed. Thinking that Zhao Junchen had always had a high opinion of Bao Wenjie, he called out: "Master Bao, wait a moment and listen to what I have to say again."
Bao Wenjie paused and turned to look at Zuo Lanshan with a puzzled expression, wondering what Zuo Lanshan had to say.
Zuo Lanshan took a deep look at Bao Wenjie and said slowly: "In the past few years, Mr. Bao has been the enemy of Mr. Zhao in the temple. This is probably due to two reasons. One is Mr. Zhao's reputation.
The bad thing is that he is a corrupt official in the eyes of the world. Secondly, the relationship between Mr. Zhao and His Highness the Crown Prince is not harmonious, and you are a close confidant of His Highness the Crown Prince... But now, times have changed, and Mr. Zhao's reputation in the government and the public has gradually declined.
Turn around, His Highness the Crown Prince also feels that he cannot protect himself...
So, why don’t Mr. Bao consider his future position? Although you have been enemies with Mr. Zhao over the years, Mr. Zhao has never held a grudge against you. Instead, he has always admired your ability and character, calling you the Qingliu Zhi.
The only capable official among them."
After saying that, Zuo Lanshan lowered the sedan curtain and said no more.
On the other side, after hearing Zuo Lanshan's suggestion, Bao Wenjie couldn't help but change his expression.
It stands to reason that Zuo Lanshan's suggestion was to make Bao Wenjie abandon Prince Zhu Heyu and turn to Zhao Junchen. Bao Wenjie should have been furious and dismissive.
However, Bao Wenjie found that his heart was indeed moved for a moment.
A few days ago, as the deputy imperial envoy, Bao Wenjie and Zhao Junchen rushed to the northwest provinces for disaster relief, and together they exposed the conspiracy of the northwest governors. Zhao Junchen's various performances really made Bao Wenjie admire him.
Especially the scene where Zhao Junchen was welcomed and respected by the people in Nanguan Village has been constantly reviewed in Bao Wenjie's mind these days, making Bao Wenjie no longer able to regard Zhao Junchen as a purely corrupt official.
What's more, after Zhao Junchen annihilated the Mongolian coalition forces, his great achievements must be remembered in history. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a famous official in the world.
The most important thing is that the signs of the prince being deposed seem to be becoming more and more obvious. Even if Bao Wenjie is the most upright person, he has to consider his future position and path.
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In the past few days, due to a stiff neck, Chongzi's neck was extremely stiff. He always tilted his head and looked sideways at people. He would feel severe pain when he turned his neck even slightly. The blood supply to his brain was severely insufficient, and he was inefficient at coding.
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