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Now, Zhao Shancai is the prince Zhu and Yu's East Palace guests, chief staff, the prince Zhu and Yu also attach great importance to Zhao Shancai's strategic intelligence, when the early dynasty ended, the prince Zhu and Yu soon returned to the prince's East Palace, and immediately recruited Zhao Shancai, to Zhao Shancai detailed the situation of the early dynasty.

After hearing the words of the crown prince Zhu and Yu, Zhao Shancai's eyes couldn't help flashing, but he didn't say anything, just told the prince Zhu and Yu again to continue to wait and see the changes, and easily not to get involved, and then said goodbye and left.

However, after leaving the room of the crown prince Zhu and Yu, Zhao Shancai's expression immediately became serious.

Like Zhou Shangjing, Shen Changmao and others, Zhao Shancai also understood the far-reaching impact of Emperor Deqing's words of promise, and his mood was quite solemn.

"Zhao Junchen is by no means just a simple corrupt official, I have known this for a long time, but now it seems that I still underestimated him in the past, I didn't expect his methods and scheming to be more terrifying than I imagined, especially his keen ability to find opportunities and accurately grasp the situation, I am afraid that he is not inferior to Zhou Shangjing at all...... It's a pity that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and him are not friends or enemies, and they will inevitably continue to conflict in the future, when the time comes, I must be more cautious and careful, and I must not leave Zhao Junchen any opportunity to take advantage of, otherwise once Zhao Junchen catches a flaw, he will definitely be chased and beaten, completely lose his advantage, and it will be difficult to turn the tables again......"

Between thoughts, Zhao Shancai shook his head and sighed lightly.

During this period of time, the more Zhao Shancai understood Zhao Junchen, the more he felt that Zhao Junchen was terrible, and the more unwilling he was to be an enemy of Zhao Junchen.

Today's Zhao Shancai is full of strategy and intelligence, but he is constrained by various reasons - such as "Prince. The stubbornness of the party, the hidden danger of the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian, and the factions of the DPRK and China against the "Prince. The hostility of the party makes it difficult for him to have room to show his hands.

Therefore, during this period of time, Zhao Shancai did not take any action, but only persuaded the prince Zhu Heyu and the "******" people to keep a low profile for the time being, and took the opportunity to subtly change the "prince. The party's "concept in the hearts of the people、Gradually clear the seventh prince Zhu Hejian in the "prince. The influence of the party within the party, and gradually eliminated the factions of the DPRK and China against the "prince. party" hostility and vigilance.

Today, Zhao Shancai has reaped some results, but "the prince. The situation of the party's internal and external troubles has not yet been fundamentally reversed. The party "clashed with Zhao Junchen again, and even Zhao Shancai had no certainty of victory at all."

Therefore, after learning about the early dynasty, Zhao Shancai did not tell the prince Zhu Heyu about his speculation, after all, the prince Zhu and Yu were too hostile to Zhao Junchen, once he found out that Zhao Junchen had reaped so many benefits, I am afraid it would be difficult to control his emotions, maybe he would have to act impulsively again, and when the time came, "Prince. The party's low-key performance during this period of time will also be broken by the crown prince Zhu and Yu himself.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shancai's heart was a little helpless.

However, Zhao Junchen has always been the most cautious, looking at his various performances in the past, this person never fights uncertain battles, and only after he is fully prepared and has the certainty of victory, he will do things...... A few days ago, after Zhao Junchen received the errand of commercial tax rectification, he did not take action for a long time, I am afraid that it is also because of the lack of preparation, but after this morning, Zhao Junchen got the promise of His Majesty, and he is fully prepared, and there will inevitably be a big move next! …… It's just that if Zhao Junchen really succeeds in rectifying the business tax, then his reputation, influence, influence, etc., will be greatly improved, and at that time, even if I solve the crown prince. The faction's internal and external troubles, and the chances of winning against Zhao Junchen are still not great...... Unless, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can keep a low profile, and can successfully succeed to the throne, and then be able to be invincible, but it is a pity that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still lacks some city government after all, and it is the limit for him to keep a low profile for the time being, but it is impossible to let him keep a low profile......

Thinking of this, Zhao Shancai frowned slightly, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.

"Therefore, we also need to plan ahead and prepare in advance, not just keep a low profile and wait and see what happens......

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At the same time, the seventh prince, Zhu Hejian, also received the news and learned the details of the early dynasty.

Like Zhao Shancai, the Seventh Prince was also keenly aware of the changes in the situation, and became more and more jealous of Zhao Junchen's city government methods.

In the study, the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian sat on the back of his chair and muttered to himself: "Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen...... If this man is not of my use, he will be in great trouble...... It's a pity that Qin Xi is not doing well, obviously assassinating Zhao Shancai, but he almost killed Zhao Junchen by mistake, now Zhao Junchen is afraid that he already knows what happened to him, and he will inevitably feel resentful, I want to win him over again, but it is becoming more and more difficult, I am afraid that I have to calm the resentment in his heart first......"

In front of the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian, his personal eunuch Jia Lun was still silent, just quietly waiting for Zhu Hejian's orders.

After Zhu Hejian muttered to himself for a moment, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Can you find Qin Xi's news?" ”

Jia Lun shook his head and said: "According to the intelligence of the East Factory, Qin Xi should have been caught by the West Factory, but the West Factory is very well guarded, and the inner court has not officially taken over the West Factory, and it cannot interfere in the actions of the West Factory, so Qin Xi's whereabouts have not been ascertained, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead." ”

A trace of anger flashed in Zhu Hejian's eyes, and he said: "Qin Xi is really a fool, he has more than enough success and more failure, and I have always reused him in the past!" Again and again and again bad things for me! First, there was an accident in the assassination of Zhao Shancai, and then he was arrested if he couldn't do it! In this way, Zhao Junchen grabbed my handle and made me completely fall into a passive ......"

As he spoke, Zhu Hejian's eyes couldn't help but fluctuate, but after a while, Zhu Hejian had already vented his emotions, regained his composure again, and instructed Jia Lun: "Let Dongchang continue to track down Qin Xi's whereabouts, this person knows too many secrets, and he must not keep them...... In addition, let the inner court immediately agree to Zhao Junchen's conditions, didn't Zhao Junchen want those secrets left by his father to impeach him? You can give him a part! Let the inner court take over the West Factory and the Inner Court as soon as possible, these two yamen cannot always remain in the hands of Zhao Junchen...... Also, inform Jing Guogong and let Chen Zhirong find an opportunity to contact Zhao Junchen in the next few days and probe Zhao Junchen's attitude, after Xichang caught Qin Xi, not only did he not disclose this matter, but he killed all those who knew about it, and Zhao Junchen was unwilling to completely break with me, and there was still room for maneuver in this matter......"

After hearing Zhu Hejian's instructions, Jia Lun was still silent, and just nodded to show that he understood.

Then, Jia Lun planned to leave the study and do things according to the instructions of the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian.

It's just that as soon as Jia Lun turned around, he heard Zhu Hejian suddenly ask: "Also, Zhao Shancai's threat is too great to stay, although this assassination failed, but it can't be given up...... This time, you are personally responsible for this matter, and you can even use the power of Dongchang if necessary, in short, I want to get the result as soon as possible! …… Now, the situation in the imperial court is about to change, and no one will pay attention to Zhao Shancai's life and death at this time, so you can do it boldly! ”

Jalen nodded again, and then finally left the study.

And Zhu Hejian was still sitting on the back of the chair, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was pondering something.

After a long time, Zhu Hejian slowly said to himself: "Fortunately, Qin Xi doesn't know my most important secret, otherwise, I would really be in big trouble......

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At this time, Zhou Shangjing also returned to the Zhou Mansion.

After returning home, Zhou Shangjing immediately recruited Zhou Lu, the steward of the Zhou Mansion.

As mentioned above, Zhou Lu is just an ordinary steward in the Zhou Mansion on the surface, but in fact he is Zhou Shangjing's confidant and confidant, secretly in charge of Zhou Shangjing's intelligence network, and is one of Zhou Shangjing's arms.

After recruiting Zhou Lu, Zhou Shangjing instructed: "From today onwards, you must make every effort to find out all the news about Zhao Junchen, including Zhao Junchen's cronies, as well as those important officials within the 'Zhao Party', and you must also pay attention to it, no matter how big or small, you must try to find out clearly, and report to the old man as soon as possible, there must be no omissions and delays!" ”

After hearing Zhou Shangjing's instructions, Zhou Lu was slightly stunned.

Zhou Lu is the old man by Zhou Shangjing's side, he has been with Zhou Shangjing for more than 20 years, except for Emperor Deqing, he has never seen Zhou Shangjing attach so much importance to a person.

You must know that even Zhou Shangjing's strength for many years is limited after all, and if he goes all out to track and investigate the news of Zhao Junchen and the officials of the "Zhao Party", it will inevitably be omissions in other aspects.

Zhao Junchen is worthy of Zhou Shangjing's attention?

Zhou Lu was secretly puzzled in her heart.

However, Zhou Lu never questioned Zhou Shangjing's decision, so although he was puzzled in his heart, he still obeyed Zhou Shangjing's order.

Then, Zhou Lu seemed to think of something, and suddenly said: "Master, speaking of Zhao Junchen, I just received the news that Zhao Junchen will entertain several big businessmen of the Huizhejiang Merchant Gang in Tianhai Tower tonight. ”

Zhou Shangjing nodded slowly and said: "Very good, make it clear to those businessmen that no matter what Zhao Junchen plans to do, they must fully support it, which is not only to ensure interests, but also to take the opportunity to gain Zhao Junchen's trust......"

Zhou Lu nodded and said, "I'll tell them what you mean!" ”

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In this way, seeing that Zhao Junchen's layout has been completed, and he is about to take action to rectify the commercial tax, all the forces in the court are also moving with it, whether open or dark, each with its own intentions and plans.

For a time, there was an undercurrent between the government and the opposition.

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…… (To be continued.) )