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Just when Zhou Shangjing and Song Qiwen were plotting how to deal with Zhu Hejian, Zhu Hejian was also secretly thinking about one thing, that is, whether he should deal with Zhou Shangjing immediately.

For Zhu Hejian, the focus is not "whether to" deal with Zhou Shangjing, but whether to deal with Zhou Shangjing "immediately" - the former is something that does not need to be considered at all.

Whether it is Zhao Junchen or Zhou Shangjing, they are all well versed in the changes in people's hearts, and they have roughly understood Zhu Hejian's true nature.

is like Zhou Shangjing's evaluation, a person with an extreme personality like Zhu Hejian, the more he deliberately forbears and suppresses his desires when he is not in power, and the more unscrupulous he is after he gains power, he does whatever he wants, and he can't tolerate any opposition or any dissident forces.

In Zhu Hejian's eyes, Emperor Deqing is obviously the supreme in the world, holding military power and factory guards, and his strength has an absolute advantage, so he should be obedient and obedient in the world!

But on the contrary, Emperor Deqing always thinks about how to balance the forces in the temple, and often makes concessions because of overall considerations, and has been exploited many times by his weakness of attaching importance to the evaluation of historical books, and has been repeatedly calculated by Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen and others, such a performance is too weak!

Zhu Hejian believes that if he inherits the unification in the future, the "Zhou Party" and "Zhao Party" should not exist! Powerful ministers like Zhou Shangjing and Zhao Junchen who dare to go against the emperor's yang and yin can't stay! ——The officials are the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven, and they are only the executors of the emperor's policies, and with his mental means, the officials only need to obey the holy orders and check and fill in the gaps, which is enough to make the country stable.

Therefore, Zhu Hejian had already imagined that after he succeeded to the throne, he would inevitably weaken the temple friends step by step, use various means to suppress the powerful ministers of the court, and completely establish his position as the emperor who lives and dies.

It's just that Zhu Hejian originally thought that dealing with Zhou Shangjing was something that he needed to consider after inheriting the unification, but after the changes in the court this morning, Zhu Hejian obviously felt Zhou Shangjing's hostility and targeting, he knew very well that Zhou Shangjing was scheming, powerful, and Zhou Shangjing was the best at serial schemes, his plans were always one ring after another, so that people gradually stepped into the place of death without knowing it, if Zhu Hejian's prediction was correct, what happened in the court this morning was just the first step for Zhou Shangjing to suppress himself. There will inevitably be a follow-up killer hidden in the future!

This situation naturally made Zhu Hejian feel a lot of pressure, and even sat on pins and needles!

Zhu Hejian didn't know why Zhou Shangjing was hostile to him, maybe Zhou Shangjing sensed something, maybe Zhao Junchen revealed something to Zhou Shangjing, or maybe Zhou Shangjing decided to support Zhu Heyu to inherit the throne out of various considerations...... But these things are no longer important, and Zhu Hejian is now only thinking about how he should deal with this situation.

Is it to find a way to resolve Zhou Shangjing's hostility? Or do you want to try to bring down Zhou Shangjing and eradicate hidden dangers in one fell swoop?

Comparatively, Zhu Hejian is more inclined to the latter, this tendency is not only due to his extreme character, but also because Zhu Hejian is afraid of Emperor Deqing's reaction!

After all, Zhou Shangjing has always been a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of Emperor Deqing, and this morning last week Shangjing obviously violated Emperor Deqing's holy will, if Zhu Hejian wants to resolve the hostility in Zhou Shangjing's heart, he must try to make friends with Zhou Shangjing, and even give Zhou Shangjing some impossible promises, once such news reaches the ears of Emperor Deqing, Emperor Deqing will inevitably be very unhappy, and maybe he will suspect that Zhu Hejian is secretly colluding with Zhou Shangjing, and Zhu Hejian will be in trouble at that time.

For Zhu Hejian, compared with resolving Zhou Shangjing's hostility, it is undoubtedly the attitude of Emperor Deqing that is more important, which is the foundation for him to be able to ascend the throne smoothly in the future.

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"But...... How can we bring down Zhou Shangjing? This old fox's power, power, and foundation are obviously better than Zhao Junchen's, even his father has been unable to deal with him for many years...... Moreover, if Zhou Shangjing is determined to target me, with his means, he must plan one ring after another, and the offensive will come in waves, and I must bring him down before he tries to defeat him, so the plan to bring down Zhou Shangjing must be effective quickly, which is even more difficult......"

Zhu Hejian muttered to himself, his expression was full of solemnity, and there was a faint trace of resentment.

This resentment is not aimed at Zhou Shangjing, but more against Emperor Deqing, he believes that the reason why Zhou Shangjing is now so powerful is because of Emperor Deqing's weakness and bullying over the years.

If he sat in the position of Emperor Deqing, it would be impossible for any minister to be so rampant.

At this time, in the study room of the Seven Princes' Mansion, in addition to Zhu Hejian sitting behind the desk and falling into contemplation, his close eunuch Jia Lun also stood aside and waited.

Hearing Zhu Hejian's muttering, and then seeing the contemplation and embarrassment in Zhu Hejian's expression, Jia Lun couldn't help but say coldly after being silent for a moment: "We still have a batch of diamond powder in our hands." ”

Zhu Hejian turned his head and glared at Jia Lun, as if he was blaming Jia Lun for interrupting his train of thought, and said in the same cold voice: "This kind of poisoning method is okay to deal with small people like Zhao Shancai and Zhang Yuer that no one cares about, even if the method is exposed, it doesn't matter, but who is Zhou Shangjing?" Not to mention that the Zhou Mansion has always been difficult to penetrate, even if we successfully bought the servants and maids of the Zhou Mansion, how do we know if the person who was bought would be Zhou Shangjing's intention? What's more, Zhou Shangjing's daily diet must be closely monitored, and once something goes wrong, no one can bear the consequences......"

Speaking of the back, Zhu Hejian's words suddenly paused, and his expression suddenly became gloomy, as if he had thought of something temporarily.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Hejian actually smiled gently, and said in a soft voice: "Diamond powder can be said to be used to kill people without traces, it is indeed of great use!" But it can't be used in Zhou Shangjing's daily diet in the Zhou Mansion, the risk of such a practice is too great, and it is very likely to be discovered...... However, Zhou Shangjing doesn't only eat in the Zhou Mansion every day! Speaking of which, the cabinet ministers handle court affairs in the palace Chinese Pavilion every day, and the inner court will also be responsible for tea and pastries, right? Moreover, if there is a lot of court affairs, the cabinet ministers will occasionally have some lunch in Wenhua Pavilion? ”

Jia Lun immediately understood Zhu Hejian's thoughts.

If you want to buy relevant personnel in the Zhou Mansion to poison Zhou Shangjing with diamond powder, it is indeed a low probability of success, and it is extremely risky, once the matter is exposed, it will be a situation where the mountains are shaking, but the inner court has already been infiltrated by Zhu Hejian, and wants to poison Zhou Shangjing with diamond powder through the channel of preparing refreshments and food for the elders of the inner court every day, but he is very sure, not worried about being noticed, and not worried about being unable to control after things change.

"The office of the cabinet is located in the palace, and the refreshments and food they use on weekdays are indeed in charge of the imperial dining room of the inner court!" Jia Lun nodded first, and then frowned: "It is certainly safer to use the channels in the palace to poison Zhou Shangjing...... It's just that diamond powder kills people silently, and the symptoms at the time of attack are like serious stomach problems and do not arouse suspicion, but it must be taken for a long time to be able to work!

According to our experience of poisoning Zhao Shancai and Zhang Yuer in the past, it will take nearly three months, Zhou Shangjing's body is old, and it will probably shorten some time, but recently, because Zhou Shangjing is getting older, as long as the early dynasty lasts a little longer, he will inevitably return to the mansion in advance to rest, and the time to go to Wenhua Pavilion to work is getting less and less, and the opportunity to stay in Wenhua Pavilion to take refreshments and food is getting smaller and smaller......

Therefore, if we use the channels in the palace to poison and murder Zhou Shangjing, the time will be much longer, maybe it will take half a year to play a role, and it will definitely not be able to play a role quickly! ”

Hearing Jia Lun's reminder, Zhu Hejian hesitated slightly, but he still made a decision quickly, and said: "Zhou Shangjing, this old dog's power tricks are too powerful, and his hostility makes me feel like pins and needles, no matter what, I must completely remove this hidden danger!" Since this method is slow to work, it is better to do both! I tried to bring him down from the temple, but at the same time, I also had to arrange for someone in the palace to be trusted to mix diamond powder into his refreshments and diet, if my means in the temple could not work in the future, I could also wait patiently for the diamond powder to play a role, it would be better than him remaining in the temple after half a year and being my enemy everywhere! ”

Seeing that Zhu Hejian had made up his mind, Jia Lun immediately nodded and said, "I understand, I'll arrange it immediately." ”

Zhu Hejian frowned and continued: "The most important thing now is the position of the prince, as long as I sit on the throne smoothly, no matter how Zhou Shangjing is my enemy, I will not be afraid of him, but now I am still unjustifiable, and it may be possible for Zhou Shangjing to find an opportunity to destroy my good deeds!" Today's court meeting is obviously a great opportunity to officially depose the crown prince, but it was still disturbed by Zhou Shangjing! However, Zhou Shangjing offended his father again, but he couldn't be regarded as a whole body retreat...... If I want to bring him down quickly, I'm afraid I still have to find a way from my father, as long as I can encourage my father to make up his mind, Zhou Shangjing and his ilk are still not afraid! ”

Perhaps thinking that Zhou Shangjing could no longer resist for half a year, Zhu Hejian was a little relaxed, and his thinking gradually broadened a lot, and he thought of some things again, and said: "Speaking of which, now that the task of investigating the clan has been handed over to Wang Youlun, he and Zhou Shangjing have always been incompatible, maybe he can use this opportunity to stir up the situation!"

Over the years, local clans have unscrupulously done evil, disorderly administration and discipline, but local officials have always turned a blind eye, and even colluded with these clans to share the benefits...... And among these local officials, many of them are Zhou Shangjing's disciples, and it just so happens that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is now in my hands, if I can take the opportunity to build momentum, let the government and the opposition think that Zhou Shangjing and the clans in various places are colluding with each other and secretly sheltering ......"

Speaking of the back, Zhu Hejian's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes were full of cold thoughts, but he had already thought of many follow-up poisonous plans in an instant.

After figuring out the general route, Zhu Hejian raised his head and asked Jia Lun, "Is there any news from the palace?" Has the conversation between my father and Wang Youlun in the imperial study ended? ”

It was also a coincidence that as soon as Zhu Hejian finished asking, there was a knock on the door of the study, and after Jia Lun walked outside the study to talk to someone for a few words, he returned to the study and reported to Zhu Hejian: "Seventh prince, I just received the news that the conversation between Your Majesty and Wang Youlun in the imperial study has ended, and Your Majesty has now left the imperial study and returned to the harem." ”

Zhu Hejian nodded and said, "Very good, you immediately rush to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and invite Wang Youlun to meet in Luweixuan tonight on my behalf!" After inviting Wang Youlun, you should go to the palace again, meet Li Ru'an, and see if he has succeeded in spying on the contents of the prince's secret letter, if he has stolen the contents of the prince's secret letter, he will immediately rush back to report to me! By the way......"

Speaking of the back, Zhu Hejian's words paused slightly, and his eyes were full of depth when he looked at Jia Lun.

Jia Lun naturally understood what Zhu Hejian meant, and immediately nodded: "By the way, I will bring a packet of diamond powder and hand it over to a trusted person in the palace." ”

Then Jalen turned and left.

After Jia Lun left, Zhu Hejian half-leaned on the study chair and fell into contemplation again.

If you want to bring down Zhou Shangjing, it is by no means an easy thing, you must think of all the details of the plan in advance, and there must be no mistakes.

Even, Zhu Hejian thinks that it is still not safe for him to have only two plans now, and he must envisage more plans and lay out them from more aspects.

"Today, Zhou Shangjing deliberately targeted me, obviously without consulting with the 'Zhou Party' in advance, they were also caught off guard, and because of the father's counterattack, the influence of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was greatly damaged, and there will inevitably be people who are not convinced, and maybe they can divide ......"

"There are also contradictions between Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing, and I still hold a shocking handle of Zhao Junchen in my hand......"

"Quan Chen...... The silverfish of the country must not be left behind! ”

Between contemplation, Zhu Hejian muttered to himself.