Chapter 55. Friend and foe change (above).
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Regarding Wei Ping's actions, Zhao Junchen always felt that he was inseparable from the first assistant Zhou Shangjing, but unfortunately, Zhao Junchen only speculated on this, and there was no actual evidence. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)
But in the same way, although Zhou Shangjing knew in his heart that it was impossible for Wei Ping to commit suicide by taking poison in fear of crime, there was no evidence, and he had already opened Wei Ping out of the door, so it was inconvenient to come forward for Wei Ping at this time.
Therefore, the next morning, when Gu Quan listed Wei Ping's various crimes, Li Lide took out all kinds of evidence found by the Criminal Department, and Zhao Junchen himself used it as circumstantial evidence, and the case of Wei Ping's poisoning and death, which shook the government and the opposition, came to an abrupt end.
After the next dynasty, Zhao Junchen sat in the sedan chair, thoughtful.
He wasn't thinking about Wei Ping's affairs, for Zhao Junchen, Wei Ping was just a small person, and being poisoned was just a trivial matter, and the matter was over.
What Zhao Junchen is thinking about now is a strange thing that happened in the court today.
Wen Guanliang was defeated by Zhao Junchen, and was defeated by Shen Changmao, Huang Yourong and others, barely supported in the court for nearly a month, and finally couldn't hold on anymore.
However, to Zhao Junchen's surprise, Wen Guanliang's statement would attract strong opposition from Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong.
Especially Huang Yourong, in order to retain Wen Guanliang, he made a long speech on the early dynasty, talking eloquently, what "Wen Ge old auxiliary government has a way, the government and the opposition benefit, how can you abandon the country and go", what "the country can be without me Huang Yourong, but you can't live without Wen Ge for a day", what "Wen Ge Lao Zhishi, is the loss of the court, the great misfortune of the people" Yunyun.
When Huang Yourong said these words, it was as if it was another person who had been sarcastic about Wen Guanliang a month ago.
In the face of Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao's efforts to retain, Emperor Deqing could not deny it, but Wen Guanliang looked ugly.
But in fact, in the past few months, Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao's two factions have been attacking Wen Guanliang openly or covertly, and Wen Guanliang has also been unbearable because of this.
"What play is this singing about?"
Sitting in the sedan chair, Zhao Junchen frowned and muttered to himself.
……… Just as Zhao Junchen was secretly thinking, outside the sedan chair, Xu Qingyan's voice sounded.
"Young master, Master Zhan is here."
Hearing Xu Qingyan's reminder, Zhao Junchen opened the curtain next to the sedan chair, only to find that Zhan Shanchang's sedan chair was already side by side with Zhao Junchen's sedan chair.
At this time, Zhan Shanchang also lifted the curtain on the sedan chair, and looked at Zhao Junchen with inexplicable excitement on his face.
"Got things figured out?"
Zhao Junchen asked softly.
Hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, the excitement on Zhan Shanchang's face became more and more obvious, and in a gloating tone, he said in a gloating tone: "My lord, Wen Guanliang's matter has been investigated clearly, haha, it turns out that Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong don't want to let go of Huang Yourong, Huang Yourong is in trouble." ”
Zhao Junchen nodded and sighed: "Sure enough." ”
Throughout the ages, there has always been an unspoken rule in Chinese officialdom, that is, no matter what a person has done during his time as an official, how many people he has offended, after returning to his hometown, as long as he no longer participates in court disputes, then all the past qiē will be written off, and there will be no accountability, and there is no need to worry about retaliation.
In a way, this is a kind of gentleman's government, and it is also a rule that officials deliberately abide by for their own future.
And Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao are now not allowed to return to their hometowns by Wen Guanliang, and what they want is clear at a glance.
Secretly feeling the cruelty of the political struggle, Zhao Junchen asked: "What is going on, let's hear it." ”
While speaking, the sedan chair in which the two of them were riding had already left the official road near the palace and came to the place where the bustling people gathered.
Seeing that it was inconvenient to speak like this, without waiting for Zhan Shanchang to reply, Zhao Junchen said again: "Lord Zhan can bring casual clothes with him?" If you bring it, why don't you change into civilian clothes with the official and get off the sedan chair and walk? There is a bean flower stall not far in front, the taste is good, these days the official often goes, today Lord Zhan and the official go with the folk flavor? ”
Now the beginning of winter has been a long time, the New Year is approaching, although the winter snow is late, but the temperature is already very low, the court clothes are inconvenient, and most of the officials in the sedan chair are prepared with thick casual clothes.
Although I don't understand that Zhao Junchen will eat the crude food of "bean curd" in order to eat it, but this is a rare opportunity to get closer to Zhao Junchen, Zhan Shanchang naturally will not let it go, after hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, he said in a loud voice: "My lord Yaxing, the lower officials will naturally go together." ”
Under the orders of the two, the sedan chair stopped, and after each changed into civilian clothes, Zhao Junchen and Zhan Shanchang each took one or two followers and walked towards the front of the street.
Walking on the folk streets, Zhan Shanchang was obviously a little unaccustomed, but in front of Zhao Junchen, he still looked very interested, and from time to time he praised the folk liveliness.
"Tell me, what's going on."
After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Zhan Shanchang also put away his politeness, smiled heartily, and said: "Since Lord Zuo, after they abandoned the darkness and followed the light, Wen Guanliang's power in the center of the temple has been greatly reduced, and he has become a lonely person. However, Wen Guanliang has been running officialdom for many years, so naturally there are not only such a little power, but also many people from various local governments and key yamen. ”
Zhao Junchen nodded and asked, "These forces are being targeted by Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong?" ”
Zhan Shanchang smiled more and more cheerfully, and explained: "What's more, the two of them are now fighting, and the others are just fine, but there are many positions in the Department of Salt Envoy Wen Guanliang, this yamen is famous for its oil and water, but it is very important, it is not good to reorganize and replace people on a large scale, in order to compete for these positions and officials, Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao do not give in to each other, and now it is a stalemate." ”
Zhao Junchen asked lightly: "So the two of them thought of Wen Guanliang?" ”
"Exactly." Zhan Shanchang stroked his palm and said: "As the so-called tree falls and scatters, since Wen Guanliang lost power, his original subordinate officials were either pulled off the horse by others, or found a new force to take refuge, as for those who transferred the salt envoys, because the position was too critical, in the face of Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao's threat of co-optation at the same time, they did not dare to show their attitude at will. ”
After a pause, Zhan Shanchang smiled more and more cheerfully: "So whether it is Shen Changmao or Huang Yourong, they have been coercing and enticing Wen Guanliang for a long time, trying to persuade Wen Guanliang to persuade the people to join them before resigning, but unfortunately Wen Guanliang did not dare to offend anyone, and the matter has been dragged on like this, so Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao have mostly lost their patience, from inducement to coercion, and they will not let him return to his hometown." ”
Zhao Junchen sighed and said, "From this point of view, Wen Ge is afraid that he will not be able to escape." ”
Zhan Shanchang nodded and said: "That's right, Wen Guanliang has no way to retreat now, no matter who he helps, it will attract the full attack of the other party, he has lost his momentum, if Huang Yourong or Shen Changmao attacks him with all his strength, all kinds of impeachment, all kinds of crimes, how can he get out of the way?" has the intention to divide the remaining powerful people in his hands equally with Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong, but Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong will not be satisfied, so Wen Guanliang is afraid that he will be in the late season. ”
Zhao Junchen said with emotion: "The tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, although Wen Guanliang is not a tiger, and Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao, the two elders, cannot be said to be dogs, but this situation is similar, which makes people sigh." ”
Zhan Shanchang smiled: "It's still clear to adults." ”
Zhao Junchen nodded, but suddenly said to Xu Qingyan, who was following him: "Qingyan, after returning home, I will send a post to each of the three pavilion elders, saying that I will invite them to a banquet tonight, and invite them to come to the banquet." ”
Xu Qingyan nodded and agreed, but Zhan Shanchang's eyes lit up and asked, "My lord, what do you mean, is that we should also share some benefits?" ”
In fact, because Zuo Lanshan, Gu Quan and others took refuge in Zhao Junchen one after another, for those remnants of Wen Guanliang, Zhao Junchen was originally the easiest to accept.
However, Zhao Junchen gave up on this.
First, if you eat meat by yourself, you must always leave some soup for others to drink, if you are insatiable and the benefits are gone, Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao will definitely not give Zhao Junchen a good look. And Zhao Junchen doesn't want to have too many conflicts with the two of them now. And after Zhao Junchen gave up these forces, Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao reciprocated that they had never troubled Zhao Junchen these days, and even in the various positions in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the three parties still cooperated a lot.
Especially Huang Yourong, he has always turned a blind eye to Zhan Shanchang's small actions in the Ministry of Rites these days.
Second, and most importantly, Zhao Junchen couldn't allow these officials under Wen Guanliang to take refuge in him. Now the official forces under Zhao Junchen's door, except for Liu Changan and the household department, are almost all transferred from Wen Guanliang's subordinates, these people because of their same background and experience, now they have been consciously or unintentionally hugged together, and have become a relatively independent small group under Zhao Junchen's door, if the number of forces grows again, the relationship between Zhao Junchen and them, who is the master and who is the guest is not easy to say, Zhao Junchen is not confident that he can control it.
And Zhao Junchen has spent so much effort to integrate his subordinate forces these days, and it is also because of this reason.
Of course, this kind of thought, Zhao Junchen naturally didn't want to say it to Zhan Shanchang, so after hearing Zhan Shanchang's inquiry, Zhao Junchen said coldly: "Lord Zhan, I know that you have always had a grudge against Wen Guan Conscience, but how could you be blinded by such hatred?" Didn't you realize that if you can't control it like this, you, Tong Da and Zuo Da will all be implicated and end up in trouble? ”
Zhan Shanchang is not a stupid person, hearing Zhao Junchen say this, after calming down and thinking for a while, his face suddenly changed greatly! .
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