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With the vacancy in the cabinet, countless bright waves and undercurrents suddenly appeared in the court, and the major factions were ready to move. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among them, Zhao Junchen has Zhao Junchen's plan, and Emperor Deqing has Emperor Deqing's idea, "Prince. The party and the first assistant Shen Changmao began to secretly join forces, and as for Zhou Shangjing, the biggest minister in the court, of course, he did not fall behind and had his own plans.

In the struggle for cabinet seats, the hopes of the "Zhou Party" were all placed on Li He, a scholar.

University scholar Li He is only fifty or three years old, but he has already had the experience of serving as an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, this person has a clear appearance, introverted temperament, quite intelligent, has always been Zhou Shangjing's right-hand man, if it were not for the death of his mother six years ago, because of the filial piety and Ding worry, and delayed his career, I am afraid that his current momentum will be above Huang Yourong, Wen Guanliang and others.

At the same time that Zhao Shancai and Shen Changmao were secretly discussing the matter of joining forces, Zhou Shangjing also returned to his mansion and invited Li He, a university scholar, Song Qiwen, a secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhang Bochong, a secretary of the Criminal Department, to discuss the matter.

In the living room of the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Shangjing sat on the main seat, his expression was full of emotion, and he said slowly: "As early as six years ago, Li He was already an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and among the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, you are the youngest, which can be described as a promising future...... If it weren't for the fact that several cabinet ministers at that time, such as Wen Guanliang, Huang Yourong, Shen Changmao and others, were all mediocre and incompetent, the old man might not be able to control the cabinet situation, but even so, the old man has still spent a lot of effort in recent years, and he is quite fortunate......"

While speaking, Zhou Shangjing shook his head again and again, and said: "What's even more regrettable is that Your Majesty has always been deliberately trying to weaken the influence of our forces, and this matter also made Your Majesty seize the opportunity, and when you finally return to the temple, you have lost the position of an auxiliary minister in the cabinet, and can only serve as a nominal bachelor, and the influence of our people in the temple has been weakened a lot, and it can no longer easily affect the ......direction of the temple's policy as in previous years."

Hearing Zhou Shangjing's emotion, Li He's face was full of guilt, and he got up and saluted: "Li He is really ashamed of Lord Shoufu!" Like at the beginning, Lord Shoufu, you spent a lot of effort and energy, and finally let Li He enter the cabinet and become the core minister of the imperial court, but Li He lived up to Lord Shoufu's painstaking efforts, and after the death of his mother, he insisted on returning to his hometown to keep filial piety for three years, regardless of the retention of Lord Shoufu and his colleagues, and finally lost the overall situation because of the small sections, ruining the good situation that Lord Shoufu had worked so hard to manage...... Li He was really ashamed. ”

As always, in private, the officials of the "Zhou Party" will insist on calling Zhou Shangjing "Lord Shoufu", because they firmly believe that Zhou Shangjing will sooner or later regain the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, and the current chief assistant of the cabinet, Shen Changmao, is just a clown in their eyes, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

On the other side, seeing Li He pleading guilty to himself, Zhou Shangjing shook his head and said: "We are the ones who study, the most pay attention to the four words of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, your old mother raised you with hard work, and provided you with literacy and reading, it was already inappropriate for you to stay by the bedside and do your filial piety to the end, after her immortal death, how could the old man hinder you from returning to your hometown to keep filial piety?" You didn't do anything wrong, and you don't need to feel guilty, it's just because the timing is not good. ”

Seeing that Zhou Shangjing understood himself so well, Li He's face was full of emotion, and he made up his mind that he would swear to repay Zhou Shangjing's kindness in the future.

Seeing the change in Li He's expression in his eyes, Zhou Shangjing nodded lightly, but did not say anything, just continued: "However, now is a good opportunity, after Huang Yourong Zhishi, although the major factions in the DPRK and China are spying on this cabinet seat, and have recommended their respective candidates, but after all, you still have the greatest hope, but I also hope that you can grasp this good opportunity and don't make any more twists and turns." ”

After hearing Zhou Shangjing's command, Li He first solemnly agreed, and then said hesitantly: "Thank you Lord Shoufu for your trust, Li He must do his best!" It's just that...... Nowadays, many officials of the 'Imperial Party' have recommended Liang Fuchen, the governor of the three sides, to return to Beijing and join the cabinet, and Liang Fuchen has guarded the three sides for many years, with outstanding merits, extremely high prestige, and his ability to conduct conduct is also second to none. ”

Zhou Shangjing didn't care about Li He's worries, but said slowly: "Liang Fuchen is indeed a capable minister, he has been guarding the northern Xinjiang all these years, and it is indeed very rare that he can barely maintain the situation under the situation that the trilateral military towns have been eroded to the bone and it is difficult to return...... However, no matter how strong his merits are and how high his momentum is, his identity as an 'imperial party' is his biggest congenital deficiency! Shen Changmao and all the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government, no matter how much they fight openly and secretly, they will never allow His Majesty to meddle in the affairs of the cabinet, I believe they still have this vision! If the factions in the DPRK and China are deadlocked because of the vacancy in the cabinet, Liang Fuchen may still be able to enter the cabinet with his merits and prestige, but if there are only two competitors in the cabinet, you and Liang Fuchen, except for the 'prince. In addition to the party, the major factions in the DPRK and China will definitely abandon their prejudices and coordinate their positions, and one after another will resist Liang Fuchen and support you together, so you don't have to worry! ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Shangjing summed up in a conclusive tone: "Now, the major factions in the DPRK and China are staring at the vacant seats in the cabinet and throwing out their respective candidates, there are too many competitors, and in this case, it is inevitable that Liang Fuchen will be given the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos...... Therefore, the first thing we have to do is to eliminate those competitors who are not qualified enough, and when only you and Liang Fuchen are left to compete in the court, the overall situation will be decided! ”

After speaking, Zhou Shangjing's gaze turned to Zhang Bochong, the secretary of the criminal department on the side.

After noticing Zhou Shangjing's gaze, Zhang Bochong immediately got up and reported: "Lord Shoufu, Xiaguan is already fully prepared here, whether it is Zhao Zhenghe, Zuo Lanshan, Huo Zhengyuan, or other competitors, Xiaguan has already prepared many of their scandals and incriminating evidence, just wait for your order, Lord Shoufu, Xiaguan can arrange for the imperial historians to impeach them, and even if they can get rid of impeachment at that time, it will take a lot of time, and the matter of vacant seats in the cabinet has already been settled." ”

Zhou Shangjing nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't worry, you have to wait for the opportunity, and you have to come one by one, otherwise it will cause public anger and the gains outweigh the losses, first ...... Let's start with Cho Jeong-ho. ”

"Yes!"

As Zhou Shangjing's words fell, Li He, Song Qiwen, and Zhang Bochong got up one after another.

Under the leadership of Zhou Shangjing, they are all full of confidence and firmly believe that the "Zhou Party" will be the ultimate winner in the battle for cabinet seats.

However, the three of them didn't notice that while they were full of confidence, a trace of helplessness flashed in Zhou Shangjing's eyes.

As mentioned earlier, as Zhou Shangjing gets older, his life goal has quietly changed.

In the past, Zhou Shangjing hoped that he could always stand at the top of power, and hoped that he could be in power and the opposition, and the family would be dominant, so Zhou Shangjing naturally tried his best to fight for power, and only hoped that the greater the influence of his power, the better.

But now, Zhou Shangjing is getting older, and he is gradually no longer so keen on the way of ministers, and only hopes that his power and family can continue, so Zhou Shangjing already has the idea of turning enemies into friends with Emperor Deqing in his heart.

At this time, Zhou Shangjing actually didn't want his power to be further expanded, which would further attract the suspicion and jealousy of Emperor Deqing, which was not conducive to the reconciliation between Zhou Shangjing and Emperor Deqing!

It's a pity that people in the temple are often involuntarily, Zhou Shangjing now seems to be in power leaning towards the government and the opposition, and is the sole leader of the largest faction in the DPRK and China, the "Zhou Party", and his position is stable, but in fact, after Zhou Shangjing became the leader of the "Zhou Party", although he was supported by all the officials of the "Zhou Party", he also became the spokesman for the interests of all officials of the "Zhou Party", and he must strive for the interests and seek benefits for all the officials of the "Zhou Party".

If Zhou Shangjing is unable to fight for the interests of the "Zhou Party" people, or even hinders the interests of all the officials of the "Zhou Party" in turn, then even Zhou Shangjing, who has outstanding prestige and a stable position, will soon be abandoned by all the people of the "Zhou Party."

This is a matter of course, even with Zhou Shangjing's means and resourcefulness, it can't change the slightest.

Now, although Zhou Shangjing does not want his power to increase further, it is the common wish of all the people in the "Zhou Party" to recommend Li He to the cabinet and increase the voice of the "Zhou Party" in the cabinet, so Zhou Shangjing can only choose to obey.

This is probably the helplessness of the ministers, when they embark on this road, they will never be able to turn back, Zhou Shangjing is like this, and Zhao Junchen is like this!

Recently, the development of the "Zhao Party" has been smooth sailing, and Zhao Junchen is also a dominant company within the "Zhao Party", and no one dares to challenge Zhao Junchen's prestige.

However, if Zhao Junchen understands Zhou Shangjing's helplessness, he will definitely empathize.

Now, as the influence of the "Zhao Party" is getting bigger and bigger, Zhao Junchen is also feeling more and more involuntarily, and many times he has to take into account the thoughts of his subordinates, and many plans have become much more complicated.

For example, now, in the matter of competing for a vacant position in the cabinet, Zhao Junchen feels the pressure from the officials under him.

Just when the "Zhou Party" was deliberating, Zhao Junchen also returned to his mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Zhao Junchen received a report from the governor of the mansion, saying that many "Zhao Party" officials had come to see Zhao Junchen, and they were waiting in the living room of the Zhao Mansion at this time.

Moreover, after these "Zhao Party" officials met with each other, the atmosphere was faintly not harmonious, and there was even some hostility towards each other.

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…… (To be continued.) )