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Zhao Junchen's paranoid views on agricultural reform are so radical that they are almost unreasonable, and they are completely different from the rational performance of the past, and all the officials cannot understand it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhao Junchen also has his own considerations.

In addition to creating a situation in which he was besieged by hundreds of officials to reduce the vigilance of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen really wanted to do something practical, and if it was possible, Zhao Junchen did hope that the imperial court could pass his proposal.

Zhao Junchen's current strategy is not much different from the bargaining methods of private small traders and hawkers, asking for prices all over the sky, sitting on the ground to pay back, that's all.

Zhao Junchen also has some relatively relaxed proposals, but if these relatively relaxed proposals are thrown out directly, the officials will still fiercely oppose them, but if Zhao Junchen first throws out a very radical proposal, and repeatedly uses this radical proposal to express his firm position, by the way, he also tests the psychological bottom line of the officials, and then throws out a relatively relaxed proposal at the appropriate time, this relatively relaxed proposal is easy to accept.

Now, Zhao Junchen has gradually figured out the bottom line of the officials, and after a while, he can throw out another proposal.

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After the end of the early dynasty, the officials left the Imperial Palace one after another.

Several core officials of the "Zhao Party" also gathered around Zhao Junchen as always, discussing follow-up matters with Zhao Junchen.

Because the "Zhao Party" benefited the most from the "Jingcha", the core figures of the "Zhao Party" all looked like people were in good spirits on happy occasions, after all, many of their cronies had also become beneficiaries.

After leaving the Imperial Palace, seeing that there were no outsiders around, Chen Dongxiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, first said: "Lord Zhao, now that the matter of 'Jingcha' has been settled, a total of twenty-eight court officials close to us have been given the opportunity to be promoted, and there are more than ten officials who have not gone to the local yamen to serve, but their official titles have also been promoted, which is really a great joy......

Zuo Lanshan also nodded and said: "Yes, from now on, our influence will finally be able to leave the capital, spread the place, and go further!" After His Majesty announced the results of the 'Jingcha', I saw that most of the factions in the imperial court were a little jealous. ”

After being interrupted by Zuo Lanshan, Chen Dongxiang subconsciously frowned.

Since he was wholeheartedly attached to Zhao Junchen, Chen Dongxiang regarded himself as Zhao Junchen's minions, but he was only loyal to Zhao Junchen alone, for the rest of the core figures of the "Zhao Party", Chen Dongxiang still looked down on it, and he did not have much respect for Zuo Lanshan, the second person in the "Zhao Party", and was inevitably a little dissatisfied when he was interrupted by Zuo Lanshan at this time.

Chen Dongxiang is an ambitious person, he can find the target direction for himself to realize his ambitions at any time, and now he is eyeing Zuo Lanshan's position, wanting to replace Zuo Lanshan as the second-in-command of the "Zhao Party".

As a matter of fact, Chen Dongxiang's ambition was also tacitly approved by Zhao Junchen, and the limited competition within the "Zhao Party" also helped Zhao Junchen strengthen his control over the "Zhao Party."

However, Chen Dongxiang also knew that he did not have the ability to challenge Zuo Lanshan at present, so he did not clearly express his dissatisfaction, but continued: "According to my thoughts, taking advantage of today's opportunity, we might as well set up a banquet and invite those close officials who are about to go to the local yamen to gather, in addition to gathering people's hearts, we can also take the opportunity to tell them some necessary things." ”

After Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, he nodded and said, "It's okay, the time is set for the unitary hour of this evening, and the location is set at Tianhai Tower, and Chen Shangshu will be responsible for the notification." ”

Chen Dongxiang saw that Zhao Junchen had adopted his suggestion, and couldn't help but be happy, and nodded again and again and said, "Don't worry, Lord Zhao, I will definitely pass the news to them in time." ”

At this moment, Huo Zhengyuan suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance and said, "Lord Zhao, look, Wang Baoren seems to be going to meet His Majesty!" ”

Hearing Zhan Shanchang's reminder, Zhao Junchen turned his head to look and saw a little eunuch leading Wang Baoren in the direction of the imperial study.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but ponder.

Huo Zhengyuan asked: "Lord Zhao, what is the purpose of this Wang Baoren suddenly meeting His Majesty?" ”

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Junchen said slowly: "To test Your Majesty's bottom line, by the way, it is just to bargain, fight for your own benefits, and find a way to reduce losses, Wang Baoren is a smart person, and now that he sees that the overall situation has been decided, he naturally knows how to choose." ”

Speaking of this, a smile flashed at the corner of Zhao Junchen's mouth, and he said: "Perhaps, the matter of the imperial court center dealing with the six departments of Nanjing will be smoother than imagined." ”

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Ignoring the discussion between Zhao Junchen and the "Zhao Party", it is said that after Wang Baoren left the early dynasty, he did not leave the palace immediately, but asked to see Emperor Deqing, and Emperor Deqing soon summoned Wang Baoren.

After entering the imperial study, Wang Baoren's attitude was much more humble than yesterday, and he saluted Emperor Deqing respectfully: "The old minister Wang Baoren has seen Your Majesty. ”

Emperor Deqing still looked trusting, and asked, "What is the matter with the prince seeing me?" Sit down and talk. ”

While speaking, Emperor Deqing once again ordered someone to move a stool for Wang Baoren to sit on, the scene was the same as yesterday, but Wang Baoren's mood was completely different, and there was no longer yesterday's complacent look.

In fact, after the eunuch of the Yangxin Palace moved a stool for Wang Baoren, Wang Baoren did not sit down, but became more and more humble, bowing to Emperor Deqing and pleading: "Your Majesty, the old minister does not dare to sit, the old minister asked to see His Majesty this time, but he came to ask for sin!" ”

Emperor Deqing didn't seem to understand what Wang Baoren meant, and asked in surprise: "Please?" Wang Taishi has just returned to Beijing, so what is the crime? ”

Wang Baoren said in a deep voice: "Lao Chen visited the Metropolitan Procuratorate yesterday and asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate about the progress of the assassination case of Zhao Junchen, the head of the household department, and then found out that this case is related to the Nanjing Sixth Ministry!" It seems that a small group of officials in the Sixth Department of Nanjing secretly made profits through smuggling, and they resented Lord Zhao's rectification of commercial taxes, and they actually colluded with smugglers to assassinate Lord Zhao! And the old minister, formerly known as the Nanjing Hubu Shangshu, was unaware of this matter, and he was really guilty! I hope that Your Majesty will punish you! ”

Up to now, Wang Baoren knows very well in his heart that the center of the imperial court is determined to pour the dirty water of Zhao Junchen's assassination on the six departments of Nanjing, which is simply concentric, Wang Baoren's influence in the center of the capital is still insufficient, and he cannot reverse the situation at all, so he started the idea of abandoning the car to protect the marshal.

Wang Baoren's remarks were ostensibly to ask Emperor Deqing for his guilt, but in fact he wanted to blame "a handful of officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing" for the assassination of Zhao Junchen, so as to protect the vast majority of officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing.

However, how could Emperor Deqing not understand Wang Baoren's deep meaning, but said slowly: "In this matter, Wang Taishi was only deceived by villains, and the sin is not in you, but in those villains who deceived you!" However, then again, with the eyes of Wang Taishi, if this matter is just the private so-called of a small group of officials, I am afraid that it will not be able to hide from Wang Taishi's eyes! After all, they have been involved in smuggling for many years. According to Huang Yourong's impeachment, the erosion of the Nanjing Sixth Department is a large-scale matter, and most of the officials are inextricably linked, and I am also inclined to Huang Yourong's statement, and only the vast majority of the officials of the Nanjing Sixth Department are involved in this matter, and they are working together to conceal Wang Taishi, this matter is reasonable, otherwise how can we explain what Wang Taishi does not know! ”

Emperor Deqing's remarks seemed to show undiminished trust in Wang Baoren, believing that Wang Baoren absolutely did not participate in the crimes of the Nanjing Sixth Ministry, but the implicit meaning was very cold - if Wang Baoren insisted that these things were just the private actions of a small group of officials of the Nanjing Sixth Ministry, then it meant that Wang Baoren was also suspected of not reporting the information and even shielding the party! If Wang Baoren agrees that the vast majority of the people in the Six Divisions of Nanjing are involved in the crime of sheltering smuggling and assassinating Zhao Junchen, then Wang Baoren has nothing to do with this matter!

After hearing Emperor Deqing's seemingly trusting, but actually cold statement, Wang Baoren couldn't help but be silent for a long time!

Through these words, Wang Baoren also figured out the position of the center of the imperial court, and knew that the six departments of Nanjing were bound to face a large-scale purge and rectification.

Thinking of this, Wang Baoren's mood became heavier.

Then, Wang Baoren raised his head and asked Emperor Deqing: "But I don't know, if the crimes of the Nanjing Sixth Department are implemented, how will Your Majesty punish the Nanjing Sixth Department?" ”

Emperor Deqing said resolutely: "Since there is a large-scale erosion in the six departments of Nanjing, most of the officials are bold and reckless, ignoring the laws and disciplines of the imperial court, and even daring to assassinate important ministers of the imperial court, I naturally cannot be spared, a large-scale purge and rectification is necessary, all the officials involved in the case, as well as the officials who do not report it, must be asked to be punished!" ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing's expression, Wang Baoren finally made up his mind, and said with a serious expression: "The old minister implores Your Majesty to be cautious, in the six departments of Nanjing, even if there is a large-scale erosion, there are still many loyal and diligent officials, if Your Majesty's actions are too big, I am afraid that there will be many innocent officials who will be implicated and easy to cause unjust cases." ”

The so-called "loyal and diligent officials" actually refer to Wang Baoren's cronies and cronies who stayed in Nanjing.

Wang Baoren has always been decisive, and after knowing that things could not be violated, he began to try to reduce his losses for himself.

The meaning of his words is obvious, that is, he is willing to help the center of the imperial court to rectify the six departments of Nanjing, and he is also willing to stand on the side of the center of the imperial court and completely break with the six departments of Nanjing, but he hopes that the imperial court can protect his power and connections, and not let his years of operation go to waste.

Prior to this, Wang Baoren was certainly the leader of the Nanjing Sixth Division, but after all, the Nanjing Sixth Division was just a stepping stone for Wang Baoren, and when it was time to give up, Wang Baoren would never hesitate too much.

Hearing that Wang Baoren had a choice so quickly, a hint of appreciation flashed in Emperor Deqing's eyes.

In fact, Wang Baoren's statement was also in the hands of Emperor Deqing!

Although Emperor Deqing wanted to rectify and clean up the six departments of Nanjing, he did not want Wang Baoren's power and connections to suffer too much loss, because Emperor Deqing also hoped that Wang Baoren would balance Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen and others in the future.

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