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Zhou Shangjing's mention was very tempting, but after thinking about it for a while, Zhao Junchen still chose to refuse. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)

In fact, there is nothing to hesitate about from the beginning.

Emperor Deqing is Zhao Junchen's only reliance in this era, it is no exaggeration to say that without Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen is nothing, Emperor Deqing's favor is the root of Zhao Junchen's current powerful position, so, at least in a short period of time, Zhao Junchen will never betray Emperor Deqing.

Compared with the illusory promise to enter the cabinet, for Zhao Junchen, Emperor Deqing's support is more practical.

Therefore, although Zhou Shangjing's eyes were full of expectation and encouragement, Zhao Junchen still said helplessly: "Lord Shoufu is really promoting the lower official, the lower official is just a mere household servant, the official is small, how can he stop His Majesty's southern tour?" Shousuke-sama is afraid that he is joking when he says this. ”

Zhou Shangjing glanced at Zhao Junchen deeply and said, "Junchen had better think about it again, the opportunity is rare, and it is not easy to enter the cabinet." ”

Zhao Junchen also sighed and said, "Xiaguan also wants to, but unfortunately it is really out of reach, I am afraid that I will live up to the high hopes of Lord Shoufu." ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen's firm attitude, Zhou Shangjing sighed slowly, shook his head, and muttered, "That's it......"

While speaking, Zhou Shangjing patted Zhao Junchen's shoulder, and then turned to leave.

Although Zhou Shangjing left, Zhao Junchen's brows became tighter and tighter, he really couldn't understand why Zhou Shangjing would rather let himself enter the cabinet and divide power, rather than let Emperor Deqing tour south?

Looking at Zhou Shangjing's trembling back, Zhao Junchen suddenly felt that he understood something.

Although Zhou Shangjing is a powerful minister, at his age, compared with his own powerful position, I am afraid that he attaches more importance to the continuation of the power of the younger generations of the family.

Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen waved his hand to the court official who had the most courteous attitude when he talked to him before.

Then, I saw this official running in front of Zhao Junchen with a humble smile on his face, and said, "Zhan Shanchang, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, has seen Lord Zhao." ”

After hearing Zhan Shanchang's words, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that this official, who was extremely humble towards himself, was actually of the same rank as himself.

Zhao Junchen looked at it carefully, and sure enough, the official robe on this person was exactly the same as his own, about forty years old, and he could hold the position of a third-grade waiter at such an age, although it was not as good as Zhao Junchen, but it was also rare.

However, it is precisely because this person is only about forty years old that he can occupy the position of a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, presumably there must be a strong backer above the court, in this case, why does he deliberately curry favor with himself?

Although there were some doubts in his heart, at this time, Zhao Junchen didn't want to think about it, but said: "It turned out to be Lord Zhan, there were so many people in confusion before, I didn't even notice that you and I were of the same grade, but I treated it lightly." ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Zhan Shanchang was flattered, and said in a loud voice: "Where is it, Lord Zhao is really polite, it should be, Lord Zhao, you are in charge of the household alone, and the holy family is grand, where is the lower official comparable." ”

Zhao Junchen frowned slightly, and said slowly: "Lord Zhan is wrong, since you and I are of the same rank, how can you call yourself a subordinate official?" What's more, the household department belongs to the imperial court, and it is His Majesty's, and today's household department is the secretary of the household department, Master Li Chengru, how can the household department be the sole ruler of the household? ”

Zhan Shanchang looked panicked, and hurriedly said: "It's the lower official, the main official...... It's negligence, what Lord Zhao said is very true. ”

Zhan Shanchang was originally going to call himself "Benguan", but he felt that this title was a little arrogant, and in the end he changed it to a nondescript self-title like "under the ground".

Zhao Junchen shook his head and smiled, just cut to the chase, and asked, "Lord Zhan, do you know what descendants of Lord Shoufu are serving in Jiangnan?" ”

Although Zhan Shanchang didn't know why Zhao Junchen asked this question, he still said: "As far as I know, Lord Zhou Suhai, the eldest grandson of Lord Shoufu, is now serving as the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded, but his brows furrowed even tighter.

It seems that the land south of the Yangtze River, at least the land of Suzhou Prefecture, is afraid that something big has happened!

It was rare to talk alone with Zhao Junchen, Zhan Shanchang was ready to seize the opportunity to get closer to the relationship between the two, however, before he could speak, above the noon gate, the bell rang, and the noon gate slowly opened.

The early dynasty has finally begun.

And as the noon door opened, the three elders in the cabinet, except for the first assistant Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, Wen Guanliang, and Shen Changmao, finally arrived late, and almost stepped on the clock to get off the sedan chair, so that Zhao Junchen couldn't help but wonder if these three people had arrived a long time ago, just to put on a posture and wait for the bell to ring before appearing, otherwise how could it be so clever?

"Master Zhan, let's enter the court."

After nodding to the three pavilion elders, Zhao Junchen said to Zhan Shanchang, but found that Zhan Shanchang had an extremely strange expression after seeing the three pavilion elders.

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Zhan Shan often wanted to speak and stopped, but finally nodded and followed Zhao Junchen into the palace.

………

After entering the Taihe Palace, Zhao Junchen seemed very low-key, just standing in his position, occasionally nodding to others, but never talking much.

Although, many people know that Zhao Junchen is a key figure in today's early dynasty.

With Zhao Junchen returning to Beijing, whether Emperor Deqing can tour the south depends on the early dynasty today.

After waiting for only a cup of tea, I heard a eunuch shouting: "Your Majesty has arrived~~~ The ministers kneel to greet ~~~"

The voice is quite familiar, but it is Zhang De, who I have met a few days ago, and my father-in-law is driving.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!!"

As the ministers knelt down, Zhao Junchen peeked over, but saw that Emperor Deqing looked quite excited today, his face was full of red light, his eyes were blazing, and his hair was about to float.

"Get up."

As Emperor Deqing's words fell, Zhao Junchen and a group of courtiers stood up and waited for Gonggong Zhang to shout the routine sentence "If there is something to play early, there is nothing to retreat from the court".

However, Zhang De seemed to have completely forgotten, and just stood aside without saying a word.

In the silence, it was Emperor Deqing who spoke.

"These days, I asked you to discuss the pros and cons of the southern tour, and I have read all the excerpts you presented, and I am very disappointed! As courtiers, none of you can understand the deep meaning of my desire to tour south! Instead, I found many excuses to stop my trip to the south! ”

Emperor Deqing snorted coldly and continued: "There are only four reasons why you stopped me from touring the south, one of which is that the tour is of no practical significance, so it is not necessary; Second, as the Son of Heaven, I should sit in the capital and not leave lightly; Third, the southern patrol disturbed the people, and the labor mobilized the people; Fourth, the cost of the southern tour was very large, and the household department did not have enough money. These reasons seem to be sufficient, but from my point of view, they are quite ridiculous, either they cannot withstand scrutiny, or they can be solved lightly, and you are simply pedantic and incompetent to use these excuses to hinder my southern tour! ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing say this, Zhao Junchen only felt that these words were faintly familiar, and only recalled after a while, it turned out that these words were all said to Emperor Deqing, and Emperor Deqing repeated them in front of the ministers at this time, and only changed a few words.

And Emperor Deqing ignored the change of color of the ministers, and continued: "Let's talk about the first question first, in the eyes of you, my southern tour is purely face-saving and has no practical significance, this is really pedantic words, outdated thinking, my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and it is most prone to all kinds of problems, and Zhejiang and Anhui are important salt and grain towns, and it is necessary for me to inspect the place, emphasize the emperor's preservation, spread the emperor's prestige, so that local officials and local elders can be in awe of the imperial court, and strengthen the connection between the center and the locality." , to understand the people's livelihood and suffering, isn't this the meaning of the southern tour? ”

While the ministers didn't know how to tell the difference, Zhao Junchen secretly slandered: "These words are also what I said......"

At the same time, Zhou Shangjing, who was standing in front of the ministers, changed his face.

Emperor Deqing continued: "Let's talk about your second reason, that as the Son of Heaven, I should sit in the capital and not leave lightly, otherwise it is easy to give birth to chaos, this reason is even more ridiculous, if I leave the capital, there will be chaos in this world, then is my problem?" Or is it a problem with your courtiers? What's more, in national construction, your various views are competing with each other, each with its own reason, and how can you formulate a national policy if you don't go to the local area to actually understand it? Do you just take your word for it? To stop my southern tour for such a reason, his heart can be punished!! ”

Zhao Junchen secretly slandered: "These words are still ...... I said"

And after Zhou Shangjing heard these words, his face was even more strange.

Seeing that the ministers had nothing to say, Emperor Deqing was unforgiving, and continued: "As for the problem of disturbing the people's power and mobilizing the people, as long as it is flexible, it will be better solved. When you arrive at the place, you can live in a certain Jiangnan garden at will, so how can it disturb the people? ”

Zhao Junchen sighed secretly: "This idea is still what I came up with......"

However, although he was slightly dissatisfied with Emperor Deqing's plagiarism, Zhao Junchen would never say it.

The reason why Zhao Junchen told Emperor Deqing about this yesterday was to let Emperor Deqing be in the limelight at this time.

Doing what he likes, making his own ideas, and letting the emperor be in the limelight has always been the only way for courtiers to gain favor.

……

On the other hand, seeing his own rebuttal, so that the courtiers had nothing to say, Emperor Deqing was very proud, although he tried his best to pretend to be strict, but the smile on the corner of his mouth could be seen by anyone.

"As for the problem that you said that the southern tour was quite expensive and the household was short of silver...... Zhao Aiqing is available? ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing's call, Zhao Junchen hurriedly stepped out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has calculated, if Your Majesty does not build a palace, the silver of the southern tour, 200,000 taels is more than enough, and the household can still take out these silvers." ”

According to Zhao Junchen's plan, Emperor Deqing toured the south, did not live in the palace, and lived in the Jiangnan garden. And those famous Jiangnan gardens, but most of them are in the hands of the rich and rival the country of Huizhou merchants and Zhejiang businessmen, the emperor to stay, since it is a great honor, take the opportunity to hint to those Huizhou merchants and Zhejiang businessmen, only hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it is easy to solve.

But the imperial court asked for bribes from businessmen, so naturally it could not be said explicitly, so Emperor Deqing and Zhao Junchen could only be vague.

After hearing Zhao Junchen's answer, Emperor Deqing nodded with satisfaction, looked at the courtiers, and asked, "In that case, what else do you have to say about my southern tour?" ”

In the face of Emperor Deqing's inquiry, all the courtiers in the court focused their attention on Zhou Shangjing, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the crown prince Zhu and Yu.

Previously, the courtiers opposed the southern tour of the Deqing Emperor, and these two were the main force.

However, Zhou Shangjing did not speak, his face was blank, as if he had never opposed Emperor Deqing's southern tour.

Emperor Deqing's rebuttal before, although it was unintentional, but Zhou Shangjing did hide some things from Emperor Deqing, and under the weakness of his heart, he always felt that Emperor Deqing's words meant something, and at this time, he naturally did not dare to refute again.

On the other side, when the crown prince Zhu and Yu saw Zhou Shangjing as a turtle with a shrunken head, they couldn't help frowning, feeling a little weak, but they still came out and said: "Father, the son has something to say." ”

Emperor Deqing's brows also furrowed, and he said slowly: "Say it." ”

Aware of Emperor Deqing's dissatisfaction, Zhu Heyu felt a little aggrieved in his heart, but still said: "What my father said is certainly quite reasonable, and my son has nothing to say about it, but as far as my son knows, now the surplus silver in the household department is not more than 100,000 taels at most, how can I make up enough for my father's southern tour?" Zhao Junchen vainly said that the household department could take out 200,000 taels of silver, which was actually a crime of defrauding the king, and asked his father to learn from it. ”

Without waiting for Emperor Deqing to speak, Zhao Junchen was already out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not in vain, now the household has 3.7 million taels of silver, and only 200,000 taels of silver, and it can still be taken out." ”

Zhu Heyu sneered: "How much silver does the household department have, and how much silver does the household department have, it is completely different, Zhao Junchen, you say so, but do you want to fool His Majesty and the courtiers?" It is true that there are more than 3 million taels of silver deposited in the household department, but most of those silver are useful, or hundreds of officials and military expenses, or border military expenses, aside from these, where is there still 200,000 taels of surplus silver? ”

On the other side, Li Chengru, the secretary of the household department, also came out and said: "Back to Your Majesty, what the prince said is right, although there is a lot of silver in the household department, but the remaining silver is definitely not enough for 200,000 taels, if Your Majesty does not believe it, you can check the accounts." ”

Listening to Li Chengru's words, Zhao Junchen frowned slightly, he had already set Li Chengru in the air, and now how much money is left in the household department, even Li Chengru can only estimate. Therefore, Zhao Junchen does not think that Zhu Heyu and Li Chengru know the details of the household.

However, Zhao Junchen was also unwilling to confront them, otherwise under the promotion of the prince's party, he would inevitably have to check the accounts of the household department, which would be equivalent to giving them a reason to interfere in the household department, and Zhao Junchen naturally did not do it.

However, Zhao Junchen was just about to say something, but Zhu Heyu had already preemptively said: "The reason why Zhao Junchen said that there are more than 200,000 taels of silver in the household department, if it is not to deceive the king, I am afraid that he has the idea of moving other silver, and the father, it is a great crime to move the household silver at will!" In short, according to Erchen's opinion, Zhao Junchen's words and deeds today are either bullying the king or exceeding his authority! Please also ask the emperor to see the emperor! ”

Hearing Zhu Heyu say this, Emperor Deqing's brows furrowed even tighter, but at this time, it was not easy to favor Zhao Junchen, so he just asked Zhao Junchen: "Zhao Aiqing, what do you have to say about the prince's words?" ”

Zhao Junchen did not panic, but smiled slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, the prince's words, although it seems reasonable, but it is to underestimate the ability of the ministers, the way of financial management, is nothing more than the two aspects of open source and cost reduction, the silver of the household department, each has its own use, and the minister will not do it, but if you say open source, collect more silver for the treasury, but only two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, the minister is still sure to ask." ”

Zhu Heyu sneered: "You said it easily, 200,000 taels of silver, where do you say that there is one?" My father will make a southern tour after the beginning of spring next year, and it will take several months to prepare in the central place, leaving you time to prepare the silver, but it is only a month, in such a short time, where will you find 200,000 taels of silver? ”

Zhao Junchen sighed and said: "The minister here might as well make a gambling contract with His Royal Highness the Prince, and bet that if the minister can make up enough 200,000 taels of silver within a month without moving the money of the household, how about it?" ”

Before Zhu Heyu could speak, Emperor Deqing suddenly spoke.

"Since there is a bet, then there must be a bet, and this bet will be set by me. If Zhao Aiqing can increase the income of 200,000 taels of silver for the household department within a month, then the open source technique of financial management is far beyond his peers, and with the contribution of Lu'an Mansion to disaster relief, he can be promoted to the secretary of the household department, and Li Chengru, the former secretary of the household department, will be transferred to another position. If Zhao Aiqing can't increase the income of 200,000 taels for the household department within one month, it will be regarded as Zhao Aiqing's loss, according to the prince's words, it is the crime of deceiving the king, the prince, Zhao Aiqing, what do you think of this? ”

"Since His Majesty said so, the minister should receive the order."

Zhao Junchen bowed down and said.

For the 200,000 taels of silver in a month, whether it is Emperor Deqing or Zhao Junchen, they are full of confidence, Zhejiang merchants and Hui merchants have agents in the capital, through them, the news that Emperor Deqing intends to stay in the Jiangnan garden during the southern tour revealed, in order to strive for the Deqing Emperor's qualification to live in his own garden, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver will naturally be in hand.

However, to the surprise of Zhao Junchen and Emperor Deqing, Zhu Heyu suddenly said: "Father, the sons heard that some people want to ask for bribes from the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River with the qualifications of staying in various gardens during His Majesty's southern tour. In addition, Zhao Shilang's family assets are quite expensive, and he can easily take out 200,000 taels of silver and hand them over to the household department, so if he wins the bet because of this, wouldn't it be equivalent to taking 200,000 taels of silver to buy an official position as a household secretary? ”

Hearing Zhu Heyu say this, Emperor Deqing and Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be surprised!

Zhu and Yu were able to say this, which proved that he already knew the secret plan of their monarch and minister!

And Zhu Heyu continued: "Therefore, it seems that it is okay for Erchen to make a bet, and it is also feasible for his father to bet, but even if Zhao Junchen can open up 200,000 taels of silver for the household department within a month, he must also explain the origin of the silver. ”

Hearing Zhu Heyu say this, Emperor Deqing couldn't help but regret it.

Although he was quite confident in Zhao Junchen's financial management skills, he did not think that Zhao Junchen could use "legitimate means" to get 200,000 taels of silver in a month.

This bet was originally a means for Emperor Deqing to take the opportunity to promote Zhao Junchen, but now it is difficult to ride a tiger.

However, Jun didn't joke, but he couldn't allow him to regret it, just looked at Zhao Junchen, hoping that Zhao Junchen could find a reason to push off the gambling contract.

However, Zhao Junchen was not worried, but said to Emperor Deqing: "The prince's words are reasonable, after a month, the minister will not only increase the income of 200,000 taels of silver for the household, but also explain the origin of the silver. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen asked Zhu Heyu again: "However, His Royal Highness the Prince, if the minister takes out 200,000 taels of silver when he arrives, and the silver is from a legitimate source, if Your Majesty wants to tour the south again, there will be no problem, right?" ”

Zhu Heyu was slightly stunned and said, "That's the case!" ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Emperor Deqing was moved in his heart, and at this time, Zhao Junchen was still concerned about his southern tour!

Such a loyal courtier, full of courts, I'm afraid I can't find a second one, right?

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