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On the morning of the next day, Zhao Junchen proposed to Emperor Deqing his idea of extending the commercial tax rectification plan to the northwestern provinces.

Emperor Deqing and all factions in the imperial court had no objection to Zhao Junchen's proposal, after all, Zhao Junchen's commercial tax rectification plan was indeed extremely dazzling in the southeastern provinces, and the improvement of the imperial court's financial situation was beneficial to everyone.

In fact, if it weren't for the successive battles between Shaanxi, Gansu and Hetao this year, the imperial court might have had a good year.

Then, Zhao Junchen proposed to let Zuolan Mountain be placed in Shanxi and serve as the governor, and this matter was quickly passed.

With Zhao Junchen's return to the court, the "Zhao Party" has a backbone and leader, and everyone knows that it is impossible for them to bring down Zuo Lanshan by means of impeachment.

What's more, Zuo Lanshan went to serve as the governor of Shanxi this time, and he also shouldered the important task of presiding over the commercial and tax rectification of the northwest provinces, and the ministers would not deliberately obstruct it.

After all the things during this period of time, Emperor Deqing and the ministers have formed a tacit understanding and consensus - before the financial situation of the imperial court is completely improved, the relevant matters will be completely handed over to Zhao Junchen in the future, and Zhao Junchen will be allowed to toss, as long as it does not hinder the interests of all parties.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Emperor Deqing and the powerful ministers also did not pursue Zhao Junchen's wanton rectification and elimination of dissidents in the household yamen yesterday, but instead agreed with Zhao Junchen's opinion, believing that Hong Zhengshuo and Ma Sen were no longer suitable for serving in the household yamen, and began to discuss the new candidates for the two household servants.

Eventually, after a long period of discussion and debate, the dust finally settled on the transfer of officials.

Ma Sen was sent to Nanzhili and served as the imperial history of the left capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Inspectorate.

Hong Zhengshuo was also sent out to become the Shaanxi Inspectorate, and the next day he was going to Shaanxi to take up his post to replace the current Shaanxi Inspectorate Zhou Bo.

Obviously, because of the "three strategies for raising grain", these two unlucky people offended the hundred officials in the capital, and it is only natural for them to leave the center of the capital and go to the local yamen this time.

Then, under the operation of Zhao Junchen, Liu Chang'an, the former right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, was successfully restored to his official position, but no longer retained in the Ministry of Officials, but was transferred to the Ministry of Households, replacing Hong Zhengshuo as the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials.

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This series of official transfers illustrates many things.

First of all, just like Zhao Junchen's prediction, the expansion of the power of the "Zhao Party" is indeed about to enter a bottleneck period.

While Emperor Deqing and his ministers completely handed over the financial power of the imperial court to Zhao Junchen, they would also do their best to suppress Zhao Junchen's power expansion in other aspects, so they would transfer Liu Changan of the "Zhao Party" from the Ministry of Officials and go to the Ministry of Households, which on the one hand enhanced Zhao Junchen's control over the Ministry of Households, and on the other hand, it also weakened Zhao Junchen's influence in the Ministry of Officials.

However, this is also something that Zhao Junchen is happy to see, the Ministry of Officials has always been Zhou Shangjing's base camp, and Liu Changan has made no achievements during his tenure as the Servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the new Household Department Shangshu Li Chengru cannot be fully trusted for the time being, and Liu Changan will be transferred to the Ministry of Households to serve as the left attendant, which can also prevent Li Chengru from getting out of control in the future.

It can be expected that the new candidate for the right attendant of the household department will eventually be served by a certain confidant of Zhao Junchen in Shaanxi and Gansu, which is also to weaken Zhao Junchen's influence in Shaanxi and Gansu.

Secondly, Emperor Deqing couldn't wait to rectify the officialdom of Shaanxi and Gansu, and before the end of the Hetao War, he appointed Hong Zhengshuo as the envoy of Shaanxi, which was a foreshadowing of Emperor Deqing's next step to rectify the officialdom of Shaanxi and Gansu.

What made Zhao Junchen even more vigilant was that when Hong Zhengshuo went to serve as the envoy of Shaanxi, he would also bring the latest decree of the Deqing Emperor, and ordered several major heroes in Shaanxi and Gansu—including Zhang Shengde, the governor of Shaanxi, Wu Qifan, the prefect of Xi'an, Zhou Bo, and Zheng Jiadong, the scholar, to rush to the center of the capital as soon as possible after the end of the Hetao War, and wait for the next step of the imperial court's commendation and reward.

This is obviously Emperor Deqing's desire to uproot Zhao Junchen's forces and connections in Shaanxi and Gansu in one fell swoop.

Zhao Junchen did not have a suitable reason to oppose Emperor Deqing's methods, and the sensitivity of this matter was not suitable for him to oppose it, so he had to let it go.

However, Zhao Junchen was not particularly worried about Emperor Deqing's methods, because his prestige and connections had been deeply implanted in all strata of Shaanxi and Gansu, including the government, the army, merchants, scholars, ordinary people, and other strata, and it was not something that Emperor Deqing could remove by replacing some upper-level officials.

Although Emperor Deqing was proficient in the emperor's mental arts, his concept was still old-fashioned, and he did not understand the truth of going deep into the grassroots masses, and always thought that he could control the situation by changing a few officials, which doomed him to half the effort.

Finally, and the most worthy of Zhao Junchen's vigilance, is that Emperor Deqing, the "Zhou Party", "Shen Party", and Qingliu have reached a consensus on the attitude towards Zhao Junchen, and their actions and attitudes are very consistent, which means that if Zhao Junchen wants to break this deadlock in the future, the resistance he will encounter will be far beyond imagination!

"It seems that if you want to fish in troubled waters, you must further confuse the situation in the temple!"

After this court meeting was over, Zhao Junchen thought secretly.

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After the end of the early dynasty, the officials left the Taihe Hall one after another.

Zhao Junchen habitually wanted to go to the noon gate to take a sedan chair to the household yamen office, but after walking a few steps, he reacted - he is no longer the head of the household department, but the cabinet assistant, and his office is no longer the household yamen not far from the noon gate, but has become the Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City.

Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen changed his direction and walked in the direction of Wenhua Hall instead.

"Cabinet! In the place where I assisted the emperor in formulating the policies of the imperial court, when I was always the head of the household department, my power was only limited to a corner of the finances, but I was also arbitrary. Now that he is an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, his power has expanded to all sides, and he can also influence the policy direction of the imperial court, but when doing things, he must also consult with those powerful ministers...... But I don't know what kind of scene it is. ”

While thinking about it, Zhao Junchen's pace couldn't help but speed up a little.

Zhao Junchen's recent physical condition is certainly not good, but after all, he is a young man, and he didn't take a few steps before he saw several old ministers not far ahead, slowly walking in the direction of Wenhua Palace.

These old men are Shen Changmao, the current head of the cabinet, Zhou Shangjing, the elder Zhou Shangjing, who is the leader of the Qing Stream, and Li He, another cabinet elder who was born in the "Zhou Party".

If you put aside the cabinet elder Liang Fuchen, who is presiding over the military and political affairs on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, plus Zhao Junchen himself, who has recently become a cabinet minister, several cabinet elders in the temple will all be gathered.

After seeing a few elders, Zhao Junchen groaned slightly, then quickened his pace, walked behind several old men, and bowed his hand: "Junior, Zhao Junchen, I have seen a few seniors!" ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's greetings, several pavilion elders stopped one after another and turned to look at Zhao Junchen.

Zhao Junchen continued with a humble attitude: "From now on, the younger generation will be assisted in government affairs in the Wenhua Hall with several seniors. ”

Listening to Zhao Junchen's self-humility, seeing Zhao Junchen's young face, and then seeing the old appearance of several other pavilion elders like himself, Zhou Shangjing, Shen Changmao and others couldn't help but sigh.

When they entered the cabinet, the youngest was forty or fifty years old, and they were like Zhao Junchen, but they were only twenty-five or sixteen years old, and they had already stepped on the peak of the ministers.

Especially Shen Changmao, he couldn't help but feel jealous and hateful in his heart, and only felt that Zhao Junchen joined the cabinet with him at a young age, and his power and merits also faintly overwhelmed him, the nominal cabinet chief, which was like mocking himself for living all his age to a dog.

Jealous and jealous, that is, people like Shen Changmao.

Objectively speaking, after Zhao Junchen returned to the temple, it was obviously helpful to stabilize Shen Changmao's position as the first assistant, if it weren't for Zhao Junchen's efforts to solve the logistical problem of the Hetao war, and took over the trouble of poor luck, these things would have developed to the end, and Shen Changmao would have to bear the black pot, and Shen Changmao would inevitably collapse at that time.

Shen Changmao naturally understands this, but this still can't stop Shen Changmao from hating Zhao Junchen from the bottom of his heart!

At this time, seeing Zhao Junchen's active greetings, Shen Changmao still had a cold face, nodded lightly and said: "The old man, as the head of the cabinet, has the right to lead the cabinet, so he will naturally give you a good life. ”

A trace of contempt flashed in Zhao Junchen's eyes, but his smile remained unchanged, and he nodded respectfully: "This is natural!" The seniors are the pillars of the court of the old Chengmou country, and the little achievements of the younger generations in the past are nothing, so they naturally want to take the opportunity to learn more. ”

Shen Changmao touched a soft nail and couldn't help but snort lightly.

On the other hand, Cheng Yuandao was ridiculed by Zhao Junchen a few days ago, and he was also disgusted with Zhao Junchen, and said coldly: "I just hope you do what you say, the cabinet has always been stable, you better not add to the chaos......"

As the leader of Qingliu, Cheng Yuandao naturally has a lot of truth hidden in his mind, and at this time, he wants to take the opportunity to educate Zhao Junchen at length, and also take the opportunity to take revenge on Zhao Junchen's previous ridicule.

But at this time, Zhou Shangjing spoke.

"Why don't you go first? The old man has something to talk about privately with Zhao Gechen! ”

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The follow-up plot wasn't written before the wee hours of the morning, so it's only half a chapter today, but tomorrow it's going to be a big chapter.

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