……

……

After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Zhu Jinrong did not dare to slack off, and immediately explained his intentions, saying that the inner court wanted to deepen cooperation with Zhao Junchen, and also hoped that Zhao Junchen and the inner court would not make it difficult in private when handing over the west factory and the inner transport warehouse, and try to cooperate with one or two, so that the inner court could take over the west factory and the inner carrier warehouse smoothly and completely, and the inner court would definitely repay in the future.

Although Zhu Jinrong talked a lot about it, it can be summed up in just a few sentences.

After hearing Zhu Jinrong's explanation, Zhao Junchen groaned slightly.

Whether it is the West Factory or the Inner Carrier, Zhao Junchen does not intend to give up easily, although because of the will of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen must return the two yamen to the inner court, but it is natural to make some arrangements in secret, Zhao Junchen must at least ensure that he can still maintain a certain amount of influence and control over these two yamen in the future.

And Wei Huai, Li Ru'an and others are the dark chess arranged by Zhao Junchen who secretly controls these two yamen.

Now, after hearing Zhu Jinrong's request, Zhao Junchen will not easily change his plan.

However, if he could take the opportunity to knock out some benefits from the inner court just by relying on a few perfunctory lies, Zhao Junchen would not miss the opportunity.

After all, in Zhao Junchen's heart, for those eunuchs in the inner court, he doesn't have to pay attention to the word "integrity" at all, compared with tangible interests, although the character of integrity is noble, it is not valuable, and Zhao Junchen will not have psychological obstacles when he lies.

So, after pretending to think about it for a while. Zhao Junchen said slowly: "The sincerity of the inner court, this official really feels it...... Actually, even without the visit of Zhu Zhangji. After receiving His Majesty's will, the official will also return the two yamen of the West Factory and the Inner Carrier Warehouse to the Inner Court in a complete manner, and act according to the order and deal with it impartially, which has always been the principle of the official, so the Inner Court does not need to worry about anything. ”

Between speaking, Zhao Junchen accentuated his tone on the four words "complete".

This means that regardless of the deposit of the bank. or all the financial resources of the internal treasury, Zhao Junchen will hand them all over to the inner court, and will not secretly do anything or intercept them privately.

The other side. After hearing Zhao Junchen's hint, Zhu Jinrong was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Our family represents the twelve eunuchs, four divisions, eight bureaus, and a total of twenty-four yamen, as well as tens of thousands of eunuchs in the inner court. Thank you for your generosity and understanding. Please also rest assured that although the power and influence of the inner court today is far less than before the Apocalypse Dynasty, it is still powerful, and it will inevitably be rewarded to Lord Zhao in the future, and it will never let Lord Zhao feel disappointed. ”

However, as soon as Zhu Jinrong's words fell, Zhao Junchen had already climbed up the pole and said, "Speaking of which." The official does have one thing that he wants the inner court to help. ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen say this, Zhu Jinrong was slightly stunned. Knowing that as Wu Xinquan guessed, Zhao Junchen took the opportunity to make a request to the inner court.

So, Zhu Jinrong hurriedly said, "Oh? I don't know what? Please also ask Lord Zhao to say that as long as it is within the scope of my inner court's ability, I will never let you down, Lord Zhao. ”

Zhao Junchen first smiled lightly, and then said in a very casual tone: "I heard that in the past two years, many officials in the DPRK and China have submitted secret impeachments to His Majesty, but is there such a thing?" ”

Zhao Junchen is a notorious corrupt official, but he is also powerful, and he is one of several powerful ministers in the court, so it is natural for some officials in the court to impeach Zhao Junchen to Emperor Deqing.

Although Zhu Jinrong is not the eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, after all, he is one of the core figures of the inner court, and he has also heard of these things, and there is no need to hide these things from Zhao Junchen, so he nodded and said: "In recent years, there are indeed some officials who are not long-sighted to impeach Lord Zhao secretly, but Your Majesty has always trusted Lord Zhao, and he has always suppressed the impeachment of these officials and did not pay attention to them. ”

After hearing Zhu Jinrong's explanation, Zhao Junchen smiled lightly, faintly sneering.

……

Indeed, Emperor Deqing did not pay attention to the secrets of impeaching Zhao Junchen, but the reason why Emperor Deqing did this was not because he trusted Zhao Junchen, but intended to keep these impeachment secrets as a follow-up, and prepared to use them together when he abandoned Zhao Junchen in the future.

Imagine, one day in the future, Emperor Deqing suddenly threw out a lot of secrets, the content of which is the impeachment of Zhao Junchen, involving many crimes of Zhao Junchen, and all of them have empirical evidence.

In fact, this is also the consistent means of the emperors, when the emperor receives the impeachment of a certain courtier's secret, he will often stay in the middle of it, so that it accumulates, so that there are more and more similar impeachment secrets, as their own killer weapon, and wait until the emperors want to rectify this courtier one day in the future, and then throw out all these secrets in one breath, at that time, this courtier will naturally have no power to return to heaven.

During this year's palace examination, the "sword sharpening theory" put forward by Li Chunchen, the test son, proposed to lower the qualification requirements for officials to be secret, reduce the procedures for officials to be secret, and even "rumors and rumors", in fact, it is the strengthening and deepening of such imperial methods, so it will arouse the vigilance of Zhao Junchen, Zhou Shangjing and other important ministers in the court.

*****

Therefore, the impeachment secrets left in the hands of Emperor Deqing are tantamount to the sword of the hanging beam for Zhao Junchen, which naturally makes Zhao Junchen feel uneasy day and night, so taking advantage of this opportunity for the inner court to ask for himself, Zhao Junchen wants to take the opportunity to understand how sharp this sword of the hanging beam is, and he can also take precautions as soon as possible.

So, after Zhao Junchen sighed, he said to Zhu Jinrong: "Since this official entered the temple, he has always done his best to do things for His Majesty, and he has always been cautious and walking on thin ice, for fear that he will do something wrong and damage the interests of His Majesty and the people. ”

After saying some high-sounding words, Zhao Junchen suddenly changed his words and put forward his own request, saying: "Therefore, in order to encourage himself and the three provinces themselves, this official wants to ask the inner court master of ceremonies to copy a copy of the secrets that impeached the official and send it to the official, so that the official can know what wrong things he has done over the years, and he can try to avoid it in the future...... But I don't know if the inner court is willing to help the official with such a small favor? ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's request, Zhu Jinrong was suddenly taken aback!

What's the little favor here? Clarity is the most sensitive thing!

Speaking of which, many of the secrets that impeached Zhao Junchen were indeed kept in the hands of the celebrant supervisor!

But since it is a secret sparse, only the emperor has the right to read it, if the celebrant leaks those secrets to Zhao Junchen privately, it is a big crime to kill the head, if this matter is leaked out, then the entire inner court will usher in a large-scale purge.

Therefore, subconsciously, Zhu Jinrong wanted to refuse Zhao Junchen's request.

However, when the words came to his lips, Zhu Jinrong suddenly remembered Wu Xinquan's advice, telling him not to refuse Zhao Junchen's request at will, even if he felt embarrassed, he had to come back first to discuss before making a decision.

So, after Zhu Jinrong hesitated for a moment, he said to Zhao Junchen: "Lord Zhao, this matter involves the celebrant and the celebrant is very important, our family needs to ask the celebrant for his opinion before we can give you an answer." ”

Hearing Zhu Jinrong's reply, Zhao Junchen didn't mind, just nodded with a smile and said: "Of course, but I also hope that the inner court can give an answer as soon as possible, after all, the official still has to hand over the West Factory and the inner carrier warehouse with the inner court, so it is better to deal with this matter as soon as possible." ”

Feeling the faint threat of Zhao Junchen, Zhu Jinrong had no choice but to guarantee again: "Please also rest assured that Lord Zhao will definitely reply within three days, no matter what the final result is, and will never deliberately delay." ”

Then, because he was in a hurry to go back to Wu Xinquan to discuss Zhao Junchen's conditions, Zhu Jinrong quickly said goodbye to Zhao Junchen and left.

Looking at the back of Zhu Jinrong leaving, Zhao Junchen smiled lightly, but he was full of confidence, thinking that the inner court would inevitably agree to his request.

In fact, as long as the inner court is willing to consider Zhao Junchen's conditions, then the outcome of this matter is already doomed.

Those big eunuchs in the inner court are all selfish people, the west factory and the inner carrier are related to their vital interests, and the Deqing Emperor's secrets are only related to the interests of the Deqing Emperor and the imperial court.

******

When Zhu Jinrong left the Zhao Mansion, Zhao Junchen did not delay any longer, and immediately set off for the Fushou Pavilion in the south of the city for a banquet.

When passing by Zhan's Mansion on the way, Zhao Junchen also met Zhan Shanchang and led Zhan Shanchang to the banquet together.

There is also a reason why Zhao Junchen wants to lead Zhan Shanchang to the banquet together.

After all, Zhan Shanchang is one of the "Zhao Party" officials who have been taking refuge in Zhao Junchen for the longest time, so Zhao Junchen has given him the most benefits, after Zhan Shanchang was dismissed from his official position by Huang Yourong a few days ago, Zhao Junchen immediately supported Zhan Shanchang, and quickly rehabilitated Zhan Shanchang's crimes, and reinstated Zhan Shanchang, and anyone can see the heart of protection.

Therefore, Zhan Shanchang can be said to be Zhao Junchen's "golden horse bone", Zhao Junchen led Zhan Shanchang to the banquet this time, also to let Zhan Shanchang appear in front of a group of "Yellow Party" officials, so that the "Yellow Party" officials can see how much benefit Zhan Shanchang has gained after following Zhao Junchen, so as to further enhance the determination and confidence of these "Yellow Party" officials to join Zhao Junchen.

Soon, Zhao Junchen and Zhan Shanchang had already come to Fushou Pavilion in the south of the city.

There, Huo Zhengyuan, a university scholar, led a group of "Yellow Party" officials who had been waiting for Zhao Junchen for a long time.

……

…… (To be continued.) )