Chapter 81. Guotai Min'an (I).

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"Junchen, you have always been the closest to His Majesty, in your opinion, His Majesty is indeed planning for the crown prince now? His Majesty is now at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and his health is healthy, if nothing happens, it is estimated that he will reign for at least ten years, and the old man always feels that it is not like His Majesty's usual practice to support the prince so urgently. (To read the latest chapters of this book, please visit the Wèn Novel Network biquge.info)"

Hearing Zhou Shangjing's inquiry, Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao also turned their eyes to Zhao Junchen.

Zhao Junchen shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It is true that His Majesty is closer to the juniors, but the thoughts in His Majesty's heart are not something that the juniors can guess. However, according to the younger generation, it is true that His Majesty does not like the current prince, but it is also true that he has never changed the prince. And now among the princes and princes, there is indeed no more suitable candidate to be the crown prince than Zhu Heyu. ”

Vaguely, hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao seemed to sigh lightly.

After Zhou Shangjing took a few sips of the cup of tea, he said slowly: "The old man has been thinking about it these days, have we been suppressing the prince too much over the years? ”

Zhao Junchen moved and asked, "What does Lord Shoufu mean?" ”

Zhou Shangjing sighed lightly, put down the teacup in his hand, and said lightly: "The old man has read the history books, but there are few cases where the prince is not wrong and is abandoned. Perhaps, what we have done in the past is to protect the crown prince. ”

Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao obviously never thought about the problem from this angle, and they were both stunned.

On the contrary, it was Zhao Junchen. Nodding his head, he said: "That's true, the prince's style and ideas are incompatible with His Majesty. It's just because the prince has been suppressed by us all these years. If the momentum is not obvious, His Majesty will be at ease with the prince, but if the prince's power grows, the temple will repeatedly clash with His Majesty as before. With 陛xià's xìngzi, I'm afraid I will be uneasy. ”

Huang Yourong hesitated: "Lord Shoufu, what do you mean. The reason why he is in a hurry to increase the authority of the crown prince now is because a few of us have suppressed the prince too much? ”

Seeing Zhou Shangjing nodding slowly, Shen Changmao, Huang Yourong, and Zhao Junchen. It's all thoughtful.

But more hesitation.

No longer suppress the prince's party. Even taking the initiative to increase the authority of the crown prince seems to have some benefits in the long run, but everyone understands better that this is no different from playing with fire, and if you are not careful, you will burn everyone here to death.

The prince has never lacked ability, and the reason why he has been mediocre all these years. was even repeatedly toyed with and applauded by everyone present, putting aside the prince's xìng who was too rigid and straight. It's more because he doesn't have power in his hands, and there are too few people who can help him between the government and the opposition. If the power of the prince is allowed to grow, whether everyone here can suppress it anymore is not sure.

"The tiger is out of the sheng, it is too dangerous, it is easy to release it, but it is difficult to lock it in again."

After pondering for a long time, Shen Changmao expressed his opinion, obviously disagreeing with Zhou Shangjing's statement, and Huang Yourong also nodded in agreement on the side.

Zhou Shangjing turned his gaze to Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen hesitated for a moment, and then said softly: "But locking the tiger in the sheng also makes people not perceive the threat, His Majesty will feel that he can control it, and he will also eat and drink to feed the tiger strong, and when the time is right, he will open the cage with his own hands, at that time, the tiger is strong and strong, but it is even more difficult to deal with, Suo xìng now open the cage, the tiger is still young, we are easier to deal with, let it bite a few people, make a little mistake, It can also make His Majesty more vigilant and re-raise a few docile pets. ”

Zhou Shangnodded and said: "What Junchen thinks is exactly what the old man is worried about, now His Majesty's mind is obvious, no matter how we suppress it, His Majesty will consider it in order for the prince to succeed to the throne in the future, and he will still gradually increase the influence of power for the prince, which I can't disobey no matter what, even if I can suppress it for a while, it can't suppress the first life, but it will increase His Majesty's determination to support the prince." ”

After coughing lightly, Zhou Shangjing continued, "The most important thing is that although His Majesty is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, he is also fifty and five years old after all, in order to cultivate His Royal Highness the current prince, it has taken nearly ten years before and after, if we don't make some changes, when His Majesty is older, I am afraid that there will be no time to cultivate a new prince, then even if he is dissatisfied with the prince in the future, if it is too late, His Majesty will only have to go all the way to the dark." ”

After hearing the words of Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao were silent, both considering the pros and cons, and the private room was extremely quiet for a while.

Although Zhao Junchen has been speaking according to Zhou Shangjing's meaning and seems to agree, he is actually full of hesitation in his heart.

Once the crown prince takes power, he will pose a threat to everyone present, especially Zhao Junchen himself, Zhao Junchen knows best.

Now that the prince's party has just gained a foothold in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it has not yet been able to fully control it, and these days the Metropolitan Procuratorate's impeachment of Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao has increased by three to five percent, and as for the impeachment of Zhao Junchen, it has more than doubled! It's just because Emperor Deqing has been pressing, so it didn't affect everyone.

It's just that although Emperor Deqing pressed these excerpts, he did not reject them, but he just received them in the excerpt box, and they may be used at any time in the future.

The prince just gained a foothold in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he caused so much trouble to everyone, if he was allowed to hold real power again, would it be worth it? At that time, Zhao Junchen, who was most hated by Zhu and Yu, was afraid that he would be the first to bear the brunt and be in the most trouble.

But that's not the main problem.

Now above the temple, all the key yamen have already been divided and firmly controlled by the four people here, if the prince is in power, then everyone here must share power!

It's just, whose power is it? And how much does each person get? I am afraid that this kind of matter will be more difficult to solve than the question of who will stay in Beijing to assist the government.

Or rather, it can't be solved at all.

The power in his hands is the lifeblood of the four people here, and it is even more uncomfortable to reduce power than to kill them, even if Zhao Junchen is not exempt from vulgarity.

Subconsciously, Zhao Junchen looked up at Zhou Shangjing, thinking that since Zhou Shangjing suddenly mentioned this matter, he must have a solution in his heart.

It's just that Zhou Shangjing didn't say anything, and let everyone be silent, just drinking the tea one by one, as if it was none of his business.

………

Finally, after being silent for a long time, Zhou Shangjing suddenly sighed lightly and said slowly: "Speaking of which, after the Spring Festival, there will be a southern tour, and all kinds of arrangements and preparations will start soon." ”

Hearing Zhou Shangjing's words, everyone was stunned, and they didn't understand why Zhou Shangjing mentioned this.

"Yes, as soon as the New Year passes, we will start arranging." Zhao Junchen suddenly thought of something, a hint of strangeness flashed in his eyes, and he slowly spoke: "Your Majesty's meaning, with the expansion of the regulations of the Southern Tour, there will be more and more places that need to be arranged, and these arrangements will be handed over to the juniors to be responsible." ”

Shen Changmao frowned and asked, "What does Junchen mean by this?" ”

With the expansion of the regulations of the Southern Tour, the money spent is like flowing water, and the person in charge of the arrangement has a lot of oil and water to fish, Zhao Junchen suddenly mentioned this matter, but in Shen Changmao's opinion, it was a bit of a suspicion of showing off.

Zhao Junchen smiled slightly and continued: "It's just that the prince doesn't want to hand over these things to the younger generation, I'm afraid that if the prince wants to come, if this kind of thing is in charge of me, not to mention the loss of money and money, the silver will be even more greedy by the younger generation." Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen laughed at himself, shook his head slightly, and said: "He has repeatedly given His Majesty a fold these days, and wants His Majesty to be replaced by someone else, and the candidate he recommended is Bao Wenjie of the Ministry of Rites." Speaking of which, this Bao Wenjie has presided over the Ministry of Rites for many years, and he is in charge of the affairs of the Southern Tour, which is more justifiable. ”

As Zhao Junchen's words fell, Huang Yourong's eyes lit up, and he stroked his palm and said: "Junchen's discussion is wonderful, this matter of the southern tour, since the prince wants to grab it, let him grab it." Now that the treasury is rarely full of money, His Majesty has very high expectations for this southern tour, but with the prince's son, if he is responsible for this matter, he will be frugal, so His Majesty will also be dissatisfied with him, this is one of them; As long as we do a little bit and make things bigger, there will be resentment between the government and the opposition, and the prince will get into trouble, not to mention, the good name he relies on will also be damaged, this is the second; The most important thing is that once this matter is done, His Majesty will also have doubts about the prince's ability to do things, and at that time, as long as you and I make a momentum to publicize and promote him as a person with low eyes, even if it is His Majesty, I am afraid that when the time comes, I will have the idea of changing the reserve, which is the third; This plan can be described as killing three birds with one stone, wonderful! That's great! ”

On the other side, Shen Changmao also nodded again and again in a deep groan, and said: "Indeed, in this way, the interests of several of us will not be damaged, but it has also achieved the goal of letting the prince take power, and he can take back such authority at any time, which is indeed appropriate and rare." ”

Listening to Shen Huang's words of praise, Zhao Junchen looked calm, smiled lightly, and asked, "Oh? Why did the two seniors say this? How could the younger generation ever say that they would give up such an errand to the prince? The junior just said that he wanted to rob the prince of this errand. However, since he has the trust of His Majesty, and the younger generation is the most loyal to His Majesty, it is natural to be the best at this time. ”

As Zhao Junchen's words fell, Shen and Huang smiled, and a trace of embarrassment flashed in their eyes.

Indeed, this errand is extremely oily, even if Zhao Junchen is willing to give up, he can't explain it to the officials under him, so he naturally won't give up lightly.

Dealing with the crown prince is something that everyone here has to do, and naturally Zhao Junchen can't just let his interests be damaged.

At least, the other three people present should give Zhao Junchen some compensation.

After all, Zhao Junchen suddenly mentioned this matter, and the implication was that he wanted to seek a deal.

For this, Shen and Huang did not have any anger, and interest transactions were a common thing in officialdom.

"In that case, Junchen, how are you willing to give this errand to our Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Zhou Shangjing looked at Zhao Junchen with interest and asked.

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