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Near the noon gate of the Forbidden City, there is an inconspicuous small yamen, this yamen is called the Tongzheng Envoy Division, which is in charge of the booklet of the emperor's order, the understanding of the lower feelings, the official documents of the customs and defense, and the suggestions of the subjects.

Because of such powers, the general political envoy is only a few hundred steps away from Wenyuan Pavilion, and can timely submit all kinds of important recitals to Emperor Deqing and cabinet assistants, so this yamen can be said to be the most well-informed place, all members are well-informed, and they usually like to talk on paper and boast, and they are slightly suspicious of being high-minded.

On this day, the two governors of the General Political Envoy Department, who were in charge of sending and receiving the transcripts, were idle and chatting in the office lobby about all kinds of interesting stories in the capital in recent times.

A governor named Xu Qian, he is about 20 years old, rich and arrogant, but he was born in an official family, and he is a distant relative of Zhou Shangjing, and he has no scruples about speaking on weekdays; Another governor is named He Xun, who is about forty years old, but he comes from a poor family, his expression is introverted and humble, and his attitude is more calm.

That Xu Qian was half lying on the office chair and was bored, and after seeing that no one else was in and out of the office lobby, he turned his head to He Xun and asked with a smile: "Hey, He Xun, there is a rumor in the capital that has intensified recently, and the people have been talking about it recently, have you heard of it?" ”

He Xun was sorting out the thick stacks of notebooks in front of him, and after hearing Xu Qian's inquiry, his eyes flashed slightly, obviously he had guessed what Xu Qian meant by "rumors", but on the surface, he looked completely unaware, and looked up and asked: "There are too many rumors in the capital, which rumor does Lord Xu refer to?" ”

Xu Qian shook his head and said: "What other rumor can it be, that is, the rumors that the governors of the northwest secretly united to conceal the rumors that the imperial court was privately begging for peace with the Mongolian coalition army!" ”

He Xun looked abrupt and nodded: "I seem to have heard of it, but I don't know much about it!" ”

Xu Qian had an exaggerated expression and said, "As an official of the General Political Envoy Department, you are really too closed to the news, and you don't know about such a big thing?" ”

After seeing He Xun shake his head again, Xu Qian said in a show-off tone: "Hehe, this is big news...... It is said that after the Dzungar Khanate unified the major tribes of the Mongolian right-wing, this year's fire screening into the Kou can be described as menacing, and as a result, the governors and generals in the northwest were frightened one after another, and they actually privately withheld the relief grain and grass of the imperial court, and arrested the people who fled the famine everywhere in the jurisdiction, and wanted to give these relief grains and grass and the people who fled the famine to the Mongols in exchange for their retreat...... Hey, if it weren't for Zhao Junchen, the head of the household department, to stop this matter, our Ming Dynasty would have one more thing to do in the history books......"

When Zhao Junchen reported this matter to the imperial court, he also told Fang Ru not to leak this matter, but it was all out of the overall situation, but Fang Ru's heart only had Zhao Junchen and no overall situation of the imperial court, and after repeated consideration, he thought that it would be more beneficial for Zhao Junchen to leak the news, but it was the first time in his life that he violated Zhao Junchen's will and leaked the matter through the channel of Tongji Temple. Today, such news has become more and more popular among the people.

No matter what He Xun thought in his heart, on the surface, he looked like he believed in the integrity of the court officials and was not affected by the rumors of the people, and shook his head and said, "This is unlikely, right?" Do the governors of the Northwest have such boldness? ”

Xu Qian smiled proudly, but he moved out the analysis of several elders in the clan, and said: "So you don't know the truth of knowing the autumn, you think, some time ago, the imperial court mobilized troops from all over the country to support the northwest frontier defense, which shows that the border defense is tight, and the governors everywhere have no grasp of resisting the enemy, and then Zhao Junchen rushed to the northwest to investigate because of the problem of relief grain and grass, and this matter is right, and a few days ago, Zhao Junchen sent a note to the court, which caused His Majesty and the six departments of the cabinet to discuss overnight, but the content of the note is still unknown... … In my opinion, this matter is only groundless, and it may not be true......"

He Xun still looked like he firmly believed in the imperial court, and said: "I still don't believe it, where is the northwest frontier defense so serious, didn't Lord Zhao come with good news two days ago, saying that it was a great victory in Xiaochuanhe, Gongchang Mansion, and the Mongolian coalition army was severely damaged?" ”

Xu Qian seemed to have seen through everything, and said: "You, you just can't understand, the northwest provinces have had countless good news over the years, which time is it true?" And when was it not a win and then a defeat? Zhao Junchen's good news two days ago was even more vague, saying that it was a great victory, but he did not mention any prisoners, heads, and captures as evidence, most of them were just lying about military exploits! Do you think the imperial court can react after receiving the good news? ”

He Xun guessed: "According to the good news, after the battle of Xiaochuan River is over, Lord Zhao will immediately lead his troops to the south bank of Weishui to deploy defenses, maybe it's just that the war is urgent, and there is no time to count the prisoners in detail, right?" After the end of the Weishui War, there should be a comprehensive statistics of the results. ”

Xu Qian shook his head again and again, and said disdainfully: "How is it possible? What kind of means does that Zhao Junchen have, we still don't know? Fighting for power, sloppy horses, and money and food turnover are all good things for him, but how can he still have the ability to lead troops to fight? Do you think he is the kind of person who is both civil and military? Just wait and see,"

He Xun couldn't help but change his complexion, and hurriedly looked left and right, and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that there were no more people around, and then admonished Xu Qian: "Lord Xu must be cautious, our political envoy Master Tong is Lord Zhao's friends in the DPRK and China, if he hears these words, he will not be pleased!" ”

Hearing He Xun's admonition, Xu Qian also found that he was blindly pretentious and a little carried away, but he was unwilling to give in in front of He Xun, but he said stiffly: "Even if Tong Tong's political envoy hears it, what can he do?" Zhou Ge is my distant uncle and grandfather...... Besides, I'm not wrong, Zhao Junchen didn't have the ability to lead the army to fight...... Besides, the general envoy of our general envoy department is just the same as the left and right imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, and he is only the supreme governor in name, and he doesn't have that much ability, how to ...... me."

said so, but after Xu Qian muttered a few words, he didn't dare to say anything more after all.

However, at this moment, the sound of the hooves of a fast horse suddenly came from outside the yamen, and then it was heard near the yamen gate.

Hearing such movements, He Xun and Xu Qian's faces changed slightly.

The Yamen of the General Political Envoy is close to the noon gate of the Forbidden City, and it is never allowed to ride horses in ordinary times.

Unless it's an eight-hundred-mile rush recital, which often means that something big has happened.

Just when He Xun and Xu Qian were suspicious, a messenger wearing a mandarin duck robe hurriedly rushed into the office lobby.

After rushing into the office lobby, the messenger shouted in a hoarse voice: "I am the subordinate of Lord Zhao, and here is the eight-hundred-mile urgent news sent by Lord Zhao!" Weishui victory! Our army has won a great victory in Weishui! Zhao Junchen, the lord of the Qincha, led the army to defeat the Mongolian coalition army on the south bank of Weishui and captured the Mongolian coalition commander Bagen alive! After three battles of Weishui, Jiezhou, and Xiaochuanhe, they completely annihilated the 100,000 Mongolian Tartar army! Nearly 30,000 enemy leaders were captured, more than 13,000 prisoners were captured, a total of more than 8,000 war horses were captured, and countless military funds were captured, and the commander of the Mongolian coalition army was captured alive! After this war, the vitality of the Mongolian tribes was greatly damaged, and the morale of our Han people was greatly increased, and the northwest frontier will be worry-free in the next ten years! ”

Hearing the messenger's loud shout, He Xun and Xu Qian were dumbfounded, only to feel that they had heard it wrong.

Not to mention that Xu Qian originally didn't believe that Zhao Junchen would lead the army to defeat the Mongol coalition army, even He Xun didn't expect Zhao Junchen's results to be so amazing!

After a while, Xu Qian stumbled and asked, "You, what did you say?" Say it again? ”

The messenger didn't look surprised by Xu Qian's performance, but said again: "I brought the good news of the victory in Weishui!" Zhao Junchen, the lord of the Qincha, led the army to defeat the Mongolian coalition army on the south bank of Weishui and captured the Mongolian coalition commander Bagen alive! After three battles of Weishui, Jiezhou, and Xiaochuanhe, they completely annihilated the 100,000 Mongolian Tartar army! Nearly 30,000 enemy leaders were captured, more than 13,000 prisoners were captured, a total of more than 8,000 war horses were captured, and countless military funds were captured, and the commander of the Mongolian coalition army was captured alive! After this war, the vitality of the Mongolian tribes was greatly damaged, and the morale of our Han people was greatly increased, and the northwest frontier will be worry-free in the next ten years!

After confirming the news, Xu Qian's expression was shocked and a little embarrassed, he just swore that Zhao Junchen would never have the ability to lead troops, and the previous Xiaochuanhe victory was just a lie about military exploits, who knew that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

According to the messenger, there was no shortage of heads, prisoners, and captures after the victory, and even captured the commander of the Mongolian coalition army, Bagen, which can be described as conclusive evidence and beyond doubt.

For a while, Xu Qian only felt that his cheeks were a little hot, but he quickly adjusted his mentality, and after rolling his eyes, he quickly asked the messenger, "Where is the good news?" Take it out quickly! The news is urgent, I want to submit it as soon as possible! ”

The messenger hurriedly pulled out a notebook from the cloth bag on his back.

Before He Xun could make a move, Xu Qian had already walked quickly to the messenger and snatched the good news book, then turned around and left.

After leaving quickly, Xu Qian said to He Xun: "Lord He, please greet this messenger, I will go and send the good news to the political envoy Tong Tong, this good news is very important, and it needs to be submitted to the cabinet by Lord Tong personally!" ”

After speaking, Xu Qian was already gone.

Seeing Xu Qian's performance like this, He Xun's modest expression disappeared in an instant, and his eyes looked a little gloomy.

Xu Qian rushed to send good news to Tong Huan, the envoy of the government, obviously wanting to take the opportunity to leave a good impression on Tong Huan, and he was also afraid that He Xun would get a share of the benefits, so he found a reason to keep He Xun, such a mind was unconcealed, He Xun naturally understood it.

But then, after He Xun smiled coldly, he no longer paid attention to Xu Qian's behavior, and turned to greet the messenger who was in the dust.

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Running quickly, Xu Qian had already rushed to the door of Tong Huan's office in just a moment.

Then, Xu Qian reported loudly outside the door: "Lord Tong, good news has come from the northwest!" Lord Zhao annihilated 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongolian coalition army! He also captured alive the commander of the Mongol coalition army, Bagan! Northwest victory! Northwest victory! ”

As Xu Qian's words fell, Tong Huan's surprised voice suddenly came from the room: "What? Another good news in the Northwest? Hurry up and bring it in! ”

Xu Qian immediately pushed the door in, only to see that Tong Huan had already stood up and looked forward to it at this time, and hurriedly handed the good news in his hand to Tong Huan, and took the opportunity to curry favor and said: "According to the messenger, Lord Zhao led the army to defeat the Mongolian coalition army on the south bank of Weishui this time, and captured the Mongolian coalition commander Bagen alive!" After three battles of Weishui, Jiezhou, and Xiaochuanhe, they completely annihilated the 100,000 Mongolian Tartar army! Nearly 30,000 enemy leaders were captured, more than 13,000 prisoners were captured, a total of more than 8,000 war horses were captured, and countless military funds were captured, and the commander of the Mongolian coalition army was captured alive! After this war, the vitality of the Mongolian tribes was greatly damaged, and the morale of our Han people was greatly increased, and the northwest frontier will be worry-free in the next ten years! ”

Tong Huan opened the good news and carefully reviewed it, and the joy on his face became heavier and heavier - as one of Zhao Junchen's friends in the DPRK and China, Tong Huan's joy after learning the news of the victory was much stronger than that of others - what did it mean for Zhao Junchen to have such a great military exploit, and what kind of benefits the officials of the "Zhao Party" would have, everyone with a discerning eye could see it.

"Good! Meddlesome! What a great thing! Haha, even the Mongolian coach Bagen was captured alive! These days, hundreds of officials in the imperial court have been suspicious of the great victory in the Xiaochuan River war, and now that there is such ironclad evidence, I think they have to say anything! ”

After reading the content of the good news in detail, Tong Huan praised again and again!

In fact, this is already the third good news from Zhao Junchen, but the previous two good news are vague about the statistics of the results, but they have also aroused the doubts of the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, and the officials of the "Zhao Party" have also suffered a lot of pressure because of this during this time, such as Xu Qian's previous general belief that Zhao Junchen's voice of lying about his military exploits is by no means a minority among the 100 officials of the imperial court.

Of course, this situation is also Zhao Junchen's intention, on the one hand, in order to make his record more legendary, so he summarized all the results statistics in the last good news, making the content of the good news more amazing, and on the other hand, it was also to attack the prestige of those hostile faction officials, and by the way divert the attention of the court officials.

Now, with this conclusive and unquestionable good news, Tong Huan only felt angry.

On the other side, after seeing Tong Huan's happy appearance, Xu Qian took the opportunity to curry favor and said: "When Xia Guan talked about the Northwest War with his colleague He Xun before, he decided that Lord Zhao would inevitably make great achievements, who knows that He Xun didn't believe it at all, and said that Lord Zhao never had the ability to lead the troops to fight, and now that this good news has come to the capital, presumably He Xun can't say anything strange!" ”

Tong Huan laughed, walked up to Xu Qian, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are an assertive and intelligent person, naturally not short-sighted like He Xun's idiot!" ”

Hearing Tong Huan's praise, Xu Qian was suddenly overjoyed, and said modestly: "Everywhere, you taught it well!" ”

However, when Xu Qian lowered his head and was humble, he didn't notice Tong Huan's sarcastic eyes.

In fact, He Xun had already secretly reported Xu Qian's various remarks during this time to Tong Huan, Tong Huan was quite disgusted with Xu Qian in his heart, but it was inconvenient to suppress him for a while because he was a distant relative of Zhou Shangjing.

"Humph! Lord Zhao has such great achievements, and in the future, the power of my 'Zhao Party' in the temple will definitely grow by leaps and bounds, and it will soon be not inferior to the 'Zhou Party'...... At that time, let this Xu Qian look good again! ”

When such thoughts turned, Tong Huan looked serious on the surface, patted Xu Qian's shoulder again, nodded and said: "This good news is extremely important, I will immediately and personally present it to Wenyuan Pavilion, you have brought good news this time, and I will give you benefits in the future!" ”

After speaking, Tong Huan left the room quickly, leaving only Xu Qian, who looked happy and proud, only feeling that he had received a benefit!

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Over the years, under the operation and maintenance of Zhao Junchen, the treasury of the imperial court and the internal treasury of Emperor Deqing have gradually surplused, and the former financial dilemma has been greatly alleviated.

Emperor Deqing is a bold emperor, he deeply understands that the silver in the treasury must be spent in order to produce value, after seeing the treasury and the treasury have a surplus, not only the daily use of the palace concubines has increased a lot, but also the renovation of the palace buildings of the Forbidden City, and now the whole palace has been renewed, more and more magnificent, magnificent, showing the imperial style.

Among the countless palaces of the Forbidden City, there is an inconspicuous small hall, which is the only place where Emperor Deqing has not spent money on repairs and renovations during this period of time, and it looks quite dilapidated.

However, this dilapidated small hall is the core position of the entire imperial court center and the office of the cabinet assistants - Wenyuan Pavilion!

On weekdays, the elders of the cabinet handle government affairs in the Wenyuan Pavilion after the early dynasty.

When Tong Huan hurried to Wenyuan Pavilion, the elders were also discussing various government affairs in the near future.

"The appeasement and begging of the governors of the northwest, the imperial court has tried its best to conceal it, but I never thought that the news was leaked, and now the people are talking about it, and the prestige of the imperial court has also been damaged because of this, and public opinion must be controlled as soon as possible! Shen Shoufu, according to the old man, this matter cannot be reported to His Majesty, otherwise His Majesty will inevitably be furious, and it is best for the cabinet to approve a note and hand it over to Shuntianfu to deal with! ”

In the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhou Shangjing proposed with a frown.

After hearing Zhou Shangjing's proposal, Li He and Cheng Yuandao nodded in agreement, but Zuo Lanshan's expression was slightly hesitant.

As the spokesperson of the "Zhao Party" in the cabinet, Zuo Lanshan naturally has to consider the interests of the "Zhao Party", and now the people are secretly dissatisfied with the court because of the rumors.

And now the Shuntian Mansion Yin Huo Zhengyuan is a person of the "Zhao Party", Zuo Lanshan naturally does not want such a thankless errand to fall into the hands of the Shuntian Mansion, and maybe Huo Zhengyuan will lose the key position of the Shuntian Mansion Yin.

However, Zuo Lanshan did not have the courage to question Zhou Shangjing after all, but after a little hesitation, he acquiesced.

Since Zhao Junchen left the capital, the "Zhao Party" has also fallen into a situation where the dragons are leaderless, and the major political parties in the DPRK and China will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity, and the attacks on the "Zhao Party" during this period can be described as endless, and Zuo Lanshan, as the No. 2 person in the "Zhao Party," is already anxious to deal with these things on weekdays.

Recently, because hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China have questioned the authenticity of Zhao Junchen's previous good news, the situation of the "Zhao Party" has become more and more embarrassing, and Zuo Lanshan has become more and more low-key when he was in the cabinet, and he easily did not dare to put forward his own opinions, for fear that people would use the topic to play.

On the other side, Shoufu Shen Changmao was slightly numb in expression, and nodded: "What Elder Zhou Ge said is reasonable, so let's do it!" ”

It stands to reason that the power and influence of the first assistant of the cabinet and the auxiliary ministers of the ordinary cabinet are very different, because among the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, only the first assistant of the cabinet has the right to vote, and can add his own opinions in the official documents and transcripts, but after Shen Changmao found out that he became the first assistant of the cabinet, the entire cabinet is still Zhou Shangjing's final say.

For this situation, Shen Changmao has tried to resist many times, but he still has no power to resist, and he has long been resigned to his fate and numb, and he has long lost the excitement and pride of becoming the first assistant of the cabinet.

Shen Changmao even felt that he could successfully become the first assistant of the cabinet, just because Zhou Shangjing had long expected the turmoil in the temple during this time, so he pushed him to the front as a scapegoat.

On the other side, after seeing Shen Changmao agreeing to his proposal, and seeing Zuo Lanshan's hesitation, a trace of contempt flashed in the corners of Zhou Shangjing's wrinkled eyes, and he faintly felt a little bored.

In the final analysis, there are only a few people in the temple such as Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen, and Zhu Hejian, the seventh prince, who are worthy of Zhou Shangjing's attention, and the rest of them are not Zhou Shangjing's opponents at all.

But his face was still kind, and he continued: "But there is one thing that our cabinet must express!" That's the current cultural disaster that is getting worse! At the beginning, His Majesty strictly ordered the factory guards to investigate the anti-text and anti-poetry of readers everywhere because of Guo Tang's "Collected Poems of the Crane", and His Majesty was angry at that time, and we were all unwilling to persuade each other, and we also felt that this matter would not be too intense......

Speaking of this, after Zhou Shangjing sighed, he seemed to be full of self-blame in his heart: "But the old man never thought about it, because the governors of the northwest concealed the matter of the court and the Mongols secretly begging for peace, but this literary disaster changed, His Majesty was angry that Dongchang failed to detect the deception of the governor of the northwest in time, and he once again ordered to purge the high-level eunuchs of Dongchang, so that Dongchang has been rectified three times in just one year, and the newly appointed eunuchs of Dongchang are naturally panicked and anxious to prove their ability to His Majesty. The efficiency of Dongchang is several times stronger, and when investigating anti-text and anti-poetry, it is also a school that does not miss mistakes, but it is making this literary disaster bigger and bigger, and now there are many places where the reputable Confucianism has been implicated, and the entire Shilin is panicked...... After all, scholars are the foundation of our court, and this literary disaster must not last for a long time! ”

Cheng Yuandao hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, many of the old man's old friends and disciples have been implicated, and these days I can receive letters about this matter every day, or ask for help or complain, this matter must be reversed!" ”

This literary disaster is about to be hit the hardest by Qingliu, and Cheng Yuandao naturally actively supports Zhou Shangjing's proposal.

Zhou Shangjing sighed again and said: "During this period of time, the folk rumors have continued, and the people easily believed the rumors that the governors of the northwest appeased and begged the Mongols...... Now it is an eventful autumn, if this literary disaster is allowed to become more and more intense, the government and the opposition will inevitably be in turmoil, so the old man proposed that all members of our cabinet go together to ask His Majesty for his life, let His Majesty end this literary disaster, and hand over the matter of judging the anti-poetry and anti-copywriting of scholars from all over the country to the Three Law Divisions, what do you think? ”

Hearing Zhou Shangjing's proposal, all the cabinet elders nodded in agreement, after all, this is a major matter related to the stability of the government and the opposition, and everyone in the cabinet has the endorsement, and there is no need to worry that Emperor Deqing will be displeased, only Shen Changmao, as the head of the cabinet, must take the lead at that time, and he couldn't help but hesitate slightly, but finally agreed.

At the same time, the corner of Zhou Shangjing's eyes was once again aimed at Zuo Lanshan.

But in his seemingly dim old eyes, the person he saw was not Zuo Lanshan in front of him, but Zhao Junchen behind Zuo Lanshan.

This literary disaster has intensified from the initial appearance to the present, and it is strange everywhere.

First of all, the former young master Guo Tang impeached Zhao Junchen in public because of Zhao Junchen's fanfare and concubine, which also attracted Zhao Junchen's fierce retaliation, and then Dongchang suddenly discovered Guo Tang's anti-text and anti-poetry in "Crane Flu Poetry Collection"; When Emperor Deqing ordered the factory guards to investigate the anti-text and anti-poetry of scholars from all over the country, Dongchang's original action was not big, and then it was because Zhao Junchen exposed the appeasement and begging of the Northwest Governor that Emperor Deqing took action to clean Dongchang again, forcing Dongchang to immediately take action to prove his ability; After the upper-level eunuchs of the East Factory were repeatedly purged, it stands to reason that the successor should at least adapt to it for a while before he can do things, but in fact, the efficiency of the East Factory has improved a lot, as if someone is secretly ventilating the news!

All these strange places are full of Zhao Junchen's figure.

Zhou Shangjing is sure that even if all this is not Zhao Junchen's mastermind behind the scenes, it must be fueled by Zhao Junchen!

Zhou Shangjing naturally knew what Zhao Junchen wanted to gain by taking the opportunity, but he just used this literary disaster to save a group of Confucians and reverse his reputation in Shilin.

In fact, Zhao Junchen's plan has worked very well, and Zhou Shangjing found that Zhao Junchen's folk reputation has indeed changed significantly.

In fact, Zhou Shangjing is very aware of all this, and naturally he will not take no action.

After discovering the profit, Zhou Shangjing soon pushed the boat down the river, and his actions were no different from Zhao Junchen, all of which were to take advantage of this literary disaster to buy the hearts of readers all over the world, collect anti-poems and anti-texts from readers all over the world through the intelligence network, and then secretly hand over these anti-poems and anti-texts to Dongchang, and finally select some talented and influential readers to secretly save them, so as to win the gratitude and refuge of these readers.

This literary disaster is so big, Dongchang is eager to prove that his ability can only account for half of the factors, and the other half of the factors are that Zhou Shangjing and Zhao Junchen are hiding in the dark to add fuel to the fire and fish in troubled waters - and compared to Zhao Junchen himself, Zhou Shangjing is more hidden, less labor-intensive, and more profitable!

Before this literary disaster, Zhou Shangjing's impression in the hearts of readers was not good, although it was not as bad as Zhao Junchen, but it could only be regarded as a mixed reputation, but after this literary disaster, Zhou Shangjing's reputation has also been significantly reversed, and has become the "pillar of the country" and "reincarnation of Kou Zhun" in the eyes of many readers.

It's just that Zhou Shangjing is an old man who seeks the country after all, although he has used this literary disaster to gain a lot of benefits, but after seeing that this literary disaster began to affect the overall situation of the imperial court, he stopped it in time, and also planned to lead the cabinet ministers to end this literary disaster - such a clear attitude of public and private is often the most terrifying thing about Zhou Shangjing.

At the same time, thinking that the mastermind behind this cultural disaster was likely to be Zhao Junchen, who was far away in Shaanxi and Gansu, Zhou Shangjing attached more importance to Zhao Junchen.

After thinking of Zhao Junchen, Zhou Shangjing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said: "There is one more thing, it has been two days since Zhao Junchen's good news about the battle of Xiaochuanhe was sent to the imperial court, and the imperial court should give an attitude as soon as possible. ”

Seeing that Zhou Shangjing suddenly talked about Zhao Junchen's good news, Zuo Lanshan suddenly couldn't help but bend down and bow his head, looking cautious.

In the past two days, every time the officials talk about Zhao Junchen's good news, it will eventually develop into an attack and ridicule of the "Zhao Party", which has already made Zuo Lanshan a little bit of a bow and a snake.

Zhao Junchen gave everyone the impression that he was just an official who was only good at managing money and fighting for power, and although the scheming methods were not to be underestimated, no one believed that Zhao Junchen would suddenly have the ability to lead troops in battle - this impression was too strong for everyone to reverse.

Therefore, even if Zhao Junchen presented to Emperor Deqing a few days ago, he hinted that he would make big moves on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and his attitude was quite confident, but it was still unconvincing.

It is no wonder that hundreds of officials will question one after another, thinking about those characters in history who are capable of ruling and defeating the enemy by martial arts - whether it is Zhuge Kongming, Yu Qian, Wang Chongyang, etc., they are all famous ministers through the ages, and they are all completely different from Zhao Junchen.

In particular, Zhao Junchen's several good news look too incredible, but they are vague and lack of corroboration, which makes people even more suspicious.

After receiving Zhao Junchen's good news, all the officials' attention was focused on discussing the truth of the good news, so the imperial court did not express its position for a long time, neither dared to deny the authenticity of the good news at will, nor did it dare to reward a lot just because of a few unknown good news, for fear that it would make a joke.

At this time, after hearing Zhou Shangjing's proposal, people like Shen Changmao, Cheng Yuandao and others couldn't help but sneer.

Shen Changmao turned his head to Zuo Lanshan and asked: "Elder Zuoge, you have always been the closest to Zhao Junchen, can you tell me whether Zhao Junchen's several good news are true or false?" ”

In the face of Shen Changmao's direct questioning, Zuo Lanshan's attitude became more humble and cautious, and said: "This ...... Of course, this cabinet hopes that the good news is true, but according to the usual practice, it is natural to verify it...... When Lord Zhao and Liang Ge Lao send their follow-up songs, they should be able to confirm it. ”

In fact, in the past few days, in the face of the doubts of hundreds of officials, even the officials of the "Zhao Party" are a little skeptical.

Cheng Yuandao sneered: "In other words, even Zuo Ge Lao can't believe that those good news are true?" ”

Zuo Lanshan hurriedly said: "This pavilion just thinks that the imperial court should act according to the previous rules, and should not arbitrarily make conclusions!" ”

Seeing Zuo Lanshan's appearance of being afraid that others would catch the handle, Shen Changmao's expression was full of disdain, and he was sneering again.

Because Zhao Junchen once wanted to annex the "Shen Party", Shen Changmao hated Zhao Junchen the most, and naturally he was unwilling to believe the news that was beneficial to Zhao Junchen, but he was still a stubborn person, so during this period of time, the "Shen Party" often used these good news to attack the "Zhao Party".

This situation fell in Zhou Shangjing's eyes, but it made Zhou Shangjing more and more disdainful of Shen Changmao.

In Zhou Shangjing's view, Zhao Junchen's several good news were all vague, obviously deliberate, just to divert the attention of Shen Changmao and others.

When the officials of the "Shen Party" took advantage of these good news to attack and sneer at the "Zhao Party," they took advantage of the fact that the "Zhao Party" could not produce good news to prove it, and it seemed that they had the upper hand, but in fact they had no real gains, and they could only take advantage of some verbal advantages.

Because the "Shen Party" could not confirm that these good reports were fake, even if it was proved that these good news were indeed false reports of military exploits, it was only Zhao Junchen's personal responsibility, and it would not be possible to implicate those "Zhao Party" officials in a short period of time.

If the "Shen Party" really wants to bring down the "Zhao Party," it should never pay attention to the truth or falsity of these good news, but should take advantage of Zhao Junchen's absence in the capital to collect evidence of the "Zhao Party's" handles, so as to bring down several cadres of the "Zhao Party" and weaken the foundation and influence of the "Zhao Party."

It's a pity that all the Shen Party officials, including Shen Changmao, were attracted by the few seemingly flawed good news, and they were also indulging in the pleasure of gaining the upper hand when attacking the "Zhao Party", but they completely ignored these situations.

"Since Shen Changmao and below, these 'Shen Party' officials have been actively looking for all kinds of loopholes in the good news these days, and have taken the opportunity to attack the 'Zhao Party' on a large scale...... But have they ever thought that if these good news are true, won't their statements these days be to disgrace them and ruin their reputation? ”

When Zhou Shangjing was thinking secretly, he saw that Shen Changmao was still ridiculing Zuo Lanshan, and Cheng Yuandao also joined a few words from time to time, so he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and wanted to interrupt them to continue talking about business.

And at this time, Tong Huan, the envoy of the general government, quickly entered the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, and reported loudly with excitement: "Qi Qi elders, Lord Zhao Junchen led the army to defeat the Mongolian coalition army on the south bank of Weishui, and captured the Mongolian coalition commander Bagen alive!" After three battles of Weishui, Jiezhou, and Xiaochuanhe, they completely annihilated the 100,000 Mongolian Tartar army! Nearly 30,000 enemy leaders were captured, more than 13,000 prisoners were captured, a total of more than 8,000 war horses were captured, and countless military funds were captured, and the commander of the Mongolian coalition army was captured alive! After this war, the vitality of the Mongolian tribes was greatly damaged, and the morale of our Han people was greatly increased, and the northwest frontier will be worry-free in the next ten years! ”

As Tong Huan's words fell, there was a moment of silence in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Then, Li He couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and subconsciously looked at Zhou Shangjing; Cheng Yuandao's face was full of dumbfounded, and he didn't even realize that the rabbit in his hand had fallen; Shen Changmao's face was faintly pale, as if he had heard the news of the rout of the border defense; Zuo Lanshan's eyes lit up and his expression was surprised, and he quietly raised his head and chest, and his previous cautious and humble attitude was swept away.

As for Zhou Shangjing, it seems that he has already guessed, but he is not happy or worried, but he is thoughtful.

Then, Zhou Shangjing suddenly smiled with an old face, broke the silence in the Wenyuan Pavilion, and said, "Everyone, since this is such good news, let's go to the imperial study as soon as possible to present it to Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, he will be pleased! ”

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PS: Well, a big chapter of 10,000 words.

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