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"Zhao Junchen is hereby awarded as the young master of the dynasty and the scholar of the East Pavilion University, and after returning to Beijing, he can enter the Wenhua Pavilion as an auxiliary government, and canonized as an immortal new uncle, eight hundred food, a jade plate, ten pearls, and three thousand gold and silver, and this!"

As Emperor Deqing's words fell, before the rest of the people could react, Zuo Lanshan had already said loudly: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

In Zuo Lanshan's original idea, Zhao Junchen's final reward can be regarded as the goal as long as it can ensure that one of the cabinets and knighthoods can be achieved, but now Emperor Deqing not only awarded Zhao Junchen two titles at the same time, which means that Zhao Junchen will be a member of the cabinet from now on, but also canonized Zhao Junchen as "immortal new uncle"!

The earl is the lowest level of the Ming Dynasty title, the so-called "immortal" is the meaning that it cannot be hereditary, such a title is naturally the worst level, but after all, it is the position of the earl of the super grade, and it is the only honor of the hundred officials in the court, and the "Zhao Party" will inevitably rise in momentum in the future!

In fact, this is also Emperor Deqing's deliberate weakening of Zhao Junchen's title reward, but he is worried that Zhao Junchen's age is too young, and if there are any merits in the future, the court will fall into the embarrassment of having no reward.

But the richness of this reward is still completely beyond Zuo Lanshan's expectations, so Zuo Lanshan's performance is extremely excited, and when Emperor Deqing's words just fell, he praised him one after another, as if he was afraid that Emperor Deqing would regret it.

On the other side, Shen Changmao and Cheng Yuandao looked at each other with gloomy expressions, and their expressions when they looked at Zhou Shangjing were full of complexity and doubt.

The two of them wasted a lot of words and thoughts, but in the end they still failed to lower Zhao Junchen's reward, and all of this was because of Zhou Shangjing's "righteous words"!

In addition to being helpless, Shen Changmao and Cheng Yuandao were also strange in their hearts, and they didn't understand why Zhou Shangjing was also Zhao Junchen's political enemy in the DPRK and China, so why he deliberately sought benefits for Zhao Junchen this time.

"Could it be that Zhou Shangjing wants to deliberately kill Zhao Junchen? …… After all, the higher the reward Zhao Junchen receives, the more he will be jealous of His Majesty in the future...... If this is the case, Zhao Junchen will certainly be proud for a while, but I am afraid that it will end badly in the future......" Shen Changmao secretly guessed in his heart.

In fact, Shen Changmao's speculation is very close to the truth of the matter.

As Zhou Shangjing gets older and older, sooner or later he will return to his hometown and stay away from the temple, but he has been fighting with Emperor Deqing for decades, and he has not let Emperor Deqing take much advantage, and he can't help but worry that his grievances with Emperor Deqing will affect the descendants of his family, so he has been trying to ease relations with Emperor Deqing in recent years.

But Zhou Shangjing seems to be in power, and many times he can't help himself, as the leader of the hundred officials, the leader of the "Zhou Party", and the representative of the ministers, he must safeguard the interests of the hundred officials and the friends, otherwise he will inevitably be attacked by the officials and the friends, but if he takes action to protect the interests of the officials and the friends, he will inevitably conflict with the Deqing Emperor, and the relationship between the two sides will never be eased.

However, the rapid rise of Zhao Junchen allowed Zhou Shangjing to find another opportunity - if Zhao Junchen became the main target of the Deqing Emperor's heart, the Deqing Emperor's hostility towards Zhou Shangjing would gradually fade, and when the Deqing Emperor found that he could no longer control Zhao Junchen, the two sides would even have the opportunity to cooperate, and the descendants of Zhou Shangjing's family would naturally be worry-free.

In fact, if it weren't for Zhou Shangjing's deliberate connivance, Zhao Junchen's rise would not have been so rapid.

Now, Zhao Junchen's power and influence have completely exceeded the bottom line in Emperor Deqing's heart, and it is also very close to Zhou Shangjing's expectations.

However, seeing that the plan was about to come to fruition, Zhou Shangjing still did not have any abnormal performance at this time, and under the gaze of Shen Changmao and Cheng Yuandao, he still looked like he was looking down and lacking energy, as if he had not participated in the discussion at all just now.

On the other side, Emperor Deqing saw Zuo Lanshan's excited performance, and a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes.

Zuo Lanshan was obviously willing to become Zhao Junchen's lackey, and had no ambition to split the "Zhao Party" at all, so this person was completely useless to Emperor Deqing.

Therefore, after Emperor Deqing conveyed his will, he turned his head to Zuo Lanshan and ordered: "Zuo Ge Lao, I am not only recruiting Zhao Junchen to join the cabinet to assist the government, but also canonizing him as a knight, this matter is extraordinary, and there must be a powerful minister who rushes to Shaanxi and Gansu to pass the decree...... After thinking about it, it is most appropriate for you to be responsible for this matter, so you can rush to Huamachi Camp...... Well, I will let Bao Wenjie, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, act with you. ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing's words, the expressions of everyone in the imperial study changed slightly, and the eyes of Shen Changmao and Cheng Yuandao turned to Zuo Lanshan, their eyes full of schadenfreude and excitement.

The current situation of the imperial court is inseparable from Zhao Junchen's turnover of money and grain, so the imperial court cannot weaken Zhao Junchen's reward, but it cannot allow Zhao Junchen's power to expand too much, so suppressing the "Zhao Party" force is still the proper meaning of the topic!

Now that Zhao Junchen is presiding over the border defense on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, if Zuo Lanshan, the No. 2 person in the "Zhao Party," is transferred out of the capital, then the "Zhao Party" will be leaderless, and won't it be at the mercy of the people at that time?

The most important thing is that only one member of the "Zhao Party" in the cabinet is enough, taking advantage of the time when Zuo Lanshan left the capital, the factions naturally have a way to kick Zuo Lanshan out of the cabinet, and even if Zhao Junchen enters the cabinet and assists the government, he will still be lonely and can't set off too many storms.

As Emperor Deqing's words fell, several scheming pavilion elders in the imperial study only figured out the follow-up effects of Zuo Lanshan after leaving Beijing in an instant.

However, Zuo Lanshan didn't seem to understand these things at all, he didn't react at all, he didn't have any resistance, and there was some joy on his face, as if he thought that it was an honor for him to personally rush to Shaanxi and Gansu to deliver the decree to Zhao Junchen, but he immediately received the decree and said: "The minister obeys the decree!" ”

Emperor Deqing also still looked serious, and instructed with a gentle expression: "After you rushed to the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, it is only one of them to convey my will to Zhao Junchen to Zhao Junchen, and there are three other things that you need to pay attention to, the first is to confirm that the evidence of the victory in Weishui is true, and escort the enemy commander Bagen to the capital; The second is to urge Zhao Junchen to rush back to the capital with you, so as not to let him continue to stay in Shaanxi and Gansu, and the third is to confirm the condition of Liang Ge Lao on behalf of me, he has been seriously ill since he arrived in Shaanxi and Gansu, and there has been no news so far. “

Zuo Lanshan bowed his head and said: "The minister understands, and he will definitely handle it properly for His Majesty!" ”

Next, Emperor Deqing and the elders discussed some court matters, especially the details of sending troops to recover the Hetao, which required everyone in the imperial study to dare to make up their minds before tomorrow morning.

During this period, Zhou Shangjing took the opportunity to mention to Emperor Deqing that the world's scholars were panicking because of a "literary disaster", and hoped that Emperor Deqing could prevent the factory guards from monitoring and arresting the scholars as soon as possible.

Emperor Deqing set off this literary disaster, originally did not want to arrest how many scholars were imprisoned, but just saw that the world's scholars criticized the trend of government and politics gradually prevailed, and now after seeing Zhou Shangjing and the elders' request, thinking that the court still has many things to deal with in the future, it is inseparable from the public opinion support of the readers, and he agreed to the instructions of the elders.

After the sky was getting dark, Emperor Deqing saw that Zhou Shangjing and Cheng Yuandao, the two elderly ministers, gradually couldn't hold on, and finally ended the conversation and let the elders leave the imperial study.

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After all the pavilion elders left the imperial study one after another, Emperor Deqing's expression became more and more solemn, and after frowning and thinking secretly for a while, he instructed the eunuchs beside him: "Spread my will, summon the factory supervisors of the second factory in the east and west to come to the imperial study, and I have something to tell them." ”

As Emperor Deqing's will came out, two middle-aged eunuchs soon hurried to the imperial study.

These two eunuchs, one named Wu Xinyan and the other named Kong Zhen, are the chief eunuchs of the ceremonial supervisor and the imperial horse supervisor respectively.

After Wu Xinyan and Kong Zhen saluted, Emperor Deqing slowly ordered: "There are three things for you to do, first, I have collected some notes on the impeachment of the cabinet minister Zuo Lanshan these days, and now they are being stored in the master of ceremonies, you wait until tomorrow after Zuo Lanshan leaves the capital, and then leak the evidence of the various crimes listed in these impeachment notes to the imperial history of the various factions in the Imperial Procuratorate, but don't let them know that this is what I mean......"

Hearing Emperor Deqing's statement, Wu Xinyan and Kong Zhen were both shocked, knowing that Zuo Lanshan might not be able to sit in the position of the elder of the pavilion for a long time, so they hurriedly agreed.

Emperor Deqing continued: "As for the second thing, it is to send someone to secretly investigate the specific situation of the household officials! Zhao Junchen's money and grain turnover and financial management and accounting skills can be said to be unmatched among the hundred officials, but the household officials should have learned Zhao Junchen's several costs over the years, and now the court's money and grain operation depends too deeply on Zhao Junchen, and this situation must be reversed as soon as possible! Therefore, I want to know who among the household officials has the highest financial management skills, and who is not so loyal to Zhao Junchen...... In addition, at the same time, we must also send people to pay attention to all the officials and people who are good at financial management in the government and the opposition, and report to me in time if they find anything! ”

Wu Xinyan and Kong Zhen were shocked again, but they still didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly took their orders.

After a pause, Emperor Deqing hesitated slightly, and finally said, "There is a third thing...... Send someone to secretly investigate whether the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian has had secret contact with Shen Changmao and Cheng Yuandao during this period of time......"

Speaking of this, Emperor Deqing's expression became extremely serious, and he said: "These three things are all about secrets, if the East and West No. 2 Factory is still unfavorable, or even leaked the news again, then don't blame me for rectifying it again!" ”

The three things ordered by Emperor Deqing can be said to be more sensitive than the other, involving Zuo Lanshan, Zhao Junchen, Cheng Yuandao, Shen Changmao, Zhu Hejian and others.

After the second factory of the east and west after the repeated cleaning and rectification of the Deqing Emperor, it is now the situation of panic and self-endangerment, and now I heard the Deqing Emperor mention the rectification again, only scared Wu Xinyan and Kong Zhen The two people were frightened, and hurriedly promised: "Please rest assured that Your Majesty, the slaves and maids and others must be working hard, and they will never dare to disappoint Your Majesty again!" ”

Emperor Deqing nodded in satisfaction, and then waved them out of the imperial study.

After Wu Xinyan and Kong Zhen left the imperial study, Emperor Deqing was still sitting behind the imperial case and was silent, even if the eunuch next to him reminded Emperor Deqing that he should have dinner, he ignored it, but no one knew what Emperor Deqing was thinking at this time.

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However, it was said that the news that Zhao Junchen had annihilated 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongol coalition army in one fell swoop, and that he would soon join the cabinet as an auxiliary government and be named the new Chengbo spread throughout the capital in a short time.

For a while, the people were excited and inexplicably discussed, the officials were seriously considering the future changes in the court pattern, and several powerful ministers also had their own plans and secretly prepared.

However, Zuo Lanshan ignored these things, and returned to his mansion after leaving the imperial study, ordering people to arrange carriages and horses, pack up their bags, and prepare to wait until tomorrow morning after the end of the dynasty to immediately rush to Shaanxi and Gansu to convey the will of reward to Zhao Junchen.

said that just when Zuo Lanshan was about to get everything ready, his youngest son Zuo Kuiwen, who was studying in Guozijian, hurried back to Zuofu.

After rushing back to Zuofu, Zuo Kuiwen immediately found Zuo Lanshan, and asked with an excited expression: "Father, I heard the news, Lord Zhao Junchen and Lord Zhao annihilated 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongolian coalition army in one fell swoop on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and when His Majesty discussed the reward with the elders, Shen Shoufu and Cheng Ge Lao both thought that the imperial court should not let Zhao Junchen directly enter the cabinet for the time being, but in the end, because of your insistence and hard work, Zhao Junchen finally became a cabinet assistant?" In the end, Your Majesty also asked you to personally rush to Shaanxi and Gansu to deliver a decree to Lord Zhao? ”

When Zuo Kuiwen asked, Zuo Lanshan was slowly sipping tea, and then nodded: "Actually, Lord Zhao was finally able to get the reward of entering the cabinet and being knighted at the same time, mainly because of Zhou Ge Lao's impartial words and His Majesty's judgment of the situation, but his father did play some role and said some fair words!" ”

After hearing Zuo Lanshan's answer, Zuo Kuiwen's face was full of annoyance, and he said loudly: "Father, you are confused! Why can't you understand that whether it is Your Majesty or the powerful ministers of the various factions in the DPRK and China, they do not want Lord Zhao's power to expand too quickly, and they will never allow the 'Zhao Party' to have two cabinet positions! If Zhao Junchen is allowed to join the cabinet as an auxiliary minister, doesn't it mean that your father, you will soon be targeted by them, and you will eventually lose the dignity of the cabinet elder? Now that you are about to leave the capital, father, aren't you powerless to be slaughtered? ”

Zuo Lanshan has a total of three daughters and one son, and Zuo Kuiwen is not only the youngest, but also the only son of Zuo Lanshan, so Zuo Lanshan has always doted on Zuo Kuiwen, and at this time, Zuo Kuiwen's speech is inevitably a little disrespectful.

But Zuo Lanshan was also accustomed to Zuo Kuiwen's willfulness, and after hearing Zuo Kuiwen say that he was confused, he was not angry, but asked with interest: "Are you thinking of these things yourself?" Or did your classmate Zhang Bowen remind you? ”

Zuo Kuiwen was slightly stunned and replied: "Some of them were reminded by Zhang Bowen, but more of them were thought up by myself...... Father, how do you know that Zhang Bowen talked to me about this? ”

Zuo Lanshan nodded with a smile and said, "It's good that you can think of this...... As for the fact that I will know that Zhang Bowen talked to you about this, it is because I have already sent someone to secretly investigate a few of your classmates and friends, but that Zhang Bowen will receive a sum of money from Shen Shoufu's business bank every month, and Shen Shoufu is using Zhang Bowen to find out the news of his father from you! Now, Zhang Bowen took the initiative to talk to you about these things, I am afraid that it is also what Shen Shoufu meant, probably because he wants to take the opportunity to separate the relationship between his father and Lord Zhao. ”

Zuo Kuiwen couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and asked, "Zhang Bowen is Shen Changmao's person?" Father, why don't you remind me? ”

Zuo Lanshan still smiled and said: "Your temperament is still shallow, if you tell you these things in advance, maybe you will reveal flaws, and my father also hopes to use this Zhang Bowen to pass on some true or false news to Shen Changmao...... And now I tell you the truth, but I estimate that I will leave the capital soon, just like your guess, because of Lord Zhao's entry into the cabinet and auxiliary government, after his father leaves the capital tomorrow, he will inevitably be attacked by various factions, and it should be impossible to keep the position of the cabinet, but Lord Zhao is now in the limelight, if he is in the limelight, if he can protect it, his father will not fall, and in the end it should be the situation of being released to a certain province as a feudal official, and then you will follow your father to take office, so there is no need to hide it from you. ”

Zuo Kuiwen became more and more dumbfounded, and asked again: "So, father, you already understand these things?" Then why do you strongly recommend Lord Zhao to join the cabinet and assist the government? Could it be that Zhao Junchen is worthy of your loyalty? For him, even at the expense of his career prospects? ”

"Loyal ......" Zuo Lanshan seemed to be smiling, but he was noncommittal, just stood up and said slowly: "Kuiwen, follow me to the backyard Lin Yuan, there are some truths that should be known to you!" ”

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Well, the second update, a big chapter of 4,000 words, a total of 11,000 words updated today.

Tomorrow is still a 10,000-word update, which will end the plot of the capital and return to the plot of the Shaanxi and Gansu sides.

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