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About half an hour later, Emperor Deqing's Luan finally came to the noon gate of the Forbidden City.

There, the civil and military officials had already arrived in advance and had been waiting for a long time.

Then, Emperor Deqing led the civil and military officials to the Taimiao Temple to worship the gods of heaven and earth and the emperors of the past generations, indicating that he has now returned safely, and the Ming Dynasty is also smooth and peaceful during this period.

After the festival ended, Emperor Deqing went to the harem to rest for a while, and changed his clothes by the way, and the officials came to the outside of the Imperial Palace, waiting for Emperor Deqing to hold a court meeting.

According to the rules, after Emperor Deqing worshipped heaven and earth and his ancestors, he should convene a hundred officials to hold a court meeting.

In the Ming Dynasty, the early dynasty was often held in the Jianji Palace, and only the officials of the imperial court above the fourth grade, as well as the chief officials of the major yamen in the capital were eligible to participate, and the number was not large, and it was called "small court meeting".

The scale of the Huangji Hall is much larger than the Jianji Palace, which can accommodate more officials, when the Jianji Palace holds a court meeting, it is often the officials of the imperial court who are above the five grades, as well as the principal and deputy officials of the major yamen in the capital will participate, because the number of people is huge, so it is also called the "Great Dynasty Conference".

However, the "Great Pilgrimage Conference" is not held very often, and it is often only held on important festivals or when important matters are discussed, and it is only held three or five times a year at most.

Because of the relationship of the southern tour, Emperor Deqing has not held a court meeting for more than four months, so this court meeting is naturally a rare "big court meeting", which needs to be held in the imperial palace, and the officials above the fifth grade in the capital, and the chief and deputy governors of the major yamen must participate.

In the midst of this court. Emperor Deqing had to announce to the officials what he had gained during his southern tour, inspect the achievements of the crown prince and the ministers left behind, inquire about the current situation of the major yamen during this period, and deal with the accumulated government affairs of the imperial court.

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But he said. Outside the Imperial Palace, forces from all sides gathered together. Faintly divided into several groups, which are both distinct and different.

Now, Huang Yourong is not only about to fall, but he himself has accepted his fate, decided not to resist anymore, and handed over all his connections, forces, authority, etc. to the new first assistant Shen Changmao, just in exchange for a safe retirement ending, such a choice can be said to be aware of current affairs. It can also be said that they have no ambition, so all the officials of the "Yellow Party" are a little discouraged and discouraged at this time, and their attitude towards Huang Yourong is not as attentive as before, and the "Yellow Party" officials who are still willing to gather around Huang Yourong are only a few people left at this time, and the momentum is not as good as before.

Outside the Imperial Palace, the most powerful person in the limelight at this time is undoubtedly Shen Changmao, the new cabinet chief assistant, for a period of time. He not only took advantage of the opportunity of Emperor Deqing and Zhou Shangjing to win the position of first assistant to the cabinet, but also reached a deal with Huang Yourong and was about to absorb all the forces of the "Yellow Party".

So. At this time, there were the most officials gathered around Shen Changmao, including the old men of the "Shen Party", the former "Yellow Party" officials who were about to defect to Shen Changmao, and many of the wallheads of political speculation. There are dozens of these people combined, and the momentum is quite huge!

As a contrast. Zhou Shangjing is as low-key as ever, although the members of the "Zhou Party" are all over the government and the opposition, and the number is the largest. However, only Song Qiwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Li He, a scholar of the Baohe Palace, and Zhang Bochong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, were the three core members of the "Zhou Party" who accompanied Zhou Shangjing, and they did not deliberately show their momentum like Shen Changmao.

At this time, Zhou Shangjing was talking softly with the three core members of the "Zhou Party", with an indifferent expression and a calm face, as if the gains and losses of the position of the first assistant to the cabinet had no effect on him.

In addition, since the crown prince Zhu and Yu below, all have to be "too. The members of the "sub-party" also gathered together at this time, because the communication between the crown prince Zhu and Yu and Emperor Deqing was not very smooth, everyone was serious, and they gathered together and continued to discuss softly.

On the other hand, during Emperor Deqing's southern tour, although the "Zhao Party" was repeatedly suppressed by the elder Huang Yourong and the crown prince Zhu Heyu, such as Zhan Shanchang, Gu Quan, Liu Changan and other "Zhao Party" cadres were all dismissed from their official positions, but there were still Zuo Lanshan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Tong Huan, the general political envoy of the General Political Department, and Qin Huaiyuan, the servant of the Criminal Department, surrounded by Zhao Junchen, and the momentum was not weak.

Like the other factions, seeing that the Great Dynasty Conference was about to begin, Zhao Junchen also discussed with his henchmen the strategy of dealing with this Great Dynasty Conference.

I only heard Zhao Junchen's serious expression and ordered: "Time is tight, the court meeting is about to start, the official has just returned to Beijing, and we don't have time to discuss in detail, so let's make a long story short...... This great court meeting can be said to be crucial, and it is related to the future pattern changes of the temple, so we must be ready and fight with all our might! ”

Then, Zhao Junchen began to explain in detail: "Once the court discussion begins, Your Majesty will inquire about the current situation of the temple center, and take this opportunity to help Zhan Shanchang, Gu Quan, and Liu Changan clear their charges, restore their official positions, and take the opportunity to impeach Huang Yourong for suppressing dissidents and forming a party to disrupt the government!" Anyway, because of the rectification of commercial taxes, Huang Yourong is about to fall after all, and he is not afraid of one more crime. ”

As Zhao Junchen's words fell, all the members of the Zhao Party nodded in agreement and agreed.

Then, Zhao Junchen said: "After we take the lead in impeaching Huang Yourong, Huang Yourong will inevitably usher in a situation where the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing, but Huang Yourong is an old minister in the DPRK after all, his prestige still exists, and with Shen Changmao's help, he will not collapse immediately, but we still have to continue to impeach him, and we must make him more embarrassed!" After all, during His Majesty's southern tour, Huang Yourong repeatedly made things difficult for us, if we don't take the opportunity to retaliate against him, we are afraid that others will underestimate us in the future. ”

Following Zhao Junchen's instructions, Zuo Lanshan immediately replied: "Don't worry, Lord Zhao, let's never let Huang Yourong have a good time!" Huang Yourong has suppressed us for a period of time, so we naturally want to return it to him with interest! ”

Since Zhao Junchen deliberately showed his scheming methods yesterday, Zuo Lanshan has really become more and more in awe of Zhao Junchen. At this time, his assurances seemed to be solemn and resolute, but in fact they were just Zhao Junchen's echo worms.

Zhao Junchen smiled and nodded. After showing his appreciation for Zuo Lanshan, he continued: "With the continuous attack on Huang Yourong by hundreds of officials. The matter of commercial taxes will also surface...... You may have also heard that Your Majesty has decided that I will take over the business and tax affairs, if it is not unexpected, then there will also be opposition from the prince's party, everyone must be cautious when the time comes, don't let others seize the flaws, just follow my position, under the current situation, the prince's party is impossible to stop me...... And also. Let me tell you in advance, Your Majesty let me take over the rectification of commercial taxes at the same time, I will also take back the authority of the West Factory and the Inner Carrier Depot in my hands, and you do not need to object at that time, if I do not hand over these two authority, I am afraid I will not get the right to rectify the commercial tax......"

Originally, Zhao Junchen planned to take advantage of the start of the court meeting to tell everyone in the "Zhao Party" all the situation.

However, Zhao Junchen's order was just halfway through. But suddenly someone came to stir up the situation.

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Just as Zhao Junchen was speaking, the "Zhao Party" and everyone were still listening carefully, but suddenly everyone's faces changed, revealing a look of surprise. Their eyes crossed Zhao Junchen and looked behind Zhao Junchen.

Obviously, behind Zhao Junchen. Something surprising happened.

Seeing the change in everyone's expressions, Zhao Junchen also turned around to watch. only to find that the crown prince Zhu and Yu had left at some point. Surrounded by everyone, he walked straight to his position with a serious expression.

It's hard to do it. Before the start of the Great Dynasty Conference, Prince Zhu and Yu actually planned to talk to themselves for a few words?

For a while, Zhao Junchen only felt incredible.

You must know that the crown prince Zhu Heyu has always been dismissive of Zhao Junchen, except for the impeachment of Zhao Junchen, he never took the initiative to talk to Zhao Junchen.

After Zhao Junchen was shocked for a moment, he quickly confirmed his conjecture - the crown prince Zhu and Yu were indeed here to talk to him.

Without him, between the crown prince Zhu and Yu stepping forward, their eyes kept staring at Zhao Junchen.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Junchen frowned, sighed softly, and knew that he might not be able to explain everything in detail to the "Zhao Party".

So, before the crown prince Zhu and Yu approached, Zhao Junchen said to the Zhao party: "It seems that our Royal Highness the prince has something to do with me, so let's disperse for the time being, the prince came alone, I'm afraid I don't want others to hear the conversation...... As for the next big court meeting, there are still many things that need to be paid attention to, and now there is no time to make it clear, so everyone just needs to follow my statement when the time comes. ”

After receiving Zhao Junchen's instructions, everyone in the "Zhao Party" restrained the suspicious expressions on their faces, and after agreeing to Zhao Junchen's orders, they all dispersed.

Then, after a while, the crown prince Zhu and Yu had already come to Zhao Junchen's side.

In fact, the matter of the crown prince Zhu and Yu going to talk to Zhao Junchen was quite eye-catching, and for a while, the outside of the imperial palace was much quieter, and almost everyone's eyes were focused on Zhao Junchen and the prince Zhu and Yu.

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Zhao Junchen's stature is not short, but the crown prince Zhu Heyu's figure is taller than Zhao Junchen, and after he came to Zhao Junchen, he looked at Zhao Junchen with a serious expression, quite a little coercive.

However, the coercive momentum of the crown prince Zhu and Yu could not affect Zhao Junchen's mood, so Zhao Junchen just saluted the crown prince Zhu and Yu with his usual expression: "Your majesty Zhao Junchen, I have seen His Royal Highness the prince, but I don't know if His Royal Highness the prince has something to tell you?" ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, and seeing that Zhao Junchen was not afraid of himself at all, Prince Zhu Heyu frowned slightly, and a trace of undisguised disgust flashed in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Junchen, as if Zhao Junchen was some dirty thing.

However, after the crown prince Zhu Heyu was silent for a moment, he finally spoke: "I heard that there is a famous doctor in your house recently, who is the head of the world-famous apricot forest, named Zhang Decheng, known as the Buddha of ten thousand incense fires, this person has superb medical skills, can cure all diseases, and is better than the imperial doctor in the court, but there is such a thing?" ”

After hearing the inquiry of the crown prince Zhu and Yu, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be stunned.

After following Emperor Deqing back to the capital, Zhao Junchen almost didn't have any rest, and immediately came to the Forbidden City, waiting for the start of the great court meeting, and there was no time to return to the palace at all, so Zhao Junchen didn't know what the prince Zhu and Yu said.

Although, during the southern tour, Zhao Junchen has always been in contact with the capital, but they only reported some more important news to each other, and the matter of the famous doctor Zhang Decheng obviously does not belong to this list.

However, remembering that Liu Rui took the blind girl shrimp to Shaanxi to find Zhang Decheng for medical treatment, Zhao Junchen quickly guessed the general situation, so he replied: "After the official returned to Beijing, he immediately came here to wait for the start of the court discussion, and he has not yet contacted the family house, so he doesn't know about Zhang Decheng, but His Royal Highness the Prince, you have been staying in the capital, and I think your news will not be fake." ”

Prince Zhu Heyu nodded, and continued to say coldly: "My seventh brother's health has not been good, since this Zhang Decheng's medical skills are so good, when you return to the house, let him go to the seventh brother's mansion immediately and diagnose the seventh brother's body...... This matter is very important, you can't be lazy, if the famous doctor you invited can heal the body of the seventh brother, then I will also give you credit to my father! ”

Between the words, the expressions of the crown prince Zhu and Yu were cold, and their disgusted eyes were still not hidden, as if it was not him who asked Zhao Junchen now, but Zhao Junchen who asked him.

The Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian?

Zhao Junchen didn't care about the attitude and tone of the crown prince Zhu Heyu, but quickly thought of the key point of the matter!

Although I don't know where the crown prince Zhu and Yu learned about the famous doctor Zhang Decheng, it is obvious that the crown prince Zhu Heyu is now unstable because of the rectification of commercial taxes, whether it is Emperor Deqing or hundreds of officials in the court, they will start to look for candidates for a new prince at this time, and if the physical condition of the seven princes suddenly improves at this time......

Obviously, at this turbulent moment, the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian can no longer sit still, and intends to surface himself!

Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen's eyes flickered slightly.

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PS: In other words, under normal circumstances, this book is updated before the early hours of the morning every day, and the time is quite stable, why is it that today's update time has not arrived, and there are many old readers who think that there is no update today?

Well, explain again, because of some family matters, insects only have time code words after nine o'clock in the evening every day, and when the new chapter is written, it is often almost the early morning of the next day. The bug also knows that the update time of this book is too late, and it will make everyone wait for a long time, but the bug really can't help it, and it is the limit to be able to update stably every day due to family affairs.

However, in order for everyone to have a better reading experience, the bugs will try to advance the time as much as possible in the future.

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