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Zhao Junchen's various expressions seem to be bleak and tragic, as if they are just to show his determination and curry favor with the emperor, but in fact, there is a point of view that Emperor Deqing cannot accept no matter what, that is, "I, Zhao Junchen's loyal service, can only be exchanged for a bad death in the end"!

Murder and arson, gold belts, bridge construction and paving without corpses, this situation is the norm in the world, good people and evil people are absolutely equal in front of fate, good people may not live long, and loyal ministers may not be able to die well!

However, this notion must not be publicized in public!

The feudal dynasty also has the "main theme" of the feudal dynasty, that is, "the emperor is sage and wise, all the wrong and bad things are done by the traitors in private from the emperor, as long as the officials are loyal, they will definitely get the protection of the sage emperor, start and finish well, and leave a legacy for future generations." One can disagree with this view, but one must not refute it explicitly.

After all, isn't it too chilling for a courtier to be loyal and wholeheartedly to serve the court, the emperor, and the people, but in the end he can only end up with a bad end? In this way, how could the officials be willing to continue to be loyal to the emperor? If the emperor does not get the allegiance of hundreds of officials, how can he govern the world and rule the country?

In short, although the pseudo-truth of "good people will live a long life, and loyal ministers will die well", although it will make people scoff, it is actually related to the "credibility" of the emperors, and it is the most important!

However, Zhao Junchen took advantage of today's opportunity to openly question Emperor Deqing's ability and determination to protect his loyal courtiers in front of hundreds of officials, and challenged the "main theme" of the feudal dynasty that lasted for thousands of years.

However, in today's situation, Emperor Deqing can't accuse Zhao Junchen of anything, in order to maintain his "credibility", he must also give Zhao Junchen some promises in public, otherwise the foundation of Emperor Deqing's imperial power will be shaken!

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At this time, in the Imperial Palace, after hearing Zhao Junchen's bleak and pessimistic words, everyone's expressions were different.

Most of the officials couldn't hear the hidden meaning of Zhao Junchen's words, and they only felt that Zhao Junchen's performance today was a little abnormal, which was completely inconsistent with Zhao Junchen's past image, but how could Emperor Deqing, Zhou Shangjing, Shen Changmao and others not hear it?

Therefore, Emperor Deqing, Zhou Shangjing, Shen Changmao and others all changed their complexions slightly!

Then, Emperor Deqing was slightly silent, and his expression became deeper and deeper, while the eyes of Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao were firmly fixed on Emperor Deqing's body, waiting for Emperor Deqing's response!

After being silent for a moment, a trace of helplessness seemed to flash in Emperor Deqing's eyes, but finally he slowly spoke: "Zhao Aiqing, is it possible that in your eyes, I am a dumb emperor who can't even be sheltered by loyal courtiers?" If you are loyal to me, but in the end you will not die well, then how will I rule over the hundred officials in the future? What do the officials think of me? What do the people think of me? How do you describe me? My Daming country, is it dark and sunny? ”

After hearing Emperor Deqing's rhetorical question, Zhao Junchen "finally discovered" his gaffe, and immediately put on a sincere and fearful appearance, and hurriedly pleaded guilty: "Under the agitation of the minister, he is unscrupulous, the minister is frightened, and the minister is guilty!" Please also punish Your Majesty! ”

In today's situation, Zhao Junchen is a "victim", and Emperor Deqing naturally cannot punish Zhao Junchen.

Therefore, after hearing Zhao Junchen's plea, Emperor Deqing did not continue to blame Zhao Junchen, but his face was a little softer, and finally said a promise: "I am the Son of Heaven, ruling over hundreds of officials, naturally I will not let any loyal minister be aggrieved, today in front of the hundred officials, I also promise you, as long as you can successfully rectify the commercial tax and reverse the difficulties of the imperial court's finances, then you are a great hero of the imperial court, and I will definitely protect you with all my might, if someone retaliates against you because of commercial taxes in the future, Then I will definitely make decisions for you, and I will never let you be wronged! ”

In this way, under the persecution of Zhao Junchen, Emperor Deqing finally gave Zhao Junchen a promise!

This means that in terms of commercial tax rectification, Emperor Deqing not only has to help Zhao Junchen share the grievances in the hearts of the officials, but also if the officials try to retaliate against Zhao Junchen because of the commercial tax rectification, Emperor Deqing will also need to take refuge!

In this way, taking advantage of his assassination, Zhao Junchen finally dragged Emperor Deqing into the water after all kinds of schemes, Emperor Deqing wanted Zhao Junchen to charge forward and attract the anger of the public, and his idea of reaping the profits and keeping himself alone was also completely bankrupt! From now on, he can only make his position clear and go all out to support Zhao Junchen!

In addition, after getting this promise, as long as Zhao Junchen makes good use of it, he can get more benefits!

First of all, Emperor Deqing has admitted that as long as Zhao Junchen can successfully rectify the commercial tax, then Zhao Junchen is the "great hero" of the imperial court.

Secondly, most of today's Ming Dynasty officials are using smuggling and tax evasion to seek benefits, or to buy shares to collect dividends, or directly form a commercial bank to participate in it, so when Zhao Junchen fights with political opponents in the future, as long as the other party has such a background, Zhao Junchen can falsely accuse the other party of "revenge on himself because of commercial tax matters", forcing Emperor Deqing to help because of today's promise!

Finally, it can increase the confidence of the officials of the "Zhao Party" in the future prospects, strengthen their position of supporting Zhao Junchen's rectification of commercial taxation, and enhance the cohesion within the "Zhao Party", so that Zhao Junchen will not have to worry about some "Zhao Party" officials will waver, snake and mouse at both ends!

In short, because of Emperor Deqing's promise, Zhao Junchen will reap countless benefits, which will be of great benefit to Zhao Junchen's future development!

So far, a series of plans formulated by Zhao Junchen after his assassination have all been successful!

Therefore, after Zhao Junchen heard Emperor Deqing's promise, a trace of ecstasy flashed in his eyes, but his face was full of gratitude, and he kowtowed again: "Minister...... Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty! ”

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On the other side, after hearing Emperor Deqing's promise, whether it was Zhou Shangjing or Shen Changmao, their faces changed slightly again.

They all know that because of Emperor Deqing's promise, Zhao Junchen will reap such huge benefits, and Zhao Junchen's future development situation will inevitably change greatly!

If it is said that the former Zhao Junchen, although he was young and proud, was destined to have a worrying future, then after Zhao Junchen got these promises from Emperor Deqing, his future fate has gradually reversed!

However, under the pressure of the situation, Emperor Deqing had to make such a promise, and Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao were difficult to stop!

As a result, there was a rare solemn look in Zhou Shangjing's eyes - he originally thought that he had paid as much attention to Zhao Junchen as possible, but through today's events, Zhou Shangjing found that Zhao Junchen's growth was much faster than expected, and his attention to Zhao Junchen was far from enough!

At the same time, Shen Changmao's idea is a little more complicated.

"This Zhao Junchen is really a good means and good intentions, after the assassination, not only did he not panic, but took this opportunity to calmly formulate a plan, calmly and gradually implement it, interlocking, using all the factors, to achieve one goal after another, not only to suppress the political enemies of the DPRK, but also to drag the Deqing Emperor into the water, but also slightly reversed his reputation, and also forced me to give up the position of the prefect of Yanzhou, but also to a large extent to reverse his difficult situation in the future, in addition, I'm afraid that there are still many hidden purposes that are unknown, and I have become the biggest beneficiary, which is really killing multiple birds with one stone......"

After Shen Changmao secretly summarized Zhao Junchen's plan and harvest, he was faintly shocked in his heart.

Then, Shen Changmao suddenly found that although he was the first assistant of the cabinet and an old minister of the court, he was not as good as Zhao Junchen in terms of the city, vision, means, and scheming!

At least, if the assassination was placed on Shen Changmao, Shen Changmao would definitely not be able to be as good as Zhao Junchen, and he could use all the factors that could be used to get all the benefits for himself!

Now, Shen Changmao and Zhao Junchen are political enemies, and they are on the same page with each other! In the foreseeable future, this relationship with fire and water will continue and become more and more intense!

Originally, Shen Changmao had already made up his mind that he would never let Zhao Junchen go, and he had to completely defeat Zhao Junchen to relieve his anger!

But because of today's events, some pessimistic thoughts suddenly appeared in Shen Changmao's heart, and he felt that he might not be the ultimate winner!

In the past, Shen Changmao also thought very highly of himself, thinking that he was just inferior to Emperor Deqing and Zhou Shangjing.

But now, although Shen Changmao is reluctant to admit it, in Shen Changmao's subconscious, Zhao Junchen's name has been added to this list!

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…… (To be continued.) )