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Since Zhao Junchen left the capital for the northwest as the minister of the imperial mission, the political atmosphere in the center of the capital has been somewhat strange.

Originally, it was a stable partisan balance, because the "Zhao Party" was leaderless, but it was suddenly broken.

During this period of time, the "Zhou Party", "Shen Party", "Princeling Party", and even the "Imperial Party" were all ready to move, hoping to take advantage of some "Zhao Party" and meddle in the "Zhao Party's" sphere of influence.

Especially in the past few days, the major factions of the imperial court can be said to have made frequent moves, either waiting for opportunities to find trouble with several core figures of the "Zhao Party", or fabricating reasons to intervene in the government affairs of the Ministry of Hands and Households, or even coveting the control of the "United Boat Company".

There are many discerning people who have already seen that these actions are just temptations, and once the major factions have figured out the bottom line of the "Zhao Party", I am afraid that there will soon be big moves! If there are no accidents, the trouble of the "Zhao Party" has just begun!

However, just as everyone was waiting for the show to begin, the unexpected happened.

Bao Wenjie, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, who left Beijing with Zhao Junchen to go to the northwest on an errand, suddenly hurried back to the capital.

After returning to the capital, Bao Wenjie did not delay and urgently entered the palace to meet Emperor Deqing.

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On this day, after the end of the early dynasty, several cabinet elders came to the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City to discuss government affairs and approve official documents.

Recently, the most important thing on the surface of the imperial court is the agricultural rectification proposed by Zhao Junchen, although the plan formulated by Zhao Junchen is also detailed, but the situation is very different in different places, the private farmers do not understand the decrees of the imperial court, many officials are in line with the yin and yang, but the implementation is unsatisfactory, will always encounter all kinds of problems.

Many of these issues were presented to the Cabinet and needed to be discussed and decided by several cabinet elders.

In addition to the agricultural rectification, the imperial court is also secretly watching the changes in the situation in Nanzhili, compared with the agricultural rectification, whether it is the Deqing Emperor or the cabinet elders, they all pay more attention to the imperial court's resumption of power from the six ministries of Nanjing.

At this time, in the Wenhua Palace, the elders were discussing these two things.

"The political envoy of Henan Province sent a message that the promotion of corn planting was not smooth, and although the imperial court gave corn seeds to the farmers free of charge, most of the farmers were still willing to plant grain, and the local officials did not dare to forcibly promote it, fearing that it would provoke the ...... of popular revolt."

Zhou Shangjing flipped through the notes sent by Henan, his white eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and there was no anger on his old face, so he said slowly.

Shoufu Shen Changmao sneered: "Similar recitals, now I have received seven or eight copies, right?" Seeing that the autumn planting is about to end, Zhao Junchen's agricultural reform plan has not been completed even three times, and I am afraid that it will inevitably fail...... According to the old man, this agricultural reform plan was originally decided by Zhao Junchen patting his head, completely unprepared, and was hurriedly announced a month before the autumn planting, and there was no preparation in various places. This time, Zhao Junchen must have made a joke, and now because of this incident, he has been scolded by the people. ”

Zuo Lanshan glanced at Shen Changmao, but said with deep meaning: "The agricultural reform plan is not only to promote corn and potatoes, but also the new agricultural book compiled by the Ministry of Household has received some praise...... In fact, if it weren't for the fact that some people secretly fabricated unrealistic rumors and maliciously spread rumors, claiming that this matter was an act by the household department to exploit the people, the promotion of new crops might not have been so unsmooth......

Shen Changmao glanced at Zuo Lanshan, didn't answer at all, just kept sneering.

During this period of time, Shen Changmao did secretly make a lot of small moves in response to Zhao Junchen's plan to rectify agricultural affairs, he himself thought that Zhao Junchen's plan was a fantasy and was doomed to failure, so he wanted to take the opportunity to further stink Zhao Junchen's reputation, but all this was done in secret, Shen Changmao didn't want to completely turn his face with the "Zhao Party" at present, so after he heard Zuo Lanshan's hints and warnings, he just pretended not to understand.

Seeing the hidden edge of Shen Changmao and Zuo Lanshan, Liang Fuchen said a fair word: "Zhao Junchen's agricultural rectification plan this time is indeed a bit hasty, I am afraid it will be difficult to see results in a short period of time, judging from the current situation, this year is destined to have no achievements, but it often takes four or five years to see results in agricultural affairs, and it is also a bit hasty to judge the failure of this plan just by relying on the current situation...... In my opinion, Zhao Junchen's original intention is still good, although this year is a little hasty, but it is better than doing nothing, the food of the imperial court has indeed encountered problems. ”

Zhou Shangjing raised his head and glanced at a few elders, suddenly smiled, and said: "According to the old man, Zhao Junchen's plan is still very detailed, and he has put a lot of thought into it, so don't underestimate him...... The old man received the news that those Jin merchants and Hui merchants who were close to Zhao Junchen have joined forces with the household department, and when the autumn harvest is reached tomorrow, they will raise the price to buy corn and potatoes and other crops...... When Zhao Junchen's business and tax rectification, Sichuan salt development, agricultural rectification and other things have been effective, he will become a great hero of the imperial court, and no one can suppress him, and when next year or the year after, there will be one more seat in this Wenhua Palace. ”

Hearing Zhou Shangjing's hint, the faces of several pavilion elders present changed slightly.

Zhao Junchen has not yet entered the cabinet, and he already has such a great momentum and power, if he is allowed to enter the cabinet and assist the government, won't everyone be suppressed?

Cheng Yuandao was a little difficult to accept, and suddenly interjected: "Where is it so smooth!" The matter of agricultural rectification is now full of resistance, the development of Sichuan salt is still a mess, and the commercial tax rectification has achieved remarkable results, but I checked the accounts of the household department, and it is only an increase of less than one million taels of commercial tax into the account. …… Zhao Junchen is too young and has a bad reputation, if he wants to join the cabinet and assist the government, in addition to His Majesty's strong support, his political achievements must also be extraordinarily significant! ”

Hearing Cheng Yuandao's rebuttal, Zhou Shangjing just smiled noncommittally, and did not continue to explain - his statement was just to increase the sense of urgency in the hearts of several elders, and now that the goal has been reached, Zhou Shangjing naturally will not say anything more, such as Cheng Yuandao, Shen Changmao and others are all stubborn, and Zhou Shangjing is too lazy to waste his tongue to persuade them.

Seeing that several cabinet elders gradually began to deviate from the topic, Li He asked: "How should the performance of the political envoy of Henan be replied to?" But is it still according to the precedent? ”

Zhou Shangjing nodded and said: "It's better to follow the precedent, just let the Henan officials do their best, don't force it, let alone provoke a civil uprising, even if they can't complete the tasks of the imperial court, the imperial court will not deliberately punish them...... The local officials have repeatedly presented such statements just to get this assurance, and in that case, we need not make things difficult for them. ”

Seeing that Zhou Shangjing didn't respect himself at all, the head of the cabinet, and directly came to a conclusion, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed between Shen Changmao's expressions.

But Shen Changmao finally endured it, and instead opened the next topic, saying: "Just yesterday, Wang Baoren sent news from Ying Tianfu, saying that the newly appointed six Nanjing Shangshu have gone to their posts, and Wang Baoren and they will return to the capital soon...... The next phase of the plan for the Nanjing Sixth Department has also begun. ”

Zhou Shangdian nodded: "I don't know when Zhao Junchen will return to the capital, and the next plan still needs to be handled by him personally......

Zhou Shangjing was just halfway through speaking, when he saw an errand eunuch from Wenhua Hall hurriedly walking, and handed Zhou Shangjing a note, and said softly: "Elder Zhou Ge, this is news from outside the palace. ”

Zhou Shangjing nodded lightly, stretched out his hand to take the note, and after opening it and reading it, his pale brows furrowed again, and a pair of old eyes flashed with deep thought.

When the rest of the pavilion elders saw this scene, they knew that Zhou Shangjing must have received some important information, and they couldn't help but be curious, but they didn't expect Zhou Shangjing to explain it to them.

However, after thinking for a while, Zhou Shangjing did not hide anything, and after putting the note in his hand, he said to everyone: "I just received the news that Bao Wenjie, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission who left the capital with Zhao Junchen, has returned to the capital, and he urgently met His Majesty, and it seems that something big has happened. ”

After hearing Zhou Shangjing's explanation, all the pavilion elders were shocked.

Zuo Lanshan hurriedly asked, "It's just Bao Wenjie?" Can Zhao Shangshu return to Beijing? ”

Zhou Shangjing shook his head and said: "Zhao Junchen has not returned to Beijing, so he should still stay in the northwest to run errands...... It seems that the situation in the northwest is more complicated than we imagined! ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Shangjing remembered the secret letter sent by Sun Miao, the prefect of Lu'an, a few days ago, and was faintly worried in his heart.

And just when several pavilion elders were secretly thinking, Zhang De, the eunuch of Emperor Deqing, hurriedly entered the Wenhua Palace.

After entering the Wenhua Palace, Zhang De said with a serious expression: "Pavilionmen, Your Majesty wants you to urgently go to the imperial study to meet you!" There is an urgent matter that needs to be discussed by all the elders! ”

Seeing this scene, several pavilion elders were even more heartbroken.

Shen Changmao asked, "Do you know what the specific thing is?" ”

Zhang De shook his head and said: "The specific matter, our family is not clear, only that Bao Wenjie, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, suddenly returned to Beijing, and presented a secret letter of Lord Zhao to His Majesty. Now His Majesty has dismissed everyone in the imperial study, leaving only Bao Wenjie to talk, so our family doesn't know the specific thing...... It's just that Your Majesty hasn't been so angry for a long time, and it will definitely not be a trivial matter! ”

Several pavilion elders glanced at each other, their expressions becoming more serious.

Then, they got up one after another, and under the leadership of Zhang De, they left the Wenhua Hall and walked briskly towards the imperial study.

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