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The reason why Zhao Junchen wanted to support the exhibition of Tongji Temple in the capital was that he wanted to take the opportunity of Tongji Temple to show believers in the capital to expand his influence in the shadows, and make Tongji Temple one of his important intelligence agencies.

Nowadays, the Tongji Temple has begun to take shape in the capital, not only among the common people, but also with many low-level officials in the court, as well as some high-level officials in the government, have also been exhibited by the Tongji Temple as believers.

And since Fang Ru took over the affairs of Tongji Temple, he has bribed many of these believers to become spies lurking everywhere to work for Zhao Junchen secretly, and Tongji Temple has become a place for these spies to report news.

Of course, the use of religion to show power, especially the nondescript doctrine of Tongji Temple, is really a bit of a cult to disrupt the country, and once it is discovered, even Zhao Junchen will not be able to get out.

Therefore, the believers of Tongji Temple, who were bribed into spies, had no idea who they were working for, but after receiving the money, they took the opportunity to go to Tongji Temple from time to time to worship the gods and reported the news they had collected to their respective uplines.

In fact, in the entire Tongji Temple, only a few core figures such as Zhang Daoquan know about Zhao Junchen's existence behind it. In this way, once the matter is revealed, Zhao Junchen will be able to easily get rid of the involvement.

Chen Dongxiang, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, was regarded by Zhao Junchen as an unstable factor under his disciples, and was naturally one of the key exhibition objects of Tongji Temple.

In fact, in Chen Dongxiang's mansion today, there are now three people who have been exhibited by Tongji Temple as believers, and then bought by Fang Ru to become spies.

Among them, one is the steward of Chen Dongxiang's mansion, one is Chen Dongxiang's favorite concubine, and one is the other. It is the carriage driver who often accompanies Chen Dongxiang in and out of the government!

It can be said that in this way, Chen Dongxiang's every move every day is difficult to escape Zhao Junchen's ears and eyes, as long as Zhao Junchen has a heart. He can even easily know what kind of underwear Chen Dongxiang wears every day, and what kind of food he eats for breakfast and dinner!

Therefore, Chen Dongxiang secretly went to Yuekelai Restaurant for a banquet this time, and Tongji Temple quickly got the news, and then quickly reported it to Fang Ru.

And Fang Ru has always been capable. After getting the news, he immediately realized that there was something hidden in it, so he sent someone to Yueke to inquire about the news of the private room.

Although Huo Zhengyuan concealed his identity this time to set a banquet at Yuekelai Restaurant, the description of the guy at Tongguò Restaurant, as well as the inference of other sources. Fang Ru quickly determined that the mysterious person Chen Dongxiang secretly met at the Yuekelai Restaurant this time was none other than Huo Zhengyuan, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, one of the core figures of Huang Yourong's party!

So, seeing that the matter was important, such news was quickly reported to Zhao Junchen by Fang Ru.

And when Zhao Junchen got the news, it was only a little more than an hour since Chen Dongxiang left the Yuekelai Inn.

In this era of inconvenient communication. This kind of efficiency is already a god, which shows the strength of the intelligence network operated by Fang Ru.

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In the study of the Zhao Mansion, after opening Chu Jiayi, after listening to Fang Ru's report, Zhao Junchen couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, yes, I have invested so much money and attention in Tongji Temple, and now I have finally paid off. During this period of time, the Tongji Temple has not seen any results, and I thought that my original idea of supporting the Tongji Temple was just taken for granted. All the devotion is about to be wasted, but now that I think about it, I am still too anxious. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Fang Ru smiled and said: "It turns out that this is how you treat Tongji Temple, and Ru'er thought that you handed over Tongji Temple to Ru'er in the first place." It was to place high hopes on Tongji Temple and Ru'er, it turned out that it was not hopeful so it was handed over to Ru'er, poor Ru'er has been bothering about the affairs of Tongji Temple these days, but I didn't expect the master to be hopeless at all. ”

At this time, there are no outsiders, and Fang Ru's clever complaining can be regarded as a kind of boudoir fun.

Seeing Fang Ru like this, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm obviously complaining about my own wrongness, why did I make you unhappy again?" Why am I not at ease if you do the work? This time, Chen Dongxiang's matter was only investigated in an hour or two and let me get the news, thinking that even if I did it myself, I couldn't do it better. I'm afraid it's not as good as you. ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen's expression was relaxed, he didn't mean that Chen Dongxiang was secretly contacting Huo Zhengyuan, but just blindly laughing and talking with himself, Fang Ru couldn't help asking: "Master, that Chen Dongxiang is a natural backbone, this time he met Huo Zhengyuan secretly, considering the current Chaozhong shape, I'm afraid that it is the ill-intentioned intentions, master, are you not worried at all?" ”

Zhao Junchen smiled lightly and said: "If I didn't know in advance, then Chen Dongxiang suddenly defected in the court, maybe it would really be a big trouble, but now that I know about it, as long as I prepare early, then there is nothing to worry about. ”

Although Zhao Junchen's expression was relaxed, Fang Ru thought that Chen Dongxiang was actually planning to betray Zhao Junchen, but a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he bit his silver teeth lightly and asked, "This Chen Dongxiang, master, how are you going to deal with it?" He can't let go of such an action. ”

To Fang Ru's surprise, after mentioning Chen Dongxiang's intentional betrayal, Zhao Junchen didn't have any intention of being angry, but showed a thoughtful look on his face.

Seeing Zhao Junchen pondering, obviously thinking about how to deal with Chen Dongxiang, Fang Ru stopped talking, and just silently waited for Zhao Junchen's decision. At the same time, Fang Ru's heart was also in a hurry, thinking about the resources in her hands and which ones could help Zhao Junchen.

For a while, seven or eight ideas had flashed through Fang Ru's mind, from assassination to framing, all of which were extremely ruthless strategies.

After all, although Fang Ru was infatuated with Zhao Junchen, after all, he had an extreme temperament, and he was ruthlessly tight to people other than Zhao Junchen, especially those who might endanger Zhao Junchen's safety.

However, the situation that Fang Ru didn't expect was born.

I saw that after Zhao Junchen pondered for a long time, he suddenly sighed lightly and said, "I think I should still give Chen Dongxiang another chance." ”

"Give him another chance?" Listen to Zhao Junchen say this. Fang Ru couldn't help but be taken aback and asked, "Master, are you going to let that Chen Dongxiang go?" He's planning to betray you, sir! How can you let him go?! ”

Zhao Junchen waved his hand and said lightly: "Chen Dongxiang's temperament, I also understand it, with Huang Yourong's means, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to subdue him." Especially at times like these. Although he met with Huo Zhengyuan this time, if he wants to say that he has made up his mind to betray me, it is not necessarily. ”

Seeing that Fang Ru was still looking at himself incredulously, obviously disagreeing with such an idea, Zhao Junchen sighed again and said, "The reason why Chen Dongxiang is separated from me now. But it was also my injustice to him, and now his embarrassing situation under my door is gradually marginalized, and it is deliberately created and promoted by me. He wants to turn his back on me now, so to speak, and it can be said that he will be in a different place. I'm afraid I'm going to think the same way.

In fact, the reason why I was able to bring down Wen Guanliang in the first place, Chen Dongxiang and he contributed to it, it stands to reason that I should have rewarded him. However, Chen Dongxiang's ambition was too great, so not only did I not reward him, but I often beat him and treated him quite coldly. And after Zuo Lanshan saw my attitude, in order not to suspect me, they also deliberately distanced themselves from him. As a result, Chen Dongxiang was completely marginalized under my door. ”

Fang Ru couldn't help but be surprised when she heard Zhao Junchen say this: "Since he is so ambitious, then he shouldn't be let go, why do you plan to give him another chance, master?" ”

Zhao Junchen chuckled: "At the beginning, my foundation was not stable, and Chen Dongxiang's ambition was beyond my tolerance. That's why I deliberately marginalized him and made it impossible for his ambitions to be realized. However, now that things have changed, my foundation in the court is solid, and my power and influence are far from comparable to those at the beginning, and I have the ambition of the officials under my staff. It is also more tolerable, those concerns about Chen Dongxiang at the beginning are no longer there, and Chen Dongxiang himself is also a talent, so give him another chance, take the opportunity to repay the justice he owed him at the beginning, and also convince the other officials under his door, why not? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen shook his head and said leisurely: "Actually, I still have some tolerance, and the officials under my door have some ambitions, which is not a bad thing, as long as it is not within my tolerance, I am still happy to see it." As long as the direction of their ambitions is pointed out, these ambitious people are actually quite controllable, and they will even be the best help for me to expand my power in the DPRK, and Chen Dongxiang is exactly the same for me. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Fang Ru was helpless, but seeing Zhao Junchen's clear attitude, he didn't want to disobey Zhao Junchen's intentions, so he had to nod and said: "Since you said so, master, then give Chen Dongxiang another chance, it's a big deal that I will watch him more closely and don't let him make any baskets there." ”

Zhao Junchen smiled, but he didn't object, just said slowly: "In the officialdom, people in high positions always have a great position of power, how much tolerance there is, and how much tolerance there is to achieve great achievements." If an official does not have the mind to match his status, and only knows blind suspicion, it will not become a big deal in the end. However, you are keeping an eye on Chen Dongxiang over there, but just in case, it will tire you to spend more time. ”

Fang Ru was noncommittal, and just asked, "Then master, how are you going to give that Chen Dongxiang another chance?" ”

Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment and said: "Now that the matter is now, I am afraid that I will meet him in person, but in such a situation, it may be a wonderful move to let Chen Dongxiang pretend to defect to Huang Yourong...... Well, Ru'er, I will write a secret letter now, and you will send someone to hand him over to Wang Ping of Langzhong of the Ministry of Works. ”

Wang Ping of the Ministry of Industry is just a five-grade official in the DPRK, just a small person, Fang Ru has heard of it for the first time, but he doesn't know why Zhao Junchen suddenly wrote a secret letter to such a person.

However, Fang Ru also knew that Zhao Junchen had been laying out the government and the opposition in an all-round way during this period of time, and had buried many unknown foreshadowings and chess pieces, many of which were unknown even to people close to Fang Ru.

And this Wang Ping of the Ministry of Industry is also one of Zhao Junchen's foreshadowing chess pieces in the court, so Fang Ru didn't ask much, just nodded and agreed.

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Just like that, time is unconscious. It was approaching evening.

Chen Dongxiang was thinking about whether to turn his back on Zhao Junchen and turn to Huang Yourong all day today, and the official affairs of the Ministry of Industry did not deal with much under such circumstances. And the Ministry of Industry and the Yamen people come and go. The continuous flow of official duties made Chen Dongxiang think unconsciously and distracted.

Seeing that he was about to call it a day and go home, Chen Dongxiang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, planning to clear his mind after returning home. Decide for yourself what to choose next.

In fact, Chen Dongxiang has always been a decisive person, and when he wanted to turn his back on Wen Guanliang and switch to Zhao Junchen, he didn't hesitate much, and just did it.

But this time, Chen Dongxiang was full of hesitation.

None of them. Although Huang Yourong's various conditions for buying Chen Dongxiang made Chen Dongxiang very tempted, Chen Dongxiang was not sure whether Huang Yourong could win the final victory in this party struggle between Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong?

During this period of time under Zhao Junchen, although Chen Dongxiang was treated coldly by Zhao Junchen, he was even gradually marginalized. But seeing Zhao Junchen's gradual rise in the temple, and seeing Zhao Junchen's various means and scheming to achieve his goals, Chen Dongxiang knew Zhao Junchen's ability to the city government best, and he no longer dared to underestimate Zhao Junchen.

In Chen Dongxiang's view, Zhao Junchen is not only a scheming and high-minded person, but also a person who acts extremely cautiously and has far-reaching plans.

Now. Since Zhao Junchen dared to start a party struggle with Huang Yourong, then Chen Dongxiang thought about it, I am afraid that Zhao Junchen already had a plan and grasp of victory in his heart, otherwise with Zhao Junchen's heart, he would never provoke this party dispute lightly.

And for the old Huang Yourong. Chen Dongxiang's view is the same as that of Zhao Junchen, but it is just that Zhou Shangjing deliberately left the "political enemy" on the façade in order to avoid the formation of a situation in which his family dominates the court and thus arouse the suspicion of Emperor Deqing.

In fact, the opponents who can really pose a threat to Zhou Shangjing, such as Wang Baoren, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry who is about to return to the court to serve as the crown prince and prince, have already been excluded from the center of the court by Zhou Shangjing.

It can be said that the reason why Huang Yourong was able to serve as the cabinet elder was because Huang Yourong still had some ability, but it was more because Zhou Shangjing did not deal with Huang Yourong, not that Huang Yourong himself had the ability to compete with Zhou Shangjing.

Therefore, Chen Dongxiang actually looks down on Huang Yourong, and he doesn't think that in this party battle with Zhao Junchen, Huang Yourong can win the final victory.

That's why Chen Dongxiang is so hesitant now -- although Huang Yourong's conditions are generous, if he finally loses in the party struggle, or even collapses because of this, then no matter how generous the conditions are, it will only be a flash in the pan for Chen Dongxiang, but it will make Chen Dongxiang's gains outweigh the losses, and the situation will be even more unbearable.

Therefore, after learning about Huang Yourong's conditions for himself, Chen Dongxiang must also think clearly about how much he can improve Huang Yourong's chances of victory when he turns his back on Zhao Junchen and defects.

If the odds of winning are too low, then Chen Dongxiang doesn't mind immediately informing Zhao Junchen about Huang Yourong's bribery to see if he can regain Zhao Junchen's trust.

It's just that the Ministry of Industry is busy with official business, and there are too many things that distract Chen Dongxiang this afternoon, but he can't think about it too much.

Therefore, after it was time for the Yamen to finish work, Chen Dongxiang didn't plan to stop any longer, just cleaned up a little, and then got up and planned to go home.

However, Chen Dongxiang had just gotten up and was about to leave, when someone knocked on the door outside his office room and said, "Chen Shilang is there?" Xiaguan Wang Ping asked to see. ”

Hearing the voice of Wang Ping in the Ministry of Labor, Chen Dongxiang couldn't help but be stunned.

Now the Ministry of Industry is full of officials under Zhao Junchen, and this Wang Ping is naturally no exception.

But during this period of time, because Chen Dongxiang was snubbed by Zhao Junchen, after being seen by his colleagues in the Ministry of Industry, he was also estranged from Chen Dongxiang intentionally or unintentionally, but only this Wang Ping was still affectionate towards Chen Dongxiang.

In addition, although Wang Ping is only one of the five pins in the Ministry of Industry, his qualifications in the Ministry of Industry are very old, but Chen Dongxiang can't help but respect him.

Therefore, after hearing Wang Ping's request to see, Chen Dongxiang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly opened the door to meet him.

After opening the door, I saw Wang Ping standing outside the room with a smile, as if he had encountered some happy event, and his expression was quite happy.

"Lord Chen, Xiaguan encountered a happy event today, but there are not many officials in the Ministry of Industry who can know each other with Xiaguan, and they have the heart to invite adults to gather and share, I wonder if you can enjoy your face and get together in Shangxian Building?"

Outside the door, Wang Ping smiled at Chen Dongxiang.

Hearing Wang Ping's invitation, Chen Dongxiang couldn't help but hesitate.

Chen Dongxiang naturally understood what Wang Ping's sentence "However, there are not many officials in the Ministry of Industry who can know each other with their subordinates", which is nothing more than that after all the officials in the Ministry of Industry have alienated themselves from Chen Dongxiang, only Wang Ping is still close to Chen Dongxiang, so even Wang Ping has been alienated.

Therefore, after hearing Wang Ping's reason, Chen Dongxiang hesitated for a moment, although he was unwilling to have more entanglements and wanted to go back to the house to consider things, but after all, he still couldn't refuse, so he could only nod and said: "Since this is the case, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

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