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I have to say that the seventh prince Zhu Hejian infiltrated the "crown prince. party" program was successful ever since his participation in the "Prince. After the party's internal decision-making, it was easy to win over the "prince. The party's "trust and dependence of the people, and even many" princes. Party officials had ideas such as "how good it would be if the Seventh Prince and the Crown Prince could swap positions."

And the crown prince Shaobao Guo Tang is one of the representative figures.

Now, although for various reasons, Zhu Hejian has temporarily withdrawn from the "Prince. party", but Guo Tang will still secretly contact Zhu Hejian from time to time, and will "prince. Zhu Hejian was informed of all the internal situations within the party.

Even, in Guo Tang's opinion, his approach is completely for the consideration of the crown prince Zhu Heyu, after all, the wisdom and strategy of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian is of great benefit to the crown prince Zhu Heyu, and Zhu Heyu and Zhu Hejian are brothers of the same mother, and they have a close relationship with each other, and Zhu Hejian will not betray Zhu Heyu if he wants to come.

Today, after hearing the news that Zhao Junchen was going to entertain merchants from Huizhou and Zhejiang, Zhu Hejian suggested that Guo Tang send Li Xiangru to join them to find out the news, and Guo Tang trusted Zhu Hejian as always, and immediately acted according to the plan.

Li Xiangru is not only Guo Tang's distant relative, but Li Xiangru's business scale can be as big as it is now, to a large extent, it also depends on Guo Tang's relationship, so Li Xiangru naturally does not dare to disobey Guo Tang's orders.

Therefore, that night, through the channels of Guo Tang and Li Xiangru, Zhu Hejian also received detailed information about this banquet.

It's just that Zhu Hejian and Guo Tang are not subordinate, and Li Xiangru naturally won't personally report the news to Zhu Hejian, so the information Zhu Hejian received was just a secret letter sent by Guo Tang.

In the secret letter, it is recorded that Zhao Junchen invited the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang to the detailed experience, and after Zhu Hejian received the secret letter, he had read it several times, and his expression was thoughtful.

After a long time, a trace of helplessness flashed between Zhu Hejian's expressions, and he shook his head and said: "It's a pity, although I have been working hard over the years, but after all, I have put caution and secrecy first, and I dare not make any big moves, for fear that it will attract attention and suspicion, so the development of strength is slow, and there are no rich businessmen and giants who take refuge in themselves, and now I want to collect information about Zhao Junchen, but I still have to rely on Guo Tang's hands, which is really inconvenient!" Hehe, blame me for being just a frail and sickly prince, so naturally I am not welcomed. ”

Between muttering to himself, Zhu Hejian's eyes were extremely cold.

In the depths of his heart, Zhu Hejian resents Zhu Heyu, why is Zhu Heyu the crown prince, and he is just a sick prince? Why do you have such a clever intelligence and means, but you can only operate cautiously and secretly on thin ice, and you need to go through a lot of hardships and all kinds of planning to be able to develop a little, while Zhu Heyu is reckless and stubborn, brainless and scheming, but can easily get everything?

However, in an instant, Zhu Hejian had suppressed the resentment in his heart.

Zhu Hejian knows very well that the resentment in his heart is just his own motivation, but he must not indulge in it, otherwise it will only ruin a big thing.

Then, Zhu Hejian's eyes turned to the secret letter in his hand again.

Although the content in the secret letter is quite detailed, when Guo Tang wrote this secret letter, he obviously didn't understand the point, and he lacked the most basic organization and logic, and there was a lot of information that needed to be paid attention to, but Guo Tang didn't describe it clearly at all, which made it difficult for Zhu Hejian to accurately grasp the current situation and the changes in the situation in the future.

Zhu Hejian hates this situation very much, whenever this happens, Zhu Hejian will hate his identity restrictions, and he will also hate the unfairness of God.

However, despite this, how brilliant is Zhu Hejian's intellectual vision? Although the information is not exhaustive, it is enough for Zhu Hejian to deduce a lot of useful things.

"Thirty-seven wealthy businessmen from Huizhou and Zhejiang jointly set up a shipping company, intending to monopolize the shipping business of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River waterway, and also encouraged Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen to report smuggling crimes through means of inducement, hoping to take the opportunity to control the evidence of the smugglers and relevant officials...... Zhao Junchen's ambition is really great, he is by no means a 'pure minister', and his means are also clever, but he is just ......"

Between dark thoughts, Zhu Hejian's gaze stayed on the last page of the secret letter.

On this page, Guo Tang made a list of the names and origins of the merchants from Huizhou and Zhejiang who went to the banquet tonight.

And Zhu Hejian's attention was on one of the names.

Zhang Cheng! ——This person used to be the housekeeper of Wang Shou, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and now he can become a well-known Huizhejiang giant, all thanks to Wang Shou's support! And Wang Shou is a close confidant of Emperor Deqing!

Therefore, Emperor Deqing will inevitably be able to find out all of Zhao Junchen's plans through Wang Shou and Zhang Cheng's channels!

"It's just that Zhao Junchen's ambition to collect criminal evidence and control hundreds of officials is too obvious, and it is unconcealed, I can understand it, how can my father not understand it? His father may have all kinds of shortcomings, but his imperial mind is very extraordinary, how can he allow Zhao Junchen's power to continue to develop without limits? Up and down the full court, one Zhou Shangjing is enough, how can the father and emperor watch another Zhou Shangjing appear? ”

Thinking about it, Zhu Hejian shook his head, and thought again: "With Zhao Junchen's mental vision, he should have already found that his power development is gradually approaching his father's bottom line...... Perhaps, I have always overestimated Zhao Junchen in the past......"

Thinking of this, the corners of Zhu Hejian's mouth showed a sneer: "However, Zhao Junchen is not as smart as he imagined, which is also a good thing, otherwise it is really not easy to control!" ”

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As Zhu Hejian expected, Emperor Deqing at this time also received detailed information about Zhao Junchen's banquet for merchants from Huizhou and Zhejiang through Wang Shou and Zhang Cheng.

Moreover, Emperor Deqing also discovered Zhao Junchen's ambition to use smuggling evidence to control hundreds of officials!

Therefore, after seeing the secret sparseness sent by Wang Shou, Emperor Deqing's expression was quite serious, and his eyes were quite gloomy.

"I thought that after taking back the authority of the West Factory and the internal treasury from Zhao Junchen, I could balance the growth of Zhao Junchen's power, but I didn't expect Zhao Junchen to have a back-up, and he planned to take the opportunity of the commercial tax rectification to collect evidence of the crimes of hundreds of officials, if he succeeded, I am afraid it would be difficult to suppress it......"

Thinking of this, Emperor Deqing's expression was a little embarrassed: "However, Zhao Junchen's plan is also to crack down on smuggling, and I can't sabotage it secretly, otherwise the current situation of the court's commercial taxes will continue to erode...... Fortunately, I have other means to control Zhao Junchen's power! ”

While thinking in secret, Emperor Deqing's gaze turned and looked towards the lower right corner of the imperial case.

There, there is a thick pile of sparse.

These secrets were all secretly presented to Emperor Deqing by Zuo Lanshan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, these days, and some of the contents in them aroused the interest of Emperor Deqing.

To put it simply, in these dense sparseness, Zuo Lanshan vaguely revealed his dissatisfaction with Zhao Junchen!

Thinking about it, Zuo Lanshan's qualifications are far deeper than Zhao Junchen's, and now he is the second person in the "Zhao Party" on the surface, but in fact there is no difference between other "Zhao Party" officials, that is, there is no decision-making power, nor any autonomy, and he can only act according to Zhao Junchen's instructions, and even the Ministry of Industry under him gradually "only knows Zhao Junchen but does not know Zuo Lanshan", so it is natural that Zuo Lanshan will be dissatisfied with Zhao Junchen.

And Zuo Lanshan's dissatisfaction was a factor that could be exploited in the eyes of Emperor Deqing.

If it is used well, it may be possible to easily split the "Zhao Party", so that Zhao Junchen's power will naturally be controlled!

"Speaking of which, Huang Yourong's position as the elder of the pavilion is no longer worthy of the name, and it is time to change people......

Emperor Deqing muttered to himself.

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…… (To be continued.) )