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said that after the end of the early dynasty, Chen Dongxiang came to the palace and was about to go to the Ministry of Industry to work, but suddenly saw Zhao Junchen's eldest follower Xu Qingyan standing in front of his sedan chair waiting for him.

Although Xu Qingyan is only a subordinate of Zhao's mansion, Chen Dongxiang knows that this person's relationship with Zhao Junchen is extraordinary, and he must not be regarded as an ordinary servant, let alone underestimated.

So, Chen Dongxiang's always cold face squeezed out a smile, walked quickly in front of Xu Qingyan, and took the initiative to arch his hand: "It turns out that Brother Xu is here, but he is waiting for me?" Could it be that Lord Zhao has some orders? ”

Seeing that Chen Dongxiang's performance was quite enthusiastic, Xu Qingyan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Lord Chen is polite, I am waiting for you here, it is my family who wants to invite you to Zhao Mansion for a trip, saying that there is something to discuss in detail, if Lord Chen has nothing to do, it is best to go now." ”

Hearing Xu Qingyan's explanation, Chen Dongxiang's heart moved faintly, a trace of eagerness and excitement flashed in his eyes, and he nodded again and again: "Of course it's okay, even if there is something, it doesn't matter if it's called by Lord Zhao, I'll go to Zhao Mansion to meet Lord Zhao." ”

Xu Qingyan nodded again, and after bowing his hand to Chen Dongxiang, he left on his own.

On the other side, Chen Dongxiang did not delay and hurriedly took a sedan chair in the direction of Zhao's mansion.

After coming to Zhao's mansion, Chen Dongxiang was soon received by Zhao Junchen.

It's a pity that the place where Zhao Junchen met Chen Dongxiang was not the study of the Zhao Mansion, but the living room of the Zhao Mansion. It is rumored that when Zhao Junchen summons his cronies, he often chooses to have secret conversations in the study, and it is obvious that Chen Dongxiang is still not regarded as a cronie by Zhao Junchen.

Thinking of this, Chen Dongxiang felt a faintly lost in his heart, but after he entered the living room and saw Zhao Junchen, he did not show any abnormality, but hurriedly saluted and said with a respectful expression: "Xiaguan Chen Dongxiang, I have seen Lord Zhao!" ”

After seeing Chen Dongxiang, Zhao Junchen's expression was as calm as ever, calm and calm, and said with a smile: "Lord Chen doesn't have to be polite, just sit down and talk." ”

Waiting for Chen Dongxiang to sit beside him carefully, Zhao Junchen did not go around in circles, but went straight to the topic, and said: "After Zuo Lanshan successfully entered the cabinet this time, the position of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu will also be vacant, according to the original promise, I plan to arrange for you to take over this position!" Are you ready? ”

Zhao Junchen's tone was very flat, and Chen Dongxiang had already made some psychological preparations, but these words still set off a monstrous wave in Chen Dongxiang's heart, with excitement, ecstasy, bitterness, and even a trace of sadness.

Very few people know what kind of price Chen Dongxiang paid for this moment!

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Chen Dongxiang is shrewd and capable, decisive, has a strong ability to do things, and has a lot of experience in handling politics.

Today's Ming officialdom, full of people floating in things, the most important thing is the corpse vegetarian officials, such as Chen Dongxiang such an official who is willing to do things, but it has become a scarce resource, and because of this, Chen Dongxiang quickly got the appreciation and promotion of the old cabinet Wen Guanliang, since then it can be said that it is a smooth progress, smooth sailing, the age is not yet forty, it is already a high position of the Ministry of Works.

However, as a result of too much smooth sailing, Chen Dongxiang's ambition gradually grew.

Chen Dongxiang began to feel that the vast majority of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were mediocre people, and they could not be compared with themselves, and he was destined to be the one who stood at the apex of the people!

Just when Wen Guanliang was afraid of Zhou Shangjing like a tiger, Chen Dongxiang was already comparing himself with Zhou Shangjing.

It's a pity that although Wen Guanliang values Chen Dongxiang, Wen Guanliang still has a Zhou Shangjing on his head after all, and it is already the limit of Wen Guanliang's ability to hold Chen Dongxiang to the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Works, so Chen Dongxiang quickly noticed that there was an obstacle in his career, and it was difficult to take a step forward.

In this way, Chen Dongxiang stayed in the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Industry for six or seven years, even if he was shrewd and capable, and had outstanding political achievements, he could only stand still and waste the years.

During this period, Chen Dongxiang became more and more dissatisfied with Wen Guanliang, thinking that Wen Guanliang was just blindly reusing the old man and did not do his best to support himself, delaying his career and skills.

It must be said that Chen Dongxiang would have such an idea, although there was a lack of means for Wen Guanliang's royal family, but Chen Dongxiang's own cold-heartedness was also fully displayed.

Therefore, when Wen Guanliang and Zhao Junchen were fighting, Chen Dongxiang seized the opportunity, resolutely betrayed Wen Guanliang, and pulled a large number of "Wen Party" officials to take refuge in Zhao Junchen, just to use Zhao Junchen's boundless saints to re-pave his career.

It's a pity that as mentioned above, Zhao Junchen's heart is full of precautions for Chen Dongxiang's actions and temperament, as Zhao Junchen's first person who brought down Wen Guanliang, after Chen Dongxiang was put into Zhao Junchen's disciples, not only was he not reused and promoted, but he was also beaten by Zhao Junchen from time to time.

At the same time, Zhao Junchen's imperial methods are much more clever than Wen Guanliang at the beginning, although Chen Dongxiang sat on the cold bench, but he had a hard time and did not dare to resist at all.

Just when Chen Dongxiang gradually felt hopeless about his future, Zhao Junchen suddenly gave Chen Dongxiang a chance, let Chen Dongxiang pretend to betray him, take refuge in Huang Yourong's door, and provide Huang Yourong with a series of true or false information, not only to use Huang Yourong's hand to pull out some moths within the Zhao Party, but also to mislead Huang Yourong and lead Huang Yourong into a dead end.

In return, Zhao Junchen assured Chen Dongxiang that he would abandon all previous suspicions and focus on promoting Chen Dongxiang in the future. will even promote Chen Dongxiang to the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

In the end, after Chen Dongxiang hesitated for a long time, he still agreed to Zhao Junchen's conditions, because he had no choice.

Today, Zhao Junchen's plan has been perfectly realized, some unstable factors within the "Zhao Party" have been cleared, Huang Yourong has also fallen, and a large number of former "Yellow Party" officials have become staunch supporters of Zhao Junchen, and even Zuo Lanshan has become an auxiliary minister of the cabinet......

It can be said that in a series of changes in recent times, Zhao Junchen has become the biggest beneficiary.

After Zhao Junchen achieved his goal, he didn't plan to break the contract, and after seeing Chen Dongxiang on this day, he directly made it clear that he wanted Chen Dongxiang to prepare to take over the position of the Ministry of Justice.

It stands to reason that Chen Dongxiang at this time should be ecstatic, after all, after he became the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, it means that he has officially entered the core of the temple, and he is only one step away from the position of cabinet assistant, and his dream of being a great minister for many years is no longer out of reach.

But Chen Dongxiang's mood at this time was not just as simple as being ecstatic, but also a little bitter, because he had really paid too much price for this goal!

Including the officials of the "Zhao Party", the officials did not know about Zhao Junchen's series of plans, they only knew that Chen Dongxiang first betrayed Wen Guanliang and defected to Zhao Junchen in recent years, then betrayed Zhao Junchen and took refuge in Huang Yourong, and finally betrayed Huang Yourong and took refuge in Zhao Junchen again, and every time Chen Dongxiang betrayed, he would stab the old master in the back.

Even, Chen Dongxiang, under the instruction of Zhao Junchen, revealed to Huang Yourong many evidence of corruption and bribery of "Zhao Party" officials, so that Huang Yourong pulled out many "Zhao Party" officials in one go, these people are full of moths, stubborn diseases and hidden dangers in Zhao Junchen's eyes, but this black pot naturally has to be carried by Chen Dongxiang, so within the "Zhao Party", Chen Dongxiang's exclusion and alienation are even more serious.

It can be said that Chen Dongxiang today is not only ruined, but also a loner, no one wants to accept him, and no one wants to believe him, so Chen Dongxiang now has no choice but to hug Zhao Junchen's thigh tightly and follow Zhao Junchen all the way to the black.

In this regard, today's Chen Dongxiang can be said to be the most "loyal" person to Zhao Junchen.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Junchen will let go of reusing and promoting him.

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Thinking of all these days, Chen Dongxiang's mood was full of complicatedness, and for a while he didn't know whether he should admire Zhao Junchen's methods, or lament his fate of being manipulated, or he should be glad that he finally got what he wanted.

However, although Chen Dongxiang's mood was very complicated, he had some city government after all, and he didn't show it.

He is a very realistic person, since he can no longer betray Zhao Junchen, then he will do his best to assist Zhao Junchen, after all, Zhao Junchen's future achievements and status directly determine his achievements and status, and after proving his value to Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen will also value him more.

Therefore, Chen Dongxiang still looked loyal and capable, got up and replied: "Please rest assured that Lord Zhao, if the lower official can take over the Ministry of Industry smoothly, then the lower official will definitely be conscientious and take care of all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry for you, Lord Zhao!" ”

"Escrow?" After hearing Chen Dongxiang's assurance, Zhao Junchen smiled: "It seems that I am the secretary of the Ministry of Industry...... After all this time, you can speak. ”

Chen Dongxiang lowered his head and said: "No matter who the Ministry of Industry is, the Ministry of Industry will only look at Lord Zhao!" ”

Zhao Junchen smiled again and nodded, and said, "Since you say so, then I will be relieved...... However, in this case, it's good to talk about it between us, but it can't be spread, otherwise there will be countless rumors, and now we are in the limelight, but there are many people who are ready to find trouble. ”

Chen Dongxiang hurriedly said: "Xia Guan understands, he will never dare to trouble you, Lord Zhao!" ”

In this way, Chen Dongxiang was originally an ambitious wolf, but now he has been domesticated by Zhao Junchen into a dog with a wagging tail!

However, to Chen Dongxiang's slight relief, he got at least one bone that was quite delicious!

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Next, Zhao Junchen and Chen Dongxiang talked about many things, such as the specific steps of Chen Dongxiang to take over the manual department, and some plans after Chen Dongxiang took over the manual department.

Overall, Zhao Junchen is very satisfied with many of Chen Dongxiang's answers, Chen Dongxiang's ability is indeed a top-notch category, in some respects it is much stronger than Zuo Lanshan, and he may be able to become Zhao Junchen's right-hand man in the future!

Just when Zhao Junchen was more and more satisfied with Chen Dongxiang, Xu Qingyan suddenly came to report, saying that Zuo Lanshan was coming.

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…… (To be continued.) )