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When Zhao Junchen entered the palace with the eunuch Zhang Xiu, Zhou Shangjing, the elder Cheng Yuandao, Song Qiwen, the secretary of the ministry, and Wang Shou, the secretary of the military department, were already waiting outside the palace of raising the heart at this time.

Because Emperor Deqing summoned the elders of the pavilion and the six Shangshu to meet together, now that the people have not yet arrived, they can only wait outside the Palace of Nourishing Hearts.

At this time, Zhou Shangjing and Song Qiwen were talking about something softly, and their expressions were indifferent and calm; And Wang Shou maintained a low-key attitude as always, standing silently on the side and not knowing what he was thinking; As for the new Jin Pavilion Lao Cheng Yuandao, he still has that clear appearance, and his position is far away from the other three.

After seeing Zhao Junchen appear, the four of them also had different expressions.

Song Qiwen smiled kindly at Zhao Junchen, Wang Shou also nodded to Zhao Junchen, and Cheng Yuandao did not hide his dislike for Zhao Junchen at all, and let out a cold snort, as for Zhou Shangjing, after smiling slightly, he walked in the direction of Zhao Junchen.

Zhou Shangjing, as a courtier, even if Zhao Junchen is in the limelight now, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly greeted him.

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"The juniors have seen Fu-sama."

"Junchen doesn't have to be polite." Zhou Shangjing still looked as if he admired Zhao Junchen very much, and after helping Zhao Junchen up, he said with a smile: "The old man and Junchen are so close, but Junchen, you are always so polite, but you are outside the old man." ”

"Master Fu, you are serious, you are a senior, a superior, and a model for the younger generation to learn, and it is also a natural duty for the younger generation to have more etiquette and respect." Zhao Junchen still said respectfully.

Zhou Shangjing couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, and sighed: "Junchen, you, everything is fine." But it's too steady, if Junchen is already as old as an old man, stability is naturally a benefit, but Junchen, you are not yet twenty-five years old, you are already so steady. But it is a little too much to be frivolous that young people should have. ”

Zhao Junchen also sighed and said: "The younger generation was already too frivolous in the past, and between the government and the opposition, I don't know how many people I have offended, and now I want to reverse it." But it had to be overkill. ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen like this, Zhou Shangjing looked at Zhao Junchen with more and more appreciation, but no one could guess the mood hidden behind the appreciation, but the conversation changed and talked about the topic: "Speaking of which." His Majesty suddenly summoned all the cabinet elders and the six Shangshu to meet in the Heart Cultivation Hall this time, such a scene has not been seen for a long time, and I am afraid it will not be a trivial matter. In Junchen's opinion, what is His Majesty's plan for him? ”

Officialdom is often the most hypocritical, everyone hides a hand, and will never tell others all their thoughts.

Now. The same is true for Zhao Junchen, he did guess some of Emperor Deqing's thoughts, but he would not tell Zhou Shangjing all of them - although Zhao Junchen also knew that with Zhou Shangjing's old scheming, Zhou Shangjing would definitely be able to guess everything he could guess, but this did not mean that Zhao Junchen had to be open and honest with Zhou Shangjing.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen first pretended to frown and thought for a moment, and then slowly replied: "The heart of heaven is unpredictable, and the younger generation can't guess too much. Merely. Now that the palace test and the southern tour are approaching, all of them are major events that have attracted the attention of the world, and His Majesty also needs to gather us people together to give a few words, so that he can feel at ease. In addition......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen shook his head with a wry smile: "In recent days. Because of the unhappiness between the juniors and the Huang Ge Lao, there were many quarrels between the courts, which also made the situation in the DPRK and China seem a little chaotic. ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's analysis, Zhou Shangjing seemed to be smiling, and asked again: "Oh? With Junchen, your intelligence, you only guessed these? ”

Sighing secretly in his heart, knowing that he couldn't hide it from Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen hesitated a little, and then said: "Also, these days, because of the turbulent situation in the DPRK and China, many officials in the major yamen have either been demoted or dismissed, so there are also many official positions. According to the younger generation, His Majesty's main purpose in summoning us this time should be this. ”

Zhou Shangjing finally nodded with satisfaction, and said slowly: "As Junchen said, there are many vacant positions in the major yamen of the imperial court now, among which those vacancies below the third grade are not mentioned for the time being, but above the third grade, there is also a squire of the Ministry of Works, a squire of the Criminal Department, and a deputy inspector of the Imperial History, a total of three vacancies, in addition, Feng Po, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is now old and has long been overwhelmed, and he has been implicated because of Yan Pengfei's matter, His Majesty is afraid that he will return to his hometown, so as a result, There is another vacancy in the second-grade criminal department. ”

"Fu-sama, you can see it." Zhao Junchen nodded yes.

Zhou Shangjing smiled slightly, and asked again: "But there are so many vacancies in official positions, and they are all positions of real power above the third grade, I am afraid that all factions in the DPRK and China will be jealous and will fight for it, so no one will be able to get all the benefits. But I don't know Junchen, which position is your goal? ”

Without waiting for Zhao Junchen to answer, Zhou Shangjing was already smiling and said: "Let the old man guess, Junchen, you don't have any goals this time, and you won't fight for those vacant positions for the officials, but will do your best to keep the current Shangshu Feng Po of the Criminal Department, so that he won't return to his hometown immediately, what the old man said is right?" ”

Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed, but he was silent and did not answer.

He didn't admit Zhou Shangjing's words, but he didn't deny it either.

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Actually, Zhou Shangjing did not guess wrong.

This time, although Zhao Junchen was also jealous of these vacant official positions, he did not have any intention of fighting for them.

It's not that Zhao Junchen is not greedy, but because Zhao Junchen's power has expanded too quickly these days, but his background is still insufficient, unlike a few cabinet elders who have protégés and old officials all over the world, there are not many talents who can be trusted and reused by his subordinates, and even fewer talents who are qualified to serve as the three major officials in the DPRK and China.

In a way, this is already a bottleneck for Zhao Junchen's further development.

This situation made Zhao Junchen very helpless, but Zhao Junchen also knew that the essence was not in a hurry, so he could only slowly manage his savings.

Therefore, for these vacancies in front of him, Zhao Junchen had no choice but to give up.

But Zhao Junchen is not completely without goals, as Zhou Shangjing said just now, Zhao Junchen's goal is also very clear, that is, to do his best to keep Feng Po, the secretary of the Criminal Department, today, so that he will not return to his hometown immediately.

This is because Zhao Junchen intends to let Li Lide, the servant of the Criminal Department, take over the position of the Secretary of the Criminal Department, but Li Lide's qualifications are slightly insufficient after all, and he has not made any achievements in the Criminal Department in the past few years, even with Zhao Junchen's full support, the possibility of Li Lide becoming the Secretary of the Criminal Department is still very small.

However, now there is also a side that is beneficial to Li Lide -- because Feng Po is old and has long been unimportant, and Yan Pengfei, another servant of the Criminal Department, has also been dismissed from office pending trial, and now there is only one Li Lide left who can manage affairs in the Criminal Department, so as long as Li Lide is given time, Li Lide can easily make some achievements, and he can also take the opportunity to control the middle and lower-level officials in the Criminal Department, and at that time, Li Lide will naturally become the best candidate for the next Secretary of the Criminal Department.

And what Zhao Junchen has to do now is to buy time for Li Lide! So at this time, Feng Po must not return to his hometown!

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It's a pity that Zhao Junchen's thoughts can't hide the scheming Zhou Shangjing after all, but they were exposed by Zhou Shangjing.

Zhao Junchen didn't know how to respond for a while, so he simply remained silent, that is, did not admit or deny, and waited for Zhou Shangjing to say his true intentions - Zhao Junchen believed that Zhou Shangjing would never say these things to himself for no reason!

Sure enough, just when Zhao Junchen was silent, Zhou Shangjing suddenly smiled and said to Zhao Junchen: "It seems that the old man didn't guess wrong, in that case, Junchen, how about you make a deal with the old man?" ”

"You are a courtier, how can the younger generation dare to trade with you." Zhao Junchen pondered the sentence and said slowly: "If you have any orders, you can directly order them to the juniors, as long as they are within the ability of the juniors, they will never refuse." ”

Zhao Junchen's sentence seems to be respectful and obedient, but the focus is on the words "within the ability".

Zhou Shangjing naturally understood it, but he didn't care, he just continued with a smile: "The position of the secretary of the criminal department, the old man also wants to fight for it...... Can Junchen not fight with the old man? Of course, the old man also knows that Junchen, you have already regarded the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department as something in your pocket, and the old man will naturally not let Junchen suffer in vain...... Now, the term of office of Zhang Bochong, the political envoy of Shandong Zuobu, is approaching, and the old man also intends to let him take over the position of the secretary of the criminal department, so the position of the political envoy of Shandong Zuobu, the old man will give it to Junchen, what do you think, Junchen? ”

After hearing Zhou Shangjing's mention, Zhao Junchen raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood what Zhou Shangjing meant.

But I have to say that Zhou Shangjing's mention is very tempting for Zhao Junchen!

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