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During the period when the crown prince Zhu Heyu was away from Beijing to handle the case, he arrested nearly 100 corrupt officials in one go, and after returning to Beijing, he impeached Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao, three powerful cabinet elders, in public!

This news was so shocking and shocking that in just one day, it had spread all over the capital!

Some people praised the actions of the crown prince Zhu and Yu, thinking that the prince Zhu and Yu cleared the officialdom malaise between the north and the south in one fell swoop, and shocked the ghosts and ghosts in the temple, and the atmosphere in the court will definitely change greatly because of this! But some people criticized, thinking that the prince's actions were too reckless, which would inevitably cause chaos among the government and the opposition, endanger the credibility of the court, and only treat the symptoms but not the root cause!

Originally, this day was the day when the palace test was unveiled, and everyone was paying attention to who the champions, the list eyes, and the tanhua would be, but the prince Zhu and Yu made an extraordinary move after all, and it instantly diverted people's attention, so that the officials and people in the capital suddenly forgot about the palace test, and just discussed the next turmoil in the temple!

Having lost a large number of friends and being impeached in public by the crown prince Zhu and Yu, can the three pavilion elders, Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao, really swallow this breath? What kind of retaliation will come next?

How should Emperor Deqing choose next? Is it to support the crown prince Zhu and Yu and take the opportunity to suppress the three elders? Or to dismiss the impeachment of the crown prince Zhu and Yu in order to calm the chaos in the temple?

There is also the prince Zhu and Yu, who has always never hit the south wall and never looked back, what will happen next? Is it a dead end? Or keep up the good work?

Every question and every possibility made the subjects of the government and the opposition talk a lot, thinking that there would inevitably be a battle in the court the next morning. Above the temple, there is a tense atmosphere of mountain rain coming.

However. Under the undercurrent, the final result. But it was beyond everyone's imagination!

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The next day, above the morning court, the shape shì was unexpectedly smooth and stable, and it was actually a harmonious scene of gentlemen and ministers.

First of all, Zhou Shangjing, Shen Changmao, and Huang Yourong were impeached by the crown prince Zhu and Yu, and at the same time asked Emperor Deqing for guilt, but Emperor Deqing rejected their petition and comforted them.

Then, Emperor Deqing affirmed the results of the crown prince Zhu Heyu's trial of the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case". and praised the crown prince Zhu and Yu for "having the style of Emperor Taizu Gao", and then rejected the excerpt of the prince Zhu and Yu impeaching the three elders.

In the end, Emperor Deqing discussed the matter of the southern tour with the hundred officials, and appointed the crown prince Zhu Heyu as the prince of the supervising state, while Huang Yourong was appointed as the auxiliary minister, and the hundred officials and factions also agreed to this resolution.

During this period, although there were some twists and turns, it was generally calm. There were no imaginary storms and turbulences, neither quarreling nor attacking each other, and the elders of the three major pavilions did not suffer much loss. The crown prince Zhu and Yu did not lose too much prestige, and Emperor Deqing also took this opportunity to stabilize the situation in the temple, which can be described as a great joy!

This is the situation. Contrary to everyone's expectations, after the news broke. The subjects of the government and the opposition were all confused for a while, but even if they thought about it for a long time. But I can't figure out why!

In fact, throughout the ages, whether in China or in the West, decisions and resolutions that really have a heavy impact are often decided by a small number of people in power in private, and the discussions and speculations of the subordinates cannot have any impact.

This time, too!

On the day when the crown prince Zhu and Yu returned to Beijing, when the subjects of the government and the opposition were discussing speculation and panicking, Emperor Deqing secretly summoned Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao in the evening.

It's just that within a few days, the news came out from the inner court, because the Dongchang "took revenge for money, regarded the officials as caves, and the unjustly deceased belonged to each other, creating countless unjust, false and wrongful cases", so Emperor Deqing was quite angry and ordered rectification, and then the Dongchang Yamen from the factory governor Feng Desheng below, a large number of personnel were purged, and even the twelve eunuchs of the inner court were affected by this.

Then, between the north and the south, in the land of the four provinces and thirteen prefectures, there were a large number of official vacancies because of the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case", and these official vacancies naturally needed to be replaced by other officials, and because Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao, the three cabinet elders, were "highly respected, discerning and well-aware of the mentality and style of hundreds of officials in the court", so the candidates for the officials, Emperor Deqing handed over half of them to the three cabinet elders for discussion and formulation!

These things are naturally a secret deal between Emperor Deqing and the three elders.

It's just that at this time, these news are still secret, and not many people know about them, and when they spread, it was already after Emperor Deqing started his southern tour.

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For such an ending, Zhao Junchen was not surprised.

In fact—to put all the blame on the Dongchang Yamen, and to appease the anger of the three major pavilion elders—it was Zhao Junchen who proposed it to Emperor Deqing.

In the end, Emperor Deqing also adopted Zhao Junchen's Jianyi, but Dongchang was unlucky, the major forces in the court and China were satisfied, and the situation in the temple was stabilized.

Because of this, when the government and the opposition subjects were talking about it, in Zhao Junchen's eyes, the matter had already settled, and he didn't pay much attention to it, just busy with his next plan!

However, it was said that on this day, after the end of the early dynasty, when Zhao Junchen finished the office of the household yamen and returned to the house, the time was close to evening.

At this time, in the study of Zhao Mansion, Wei Huai, a thousand households in the West Factory, had been waiting for a long time.

Wei Huai helped Zhao Junchen manage the West Factory, and his identity was quite sensitive, and Zhao Junchen rarely met Wei Huai in order to reduce the traces of "factory guards" on his body, but he was only remotely controlled in secret, but this time it was Zhao Junchen who took the initiative to summon Wei Huai.

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When Zhao Junchen walked into the study, Wei Huai bowed in his wheelchair and said, "I have seen the factory superintendent. ”

Zhao Junchen smiled broadly as he walked towards his desk. While raising his hand, he said, "Your legs and feet are inconvenient, so you don't need to be polite." Between you and me, you can be casual. ”

Between words. Zhao Junchen was already sitting behind the desk and asked Wei Huai, "Do you know about the affairs of Dongchang?" ”

Wei Huai nodded and said: "Such a big thing, the humble position naturally knows, the East Factory has become a victim between the prince and the three pavilion elders, His Majesty has secretly ordered rectification and purging, and now including Feng Desheng, the governor of the East Factory, the officials of the East Factory have been secretly arrested. In this way, the East Factory has been greatly damaged, and I am afraid that it will take a long time to recover. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "Since the reconstruction of the West Factory, there have been many open and secret battles with the East Factory, and now the East Factory is weakened and there is no constraint, you must also seize the opportunity to expand the power of the West Factory, and reduce the influence of the East Factory in various places and yamen." ”

Wei Huai replied: "Don't worry, I know these things. ”

Zhao Junchen said again: "There are more. Now that the East Factory is weak, the West Factory will naturally become more and more powerful, and as the power of the West Factory expands more and more, I am afraid that His Majesty will be even more worried about handing over the West Factory to me. I estimate that the day when His Majesty will take back the West Factory from me will be further advanced, so you are secretly controlling the plan to buy the personnel of the West Factory. It is also necessary to speed up further...... By the way, didn't His Majesty install a person named Luo Xiang in the West Factory a few days ago? How has he been doing lately? ”

Wei Huai pondered for a moment. He replied: "The concerns of the factory governor are well understood. Now that we are secretly controlling the plan to buy the personnel of the West Factory, the progress is going smoothly, even if you hand over the West Factory now, you dare to guarantee that there will be many people in the West Factory who will continue to serve in secret, so the factory supervisor does not have to worry, as for that Luo Xiang...... It's not easy, I've been buying people's hearts everywhere these days, but unfortunately I don't have as much power and wealth in our hands as we do, so the progress is not very smooth. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "His Majesty inserted Luo Xiang'an in, just to take over the West Factory from my hands in the future, what he did, I'm afraid it is His Majesty's meaning, so you don't have to stop it, just let him do it, anyway, under our supervision, he can't make any waves...... By the way, I came to you this time, in addition to some inquiries, there is one more thing that you need to do. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"With your eyes, you can naturally understand that the reason why Dongchang will be unlucky this time is because His Majesty wants them to become the scapegoat of the crown prince Zhu and Yu, but although you can understand this matter, there are still more confused people in this world for a long time, I am afraid that many people in the east factory have not figured out what is going on, so I want you to spread this matter secretly, so that the eunuchs of Dongchang and even the twelve eunuchs of the inner court know that they are unlucky this time because of the prince Zhu and Yu!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen said coldly: "Now, the prince has completely offended the three cabinet elders and hundreds of officials in the court, as well as the squires and businessmen in many places, and now spread such news, then from now on, even the eunuchs in the inner court will be hostile to the prince, and at that time, the prince will make enemies on all sides, and it will be more convenient for me to do things again!" ”

When Wei Huai heard Zhao Junchen's order, a trace of essence flashed in his eyes! I only feel that Zhao Junchen has become more and more clever in his strategies and methods in the past few days, although he is used to seeing wind and rain, but now he is gradually in awe of Zhao Junchen.

However, these thoughts were just a flash, and on the surface, Wei Huai just promised with a calm face!

Then, after Zhao Junchen told Wei Huai some more things, he let Wei Huai leave, and did not keep Wei Huai for dinner as usual.

Because, Zhao Junchen has already made dinner arrangements today, and he wants to invite those new scholars who have taken refuge in him to eat together, speaking of which, this is the first official meeting between Zhao Junchen and these new scholars.

And after Zhao Junchen explained the reason, Wei Huai did not have any dissatisfaction, but just saluted and said goodbye to Zhao Junchen and left.

When Wei Huai left, Zhao Junchen took advantage of his free time to start dealing with the excerpts on the desk, and now Emperor Deqing is about to tour the south, and there are many things that Zhao Junchen needs to arrange in advance.

However, when there was just a stick of incense, someone from the Zhao Mansion suddenly came to report, saying that Wei Huai had gone and returned, and asked to see Zhao Junchen again, saying that there was important news!

…… (To be continued......)