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This early dynasty, because of the huge changes in cabinet personnel, most of the officials were a little distracted, and they were all considering the subsequent changes in the temple pattern. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the end of the early dynasty, Emperor Deqing left the Imperial Palace, but the officials did not leave in a hurry, but gathered around the two new elders, either to please compliments, or to express congratulations, or to take the opportunity to climb, for a time Li He and Zuo Lanshan can be said to be out of the limelight, and even faintly overwhelmed their backers Zhou Shangjing and Zhao Junchen.

Of course, when these two people first entered the cabinet, it will inevitably have a profound impact on the temple pattern, and now it is the time when everyone is in the limelight, and it is natural for them to be in the limelight, Zhou Shangjing and Zhao Junchen are not narrow-minded, but they will not deliberately be jealous of the two.

It's just that, under such circumstances, the performance of the two is still completely different.

Li He is still personable, elegant, and well-behaved, and shows a long-sleeved and good dancing side, the officials gathered around him have received just the right response, neither too cold, nor too proud, whether the officials want to please compliments, or want to express congratulations, or want to take the opportunity to climb, they are not treated coldly, and feel that they have gained.

On the other hand, Zuo Lanshan's performance is diametrically opposed.

Obviously, Zuo Lanshan only thought about how he wanted to become a cabinet assistant minister in the past, but he didn't think about what he should do after he became a cabinet assistant minister, so when he faced the officials, he was a little out of ground...... Perhaps he has not yet woken up from the excitement and surprise, when Zuo Lanshan faced the officials with different thoughts, he completely lost the scheming of the city government in the past, he did not respond to many things that should have been responded, and he responded to many things that should not have been responded to.

Such a performance made Zhao Junchen in the distance shake his head secretly.

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Zhao Junchen's guess was not wrong, Zuo Lanshan found that after entering the cabinet, his heart was both ecstatic and unbelievable, in the face of the congratulations and compliments of the officials, Zuo Lanshan was even more proud, fluttering, quite a little carried away, only felt that he had stepped on the peak of his life at this moment.

However, when he was proud, Zuo Lanshan was dealing with the surrounding officials, and at the same time, he felt that something seemed to be wrong.

But what was wrong, Zuo Lanshan couldn't think of it for a while.

And at this time, another new pavilion elder Li He had already sent away the surrounding officials, and walked quickly in front of Zhou Shangjing, first bowing to Zhou Shangjing respectfully, and then talking to Zhou Shangjing quite humbly, as if he was asking Zhou Shangjing for something.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Lanshan reacted suddenly, and found that his top priority after entering the cabinet was not to accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials, but to show loyalty to Zhao Junchen as soon as possible!

After all, the reason why he was able to successfully enter the cabinet this time was all because of Zhao Junchen's planning and support, if he neglected Zhao Junchen at this time and messed up the priorities, maybe Zhao Junchen would have thoughts in his heart, thinking that he had a different heart, and he would suppress it from then on.

For Zhao Junchen's methods, Zuo Lanshan is very in awe, although he has now become one of the elders of the cabinet, and Zhao Junchen is still just a household secretary, but this awe has not changed anything!

After thinking about this, Zuo Lanshan's face suddenly changed greatly, and he no longer cared about the hundred officials around him who were congratulating him, but hurriedly pushed them away, looking around for Zhao Junchen's traces.

At this time, Zhao Junchen did not leave the Imperial Palace, but stood not far away and looked at Zuo Lanshan with a smile, as if he was waiting for Zuo Lanshan to take the initiative to meet.

After seeing Zhao Junchen, Zuo Lanshan's mood relaxed a little, but when he saw the scene behind Zhao Junchen, Zuo Lanshan's heart suddenly trembled slightly, and he was faintly cold!

At the same time, Zuo Lanshan finally realized that something was wrong just now.

After becoming the cabinet elder, Zuo Lanshan was of course extremely beautiful, and a large number of officials rushed to congratulate him, some of these officials were born in the "Shen Party", some were born in the "Zhou Party", some were neutral factions, and even a few "princes. party" members, but there is not a single "Zhao Party" official!

It stands to reason that Zuo Lanshan is the number two person in the "Zhao Party", and when he becomes the cabinet elder, the people of the "Zhao Party" should be the most happy, but none of the "Zhao Party" officials congratulated him!

This situation is naturally a bit weird.

In fact, whether it is a scholar, Yin Huo Zhengyuan of Shuntianfu, or Zhan Shanchang, a household servant, or Chen Dongxiang, a waiter of the Ministry of Works, or Gu Quan, the right imperial historian, Tong Huan, the general political envoy, etc., almost all the core figures of the "Zhao Party", except for Zuo Lanshan himself, are all gathered behind Zhao Junchen at this time.

They stood behind Zhao Junchen, not only waiting for Zuo Lanshan with Zhao Junchen, but also secretly expressing a gesture to Zuo Lanshan - that is, although Zuo Lanshan has become the cabinet elder, they are still looking forward to Zhao Junchen, and the leader of the "Zhao Party" is still Zhao Junchen!

Seeing this scene and thinking of this, Zuo Lanshan suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and the original smug and fluttering disappeared in an instant.

Because, Zuo Lanshan found that although he was the second person in the "Zhao Party", he was essentially no different from the rest of the "Zhao Party", just a chess piece under Zhao Junchen, without any decision-making power, he could only passively accept Zhao Junchen's orders, even after becoming the cabinet elder, he was just Zhao Junchen's representative in the cabinet.

If he has a different heart after entering the cabinet, then no one in the "Zhao Party" will follow him, and he can only start over and start over.

At the same time, however, although the status of the cabinet ministers is respected, it is impossible for them to gain a long-term foothold in the cabinet without the support of a certain number of important ministers.

This means that if Zuo Lanshan still wants to stay in the cabinet, he must continue to be attached to Zhao Junchen, and if he does not want to be attached to Zhao Junchen anymore, then his position as an auxiliary minister in the cabinet will be lost.

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All kinds of thoughts are just a flash.

In the next moment, Zuo Lanshan had already gathered all his thoughts and walked towards Zhao Junchen quickly.

On the other side, Zhao Junchen was still standing in place waiting for Zuo Lanshan, but he didn't move at all, but the smile on his face became more and more cordial.

Zuo Lanshan walked quickly in front of Zhao Junchen, and put on a more respectful posture than before, completely ignoring his status as a cabinet elder, and took the initiative to signal to Zhao Junchen, and said: "Thank you Lord Zhao this time, if it were not for Lord Zhao's full support, the position of this cabinet assistant would never be my turn." However, the cabinet affairs are complicated and complicated, and I am only shallow in learning and knowledge, and I am afraid that in the future, I will have to bother Lord Zhao to continue to give more advice. ”

Zuo Lanshan is now an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and his status is still above Zhao Junchen, so naturally he can't say anything like "only Lord Zhao is the first to look at it", but what he means now is no different.

Seeing Zuo Lanshan on the road like this, he finally understood his own situation, and Zhao Junchen nodded with satisfaction.

Since Zhao Junchen decided to put Zuo Lanshan into the cabinet, in order to prevent Zuo Lanshan from having different intentions after entering the cabinet, and planning to fight against himself, he has been operating in secret, under Zhao Junchen's means, or co-opting, or discording, the core members of the "Zhao Party" have more or less cracked with Zuo Lanshan, although Zuo Lanshan's prestige and status have not changed, but his connections and influence have already been completely hollowed out by Zhao Junchen.

However, although Zhao Junchen has bad intentions, Zuo Lanshan is still his own person after all, so Zhao Junchen can't show too much.

What's more, Zuo Lanshan is now a cabinet assistant, and his status is there, if Zhao Junchen deliberately puts up a stand in front of Zuo Lanshan and embarrasses Zuo Lanshan, then the faces of several other cabinet ministers will not look good.

Therefore, after seeing that Zuo Lanshan took the initiative to give in and show weakness, Zhao Junchen also took the initiative to take a step forward, and congratulated with a smile: "Where is the old Zuo Ge, you can enter the cabinet, it is the expectation of everyone, I just did some modest efforts." Of course, as a courtier, I should also contribute to the imperial court, and if Zuo Ge Lao encounters any problems in the cabinet in the future, even if he comes to me, I will definitely do my best to help. ”

These words seem respectful, but the secret meaning is only understood by a few people.

After getting Zhao Junchen's response, Zuo Lanshan's smile seemed a little reluctant, but he was also relieved in his heart, and hurriedly said: "It must be!" In the future, all kinds of government affairs in the cabinet must be helped by Lord Zhao. ”

"The old man of Zuo Ge is polite...... Zhao Junchen seemed to suddenly remember something, and said: "But I was almost rude, when Zuo Ge first entered the cabinet, I patronized and rejoiced, but I forgot to congratulate ......"

Saying that, Zhao Junchen arched his hand again and said: "Congratulations to the old Zuo Pavilion for joining the cabinet and auxiliary ministers, the cabinet will have the old Zuo Pavilion in the future, and I believe that all the government affairs of the imperial court will be more and more smooth." ”

As Zhao Junchen's words fell, Huo Zhengyuan, Zhan Shanchang, Chen Dongxiang, Gu Quan and others, who were originally just silent, also put on smiling faces and congratulated in unison: "Congratulations to the old man of the Zuo Pavilion for joining the cabinet!" ”

Seeing this scene, the smile on Zuo Lanshan's face became more and more far-fetched.

Zhao Junchen didn't seem to notice the change in Zuo Lanshan's expression, but he changed his words and said: "Early up, Your Majesty has a will, let Zuo Ge Lao go to the imperial study to talk after the court, now it's not early, Zuo Ge Lao should go to the imperial study as soon as possible to meet him, but you can't let Your Majesty wait for a long ......time."

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen said again: "However, if my expectations are not bad, Your Majesty summoned Zuo Ge Lao alone this time, and he should ask about the successor of the Ministry of Works." After all, the emperor had a rule that after the minister entered the cabinet, he could no longer concurrently serve as the actual position of the yamen, so after the old Zuo Cabinet entered the cabinet, the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry was also empty, and the old man of the Zuo Cabinet was the previous secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and His Majesty would definitely ask for your opinion......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen looked directly at Zuo Lanshan, and asked seemingly casually: "I don't know, what are Zuo Ge Lao's plans for this matter?" ”

…… (To be continued.) )