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After finishing speaking, Zhao Junchen stood up and led everyone to the living room, and greeted him in person.

After seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, whether it was Zuo Lanshan, or Gu Quan, Zhan Shanchang, and Liu Changan, they were all curious, and they didn't know what kind of guest they were, and they could let Zhao Junchen personally descend to greet him.

Soon, the two guests came to everyone one after the other.

After seeing these two guests, everyone except Zhao Junchen was shocked!

It turns out that these two guests are acquaintances, but they are not friends!

The first guest is Huang Yourong's cronies and courage, one of the three major cadres of the "Yellow Party", and Huo Zhengyuan, a scholar of the current dynasty!

As for the second guest, he is a traitor to the "Zhao Party", and now Chen Dongxiang, a waiter of the Ministry of Works, who is now mixing under Huang Yourong's door!

It stands to reason that these two people are friends and foes with the "Zhao Party", and they should not be Zhao Junchen's distinguished guests.

Among them, Huo Zhengyuan is Huang Yourong's cronies and courage, helping Huang Yourong to repeatedly embarrass the Zhao Party, but after all, it is only a partisan tilt, each for its own master, although everyone will be hostile to him, but there will not be too much resentment in their hearts!

However, Chen Dongxiang is the biggest traitor of the "Zhao Party" since its establishment, and since he betrayed Zhao Junchen, he simply took refuge in Zhao Junchen's political opponent Huang Yourong, and then provided Huang Yourong with a lot of criminal evidence of the "Zhao Party" officials, and repeatedly embarrassed Zhao Junchen, especially the officials of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, because of the criminal evidence provided by Chen Dongxiang, he lost a lot of people.

In addition, when Zhao Junchen and Zuo Lanshan accompanied the southern tour, Chen Dongxiang became the vanguard of Huang Yourong's suppression of the "Zhao Party", not only contributing the most, but also performing the most actively! During Emperor Deqing's southern tour. I am afraid that two-thirds of those officials who betrayed the "Zhao Party" were prompted by Chen Dongxiang! Moreover, the reason why Gu Quan, Zhan Shanchang, Liu Changan and others lost their official positions is that Chen Dongxiang also made great contributions!

Compared with the enemies on the surface, it is often the traitor who is more hateful! So, compared to Huo Zhengyuan. The relationship between Chen Dongxiang and Zhao Dang can be called "deep hatred like the sea"!

Gu Quan, Zhan Shanchang and Liu Changan all lost their official positions because of Chen Dongxiang some time ago, and now after seeing Chen Dongxiang's appearance, they all saw that Zhao Junchen was in front of them, and they planned to scold Chen Dongxiang a few words.

However, before they could speak, Zhao Junchen had already spoken first, and introduced to Zuo Lanshan, Gu Quan, Zhan Shanchang, Liu Changan and others: "These two. Everyone is already very familiar with it, but now let me reintroduce it, this is Huo Zhengyuan Huo University, with high intelligence and outstanding knowledge, he is a rare long-term visionary person in my dynasty, from now on, Huo University is his own person, everyone should be more close to him in the future. ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's introduction. Zuo Lanshan, Zhan Shanchang and others were all surprised!

They all know that once Huang Yourong falls. The authority of the "Yellow Party" will inevitably be divided and annexed by the major factions in the DPRK and China, and they are also ready to move, and they have some ideas in their hearts, and they are about to propose to Zhao Junchen, but they did not expect that Zhao Junchen had already planned properly, and he actually bought Huo Zhengyuan, one of the three major cadres of the "Yellow Party"!

The "Zhao Party" and the "Yellow Party" fought many times. They naturally know that among the three major cadres of the "Yellow Party", Huo Zhengyuan's existence is far more threatening than Lin Wei and Zhang Cheng, and if it is only about strategic vision, Huo Zhengyuan is even stronger than Huang Yourong! In addition, Huo Zhengyuan has a very high reputation among the "Yellow Party" and is quite popular. Therefore, after Huo Zhengyuan took refuge in Zhao Junchen, the "Zhao Party" may have taken the lead in the action of carving up the "Yellow Party" forces!

Thinking of this, whether it was Zuo Lanshan, or Zhan Shanchang, Gu Quan, and Liu Changan, they all welcomed Huo Zhengyuan and behaved very friendly.

On the other hand, although Huo Zhengyuan has a high intelligence and a noble status, after all, he is a newcomer to the "Zhao Party", but he will not be too arrogant, and he also nods to everyone very kindly.

After some politeness, everyone, including Huo Zhengyuan, turned their eyes to Chen Dongxiang!

Chen Dongxiang's betrayal has brought great harm to the "Zhao Party", and the hatred between the two sides is no longer difficult to resolve, and everyone doesn't know the reason why Chen Dongxiang asked to see Zhao Junchen!

Could it be that Chen Dongxiang is whimsical and wants to rejoin Zhao Junchen? If this is the case, Chen Dongxiang will only be greeted by humiliation.

Under the attention of everyone, Chen Dongxiang's performance was very calm, just quietly waiting for Zhao Junchen to introduce him.

Then, Zhao Junchen introduced again: "As for this one, everyone also knows that it is Chen Dongxiang, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, in the eyes of the world, Chen Dongxiang is a traitor among us and an accomplice of Huang Yourong, but now that the situation has been decided, many things no longer need to be kept secret, so I will explain it to you...... That is, Lord Chen has always been his own person, and all his actions after taking refuge in Huang Yourong were also inspired by me! In fact, in recent days, among the various conflicts between us and the Yellow Party, the reason why we have been able to take the lead is that Lord Chen can be said to have made great contributions! Therefore, in the future, we must not misunderstand Lord Chen again, and we must get along with each other amicably! ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's introduction, everyone was silent for a while.

After all, Chen Dongxiang has brought too much harm to the "Zhao Party" these days, and it is very difficult for everyone to accept Chen Dongxiang's existence again.

In particular, thinking of Chen Dongxiang's various actions, many "Zhao Party" officials were dismissed and questioned because of Chen Dongxiang, all of which turned out to be at the behest of Zhao Junchen, and everyone didn't know what to say for a while.

Do you want to blame Zhao Junchen for betraying his own people?

Even if they do have such thoughts in their hearts, how dare they bring them up in person?

Therefore, the atmosphere is awkward.

In the end, after Huo Zhengyuan took a few serious glances at Chen Dongxiang, he opened his mouth to break the embarrassing atmosphere and said: "I see, I have long suspected that Lord Chen's purpose of taking refuge in Huang Yourong is not pure, relying on the criminal evidence provided by Lord Chen, although Huang Yourong punished some Zhao Party officials, but he often falls into the situation because of this, and his own losses will be much greater, it turns out that all this is from Lord Zhao's plan!" ”

The other side. Zuo Lanshan relied on his identity to be equal to Zhao Junchen, and after hesitating for a while, he finally asked: "Lord Zhao, after Chen Dongxiang took refuge with Huang Yourong, he immediately exposed the 'Huai River Flood Case' to Huang Yourong because of this incident. Our household department and the Ministry of Industry have suffered heavy losses, and a total of 19 officials have been dismissed from their official positions. ”

Facing Zuo Lanshan's questioning, Zhao Junchen's expression was still calm, and he said slowly: "I said, everything Chen Dongxiang did was from my instructions!" It was not only the matter of exposing the 'Huai River Flood Case' to Huang Yourong, but also during His Majesty's southern tour, Chen Dongxiang also provided Huang Yourong with some incriminating evidence of Lord Gu Quangu, Master Zhan Shanchang Zhan, and Lord Liu Chang'an. It was because of these incriminating evidence that the three adults were removed from their official positions! In addition, during this period of time, Chen Dongxiang has either threatened or instigated, causing many people to betray us and turn to Huang Yourong, which is also from my instructions! ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, everyone's faces changed again, and they only felt that Zhao Junchen was scheming and ruthless. actually instructed Chen Dongxiang to do so many things to betray his own people! For a while, Zuo Lanshan, Zhan Shanchang and others didn't know how they should face Zhao Junchen!

But. Huo Zhengyuan's intellectual vision is deeply valued by Zhao Junchen, and now he has not lived up to Zhao Junchen's high expectations, and after pondering for a while, he vaguely guessed Zhao Junchen's thoughts, so he spoke again: "But according to me, the reason why you did this, Lord Zhao." There must be something else, right? ”

Zhao Junchen smiled lightly, nodded and said: "That's right, these decisions of mine are all for the long-term development of our people!" Let's talk about the Huai River flood case first. This matter was committed by some officials of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs in private, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this kind of behavior is a betrayal, even if there is no Huang Yourong, I will punish them! In addition, these people are as greedy as wolves, but they are as stupid as pigs, and their greed and stupidity will sooner or later affect us, so I just use Huang Yourong's hand to help us clean up the portal and eliminate hidden dangers! ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, everyone nodded lightly in agreement, which can be regarded as agreeing with Zhao Junchen's explanation.

After all, it is the biggest taboo in officialdom for officials to hide from their bosses, not only do they not share the benefits, but they are also very likely to affect others.

The only thing worth discussing is that Zhao Junchen did not inform others, and only made the decision arbitrarily, but Zhao Junchen, as the largest leader of the "Zhao Party", also has the qualifications to act arbitrarily, and it is difficult for others to say anything.

On the other side, Zhao Junchen saw that everyone accepted his explanation, and said: "As for this period of time, Chen Dongxiang has continued to instigate his close colleagues in the court to betray us, which is also due to my instructions, after all, our power has expanded too rapidly in recent times, although there are many people who have taken refuge in us, but they are uneven, people's hearts are different, and many people are not trustworthy at all, so I also take this opportunity to screen it, otherwise, this situation may become our biggest shortcoming!" ”

This time, everyone still nodded in agreement.

There is a saying in later generations that "no loyalty can stand the test."

As a boss, you can't blindly trust your subordinates, but you can't set up a situation to test your subordinates' loyalty because you are suspicious, otherwise it will only hurt people's hearts and shake your subordinates' loyalty. Besides, there is a limit to any loyalty, and if the temptation you offer is too great, then don't blame your subordinates for betrayal!

However, this only applies to those who have been working for you for many years, or to those who are of good character! However, most of the officials under Zhao Junchen are newcomers who have not been taking refuge for a long time, and most of them are villains who forget their righteousness, and it is understandable to occasionally test their loyalty.

Therefore, everyone still accepted Zhao Junchen's explanation.

Then, Zhao Junchen turned his gaze to Zhan Shanchang, Gu Quan, and Liu Changan, and said: "As for Chen Dongxiang providing evidence to Huang Yourong, which caused the three of you to be dismissed from office, it was also at my behest, but the reason why I did this is to protect the three of you!" ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Zhan Shanchang, Gu Quan and Liu Changan all had doubts on their faces, and they didn't understand Zhao Junchen's deep meaning.

Zhao Junchen smiled lightly and further explained: "The three of you have followed me for the longest time, and your position in the court is also the most important, so after I accompany the southern tour, the three of you will inevitably become a thorn in the side of Huang Yourong and the crown prince Zhu Heyu, and they will inevitably suppress you with all their might!" Even if there is no criminal evidence provided by Chen Dongxiang, Huang Yourong and the crown prince will inevitably look for other criminal evidence, so I simply asked Chen Dongxiang to provide Huang Yourong with some flawed criminal evidence, in this way, although the three of you will lose your official positions in a short time, but after I return to Beijing, I can easily restore your official positions through all kinds of flaws in these criminal evidence! All of this is for the safety of the three of you, and for the sake of acting in a full set, I did not tell the truth in advance, and please don't blame the three adults. ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, how could Zhan Shanchang, Gu Quan and Liu Changan really blame Zhao Junchen? After glancing at each other, they just saluted Zhao Junchen and said, "Lord Zhao, your love for us can be described as well-intentioned, how dare we blame you?" My lord, you are very clever, and I admire you! ”

At this point, Chen Dongxiang's various "evil deeds" have been explained, coupled with Zhao Junchen's deliberate maintenance, everyone finally accepted Chen Dongxiang's existence again.

But at the same time, everyone also saw Zhao Junchen's methods again because of this incident, and they only felt that Zhao Junchen had a long-term vision and had already expected everything, and just lightly used his means to play everyone between applause, so they became more and more in awe of Zhao Junchen.

Especially Zhan Shanchang, Gu Quan and Liu Changan, they originally had some proud thoughts, but they only felt that they had not betrayed Zhao Junchen in these days, and they had suffered so much for Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen should comfort and compensate them, so after they saw Zhao Junchen, they repeatedly hinted at the benefits to Zhao Junchen, but after this incident, these thoughts have long been gone!

Because, they suddenly found that the reason why the three of them did not betray Zhao Junchen was only because Zhao Junchen's plan did not have this item, so when Chen Dongxiang instigated others to betray Zhao Junchen and promised a lot of benefits, he repeatedly forced them, so that they could only hug Zhao Junchen's thighs tightly and could not have other thoughts.

On the contrary, if they broke away from Zhao Junchen's plan and really betrayed Zhao Junchen, then now they will also welcome Zhao Junchen to the most serious punishment!

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PS: Well, there will be a small outbreak in the next two days.

…… (To be continued.) )