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In the palace, in the imperial study.

Emperor Deqing sat behind the imperial case, reading the chapter and waiting for Zhao Junchen's audience, looking a little absent-minded, secretly thinking about Zhao Junchen's assassination.

When he first heard about this, Emperor Deqing was very angry, and immediately ordered the factory guards to strictly investigate, after all, Emperor Deqing is still inseparable from Zhao Junchen, if Zhao Junchen is assassinated, then Emperor Deqing is equivalent to injuring an arm, and he will face a lot of inconvenience; In addition, Emperor Deqing is now making every effort to stabilize the situation in the government and the opposition, and he wants to use the hands of Zhao Junchen to rectify the commercial tax, and the occurrence of such a bad incident undoubtedly seriously hindered Emperor Deqing's plan.

However, Emperor Deqing had always been very sensitive in politics, and after his anger, he immediately thought of a deeper level - who assigned the murderer to assassinate Zhao Junchen? What is his purpose? Was the real goal of this assassination attempt to sabotage his own plan?

I have to say that this assassination operation, which was full of coincidences, had too many follow-up effects, and Emperor Deqing had always been suspicious, and he immediately wanted to diverge directions.

Therefore, Emperor Deqing paid more and more attention to this matter, and immediately sent someone to summon Zhao Junchen to meet him, wanting to ask Zhao Junchen in detail about the process and details of this matter.

Before Zhao Junchen appeared, Emperor Deqing had been thinking about this matter, and he was quite suspicious.

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In the middle of his thoughts, time passed quickly, and soon he saw the great eunuch Zhang De enter the imperial study and report to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhao has come to the outside of the imperial study to wait for the summons, do you want to see him now?" ”

After hearing the report, Emperor Deqing's face became more and more serious, and he said, "Let him come in to see me!" ”

At the same time, Emperor Deqing adjusted his facial expression slightly, and replaced it with a caring and comforting expression, wanting to show his love to Zhao Junchen and take the opportunity to buy people's hearts.

However, Emperor Deqing didn't know that Zhao Junchen was also adjusting his expression at this time, and he could no longer see the majesty of the hundred officials just now, but instead put on a pitiful and apprehensive expression, but he wanted to take the opportunity to win the sympathy and support of Emperor Deqing.

In a way, although the two monarchs and ministers are full of deceit and mutual calculation, they can be regarded as full of tacit understanding at this time.

After receiving the summons of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen quickly entered the imperial study, and without waiting for Emperor Deqing to speak, he knelt down, cried in a voice, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the minister was almost assassinated by gangsters in the downtown today, but fortunately with the blessing of His Majesty, he escaped with his life, otherwise the minister will never be able to be loyal to you from now on...... Your Majesty, if someone wants to kill a minister, you must be the master of the minister......"

Zhao Junchen's performance and confiding seemed to have suffered a great grievance, which was enough to move people.

And Emperor Deqing's performance was not inferior, he first asked Zhao Junchen to get up, and then looked at Zhao Junchen in detail with a concerned gaze, and then sighed and said: "I heard that you were assassinated by gangsters, and I am also worried, if you have an accident, won't I lose a good minister?" Now that you are safe and sound, and there are no injuries on your body, I am relieved! Junchen, don't worry, I have already issued a strict order, ordering the factory guards, the six gates, and the Shuntian Mansion to make every effort to arrest the murderer, and I will definitely give you an explanation, and I will never let you be frightened in vain! ”

For a time, a drama of harmony between monarchs and ministers was staged in the imperial study.

Between the performances, after Emperor Deqing comforted Zhao Junchen a few more words, he finally asked the question: "Junchen, what is the purpose of that gangster's assassination of you, but he was instructed by someone?" Do you have a guess in your mind? When the gangster was assassinating, did he reveal any clues? ”

After hearing the inquiry, Zhao Junchen's face showed hesitation, as if he didn't know whether he should tell Emperor Deqing the truth.

However, Zhao Junchen also deliberately let Emperor Deqing see his expression.

After seeing Zhao Junchen's contradictory expression, Emperor Deqing really took the bait and asked: "There are only you and me here, what can't you say?" Go ahead! Whoever instructs the thugs to assassinate you, I will definitely make the decision for you! ”

Zhao Junchen hesitated for a moment again, and finally said: "The gangster didn't reveal the identity of his behind-the-scenes mastermind, but when he was assassinating a minister, he once said, 'If you want to curry favor with the emperor, you can't block everyone's wealth'......"

Halfway through the words, Zhao Junchen was silent, just leaving enough room for Emperor Deqing's imagination.

These clues were naturally made up by Zhao Junchen, but he was not only the victim, but also the only eyewitness, so Emperor Deqing had to believe it.

Although the clues provided by Zhao Junchen are only a few words and somewhat vague, how scheming is Emperor Deqing? Naturally, the hidden content of these clues immediately came to mind.

Zhao Junchen has done many things in order to curry favor with Emperor Deqing, and the latest thing to do is to rectify the commercial tax, and only by rectifying the commercial tax will it offend the interests of hundreds of officials and "block everyone's financial route"!

Could it be that someone didn't want to see the imperial court rectify the commercial tax, so they sent assassins to assassinate Zhao Junchen?

It seems that this is a real possibility of happening.

After all, the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty involved a huge interest group, from the central to the local, almost all officials and businessmen were members of this interest group, such a huge interest group, even Emperor Deqing would feel tricky, although the matter of sending people to assassinate Zhao Junchen was serious, but this huge interest group may not be afraid.

In a way, the assassination of Zhao Junchen may not have been a warning from this interest group to Emperor Deqing......

Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Emperor Deqing's eyes, and he only felt that his authority had been provoked, and he had secretly made up his mind in his heart, no matter what the facts were, he held the principle of preferring to make mistakes, and then he would take action to suppress this interest group and show his majesty as an emperor!

On the other side, after noticing the change in Emperor Deqing's expression, Zhao Junchen lowered his head slightly, covering the look of calculation in his eyes.

Zhao Junchen naturally knew that the gangster who assassinated him was instructed by the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian, and the period was full of coincidences.

However, Zhao Junchen will not tell Emperor Deqing the truth, after all, even if Zhao Junchen testifies against Zhu Hejian to Emperor Deqing, Emperor Deqing may not believe it, and Zhao Junchen has no tangible evidence in his hands, so he is even more helpless Zhu Hejian.

In contrast, pouring dirty water on the ministers of the court and China who opposed the rectification of commercial taxes and encouraging Emperor Deqing to suppress these people can allow Zhao Junchen to smoothly carry out the next step of the plan and get the most benefits!

So, it's a very simple multiple-choice question.

As for the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian, there will be a long time in the future, and Zhao Junchen has a chance to retaliate!

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PS: Well, go home, and resume the update speed tomorrow!

…… (To be continued.) )