Chapter 207: The Possibility of Becoming the Final Winner
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To this day, in a way, Zhao Junchen can be regarded as having thoroughly seen through Emperor Deqing.
For Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen's preservation was just a courtier who carried the black pot for him and attracted hatred and contradictions, just a pawn to balance the situation in the court for him, and used Zhao Junchen's financial management ability to collect wealth for his internal money, so as to satisfy his various desires for poverty and luxury!
But that's about it!
Although Emperor Deqing seems to regard Zhao Junchen as a favored minister and has a lot of protection for Zhao Junchen in front of hundreds of officials, he will never allow Zhao Junchen's reputation among the government and the opposition to improve, otherwise, who will bear the blame for him and attract hatred and contradictions between the government and the opposition?
Emperor Deqing always turned a blind eye to Zhao Junchen's greed for ink, forming a party, and using power for personal gain, and even adopted a laissez-faire acquiescence attitude, because Emperor Deqing had already prepared Zhao Junchen to cross the river and demolish the bridge, unload the mill and kill the donkey!
As for the contradictions and conflicts between Zhao Junchen and the crown prince, Emperor Deqing always pretends not to know, and even adds fuel to the fire from time to time, this is because Emperor Deqing has already made up his mind to let the crown prince Zhu Heyu scoop Zhao Junchen to open the knife after succeeding to the throne in the future, so as to establish prestige for Zhu Heyu, calm the dissatisfaction between the government and the opposition, and after copying Zhao Junchen's family property, he can also let the imperial treasury harvest a large amount of silver!
This is Emperor Deqing, quite a sage ruthlessly regards everything like a dog, and will never change his mind because of Zhao Junchen's hard work and all kinds of flattery, in his eyes, everyone is a chess piece that can be used, and even after death, he will create various values for him and the Ming Dynasty!
And since these days, all the hard work and hard work of Zhao Junchen, in the final analysis, is just to avoid this tragic ending of being used by Emperor Deqing to death but unable to resist!
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However, there are many times, in the dead of night and sleepless, Zhao Junchen always can't help but think about whether all the hard work and hard work he has put into these days is worth it?
A look at Chinese history. In all dynasties, it has always been a process of continuous strengthening of the central imperial power.
Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there have been no powerful ministers who can threaten the prestige of the emperor, and since the Northern Song Dynasty, there have been no powerful feudal towns that can compete with the center.
In the Ming Dynasty, this central imperial power reached its peak!
In the history of the Ming Dynasty, both the inner court and the outer court. There are countless powerful ministers and eunuchs who are in power, and there are many who are stronger than Zhao Junchen in terms of central intelligence, ability, and power, but who can fight against the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?
Wei Zhongxian is known as nine thousand years old, and he has countless henchmen for a while, but he was only scooped down by Emperor Chongzhen in a few words!
Yan Song has been in charge of national politics for 20 years. Its power was only under Zhang Juzheng in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but it was still convicted by Sejong in one sentence!
In this way, under all kinds of planning and management, even if Zhao Junchen can really be in power in the future, even if he can really tilt the power of the government and the opposition, the world of friends, and even not less than today's Zhou Shangjing, but what can it be? Emperor Deqing wanted to deal with him. I'm afraid it's still easy!
There is no other reason, the military power and army of the Ming Dynasty have always been only in the hands of the emperor, and the civil servants have no right to interfere at all, and the generals cannot be transferred at will!
However, without the support of the army, a civil servant like Zhao Junchen, no matter how powerful and prestigious, would be no different from an ant to the emperor!
A few days ago. In the case of King Gong'an, although Zhao Junchen accused Long Xiangwei of commanding Guan Wuyuan, he was only a person like Guan Wuyuan, as for Long Xiangwei under Guan Wuyuan, he would never die for Zhao Junchen! What's more, this Long Xiangwei is only one of the twenty-six guards in the capital!
In this way, in the face of Emperor Deqing, who had already made up his mind to cross the river and demolish the bridge. How can Zhao Junchen resist?
The military power in the hands of Emperor Deqing is like a hanging sword, which makes Zhao Junchen frightened, but he is helpless and powerless to resist!
So. There are many times when Zhao Junchen always feels that what he is doing now is just useless work!
There are many times, Zhao Junchen can't help but think - it's just for the chance of winning, why do you have to work so hard? You might as well follow the path designed for him by Emperor Deqing, learn from the appearance of those traitors and courtiers in history, be poor and extravagant, and die without regrets after enjoying the glory and wealth of the world, it is not a reincarnation in vain, anyway, the final result is doomed!
In recent days, this impulse has often surfaced in Zhao Junchen's heart, and it is getting stronger and stronger!
It's just that in the end, Zhao Junchen will always press such an impulse in the depths of his heart, because Zhao Junchen knows that if he really has such an idea, he is afraid that he will not even have that chance in case.
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And at such a time, Liang Fuchen's request and the news revealed made Zhao Junchen shocked by the erosion of the Ming military town, but he faintly felt that such an erosion situation was not an opportunity for him!
According to Xu Wenqing, the military towns in the Ming Dynasty today are actually rotten to the roots!
For example, in the military towns of the three sides in the northwest, under the threat of the Mongolian tribes in the north, the officers who were responsible for the border defense even did not hesitate to weaken the border defense, abandon the armament, and encourage the military households to flee for their own interests! I didn't even think that once Mongolia broke through, they would usher in such a tragic end!
What madness is this?!
However, since these officers are so desperate, they don't even want their lives for money! Since the hereditary military households of the Ming Dynasty were treated so low, that in order to get rid of the status of military households, they even did not hesitate to give up their family property to become deserters! Does that mean that as long as Zhao Junchen plans properly, after paying enough benefits, he will be able to buy and control these officers and military households? !
Zhao Junchen didn't expect to be able to control too many armies - he didn't have the ability to do so - but as long as he could control one or two military towns around the capital, it meant that Zhao Junchen finally had the qualifications to fight against Emperor Deqing!
In this way, as long as the strategy is appropriate, it is not impossible to turn things around in the future, turn defeat into victory, and become the ultimate winner in the court!
It's just that how to buy these military towns still needs Zhao Junchen to think about it!
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Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed, and he muttered to himself: "Although it is a bit risky, it is necessary to give it a try, but it needs to be considered properly, or it will not attract people's attention, let alone leave people to handle it." ”
"Young Master, what are you talking about?" Hearing Zhao Junchen's muttering, Xu Qingyan, who had returned to the guest hall at some point, asked suspiciously.
Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned, looked up at Xu Qingyan, and asked, "Oh?" You're back? Xu Wenqing's room accommodation has been arranged? ”
Xu Qingyan nodded and said, "Back to the young master, everything has been arranged." I saw that young master, you seem to value Liang Fuchen very much, and Xu Wenqing is Liang Fuchen's person, so naturally he can't be lazy, so I arranged for him to live in the upper room of the mansion to entertain distinguished guests. I returned to the main hall just now, but when I saw that the young master was thinking about something, I was concentrating and didn't pay attention to the surroundings at all, so I didn't dare to disturb. ”
Hearing Xu Qingyan's answer, a hint of relief flashed in Zhao Junchen's eyes, after these days of experience, although Xu Qingyan's arrogant temperament has not changed much, but he is more capable when doing things.
Thinking like this, Zhao Junchen groaned slightly, and then instructed Xu Qingyan: "Now that the 'Yuerong Fang' is doing well, it has also helped me cultivate some talents, you go back and select a few capable and loyal stewards from the 'Yuerong Fang', and invite them to see me, I plan to choose one person from them to do some things." ”
After thinking about it for so long, Zhao Junchen felt that it would be inappropriate for him to personally buy off the officers and military households in those military towns, and it would definitely attract the attention of the major forces and the suspicion of Emperor Deqing.
It just so happens that today's 'Yuerong Fang' has been in business for so long, but it has also cultivated a group of business talents, and each of them has exquisite temperaments, which is the time to use it.
Xu Qingyan was slightly stunned and asked: "Young Master, Fang Ru is now in charge of Yuerong Fang, what kind of talent is there in Yuerong Fang, and she knows better, why don't you let her do it?" ”
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "No, I have a plan next, not only to be important, but also to be hidden, so I don't plan to let Ru'er interfere in this matter." It's not that she doesn't trust her, it's just that she's too smart and sometimes too decisive in doing things, which is certainly a good thing, but sometimes, it's not necessarily a good thing. ”
Fang Ru is certainly a good helper, but because she is too smart and capable, and she is always bent on proving herself in front of Zhao Junchen, so sometimes, she will always inadvertently change Zhao Junchen's plan, which Zhao Junchen does not want to see now.
This time, Zhao Junchen hopes that everything will be carried out under his control.
Hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Xu Qingyan nodded thoughtfully, but he didn't ask Zhao Junchen what his plan was, just nodded and agreed.
After Zhao Junchen saw Xu Qingyan agree, he stood up and said, "Next, it's time to deal with Liang Fuchen's affairs." ”
Seeing that Zhao Junchen suddenly diverted the topic, Xu Qingyan was stunned again and asked, "Young Master, are you going to agree to that Liang Fuchen's request?" Allocate silver and grain from the household department to help him recruit troops? ”
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "Naturally not, although he has his own difficulties in this matter, I am willing to help him, but I can't trap myself in, the household department privately allocated silver grain to help the feudal officials recruit troops, if this matter is exposed, I am afraid that there are a hundred mouths and I can't explain it clearly." ”
"What ......?" Xu Qingyan wondered.
"Prepare a sedan chair, bring a name post, and go with me to Zhou Shangjing and Zhou Fu's house to ask for a meeting." Zhao Junchen instructed: "At this time, it is time to discuss it with Zhou Fu no matter what." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )