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After receiving the summons, Zhao Junchen did not dare to slack off, and soon came to the outside of the imperial study, but he was not immediately summoned by Emperor Deqing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It seems that Emperor Deqing is summoning another person at this time, and it will not be Zhao Junchen's turn until this summoning is over.

Zhao Junchen was not in a hurry, just stood quietly outside the door and waited.

It didn't take long for the door of the imperial study to be pushed open, and a handsome young official walked out of the imperial study.

After the young official saw Zhao Junchen, he was slightly stunned at first, and then bowed with a respectful expression, and said: "Xiaguan Li Chunchen, I have seen Lord Zhao!" ”

"It turned out to be a pure minister!" Zhao Junchen's expression was gentle, his smile was kind, and he said, "Your Majesty has summoned you again?" Recently, your favor has been getting stronger and stronger, and this is the fourth time that Your Majesty has summoned you after the end of your southern tour, right? You have also done a good job in the Propaganda Department recently, and you really have a bright future, so you must do a good job in the future, and don't waste the opportunity. ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen was so clear about his situation, Li Chunchen's heart couldn't help but tighten slightly.

To be honest, Li Chunchen didn't want to attract the attention of several powerful ministers in the imperial court too quickly, especially Zhao Junchen! In every sense of the word, this is not a good thing.

However, Li Chunchen's expression became more and more humble, and he lowered his head and said: "Xiaguan in front of you, Lord Zhao, where do you dare to mention the word 'holy family'?" As everyone knows, Lord Zhao, you are the most important minister of His Majesty. Of course, the lower officials will definitely follow the teachings of Lord Zhao, take you as the goal, do things for the imperial court wholeheartedly, and never dare to live up to the expectations of His Majesty and Lord Zhao for the lower officials. ”

"That's good." Zhao Junchen nodded, then stretched out his hand and said, "I won't stop you, I still have to meet His Majesty to talk about some things, you go and go busy with your own affairs." ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen was no longer pestering himself, Li Chunchen hurriedly bowed to Zhao Junchen again, and then left quickly.

Looking at Li Chunchen's back, Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed with contemplation.

This Li Chunchen, is not a simple role, the vision is extremely accurate, the ambition is great, when he was in the palace examination, he actually presented an article called "Hanging Sword Theory" to Emperor Deqing, suggesting that the imperial court should enable the policy of "rumors and rumors", and the impeachment of others by the hundred officials will no longer need to collect tangible evidence, as long as they hear a little rumor, they can be submitted to the emperor, such a policy will undoubtedly put everyone in danger to the hundred officials, and greatly enhance the authority of the emperor.

Naturally, this article was taken seriously by Emperor Deqing, but he was worried that it would attract a backlash from hundreds of officials, so he did not implement it immediately, but he had been secretly preparing for it, and sent Li Chunchen to serve in the Xuanzheng Division, which was in charge of the transmission of songs, obviously to prepare for the implementation of the policy of "rumors and rumors" in the future.

Recently, Emperor Deqing has repeatedly summoned Li Chunchen to discuss matters, and has many rewards for Li Chunchen's suggestions, and for a time everyone knew that Li Chunchen had received the holy favor, and even compared Li Chunchen with Zhao Junchen, who was fledgling that year.

Of course, this kind of comparison is not groundless, and now with Zhao Junchen's status getting higher and higher, and his authority is getting bigger and bigger, even Emperor Deqing no longer dares to treat Zhao Junchen as an ordinary courtier! At some point, Emperor Deqing would even put Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao, the cabinet assistants, at the same height and on the same footing! In this way, many of Emperor Deqing's private affairs are not easy to handle Zhao Junchen, and Li Chunchen has obviously gradually taken over Zhao Junchen's former role and become the new courtier of Emperor Deqing!

"Aiming for me? This Li Chunchen told the truth......" Thinking back to Li Chunchen's words just now, Zhao Junchen sneered in his heart and secretly thought: "However, my goal is not just what it is now!" The environment you face now is very different from what I was back then! If you want to learn to walk in Handan, this road is not easy to walk! ”

While thinking in secret, Zhao Junchen withdrew his gaze and turned around and walked towards the imperial study.

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After entering the imperial study, Zhao Junchen immediately changed his look of deference and humility, and saluted Emperor Deqing respectfully.

With such a speed of changing faces, Zhao Junchen is already extremely proficient.

After Emperor Deqing saw Zhao Junchen appear, he had an amiable attitude and a friendly smile, which was quite similar to Zhao Junchen's appearance when he saw Li Chunchen just now.

"Junchen is here, there are only two of us here, so there is no need to be polite." After speaking, Emperor Deqing turned his head and instructed Zhang Xiu, the eunuch in the imperial study: "Move a stool for Lord Zhao to sit down, Lord Zhao has been standing in the morning court for a long time, don't continue to tire him." ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing's orders, Zhao Junchen's face was flattered, but he felt a little pressure in his heart.

Although Zhao Junchen is a close favorite of Emperor Deqing, but this kind of treatment is also extremely rare, as the so-called "nothing to offer courtesy, either treachery or theft", now Emperor Deqing is so polite, I am afraid that his intention to summon Zhao Junchen today is not simple.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" After Zhang Xiu moved the stool, Zhao Junchen sat down gently, and then asked, "Your Majesty summoned the ministers to meet you, but you don't know what to order?" ”

Emperor Deqing glanced at Zhao Junchen, his expression was full of confidence, and said: "This morning, the young master Guo Tang is in trouble with you, and I can see that you are not happy, but I consider that Guo Tang is an old courtier after all, and he has always had a good reputation among the government and the opposition, so I took it lightly, but only punished him for a year, and asked him to come to the door in person to apologize to you...... Junchen, you won't blame me, will you? ”

Zhao Junchen lowered his head and said: "As long as it is Your Majesty's decision, the minister will never dare to question it, everything is given by Your Majesty, how dare you blame Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Deqing nodded with satisfaction and said, "If you think so, I will be relieved." ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Deqing changed his words and said: "However, I summoned you to meet you today, or for the sake of the 'United Boat Trip'!" I see that you have deliberately raised silver taels from your colleagues in the DPRK and China for the sake of the 'United Boat Company', is it possible that there is still a gap in the financial resources of the 'United Boat Company'? ”

Zhao Junchen's heart moved, he had probably guessed Emperor Deqing's intentions, and after considering the words for a while, he replied slowly: "It can't be said that the financial resources are insufficient, but now the 'United Ship Company' has thirty-seven powerful Hui merchants joining, which is enough to provide nearly ten million taels of silver!" However, this amount of money may seem huge and barely sufficient, but the goal of the establishment of the 'United Shipping Company' is to monopolize the shipping of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River waterway, and this goal is even larger, and the more resources invested, the sooner the results can be seen, and the more obvious the results. Therefore, if the financial resources of the 'United Ship Company' are sufficient, it is indeed sufficient, and if it is insufficient, it is indeed insufficient. ”

Zhao Junchen's answer can be described as ambiguous, but Emperor Deqing didn't care, just blamed: "I see, the rectification of commercial taxes is the top priority of the imperial court, and I naturally hope that the 'United Ship Voyage' will see results as soon as possible, and the greater the results, the better!" However, Junchen, since the 'United Ship Company' still requires a large amount of silver, forcing you to deliberately turn to your colleagues in the DPRK and China, why don't you explain the situation to me? I still have a few million taels of silver in my inner money, for the sake of the future of the court's commercial taxes, will I be stingy with my private money? ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing's generous statement, Zhao Junchen secretly pursed his lips, feeling a little disdainful in his heart.

Emperor Deqing's words are good, but there are many times when the court is short of silver, why has he never seen Emperor Deqing use his own private money to help the court tide over the difficulties like today? On the contrary, he repeatedly coveted the silver in the treasury of the household department?

In the final analysis, Emperor Deqing's statement was just that he was optimistic about the development prospects of the "United Shipping Company" and felt that he could reap several times the profits after investing his private money in the "United Shipping Company", so he had the current generous appearance.

Although he was disdainful in his heart, Zhao Junchen naturally did not show it, but a sincere and frightened look, and said: "Please also ask Your Majesty for forgiveness, the minister also thought about transferring a part of the silver from the internal treasury into the 'United Ship Line', but the minister had just unloaded the errand of the inner transport warehouse, and immediately reached out to His Majesty to ask for the silver of the internal treasury, which was a little ugly, so the minister ...... in order to avoid suspicion."

Zhao Junchen was just halfway through his words when he was interrupted by Emperor Deqing's outstretched hand: "Junchen, you are my close minister, don't I still trust you?" Why avoid suspicion? In this way, I will transfer one million taels of silver from the treasury to the 'United Shipping Company' today, as long as the commercial tax rectification of the imperial court can bear fruit as soon as possible, I will never be stingy with private money!" ”

Zhao Junchen's face was full of gratitude and admiration, and said: "Your Majesty is so generous and righteous, selfless, it is really an example of ancient and modern emperors. ”

Facts have proved that Zhao Junchen's kung fu did not fall with the improvement of his status, and after hearing Zhao Junchen's flattery, Emperor Deqing couldn't help laughing proudly.

After the laughter fell, Emperor Deqing seemed to suddenly think of something, and asked again: "By the way, before I was on my southern tour, Junchen boasted to me about the beauty of the Jiangnan gardens...... Therefore, I have made up my mind, and I will follow your suggestion to build a palace manor similar to the Jiangnan garden near the capital...... I've been telling you about this for a few days, how are you preparing now? ”

Zhao Junchen lowered his head and replied: "Back to Your Majesty's words, after getting Your Majesty's instructions, the minister did not dare to slack off at all, and has collected a large number of garden craftsmen from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and gathered many famous artists to design garden landscapes for His Majesty, and now there is a preliminary plan. ”

Emperor Deqing nodded again and asked, "Then, in your opinion, if this palace wants to be built, how much silver will it cost?" Still your original estimates? Can't you really lower it? ”

Zhao Junchen already had a plan in his heart, and replied: "If everything is simple, it will cost about three million to five million taels of silver, if you want to be perfect and build the first garden in the world through the ages in one go, the silver required will increase by more than half, about five million to eight million taels of silver, I am afraid it will be difficult to reduce." ”

After Emperor Deqing heard this number, his face couldn't help but change slightly.

He doesn't have so much silver in his private money, and even if he has so much silver, it will hurt him to take it all out in one go.

As a result, Emperor Deqing no longer saw the generosity just now, but asked directly: "I naturally hope to build the first garden in the world throughout the ages in one go, so as to conform to the royal style, but after my internal money is invested in the 'United Ship Line', it is not much, such a huge amount of silver, I am afraid I can't take it out, Junchen, you are in charge of the household department, can you embezzle a part of the silver from the treasury?" ”

You know it's so!

Seeing that Emperor Deqing's face changed faster than himself, he just said that his inner money was very rich, but in a blink of an eye, he cried poor, and Zhao Junchen couldn't help crying and laughing in his heart.

In fact, this is not the first time that Emperor Deqing has embezzled money from the treasury for his own use, and a large part of the bad debts of the household department are made by Emperor Deqing! Over the years, in order to erase the various holes of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen has spent a lot of thought.

At this time, after hearing Emperor Deqing's inquiry, Zhao Junchen first looked embarrassed, and after pondering for a long time, he said slowly: "Your Majesty's palace is not something that can be built in a short time, if this silver is spent in several years, it will be about one million taels of silver per year, but it is also not a small number, if this matter is known to the officials, I am afraid it will cause great trouble." ”

Emperor Deqing's face sank, and he asked: "Junchen, you are in charge of the household department, and you also have a close relationship with the Ministry of Industry, as long as you are willing, it is not difficult to hide from the hundred officials of the imperial court...... Why, Junchen, now that your wings are stiff, you don't want to worry about me? ”

Seeing Emperor Deqing say this, Zhao Junchen lowered his head and said: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister is willing to share his worries for His Majesty!" It's just that the household department does have difficulties now, at most...... At most, you can only take out 60% of the silver! ”

"Sixty percent ......" Emperor Deqing pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Sixty percent will be sixty percent, and the rest of the silver will be used by my internal funds!" I will be fully responsible for the construction of this palace, and you will have to worry a little more about it, and when the palace is completed, I will not forget your benefits! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will do my best! ”

Zhao Junchen got up, bowed to Emperor Deqing and said.

However, when he bowed his head, Zhao Junchen had a sneer on his face.

He knows Emperor Deqing's character too well, once he has spare money in his hands, he immediately wants to use it, which is also one of the reasons why Zhao Junchen is relieved to rectify the commercial tax for the imperial court, because Zhao Junchen knows very well in his heart that even if the imperial court succeeds in rectifying the commercial tax, the annual commercial tax income will increase significantly, but as long as the character of the loser of Emperor Deqing has not changed, the money and grain situation of the imperial court will still be beyond his means!

Now, the treasury and the treasury are a little rich, and Emperor Deqing has moved his mind, which is a clear example!

In fact, the amount of silver that Zhao Junchen reported to Emperor Deqing just now was also carefully considered, and once this silver was used, the turnover of the treasury and internal funds in the next few years would inevitably be tight, and in this way, Emperor Deqing's dependence on Zhao Junchen would be further deepened.

Taking advantage of the fact that Emperor Deqing couldn't do without him in the past few years, it was enough for Zhao Junchen to accomplish many things!

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Well, today's second update! There is one more shift around the morning!

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