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In Yangzhou, the Deqing Emperor stayed for a total of seven days, the reason on the surface is that the scenery of Yangzhou is beautiful, the humanities are prosperous, which stimulated the Deqing Emperor's travel, so he played for a few more days, during this period, the Deqing Emperor was indeed full of interest to play around, showing a leisurely and leisurely, pinning on the appearance of the landscape.

However, only a few discerning people knew that Emperor Deqing's play and leisure were all illusions, just to gain buffer time. In the past few days, Emperor Deqing has been secretly planning things in Suzhou, when Emperor Deqing did his best to "travel Xing" and planned to leave Yangzhou, it means that Emperor Deqing's layout is already appropriate!

Of course, Zhou Shangjing was not idle during this time, and he was also secretly preparing something, just waiting for the southern tour team to arrive in Suzhou, a thrilling open and secret battle would appear, and no one could guess where the situation in the imperial court would go at that time.

And when Emperor Deqing and Zhou Shangjing were preparing separately, in these seven days, Zhao Junchen did not have a waste, and dealt with many things, first selected a group of young talents of the Zhao family to be sent to the Guozijian, and also determined the candidates for the Zhao family women to enter the palace in the future, and rectified the internal forces of the Zhao family, and then established contact with the Hui and Zhejiang Merchants Gang, and initially formed their own staff team, which can be regarded as remarkable results.

Especially when forming a staff team, Zhao Junchen successively discovered Niu Fude, Ouyang Bo, Li Chuanwen, and Li Lun, four talents who can be used, which can be said to have gained a lot for Zhao Junchen, who has been troubled by the lack of talents under him.

Of course, all four of them are talented. But Zhao Junchen had just hired them, and both sides were strangers. It's uncertain what their work ethic and loyalty, let alone trust, they have. Therefore, at the very beginning, Zhao Junchen would not hand over some confidential core matters to them, and his attitude towards them was also based on bribery, observation and testing, and after the loyalty of the four of them was confirmed in the future, he would slowly entrust them with important tasks.

After all, the profession of master is quite special, and the background is also very complicated. Before they assisted Zhao Junchen, they had assisted many different officials, although the masters had their own professional ethics, but no one dared to guarantee whether they would still be loyal to some old masters, taking Li Chuanwen as an example, he had assisted five officials, these five officials have high and low official positions, some have become officials, some are still active in the officialdom, but most of them are officials of Huang Yourong's faction. During the employment of Li Chuanwen, these people all regarded Li Chuanwen as a confidant and reused him, if Li Chuanwen still cared about their old feelings, he would leak Zhao Junchen's information to them in the future. So for Zhao Junchen, the harm is not ordinary.

Therefore, after establishing an employment relationship with Niu Fude, Ouyang Bo, Li Chuanwen, and Li Lun. While Zhao Junchen sent people to investigate their origins, resumes, and personalities in detail, he used various means to tighten the encirclement. They promise benefits, they talk to each other, they promise kindness, they promise threats. Both soft and hard, and so on, as for the effect, we still need to observe slowly.

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Between the busy, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the seventh day that Zhao Junchen came to Yangzhou.

On this day, Zhao Junchen came to Yangzhou Palace, intending to ask Emperor Deqing for instructions on the next stop of the southern tour.

After expressing his intentions, Zhao Junchen was soon summoned by Emperor Deqing.

However, after Zhao Junchen entered Emperor Deqing's temporary imperial study, he found that Emperor Deqing was talking to a strange young man, looking at Emperor Deqing's expression, he seemed to attach great importance to this young man, Zhao Junchen did not dare to disturb, just stood aside with his hands down and waited, and secretly guessed the origin of this young man.

This young man was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with luxurious clothes, graceful temperament, and a hint of arrogance in his expression, and it seemed that he should be a son of a noble family, but his body was strong and his movements were capable, and at first glance he looked like he had practiced martial arts and fitness all year round, and he did not seem to be an ordinary gentleman who was mediocre and incompetent.

When Emperor Deqing talked to the young man, there was a lot of meaning between the words, affectionately called the young man "Shilin", and asked the young man in detail about the family situation, Zhao Junchen stood aside and listened carefully, although he could not accurately judge the origin of the young man for a while, but according to the attitude of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen also paid more and more attention to this young man in his heart.

Finally, after Emperor Deqing finished chatting with the young man, he turned his head to look at Zhao Junchen and said with a smile: "Oh? Junchen is here, I am talking with the descendants of the Wu family, and you came by coincidence, so you can get to know the two of you. ”

Then, Emperor Deqing introduced to Zhao Junchen: "This son's name is Wu Shilin, he is the youngest son of Wu Yingxiong, the governor of Jiliao, and now he is working under his father, temporarily serving as the chief soldier...... Wu family is a generation of generals, the pillar of the country, in the past 40 years, has five governors of Jiliao, the Wu family accounted for three, for the imperial court, can be described as a meritorious service, and Shilin although not very old, but the future is bright, if he can take over his father's position in the future, a family of three generations of three governors, but it is also a good story. ”

Next, Emperor Deqing introduced Zhao Junchen to Wu Shilin.

After hearing Zhao Junchen's identity, Wu Shilin's attitude was full of respect, without the slightest arrogance of the noble son, and politely saluted Zhao Junchen.

On the other side, Zhao Junchen also returned the salute to Wu Shilin with a calm expression, and did not mention all the politeness in his mouth.

However, under the calm appearance, Zhao Junchen's heart was very shocked.

The young man in front of him turned out to be Wu Sangui's descendant!

Zhao Junchen has long known that with the change of history, Wu Sangui did not "rush to the crown and become angry", and his fate has also changed greatly, not only did he not become a big traitor who has been stinking for thousands of years, but he has repeatedly made meritorious deeds, retired from the Jurchens, killed the people, and was promoted to the knighthood, and the Wu family has also become a generation of generals with a high reputation.

In addition to being shocked in his heart, Zhao Junchen's expression was very calm, and when he returned the salute to Wu Shilin, his expression was also very ordinary, neither distant nor close, nor did he show the intention of wooing, but secretly guessed in his heart the deep meaning of Emperor Deqing's sudden summoning of Wu Shilin.

After all, the Wu family is a leading general, and Zhao Junchen is a powerful minister in the court, and the identities of both parties are very sensitive, and it is not appropriate to have too close relationships, otherwise it will only arouse the suspicion of Emperor Deqing - in fact, the meaning of Emperor Deqing's words is very clear, just let the two "get to know each other", not "in-depth friendship", Zhao Junchen naturally did not dare to cross the line, at least not to cross the line.

However, it was said that after Zhao Junchen and Wu Shilin greeted each other, Emperor Deqing had a few more gossips with Wu Shilin, and then let Wu Shilin retreat.

After Wu Shilin left, Zhao Junchen remembered his intentions and asked Emperor Deqing for instructions on the next step of the southern tour.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Deqing said: "Well, Yangzhou's beautiful scenery and prosperous humanities, I can't help but indulge in it, and before I know it, I have stayed for seven days, and I should indeed start to continue my southern tour...... In this way, you go and arrange it, and at the next moment, you will set off for Changzhou. ”

Zhao Junchen asked, "But I don't know how many days you plan to stay in Changzhou, Your Majesty?" It is better for the minister to notify the Changzhou local government in advance so that they can be prepared. ”

Emperor Deqing said: "Two days is enough. ”

Hearing Emperor Deqing's answer, Zhao Junchen already knew it in his heart.

Although the scenery of Changzhou is not as famous as Yangzhou, there are many scenic spots, but the Deqing Emperor only stayed in Changzhou for a short two days, obviously everything in Suzhou has been prepared, and the Deqing Emperor is about to attack, and there is no need to delay the time.

After the Southern Patrol fleet passed through Changzhou, the next stop was Suzhou!

When you get there, there is bound to be a lot of excitement to see.

After thinking about it, Zhao Junchen agreed and planned to leave.

However, Zhao Junchen was about to say goodbye, but Emperor Deqing suddenly opened his mouth and asked an extremely sensitive question.

"Junchen, speaking of which, what do you think of the current cabinet of the imperial court?"

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PS: I'm in a bad mood, I'm upset, I'm sorry for the delay!!

…… (To be continued......)