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When all the elders and Tong Huan hurried to the imperial study, they were soon summoned by Emperor Deqing.

When everyone entered the imperial study, Zuo Lanshan looked proud with his head up and his steps brisk, and he didn't see the humility of cowering and cautious before.

In fact, perhaps the situation a few days ago was too aggrieved, Zuo Lanshan was not only extremely proud at this time, but also a little forgetful.

After seeing Emperor Deqing, Zuo Lanshan actually ignored Shen Changmao, who had a higher status, and Zhou Shangjing, who was more senior, and reported loudly: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the news of the victory in Weishui has come from Shaanxi and Gansu again!" ”

For Zuo Lanshan's performance, the rest of the pavilion elders couldn't help frowning, only thinking that Zuo Lanshan was a villain.

On the other side, hearing Zuo Lanshan's report, Emperor Deqing also raised his head from the pile of notes on the imperial case, but his brows were slightly furrowed, and he said, "Oh? Zhao Junchen has good news again? Shouldn't this good news be vague again? ”

This is already the third good news that Zhao Junchen sent to the center of the imperial court, the first good news is that Zhao Junchen just entered the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu when he encountered thousands of Mongolian cavalry raids, and in the end, Zhao Junchen just relied on the terrain to completely defeat this Mongolian cavalry with hundreds of guards around him, but the results of this good news are too incredible, which naturally caused many doubts; The second piece of good news is a transcript of the battle at the Xiaochuan River, but it is vague and has no circumstantial evidence, which also attracts a lot of criticism.

In short, Zhao Junchen's first two reports of victory caused countless controversies after they arrived in the capital, and Emperor Deqing also doubted the truth in his heart, and he had to spend a lot of energy to mediate the fierce arguments of the officials, so after Emperor Deqing heard Zuo Lanshan's victory at this time, his face did not have too much joy, but he faintly felt a headache.

Seeing that Emperor Deqing's expression was not too happy, Zuo Lanshan realized that he had not explained the matter clearly, and hurriedly said: "Report to Your Majesty, this time it is about the good news that Lord Zhao personally led the Shaanxi-Gansu border army and the Mongolian coalition army to conduct a decisive battle on the south bank of Weishui, after this battle, Lord Zhao has completely annihilated the 100,000 Mongolian coalition troops who invaded Shaanxi and Gansu, and captured nearly 30,000 enemy heads in total, captured more than 13,000 prisoners, captured more than 8,000 war horses, and countless military funds, and also captured the Mongolian coalition commander Bagen alive!" The evidence is conclusive! The evidence is ironclad! Especially with so many prisoners, and even captured the Mongolian commander alive, these things will definitely not be fake, and you will know when the time comes! ”

After speaking, Zuo Lanshan glanced at Shen Changmao and Cheng Yuandao from the corner of his eye, and said: "Yichen thinks about it, the reason why Lord Zhao's last good news is vague is also because he will rush to the south bank of Weishui to prepare for the decisive battle after the battle of Xiaochuan River is over, so he can't take care of counting the results, and the good news is naturally not detailed enough, which is enough to show that what Lord Zhao has done during this period of time can definitely be called hard work and hard work!" But I didn't expect that just because the good news was a little vague, it attracted countless suspicions and criticisms, which is really chilling, and now that the truth is revealed, no one will say strange things anymore! ”

As Zuo Lanshan's words fell, Shen Changmao and Cheng Yuandao suddenly turned dark.

On the other side, after hearing Zuo Lanshan's detailed report, Emperor Deqing was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly, stared at his eyes and asked loudly, "What did you say?" Zhao Junchen annihilated 100,000 Mongolian coalition troops? And captured alive the commander of the Mongol coalition? ”

Seeing Emperor Deqing's stunned appearance, Zuo Lanshan had a smile on his face even more, and said, "That's true!" According to Lord Zhao, after this battle, the Mongols have suffered a great loss of vitality, and can ensure peace in the northwest frontier for the next ten years! Your Majesty, this is a great joy! ”

After confirming the news again, Emperor Deqing finally showed ecstasy on his face, and laughed: "It is indeed a great thing!" Annihilated 100,000 Mongolian troops, and captured the Mongolian commander alive! Even Taizu rarely made such great achievements back then! During my reign, I can have such great military exploits, which must be recorded in the annals of history and passed on for thousands of years, and I am finally worthy of my ancestors and ancestors! Where's the good news? Hurry up and bring it to me! ”

Emperor Deqing is an emperor who is very happy, and he is very concerned about the evaluation of himself by the history book after a hundred years, but he has not left any merits worth boasting about since he ascended to the base for ten years, which has always been a regret in the heart of Emperor Deqing.

However, when Emperor Deqing got the good news and read it carefully, the smile on his face gradually became reluctant.

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The content of this good news is of course conclusive evidence and ironclad evidence, whether it is the capture of 30,000 prisoners or the capture of the Mongolian commander Bagen, it cannot be faked, and the truth can be distinguished as long as it is checked afterwards, so Emperor Deqing no longer suspects that Zhao Junchen is lying about his military exploits this time.

However, what made Emperor Deqing unacceptable was that this good news only mentioned Zhao Junchen's outstanding achievements in personally leading the Shaanxi-Gansu border army to annihilate the Mongol coalition army, which was obviously a great achievement, but it did not mention Liang Fuchen's name at all!

At this time, Emperor Deqing still didn't know about Liang Fuchen's kidnapping, Zhao Junchen's last secret only said that Liang Fuchen was seriously ill after entering Shaanxi and Gansu, but Emperor Deqing thought that Liang Fuchen's condition should have improved after this period of recuperation, and Liang Fuchen was a strong-willed and conscientious person, and when he encountered such an important battle as the decisive battle of Weishui, even if he dragged his sick body, he would actively participate in it, even if he could not personally sit on the front line to command the war, he would stay in the rear to preside over the overall situation, Coupled with Liang Fuchen's status as an envoy, Liang Fuchen's name should be mentioned in this good news anyway.

Liang Fuchen is a core member of the "Imperial Party", and his loyalty to Emperor Deqing is beyond doubt, and Emperor Deqing has always trusted him, so Emperor Deqing naturally hopes that this great military exploit can be counted on Liang Fuchen's head.

As long as the name of Liang Fuchen is mentioned in this good news, Emperor Deqing will count the first merit on Liang Fuchen's head, and Zhao Junchen can only get one second merit at most, and the imperial court will deliberately highlight the role of Liang Fuchen when announcing this great victory in the future, so that the world will ignore Zhao Junchen's merits, so that Zhao Junchen will not end up with too many benefits. At the same time, after Liang Fuchen had such great military achievements, the plan to take over as the first assistant of the cabinet in the future and help Emperor Deqing control the cabinet was also a matter of course.

But the reality is cruel, Liang Fuchen obviously did not play any role in the war, so this good news only mentions Zhao Junchen's exploits, but there is no name of Liang Fuchen at all, as if Liang Fuchen does not exist at all.

Such a rare battlefield victory in a hundred years is naturally a good thing, but if all the credit for this victory is attributed to Zhao Junchen, it may not be a good thing for Emperor Deqing.

In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen is just a night pot used to attract public grievances and official grievances, and after the new emperor ascends the throne, he will be used to kill the fat pig to be slaughtered, but if Zhao Junchen is allowed to monopolize such a great military exploit, wouldn't he have to completely reverse his reputation and even become a famous minister in the annals of history?

In this way, how can Emperor Deqing still use Zhao Junchen to attract the resentment of the government and the opposition? How can the next emperor still kill him?

The most important thing is that Zhao Junchen is only twenty-five or sixteen years old now, but he is already a second-class member of the imperial court and one of the powerful ministers in the temple. Based on Zhao Junchen's age, he will have at least thirty or fifty years to run the government and the opposition in the future, and in the end, won't he be even more terrifying than Zhou Shangjing today? When the time comes, will the Ming Dynasty be surnamed Zhu or Zhao?

In this regard, Emperor Deqing would rather let Zhou Shangjing get this military merit, although Zhou Shangjing is scheming, power-leaning towards the government and the opposition, and has been fighting with Emperor Deqing for decades, but after all, he is more than seventy years old, and sooner or later he will leave the core of the temple to return to his hometown, but he does not have too many hidden dangers like Zhao Junchen.

After this battle, will the attitude of the folk scholars and the common people towards Zhao Junchen change? After Zhao Junchen personally led the Ming army to annihilate the Mongol coalition army, would he be supported by the generals in the army? With such a great feat, will the influence of the "Zhao Party" expand rapidly?

Emperor Deqing was well aware of the emperor's intentions and was the most sensitive to changes in the political situation and power, but at this time, he thought of these things in an instant, and he became more and more jealous of Zhao Junchen.

originally thought that he just had a domestic cat that he could handle at will, but he suddenly found that this domestic cat had become a tiger that would eat people at any time, which was about the mood of Emperor Deqing at this time.

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In the blink of an eye, Emperor Deqing slowly raised his head, and the smile on his face returned to the same as before, as if he was now just wholeheartedly happy for this great victory.

"Zhao Junchen is worthy of my trust in them, he annihilated 100,000 Mongolian troops and captured the Mongolian commander Bagen alive, which really raised my face!" After a pause, Emperor Deqing hesitated slightly, and then said: "Of course, although Liang Fuchen's name is not mentioned in this good news, it only says that Zhao Junchen personally sat on the front line to command the battle, but I think that Liang Fuchen, as the envoy of the Qincha, also has the credit of staying in the rear to command the overall situation!" ”

Emperor Deqing didn't want Zhao Junchen to take over the merits alone, so he still planned to use Liang Fuchen to carve up Zhao Junchen's merits.

After such an ironclad military victory, Zuo Lanshan was bold, and after seeing Emperor Deqing's statement, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the minister, Zhao Junchen has always understood the rules, as long as Liang Ge Lao played a role in this war, he will definitely be the first to be meritorious, but there is no mention of Liang Ge Lao's name in this good news, plus Lord Zhao mentioned that Liang Ge Lao is seriously ill in his last secret letter, it is obvious that Liang Ge Lao's condition has not healed and he still stays in the rear to recuperate. Didn't play any role! ”

Zhou Shangjing's eyes fluctuated for a moment, and then he also said: "Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks that Liang Ge Lao is afraid that he has not played too much role this time, Liang Ge Lao is a practical and upright old minister, his personality has always been admired by the old minister, if he is allowed to suffer without merit and sit back and enjoy his success, I am afraid it will only make him feel embarrassed." ”

With Zuo Lanshan and Zhou Shangjing's successive statements, Shen Changmao, Cheng Yuandao, and Li He next to them also expressed their attitudes after a little hesitation.

Of course, they didn't want Zhao Junchen to take the big credit alone, but they all understood Emperor Deqing's plan to promote Liang Fuchen to become the first assistant of the cabinet and then control the cabinet, so they didn't want Emperor Deqing to count the first credit of this great victory on Liang Fuchen's head! After all, the struggle between several major factions in the temple is after all an internal dispute among the officials, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, so it is not a big deal for Zhao Junchen to be proud for a while, and there will be a chance to win back a game in the future, but if Emperor Deqing controls the cabinet, the nature will be completely different.

Seeing that several pavilion elders had refuted their attitudes, a trace of anger flashed in Emperor Deqing's eyes.

Especially seeing Zuo Lanshan's attitude of actively fighting for Zhao Junchen's interests, he was even more annoyed.

Since he noticed that Zhao Junchen's rise momentum was gradually irrepressible, Emperor Deqing wanted to use Zuo Lanshan to split the "Zhao Party" and weaken Zhao Junchen's power and influence, after all, Zuo Lanshan, as the second person in the "Zhao Party", was ostensibly the cabinet elder, and he was much more noble than Zhao Junchen, and he was fully qualified to compete with Zhao Junchen.

During this period of time, the major political parties took advantage of the opportunity of Zhao Junchen's departure from the capital to attack the "Zhao Party" officials, but the "Zhao Party" did not suffer too many losses from beginning to end, not because Zuo Lanshan was able to hold the scene and withstand the pressure, but because of the secret protection of the Deqing Emperor, and the Deqing Emperor's practice was to enable Zuo Lanshan to establish prestige within the "Zhao Party" and let the "Zhao Party" officials understand that Zuo Lanshan could also protect them, so as to lay the foundation for the future split of the "Zhao Party".

In this case, Emperor Deqing also hinted to Zuolanshan many times.

It's a pity that Zuo Lanshan is not the kind of wolf with ambition, and he doesn't have the courage to be an enemy of Zhao Junchen at all.

"Zuo Lanshan, this dog! As a cabinet minister, he only knows that only Zhao Junchen is the first to look forward, and he doesn't feel ashamed! Not only did he turn a blind eye to my painstaking efforts, but he was also extremely stupid and had no vision! Couldn't he understand that after Zhao Junchen had such merits, it was very likely that he would enter the cabinet as an auxiliary minister, but whether it was me or Zhou Shangjing, or Shen Changmao and other cabinet assistants, how could they tolerate the presence of two 'Zhao Party' members in the cabinet? If Zhao Junchen really entered the cabinet, wouldn't it mean that he would soon be out of the cabinet! This idiot just can't figure it out! ”

In addition to his secret anger, Emperor Deqing did not move on the surface, and did not continue to argue with everyone, nodding and saying: "This good news is just to inform the imperial court of the results of the war, as for whether Liang Fuchen played a role during this war, it is better to wait until the gong is sent to the capital before making a judgment!" “

Speaking of this, Emperor Deqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he continued: "At this time, I am more concerned about two other things...... The first thing is the content of the secret that Zhao Junchen submitted to me some time ago, Zhao Junchen swore in that secret that he could defeat the Mongolian coalition army, and also thought that there would be a chance to further recover the Hetao after the war, so that the imperial court could prepare early, but at that time, our monarchs and ministers were not sure that Zhao Junchen would be able to lead the army to defeat the Mongolian coalition army, although he was prepared, but it was not particularly sufficient, and now Zhao Junchen has fulfilled his promise and indeed annihilated the Mongolian coalition army in one fell swoop, and it is time for the imperial court to make a move! ”

As he spoke, Emperor Deqing's expression was vaguely excited.

Zhao Junchen's hidden danger is a matter of the future after all, for Emperor Deqing, if he can recover the Hetao during his reign, the evaluation of the future history books will be much higher, and even after the funeral, you can even add a "saint" word to the temple number to show honor.

After a pause, a trace of jealousy flashed in Emperor Deqing's eyes, and he added: "Of course, even if the imperial court wants to send troops to recover the Hetao, it must be handed over to Liang Fuchen to preside...... As for Zhao Junchen, this period of time is indeed a lot of hard work, so I plan to let him return to the capital immediately, on the one hand, to let him have a good rest, on the other hand, all the matters in the temple are inseparable from him, especially the post-war military merit reward, the logistics preparation of sending troops to Hetao, he needs to solve it...... But before Zhao Junchen returns to the capital, the imperial court must also make up its mind as soon as possible, how to reward Zhao Junchen for his exploits during this time! …… That's the second thing! ”

After hearing Emperor Deqing's statement, everyone present had a grim expression, knowing that the main event was coming!

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