Chapter 30. The third watch
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The next day, before the early dynasty, as always, after the middle of the hour, Zhao Junchen came to the noon gate in a sedan chair, where the prince and his party and the first assistant Zhou Shangjing had been waiting for a long time, and the other cabinet elders and important ministers were still waiting for the bell to ring before appearing. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)
However, unlike in the past, when Zhao Junchen got off the sedan chair, his power and popularity were much greater than those of previous days.
In fact, since returning to Beijing, Zhao Junchen has changed his previous solitary and domineering attitude, greeted the DPRK and Chinese officials with a smile, and made friends with his will. In the case of the Qiuyu fraud case in the three provinces, Zhao Junchen also showed his ability to protect his friends and his strong influence in front of Emperor Deqing.
In the face of such a Zhao Junchen, many court officials who are interested in looking for backers, or court officials who are not valued in the faction, are moved.
However, at that time, the outcome of the gambling contract between Zhao Junchen and the crown prince Zhu Heyu was undecided, if Zhao Junchen finally lost the gambling contract and was guilty of bullying the king, then his future would be ruined, let alone sheltering his friends, and he would be a faction of his own.
Therefore, although many court officials had the intention of moving closer to Zhao Junchen, most of them did not take action because of the gambling contract, and they were just waiting and considering.
But with the end of the pancreas supply auction in the household department, everyone knows that this bet must be won by Zhao Junchen!
At this time, if you don't show your attitude, when will you stay?
In fact, yesterday's household auction just ended, Zhao Junchen's mansion, there were already many court officials or sent famous posts, or personally went to visit, for a while, in front of Zhao's mansion, the traffic was busy, noisy and extraordinary.
And today's early dynasty, with the appearance of Zhao Junchen, it is even more lively, many courtiers, has been waiting for a long time, after Zhao Junchen got off the sedan chair, they have come closer to Zhao Junchen, crowded, shoulder to shoulder, rough calculation, there are no less than twenty or thirty people, have greeted Zhao Junchen, greeted, show goodwill, and so on.
Looking at the officials in front of him, although the official positions and powers are not large, if they can choose to be included in the door, it is always a good start for Zhao Junchen, and it can increase Zhao Junchen's prestige and status in the hearts of hundreds of officials in the court, so Zhao Junchen also returned the salute one by one, and he was quite polite.
"Lord Zhao, yesterday the lower official sent someone to send a name card to your mansion, I wonder if Lord Zhao has seen it?"
"Lord Zhao, Xia Guan intends to hold a banquet in Linyuan Pavilion today, I wonder if Lord Zhao can have a face-to-face gathering?"
"Lord Zhao is well, the lower officials are here to wish your lord the promotion to the position of Shangshu!"
In the midst of the noise, Zhao Junchen's hands were pressed weakly, and all the officials quieted down, looking at Zhao Junchen expectantly.
I saw Zhao Junchen smile and said: "If today's official is really fortunate to be promoted to the head of the household department, I will hold a banquet to thank you for your strong support to the official these days, well, it will be set at this afternoon, Tianhailou in the west of the city, what do you think?" This official will not post anymore, today's unitary time, as long as the colleagues who can appreciate their faces and go to the banquet, they are all friends of my Zhao Junchen. ”
Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, a group of officials agreed one after another.
Suddenly, I heard someone snort softly: "Zhao Shilang is full of confidence, does Zhao Shilang really think that he has won the bet?" ”
Zhao Junchen turned his head to look, but saw Bao Wenjie, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, standing not far away at some point, and was looking at Zhao Junchen and the others coldly at this time.
Seeing that it was Bao Wenjie who spoke, the courtiers gathered around Zhao Junchen all subconsciously kept silent.
Bao Wenjie has a three-rank official residence, holds real power, and is a close confidant of the prince, although these people have the heart to take refuge in Zhao Junchen, but the matter is undecided, and it is not worth offending Bao Wenjie in vain.
Zhao Junchen smiled slightly, arched his hand at Bao Wenjie, and was just about to say something, when someone rushed to say: "Oh? Now His Majesty has decreed that the silver taels obtained from the operation of pancreas in the inner treasury will be distributed to the household department 200,000 taels every year, and the matter has come to this point, Lord Zhao has won the gambling contract, what? Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually plans to break the contract and regret it? ”
While speaking, Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan appeared together, and the one who spoke just now was Zhan Shanchang, who had already seen Bao Wenjie unpleasant.
If there was no report from Bao Wenjie on the fraud case in the three provinces, Zhan Shanchang would not have been so wolf a few days ago, not to mention that the two of them have already formed a lot of bonds in the struggle for power in the Ministry of Rites over the years.
Bao Wenjie saw that it was Zhan Shanchang who spoke, a look of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he snorted and said, "How long can the villain be rampant?" ”
While speaking, Bao Wenjie said to Zhao Junchen again: "Lord Zhao, this bet may not be won by you, let's see you in the court." ”
While speaking, without waiting for Zhan Shanchang to refute, Bao Wenjie had already turned around and walked towards the location where the prince's party had gathered, leaving only Zhan Shanchang's face blue.
But Zhao Junchen didn't say anything, just followed the direction of Bao Wenjie and looked towards the prince's party.
Obviously, the prince's party now knows about Zhao Junchen's use of pancreas to make profits, and they all have stern faces, but they don't have much disappointment, and they obviously have their own means of coping.
In this regard, Zhao Junchen is not worried, this time, he deliberately revealed some flaws, obviously the prince's party has been aware of it, but Zhao Junchen doesn't care, these flaws, he left it to Emperor Deqing to see, the prince's party thought they had a plan, but in fact, it was just used by Zhao Junchen.
Between his glances, Zhao Junchen saw Shoufu Zhou Shangjing again, as always, Zhou Shangjing was surrounded by a group of people in the middle, and at this time he was also looking at Zhao Junchen with scrutinizing eyes.
After the two made eye contact, both Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing nodded politely to each other.
Zhao Junchen had no doubt that Zhou Shangjing must have known about Emperor Deqing's arrangements yesterday, but for Emperor Deqing's actions, it did not affect Zhou Shangjing at all, and his expression was as indifferent as always, so that Zhao Junchen couldn't see through the depths.
On the other hand, because of Bao Wenjie's appearance, the court officials gathered around Zhao Junchen were all a little embarrassed, and when they saw Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan walking towards Zhao Junchen, they all said goodbye one after another.
After only Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan were left around, Zhao Junchen took the two of them and walked in the direction of the noon gate, and instructed as he walked: "Tonight's banquet, you two will also come, those court officials who want to take refuge in my door, you two are responsible for screening." ”
Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Zhan Shanchang and Tong Huan both nodded in understanding.
Although Zhao Junchen has the intention to recruit the Peng Party, he also does not want to accept a group of spies sent by other factions, how many of those people just now really want to join Zhao Junchen? Zhao Junchen really has no bottom in his heart.
In addition, although many officials have the heart to join Zhao Junchen, the reason why they could not find a backer in the past, or they were not reused in the faction, also had many of their own problems, or their ability was too poor, or they were short-sighted, or they could not get along with people normally.
Just between Zhao Junchen's instructions, the bell rang on the noon gate, and as the noon gate slowly opened, Wen Guanliang, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao, the three elders, stepped on the sedan chair as always, and the early dynasty began.
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