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Everyone in the world thinks that the matter of commercial taxation is both an opportunity and a crisis for Zhao Junchen.

If this matter is successful, it means that Zhao Junchen has solved a major stubborn disease in the Ming Dynasty for more than 100 years, and it is naturally a meritorious achievement, and even if the government and the opposition parties hate Zhao Junchen to the bone, they cannot deny Zhao Junchen's contribution to the Ming Dynasty, even if they hate Zhao Junchen's corrupt official status, they have to admit that "although this person is greedy, he does have merit and ability", and at that time, Zhao Junchen's power will expand, and the wind will quietly change.

However, if this matter fails, Zhao Junchen will not only usher in the blame of Emperor Deqing, but also offend countless vested interests in vain, and will face the crazy counterattack and revenge of these vested interests, and his ability will also be questioned.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Zhao Junchen's presiding over the rectification of commercial taxes is completely an adventure, although the benefits are high, but the risks are also great.

However, only a few discerning people can understand that after Zhao Junchen took over the business tax matter, no matter what the final success or failure is, the end will not be very good.

Even, for Zhao Junchen, once the business tax rectification is successful, the harm will be even greater.

After all, Zhao Junchen will be valued by Emperor Deqing, all relying on his outstanding financial management skills, the Ming Dynasty's money and grain turnover, but also rely on Zhao Junchen's efforts to maintain, in recent years, when the Ming Dynasty needs silver, Zhao Junchen or open source, or throttle, or embezzlement and squeezing, or idle resources reuse, can always think of a way to solve some, greatly alleviating the embarrassment of the court's money and grain, so Emperor Deqing has always been inseparable from Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen's various perverse behaviors are also a lot of connivance.

However, once the commercial tax rectification is successful, it means that the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty will be greatly eased, and the treasury of the household department will gradually be rich, and at that time, the importance of Zhao Junchen's financial management skills will be greatly reduced, which means that Zhao Junchen is no longer so indispensable to Emperor Deqing.

In short, once Zhao Junchen's action to rectify commercial taxes is successful, it is equivalent to destroying his biggest reliance and advantage with his own hands, coupled with Zhao Junchen's many enemies in the court, Emperor Deqing is also very sensitive to Zhao Junchen's positioning, and maybe he will usher in the end of the bird's exhaustion.

For such a situation, with Zhao Shancai's wisdom, he can naturally see it.

At the same time, Zhao Shancai never dared to underestimate Zhao Junchen's vision, thinking that Zhao Junchen must also understand these truths, so Zhao Shancai couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, and didn't understand why Zhao Junchen would support the imperial court to rectify commercial taxes, and personally took over this errand.

Vaguely, Zhao Shancai felt that Zhao Junchen would inevitably make big moves when he rectified the commercial tax, but these big moves were just a cover for Zhao Junchen, under the surface of the rectification of the commercial tax, there must be a hidden real plan of Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen's real plan must be very amazing, so that Zhao Junchen would rather risk his own advantages.

Today, the main reason why Zhao Shancai is willing to go to meet Zhao Junchen is to find out Zhao Junchen's true plan.

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On the other side, after hearing Zhao Shancai's temptation, Zhao Junchen frowned slightly while appreciating it.

He deliberately met with Zhao Shancai today in order to recruit Zhao Shancai for his own use, but not to let Zhao Shancai take the opportunity to test himself.

In fact, Zhao Junchen came from later generations, and naturally there were many open source strategies to improve the finances of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhao Junchen did not use them, it was in order to maintain his own advantages and dependence, he would now be willing to take action to rectify the commercial tax, and it was only because of the higher returns from the rectification of the commercial tax compared to the risk, and Zhao Junchen did have a series of hidden plans that would be gradually implemented in addition to the rectification of the commercial tax.

However, Zhao Junchen will not reveal these secret plans to Zhao Shancai no matter what.

Therefore, for Zhao Shancai's temptation, Zhao Junchen avoided talking about it, but just reversed the topic and said, "Oh? I had a conflict with Shen Shoufu last night, I didn't expect you to know in detail, I heard that after you invested in the Prince's East Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince valued you very much, and even handed over all his resources to you to integrate, and now it seems that you have not lived up to the prince's high expectations, but in just a few days, the East Palace's ability to collect intelligence has been significantly improved, which is really a good means......"

As he spoke, Zhao Junchen first showed admiration, but soon shook his head and sighed: "However, a carriage driving in the wrong direction, the stronger and more sturdy the horses pulling the carriage, the more skilled the horsemen who drive the carriage, and the more adequate and complete the money and food prepared, the more it will go against the grain and drift away...... Don't you understand this kind of truth? With the prince's temperament, even if you prepare for him no matter how powerful the power is, he will only hurt himself, and the stronger the power you prepare, the more he will hurt himself...... The prince is not a good lord, before and after His Majesty's southern tour, you should see it very clearly, you want to assist the prince, but the prince just can't listen to good advice, and in the end not only did he cause countless troubles, but also caused you to lose your official position and fame, don't you have a grudge? ”

After a pause, Zhao Junchen warned in an unprecedented solemn tone: "Shancai, it's not that I'm alarmist, the situation that the prince is facing now is far from being as simple as it seems, if you continue to assist him, losing your official position and fame is just the beginning." ”

Zhao Junchen didn't know that Zhao Shancai had already doubted the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian, and out of various considerations, he did not reveal Zhu Hejian's ambitions to Zhao Shancai, but only warned Zhao Shancai in vague words, hoping that Zhao Shancai would change his mind.

However, in a way, Zhao Shancai is willing to assist the crown prince Zhu and Yu, perhaps because the two of them have similar temperaments, and they are both the same stubbornness and difficult to change.

Therefore, after hearing Zhao Junchen's advice, Zhao Shan was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Lord Zhao, the path you have chosen may not be the right one, and the direction chosen by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may not be wrong...... In fact, your biggest shortcoming is that sometimes you are too confident, the road ahead is long and the end is unknown, and you and I are just exploring as we go. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Shancai's eyes brightened, and he seemed to be more and more determined in his choice, and said: "What's more, compared to the path of adults, the students think that the path of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is correct...... At the very least, the path chosen by the prince is difficult to follow, but you can still see the oasis in front of you, and the path you choose is a desert in front of you. ”

This is the fundamental reason why Zhao Shancai is unwilling to take refuge in Zhao Junchen.

In Zhao Shancai's view, Zhao Junchen rose with the help of corrupt officials, if Zhao Junchen can finally succeed in ascending to the throne, then the Ming Dynasty will inevitably usher in the erosion of corrupt officials controlling the government and the opposition, and at that time, the Ming Dynasty, which was already struggling, may be coming to an end. Although the crown prince Zhu Heyu has all kinds of flaws, he has principles and positions, and he may be able to clear the miasma of the imperial court and let the people see hope.

Seeing Zhao Shancai's attitude, Zhao Junchen shook his head regretfully.

But Zhao Junchen still did not give up, and then he either lured him to benefit, or moved him with affection, or explained the situation, or faintly threatened, and used all kinds of means.

It's a pity that no matter how Zhao Junchen persuaded him, Zhao Shancai was unmoved, but would test Zhao Junchen's plans and goals from time to time, which made Zhao Junchen feel helpless.

In the end, seeing that Zhao Shancai was still determined to assist the crown prince Zhu Heyu, Zhao Junchen sighed secretly in his heart, and finally gave up his advice.

For Zhao Shancai, Zhao Junchen has done his best out of cherishing talents, but Zhao Shancai is unwilling to change his mind.

In this case, for the sake of his own future, Zhao Junchen could only give up Zhao Shancai and let the Seventh Prince Zhu and Jianjiao destroy him.

Perhaps, the amazing and glamorous Zhao Shancai in front of him will suddenly disappear soon......

Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen felt sorry in his heart, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Shancai.

However, Zhao Junchen didn't know that the outlaw who was originally targeting Zhao Shancai actually recognized the wrong person and set the target on himself.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen's pity at this time is full of irony.

In a way, by chance, although Zhao Junchen did not change Zhao Shancai's mind, he did save Zhao Shancai's life once - inadvertently, in a way that Zhao Junchen was never willing to accept, at the cost of his own safety.

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When Zhao Junchen and Zhao Shancai left Tianhai Tower, the time was already less than three minutes.

This meeting, whether it was Zhao Junchen or Zhao Shancai, did not achieve the goal, Zhao Junchen failed to make Zhao Shancai change his mind, and Zhao Shancai failed to find out Zhao Junchen's true plan.

Yes, both of them are a little unwilling.

At the door of Tianhai Tower, Zhao Shancai saluted and said goodbye to Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen looked at Zhao Shancai quietly for a moment, but said: "Since this is the case, it is good to do it yourself!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen walked towards the position of his carriage and did not look at Zhao Shancai again.

On the contrary, it was Zhao Shancai, who quietly stared at Zhao Junchen's back for a long time.

When Zhao Junchen came to his carriage, Xu Qingyan had been waiting there for a long time.

Seeing Zhao Junchen's regretful look, Xu Qingyan's face flashed with anger and asked, "Young Master, then Zhao Shancai still doesn't know how to lift?" It's so unusual, who does he think he is? ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head and did not answer.

For Zhao Junchen, since Zhao Shancai is determined to take refuge in himself, and there is the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian eyeing him next to him, then Zhao Shancai's ending is already doomed.

Although it is regrettable, from now on, Zhao Junchen no longer needs to pay special attention to Zhao Shancai.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen just entered the carriage, and then instructed Xu Qingyan: "It's not early, it's almost time to Shenshi, let's go to Xishi, Cui Qianxue should already be waiting there." ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen didn't want to say more, Xu Qingyan glared fiercely in the direction of Zhao Shancai, but he didn't continue to speak, just sat on the wheel and told the coachman to drive to Xishi.

According to the agreement, Zhao Junchen will meet Cui Qianxue in the west market of the capital and make an appointment to relax.

However, no one noticed that when Zhao Junchen's carriage slowly drove towards the direction of Xishi, there was an outlaw secretly accompanying him.

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PS: Well, today's first shift, there are two more!

…… (To be continued.) )