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After thinking about it, Emperor Deqing couldn't make up his mind for a while.

In the end, Emperor Deqing's attitude towards Zhou Shangjing's proposal was just noncommittal, neither in favor nor against, or even without any evaluation, just asking the ministers in the Taihe Palace to find other countermeasures.

The princes of the imperial court did not eat dry rice completely, and all of them enthusiastically proposed, and some suggestions were put forward, but these suggestions either drank doves to quench their thirst, or drove with water, or could not quench their thirst from far away, and even some proposals were completely unrealistic, and were finally rejected one after another.

In this way, after spending a lot of time and energy, and after endless debates and discussions, Emperor Deqing and his ministers still failed to find a feasible strategy that could quickly produce results.

Seeing that the time was approaching noon, Emperor Deqing had no choice but to announce the next dynasty, and let the officials return to their respective yamen to continue to discuss countermeasures.

But Emperor Deqing actually didn't really expect the officials to play a role at this time, and when he left the Taihe Palace, he had already begun to consider Zhou Shangjing's proposal again.

Should you invite Zhao Junchen out of the mountain to solve the current predicament of the imperial court? Is Zhao Junchen willing to go out of the mountain to help the imperial court get out of the predicament? If Zhao Junchen is unwilling, what price does Emperor Deqing need to pay to make Zhao Junchen change his mind?

In this way, Emperor Deqing arrived at the imperial study full of worries.

After entering the imperial study, Emperor Deqing did not pay attention to the notes on the imperial case, but continued to think about Zhao Junchen's affairs.

"During this period of time, Zhao Junchen's mind has been obvious, after I took away his financial power, he was only afraid that he had some resentment in his heart, but he did not directly resist, but he was never willing to pay attention to the affairs of the household department anymore, let alone help me clean up the mess of the household department......

Two days ago, I forcibly forced him to temporarily sit in the yamen of the household department and help the household officials prepare the logistics of the Hetao war.

To this day, I can't figure out whether his death was real or not! But in any case, because of this incident, I can't force him to temporarily take over the trouble of the household department, otherwise I won't mention that he will definitely use his illness as an excuse to repeatedly resign and refuse to accept his life, and I will end up with an unkind evaluation at that time......

Therefore, if you really want Zhao Junchen to go out of the mountain to solve the current financial and food dilemma of the imperial court, you must give Zhao Junchen some benefits, and the best way is to return the financial power of the imperial court to Zhao Junchen again......

However, it was not easy for me to take back the financial power from Zhao Junchen's hands and weaken Zhao Junchen's influence in the household yamen, and it was only a few days before I had to hand over the household yamen back to Zhao Junchen......

However, the current predicament of the imperial court is only handled by Zhao Junchen, and if the treasury is allowed to run out of money and grain, I am afraid that the trouble will be much greater......"

While thinking about it repeatedly, Emperor Deqing had more and more headaches and was quite in a dilemma.

In the end, Emperor Deqing's eyes turned to the pile of notes on the imperial case, and decided to change his mood, divert his attention, and deal with these notes first, maybe he could trigger inspiration.

Then, Emperor Deqing picked up a book and looked through it, but found that it was Mao Jiamin, the governor of Liaodong, who said that it was the Northeast Jurchen who had dispatched troops and sent generals during this time, and there were frequent changes, which made all towns in Liaodong nervous, hoping that the imperial court could supplement a batch of materials and military expenses to Liaodong and boost the morale of the army.

In short, he who stretches out his hand for silver.

Emperor Deqing directly threw this note aside, reached out and rubbed his temples, and then picked up another copy and flipped through it.

This is the prefect of Fengyang, Zhang Shunchang's note, saying that the grain harvest in Fengyang is not in place this year, and he asks Emperor Deqing to reduce or reduce Fengyang's taxes as appropriate...... And, Fengyang is the hometown of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, known as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which can be described as of great political significance, and there must be no chaos, so the meaning of Fengyang prefect Zhang Shunchang's words is not only to ask Emperor Deqing to reduce taxes, but also to hope that Emperor Deqing will come up with a sum of money and grain to help the people of Fengyang.

In short, he still stretched out his hand to ask for silver.

Emperor Deqing took a deep breath, still throwing this note aside, and picked up the third one.

This is a note sent by the elder Liang Fuchen from the Huamachi camp, indicating that he has completely controlled the military and political situation in Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Hetao war is currently progressing smoothly...... However, in order to reduce the burden of the imperial court to rule the Hetao in the future, Liang Fuchen proposed that the imperial court should take out a sum of money and grain to build an official road from Shaanxi and Gansu to the Hetao.

He still stretched out his hand for money.

Emperor Deqing only felt that his head was about to explode!

After taking a sip of tea and barely suppressing the fire in his heart, Emperor Deqing once again began to think about Zhao Junchen's comeback.

"Speaking of which, in fact, I don't have to worry that Zhao Junchen will completely control the financial power of the imperial court, just like this time, I want to take back the financial power from Zhao Junchen, and I quickly took it back, although Zhao Junchen is a little angry, but he has no intention of resisting at all...... So, even if I hand over the imperial court's finances to Zhao Junchen again, what can I do? In the future, it will be easy to take over the power!

During this period of time, all kinds of financial troubles, in fact, I was too anxious when I took power, the imperial court finances have gradually improved under the management of Zhao Junchen, and I also see it, I should wait until the imperial court finances are completely on the right track and there are no hidden worries in a short period of time, and then take back the authority from Zhao Junchen's hands, so that there will be no worries...... Otherwise, like this time, when there are still many hidden worries about the imperial court's finances, you can't wait to put aside Zhao Junchen, and you will naturally have to swallow the bitter fruit!

Alas, in the final analysis, it was Zhao Junchen's military exploits on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu that were too amazing, which made me confused, and for a while I just wanted to suppress him as soon as possible, and I didn't think too carefully......

In this way, the current troubles are also an opportunity for me to have a reason to return the financial power of the imperial court to Zhao Junchen, which will also have many benefits for me......

After Zhao Junchen saw that I had purged many of his cronies who had been placed in the household department, he said that it was better to avoid suspicion or to be angry, so he was unwilling to pay attention to the affairs of the household department, and he kept asking for resignation......

If I hand over this position to a certain 'Zhao Party' official, it will be equivalent to handing over the imperial court's finances to Zhao Junchen again, which can not only show my trust, but also appease Zhao Junchen's resentment, and at that time, Zhao Junchen can only help the imperial court solve the financial dilemma......

Well, of course, I can't watch Zhao Junchen's power expand, and I must not tolerate Zhao Junchen's development of military power, and the purge and rectification of the Shaanxi and Gansu sides will continue, but the financial power doesn't have to be too tight, and I can't force Zhao Junchen too tightly......"

While thinking about it, Emperor Deqing's mind had quietly changed.

In the final analysis, this change is due to the fact that Emperor Deqing has become accustomed to relying on Zhao Junchen in terms of finances.

Emperor Deqing's attitude towards Zhao Junchen was like that of later generations of smokers who were addicted to cigarettes, both dependent and vigilant, and decided to smoke another cigarette, but also comforted himself to quit smoking completely after smoking this one.

Moreover, Emperor Deqing was completely unaware that his bottom line of tolerance for Zhao Junchen had quietly increased again.

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After making a decision in his heart, Emperor Deqing's mood improved slightly.

Emperor Deqing had had enough of wiping his ass for the household department many times during this time, and now he decided to hand over the household department to Zhao Junchen again, he only felt relaxed, and even his head didn't hurt much.

Then, Emperor Deqing began to think about the next thing - how he would appease Zhao Junchen and ease relations with Zhao Junchen.

After all, Emperor Deqing's attitude of suppressing Zhao Junchen a few days ago was too obvious, and it seemed too blunt to directly return the financial power to Zhao Junchen in this way.

Moreover, Emperor Deqing's plan to purge Shaanxi and Gansu officialdom is about to begin, and once Zhao Junchen receives the news, he will inevitably further increase his resentment.

After thinking for a moment, Emperor Deqing suddenly spoke: "Spread my will, Wen Caining, the head of the imperial hospital, is incompetent and incompetent, lacking in medical ethics, misdiagnosed the important ministers of the imperial court, and has an extremely bad impact, I am extremely angry, and I am demissing his official position and driving him out of the imperial hospital. ”

After Zhao Junchen passed out suddenly last time, he has always accused Wen Caining of misdiagnosing his condition, if it weren't for Wen Caining's swear that Zhao Junchen's body was fine, Zhao Junchen would not forcibly drag the sick body to the household department, and he would not have fainted in the end, so Zhao Junchen thought that all this was Wen Caining's fault, which can be described as extremely resentful.

It stands to reason that in this case, Emperor Deqing should have expressed his stance as soon as possible to punish Wen Caining to appease Zhao Junchen's grievances, but Wen Caining is the old man next to Emperor Deqing after all, Emperor Deqing has always trusted him, and after all, he has some old feelings, and the reason why Wen Caining swore that Zhao Junchen's health was fine was entirely because of Emperor Deqing's hints, and it could be regarded as carrying a black pot to Emperor Deqing, so Emperor Deqing has been dragging this matter, but he has punished Wen Caining with a sum of money He was demoted by half a rank.

But now, in order to repair relations with Zhao Junchen as soon as possible, Emperor Deqing had to give up Wen Caining.

On the other side, after hearing Emperor Deqing's order, the great eunuch Zhang De was shocked, and hurriedly agreed, and he was going to send someone to deliver the decree.

But before Zhang De could take action, Emperor Deqing said: "In addition, send someone to Zhao Junchen's mansion and send a message to Zhao Junchen, saying that the candidate for the Hubu Shangshu has not been decided for a long time, and I have not been able to make up my mind, so let Zhao Junchen give me a counselor." ”

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Emperor Deqing suddenly punished Wen Caining, the head of the imperial hospital, and it soon spread.

In Wenhua Pavilion, Zhou Shangjing also received the news for the first time.

After receiving the news, Zhou Shangjing's old face had a smile on his face.

When Emperor Deqing was flipping through the notes, he saw three copies of the notes that he reached out for silver in a row, which was not an accident, but a small means of Zhou Shangjing.

In the end, as Zhou Shangjing expected, Emperor Deqing, annoyed by the financial situation of the imperial court, finally decided to make concessions and invite Zhao Junchen out of the mountain.

“…… Well, this game can only continue if all the players sit in front of the board...... If Zhao Junchen is allowed to hide behind the scenes, it will be an unpredictable variable, and it will also lower His Majesty's vigilance, and no one knows what kind of idea he has! Now, with the help of His Majesty, Zhao Junchen has once again come to the present from dark to light, and the old man can guess his true intentions from his every move...... The next step is to further reduce the variables and invite those unqualified players to play......"

Thinking of this, Zhou Shangjing glanced up at Shen Changmao, the first assistant of the cabinet not far away, and his gaze was very soft.

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