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The crown prince Zhu Heyu, who is now just over thirty years old, although he has been canonized as the prince for only four or five years, but because of the propaganda of the Qinglius, he has already spread his reputation all over the world, and almost all the people believe that after His Royal Highness the prince succeeds to the throne, he will definitely become a rare Ming monarch in a century, and at that time, their life will be much better. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

As a symbol of the prince's wisdom and martial arts, although he is not yet the emperor, but because of his virtuous style and personality charm, he has long gathered many loyal auxiliary ministers around him, these people are centered on the prince Zhu and Yu, in recent years, they have advanced and retreated together in the court, and are called "princes" by the world. party".

"Prince. The word "party", in most of the time, is not a good name, and it has a derogatory meaning, but in this period, because of the virtuous name of Zhu Heyu, the Qingliu and Qing officials of the Manchu Dynasty have used the name of "prince. party" identity is proud.

It is rumored that after a certain cabinet elder returned to his hometown last year, he once described the situation above the temple to people like this - "The whole dynasty is full of smoke and miasma, only the prince. The party is refreshing, although today's demons are dancing wildly, but the prince. The party is still there, the prince is still there, and after ten years, the chaos can be set right, and Zhongxing is in sight. ”

From this, it can be seen that the crown prince Zhu and Yu have a high status in the hearts of those Qingliu and Qing officials, and it is not an exaggeration to say that these people are "looking forward to the succession" of the prince.

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On this day, in the East Palace, in the main hall, the prince. The party members gathered.

After all these years of development, "Prince. The number of "party" is increasing, and the influence is also increasing. Party members, it can be seen - the third division of the prince and the third prince are a lot, not to mention the ministers of the East Palace and the guests of the prince, in addition, there are Cheng Yuandao, a scholar of the Wenhuadian University, Li Chengru, the head of the household department, Lu Chunxiao, the right envoy of the Inspectorate, Bao Wenjie, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and others, gathered in the main hall of the East Palace at this time, sitting on both sides, no less than twenty or thirty people, which can be described as a wealth of talents.

Since Zhu Heyu was canonized as the crown prince and opened a palace, he often met with the prince. When the party members get together like this, or discuss national affairs, or exchange ways to govern the country, there are often surprising words, and the good names of the crown prince Zhu and Yu are also mostly derived from this.

In fact, such a gathering is also a helpless move by the crown prince Zhu and Yu. Although the influence of the princely party is growing, its influence is not the same as strength. Now the corrupt officials in the temple are in charge, and the Deqing Emperor has also suppressed the crown prince Zhu Heyu intentionally or unintentionally, so although the prince's party has the right to speak and build in the court, but the real power in their hands is pitiful, and they can only use this form of gathering to relieve their aspirations.

And today's gathering is mainly to discuss Emperor Deqing's desire to tour the south.

On the first seat, the crown prince Zhu and Yu were explaining to everyone the thoughts of Emperor Deqing.

"Last night, I begged to see my father, and once again explained to him the disadvantages of the southern tour, but unfortunately my father just didn't listen, but scolded me. Hey, since the father and emperor mentioned the matter of the southern tour a month ago, he was jointly dissuaded by us and others, but he has not made a conclusion, but every day people have been discussing the pros and cons of the southern tour. ”

Prince Zhu Heyu is tall and straight, with a straight face, facial features like a knife, a calm voice, a noble temperament, and a resolute and decisive expression that never changes as if engraved on his face.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince don't need to be discouraged." Cheng Yuandao, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, coughed, and said: "Now the household department can't take out the silver, if Your Majesty wants to tour the south, not to mention the repair of the palace and the honor guard, the food and accommodation of the personnel alone is a large expense, and Your Majesty is unwilling to use the silver of the inner treasury, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." According to the old minister, His Majesty is a momentary thought, but it was just a little angry when we rejected it, and it will pass after a while. ”

Lu Chunxiao, the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Inspectorate, shook his head and sighed: "Yes, Your Majesty's first two inspections were all big moves, not to mention the loss of labor and money, not to mention the disturbance of the people's strength, the silver of the treasury alone, the two times added up to no less than six or seven hundred thousand taels, but today's household department can't even take out thirty or fifty thousand taels of silver." ”

The young master of the crown prince, Guo Tang, frowned and said: "What the two of you said is very true, but what I am worried about now is not the southern tour, but because of the southern tour these days, my majesty has been arguing every day, and I can no longer take care of anything else, which has delayed many court affairs. ”

Bao Wenjie, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was also full of worries, and said: "Yes, a few days ago, Sichuan Tusi made trouble, and the excerpt has been presented to His Majesty for three days, and I haven't seen an approval until today. ”

Prince Zhu and Yu have a way, although it seems to be a casual meeting, but orderly, Cheng Yuandao, Lu Chunxiao, Guo Tang and others take turns to speak, one after another, the others neither interject nor grab words, just listen carefully, compared with the chaotic early dynasty every day, it is actually a superior judgment.

And to hear a group of princes. After the analysis of the party, the crown prince Zhu and Yu also had a stern face, and said in a deep voice: "What you say is reasonable, in order to avoid changes over time, we must do our best to solve this matter." Tomorrow morning, we will make a statement to my father and the emperor together, explaining the disadvantages of the southern tour, and it is necessary for the father to dispel the mind of the southern tour. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Heyu seemed to think of something, and asked Li Chengru, the head of the household, "Li Shangshu, the silver of the head of the household, really can't even take out thirty or fifty thousand taels?" ”

Li Chengru smiled bitterly, got up and saluted Zhu Heyu to plead guilty, and said: "Don't hide it from His Royal Highness the Prince, the surplus silver of the household department is only estimated by the lower officials, but if the specific amount is used, the lower officials ...... Xia Guan didn't know. ”

Li Chengru said a word, and the whole hall was shocked!!

Li Chengru is the secretary of the household department, and he is in charge of the world's money and grain, but he doesn't know how much silver taels are available in the household department? !

Looking at everyone's shocked and puzzled looks, Li Chengru smiled bitterly and explained: "You should have heard the rumors, that Zhao Junchen relied on His Majesty's favor, and he had already put my book in the air, and now I don't want to say that I am meddling in the affairs of the household department, and I don't even have the qualifications to intervene." ”

Listening to Li Chengru say this, the princes. The party members were shocked, but they did not laugh, but only felt empathy, most of them were famous and powerless people, and they were more or less excluded and suppressed by corrupt officials in the DPRK and China.

At the same time, they finally understood why Li Chengru took refuge in the crown prince Zhu Heyu - the crown prince Zhu Heyu and Zhao Junchen did not agree, which was a well-known thing in the Manchu Dynasty.

Bao Wenjie, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is the crown prince. One of the few people in the party who held real power, shrewd and capable, and had much sharper vision than others, suddenly asked: "Li Shangshu, although Zhao Junchen is arrogant and domineering, but as early as two months ago, he was sent by His Majesty to inspect the Lu'an locust plague, and he has not returned. Could it be that Zhao Junchen has run the household department so well, even if he is not there, you can't interfere? ”

Hearing Bao Wenjie's inquiry, Li Chengru's face showed a strange look, and after a long time, he explained: "As far as I know, in the past two months, all the affairs of the household department have been sent to Zhao Junchen's mansion to be resolved, so I still can't interfere. ”

Bao Wenjie was slightly stunned, and asked, "Didn't Zhao Junchen go to Lu'an Mansion?" Could it be that there is another high-ranking person in Zhao Junchen's mansion, who can handle the affairs of the household on his behalf when Zhao Junchen leaves Beijing? ”

Li Chengru was silent for a moment, then nodded: "That's right." ”

Bao Wenjie frowned, and then asked: "I have never heard of such a person in Zhao Junchen's mansion, do you know who it is?" ”

The strange look on Li Chengru's face became more and more obvious, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally said: "I don't know who that person is, I just heard rumors, it seems to be ...... It seems to be a concubine named Fang Ru next to Zhao Junchen. ”

As Li Chengru's words fell, the princes. The party members only felt that they had heard it wrong, and they were dumbfounded.

A concubine?!

Just a concubine, can act as the household department when Zhao Junchen is away? Isn't that child's play?

"Bump!!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and suddenly woke up the princes. Party people.

looked towards the source of the sound, but saw that the crown prince Zhu Heyu was pale at this time, and it was he who slapped the table just now.

"Zhao Junchen......" The hatred in Zhu Heyu's voice can be understood by anyone: "It is actually to hand over national affairs to a concubine, and treat state affairs as child's play, such a national thief, how can he be safe if he does not get rid of the world?" ”

A group of princes. In the party, Xiao Wenruan, the crown prince and prince, has the oldest qualifications and the highest status, but every time he talks, he speaks the least.

"The prince is angry." Xiao Wenruan is now over seventy years old, his voice is weak and intermittent, but with an unquestionable taste: "As a monarch, you need to be happy and angry, you need to have a city government, and you need to know more about advance and retreat than those corrupt officials and traitors, only in this way can you firmly grasp the overall situation, if you are just a Zhao Junchen is angry like this, then how can you achieve great things and prosper in the future?" Zhao Junchen is just a small person, short-sighted, he is already in danger, even if you don't deal with him, he won't be arrogant for long, compared to Zhou Shangjing's old fox, his threat to you is far worse, why should you be angry with him? ”

Hearing Xiao Wenruan's reprimand, Zhu Heyu finally calmed down, thinking of his gaffe just now, his face showed shame, got up and bowed to Xiao Wenruan, and said, "Thank you Taishi for your advice, and Yu knows that he is wrong." ”

Seeing Zhu Heyu behaving like this, Xiao Wenruan's eyes flashed with satisfaction.

In his eyes, this prince is resolute and decisive, jealous and hateful, and the most rare thing is that he has no stubbornness, he is as good as a stream, and he can change his mistakes, which is really a rare saint's temperament.

If Zhu Heyu has any shortcomings, it is Emperor Deqing.

As the prince and prince who has taught Zhu Heyu for more than ten years, Xiao Wenruan knows too much about Zhu Heyu, Zhu Heyu was not the inevitable candidate for the prince in the past, and there are several more qualified than him, but by chance, the dead are dead, the waste is wasted, and in the end, it is the turn of Zhu Heyu, the prince who has never been paid attention to by Emperor Deqing.

Due to the lack of attention of Emperor Deqing since childhood, after Zhu Heyu became the crown prince, in order to prove himself in front of Emperor Deqing, he worked hard and did his best everywhere, but for some reason, Emperor Deqing became more and more cold in the face of such a good prince.

Later, Zhao Junchen appeared, and Emperor Deqing's extraordinary favor for Zhao Junchen, as well as the rumor that Zhao Junchen was the illegitimate son of Emperor Deqing, made Zhu Heyu unconsciously full of jealousy and hatred for Zhao Junchen.

It is precisely because of this that every time Zhao Junchen is talked about, Zhu Heyu, who has always been calm, will always be more or less out of shape.

After sighing secretly in his heart, seeing that Zhu Heyu had finally calmed down, Xiao Wenruan continued to say in his weak tone: "If I remember correctly, then Zhao Junchen has been away from Beijing for two months, and he should come back, even if he doesn't plan to come back, with the shape of the court, His Majesty will recruit him back." ”

Zhu Heyu heard Xiao Wenruan say this, and after being slightly stunned, he asked, "What does the Taishi mean?" ”

Xiao Wenruan said: "That Zhao Junchen has no other abilities, but I admire his financial management skills, and this person has always been responsive to His Majesty's needs, I am afraid that after he comes back, he will move around, and finally he will make up enough of His Majesty's silver for the Southern Tour, in that case......"

Hearing this possibly, Prince. Everyone in the party was shocked.

Cheng Yuandao, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, said: "Unlikely, right? His Majesty's southern tour also needs at least three and a half million taels of silver, which is still a way to save money, where can he spare so much silver? Even if he has the ability, if we oppose it......"

Speaking of this, Cheng Yuandao seemed to be a little lacking in confidence, and added: "What's more, not only are we opposed, but Zhou Shangjing, the old fox, has the same meaning as us this time, and he also opposes His Majesty's southern tour. ”

As soon as Cheng Yuandao's words fell, he saw a guard from the Prince's East Palace hurrying over and reported: "His Royal Highness the Prince, news has just come that Zhao Junchen has returned to Beijing!" ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked.

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Zhao Junchen now wants to become a mature and sophisticated politician, if there is anyone in this era who can be an example for him to learn, it is Zhou Shangjing, the current cabinet assistant.

Zhou Shangjing is not the only one in the court, and now there are quite a few forces in the court that can compete with him, but if it is said that he is standing tall in the court, the whole dynasty is up and down, but he must be the most - since Emperor Deqing ascended the throne, Zhou Shangjing has been sitting firmly in the position of the elder for nearly thirty years, and no one can threaten him.

It is rumored that Zhou Shangjing has been running officialdom for decades, with dense party henchmen and amazing power, if he wants to be in power alone and dominate the family in the court, no one can stop him at all, at least, the forces that compete with him in the court today will not be his opponents at all.

However, Zhou Shangjing was reluctant to do this, because in Zhou Shangjing's view, no emperor likes overly powerful courtiers, and none of the powerful courtiers in history can end well.

Therefore, above the court, for 30 years, Zhou Shangjing has always had "equal" political enemies, but those political enemies have changed several groups of people back and forth, but Zhou Shangjing is still standing. Moreover, as long as it is what Zhou Shangjing wants to do, no matter how his political enemies block it, it is always Zhou Shangjing who succeeds in the end.

………

The house where Zhou Shangjing lives is located in the bachelor's alley, but today, this alley is more commonly known as the "30,000 taels of silver alley".

Zhou Shangjing is very powerful, and there are countless people who come to his house every day to ask him to do things, and these people, if they don't have enough 30,000 taels of silver in their hands, then they don't even have the qualifications to keep a famous post, if they bring enough 30,000 taels of silver, then you can leave the famous post and let Zhou Shangjing know that you have been here - but that's all, if you want to get things done, you have to spend more silver.

The name of "30,000 taels of silver alley" also comes from this.

At this time, Zhou Shangjing was practicing calligraphy in the study room in his house, practicing calligraphy is Zhou Shangjing's hobby, and it is also Zhou Shangjing's habit.

Therefore, when the people reported to him the news that Yin Xue Gui of Shuntian Mansion asked to see him, he did not speak, until after a stick of incense, he finished writing the notebook, and then said to the people waiting outside the door: "Let him come in." ”

Soon, Yin Xue Gui of Shuntian Mansion came to the study, with a respectful expression, and he didn't dare to be the slightest dissatisfied with his previous waiting.

Zhou Shangjing is now nearly seventy years old, and he looks old, and he can't even stand up straight, but Xue Gui knows very well how powerful the old man in front of him is, and how shrewd his mind is.

"What's the matter?"

Zhou Shangjing asked, on a wrinkled old face, but his eyes were incomparably bright.

He knew that Xue Gui, as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, would not usually come to see him, something must have happened.

"Looking back at Lord Fu, Xiaguan just got the news that Zhao Junchen has returned to Beijing."

After hearing Xue Gui's words, Zhou Shangjing couldn't help frowning.

Like Xiao Wenruan, he immediately thought of the impact of Zhao Junchen's return to Beijing - the possibility of Emperor Deqing's southern tour had greatly increased.

He didn't want Emperor Deqing to tour the south, but the starting point was different from the prince's party, he didn't care about wasting the treasury, working the people and losing money, and he couldn't damage his own interests anyway, but Anhui and Zhejiang, in recent months, have been attacked by pirates and pirates one after another, and the two provinces are in a mess, but this situation is not what Zhou Shangjing wants Emperor Deqing to see, for some reason, these things were hidden by Zhou Shangjing, and he did not report to Emperor Deqing.

If Emperor Deqing was to tour the south, after seeing the situation there, he would inevitably be punished for the crime of bullying the king.

Originally, it was a qiēshun lì, but Zhao Junchen actually returned to Beijing, and for Zhou Shangjing, things were troublesome.

"That's right." After pondering for a while, Zhou Shangjing suddenly remembered something and asked, "Can you find out the identity of Zhao Junchen's concubine Fang Ru?" ”

A few days ago, Zhou Shangjing was ready to take advantage of Zhao Junchen's inspection of Lu'an Mansion to install some of his own manpower in the household department, but it turned out that all of them fell short, but in just three or five days, the people he placed were all demoted and driven out of the household department because of various mistakes and crimes, and finally Zhou Shangjing checked, but found that it was one of Zhao Junchen's concubines Fang Ru who obstructed his plan!

"Found out, found out!!"

Hearing Zhou Shangjing's question, Xue Gui hurriedly replied.

When Xue Gui carefully told Zhou Shangjing about Fang Ru's identity and some secrets he had discovered, Zhou Shangjing couldn't help but laugh and laughed very happily.

"Find an opportunity to reveal these little secrets you have found to that Fang Ru...... Maybe it's going to be a good show......"

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