Seeing that Zhao Junchen did not return, Zhu Heyu understood Zhao Junchen's thoughts. Although his eyes became colder, he was secretly surprised. He felt that Zhao Junchen's style had changed drastically since he returned to Beijing and was completely different from before. */.//*
According to previous reports, Zhu Heyu had impeached Zhao Junchen more than once, but at that time, Zhao Junchen only knew how to kowtow to Emperor Deqing repeatedly, look at Emperor Deqing with pitiful eyes, and hope that Emperor Deqing would help him. He calls the shots.
But now, Zhao Junchen not only dared to refute, but also had the courage to speak back to him!
In fact, there was nothing Zhao Junchen could do about it.
In Zhao Junchen's view, Emperor Deqing's attitude towards the prince Zhu Heyu was very subtle. He was jealous and jealous because of Zhu Heyu's outstanding reputation, and he had to defend Zhu Heyu because of his status as prince.
And today, when he was facing off against Zhu Heyu, what kind of emotions did Emperor Deqing have? Was he secretly happy after seeing the prince frustrated? Or are you secretly dissatisfied when Zhao Junchen contradicts the prince? Even Zhao Junchen couldn't guess it.
However, Zhao Junchen could only do this. Today is different from the past. Since Zhao Junchen has decided to establish his own faction, he must show his ability in front of the officials. If it is the same as before, he will only ask Emperor Deqing for help. , the reputation he finally built up will be completely destroyed, and no one can really trust him in the future.
What's more, through Zuo Lanshan, Minister of Industry and others, Zhao Junchen also knows that Wen Guanliang, Huang Yourong, Shen Changmao and others have now secretly reached a tacit understanding. If the prince is too strong towards Zhao Junchen, maybe they will. Adding insult to injury, by that time, even Emperor Deqing would be hard-pressed to protect Zhao Junchen. Therefore, Zhao Junchen also had to suppress the momentum of Prince Zhu Heyu so that Wen Guanliang and others did not dare to take action at will.
However, in order to avoid Emperor Deqing's dissatisfaction, although Zhao Junchen was quarreling with Prince Zhu Heyu, he was also seizing every opportunity to please Emperor Deqing.
After all, whether Zhao Junchen's three capital crimes according to Prince Zhu Heyu are capital crimes, major crimes or minor crimes, and even whether they are guilty or not, ultimately depends to a large extent on Emperor Deqing.
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On the other side, after glaring at Zhao Junchen, Zhu Heyu continued to talk about Zhao Junchen's crimes.
"The second crime is that Zhao Junchen bewitched the Holy Lord..."
This time, Zhu Heyu had just started, when Zhao Junchen interrupted: "Your Highness, please be careful with your words."
Zhu Heyu saw that he was interrupted by Zhao Junchen as soon as he opened his mouth. His face was so cold that it almost turned to ice. He asked in a cold voice: "Why should you be cautious? I just opened my mouth. Could it be that I said something wrong?" "
Zhao Junchen sighed and said: "Your Highness, I have advised you a few days ago that the four words 'bewitch the Holy One' should not be used casually. Only villains can bewitch the Holy One, and only cowardly kings can be bewitched by villains. Prince, it’s okay for you to think that I am a villain, but the current Holy Lord is a rare wise king and holy master since ancient times. Even if I am a villain, how can I be deceived?"
After hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Emperor Deqing nodded and looked at Zhao Junchen with quite satisfied eyes, while Prince Zhu Heyu gritted his teeth and stared at Zhao Junchen without saying anything.
But Zhao Junchen continued: "In addition, your majesty has already considered the previous charge of disrespect as inappropriate. Your majesty said so eloquently, so that charge will not be established. And the charge that you, Prince, will impeach next should be a crime." One of them is right.”
Prince Zhu Heyu suppressed his anger and continued to hold up the book and read: "The second crime is that Zhao Junchen misled the emperor and made the pancreas exclusively from the inner treasury to compete with the people for profit, ignore the people's livelihood, and seize the opportunity for his own benefit. Inviting rewards to the people when they are rich has caused resentment among the people and bad repercussions. Tens of thousands of soap locust craftsmen among the people have lost their foundation, and tens of thousands of people have lost their livelihood. This is an unjust crime that harms the people!"
Having said this, Prince Zhu Heyu glared at Zhao Junchen again. Although he changed "bewitching your Majesty" to "misleading your Majesty", he still listed it as "the second sin". Obviously in his mind , Zhao Junchen's crime of disrespect, which brought the reputation of the court and the king into disrepute, is still established.
Zhao Junchen was slightly stunned this time, but he did not expect that Prince Zhu Heyu would bring up such charges.
In Zhao Junchen's view, it is normal for the state to compete for profits with the people. Otherwise, how could there be a salt and iron monopoly policy? But in the view of Prince Zhu Heyu, competing with the people for profit is obviously a big crime.
In the final analysis, it is the same principle as "those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal the country will be martyrs". It is a mistake to compete with the people for small profits, which will bring disgrace to the court; while competing with the people for big profits is a national policy, and it is inevitable to increase national power. .
No matter how much money you make from Yazi, it cannot be compared with salt and iron. It is just a small profit.
Regarding this, Zhao Junchen's heart suddenly changed. After a moment of silence, he finally retorted: "I still dare not admit that the prince impeached me for such a crime, nor can I agree with it. The inner treasury specializes in pancreatic juice. For this reason But it is the soap locust craftsmen who are unemployed, so how can it be my fault? Could it be that in order to take care of the livelihood of those soap locust craftsmen, we must force the people of the world to abandon the more effective soap and continue to use the soap locust. ? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? What's more, the "Book of Changes" says: 'Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement.' Pancreatic juice is more useful than soap locust. It is inevitable that those soap locust craftsmen will lose their livelihood. If they can, they can spontaneously If you want to be strong and create something more useful than pancreatic juice, why should you be afraid of losing your job?"
After a pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "What's more, since His Majesty decreed that pancakes will be exclusively made by the Neiku, the Neiku has been recruiting saponin craftsmen from all over the world these days. Those saponinus craftsmen, unless If my own craftsmanship is not good enough and cannot be used by the inner treasury, how can other soap locust craftsmen with real skills lose their source of income?"
Prince Zhu Heyu said in a cold voice: "Sophistry!! Since ancient times, except for salt and iron, which are related to the country's strategy and need to be exclusively dealt with by the imperial court, the imperial court has always allowed the common people to produce and sell other small items on their own. Only in this way can tens of thousands of people make a living, and that pancake is just a small thing. As far as I know, it is not difficult to make. However, you misled your majesty and made it special. This is not competing with the people for profit. how?"
As he spoke, Zhu Heyu bowed to Emperor Deqing and said, "I would like to ask my father for advice. Since the soap was exclusively made by the inner treasury, the response from the people has been quite bad. Many merchants and craftsmen of soap locust have lost their way of making a living. , which is also a sign of dissatisfaction with the imperial court. Competing with the people for profit has always been a taboo of the imperial court. Father, you must not be deceived by Zhao Junchen!"
Emperor Deqing couldn't help but frown slightly. He used to only care about the money that pancakes could bring, but now after listening to what Zhu Heyu said, he also felt that pancakes were exclusively made by the inner treasury, and he was indeed suspected of competing with the people for profit. , which is detrimental to his reputation as an emperor.
However, if Emperor Deqing was asked to give up the profit from the pancake, as an emperor who was used to poverty, Emperor Deqing would not be able to part with it.
Therefore, Emperor Deqing subconsciously looked at Zhao Junchen.
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ps: The third update, there are two more updates! !
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