Over the past few days, Zhao Junchen has been practicing in the officialdom and experienced numerous overt and covert fights, but he finally understood a truth. 【Read full text】
That is, the more elaborate and complex a plan is, the more links and steps it involves, and the more prerequisites it needs to succeed, and the easier it is for unexpected deviations to occur during the progress of the plan. .
This is what Zhao Junchen learned when he and the three elders Zhou, Shen and Huang worked together to plot against Prince Zhu Heyu.
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At the beginning, Zhao Junchen and the three elders plotted against Prince Zhu Heyu together. The power they combined was powerful and the strategy they devised was ingenious. With Prince Zhu Heyu taking over the preparations for the southern tour, through private The troubles and deceit ruined the prince's original virtuous reputation. Emperor Deqing began to doubt the prince Zhu Heyu's ability to do things, and all the forces of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who supported the prince were eradicated!
If such a plan can really be realized, Prince Zhu Heyu's position as crown prince may already be on the verge of collapse!
However, the final effect was greatly reduced.
Today, although Prince Zhu Heyu's power and reputation have been damaged, his foundation has not been shaken. Moreover, Emperor Deqing also sent Cheng Yuandao, a die-hard supporter of Zhu Heyu, into the cabinet as the cabinet minister. He also intended to let Wang Baoren, the Minister of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, serve as the new crown prince and grand master, so that the forces of the Six Ministries in Nanjing could join the prince's camp!
Although Zhao Junchen still has a series of follow-up plans and does not care about the gains and losses at this time; although the fundamental purpose of Zhou Shangjing's participation in such a plan is to take the opportunity to eradicate the former prince and grand master Xiao Wenruan; but he has to admit that after this After the general calculation, in a certain respect, the power and influence of the prince's party has become stronger!
The reason is that the plan devised by Zhao Junchen and the three pavilion elders was too elaborate and complicated, and if something unexpected happened in the middle, it would be counterproductive.
result. An unexpected situation did occur, that is, the sudden murder of He Ming! But it disrupted all the arrangements of Zhao Junchen and others.
Coupled with the unexplained death of Xiao Wenruan and the deaths of two princes and masters in succession, Emperor Deqing suspected that someone was deliberately targeting the prince. He actually changed his original stance and began to fully support the prince Zhu Heyu. And with the full support of Emperor Deqing, the power of the prince's party. On the contrary, it becomes more powerful!
It was through this incident that Zhao Junchen learned a lesson and understood the shortcomings of the so-called "conspiracy".
The so-called "ingenious plot" is, after all, just a trick, which can only yield temporary benefits. Only the right and the odd can complement each other. That's the key to victory.
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This is the case even when dealing with Prince Zhu Heyu, who is not yet powerful and acts in a single-minded way. Now that Zhao Junchen wants to make enemies of the three cabinet ministers Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao at the same time, and launch a comprehensive party struggle to seize power, naturally That's even more so.
There are partisan struggles between temples, everyone controls a lot of resources, and small actions take place in private. No one can hide anything from anyone, and if you try to win through trickery, it will be counterproductive.
Therefore, this time, Zhao Junchen planned to launch an attack on the three pavilion elders in an upright manner. The first step of the plan is to use the inspection power of Xichang to collect various criminal evidence of the three senior officials, starting from minor crimes. Start impeachment from low-level officials and launch an attack from the bottom up!
The reason why Wei Huai suddenly asked to see Zhao Junchen tonight was precisely to hand over all the criminal evidence collected by Xichang to Zhao Junchen for review.
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In the study, Zhao Junchen took over the various criminal evidence collected by Wei Huai from Xu Qingyan. Although it was only the initial collection of criminal evidence, it was obvious that few of the officials under these three pavilion elders were clean. Still a thick stack. While reading, Zhao Junchen nodded from time to time, with a look of satisfaction flashing across his face.
On the other side, Wei Huai is sitting in a wheelchair. Zhao Junchen was waiting quietly not far away. Although he still looked gloomy and silent, there was a little hesitation in his originally gloomy eyes.
In fact, when Zhao Junchen announced to the core officials of the "Zhao Party" that he would launch an offensive with the three cabinet elders to seize power comprehensively, Wei Huai did not agree.
Because Wei Huai believes that Zhao Junchen's current power and influence are not enough to make him an enemy of Zhou, Shen, and Huang. Even if we leave aside the two elders Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao, he is just the chief minister. Assistant Zhou Shangjing, in terms of power, influence and mental means, far surpasses Zhao Junchen.
It can be said that being enemies with three pavilion elders at the same time, even if it is not asking for death, is definitely asking for trouble.
However, Wei Huai at that time, firstly because he believed deeply in Zhao Junchen's mental state, and secondly because he wanted to maintain Zhao Junchen's majesty, so he did not refute him face to face, but just followed Zhao Junchen's instructions.
However, in the past two days, no matter how hard Wei Huai tried and how much he collected information, he still could not guess Zhao Junchen's true intentions, let alone find out that Zhao Junchen had any chance of winning when he and the three elders were enemies at the same time. , now seeing that Zhao Junchen's plan is about to begin, he is finally a little anxious.
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While Wei Huai was thinking about how to speak, Zhao Junchen had already quickly read through all the evidence collected by Xichang, then put a thick pile of evidence in his hand, nodded to Wei Huai and smiled. : "The work in the West Factory is really reassuring, but in just two days, it's hard to believe that you were able to collect so much evidence."
After Wei Huai was silent for a moment, he replied: "Your Excellency, you are exaggerating. Because I think that you will use these things sooner or later, I have been collecting them since I took over the West Factory. And the three senior officials, Zhou Shangjing, One group still knows how to restrain themselves a little, but the officials under Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao, relying on the support of the court elders, are doing things unscrupulously, and it is not very difficult to collect evidence of their crimes."
After a pause, Wei Huai finally couldn't help it and asked: "Sir, do you really plan to make enemies of those three pavilion elders at the same time?"
Zhao Junchen smiled and asked, "Didn't I make things clear to you the day before yesterday? What? Even you think I shouldn't do this?"
Wei Huai lowered his head slightly and said: "I think with your mind and ability, sir, you have your own reasons and chances of doing this. You will never act blindly. It's just that the three elders have been operating in the court for many years, and their power and influence are already deep-rooted. They are enemies at the same time, and I feel that our chances of winning are not high."
Although Wei Huai's words sounded nice, there was a hidden meaning behind them. But it was reminding Zhao Junchen that if there is no necessary reason and a certain chance of winning, he should never do this.
Zhao Junchen naturally understood what Wei Huai meant.
Speaking of which, among Zhao Junchen's officials, in terms of scheming, Wei Huai should be the most powerful. Now it seems that even Wei Huai has not guessed his true intention. A trace of satisfaction flashed in Zhao Junchen's eyes.
Although Zhao Junchen trusted Wei Huai's loyalty to him, the next plan was of great importance, but he was unwilling to let Wei Huai know his detailed plan.
What's more, in this era, keeping the superiors secret is also one of the common methods used to control the subordinates.
but. After all, Wei Huai's position and role were important, so after Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, he decided to reveal more about his plan to Wei Huai so that Wei Huai could have an idea.
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen smiled again and said leisurely: "Don't worry, I'm not so blindly arrogant. Now the strength gap between me and the three pavilion elders can still be seen clearly. And although I have to compete with those three elders next, The two pavilion elders are enemies at the same time, but there are also fronts and backs, and there are masters and times. At least before His Majesty's southern tour, I will mainly target Huang Yourong. As for Shen Changmao and Zhou Shangjing, they will only maintain a small-scale conflict. This is just laying the groundwork for future conflicts to expand. Otherwise, it would be difficult to conflict with them after the southern tour."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Wei Huai seemed to have guessed something, but he couldn't figure it out clearly. He couldn't help but hesitate: "Sir, what do you mean...?"
However, Zhao Junchen did not answer the question and said, "Mr. Wei, His Majesty is about to tour the south, and Chief Assistant Zhou and I will accompany him. The ministers who will stay in Beijing to assist the government will have to choose between Huang Yourong and Shen Changmao, so in your opinion , which of the two has more hope of staying in Beijing?"
After Wei Huai thought for a moment, he replied: "I heard that His Majesty is more inclined to Huang Yourong staying in Beijing to assist the government. I think I have greater hope that Huang Yourong will stay in the capital to assist the government."
Zhao Junchen nodded and smiled and said: "That's why I have to clash with Huang Yourong before His Majesty's southern tour to weaken Huang Yourong's power as much as possible. Only in this way, while His Majesty is on the southern tour, will our retainer His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of the Jing Supervisory State, can have the upper hand over Huang Yourong and not be suppressed by Huang Yourong. When the time comes, no matter what he wants to do, he can let go and do something big."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, and then hearing Zhao Junchen's previous words, Wei Huai's eyes lit up, and he finally grasped the context of Zhao Junchen's plan!
Although Zhao Junchen now openly intends to make enemies with the three court elders, in fact he is only targeting Huang Yourong. After Zhao Junchen attacked Huang Yourong's power, during Emperor Deqing's southern tour, Huang Yourong's influence would inevitably usher in a period of weakness, and he would no longer be able to suppress the crown prince Zhu Heyu who stayed in Beijing to supervise the country! As for the center of the capital, a situation will soon be formed in which the prince's party and one family dominate!
And with Prince Zhu Heyu's character, just a little prodding is enough to make him do many thankless "right stupid things" during this period of time, and the government and the opposition will inevitably be divided because of these "right stupid things". Stupid thing", and ushered in a period of turmoil.
Then, only when the situation between the government and the opposition became turbulent, and after Zhao Junchen returned to Beijing after completing his southern tour, was he able to take advantage of the chaotic situation to fish in troubled waters and truly expand his power.
However, at that time, facing the chaotic situation in the DPRK and China, Emperor Deqing would definitely try his best to stabilize the situation and prevent other things that would further disrupt the situation between the government and the opposition, which naturally included partisan fights in the DPRK and China.
And the party struggle that Zhao Junchen is about to have with the three cabinet elders will become a foreshadowing at that time. As long as this conflict is slightly expanded, he will naturally participate in the chaotic situation. Even Emperor Deqing is afraid that It’s also hard to stop. And because such a conflict occurred before the situation was chaotic, Emperor Deqing would not think much about it and would only regard it as part of the chaotic situation.
The best thing is that at that time, even if Zhao Junchen is in an unfavorable situation in the party struggle, if he wants to get rid of this conflict, he will be able to do so easily with the help of Emperor Deqing's power to maintain stability.
And the above is Zhao Junchen's real plan.
As for the three cabinet ministers who are enemies at the same time, the all-out party struggle to seize power seems to be huge, but at this time, it is just a cover to hide from others!
Although Zhao Junchen did not explain the core part of this plan to Wei Huai - that is, how to provoke Prince Zhu Heyu to do those "right stupid things", and what "right stupid things" he planned to get Prince Zhu Heyu to do, But Wei Huai did not ask further questions.
In fact, Zhao Junchen was now able to explain the context of his plan to Wei Huai, which meant that he regarded Wei Huai as a true confidant.
Thinking of this, Wei Huai's expression showed a rare flash of gratitude and admiration, and he lowered his head and said: "My lord has far-reaching plans, and I respect you for your humble position."
Zhao Junchen nodded with a smile and said: "I treat you as a true confidant, and even Zuo Lanshan, Zhan Shanchang and the others do not know about these things. You should pay attention to this and do not reveal it to others."
Wei Huai nodded and said in a deep voice: "My lord, please rest assured. I will definitely keep my secrets secret about your plans, and I will never betray your trust in me."
"That's good, I can trust you." While speaking, Zhao Junchen patted the pile of evidence on the desk, then turned to look at the night outside the window, and said leisurely: "Now that everything is ready, we are just waiting for the good show. It’s on the stage.” (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation. Please read it.)
