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Because there were too many undecided matters, the morning meeting the next day was still a major meeting and was held in the Huangji Hall.
However, the rest of the things were basically not controversial, and most of the officials were mentally prepared, so the meeting progressed very quickly. After many discussions, many things were quickly decided, and there was no There was too much controversy.
First, after another discussion, Emperor Deqing officially announced the imperial court's intention to establish a pilot shipping company and conduct commercial and tax rectification, and gave full authority to Zhao Junchen to take charge of this matter. At the same time, under Zhao Junchen's operation, the imperial court once again reiterated its determination to severely punish smuggling activities. As the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhao Junchen was in charge of the world's taxation, so he naturally became the court's main force in suppressing smuggling activities. One of the main persons in charge.
Secondly, after Zhao Junchen obtained the power to rectify commercial taxation, Emperor Deqing suddenly announced that he had taken back the power of the West Factory and the Inner Transport Depot from Zhao Junchen, and re-handed these two yamen to the Twelve Supervisors of the Inner Court. It is clear that this was Emperor Deqing's balancing measure to prevent Zhao Junchen's power from growing too fast. In this regard, except for the "Zhao Party" officials, everyone was happy to see the results and almost did not encounter any controversy.
Third, thanks to the efforts of the officials of the "Zhao Party", the truth about the dismissal of Zhan Shanchang, the minister of household affairs, Liu Chang'an, the minister of official affairs, and Gu Quan, the censor of Zuoqiandu, was soon revealed. All the evidence for the conviction of the three people was refuted one by one, and a large amount of evidence that could prove the innocence of the three people appeared, so Emperor Deqing restored the official positions of these three people.
At this point, the losses suffered by the "Zhao Party" during Emperor Deqing's southern tour have been completely restored!
At the same time, because of the unjust accusations of Zhan Shanchang, Liu Changan, Gu Quan and others, Huang Yourong, as the main person responsible, was in an increasingly embarrassing situation. He was once again subjected to many impeachments and criticisms, but this time. The number of "Yellow Party" officials who are still willing to support Huang Yourong is even smaller... Only because of Emperor Deqing's non-committal and the full protection of Assistant Shen Changmao, Huang Yourong did not collapse immediately, but the signs of his loss of power are becoming more and more obvious. Yes, almost everyone can see it.
Finally, when the great court meeting was about to end, Emperor Deqing suddenly asked the governor of the three sides, Liang Fuchen, about his recent situation. He also made it clear that Liang Fuchen had worked hard to guard the border for the imperial court over the years, and he had made great achievements. They should be generously rewarded and entrusted with important responsibilities as appropriate.
Obviously, in order to stabilize the situation and strengthen his control over the central government, Emperor Deqing was preparing to transfer Liang Fuchen, an important official of the imperial party, back to the capital. Today's various statements were just to build momentum in advance.
As for the profound meaning of Emperor Deqing's actions, all the major forces in the DPRK were well aware of it and had secretly made preparations.
Finally, after all the backlogged government affairs of the imperial court were dealt with, the great court meeting finally came to an end.
Although this major court meeting is progressing very quickly. But there were too many things to deal with, so when it ended, it was almost noon.
When the leaders of the major forces in the court left the Huangji Hall, they all had different considerations regarding the outcome of today's court meeting.
Today's court meeting seemed to go smoothly, but it also caused many far-reaching impacts. Many noteworthy things happened.
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When Shen Changmao walked away from Huangji Hall, his brows were furrowed and his expression was a little gloomy.
It stands to reason that Shen Changmao is very proud of himself now, and he should not have such an expression in the first place.
But during today's court meeting, there were indeed some situations that made Shen Changmao feel doubtful and angry.
Now, Shen Changmao is eager to expand his power. The thing he cares about most is naturally his own strength.
Before and after today's court meeting, Shen Changmao suddenly discovered that the number of officials gathered around him to flatter him and deliberately please was actually smaller. During the court meeting, when Shen Changmao made his position clear, the voices supporting him were also not the same. There were so many yesterday.
After Shen Changmao observed carefully. But it was discovered that these changes were all due to the change in attitude of the "Yellow Party" officials. Yesterday, those "Yellow Party" officials saw that Huang Yourong was about to fall. They all regarded Shen Changmao as their way out, but they tried their best to please Not only have they been gathering around Shen Changmao to deliberately flatter him and not be able to drive him away, but after Shen Changmao expressed his views at the court meeting, these "yellow party" officials also expressed their agreement immediately in order to win Shen Changmao's favor. , but never miss an opportunity.
But during today's big court meeting, most "Yellow Party" officials' attitude towards Shen Changmao was much colder. On the contrary, their attitude towards Zhao Junchen became much warmer. Before the big court meeting started, they would see him from time to time. Some "Yellow Party" officials deliberately moved closer to Zhao Junchen, became close to Zhao Junchen, and established friendship; when the court meeting began, some "Yellow Party" officials even took the initiative to cheer for Zhao Junchen and boost his momentum. Whenever Zhao Junchen After Junchen expresses certain views, these "Yellow Party" officials will immediately stand up and express their agreement, and their attitude is actually more enthusiastic than those of the "Zhao Party" officials.
Logically speaking, this situation should never happen. According to the agreement between Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong, Huang Yourong would take the initiative to persuade the "Yellow Party" officials to switch to Shen Changmao's sect. Today, after Huang Yourong's persuasion, the "Yellow Party" The attitude of officials towards Shen Changmao should be more enthusiastic, but in fact, the attitude of most "yellow party" officials towards Shen Changmao has become increasingly cold.
Just looking at the performance of the "Yellow Party" officials today, it doesn't look like they want to take refuge with Shen Changmao? They all obviously want to take refuge in Zhao Junchen!
Seeing these circumstances, how could Shen Changmao not know that his plan to annex the "Yellow Party" had changed?
Therefore, when the court meeting ended, Shen Changmao's expression was quite gloomy.
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"Shen Fu, please stay!"
Just when Shen Changmao left Huangji Hall, Huang Yourong's voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Shen Changmao turned around and saw Huang Yourong walking towards him quickly, his expression vaguely panicked and angry.
Behind Huang Yourong were still Lin Wei, the Minister of Rites, and Zhang Cheng, the Young Master, but missing were the University Scholar Huo Zhengyuan and the Minister of Works Chen Dongxiang.
After seeing Huang Yourong, Shen Changmao's expression became even more sinister, and he sneered: "Mr. Huang Ge, you are really good at building a plank road to cross Chencang secretly. Shen felt ashamed. He originally thought that Huang Ge always planned to have an affair with Shen. Cooperation, I didn’t expect Mr. Huang Ge that you just made a false shot and ended up going the same way as Zhao Junchen... However, under the current situation, Mr. Huang Ge really thinks that Zhao Junchen can protect you?"
Obviously, after seeing the attitude change of the "Yellow Party" officials. Shen Changmao mistakenly believed that Huang Yourong had deceived him and violated the agreement between the two. In the end, he chose to cooperate with Zhao Junchen and planned to transfer all the power and connections of the "Yellow Party" to Zhao Junchen.
the other side. Huang Yourong saw that Shen Changmao had misunderstood him, but he hurriedly explained: "Shen Ge, please don't misunderstand me. I never deceived you. In fact, I was deceived."
Shen Changmao frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Huang Yourong explained quickly: "After yesterday's court meeting, I announced our agreement to a few close friends. At that time, both Lin Shangshu and Zhang Shaofu were a little reluctant. On the contrary, University Scholar Huo Zhengyuan and the Minister of Industry Chen Dongxiang agreed. At that time, I wanted to persuade Lin Shangshu and Zhang Shaofu. I also saw that Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang defended me in every possible way yesterday. I was deceived by them and thought that they were still against me. Sincerely loyal, I left the matter of contacting and persuading other officials to them..."
At this point, a hint of hatred flashed across Huang Yourong's expression, and he continued: "I never thought that. Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang's performance in protecting me yesterday was just a disguise, just to deceive me into trusting me! In fact, the two of them had already They secretly defected to Zhao Junchen behind my back. After getting the task of convening and persuading other officials, the two of them broke the disguise. Not only did they not follow my instructions, but they took the opportunity to lure everyone to join Zhao Junchen. I don’t know what means they used, but all the officials were moved by their persuasion, so they deliberately tried to please Zhao Junchen today, but on the contrary, they alienated Mr. Shen Ge."
After Huang Yourong finished speaking, Lin Wei also explained: "I can testify to all these things! Then Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang did betray Mr. Huang Ge, before the big court meeting started today. Mr. Huang Ge I planned to look for them and ask about the progress of the matter, but they all deliberately avoided Mr. Huang Ge. After Mr. Huang Ge figured out the cause of the matter, the court meeting had already begun, and they failed to notify Shen Fu in time. "
At the same time, Young Master Zhang Cheng said with a gritted expression, "Huo Zhengyuan actually betrayed Mr. Huang Ge at this time. I will never forgive him in the future!"
After hearing the explanations from Huang Yourong and others, Shen Changmao looked at Huang Yourong with a strange expression and asked, "In other words, Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang officially betrayed you yesterday, and they also blatantly tampered with you, but you didn't know about it until today. The truth?"
After Huang Yourong was silent for a moment, he smiled bitterly and said, "If the tree falls and the monkeys are scattered, who will take me seriously now?"
For a moment, Shen Changmao didn't know whether he should despise Huang Yourong's incompetence or pity Huang Yourong's betrayal and separation.
After thinking for a moment, Shen Changmao suddenly asked: "Mr. Huang Ge personally persuaded Lin Shangshu and Zhang Shaofu yesterday, and there must be some results, right? I wonder if Lin Shangshu and Zhang Shaofu have made a decision?"
Lin Wei and Zhang Cheng looked at each other, their expressions were a little sad, but they didn't say much.
On the other side, Huang Yourong said quickly: "After my hard persuasion, Lin Shangshu and Zhang Shaofu have agreed to my persuasion. From now on, they will advance and retreat together with Mr. Shen Ge!"
After hearing Huang Yourong's answer, Shen Changmao's expression became slightly better.
As long as he can get the support of Lin Wei and Zhang Cheng, Shen Changmao will gain nothing.
However, seeing half of the benefits he was talking about being taken away by Zhao Junchen, Shen Changmao would not accept it no matter what!
Therefore, after gently promising some benefits to Lin Wei and Zhang Cheng, Shen Changmao looked serious and said slowly: "Now, due to the bewitchment of Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang, the position of the officials under Mr. Huang Ge has changed. Gradually, they are leaning towards Zhao Junchen, but after all, it is just a bias and has not yet become a foregone conclusion. Since Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang can pull them over to Zhao Junchen's side, then as long as we work hard, we can also pull their position back! The next few days God, I would also like to ask Huang Ge Lao, Lin Shangshu, and Zhang Shaofu to take the trouble to personally contact and convince those officials who were bewitched, so that they can change their minds and Zhao Junchen must not take advantage!"
After hearing Shen Changmao's instructions, Huang Yourong immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry Shen Fu, the three of us will do our best to handle it. I just mistrusted Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang before, and they took advantage of it, but as long as I and the three of them If people take action personally, they will definitely be able to turn the situation around again.”
On the other side, seeing Huang Yourong looking serious in front of Shen Changmao, Lin Wei and Zhang Cheng looked at each other again, with somewhat complicated expressions.
Huang Yourong was about to fall, but he completely lost his former pride.
Yesterday, Huang Yourong was able to maintain a certain demeanor in front of Shen Changmao because he still had some trump cards. But now that he saw that he had lost his trump cards, he could no longer maintain his composure. In order to get Shen Changmao's support so that he could live in peace. After returning to his hometown to retire, Huang Yourong was completely messed up and completely obeyed Shen Changmao's orders.
However, Lin Wei and Zhang Cheng were Huang Yourong's loyal confidants after all. Seeing Huang Yourong's appearance, although they were helpless, they could only follow him.
In fact, if it weren't for Huang Yourong's smooth career, the two of them might not have agreed to join Shen Changmao.
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While Shen Changmao was talking to Huang Yourong, Zhao Junchen also left the Huangji Hall with the same thoughtful expression.
Zhao Junchen did not pay much attention to the conversation between Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong. For Zhao Junchen, the annexation of the "Yellow Party" was only part of his plan, and it was a relatively unimportant part. No matter in the end, No matter how much you harvest, it's just the icing on the cake, Zhao Junchen doesn't really care.
In addition, Zhao Junchen has handed over this matter to Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang, and now they are hiring without any doubt.
Therefore, compared to Shen Changmao, Zhao Junchen was more concerned about changes in the court structure.
Therefore, when the great court meeting was over, Zhao Junchen was thinking about more, broader and more profound things than Shen Changmao!
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ps: Well, it’s still two chapters in one!
...To be continued.
