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Fushou Pavilion is located in the south of the capital. It has always been famous for Shandong cuisine. Although it has an elegant environment and good food and wine, among the many luxury restaurants in the capital, it is only of ordinary quality. It is often overlooked, and few officials and wealthy people choose to host banquets here to entertain guests. Please search (Pin&Shu￥.com to read the most complete novels! The fastest updated novels
Today, the "Yellow Party" chose to host Zhao Junchen at the Fushou Pavilion, which was a bit pricey, but the advantage was that it could reduce the attention of both the government and the opposition and reduce the impact of the banquet.
Judging from this situation, the "Yellow Party" people are still hesitant about taking refuge in Zhao Junchen and have not yet made up their minds, so they do not want today's banquet to attract too much attention.
However, although there was still some hesitation, all the "Yellow Party" officials came to Fushou Pavilion in full, ready to take the opportunity to meet Zhao Junchen - for these speculators, any opportunity was not to be missed.
When Zhao Junchen led Zhan Shanchang to Fushou Pavilion, Huo Zhengyuan had already led a group of "yellow party" officials to wait outside the door of Fushou Pavilion for a long time.
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However, after Zhao Junchen and Zhan Shanchang got off the carriage, Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang immediately led the "Yellow Party" people to greet them, not mentioning many polite words and compliments.
Zhao Junchen, with a warm smile on his face, raised his hands to the "Yellow Party" officials and said with a smile: "I should have been here a long time ago, but unfortunately I was delayed due to something unexpected. I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting here for so long."
Seeing that Zhao Junchen had a cordial attitude and showed no arrogance, all the "yellow party" officials' eyes lit up, and they all expressed that they were willing to wait for Zhao Junchen no matter how long.
Huo Zhengyuan, as the representative of the "Yellow Party" officials, also smiled and said: "Mr. Zhao, you are too polite. The time we agreed on was a quarter past midnight, and now it is just past midnight. You are not late. I am just waiting." It’s just early.”
While speaking, Huo Zhengyuan turned sideways and stretched out his hand. He added: "Because there are a lot of people attending the banquet today, and Mr. Zhao is here, we specially reserved the second floor of Fushou Pavilion. This Fushou Pavilion only has two floors, and the second floor is quite quiet, which is suitable for us and others. Mr. Zhao, please talk in detail, and please invite Mr. Zhao to come to the banquet. We might as well talk while eating next."
After hearing Huo Zhengyuan's words, Zhao Junchen nodded. And under the leadership of Huo Zhengyuan, he walked with everyone towards the Fushou Pavilion.
Along the way, Huo Zhengyuan took the opportunity to introduce to Zhao Junchen the "Yellow Party" officials around him - Zhao Junchen and these "Yellow Party" officials served in the same court, and Huo Zhengyuan actually did not need Huo Zhengyuan's deliberate introduction. However, Huo Zhengyuan's move was to introduce Zhao Junchen to Zhao Junchen. Junchen introduced these "yellow party" officials, allowing Zhao Junchen to take the opportunity to chat with these "yellow party" officials alone to deepen their mutual impression.
Regarding Huo Zhengyuan's introduction, Zhao Junchen still looked approachable and warm, and had cordial conversations with every "Yellow Party" official. There is no airs, and there are some hints hidden in the words.
The "Yellow Party" officials behaved in different ways. Some of the "Yellow Party" officials behaved quite eagerly and had a rather humble attitude. Anyone could see the hint of surrender in their words. Obviously, these "Yellow Party" officials behaved in different ways. Party officials had already made up their minds to seek refuge with Zhao Junchen; while other officials from the "Yellow Party" had a more cold and distant attitude, with temptations hidden in their words. Obviously they still have some doubts about taking refuge in Zhao Junchen - the number of these "yellow party" officials is larger, and the purpose of Huo Zhengyuan's banquet today is to dispel the doubts of these people and let as many people as possible Members of the "Yellow Party" defected to Zhao Junchen.
Zhao Junchen naturally understood Huo Zhengyuan's thoughts, but Zhao Junchen did not treat these suspicious "yellow party" officials differently. His attitude toward all "yellow party" officials is the same - just the right amount of cordiality and enthusiasm, and a vague hint of benefits, but nothing more. He will not in turn beg the "yellow party" officials to surrender to him.
After all, the "Yellow Party" officials are now desperate and want to take refuge in Zhao Junchen. Although Zhao Junchen is only one of their choices, the priority must not be reversed, otherwise it will only make the "Yellow Party" officials look down upon.
In fact. Although it was inconvenient for Zhao Junchen to express some words, Zhan Shanchang beside Zhao Junchen could. This was one of the reasons why Zhao Junchen led Zhan Shanchang to the banquet.
And Zhan Shanchang's performance did not disappoint Zhao Junchen.
When everyone arrived on the second floor of Fushou Pavilion, Zhao Junchen first said some polite words to a group of "yellow party" officials, and after several rounds of toasts to each other, Zhan Shanchang gradually became more active, and even became the center of everyone's attention for a time. .
As the banquet progressed, between changing cups and cups, Zhan Shanchang continued to brag about Zhao Junchen's benefits to the "yellow party" people. First, he expressed that Zhao Junchen was sincere and generous, and explained in detail that he followed Zhao Junchen. How many benefits did Junchen gain after that? Then he said that Zhao Junchen had a bright vision, outstanding ability, and unlimited future, and described in detail the rise of Zhao Junchen in recent years. Many political opponents were played by Zhao Junchen; finally It also focused on describing Zhao Junchen's importance and protection for his own people, and used himself as an example to show that when Zhao Junchen was just the Minister of Household Affairs, he did not hesitate to fall out with the elder Wen Guanliang in order to protect him. In the end, Wen Guanliang was killed by Zhao Junchen The whole situation collapsed, and in the past few days, he had been worrying about his dismissal from office by Huang Yourong, and finally succeeded in getting rid of the charges and reinstating his official position. Therefore, as long as he took refuge in Zhao Junchen, he would never be wronged. …
Zhan Shanchang's eloquence is indeed good. After hearing his descriptions, the "Yellow Party" officials who had originally decided to seek refuge with Zhao Junchen became more enthusiastic towards Zhao Junchen, while those "Yellow Party" officials who still had doubts in their hearts became more enthusiastic. Party officials, their attitude is further inclined towards Zhao Junchen.
At this time, Huo Zhengyuan seized the opportunity and led Chen Dongxiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Lin Youlun, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, Situ Han, the right deputy of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the imperial censor Situ Han in front of a group of "Yellow Party" officials. Wang Xin, the envoy of Zuotongzheng of the General Affairs Department, and others expressed their intention to surrender to Zhao Junchen in public, and Zhao Junchen naturally had no reason to refuse. Not only did he readily accept the surrender of Huo Zhengyuan and others, but he also promised some benefits.
With Huo Zhengyuan and others taking the lead in expressing their stance, the "yellow party" officials became even more active and eager.
Then, some "Yellow Party" officials successively expressed their intention to surrender to Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen also happily accepted them and also promised some benefits.
In this way, gradually, more and more "Yellow Party" officials were willing to take refuge in Zhao Junchen.
But at this moment, seeing the situation developing in a direction favorable to Zhao Junchen, bursts of noise suddenly came from the first floor of Fushou Pavilion, as if something incredible had happened.
Then, someone in the Fushou Pavilion suddenly called out: "Master Shen, the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Huang Ge, the Coordinating Cabinet, Shulin, the Minister of Rites, Zhang, the Young Master, and Zhao, the Shaobao, are here at the Fushou Pavilion!"
After hearing this voice, the expressions of all the "Yellow Party" officials present - including Huo Zhengyuan, Chen Dongxiang and others - changed drastically!
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Now, Huang Yourong's downfall is imminent, and Zhao Junchen and Shen Changmao are competing for Huang Yourong's political legacy. At the same time, under the instigation of Huo Zhengyuan and others, although the position of the "Yellow Party" officials was gradually leaning towards Zhao Junchen, they were still a little hesitant. They chose to entertain Zhao Junchen at the inconspicuous restaurant of Fushou Pavilion tonight. They just don't want this matter to attract too much attention - especially the attention of Shen Changmao and Huang Yourong - which will mark them as "Party Zhao" and then they will lose the chance to choose again.
Unexpectedly, Shen Changmao, Huang Yourong and others discovered the situation in time and rushed here in person as soon as possible!
After hearing the shouts, some "Yellow Party" officials immediately stood up and looked towards the first floor, and found that this was indeed the case. At this time, a group of people were filing into the Fushou Pavilion. The leader was Shen Changmao, the new chief minister of the cabinet, and the elder of the cabinet. Huang Yourong, Minister of Rites Lin Wei, Young Master Zhang Cheng, Young Protector Zhao Zhenghe and others also followed behind Shen Changmao. Everyone had serious expressions, with a faint look of asking for help.
After Shen Changmao and others entered the Fushou Pavilion, they did not hesitate at all and walked towards the stairs of the Fushou Pavilion. Obviously their goal was the second floor of the Fushou Pavilion!
Seeing this situation, the faces of the "yellow party" officials couldn't help but change, and they were all a little flustered.
Among everyone, only Zhao Junchen's expression remained unchanged.
Zhao Junchen had known for a long time that if he wanted to annex Huang Yourong's political legacy, he would have to face competition from Shen Changmao. It would not be smooth sailing, especially since Shen Changmao had always been a resolute character and a retaliatory style. Yesterday, he took advantage of him. , then it is only natural for him to personally come to ruin his own situation today.
Obviously, Shen Changmao came to Fushou Pavilion in person tonight just to cause trouble. He wanted to suppress Zhao Junchen in person, embarrass Zhao Junchen, and then influence the choices of the "yellow party" officials.
However, although Zhao Junchen understood Shen Changmao's thoughts, he was not too afraid. While everyone's expressions changed drastically, Zhao Junchen still had a calm expression and just said slowly: "My lords, since Shen Chieffu and Huang Ge are here. We cannot avoid visiting Fushou Pavilion, otherwise we will inevitably lose the rules and etiquette, so please come with me to pay our respects."
While speaking, Zhao Junchen stood up and walked towards the stairs on the second floor of Fushou Pavilion first, meeting Shen Changmao, Huang Yourong and others.
Seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, everyone's expressions changed again, knowing that Zhao Junchen was going to compete face to face with Shen Changmao.
After hesitating for a moment, people like Zhan Shanchang, Huo Zhengyuan, Chen Dongxiang and others also stood up one after another and followed Zhao Junchen, but they also made their positions clear.
But more "yellow party" officials, although they also stood up to greet Shen Changmao and others along with Zhao Junchen, they deliberately slowed down their movements and distanced themselves slightly from Zhao Junchen.
As Zhao Junchen came to the stairs, Shen Changmao and others climbed up the stairs. Soon, Zhao Junchen met Shen Changmao and others.
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…(To be continued.)
