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Before Zhao Shancai assisted Crown Prince Zhu Heyu, Crown Prince Zhu Heyu's ability to collect intelligence was really unsatisfactory. Even some important information that could not be ignored was often only discovered after the fact or even without any awareness. .
Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. On the other hand, if you can't even detect the basic dynamics of your opponent, then it's no wonder that Prince Zhu Heyu was always plotted by the foxes in the court, big and small.
In fact, Crown Prince Zhu Heyu's slow response cannot be blamed to a large extent on Crown Prince Zhu Heyu himself. After all, it takes a lot of money to set up an efficient intelligence agency, and although Zhu Heyu is the crown prince, , but he has never amassed money. He only has a fixed princely salary every year. He has to maintain the operation of the East Palace and support a large number of people under his command. It is quite stretched. Where can he have spare money to buy informants and collect information?
However, after Zhao Shancai officially settled in the East Palace to assist the crown prince Zhu Heyu, he gathered all the resources of the "Prince Party" together through series and integration methods, and actually formed a small-scale party for the crown prince Zhu Heyu. Although the efficiency of the intelligence agency may not be that high and its actions may not be that covert, at least Prince Zhu Heyu is no longer an afterthought.
Therefore, later that day, Prince Zhu Heyu also received news that Shen Changmao and Zuo Lanshan had met and had a secret meeting.
When the news was received, Prince Zhu Heyu was writing a memorial in the study.
Since Prince Zhu Heyu helped Emperor Deqing successfully join the cabinet, the relationship between father and son has eased a lot, so Prince Zhu Heyu wanted to strike while the iron was hot and take the opportunity to express some political opinions to Emperor Deqing.
"Oh, Shen Changmao and Zuo Lanshan met and talked privately?" After hearing the report, Prince Zhu Heyu stopped writing, raised his head and frowned and asked, "Do you know what they talked about?"
Zhu Heyu's subordinates were not as talented as the "Zhou Party". Of course, it was impossible to guess the content of the conversation between Shen Changmao and Zuo Lanshan through clues. Therefore, after hearing Prince Zhu Heyu's inquiry, they just shook their heads to express ignorance.
Fortunately, Prince Zhu Heyu has made great progress during this period. After thinking about it for a moment, he also noticed some clues and sneered: "I'm afraid the two parties of 'Shen' and 'Zhao' are secretly colluding. It's nothing more than Shen Changmao wanting to To stabilize his own power, Zhao Junchen is coveting the vacancy of Minister of the Ministry of Industry! ...Huh! These treacherous officials and corrupt officials really have no bottom line and only have interests in their eyes. A few days ago, it was life and death, and now they are colluding together. Got it!"
The person who reported intelligence to Zhu Heyu was named Li Cheng. He was originally just an ordinary clerk in the East Palace, but he was diligent, thoughtful, and attentive, and rarely made any omissions. Although his intelligence is only average, he can still be regarded as a talent. After Zhao Shancai settled in the East Palace, in view of the lack of talents under Prince Zhu Heyu, he discovered Li Cheng and asked him to take on part of the work of compiling and summarizing intelligence.
At this time, Li Cheng did not express any response to Zhu Heyu's words. He just asked: "Your Highness, this information should not be underestimated. Do you want to inform Mr. Zhao about it?"
The "Mr. Zhao" in Li Cheng's mouth naturally refers to Zhao Shancai.
Zhu Heyu naturally understood the importance of this information. The connection between the two parties "Zhao" and "Shen" was likely to cause changes in the situation in the court. If Zhao Shancai knew the news, he would definitely be able to formulate practical plans and arrangements. Even if If you cannot fight for the interests of the "princeling party", at least Zhao Junchen, Shen Changmao and others will suffer a hidden loss.
However, Zhu Heyu hesitated.
Without him, Zhao Shancai's physical condition has been really bad during this period, and he will suffer from severe pain in his stomach from time to time. Even though Zhao Shancai is determined, it is unbearable and he breaks out in cold sweats. By now, the severe pain had become more intense and frequent, even day and night, so Zhao Shancai had not slept peacefully for many days.
In the past two days, Prince Zhu Heyu invited the miracle doctor Zhang Decheng to diagnose and treat Zhao Shancai. However, even a highly skilled doctor like Zhang Decheng could not find out the cause of Zhao Shancai's illness. He could only use acupuncture to relieve Zhao Shancai's pain.
Not long ago, Zhang Decheng came to the Prince's East Palace to administer acupuncture and analgesia to Zhao Shancai. Zhao Shancai, who was suffering from pain, finally got some relief, and then was forced to sleep and rest by Prince Zhu Heyu.
Because of this, Zhu Heyu really didn't want to disturb Zhao Shancai at this time.
In the end, after Zhu Heyu hesitated for a moment, he shook his head and said: "Forget it, Mr. Zhao has been working hard and suffering from illness during this period. Now that he has finally rested, it's better not to disturb him! This information will wait until tomorrow. Let's tell him when he wakes up, it won't delay anything."
According to the thinking of Prince Zhu Heyu, even if the two parties "Zhao" and "Shen" are in tandem with each other, they will not take action immediately. Even if the two parties "Zhao" and "Shen" take action immediately, as long as they and "Zhao" and "Shen" The concerted efforts of all the "Princeling Party" can delay it for a day or two, and will not allow the "Zhao" and "Shen" parties to successfully achieve their goals, so even if the news is told to Zhao Shancai a little later, it will be the same.
On the other side, although Chen Cheng was diligent in his work, he never had any opinions. After hearing the decision of Prince Zhu Heyu, although he felt something was wrong in his heart, he did not dare to object after all, and just nodded in agreement.
There is no doubt that Prince Zhu Heyu is kind and compassionate and a good boss who is considerate of his subordinates.
Unfortunately, kindness and compassion are the same as courage and endeavor. Although they are good qualities, if they are used at the wrong time, they often lead to bad things.
At the same time, Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian also received relevant news.
However, Zhu Hejian was not surprised at all about Shen Changmao's secret meeting with Zuo Lanshan.
After all, at this time, limited cooperation between the "Zhao" and "Shen" parties would be beneficial to both parties. As long as Zhao Junchen and Shen Changmao are not fools, they will know how to choose.
Zhu Hejian is a firm person who puts interests first, so he has predicted this a long time ago and takes it as a matter of course.
Looking at the various information in his hands, Zhu Hejian paid more attention to another seemingly insignificant news compared to the news about Zuo Lanshan and Shen Changmao meeting and talking secretly.
"Zhao Junchen plans to formally bring Fang Ru into the palace and take him as a side chamber? And he wants Zuo Lanshan to personally help him invite guests to witness it?"
While muttering to himself, Zhu Hejian's eyes fluctuated slightly.
"Zhao Junchen pays more attention to Fang Ru than the rumors... But he suddenly made such a decision and made such a big fanfare. Does it mean that he has finally decided on his wife? Is it the Duke of Jing Chen? You's daughter Chen Zhirong? Or Su Xiuning, the daughter of Su Changzhen, the governor of Southern Zhili? If it's Su Xiuning, I'm afraid there will be some twists and turns in my plan... just in case..."
It is precisely because Zhu Hejian is a firm person who puts interests first, so he directly ignores the possibility of Zhao Junchen marrying Cui Qianxue. In Zhu Hejian's view, Zhao Junchen and he are the same kind of people. If he marries Cui Qianxue, The benefits gained were too small, and Zhao Junchen would not choose this at all.
After thinking for a moment, Zhu Hejian suddenly raised his head and said: "Come here, please invite Duke Jing to come to the mansion to see me!"
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ps: Well, there will still be an update tomorrow, and it will be a double update!
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