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That afternoon, Zhao Junchen quickly received news of everything that happened in the imperial study room. r
In fact, Zhou Shangjing secretly informed Zhao Junchen of this news. r
According to the news reported by Zhou Shangjing, after Emperor Deqing saw the results of the "Beijing Investigation", he found that "Zhao Party" had gained a lot, and thought that Zhao Junchen would take the opportunity to make up for the weaknesses in his foundation and heritage, so he became wary and vigilant. Maybe they will take action to suppress Zhao Junchen. I hope Zhao Junchen can make full preparations as soon as possible. r
Of course, when Zhou Shangjing reported the news to Zhao Junchen, he naturally did not mention a word about the roles played by himself and his chief assistant Shen Changmao. r
Zhou Shangjing did this because he naturally did not want Zhao Junchen to be too embarrassed under Emperor Deqing's suppression. If Zhao Junchen had no resistance at all, then Emperor Deqing would naturally see that Zhao Junchen's influence was far less than that of Zhou Shangjing. As powerful as Shen Changmao described, then Zhou Shangjing's plan would completely fail. r
After receiving the news from Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen took it very seriously and immediately summoned his staff to discuss countermeasures. r
In fact, half a year ago, Zhao Junchen could easily resolve the fear and suppression of Emperor Deqing, as long as he showed weakness to Emperor Deqing. As long as Zhao Junchen showed weakness, Emperor Deqing's fear and vigilance would be resolved, and he would naturally not suppress Zhao Junchen again. r
But now, as Zhao Junchen becomes more and more powerful and has more and more party members, he has reached the point where "if you advance, you will sail against the current, if you retreat, you will lead to an abyss", but he can no longer show weakness at will, let alone like before. He knelt down in front of Emperor Deqing without any image, crying and pretending to be pitiful. Once Zhao Junchen does this, not only will the initial prestige established by Zhao Junchen be completely destroyed, but the confidence of "Zhao Party" officials in Zhao Junchen will continue to be shaken, and the cohesion that the "Zhao Party" has just established will also dissipate. r
This is one of the reasons why Zhou Shangjing chose to sow discord between Emperor Deqing and Zhao Junchen at this time, because Zhou Shangjing was very aware of Zhao Junchen's current situation, and knew that Zhao Junchen could not show weakness to Emperor Deqing at this time, r
Therefore, after Zhao Junchen discussed with his staff for a long time, they did not come up with a good solution. The only solution was to "dismantle and adapt to the situation", which was not a solution. r
But at this moment, Li Lun, the staff member who always had many strange ideas, suddenly said: "Sir, in my opinion, the reason why Your Majesty is wary and fearful is actually because of your close proximity. This is because your reputation has gradually improved over time! If my lord, you are still as infamous as before, then no matter how powerful and influential you are, your majesty will not be too afraid. After all, your lord has a lot of flaws. , With one precise grasp, no matter how powerful he is, His Majesty can easily eradicate him! r
But now, your reputation has gradually improved, and the previous flaws have been repaired one by one. Even when the Qingliu people impeach you on weekdays, they only accuse you of forming a party for personal gain, instead of accusing you of corruption and bribery like before! In this way, His Majesty cannot seize the loopholes of the master at will, and seeing that the power and influence of the master is getting higher and higher, it is difficult to eradicate him at will, so he has fear and vigilance. "r
After hearing what Li Lun said, Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Gradually improving my reputation has always been one of my long-term plans. It is related to my ability to withdraw from the temple in the future. I must not change it at will. ! Could it be that just because of His Majesty’s fears and vigilance, we should deliberately engage in corruption, accept bribes, and give people leverage?” r
Li Lun shook his head and said: "It's not that you deliberately took bribes! What I mean is that your current flaws are too few. You can reveal a flaw to your majesty that is not a flaw, and make your majesty mistakenly think that you are a flaw." He will fall into a big trap in the future. In this case, Your Majesty will not be so afraid of you." r
"It's not a flaw?" After hearing Li Lun's suggestion, Zhao Junchen was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, looked up at Li Lun, and said, "Tell me what you think in detail." r
Li Lun nodded and said: "My lord, according to the information I know, this is not the first time that your majesty has become wary of you. During the period before and after your southern tour, my lord, your expansion of power has gradually caused His Majesty was alerted, but in the end he did not take action to suppress it. Do you know the reason?" r
After hearing Li Lun's inquiry, Zhao Junchen gradually felt a little enlightened and said, "You mean, it's because of the commercial tax rectification and the 'United Shipping Company' thing?" r
Li Lun nodded and said: "That's right! At that time, both His Majesty and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty thought that the rectification of commercial tax was a hot potato, and the matter of the 'United Shipping Company' was even more whimsical. They also thought that you had taken over these things. After the incident, you will inevitably fail! Therefore, Your Majesty, he allowed your Excellency to expand his power, thinking that since you will fail sooner or later, there is nothing to be afraid of! But no one expected that Your Excellency is actually a genius. It is true that the "United Shipping Company" has been used to improve the commercial tax corruption situation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River Waterway, and now it is gradually showing results! If His Majesty had known this earlier, I am afraid he would have taken action to suppress the Lord." r
After a pause, Li Lun said again: "Now that the influence of the adults has further increased, Your Majesty has become suspicious again, but you might as well imitate the last example and reveal a flaw that is not a flaw again. Let Your Majesty once again mistakenly believe that you are going to fall into trouble in the future, in this case, His Majesty's suspicion will be resolved again!" r
After hearing this, Zhao Junchen finally understood Li Lun's thoughts and said slowly: "So, after the rectification of business and taxation, it should be rectification of agriculture!" r
During this period of time, in order to prevent the disaster caused by the "Little Ice Age", Zhao Junchen has been discussing agricultural reform with his staff. The agricultural reform memorial that Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing discussed a few days ago was the result of Zhao Junchen and his staff. joint results. r
This agricultural reform plan is indeed full of controversies and seems to be full of risks of failure. It is similar to the original commercial and tax rectification! r
If Zhao Junchen throws out his agricultural rectification plan, it will definitely cause an uproar between the government and the public, and will definitely offend many vested interests. At that time, Emperor Deqing will definitely be happy to see it succeed, and he will also be afraid of Zhao Junchen. It will be temporarily relieved a lot. r
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen nodded slightly and said: "It is indeed a good and effective idea!" r
Then, Zhao Junchen turned to look at Li Lun. r
Among the staff, Li Lun is the least qualified and the least talented, but he has a sharp vision and dares to break the rules. He always has some fantastic ideas and can take into account things that others cannot consider, so Zhao Junchen Among all the staff, he was also the most valued. r
Now, after hearing Li Lun's suggestion, Zhao Junchen suddenly felt that it was a bit humiliating to just let Li Lun serve as his staff. r
"How many talents are there in this world? It is a pity that Zhao Shancai was unwilling to take refuge in me at the beginning, but if Li Lun is well trained, he may not be much worse than Zhao Shancai in the future!" r
Zhao Junchen thought secretly. r
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Well, the third update! r
Will try to update more tomorrow! r
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