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After the morning dynasty, officials from all parties gathered together to discuss today's morning dynasty.
Among them, the "Zhou Party" officials naturally gathered around Zhou Shangjing.
Then, Song Qiwen, the Minister of Civil Affairs, couldn't wait to ask Zhou Shangjing: "Mr. Zhou Ge, what is the purpose of Zhao Junchen's proposals today? The students can't understand."
On the side, Ge Lao Li He also looked puzzled and said hesitantly: "Yes, it stands to reason that Zhao Junchen has always been wise in protecting himself, pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Why did he do such a thankless thing today?"
After hearing the inquiries from Song Qiwen and Li He, Zhou Shangjing's expression was a little complicated. He seemed to have some appreciation, some regret, and a hint of admiration.
Then, Zhou Shangjing said calmly: "Yesterday afternoon, when I was meeting the saint, I had successfully aroused His Majesty's fear and vigilance towards Zhao Junchen, making Your Majesty want to suppress him. But after what happened today, When Your Majesty saw the officials gathered together to oppose Zhao Junchen, the vigilance and fear in his heart naturally faded a lot... Haha, if it hadn't been for today's performance, Your Majesty would have already taken action to suppress Zhao Junchen! This Zhao Junchen , but you are quite clever, and you actually used this method to defeat my tricks!"
After hearing Zhou Shangjing's explanation, Song Qiwen finally realized, "Is this all just Zhao Junchen's deliberate acting?"
Zhou Shangjing glanced at Song Qiwen and said slowly: "It's not necessarily just acting. Although Zhao Junchen is a corrupt official, he still has some ambitions to benefit the country and the people. Today's proposals were discussed in detail with me a few days ago. It’s passed, and now I’m taking the opportunity to raise it, it’s just following the trend.”
After saying that, Zhou Shangjing walked towards the outside of Huangji Palace and said as he walked: "I didn't expect that Zhao Junchen would resolve the crisis just like this, and all my preparations would be in vain... But it didn't happen. It’s getting in the way, it’s still going to be a long time, so I just have to slowly fight with him.”
Seeing Zhou Shangjing's actions, everyone in the "Zhou Party" also stepped forward to follow him.
Zhou Shangjing did not shy away from his mistake this time, and directly told the "Zhou Party" the whole story in detail, but the "Zhou Party" did not shake their confidence at all because of Zhou Shangjing's mistake.
In their opinion, Zhao Junchen's ability to resist Zhou Shangjing for a while is already the limit. Among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, there is no one who can compete with Zhou Shangjing. As long as Zhou Shangjing makes a little effort, Zhao Junchen will be defeated sooner or later!
While Zhou Shangjing was explaining the whole story to everyone in the "Zhou Party", everyone in the "Prince Party" gathered around Prince Zhu Heyu and condemned Zhao Junchen's ignorant behavior in court this morning. .
"This Zhao Junchen is really self-righteous, ignorant and reckless. Does he think that the imperial decree is just a child's play? He actually proposed such an incredible policy! Fortunately, all the officials opposed it, otherwise Zhao Junchen would have harmed the country. Got it!"
"Yes, agriculture is the foundation of the country, how can it be changed at will? Once people's hearts change, can he bear the responsibility?"
"Zhao Junchen's approach will inevitably waste people and money. There is no doubt about this, but I think he still has no intention of giving up. We still need to be careful!"
"Hmph, Zhao Junchen sounds sanctimonious on the surface, but I think he just wants to take advantage of the opportunity to embezzle and make money! How can a corrupt official like him have any good intentions!"
Although in the early dynasty, the Qingliu officials were refuted by Zhao Junchen one after another and were speechless under Zhao Junchen's questioning. They only knew how to use a high-sounding principle to counter Zhao Junchen, but at this time they had completely forgotten that not long ago In the current embarrassment, they all stood on the moral high ground and denounced Zhao Junchen's various proposals, as if they had refuted Zhao Junchen.
In fact, the Qingliu people have the strongest opposition to several of Zhao Junchen's proposals today, because most of them are from wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, and they also have a large amount of fertile land for growing fruits, cotton, tea and other things - - Qingliu people never take bribes, largely because they have no worries about food and clothing. In the eyes of Qingliu people, are Zhao Junchen's proposals more than harmful to the country? It was simply targeting them deliberately!
Now that the morning court was over, the hatred and hostility in their hearts remained unabated.
While the "princeling" officials complained one after another, although Prince Zhu Heyu nodded in agreement, he felt somewhat disapproving of it.
In fact, Prince Zhu Heyu originally thought that Zhao Junchen's proposals were all fantasy, but after listening to the debate between Zhao Junchen and the officials, Prince Zhu Heyu had to admit that Zhao Junchen's statement was more reasonable. Gradually, he became more convinced of Zhao Junchen's ideas.
This is the first time that Prince Zhu Heyu agrees with some of Zhao Junchen's views.
However, as the position of the crown prince gradually wavered, Zhu Heyu became increasingly inseparable from the support of the Qingliu people. Therefore, although he had other ideas in his heart, he still agreed with the Qingliu people's views on the surface, but he did not join the Qingliu people in condemning Zhao. Just Junchen.
At this time, while Zhu Heyu was dealing with Qingliu, he somehow remembered Zhao Shancai's dying instructions to him, asking him to cooperate with Zhao Junchen if he had the opportunity.
Most of the "Shen Party" officials also gathered around the chief minister Shen Changmao.
Like the officials of the "Zhou Party", the people of the "Shen Party" were also puzzled by Zhao Junchen's actions today.
From their point of view, Zhao Junchen has always been unable to get up late without any benefit, and today he actually did such a thankless thing, which is really unbelievable.
Therefore, everyone in the "Shen Party" also asked Shen Changmao for their opinions.
"Master Chief Assistant, what do you think Zhao Junchen did in court this morning?"
"Yes, it's completely different from his past style. He doesn't hesitate to antagonize hundreds of officials just for some farm work. What a bold spirit!"
"Is he just greedy for some money?"
Shen Changmao was not as insightful and discerning as Zhou Shangjing. He did not immediately think of Emperor Deqing's suspicion of Zhao Junchen. After hearing the inquiries from his party members, he snorted with disdain and said: " In any case, since things are fishy, you should be more cautious from now on, who knows what conspiracy rules Zhao Junchen has!"
After hearing what Shen Changmao said, everyone in the "Shen Party" nodded in agreement.
They have witnessed the collapse of two former cabinet ministers, Wen Guanliang and Huang Yourong, under Zhao Junchen's calculations. They have also witnessed the continuous losses suffered by Prince Zhu Heyi under Zhao Junchen's methods. Even the "Shen Dang" has been involved in the conspiracy several times. Zhao Junchen suffered a lot from his conspiracy. They had already had a psychological shadow of Zhao Junchen's scheming methods. Now that they couldn't guess Zhao Junchen's true thoughts, they naturally subconsciously thought that Zhao Junchen had another conspiracy. Their hearts were filled with vigilance.
While the major factions in the court were discussing Zhao Junchen's abnormal behavior today, Emperor Deqing also returned to the imperial study and began to think about what to do in court this morning.
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