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For an official, the two words "power" and "power" are indispensable.
Power is the apparent status and decisive power;
Potential is the potential influence in reality.
If you have "power" but no "power", you will inevitably become a puppet and be ignored by others. If you have "power" but no "right", you will ultimately be unfair and unable to effectively protect your interests.
Previously, Liang Fuchen, as the all-powerful imperial envoy, had power, but because Zhao Junchen had such high prestige in Shaanxi and Gansu, most of the officials in the Huamachi Camp relied on Zhao Junchen's eyes to act. The embarrassing situation of powerlessness.
Under such circumstances, Liang Fuchen also behaved in a low-key manner and did not forcefully compete with Zhao Junchen for the limelight. Instead, he showed a good-natured and open-minded appearance. He discussed and decided everything with Zhao Junchen and gave Zhao Junchen enough Respect means a bit of peaceful transition.
But on that day, after Liang Fuchen met and talked with Guan Wuyuan, the two hit it off. Guan Wuyuan even beat his chest and vowed that he and the 50,000 Forbidden Army reinforcements under his command would fully support Liang Fuchen without reservation.
After receiving Guan Wuyuan's full support, Liang Fuchen was immediately overjoyed and felt much more confident.
Since then, in the next two or three days, Liang Fuchen's attitude has quietly changed. His style has gradually become more arbitrary. He no longer asks Zhao Junchen for his opinion on many matters, and uses various methods to means to build prestige for oneself.
Zhao Junchen had long anticipated Liang Fuchen's changes and was happy to see them come to fruition.
After all, Zhao Junchen has already planned the future direction for Shaanxi and Gansu in advance. Liang Fuchen's decisions are only based on the route planned by Zhao Junchen, which is actually equivalent to attacking Zhao Junchen.
What's more, Liang Fuchen has a strong ability to do things, with good vision and means. In many aspects, he is even better than Zhao Junchen. Some matters in Shaanxi and Gansu are left to Liang Fuchen to handle, and Zhao Junchen is also relieved.
In this way, with Liang Fuchen's active pursuit and Zhao Junchen's concession, the military and political power in Shaanxi and Gansu was gradually transferred to Liang Fuchen.
At this point, Liang Fuchen finally became a veritable imperial minister with full power.
At least that's how it looks on the surface.
But Zhao Junchen was not idle. After transferring the apparent power to Liang Fuchen, Zhao Junchen still had some secret matters to deal with.
Or further integrate the connections and various incomes established in Shaanxi and Gansu;
Or, in the name of providing relief to the victims, those victims who are unwilling to return to their hometowns are placed in their own properties;
Or they may continue to meet with various frontier officials, civil and military officials in Shaanxi and Gansu, and secretly conduct various exchanges of interests;
Especially the last thing, Zhao Junchen benefited a lot.
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In the past few days, civil and military officials from all over the country have rushed to Huamachi Camp due to Zhao Junchen's previous summons order.
Wu Min, the governor of Hedong, Zhang Wenhui, the governor of Hexi, Zhang Decheng, the governor of Shaanxi, and the three officials under their jurisdiction;
Jin Huyuan, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Military Town, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia Military Town, Wang Yuan, the commander-in-chief of Yulin Military Town, and the commander-in-chief Fang Zhenshan of Guyuan Military Town, plus Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an, and Liang The commander-in-chief and commander of important defense areas and passes such as the state...
(Note: In the Ming Dynasty, the status of the garrison commander and the garrison commander were different. Only the garrison commanders of the nine major military towns were called garrison commanders. The chief generals of some important defense areas and passes also had the title of garrison commander, but their power was less than that of the garrison commander. The soldiers are inferior; among the several military towns in Shaanxi and Gansu, the two military towns of Gansu and Guyuan have the largest defense area and the strongest strength.)
For a time, more than twenty feudal officials gathered in the Huamachi camp.
After these civil and military officials arrived at Huamachi Camp, most of them visited Zhao Junchen immediately, while Liang Fuchen was repeatedly ignored.
This is not only because Zhao Junchen's current reputation is too high, but also because the list of requests for credit in Zhao Junchen's hand is still pending.
After Zhao Junchen annihilated 100,000 Mongolian coalition forces in one fell swoop, his illustrious military exploits were rare in a century, and the imperial court would definitely reward all meritorious officials.
Therefore, this list of officials requesting merit has become a piece of cake in the eyes of all officials.
In short, as long as any official can be listed on the merit list, even if his name is only slightly mentioned, he will definitely reap a lot of benefits. Even if he cannot be promoted to a higher level immediately, he will at least have his merit recorded once. Prioritize promotion in the future.
In this way, after the civil and military officials from all over the country arrived at Huamachi Camp, they naturally rushed to Zhao Junchen to seek benefits, just like a swarm of flies smelling smelly meat.
Of course, when Zhao Junchen led his troops to annihilate the Mongolian coalition, the vast majority of officials on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu did not play any role, and a large number of officials even held back. It stands to reason that no one in this list of requests for credit They shouldn't have their names anyway.
But in the eyes of the frontier officials, this is not a big deal, because Zhao Junchen is not a stubborn and rigid person. In fact, Zhao Junchen's attitude is very friendly and easy-going. As long as the benefits they give to Zhao Junchen are enough, Zhao Junchen will Junchen is also happy to add a name to the memorial!
In this way, the victory that the soldiers gained in exchange for their lives eventually turned into a feast of sharing of credits among the high-ranking officials!
Many soldiers sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, and in the end only received a pension of only fifty taels of silver. However, these frontier officials did nothing, but easily obtained hundreds of times the benefits.
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Just in the morning of the third day after Guan Wuyuan returned to Huamachi Camp, Zhao Junchen came out to meet Cai He, the commander-in-chief of Liangzhou.
Liangzhou is the farthest away from Huamachi Camp, so Cai He was also the last high-ranking official from Shaanxi and Gansu to arrive at Huamachi Camp.
Cai He also knew that he was late, so after he rushed to Huamachi Camp, he didn't even bother to take a rest, and directly submitted a name to Zhao Junchen, hoping to meet Zhao Junchen as soon as possible.
After receiving Cai He's name card, Zhao Junchen quickly met with Cai He.
In Zhao Junchen's office room, when he saw Cai He who was covered with dust, Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "General Cai came all the way from Liangzhou. It's really a blessing. After you come to Huamachi Camp, you can Have you gone to see Mr. Liang Ge?"
Cai He was a tall, thin man with a cold expression, but he remained humble enough in front of Zhao Junchen. He lowered his head and said with a smile: "After I arrived at Huamachi Camp, I came here to pay my respects as soon as possible. Mr. Zhao, you haven’t bothered to go see Mr. Liang Ge yet.”
Zhao Junchen frowned slightly and said: "This is not good. After all, Mr. Liang Ge is the real owner of Huamachi Camp. General Cai did not pay a visit to Mr. Liang Ge at the first time. If such news spreads, I am afraid it will attract criticism. .”
Cai He quickly explained: "Of course I respect Mr. Liang Ge, but after receiving the news of the great victory on the Weishui River a few days ago, I have been in a state of excitement and can't help myself. Master Zhao's outstanding military exploits should be regarded as the first of my dynasty." Such a meritorious minister makes Beizhi admire him even more, so after Beizhi arrived at Huamachi Camp, he couldn’t help but want to meet Mr. Zhao as soon as possible to express the reverence in Beizhi’s heart!”
Zhao Junchen smiled softly and said, "You do know how to talk."
Cai He patted his chest and said, "Bizhi is a fool, and he speaks the truth."
After expressing his stance, the "foolish man"'s eyes shone with shrewdness. He took out a gift list from his arms and smiled again: "The imperial envoy's extraordinary achievements should be celebrated by the whole country. This is A little thought from my humble position is also a congratulatory gift, and I hope Mr. Zhao will accept it."
Zhao Junchen was already accustomed to Cai He's behavior, so he was naturally not surprised at all and just nodded to Xu Qingyan beside him.
After getting Zhao Junchen's signal, Xu Qingyan took the gift list from Cai He and then handed it to Zhao Junchen.
Zhao Junchen glanced down casually and found that the gift list contained a lot of congratulatory gifts, including 10,000 taels of congratulatory silver, two bottles of luminous cups, and a set of porcelain from the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After seeing the gift list, Zhao Junchen had a smile on his face and said: "Speaking of which, the reason why I was able to completely annihilate the Mongolian coalition this time is also due to General Cai..."
As he spoke, Zhao Junchen's expression was slightly thoughtful, thinking about how he should fabricate Cai He's achievements. After a moment, he finally had inspiration and said, "Well... that's it. If it weren't for General Cai's active cooperation and initiative, After changing the invasion route of the Mongolian coalition, the Mongolian coalition may not necessarily run into my heavy siege! Therefore, although General Cai did not directly participate in the war, he also played a role and achievements that cannot be ignored. I will definitely I mentioned this to the court in my petition for meritorious service."
Cai He gritted his teeth and gave Zhao Junchen such a heavy gift, naturally in order to add his name to the list of people asking for credit. Now that he saw Zhao Junchen being so talkative, he was immediately overjoyed.
Therefore, Cai He quickly said to Su Rong: "I don't dare to take credit for my humble position. For Master Zhao's plan to annihilate the enemy, all this is what I should do for my humble position."
When he spoke, it was as if it was really happening.
Seeing Cai He's shameless behavior, Xu Qingyan curled his lips subconsciously.
Next, Zhao Junchen chatted with Cai He for a few words, and then asked Cai He to leave.
This process has happened more than ten times in the past few days, and Zhao Junchen is very familiar with it.
However, after Cai He left the room, Xu Qingyan looked disdainful and said: "This Liangzhou Commander-in-Chief Cai He is really as shameless as the rumors, and as stingy as the rumors... We have been here these days, A total of twenty-one gifts were received, and among them, Cai He's gift was the least valuable! The total of these gifts was only twenty to thirty thousand silver, so it was too cheap to just add him to the list of people asking for credit. Him."
However, Zhao Junchen didn't care and said: "In the officialdom, you should not be afraid that others will take advantage of us, nor should you be afraid that you owe others favors. If he takes advantage today, he will return the favor tomorrow. This favor comes and goes. Within a short period of time, a network of connections was established... Compared to these connections, a little money is not that important."
Xu Qingyan said with a serious expression: "Young Master, you don't care about the accounts now. Of course it's easy to say that. All our plans are gold-eating beasts. Many times, in order to see results as soon as possible, we have given up many easy-to-get benefits. , Our house has been unable to make ends meet for quite some time, and if we didn’t have some extra money from time to time, I’m afraid we wouldn’t be able to hold on.”
Zhao Junchen shook his head and laughed, and said: "You have a miser's temperament... You don't even think about it, if it weren't for those plans like gold-eating beasts, how could we get so much foreign wealth? As long as these plans If it continues smoothly, our foreign wealth will only increase."
And just as Zhao Junchen was teaching Xu Qingyan, Su Xiqing's report sounded outside the door.
"Reporting to Mr. Zhao, after Mr. Liang Ge learned the news that Cai He, the commander-in-chief of Liangzhou, arrived at Huamachi Camp, he ordered all officials of the third rank and above in Huamachi Camp to rush to the Governor's Mansion. You are also being recruited. Lie, it’s said that the latest decree came from the imperial court.”
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PS: Chongzong is very determined to resume the update this time and does not want to disappoint everyone again.
But the road must be walked step by step, and the meal must be eaten one bite at a time.
According to the original plan, Bugs’ next goal is to update continuously for 30 days.
However, Grandpa’s birthday is tomorrow, and Chongzi has to go back to his hometown. The drive alone takes more than three hours. He may not have time to code, and he may not have the energy after returning home.
Maybe the update will be discontinued, what should I do?
As smart as a bug, of course there is a way to solve it. If you split a big chapter into two small chapters, wouldn't the problem be solved?
So, 19.5/30!
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