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In this world, fools are always the same, but wise people have their own characteristics.
After Zhao Junchen saw Jiang Zheng's talent and intelligence for the first time, he spoke highly of him and believed that Yang Xun's disciple was no less talented than the original Zhao Shancai.
But Zhao Junchen soon discovered that Jiang Zheng and Zhao Shancai should not be generalized at all. Apart from being talented young people, the two of them had nothing in common.
Zhao Shancai was a close disciple of the former crown prince and grand master He Ming. Jiang Zhengze was a direct disciple of the great scholar Yang Xun. He Ming was good at the emperor's mind. Yang Xun was a master of law. He Ming used "Twenty-Four Histories" and "Twenty-Four Histories". "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" made Zhao Shancai understand the laws of rise and fall, governance, success and failure, and safety. Yang Xun often led Jiang Zheng around Yunnan and Guizhou, and everything started from practice.
The two famous teachers have different areas of expertise and different educational methods, so their disciples are naturally completely different.
Zhao Shancai is gentle and elegant, keeps a low profile, understands the interests closely, and is impeccable in everything he does.
Jiang Zhengze is informal, sharp-edged, and accustomed to the changes in the world. He is pragmatic and rigorous in his actions.
After Zhao Junchen accepted Jiang Zheng as a staff member, Jiang Zheng moved to the Zhao mansion that evening, and then he couldn't wait to get familiar with his work environment and task arrangements. He acted vigorously and resolutely.
At that time, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be a little surprised to see Jiang Zheng wanting to participate in staff work so quickly, but he still arranged for several key staff members in his government to help Jiang Zheng become familiar with the working environment of Zhao's staff.
To this, Niu Fude, Su Xiqing, and Wang Lun all readily agreed. They had a very good impression of Jiang Zheng, and they all admired Jiang Zheng's identity and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to further their friendship with Jiang Zheng.
Then, just over an hour later, Niu Fude, Su Xiqing, and Wang Lun all ran to Zhao Junchen to complain.
Because Jiang Zheng has extremely keen eyesight and is well-informed, but after he was initially familiar with the working environment, he noticed many abnormalities in the work of the Zhao family's staff through some clues.
These anomalies are all related to Zhao Junchen's several confidential plans, and they are also things that Zhao Junchen secretly asked Niu Fude and others to conceal from Jiang Zheng.
For example, among Zhao's staff, Niu Fude has always been responsible for Zhao Junchen's plan to infiltrate military power, but Jiang Zheng has not yet proven his loyalty, so Jiang Zheng cannot be aware of this matter.
However, Jiang Zheng only had a short conversation with Niu Fude and several helpers around Niu Fude, and he had fully confirmed the scope of Niu Fude's work.
For another example, Su Xiqing is responsible for managing the core accounts and large amounts of income and expenditure of the Zhao family, but many of Zhao Junchen's secret income and expenditure cannot be disclosed, so Su Xiqing deliberately prepared a series of fake accounts just in case. Ledger.
However, when Jiang Zheng was communicating with Su Xiqing, he just took a casual look and concluded that the account books placed in Su Xiqing's study were all fake, and also pointed out the location of the real account books.
For another example, Li Lun is not only good at whimsical ideas and often puts forward some new suggestions, but he is also Li Chuanwen's only son, so Zhao Junchen takes good care of him for Li Chuanwen's sake, while letting Li Lun stay. While working on staff matters in the Zhao Mansion, he also arranged a place for Li Lun to be a tribute student in the Imperial College.
At the same time, Zhao Junchen arranged for Li Lun to go to the Imperial College to study, not only to arrange a good future for Li Lun, but also to prepare for today's autumn provincial examination. He wanted to use this year's autumn to recruit a group of talents for himself. Jun's hard work, and Li Lun's task is to take advantage of his opportunity to study in the Imperial College to secretly recruit talents for Zhao Junchen.
However, Jiang Zheng sensed the flaw somewhere and immediately pointed it out. At the same time, he expressed the hope that Li Lun could leave Zhao Junchen's staff team and focus on his studies and tasks at the Imperial College.
Probably because Jiang Zheng has been studying with Yang Xun. Yang Xun is a sincere gentleman. He always speaks directly to his disciples and never hides it, so Jiang Zheng is used to expressing his opinions when speaking. Yu came straight to the point, which made all the Zhao family's staff clumsy when dealing with it, and they all felt deeply embarrassed.
And this series of things just happened on the same night.
So, just over an hour later, Niu Fude, Su Xiqing, Li Lun and others all came to Zhao Junchen to complain, saying that they were unable to deal with Jiang Zheng and hoped that Zhao Junchen would arrange additional personnel to contact Jiang Zheng, otherwise Zhao Junchen's secrets The plan will soon be revealed one by one by Jiang Zheng.
Because of this situation, Zhao Junchen deliberately told Li Chuanwen and Xiao Wenxuan to be careful when meeting Jiang Zheng.
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That night, Zhao Junchen held a banquet in the mansion. On the one hand, it was to welcome Li Chuanwen and Xiao Wenxuan, and on the other hand, it was also to welcome Jiang Zheng to join them.
Several main staff members in the Zhao family, except Ouyang Bo who is currently going south to assist Huo Zhengyuan in managing the ocean-going plan, Li Chuanwen, Niu Fude, Jiang Zheng, Su Xiqing, Xiao Wenxuan, Li Lun and others all showed up to participate. It can be said that they gathered together. one class.
Li Chuanwen and Xiao Wenxuan met Jiang Zhengnai for the first time. Because of Zhao Junchen's instructions, they paid special attention to Jiang Zheng.
While Li Chuanwen and Xiao Wenxuan were sizing up Jiang Zheng secretly, Jiang Zheng also noticed their gazes. He also moved his eyes to observe them for a moment, and then took the initiative to smile and nod, his attitude was quite gentle.
Jiang Zheng's expression doesn't change much. Even if he smiles and actively shows his kindness, it will give people the feeling that he is smiling but not smiling.
At the same time, Jiang Zheng always looked at people with piercing eyes, without any dodge, and full of scrutiny, which also gave him an aggressive aura.
In short, Jiang Zheng does not look like a young scholar at all.
After the banquet started, Zhao Junchen stood up first with a wine glass in hand and said a few opening words. The general idea was to thank Li Chuanwen and Xiao Wenxuan for their hard work over the past six months, and then expressed his welcome to Jiang Zheng to join. Finally, he said: He praised the work of all the Zhao family staff.
When getting along with several close aides, Zhao Junchen did not deliberately show off his official power and was always approachable. After giving a brief opening speech, he toasted a glass of wine with the aides, and then let everyone put down their chopsticks and enter. Eat as you please, without any regard for rules or respect.
The staff also understood Zhao Junchen's character, and there were not many restrictions. They were all supposed to eat, drink, and talk casually, making the atmosphere of the banquet very relaxed and harmonious.
After Zhao Junchen took down his chopsticks and ate three-thirds full, he turned his attention to Jiang Zheng, only to see that Jiang Zheng was not talking to anyone at this time - in fact, because of what happened last night, Zhao Mansion All the staff were avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally at this time - they just ate in silence and listened to the conversations of the staff, with a hint of thinking flashing in their eyes from time to time.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Junchen suddenly asked: "Jiang Zheng, when you talked with Niu Fude yesterday, you actually thought that Niu Fude's scope of responsibilities was related to military affairs... But I don't know why you came to such a conclusion? "
Upon hearing Zhao Junchen's question, all the staff immediately became quiet, and they all focused on waiting for Jiang Zheng's answer.
Jiang Zheng seemed to have expected that Zhao Junchen would ask such a question, and without much hesitation, he replied slowly: "When Mr. Niu introduced himself to the students, he said that he had served as an aide to civil and military officials at all levels of the imperial court for many years in Liaodong. , and the Liaodong region has always been prone to frequent wars, so Mr. Niu must be proficient in military matters after having such experience;
When Zhao Gechen went to Shaanxi and Gansu, he took Mr. Niu with him to assist him, which is enough to prove that Zhao Gechen valued and trusted Mr. Niu's military capabilities.
At the same time, when the students asked Mr. Niu about the scope of his daily responsibilities, Mr. Niu’s answer was very vague. Apparently he was a little taboo and did not dare to tell the truth. Considering that Mr. Niu had a very high status among the Zhao family’s staff, he must have He had important responsibilities, and the students had vague guesses at that time.
Later, the student talked with several helpers in Mr. Niu's study and found that these people's experiences were very similar to Mr. Niu's. They all had rich military experience and were still very familiar with the current situation of the imperial military affairs. They obviously had frequent contact with them. Related work, but don’t know much about other things...
Considering that Zhao Gechen has reached this point, when employing people, he must make the best use of their talents... Combining these circumstances, students can be sure that Mr. Niu's scope of responsibilities when assisting Zhao Gechen must be related to military affairs! "
After hearing what Jiang Zheng said, the atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became a little cold and solemn.
Several core staff members knew more or less about Zhao Junchen's secret infiltration of the army. However, Jiang Zheng had not yet proven his loyalty and should not know the relevant information at all. However, he just inferred it on his own through some clues. .
In this way, Jiang Zheng came into contact with secrets that he should never have access to, and the situation naturally became embarrassing.
For a moment, the thought of "killing people and silencing them" flashed through the minds of several staff members.
After all, once Jiang Zheng told his teacher Yang Xun about this matter, Yang Xun's temperament would definitely tell Emperor Yu Deqing. And once Emperor Deqing found out about this matter, the trouble would be huge!
However, in such a cold and awkward atmosphere, the smile on Zhao Junchen's face did not change at all, and he just continued to ask: "I see, such a subtle vision and wisdom is really amazing... Then, why do you Will he know that the account books in Su Xiqing's study are all forgeries? Can he also clearly point out the location of the room where the real account books are hidden? "
Under everyone's gaze, Jiang Zheng still replied slowly without hesitation: "Because those forged account books are so new!
Mr. Su is in charge of the income and expenditure account books in the Zhao Mansion. As a family like the Zhao Mansion has a large business and numerous income and expenditure every day, it is necessary to check the account books and check the numbers frequently, but there is no sign of any flipping in those fake account books. The traces were obviously just random numbers recorded, but they were never flipped over after being recorded. It was fake at first glance!
At the same time, after the introduction of several seniors, the students discovered that the daily activities of Zhao Mansion’s staff were concentrated in the east courtyard wing, and the more important the staff, the more important their respective study rooms were. It is close to the large study room used by Zhao Gechen on weekdays!
Mr. Su is the oldest staff member in the Zhao Mansion and is in charge of the revenue and expenditure accounts. His position is extremely important. However, the location of the study room where he used to store the fake account books is far away from Zhao Gechen's large study room, which is completely inconsistent with the situation. Mr. Su’s identity!
What's more, the spring cold has just passed, but there are no traces of fire in the study room. It must be not used frequently, so the student infers... that the study room is not the real study room used by Mr. Su on weekdays. , the account books in the study are all fake.
Several seniors had introduced the locations of their respective study rooms to the students. They were all close to Zhao Gechen's study room. However, there was a wing room, just dozens of steps away from Zhao's study room. It must be used by important people. But several seniors deliberately ignored it when introducing...
Considering Mr. Su's status in the mansion, students can deduce that the wing room is most likely Mr. Su's real study! Therefore, the real account books of the Zhao family must be stored in that wing. These account books are crucial. Too many things can be inferred from the various income and expenditure figures, so the seniors deliberately concealed them from the students. . "
After hearing Jiang Zheng's explanation, the Zhao family's staff became increasingly embarrassed.
Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed, but the smile on his expression remained unchanged, and he just asked again: "Then why can you guess that... Li Lun's mission during his studies in the Imperial College was to recruit talents for me?"
Jiang Zheng glanced at Li Lun, seemed to smile apologetically, but still half-smiling, and then replied: "After Brother Li met the student, he invited the student to Tianhai Pavilion for a banquet out of good intentions, and said He also invited several classmates from the Imperial College...
But as far as the students know, Tianhai Pavilion is one of the most expensive restaurants in the capital. A casual meal is enough to cover the expenses of ordinary people for half a year. When Brother Li invited the students to the banquet, his attitude was very casual, and even more so He can also invite multiple classmates at the same time, and it can be seen from his words that this is not the first time he has held a banquet in Tianhai Pavilion, and he is very familiar with the situation in Tianhai Pavilion.
Then, the student thought that although Brother Li was well paid when working in the Zhao Mansion, he could not afford such expenses, and Brother Li did not look like a lavish spender. There was only one explanation for this situation, that All of Brother Li's expenses are provided by the accounting office of Zhao Mansion, so Brother Li has no scruples in setting up banquets in Tianhai Tower to entertain his classmates.
However, why did the Zhao family accountant provide a large amount of money to support Brother Li's frequent invitations to his classmates for dinner parties? In addition to recruiting talents for Zhao Gechen, the students can't think of any other possibilities! "
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After hearing Jiang Zheng's explanations, the mood of the staff became more and more complicated. On the one hand, they admired Jiang Zheng's keen eye for seeing the subtle things, and on the other hand, they were secretly thinking about how to deal with Jiang Zheng.
He simply deduced too many secrets.
Zhao Junchen also sighed softly and said slowly: "Since I invited Li Chuanwen, Niu Fude, Ouyang Bo and other gentlemen to form such a staff team for myself, all the staff have become my right-hand man. I have always thought that my staff team is efficient, well-organized, and always successful... Who would have thought that in your eyes, it looks like it is riddled with holes, and many secrets can be known at a glance... …”
Jiang Zhengze took out a booklet from his arms, handed it to Zhao Junchen with both hands, and said: "Regarding this matter, the student believes that the methods of the staff in Zhao Gechen's mansion are no longer suitable for Zhao Gechen's current achievements. ! As the saying goes, there is nothing without rules. The students think that Zhao Gechen should re-establish some rules. Here are some of the students’ ideas. I also ask Zhao Gechen for his guidance."
Zhao Junchen calmly reached out to take the booklet and silently flipped through it, his expression still unchanged.
However, Zhao Junchen secretly thought in his heart: "Sure enough...Jiang Zheng's behavior is not that he has no authority and is outspoken...he just wants to force me to express my stance!"
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