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Since leaving the capital, Zhao Junchen has been in a bad mood and even a little irritable on the way north to Liaodong.
There are two main reasons.
One reason is the insecurity in the heart after being transferred away from the mountain. After all, after leaving the capital center, it is impossible to grasp the overall situation, and the message transmission is also delayed. Even if there is any unfavorable change for Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen cannot respond in time. It must have been an eventful time in the center of the capital during this time.
Another reason is that Fang Ru's due date is coming soon, and Zhao Junchen is most needed at this time. Zhao Junchen has promised Fang Ru many times that he will try his best to accompany her during this time - but because Zhao Junchen not only broke his promise to Emperor Deqing once again, but if the Liaodong incident was delayed for too long, he might not be able to witness the birth of his first child.
Zhao Junchen couldn't tell which of the two reasons made him more irritable. In short, he was irritable.
In addition, although the center of the capital and the Liaodong area are not far apart, the road conditions are extremely poor, so Zhao Junchen cannot ride a faster and bumpier carriage. In addition, Zhao Junchen's physical condition has recently deteriorated. Repeatedly unable to ride a horse, he could only ride slowly in a sedan. The journey was delayed a lot, which made Zhao Junchen's mood even more complicated.
The irritability needs to be vented, but Zhao Junchen is a deep-tempered person and does not want to lose his composure in front of outsiders, so at this time, people around him are always unlucky - because of some small things, Xu Qingyan and Zhao Dali have already had trouble along the way. Zhao Junchen had reprimanded him several times, which made the two of them try their best to avoid Zhao Junchen in the past two days.
Zhao Junchen also knew that there was no way he could continue like this, and he had to find a way to calm down as soon as possible, so he ordered people to bring "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" and other official history books, and read them as patiently as possible.
These large books were specially prepared by Zhao Junchen for himself before leaving Beijing, not only to pass the time and calm down on the road, but also to try to make up for his weaknesses.
Zhao Junchen is good at finding opportunities and fishing in troubled waters. He is accustomed to using conspiracy methods that cannot be seen in the light. The plans he designs are also too sophisticated and complicated. These are not only Zhao Junchen's advantages, but also his disadvantages.
But Zhao Junchen's current status requires him to use more scheming methods to take advantage of the situation.
During this period of time, the more contact he had with Zhou Shangjing, the more Zhao Junchen felt his own flaws and deficiencies.
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On this day, Zhao Junchen was sitting in a sedan chair, flipping through the "Book of Han" in his hand. After seeing the content of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's implementation of the "Tianfa Order", he murmured to himself: "All the princes, whenever I read When you read this part, you can't help but marvel at the methods of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty... According to the summary of later generations, the four major conspiracy in history are to push the favor order, to encircle Wei and save Zhao, to kill three soldiers with two peaches, to narrow the emperor to order the princes... In my opinion It seems that the Tweeting Order is the most unexplainable among them. In just a few words, the foundation of the princes has been lost...
If you think about it carefully, the so-called "yang conspiracy" can be summed up as changing one's resource allocation, turning some of one's idle resources into hot and precious things, forming a situation that is more beneficial to oneself, and then following the trend and following the trend. And hair...
Among them, the word "shi" means interests and people's hearts. It is just an introduction. Driven by interests and people's will, it guides the situation in the direction you want... And interests and people's tendencies, They are often inviolable, so the conspiracy will naturally not fail.
Zhou Shangjing once accidentally mentioned one thing at the beginning, that is, if I could be less ambitious and not as uncontrollable and unpredictable as I am now, he would actually be happy to merge the Zhou and Zhao parties and make me his successor……
From a certain point of view, this is an extremely clever conspiracy. Not only can his power be expanded nearly twice in an instant, but I and everyone in the 'Zhao Party' also have a safer future. Driven by interests and people's hearts, No one can resist such a proposal, and the price Zhou Shangjing paid was not just a promise of 'successor'!
In comparison, conspiracy methods also pay attention to interests and people's hearts, but they add too many variables that cannot be seen in the light, such as deception, coercion, deception, etc., so they naturally fall behind.
The fundamental reason why Zhou Shangjing was able to use Yangtou and was good at it was because he considered both public and private affairs, so he became a recognized representative of ministerial power. He could always win the support of most officials, including me, and he always stood on the side of the government. The general trend is on the side...
But I don't have the recognition of hundreds of officials like Zhou Shangjing, and I don't have enough experience, so I can't blindly imitate Zhou Shangjing's style, I must have my own way...
The next direction of my efforts is to try to eliminate factors such as deception, coercion, concealment, etc. in my plan, and add more considerations of people's hearts and interests. All deceptions will be exposed one day, and all compulsions will encounter resistance. Even if you are deceived, the truth will come out, but it is difficult to change people's hearts and interests, which can make people take the initiative...
On the other hand, when we become enemies with Emperors Zhou Shangjing and Deqing in the future, and face their conspiracy, we can also start by changing our interests and people's hearts..."
For a time, Zhao Junchen thought about many things.
Before this, Zhao Junchen had always been focused on intrigues and intrigues, but had no chance to calm himself down and no time to think about these principles.
As a result, Zhao Junchen thought that he had grown slightly and his mood improved slightly.
However, just when Zhao Junchen lowered his head and was about to continue reading the "Book of Han" in his hand, Zhao Dali's cautious request for instructions suddenly came from outside the sedan.
"Mr. Ge, we have left the Jizhen defense area and arrived in Liaodong. However, because we were too busy in the previous journey, we have missed the opportunity to go to Fucheng for rest. Now that the sky is getting dark, we must choose a place to spend the night as soon as possible... …According to the villain’s inquiring, there is a military fort twenty miles to the north, and a village ten miles to the east. Do you think we should go to the military fort in the north to spend the night? Or to the village in the east to spend the night?”
After hearing Zhao Dali's request, Zhao Junchen closed the book in his hand, then opened the sedan curtain and looked outside. Sure enough, he saw the sunset setting in the west, and it would be dark soon.
Then, Zhao Junchen discovered that Zhao Dali was not the only one who came to the sedan to ask for instructions. Xu Qingyan was standing next to Zhao Dali, but he did not speak, but carefully observed Zhao Junchen's expression with aggrievedness. .
Obviously, because Zhao Junchen has been irritable and angry with people around him many times in the past few days, both Xu Qingyan and Zhao Dali have endured a lot of unknown anger.
When people are unhappy, they always tend to lose their temper towards the people around them. Very few people, including Zhao Junchen, are immune to this, but this is actually a sign of cowardice and immaturity, because everyone knows it in their hearts—— Losing your temper to the people around you will not have any serious consequences, but losing your temper to outsiders may result in resentment, so you choose to let the people around you bear the negative emotions with you.
At this time, Zhao Junchen's mood had gradually calmed down. Seeing Xu Qingyan and Zhao Dali's behavior, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Junchen ordered: "The military forts in the border town are too cramped and cramped. It's better to go to the village in the east to spend the night. Prepare a sum of money to give to the villagers and buy some meat from them. Everyone will be happy along the way. I’m sorry, let’s eat something good tonight.”
After hearing Zhao Junchen's instructions, Xu Qingyan and Zhao Dali both agreed, and then hurriedly wanted to leave the vicinity of Zhao Junchen, fearing that they would be angered by Zhao Junchen again.
But at this moment, Zhao Junchen called out to Xu Qingyan and Zhao Dali again, and continued: "Also, if you can find drinks, I will try to find them. Although I don't like drinking, I want to meet you tonight The two of you have a few drinks and take the opportunity to apologize to you... I have been unhappy these past few days, but I shouldn't be angry with you. Now that I have calmed down a little, I have realized my fault, it was my fault!"
Zhao Dali was a honest and loyal man, and Zhao Junchen was even more kind to him, so he was just afraid of Zhao Junchen's anger, but he didn't have any resentment in his heart. After hearing Zhao Junchen's apology, he quickly waved his hands to show that he didn't care. , everything is just a small thing.
On the other side, Xu Qingyan felt even more aggrieved after hearing Zhao Junchen's apology, and his eyes were red for a while.
But now that Zhao Junchen has apologized, what else can Xu Qingyan do? Of course I chose to forgive Zhao Junchen.
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In this way, after Zhao Junchen and his team traveled ten miles eastward, they finally saw the village Zhao Dali mentioned from a distance before it became completely dark.
However, Zhao Junchen's team did not enter the village immediately and stopped early.
Because something is wrong!
There were actually five or six corpses hanging on several big trees outside the village. All the corpses were dressed as villagers and had ferocious faces. At a glance, one could not help but feel horrified.
In the center of the village, you can clearly see the bright light of the fire - you know, the villagers and farmers in this era are extremely poor, and even the firewood can be saved. Every night, it will soon become dark and there will be no light, but in front of you In this village, obvious fire can be seen. This situation is also abnormal.
At the same time, there were also sounds of crying, arguing, and angry curses faintly reaching my ears.
It is obvious that some major changes are taking place in this village at this time.
After hearing the report, Zhao Junchen opened the sedan curtain again and looked in the direction of the village. His expression suddenly became solemn. His first reaction was that there were bandits plundering him.
If it was just bandits plundering, Zhao Junchen would not be worried. As a cabinet minister, his mission on this trip was to go to Liaodong to demonstrate the dignity of the court and beat the heads of the military. Naturally, he was escorted by the army, including five soldiers. One hundred strong and powerful Forbidden Army soldiers, as well as fifty frightening imperial guards, plus Zhao Junchen's personal entourage, the size of the team is 600, and ordinary bandits are no match for them.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen just quickly ordered: "Send some astute spies to find out the news. If you find anything, report it immediately! Send an order to all the accompanying soldiers to prepare their horses and weapons and be ready to fight at any time!"
Then, Zhao Junchen sat in his sedan chair and patiently waited for the news.
After the fierce fighting between Shaanxi and Gansu, some horse thieves were not taken seriously by Zhao Junchen at all.
Soon, the spies had figured out the situation in the village.
Facts have proved that Zhao Junchen was overthinking it, and it was not that the village was robbed by horse thieves.
But the real situation is much worse than Zhao Junchen expected!
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