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Zhao Junchen was not surprised by Xuan Ye's doubts and inquiries.
In fact, many people have raised similar questions recently, including not only the politically intelligent Li Chuanwen, Niu Fude and other close aides, but even Jiang Quan, a military attaché with inexperienced officialdom, could not help but remind him. Both Zhao Junchen and Zhao Junchen believed that all aspects of Zhao Junchen's plan were too risky and that the gains outweighed the losses.
The Jianzhou Jurchen Association agreed to this plan because they were forced by the food shortage and had no choice but to take risks. However, it was unwise for Zhao Junchen to take the initiative to propose this plan.
Once the plan to jointly establish Jurchens to travel to Japan to collect grain is officially implemented, it will be equivalent to all parties involved in this plan having a handle on Zhao Junchen. Anyone can use this handle to threaten Zhao Junchen, saying It is not an exaggeration to say that you are digging your own grave.
Xuan Ye obviously had such doubts for a long time, but he waited until the negotiation was completely over before he finally couldn't help but ask Zhao Junchen this question.
Because of the successive questions from Li Chuanwen, Niu Fude, Jiang Quan and others, Zhao Junchen has answered this question several times, and the answers, whether true or false, are all ready-made.
But in the face of Xuan Ye's inquiry, Zhao Junchen still pondered for a long time and carefully crafted his answer.
Then, Zhao Junchen asked: "Khan, you are good at hunting. Of course you have raised hounds yourself... Why do those hounds deliberately lie down and expose their bellies in front of the Khan? When the hounds were still young, they bared their teeth and claws at the Khan. The Great Khan will definitely not care if he growls a few times, but if an adult hunting dog keeps roaring at the Great Khan with all its teeth and claws, will the Great Khan still tolerate the same thing? But why can puppies tolerate the same thing but not big dogs? ?」
Seeing Xuan Ye deep in thought, Zhao Junchen sighed: "This is because big dogs can hurt people, so the threat of their growls cannot be tolerated, while young dogs cannot cause harm and can be kicked at any time." On one side, so its threat of baring its teeth and claws will only look cute and funny..."
Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen seemed to be expressionless, and seemed to be hiding sarcasm, saying word by word: "And now, I hope that I will look cute and funny."
Zhao Junchen was the most powerful official in the Ming Dynasty temple after Zhou Shangjing. His words and deeds could inadvertently affect the fate of countless people. In fact, words like "cute" and "funny" have nothing to do with it. .
In fact, Zhao Junchen actually used the word "cute" to describe himself when talking to Xuan Ye, which is extremely funny and a bit absurd in itself.
But Xuan Ye was a smart man and immediately understood what Zhao Junchen meant.
In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen was just a domestic dog. However, with the rapid expansion of Zhao Junchen's power and influence, he has now turned into a big dog with sharp teeth and claws and a fierce look. Will rebel against myself.
What's more, Zhao Junchen, the domestic dog, has returned to its wild nature and completely transformed into a vicious wolf. It may bite Emperor Deqing at any time. If Zhao Junchen, the vicious wolf, accidentally bites the vital part of his throat, Emperor Deqing might even die from a wolf's mouth. ….
Zhao Junchen did not know that Zhou Shangjing was adding fuel to the flames. In his opinion, Emperor Deqing deliberately arranged for Linghu Guang to test his loyalty out of such concerns.
The appearance of Linghu Guang made Zhao Junchen deeply aware that Emperor Deqing had prepared the means to deal with him, and his tolerance for him was reaching its limit, and he did not have much time left for him.
In recent years, Zhao Junchen has been trying to eliminate Emperor Deqing's suspicion and wariness of him. In order to reassure Emperor Deqing and increase Emperor Deqing's tolerance for him, he has tried his best and used various methods. Have tried.
At the beginning, Zhao Junchen's method was to "obey orders", willing to become Emperor Deqing's chamber pot and puppet, obeying all kinds of unreasonable orders of Emperor Deqing, in order to complete what Emperor Deqing wanted. The various purposes explained are even at the expense of one's own interests.
During that period, it was also the time when Emperor Deqing trusted Zhao Junchen the most and had the best attitude towards Zhao Junchen. Every time he encountered something, he would deliberately favor Zhao Junchen and treat Zhao Junchen as his own.
Some confidential tasks were entrusted to Zhao Junchen, such as making Zhao Junchen the director of the West Factory.
But soon, as Zhao Junchen became more and more powerful, with more and more cronies in the DPRK and China, and his own interests became more and more complicated, it was no longer possible for Zhao Junchen to obey Emperor Deqing's orders. He had to safeguard The interests of himself and his cronies, otherwise his cronies will soon turn their backs on Zhao Junchen, and the hard-working ruling and opposition forces will soon fall apart.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen gradually began to disobey Emperor Deqing, and even resisted some of Emperor Deqing's decisions face to face. In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen's actions were equivalent to his own dog starting to rebel against him. He bared his teeth and claws.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen had no choice but to change his methods and continued to use various methods to show weakness to Emperor Deqing. For example, he deliberately promoted some controversial policies, which triggered criticism from all parties in the government and the opposition, making Emperor Deqing mistakenly believe that Zhao Junchen was alone and had no power at all. You can't threaten yourself.
However, with the emergence of the Shaanxi-Gansu Victory, Zhao Junchen's prestige in the government and the public rose rapidly, and his evaluation by the government and the people also improved significantly. There were more and more fans and supporters, and there were even signs of meddling in military power. Under such circumstances, Zhao Junchen was If he continued to show weakness, it would be impossible for Emperor Deqing to believe him.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen had no choice but to change his tactics again, repeatedly emphasizing his indispensability in the court's finances. He hoped that Emperor Deqing would realize that the Ming Dynasty's money and food turnover could not be separated from Zhao Junchen for the time being, and then he could tolerate himself more for a while. time.
However, the appearance of Linghu Guang made Zhao Junchen completely understand that this method was not particularly effective and could not raise Emperor Deqing's tolerance threshold again.
In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, compared with the stable inheritance of the Zhu family, the "temporary" financial difficulties of the imperial court were just a trivial matter.
As long as Zhao Junchen's threat was huge enough, even if the imperial government's finances were completely corrupted, Emperor Deqing would still eliminate Zhao Junchen without hesitation.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Junchen naturally had no choice but to lie down completely like a domestic dog, exposed his belly to Emperor Deqing, and handed over his fatal weakness to Emperor Deqing to show his own incompetence. The harmfulness made his threat fall back from a wolf to a puppy level again, making Emperor Deqing think that he had a sure victory and could kill Zhao Junchen at any time. ….
Only in this way will Emperor Deqing's tolerance threshold for Zhao Junchen be raised again, and Zhao Junchen can buy more time for himself.
It was precisely because of this consideration that Zhao Junchen expended great efforts to promote the plan to jointly send troops to Japan with Jianzhou Jurchen to collect food.
Secretly colluding with foreign invaders, plundering neighboring countries without permission... In the traditional sense, such serious crimes are enough to make Zhao Junchen die without a burial place! However, under certain special circumstances, this crime can still find many opportunities for reversal, which is most suitable for Zhao Junchen.
At the same time, Zhao Junchen was still in Liaodong, taking away many benefits of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan and Liaodong Town, deliberately creating more powerful enemies for himself.
In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, these practices were simply "digging one's own grave" and "seeking one's own destruction."
But the so-called "dig your own grave" and "bring your own destruction" may seem foolish, but it also has an advantage.
For Zhao Junchen, the focus of these two words is not "grave" and "destruction", but the word "self".
Since it is "self-digging" and "self-taking" and digging a hole for himself, Zhao Junchen has a certain degree of autonomy. He can slightly control the rhythm and speed of the change of the situation, and can strive for more success for himself. Much time.
After Emperor Deqing mastered the relevant evidence, he believed that he could deal with Zhao Junchen at any time, so he would not be sensitive to some of Zhao Junchen's resistance methods and his actions, and he would also greatly underestimate the threat of Zhao Junchen.
As Zhao Junchen himself said, in the eyes of the strong, the weak's teeth and claws will only look cute and funny.
Zhao Junchen did not want to be a weak person, but he hoped that Emperor Deqing would still regard him as a weak person who could be used by him.
Xuan Ye didn't know the specific details, but he could roughly guess Zhao Junchen's current situation.
As a result, Xuan Ye became more and more
I firmly believe that Zhao Junchen and Emperor Deqing will soon break completely, and the Jianzhou Jurchens will soon find a real opportunity to rise.
Xuan Ye was even seriously considering it, thinking that after the plan to travel to Japan to collect grain lasted for a period of time, and when the food shortage situation of Jianzhou Jurchen was completely alleviated, he could take the initiative to leak relevant information about this plan to the Han government and the public, forcing Deqing to The emperor took action to deal with Zhao Junchen, but also forced Zhao Junchen to jump over the wall, completely disrupting the situation in the Ming Dynasty.
But on the surface, Xuan Ye showed concern and sincerely suggested: "So that's it! Alas, Zhao Gechen is both civil and military and has outstanding achievements. He can be said to be a minister of the Zhuguo that is rare to see in a century. He is also the only one of the generation to be seen in a century. Only a hero can be appointed and controlled, and it is best that this hero is not much different in age from Zhao Gechen, otherwise he will inevitably encounter an embarrassing situation where the leader is weak and the minister is strong, and his achievements are hard to reward... I hope Zhao Gechen remembers the last time In the Xuanfu Town of the Ming Dynasty, the promises made by this Khan and Zhao Gechen when they first met will be valid forever!"
Seeing Xuan Ye extending an olive branch to him again, Zhao Junchen still acted like the last time and did not refuse directly. He just answered vaguely: "The Khan is worried too much. He is showing weakness and begging for mercy, restraining his minions, and making the master feel at ease. One of the natural responsibilities of a domestic dog is that as long as the owner still trusts the dog, the dog will never betray."
Xuan Ye shook his head with regret and sighed repeatedly: "Obviously, the Eagle King soaring in the sky can only be subdued by the most skilled hunter. Moreover, even if the Eagle King wants to serve the hunter, he should be carefully served by the hunter, so why not Can he consider himself a domestic dog? Zhao Gechen really underestimates himself."
Zhao Junchen was silent for a moment, as if his mind was shaken by Xuan Ye, and then he stood up and held his hands in his hands as if to escape: "Xuan Ye Khan, since the details of the cooperation between the two parties have been agreed upon, and you and I both have important responsibilities. I am here and have heavy responsibilities, so there is no need to stay here and waste time! This is my farewell. I hope that the Khan will take care of you and see you again in the future if you have the opportunity!"
After saying that, Zhao Junchen seemed to be angry, and turned around and left the awning where the two parties were negotiating, leaving only Xuan Ye watching Zhao Junchen's leaving back with an expression that was half-smiling, as if he had seen Jianzhou Jurchen. The ultimate rise is at hand.
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