Fushou Pavilion is located in the south of the capital. It has always been famous for its Shandong cuisine. Although it has an elegant environment and good food and wine, among the many restaurants in the capital, Fushou Pavilion is not outstanding.
It is often overlooked, and few officials and wealthy people choose to host banquets here to entertain guests.
Today, the "Yellow Party" officials chose to host Zhao Junchen at the Fushou Pavilion, which is a bit pricey, but the advantage is that it can reduce the attention of both the government and the opposition and reduce the impact of this banquet.
Judging from this situation, the officials of the "Yellow Party" are still hesitant about taking refuge in Zhao Junchen and have not yet made up their minds, so they do not want today's banquet to attract too much attention.
However, although there was still some hesitation, all the "Yellow Party" officials came to Fushou Pavilion in full, ready to take the opportunity to meet Zhao Junchen. For these speculators, any opportunity was not to be missed.
When Zhao Junchen led Zhan Shanchang to Fushou Pavilion, Huo Zhengyuan had already led a group of "yellow party" officials to wait outside the door of Fushou Pavilion for a long time.
However, after Zhao Junchen and Zhan Shanchang got off the carriage, Huo Zhengyuan and Chen Dongxiang immediately led the "Yellow Party" people to greet them, saying many polite words and compliments without mentioning them.
Zhao Junchen, with a warm smile on his face, raised his hands to the "Yellow Party" officials and said with a smile: "Actually, I should have come a long time ago, but I was delayed due to something unexpected. I am really sorry for keeping you waiting here for so long."
Seeing that Zhao Junchen had a cordial attitude and showed no arrogance, all the "yellow party" officials' eyes lit up, and they all expressed that they were willing to wait for Zhao Junchen no matter how long.
Huo Zhengyuan, as the representative of the yellow party officials, also smiled and said: "Mr. Zhao, you are too polite. The time we agreed on is a quarter past midnight. But now it is just past midnight. You are not late. It's just that I was early."
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While speaking, Huo Zhengyuan reached out sideways and said: "Because there are a lot of people attending the banquet today and Mr. Zhao is here, we specially reserved the second floor of Fushou Pavilion. This Fushou Pavilion only has two floors. The second floor
It's quite quiet, which is suitable for me to have a detailed discussion with Mr. Zhao. I also invite Mr. Zhao to move to the banquet, and we might as well talk while eating."
After hearing what Huo Zhengyuan said, Zhao Junchen nodded. Under the leadership of Huo Zhengyuan, he and everyone walked towards Fushou Pavilion.
Along the way, Huo Zhengyuan took the opportunity to introduce to Zhao Junchen the surrounding "Yellow Party" officials. Zhao Junchen and these "Yellow Party" officials served in the same court. In fact, Huo Zhengyuan did not need any deliberate introduction, but Huo Zhengyuan's move was to introduce Zhao Junchen
These "yellow party" officials gave Zhao Junchen the opportunity to chat with these "yellow party" officials alone to deepen their mutual impression.
Regarding Huo Zhengyuan's introduction, Zhao Junchen still looked approachable and warm. He talked cordially with every "Yellow Party" official without any pretense. There were even some hints hidden in his words.
At this time, all the "Yellow Party" officials behaved in different ways. Some of the "Yellow Party" officials were quite eager, and they also behaved quite humbly in front of Zhao Junchen. The sense of surrender in their words was obvious to everyone.
It is clear that these "Yellow Party" officials have made up their minds to defect to Zhao Junchen; while the attitude of the other "Yellow Party" officials is relatively cold and distant, and there are temptations hidden in their words. It is obvious that they are not willing to defect to Zhao Junchen.
Zhao Junchen still has some doubts about the number of these "yellow party" officials. The purpose of Huo Zhengyuan's banquet today is to dispel their doubts and let as many "yellow party" members as possible defect to Zhao Junchen.
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Zhao Junchen naturally understood Huo Zhengyuan's thoughts, but Zhao Junchen did not treat these "yellow party" officials with suspicion. He treated all "yellow party" officials with the same cordiality and enthusiasm.
, a vague hint of benefits, but that’s all. He will not in turn beg the yellow party officials to surrender to him.
After all, the yellow party officials are now desperate and want to take refuge in Zhao Junchen. Although Zhao Junchen is only one of their choices, the priority must not be reversed, otherwise it will only make the "yellow party" officials look down upon.
In fact, although Zhao Junchen could not express some words, Zhan Shanchang beside Zhao Junchen could. This was one of the reasons why Zhao Junchen led Zhan Shanchang to the banquet.
And Zhan Shanchang's performance did not disappoint Zhao Junchen.
When everyone arrived at the second floor of Fushou Pavilion, Zhao Junchen first exchanged some polite words with a group of yellow party officials and then toasted each other for several rounds. Zhan Shanchang gradually became more active and even became the center of everyone's attention for a time.
As the banquet progressed, between changing cups and cups, Zhan Shanchang continued to brag about Zhao Junchen's benefits to the "yellow party" officials. He first expressed that Zhao Junchen was sincere and generous, and explained in detail that he followed Zhao Junchen.
How many benefits did he get after that? Then he said that Zhao Junchen had a bright vision, outstanding ability, and unlimited future, and described in detail the rise of Zhao Junchen in recent years. Many political opponents were played by Zhao Junchen; finally, he also
It emphatically describes Zhao Junchen's emphasis on and protection of his own people, and uses himself as an example to show that when Zhao Junchen was still the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he did not hesitate to fall out with the elder Wen Guanliang in order to protect himself. In the end, Wen Guanliang was persecuted by Zhao Junchen.
collapsed, and in the past few days, he had been worrying about his dismissal from office by Huang Yourong, and finally succeeded in getting rid of the charges and regaining his official position. Therefore, as long as he took refuge in Zhao Junchen, he would never be wronged.
Zhan Shanchang's eloquence is indeed good. After hearing his descriptions, the "yellow party" officials who had originally decided to seek refuge with Zhao Junchen became more and more enthusiastic towards Zhao Junchen, while those "yellow party" officials who still had doubts in their hearts became more enthusiastic.
"The official's attitude also became more inclined to Zhao Junchen's.
At this time, Huo Zhengyuan seized the opportunity, and in front of a group of "Yellow Party" officials, led Chen Dongxiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Lin Youlun, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and Situ Han, the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Wang Xin, the envoy of Zuotongzheng of the General Affairs Department, and others expressed their intention to surrender to Zhao Junchen in public, and Zhao Junchen naturally had no reason to refuse. Not only did he readily accept Huo Zhengyuan's surrender, but he also promised several benefits.
With Huo Zhengyuan and others taking the lead in expressing their stance, the "yellow party" officials became even more active and eager.
Then, some "Yellow Party" officials successively expressed their intention to surrender to Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen also happily accepted them and also promised some benefits.
In this way, gradually, more and more "Yellow Party" officials were willing to take refuge in Zhao Junchen.
But at this moment, seeing that the situation was developing in a direction favorable to Zhao Junchen, bursts of noise suddenly came from the first floor of Fushou Pavilion, as if something incredible had happened.
Then, someone in the Fushou Pavilion suddenly called out: "The Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Mr. Shen, together with the Cabinet Mr. Huang Ge, Mr. Shulin, the Minister of Rites, Mr. Zhang, the Young Master, Mr. Zhao, the Shaobao and other lords are here at the Fushou Pavilion."
After hearing this voice, the expressions of all the "Yellow Party" officials present, including Huo Zhengyuan, Chen Dongxiang and others, changed drastically.
Now, Huang Yourong's downfall is imminent, and Zhao Junchen and Shen Changmao are competing for Huang Yourong's political legacy. At the same time, under the instigation of Huo Zhengyuan and others, although the position of the "Yellow Party" officials is gradually leaning towards Zhao Junchen, Still a little undecided, they chose to entertain Zhao Junchen tonight at Fushou Pavilion, an inconspicuous restaurant, because they didn't want this matter to attract too much attention, especially Shen Changmao. Huang Yourong's attention would mark them as "Zhao Party". brand, and then they lose the chance to choose again.
Unexpectedly, Shen Changmao, Huang Yourong and others discovered the situation here in time and rushed here in person as soon as possible.
After hearing the shouting, some yellow party officials immediately stood up and looked towards the first floor, and found that this was indeed the case. At this time, a group of people were filing into the Fushou Pavilion. The leader was Shen Changmao, the new chief minister of the cabinet, and the elder of the cabinet. Huang Yourong, Minister of Rites Lin Wei, Young Master Zhang Cheng, Young Protector Zhao Zhenghe and others also followed behind Shen Changmao. Everyone had serious expressions, with a faint look of asking for help.
When Shen Changmao and others entered the Fushou Pavilion, they walked towards the stairs of the Fushou Pavilion without any hesitation. Obviously, their goal was the second floor of the Fushou Pavilion.
Seeing this situation, the faces of the yellow party officials couldn't help but change, and they were all a little flustered.
Among everyone, only Zhao Junchen's expression remained unchanged.
Zhao Junchen had known for a long time that if he wanted to annex Huang Yourong's political legacy, he would have to face competition from Shen Changmao. It would not be smooth sailing, especially since Shen Changmao's character had always been resolute and he had always had a style of retribution. Yesterday he pried If he got into his corner, it would be natural for him to personally destroy his place today.
Obviously, Shen Changmao came to Fushou Pavilion in person tonight just to cause trouble. He wanted to suppress Zhao Junchen in person, embarrass Zhao Junchen, and thus influence the choices of the "yellow party" officials.
However, although Zhao Junchen understood Shen Changmao's thoughts, he was not very afraid. While everyone's expressions changed drastically, Zhao Junchen still had a calm expression and just said slowly: "My lords, since Shen Shoufu, Huang Mr. Ge and the others have arrived at the Fushou Pavilion, but we cannot avoid seeing them, otherwise we will inevitably lose the rules and etiquette, so please come with me to pay our respects."
While he was talking, Zhao Junchen stood up and walked towards the stairs on the second floor of Fushou Pavilion first, meeting Shen Changmao, Huang Yourong and others.
Seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, everyone's expressions changed again, knowing that Zhao Junchen was going to compete with Shen Changmao.
After a slight hesitation, people like Zhan Shanchang, Huo Zhengyuan, Chen Dongxiang and others also stood up one after another and followed closely behind Zhao Junchen, but they also made their positions clear.
But more "Yellow Party" officials, although they also stood up with Zhao Junchen to greet Shen Changmao and others, they deliberately slowed down their movements and put a slight distance away from Zhao Junchen.
Then, as Zhao Junchen came to the stairs, Shen Changmao and others climbed up the stairs. Soon, Zhao Junchen and Shen Changmao and others met.
