The next day, at nine o'clock in the morning, outside the Meridian Gate.
Before the morning court began, when Zhao Junchen got off the sedan chair and appeared, he immediately attracted the attention of all the officials.
There are different emotions in the eyes, some are worried, some are scrutinizing, some are gloating, and some are meaningful.
After all, just the day before, the assassination of Zhao Junchen shocked the government and the opposition. The assassin of Zhao Junchen was finally captured by Xichang, and was intercepted and killed on the way. This incident even shocked the government and the opposition.
I was dumbfounded and found it unbelievable.
Over the hundreds of years of the Ming Dynasty, there were only a handful of similar bad incidents, and Zhao Junchen, as the protagonist of this incident, naturally attracted much attention.
Under the attention of all the officials, Zhao Junchen's expression remained calm and his behavior remained calm, almost no different from the past, as if he was not affected by yesterday's assassination at all.
Regarding Zhao Junchen's performance, various forces in North Korea and China also had different reactions.
As usual, "" officials gathered around Prince Zhu Heyu.
Looking at Zhao Junchen's calm performance from a distance, Mr. Cheng Yuandao said coldly: "Pretend! Pretend to be calm!"
Chen Dongxiang, the Minister of Rites, also said: "This Zhao Junchen has always been good at playing tricks!"
The "Princelings" originally thought that Zhao Junchen would be in a state of panic all day long after being assassinated. They also expected to see Zhao Junchen's jokes in court this morning, but they did not expect that Zhao Junchen was still calm as usual, so
Although the "princeling" officials were disappointed, they also believed that Zhao Junchen's calmness was just a disguise.
After all, they asked themselves, if they were assassinated and narrowly escaped with their lives, they would never be as calm and calm as Zhao Junchen. But since there is something that even a Qingliu who is not afraid of power cannot do, like Zhao Junchen
How could a despicable corrupt official do it? Therefore, Zhao Junchen's calmness and composure must be, and can only be pretended.
The "princelings" have no doubts about this point of view. After all, if they deny this point of view, it is equivalent to admitting that they are not as good as Zhao Junchen, a corrupt official!
Therefore, after hearing the remarks of Cheng Yuandao and Chen Dongxiang, the "princeling" officials also agreed one after another.
Surrounded by the "princelings", Prince Zhu Heyu seemed to want to agree at first, but then he suddenly thought of Zhao Shancai's advice to him a few days ago, but he remained silent and did not speak.
"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince regards Zhao Junchen as a great enemy, then why are you unwilling to acknowledge Zhao Junchen's merits and always dismiss Zhao Junchen? If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you dismiss Zhao Junchen and think that Zhao Junchen is just
Why is he so obsessed with Zhao Junchen, a despicable and incompetent corrupt official? Your Highness, if you really want to bring down Zhao Junchen, you must admit that Zhao Junchen is powerful, and you must also understand in what ways Zhao Junchen is powerful.
, otherwise you will only make wrong assessments and never achieve your goals..."
Prince Zhu Heyu didn't take these words to heart when he first heard them, but at this moment he suddenly remembered them for some unknown reason. Therefore, he did not think like other "princeling" officials that Zhao Junchen was just pretending to be calm.
He looked at Zhao Junchen with a much more solemn look.
It has to be said that although the results are somewhat slow, Zhao Shancai is indeed changing the inherent concepts of Prince Zhu Heyu bit by bit.
On the other side, after seeing Zhao Junchen's performance, Zhou Shangjing, the elder of the pavilion, was vaguely appreciative and nodded: "Zhao Junchen's ambition in the city has become even more outstanding... Based on this alone, I will show my respect to the other young talents."
, is far from being comparable to him. I just hope that he can use his talents in the right place. Sometimes, Zhao Junchen’s actions are a bit excessive. I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse..."
Zhou Shangjing's words seemed to have some meaning, but they attracted the attention of several "Zhou Party" officials around him.
Song Qiwen, the Minister of Civil Affairs, asked cautiously: "Mr. Ge, what do you mean...?"
Zhou Shangjing's seemingly dim old eyes flashed slightly, and he said softly: "Tell me, who got the greatest benefit before and after Zhao Junchen's assassination?"
The people around Zhou Shangjing were all core officials of the "Zhou Party", and naturally they were not stupid. After hearing Zhou Shangjing's prompt, they first thought secretly for a moment, and then they all looked horrified.
Zhang Boxhong, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, his eyes flickered and asked slowly: "Mr. Ge, are you saying that the assassination of Zhao Junchen and even the attack on Xichang may have been intentional on Zhao Junchen's part?"
Just yesterday, because of the assassination of Zhao Junchen and the attack on Xichang, Zhang Bochong, as the Minister of Punishment, was so busy that he was dizzy, with his feet in the air, neither eating well nor sleeping well. Unfortunately, he was still
There has been no progress for a long time. Today, Zhang Bochong is secretly worried, fearing that he will be reprimanded by Emperor Deqing. However, Zhang Bochong himself does not have too many complaints. After all, this is his responsibility... However, if this is the case,
If everything was a play directed and acted by Zhao Junchen, wouldn't it mean that Zhang Boxhong was played wantonly by Zhao Junchen? Naturally, Zhang Boxhong was secretly angry about this.
On the other side, Shuntian Prefecture Yin Xue Gui showed even more hatred. After all, due to the assassination of Zhao Junchen and the attack on Xichang, his official position was already in danger.
However, Zhou Shangjing shook his head and said: "I just made a guess. It's just a possibility. It may not be intentional. At least the assassination of Zhao Junchen does not seem to be a fake. But I saw that yesterday in the capital,
With the ups and downs and changes in the situation, Zhao Junchen must have taken advantage of the chaos, pushed the situation along, and guided the situation in the direction he wanted... However, after being assassinated by a murderer, he could still analyze the situation calmly and try to gain benefits for himself. This Zhao Junchen,
It's a little too calm, and a little too unscrupulous..."
After receiving Zhou Shangjing's answer, Zhang Boxhong and Xue Gui's emotions calmed down a little, but their eyes were still flickering, looking like they were thinking.
Song Qiwen had been following Zhou Shangjing for a longer time and had a better understanding of Zhou Shangjing's style of doing things. However, after hearing Zhou Shangjing's answer, he felt a little confused.
Before this, Zhou Shangjing had always been cautious and would never tell such unconfirmable speculations to himself and others. But why did he go out of his way today? He not only maliciously speculated on Zhao Junchen's actions, but also told these opinions to himself and others.
People? In this way, officials of the "Zhou Party" such as Zhang Boxhong and Xue Gui will inevitably be secretly hostile to Zhao Junchen in the future. Isn't Zhou Shangjing worried that the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party" will gradually become hostile?
You know, so far, there is no obvious conflict of interest between "Zhou Party" and "Zhao Party". On the contrary, there are more cooperations in interests.
As far as Song Qiwen knew, Zhou Shangjing and Zhao Junchen were already preparing to join forces to rectify the Six Ministries in Nanjing, and were also preparing to cooperate on commercial tax matters. At this time, why did Zhou Shangjing want to incite "Zhou Party" officials to be hostile to Zhao Junchen?
In confusion, Song Qiwen secretly observed the changes in Zhou Shangjing's expression, hoping that he could detect some of Zhou Shangjing's true thoughts.
However, Zhou Shangjing still looked calm, just looking at Zhao Junchen in the distance quietly, seemingly unaware of the impact of his words just now.
"Is it possible that Mr. Zhou Ge, like His Majesty, became wary of Zhao Junchen as Zhao Junchen's power increased? That's right. After Zhao Junchen annexed the forces of the 'Yellow Party', he was already strong enough to deal with Zhao Junchen.
Mr. Zhou Ge has become a threat... What's more, Zhao Junchen's incident this time has directly affected Xue Gui, and Xue Gui has always been an important confidant of Mr. Zhou Ge. The position of Shuntian Prefecture Yin is also very important. Mr. Zhou Ge has some
It makes sense to blame Zhao Junchen..."
Song Qiwen secretly guessed Zhou Shangjing's true thoughts.
But in fact, Song Qiwen's speculation and Zhou Shangjing's real thoughts are completely opposite and have no connection at all.
