Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 48 Pei Ju's cunning plan: killing three warriors with two peaches
"Your vision is quite sharp."

"No, I can't compare to my adoptive father. I'm afraid he had already guessed what would happen today before the first month of the year. Otherwise, how could I have prepared in advance and discovered the identities of the four secret agents of the Guardian Dragon Villa?"

"Hehehe..."

Pei Ju chuckled.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, and concurrently the minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice, he was the head of the civil officials in the court.

I dare not say all the civil officials in the court, but at least 80% of them are his followers.

Among the remaining 20%, 10% are upright ministers like Yang Yuxuan.

However, although Pei Ju had great power, he never acted recklessly. In addition, there was the great scourge of the East Factory in the court, so these ministers were not Pei Ju's enemies.

The last ten percent are Zhu Wusi’s followers.

As for the East Factory’s followers… none.

After all, the East Factory has a very bad reputation. Anyone in the court who has a choice will not choose the East Factory.

That’s why it is said that once Cao Zhengchun lost power, he had nothing left except the East Factory.

Pei Ju was in such a high position, so how could he not know that Yang Yuxuan was contacting the ministers and preparing to submit a memorial to return power to the emperor?
Although he was not in control of this incident, he knew everything about it from beginning to end.

In this event of returning power, he seemed to have lost power, but in fact he gained the trust of the emperor.

The three big men around the emperor, two of them disagreed and coveted power, but he was the only one who let it go calmly.

In this case, who else can the emperor rely on besides him?

Because of his frankness in delegating power, he gained fame throughout the country and was respected by his ministers.

If the subsequent plan goes smoothly, we can also find the most core figures in Huolong Villa, that is, the true identities of the four major spies.

It can be said that it is a great profit.

In contrast, although Zhu Wusi agreed later, his previous hesitation had already made the emperor suspicious.

Although he stopped in time and responded decisively because of the situation, wanting to save Yang Yuxuan and win the hearts of the ministers, it was too late and the effect might not be good.

Finally, there is Cao Zhengchun.

Not only did he lose the greatest power he had, but he also gained the emperor's dislike and his reputation became extremely bad.

It can really be said that it is a big loss.

"Godfather, since Cao Zhengchun has already taken action and retaliated against Yang Yuxuan, is it possible that Zhu Wusi has done nothing?"

"Maybe it already has."

Pei Ju said, "Zhu Wusi appears to be upright, but in reality he is treacherous and extremely ambitious. When he takes action, it will certainly not be as grand and imposing as Cao Zhengchun, but will be a hidden conspiracy. Like a venomous snake, once exposed, it will surely be earth-shattering and hit the vital point... Hmm?"

Having said that, he suddenly had an idea.

Ever since Yang Yuxuan submitted the memorial, various affairs have been going on in the court, and Zhu Wusi's actions have always been kept extremely secret.

Even he couldn't tell at the moment which incident was behind Zhu Wusi's conspiracy.

However, as he just said.

The most important thing is... the vital point!
Who is the key point that Zhu Wusi must attack?
That is naturally the current emperor!
After all, returning power means returning it to the emperor.

If something goes wrong with the emperor, then isn't it enough to just keep the power?
Therefore, anything that is about to happen and is closely related to the emperor may be a conspiracy of Zhu Wusi.

"On the fourth day of the first lunar month, the Kingdom of Izumo submitted a petition requesting the dispatch of Princess Rihide to marry Your Majesty. Could this be the case?"

Pei Ju immediately tore off a piece of paper from the front of him, picked up his pen and wrote a few lines, saying, "Come here!"

An old man with gray hair walked in. It was Uncle Fu, the chief steward of the mansion.

"master."

Pei Ju handed the note to Uncle Fu. Uncle Fu didn't even look at it. After taking it, he turned and left.

Zhou Ming watched the whole process, but Pei Ju obviously had no intention of explaining anything to him.

However, if he doesn’t say it, can’t Zhou Ming see it?

Pei Ju has a lot of marks on his body.

"Princess Izumo...it seems like this plot is about to unfold."

Zhou Ming thought to himself, "Oh right, there's something profitable in this plot!"

It is not only profitable, it can even be said to be a great opportunity.

"The next few days are crucial, don't be lazy anymore." "Yes, godfather."

Zhou Mingdao said, "Now that Cao Zhengchun and Zhu Wusi have responded, how will you, godfather, react?"

"reaction?"

A smile appeared in Pei Ju's eyes: "I am ready to give up the position of Shangshu. Please let the emperor decide."

"A book of Shangshu?"

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and said, "Godfather, this is a great idea."

Yang Yuxuan's official position was the Minister of War, and Pei Ju took out another Minister.

Then the positions of two ministers in the court would be vacant.

Naturally, the decision on these two positions must be made by the emperor.

The emperor had just come to power and was young, so he was obviously ambitious and wanted to expand his power.

However, Cao Zhengchun and Zhu Wusi had lost their power and were now trying to find a way to get it back.

As a result, the positions of these two Shangshu became a situation where two peaches killed three men.

No matter who wins or loses in the end, someone will lose.

During the competition, the hostility between the three will become more intense.

If Zhou Ming's guess was correct, the position of Shangshu that Pei Ju gave up should be the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice.

First of all, in terms of authority, the Ministry of Justice is inferior to the Ministry of Personnel.

Moreover, under the Ministry of Justice, there are two major departments, the Six Gates and the Divine Marquis Mansion!

Neither of these two families is easy to get along with.

Although they belonged to the Ministry of Justice, the status of both departments was greatly improved due to the replacement made by the late emperor before his death.

The Ministry of Justice seems to have jurisdiction, but in reality it has no control at all.

Moreover, the God of Constables of the Six Gates and Zhuge Shenhou of the Shenhou Mansion are not ordinary people. Naturally, they can see the ambition beneath Zhu Wusizhongzheng's appearance.

As for Cao Zhengchun, there is no need to say more.

Anyway, no matter who gets the Ministry of Justice, these two families will cause great trouble to each other.

In fact, even the current Ministry of Justice is not very obedient under Pei Ju.

Giving it away can barely be considered as getting rid of a hot potato.

As expected, Pei Ju said, "From now on, don't keep going to the Ministry of Justice. The one I'm going to give up is the Minister of Justice."

"Yes, foster father."

"Well, do the next thing well. I won't hide it from you, I have arranged other people besides you."

Pei Ju said: "But I hope that you can bring the true identities of these four people to me."

Although it was an experience arranged for Zhou Ming.

But this is indeed not a small matter.

Therefore, it is normal for Pei Ju to arrange other people himself.

Zhou Ming clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, foster father. I promise to find out the identities of those four people for you this time!"

"That's good."

Leave the study.

Zhou Ming looked thoughtful.

Of course, he was not thinking about the next action and the identities of the four secret agents of Huolong Villa.

After all, he already knew the identities of those four people... no, it should be said that they were three people at the moment.

After all, the opponents of Huolong Villa are known to be the four secret agents of Tiandi, Xuanhuang, and Didi, but in fact there are only three of them, and the fourth one has not been found yet.

What is there to think about when the outcome of something has already been determined?

What Zhou Ming was thinking about at the moment was... He thought of the force that he needed to conquer and use temporarily.

That is the killer organization...Black Stone!
(End of this chapter)