Prime Minister

Chapter 449

In March of the first year of Zhiping, the emperor was ill and did not go to court for several days.

Now that Empress Dowager Cao has not yet returned to power, there was a very discord between the emperor and Empress Dowager Cao before, which is known to both the government and the public.

The Son of Heaven once said in front of Han Qi and other ministers that the Empress Dowager has shown no kindness to me.

This statement surprised Han Qi and other ministers. On the day of your enthronement, everyone could see clearly that although Empress Dowager Cao was somewhat reluctant at the time, she finally nodded and you became emperor.

But today, the emperor said that the queen mother is ungrateful in front of so many people, aren't you a wolf?
However, Han Qi knew about the emperor's heart disease. There was a maid of Han Chong'er who was pregnant in the palace before. The empress dowager and Ren Shouzhong kept her hidden in the palace to blackmail the emperor.

The emperor was almost driven crazy because of this, and he talked nonsense all day in the palace. Empress Dowager Cao secretly sent Ren Shouzhong to transcribe the words and deeds of the emperor, and finally showed them to Han Qi, intending to abolish the emperor.

Unexpectedly, after reading it, Han Qi burned all the things that Empress Dowager Cao gave him.This move is comparable to Li Hang's burning of Song Zhenzong's edict.

Empress Dowager Cao knew that without Han Qi's support, the emperor could not be abolished, so she gave up.

In July and August, everyone thought that Han Chong'er was going to give birth, but it turned out that it was fake, and she was not pregnant at all.

Others asked Han Chonger why he lied to others?
Han Chong'er said that she was just greedy for food and clothing, but the Empress Dowager Cao didn't kill her, and finally beat Han Chong'er twenty boards to make her a monk.

However, after Han Chonger's incident, the emperor recovered from his illness, and the relationship with Empress Dowager Cao eased.

But Han Qi was still worried, and often found various reasons to meet the emperor alone.

Others asked him why he was so cautious, Han Qi said: "I follow Lu Wenjing!"

Everyone was stunned.

Because the Empress Dowager Cao is still listening to the government behind a curtain, she and the emperor live in the east and the west, and the emperor usually does not say a word.

So Han Qi was worried.

And it was the same when the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian came to court. Once there was a fire in the palace, all the officials rushed out to ask how the Empress Dowager was doing.

At that time, knowing that Emperor Renzong and the Queen Mother were safe and sound, all the officials bowed down, except the Prime Minister Lu Yijian.

The servant asked him why he didn't worship?Lu Yijian said that I would pay my respects after seeing the emperor.

So Empress Dowager Zhang Xian opened the curtain, and Lu Yijian bowed down after seeing Emperor Renzong with his own eyes. All the officials praised Lu Yijian for being calm and calm.After the emperor ascended the throne, Li Zhang, the commander-in-chief of the palace, also insisted on seeing the emperor's true face before he bowed down. This is also the old wisdom of Lu Yijian.

And when the Empress Dowager Cao was in court, Han Qi repeatedly insisted on meeting the emperor alone, and he had his own prudence. Even the Empress Dowager Cao had no right to stop him, and dared not bear the charge of isolating the official and the prime minister.

With Han Qi protecting her like this, all the officials knew that Empress Dowager Cao was no more powerful than Empress Zhang Xian back then. Listening to the government behind a curtain was not a long-term solution.

Now it is only to see when the Empress Dowager Cao returns to power.

Now that Han Qi proposes to compile the Veritable Records of Renzong, he will meet the emperor with this matter. Of course, it would seem unreasonable to just talk about official affairs.Han Qi knew that the officials were fond of literature, so they discussed articles with the officials when they met every day.

It happened that the pagoda of Anguo Temple was built by Han Qi, and Han Qi submitted the article written by Zhang Yue to him.

Sure enough, the emperor saw it, and it was Longyan Joy.

"That's a good one. The poem says, 'There are gentlemen of Fei, such as gold and tin, such as jade and jade.' Where the gold, tin, jade and jade are, the tiles, stones, grass and water are covered with their luster."

In the warm pavilion, the emperor praised Han Qi after reading Zhang Yue's "An Guo Temple Pagoda", "What a good An Guo Temple Pagoda, and a good Zhang Duzhi. I heard that as soon as this article was published, scholars in Bianjing Competing for a sneak peek,"

Han Qi smiled and said nothing.

The emperor continued: "I have read the articles over the years and thought that in the previous dynasty, Fan Gong and Ou Gong were promoted in literature, Cai Gong was promoted in books, and Zhang Duzhi and Su Zizhan were promoted in the talents of this dynasty. Both of them are talents. It's rare. I really want to reuse the two of you."

"Especially in this chapter, Duzhi and the court still have the merits of making a decision. When I forgive you, he set up a prison. At first, I thought it was a work of a scholar's paper, but it turned out that I really underestimated it." killed him."

Han Qi said: "At the beginning, there were many people who didn't think so about Jiaoyin Prison, and some people thought it was a way to collect money and compete with the people for profit, but this time there was a flood in Hebei, and the court was suffering from lack of money to appease the victims, but Jiaoyin Prison came out. In the name of the imperial court, [-] guan were sent to Hebei for the imperial court’s disaster relief! Now the people in Hebei are grateful for the imperial court’s kindness.”

The emperor laughed and said: "This matter is really beautiful. I remember that it was done by a small official named Cai Jing? I heard that this man is a capable person. The Duke of the State may wish to give him a reward, give him an official status, and serve the court more attentively. "

Han Qi was taken aback for a while, and then said: "Yes, Your Majesty. I will go to draft when I get back."

The emperor said again: "I heard that during the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the Daxiangguo Temple puts up lanterns. Among them, the lanterns of Jiaoyinjian are the largest and the most dazzling. It must have cost a lot of money!"

Han Qi said: "This minister has never heard of it."

The emperor smiled and said: "I just ask casually, and you don't have to worry about it."

Han Qi already understood what he heard, and directly said to the attendant at the side of the hall, "Stay far away."

The servants couldn't hear what Han Qi and the emperor were talking about, but after hearing what the prime minister said, they all left the palace.The emperor didn't say anything when he saw this scene.

Han Qi asked the Son of Heaven directly, "Your Majesty, who told you this?"

The Son of Heaven was silent for a moment, and then said, "It was Ren Shouzhong who said it."

Because of the previous conflict between the emperor and the empress dowager Cao, Han Qi and others believed that it was Ren Shouzhong who gave the empress dowager in the middle.

Because everyone knew that before Ren Shouzhong's reserve position was decided, he was not supporting the current emperor.

Therefore, after Han Qi found out about this matter, he discussed with Fu Bi, and Fu Bi simply suggested that Zhang Maoze return to the court to replace Ren Shouzhong.

Zhang Mao was the errand runner between Empress Dowager Cao and Fu Bi when Emperor Renzong was seriously ill.Empress Dowager Cao intended Zhao Zongshi to ascend the throne at that time, but the matter was leaked and Emperor Renzong knew about it.

Emperor Renzong was furious about this matter, and you are discussing the new emperor before I hang up.

In the end, Zhang Mao was exiled from the palace because of the blame for Empress Dowager Cao and Zhao Zongshi. Now, in order to ease the relationship between the officials and Empress Dowager Cao, Fu Bi proposed to let Zhang Mao return to the court. This matter was accepted by Han Qi, Empress Dowager Cao , the unanimous consent of the three emperors.

After Zhang Mao took up the post of guard, Ren Shouzhong knew that the situation was over.

But Ren Shouzhong was very powerful, and when he knew that he had lost power, he immediately turned around to cater to Empress Gao.Ren Shouzhong took out all the gold and silver he had collected for many years to honor the queen.

When Empress Gao got money, she blew the pillow wind with the emperor.

Although the emperor hated Ren Shouzhong very much, he was the one who watched him at the beginning, and arranged for Han Chonger, a court lady. When he was the prince, he deliberately discussed affairs harshly.

But the son of heaven is a strict wife, and he always obeyed Empress Gao, so he met Ren Shouzhong.

But Ren Shouzhong was good at catering, and the emperor thought that he also lacked a confidant on his side.So Ren Shouzhong gained power again in the court.

Han Qi has long heard the string song to know the elegant meaning, and now the emperor suddenly submitted to the prison, and praised Zhang Yue many times, there must be a reason, it must be something Ren Shouzhong said.

So Han Qi said directly: "Ren Shouzhong is a villain, so don't use it! Please learn from your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)