The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 208 The Li and Zhao families
After sending Li Qingzhao's master and servant back to Li's house, Ergou did not delay much. After all, everything that should be said and what could be said was basically said in the carriage. What should not be said or was too late, there will be opportunities in the future. Besides, the days are long.

If he had to empty out all the food in his stomach at once, wouldn't it look like he has no calm temperament?

Ergou went to his master and his wife to return the carriage and horse, but returned to his own residence, had a small gathering with Liu Tang and Laifu, and then had a good sleep.

As for the Li and Zhao families being teased by Ergou, many people had a sleepless night.

It seems that Li Gefei has been quite confused recently. For no other reason than the "political enemies" who used to be opposite each other in Japan have been showing goodwill to him frequently in the past few days, as if they have a close relationship with him. As long as he does something about it, As a matter of fact, General Xu, Wen Yi, Zhao Tingzhi, Zhang Shangying and others all praised it without asking any reason.

This made Li Gefei confused and a little troubled, but for no other reason than because Li Gefei's truly like-minded friends, such as the Sumen disciples, began to doubt whether he had some connection with General Xu and others, but began to treat him very differently. There are criticisms.

Li Gefei suspected that this was a differentiation strategy used by Xu Jiang, Zhao Tingzhi and other opponents because of the warning from the previous two dogs. Although he was a little troubled, he didn't take it to heart.

After all, Li Gefei was on his own to do something, and he and the other deceivers had deliberately pulled off such a trick. As long as he stood upright, he wasn't afraid of those little tricks.

He never thought that Li Qingzhao would go out for fun and come back to tell him about Zhao Jiazi's plan.

After hearing this, Li Gefei realized that he was planning a vicious plan, but he broke out in a cold sweat.

Do you know why?

This is about Li Gefei's invisible status in the court.

As we all know, there were three main forces in the court after Zhezong took office.One is the reform faction headed by Zhang Dun, Huang Lu, etc., which is the New Party; the other is the conservative forces left over from the Sima Guang and Lu Dafang eras. The remnants of the old party once headed by Liu Zhi, Liang Tao, etc. are currently Led by Chen Cisheng; the third group is more complicated.

Among them were the Lonely Ghosts faction who originally belonged to the old party, but were abandoned by the old party because of their early sympathy for the new party, but were not welcomed by the new party. For example, most of Su Shi's disciples belonged to this faction.

There are those who are dissatisfied with the new party but dare not blatantly oppose it and only dare to play sideways; there are also royalists who have unclear positions and seem to act only for the interests of the royal family; and there are some who do not oppose or approve of anything. The true and neutral faction who only protects their own safety.

Except for the royalists, most of these people were crushed by the aftermath of the confrontation between the new party and the old party, but they had to stick together to keep warm. They vaguely formed a small political group that was not an alliance but was better than an alliance. Their official positions may be high or low. But he defaulted to Li Gefei as the leader of the big guys.

Many people here may have a misunderstanding that the leader of a political group should be the person with the highest official position in the group.

In fact, this idea is wrong, especially in the court of the Northern Song Dynasty. A high official position does not mean that you have high prestige and a powerful voice.Of course, if you reach the position of prime minister or privy envoy with real power, it will be another matter.

Those who are truly qualified to be leaders of political groups must be those who are upright, have high prestige, and are almost impeccable in politics, especially when your small political group does not occupy a dominant position in the court.

At this time, most of the powerful official positions in the Great Song Dynasty had long been occupied by New Party officials, or some of the powerful official positions were tightly guarded by Old Party officials, while a wave of third-category officials such as Li Gefei had no choice but to take them. Some leftovers left over from the old and new parties.

This requires that the leader of their small group must be a figure who is almost impeccable in terms of personal conduct and official reputation, and Li Gefei is just the most suitable one.

After Zhezong took charge personally, Zhang Dun came to power.Zhang Dun knew Li Gefei's reputation, so he wanted to recruit him as his younger brother to enhance his reputation.I didn’t want Li Gefei to reply directly: “Get out of here! I won’t join in with you, a villain who framed my teacher!” Zhang Dun couldn’t keep it off his face and directly demoted Li Gefei from the court. As a result, Zhang Dun’s reputation was greatly ruined, and he suffered even more consequences from the old party. People criticized him many times, so he had to transfer Li Gefei back to Beijing the next year.

Although the small group headed by Li Gefei did not dare to be enemies with the old and new parties, they were hostile to the "royalists" who had almost no bottom line in licking the royal family.

The key figures of the royalist faction were General Xu, Zhao Tingzhi and others.Although their number is small, most of them hold important positions, especially the power of the Ministry of Personnel. General Xu is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Zhao Tingzhi has just become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Xu Jiang, Zhao Tingzhi and others claimed to be loyal to the royal family, but they were ambitious to expand their influence. They did not dare to take action against the two behemoths of the old and new parties, and the retail investor group headed by Li Gefei became their best Hunting target.

It's just that these retail investors who huddle together for warmth are not easy to deal with, especially with Li Gefei, the leader, at the front. Xu Jiang, Zhao Tingzhi and others have failed to achieve anything in their previous attempts.

Only this time, he planned a poisonous plot against Li Gefei. If the plot worked, Li Gefei would stand upright again, but because of the melon fields and Li Xia, he would not be able to hold the front line or take the lead, and Zhao Tingzhi and others would definitely take advantage of him.

The original historical development was exactly like this. When the Zhao and Li families got married, Li Gefei lost his position. Eventually, Zhao Tingzhi and others divided his power and swallowed up his political resources. Later, he was knocked into the abyss by the "Yuanyou Party Membership Monument".

Of course, now that Li Qingzhao has been defeated in advance, Li Gefei no longer has to sacrifice his political stance for his daughter, and the future results may be very different.

At this time, Zhao Tingzhi had no intention of paying attention to the failure of Li Gefei's plan. He was sad and angry at the wasted death of his son. Especially the news brought back by Zhao Mingcheng made Zhao Tingzhi go crazy.

Among the three sons, Zhao Tingzhi is actually the second son, Zhao Sicheng, who is most optimistic about him. The reason is that Zhao Sicheng has a very similar personality, cold and cunning, and is the most suitable for officialdom.

Zhao Tingzhi never expected that by the time Zhao Sicheng grew up, the world would have changed drastically.

Originally, Zhao Tingzhi was only pained and sad when he heard that his son and his family members had capsized and fell into the water. Now Zhao Tingzhi just wants to find out the truth about his death and then avenge his children.

Of course, Zhao Tingzhi couldn't do this kind of thing by himself, he had to find someone else to do it.

Early the next morning, Zhao Tingzhi, with a ferocious look on his face, drove to the Nanya of Kaifeng Prefecture and found Wen Yi, the Prime Minister of the Dazong Temple, crying.

Do you know why he came to the Nanya of Kaifeng Prefecture to find Wen Yi? However, the prime minister of the Dazong Temple also works part-time as a promotion official in Kaifeng Prefecture. Especially after the incident involving Xu Yanfu, the former promotion official of Kaifeng Prefecture, Wen Yi, who was originally working part-time, had to take up the post. .

Dazongzheng Temple was an institution that had jurisdiction over the children of the clan during the Song Dynasty. It was originally managed by the elders of the clan. Only from the Yuanfeng period, officials with other surnames began to serve as ministers and prime ministers of Zongzheng Temple to manage the clan.

Zhao Tingzhi was the successor of the Zhao Song clan. Although he had no official title to inherit, his name certificate was still in the register. If Zhao Sicheng was killed, the Dazong Temple would naturally take the lead.

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