Song Gexing

Chapter 148 Tang Jie's Trick

Only two days had passed in the peaceful days. On the third day after Wang Zhao was sent away, his colleague Wu Kui wrote a letter to advise Zhao Zhen not to keep Zhao Pan'er in the East Palace.

The Yushitai finally seized the opportunity. When they saw someone submitting a letter, they immediately took action. Dozens of memorials gathered in Chongzheng Hall, and Zhao Zhen suddenly had a lawsuit on his head.

He knew very well that his own son was Zhao Pan'er and was Zhao Fang's heartthrob. If he kicked her out of the East Palace, maybe this treacherous son would give you a fortune.

Zhao Zhen ignored it and suppressed the memorial. However, after waiting for three days, the censors gave up and jointly signed a letter and began to contact various places.

It happened that Han Qi returned to the capital, and everyone's attention was diverted. They stayed quiet for a few days, waiting for the appointment of the DPRK.

Immediately after Fan Zhongyan returned to the court, he had no objections and directly succeeded Wen Yanbo as prime minister. Everyone knew that Lao Fan would serve for only one term and then retire, so there was no controversy.

Now it's Han Qi's turn to decide whether to take over as Pang Ji's privy envoy or join the political affairs hall as a counselor in political affairs.

Fan Zhongyan, who had just become prime minister, entered the palace to express his gratitude. Bao Zheng followed him in person and did not allow others in the admonishment court to go.

This is a common practice. When the prime minister of the Song Dynasty goes to meet the emperor, an admonisher must be present. This is a system of the Song Dynasty that is used to balance the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister.

It's just that there is usually no need for the Zhijianyuan to personally take action. Normally, it would be enough to send an admonishment officer or Zhengyan. But today, Lao Bao Zhanpolianzhen said that Fan Xiang met the emperor for the first time, and he should be present.

"How about the official excuses his illness and lets the prince supervise the country?"

After talking about politics normally, Fan Zhongyan seemed to have been well prepared when it came to the joint event on Yushitai. He suggested with a smile.

Zhao Zhen looked at Bao Zheng for a moment, and Bao Zheng asked in confusion: "Is Prime Minister Fan sure that your Highness will be able to handle this situation satisfactorily after supervising the country?"

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve consummation, but Your Highness will cheat and they won't let them succeed."

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile, as if seeing Zhao Fang cheating on others, the ministers were angry and helpless.

Bao Zheng frowned and said, "If it can't be solved satisfactorily, then why are the officials pretending to be ill?"

Fan Zhongyan glanced at Zhao Zhen and said to Bao Zheng: "The officials are kind and can't stand the noise of the ministers, unlike His Highness who can pretend to be stupid!"

Zhao Zhen suddenly felt embarrassed. His ears were weak. This problem had not lasted for a day or two and could not be corrected. It was just that he really couldn't get off the stage after being told to his face.

But he didn't know how to get angry and curse, and Lao Fan was his close confidant, so his words were much more tactful, so he could only touch his nose in silence.

Bao Zheng shook his head and said, "No, it's better to follow Tang Zifang's suggestion."

"What suggestions does Zifang have?"

This time, not only Fan Zhongyan was surprised, but Zhao Zhen was also surprised. Tang Jie was a man who did not rub dirt in his eyes, but he would think of a way for the prince. Isn't this a fantasy?

Bao Zheng nodded solemnly and said: "I was defeated by General Pang Chun, so I naturally wanted to find someone to be a scapegoat. Zifang himself came to me to plot against me, so you can't blame me. I went to the East Palace in person to test His Highness and Cao Cao. The Master Attendant came back and offered a plan."

These words immediately made Zhao Zhen and Fan Zhongyan stunned. Old Fan pointed at him and held back a sentence for a long time: "Bao Xiren, I must have misjudged you. I didn't expect you to plot against others and take it so naturally."

Bao Zheng replied righteously: "Those who are close to Mo are evil. If Fan Xiang wants to scold others, go ahead and scold Pang Xiang. In the past two years, he has often been attentive to me and chatted with me for nothing. It is normal to be influenced by him." Fan Zhongyan burst out laughing and took a breath. Zhao Zhen was so frightened that he almost couldn't get up, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Bao Qing, tell me first, what did Tang Qing say?"

Bao Zheng patted Lao Fan on the back and said: "Although Zhao Qian regrets it, it is true that he once wanted to surrender to the enemy. Therefore, the identity of Master Cao cannot be retained, but I can stay with His Highness and change my identity."

"Change identity?"

Zhao Zhen frowned and Fan Zhongyan was puzzled. This is not something that can be solved by changing his identity. The minister is not a fool. If you change your name, you will still be the same person. No one will be blind.

Bao Zheng laughed when he saw his doubts, and looked at Zhao Zhen and said: "His Royal Highness Chen Ji was studying martial arts back then, and there was an old lady from the Imperial City Department who lived with him. If I guessed correctly, that person should be the legendary emperor." Is the city chief enshrining it?"

Zhao Zhen was startled and suddenly realized that it was not a secret that the Imperial City had enshrined people, but the secret was that not many people knew the identities of those enshrined people.

Moreover, when an official reaches the level of Bao Zheng, he will definitely know many secrets in the court, especially the Imperial City Division, which was deeply hated by all the ministers back then.

Just like the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers disliked them the most, so they would naturally pay attention to them.

Now Fan Zhongyan also understood what Tang Jie's suggestion was, and couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding: "Zi Fang's plan is very clever! As far as I know, the female family members around His Highness are all good at martial arts, and this Imperial Attendant Cao is even the best among them. It should be qualified to serve as a minister in the Imperial City."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said yes, he had the most right to speak about the women around his son. Since he was a child, Zhao Fang had people from Empress Cao and the Yu family around him, and he would report any troubles to the palace.

Especially after that escape, even Zhao Zhen himself sent people to his side to prevent this kid from making another mistake.

"Among the eldest brother's concubines, there are four great masters. The niece from the Queen's family and the kid from Murong's family are all skilled in martial arts and are not as famous as their ancestors. One of the other two is exactly the same. He learned Li Chongjin's kicking skills. .”

Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng didn't care whether their martial arts skills were great or not, they just wanted a name that would allow Zhao Pan'er to enter the Imperial City Division and stay with Zhao Fang.

Hearing Zhao Zhen's words, both of them smiled, glanced at each other, cupped their fists and said, "It's settled then."

Zhao Zhen nodded in agreement. After the monarch and his ministers discussed the details carefully, Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng retired, while Zhao Zhen prepared to reply to the memorials from the censors.

That afternoon, Zhao Fang was called into the palace. After a secret discussion between father and son, Zhao Fang went back, summoned his women, closed the door and talked about Zhao Pan'er.

"Your Highness would like to thank these ministers this time, especially Prime Minister Pang, who have taken up their official positions for His Highness."

The girls were relieved after hearing the solution, and some of them scolded Zhao Fang, while Meng Xin even started to educate him.

Zhao Fang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He picked her up in his arms and said affectionately: "You look down on your man so much. Are your officials so ungrateful? Do you think I won't spank you?"

"Your Highness, let go! How can you do this in public?"

Meng Xin was so ashamed that she didn't want it, but all the girls covered their stomachs with a smile. Anyway, the door was closed, and all the people present were sisters. As long as it wasn't that, everyone didn't care about the boudoir.

At this time, Han Xue continued: "It's not surprising that Prime Minister Pang is helping His Highness. He has always been like this. It's just that this time Bao Qing and Tang Qing will also help His Highness. This is so rare."

All the girls were stunned, and nodded in agreement. These two are notoriously jealous people, and the emperor is often hated so much that he can't get down. It's really strange that there is a big change this time.

(End of this chapter)