I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 111 Zhao Zhen’s true favorite can become prime minister without a diploma

that day.

The story of Su Liang's verbal battle with officials in front of the censor's platform spread to various yamen in Bianjing City and the streets of Bianjing.

Public opinion is completely one-sided, and everyone is supporting Su Liang.

All the rumors that Su Liang and Fan Fu formed a party to seek personal gain and fame have disappeared.

The main reason for this situation——

It was Master Su Liang who came out and brought two boxes of snacks given by the officials.

These two boxes of snacks are of great significance.

This means that the official is telling everyone that he will not punish Su Liang for the nonsense among the people.

Suddenly, the officials fell silent.

Zhao Zhen has recently dealt with problems vigorously and neatly, and officials are unwilling to get into trouble.

……

Late at night, in the bedroom of Xia Song's private house.

Xia Song leaned on a recliner.

As soon as he washed his feet, two maids wiped them carefully, and then held his feet in their arms to prevent them from getting cold.

At the same time, another maid was gently rubbing Xia Song's head.

Xia Song closed his eyes and frowned slightly.

He didn't expect that the officials would treat Su Liang so favorably.

But now most people in the court supported Su Liang, which made Xia Song very angry.

He regretted very much, regretting why he had not been more ruthless and let Su Liangwai leave the capital when he was involved in the court case.

Now, Su Liang has gradually gained momentum.

This court is no longer the one where Xia Song could turn everything around; the current officials are no longer the overly benevolent and easily receptive officials in Xia Song's eyes.

This feeling of gradually losing power made Xia Song very unhappy.

If Fan and Fu come back, he will definitely be the first to be released.

Xia Song murmured: "For the current plan, we have to take down Su Liang first. This kid is really too cunning!"

……

The next day.

There are three officials from Zhaowen Guan, five officials from Shiguan, four officials from Jixianyuan, two officials from Taichangli Temple, and three officials from Zongzheng Temple.

A total of seventeen officials submitted their resignations together.

Some resigned due to illness, some due to age, and some believed they were incompetent.

This time, Zhao Zhen acted decisively and approved all resignations.

Obviously, these more than ten officials must have made mistakes in their official duties. They were worried that Su Liang would be impeached if he found out the charges, so they had no choice but to resign.

The common people called this incident: Su Jingming dismissed more than ten officials in the capital after one argument.

……

In the blink of an eye, it’s the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The weather is getting colder and the New Year is approaching, and the streets of Bianjing are becoming more and more lively.

Tang Wanmei is eight months pregnant.

She and Tao'er have recently become obsessed with female needlework. They embroider purses and handkerchiefs at home, and even become obsessed with embroidering baby's tiger-head shoes.

Sometimes I go to the cloth shop to choose needlework and fabrics, which is very busy.

Su Liang felt at ease.

Today's Taiwan admonitions are directed at one place.

Kaifeng Mansion has Bao Zheng sitting in the battle again, and it can be said to be peaceful.

Zhao Zhen felt much more relaxed when dealing with political affairs, and the internal strife and arguments in the past had almost disappeared.

this day.

As soon as Su Liang arrived at the Yushitai, he got a piece of news.

Prime Minister Du Yan submitted his resignation on the grounds of old age and hoped to return to his hometown after the end of the year.

Du Yan will be 69 years old after crossing this year, and he has indeed reached the age when he should become an official.

However, his body looks pretty strong.The Prime Minister represents the opinions of the majority of officials in the court and is actually the official opinion leader.

His words had a great influence on the court.

Du Yan asked to resign, but Zhao Zhen naturally refused.

Zhao Zhen believed that he could continue to shine, but Du Yan submitted his resignation again and was determined.

at the same time.

Officials from various yamen in Bianjing City have speculated on the most likely candidate for the current prime minister.

Currently in the court, there are four people who meet the qualifications: Wu Yu, Chen Zhizhong, Xia Song, and Ding Du.

Among them, Ding Du only wanted to engage in learning, and the three with the highest probability were Wu Yu, Chen Zhizhong, and Xia Song.

……

This afternoon.

Ouyang Xiu, Tang Jie, and Su Liang discussed the best candidate for prime minister at the moment in the backyard of Jianyuan.

According to the rules for recommending officials in the Song Dynasty, Taijian could not recommend the chief executive.

Therefore, the three of them could only discuss it privately.

Ouyang Xiu was the first to speak: "If you follow my opinion, Fan Xiwen should be transferred back to Beijing. He is the most suitable to replace Prime Minister Du. Vice Prime Minister Wu is slightly junior, Vice Prime Minister Chen is a loser, and Xia Song is a treacherous sycophant, and he is not suitable to be prime minister." , it would be best if Fu Yanguo could be transferred back to serve as privy envoy, and Xia Song should be released."

Tang Jie smiled and shook his head.

"Scholar Ouyang, you must know that transferring Fan Xiwen and Fu Yanguo back to Beijing will mean the restart of the Song Dynasty's reform, and the officials will not take such risks. I think the most likely possibility is that Vice Minister Wu will be appointed prime minister, and then he will be promoted to the Imperial Academy to await the imperial edict of Ding Du or Zhang Fangping, a Hanlin scholar, is the deputy prime minister."

Ouyang Xiu frowned slightly.

"If I could only choose among officials from Bianjing, I would also support Vice Prime Minister Wu. He is much better than Chen Zhizhong and Xia Song!"

"Jingming, what do you think?" Tang Jie looked at Su Liang standing aside.

Su Liang thought for a while and took the lead in ruling out the possibility that Fan Zhongyan would be appointed Prime Minister and Fu Bi would be appointed Privy Councilor.

At present, Fan Zhongyan is building a fortress in the northwest, and Fu Bi is training troops on Jingdong Road.

It is impossible for the two of them to return to the court.

"I also want Vice Minister Wu to be the prime minister, but I think according to the official's wishes, Vice Minister Chen is more likely to be the prime minister!"

"Chen Zhizhong? He...he has never even taken the imperial examination. What qualifications do he have to be prime minister?" Ouyang Xiu glared.

Su Liang said with a smile: "He is not a Jinshi, but he has become the deputy prime minister. When he was the deputy prime minister, the official family went against the ideas of all officials. He was so favored!"

"If Chen Zhizhong becomes prime minister, I...I will file an impeachment petition. This man is a sophisticated man who is trying to figure out the will of the Holy Spirit every day. It is really unfortunate for the court to let him serve as prime minister!" Ouyang Xiu said angrily.

Tang Jie said: "No matter how unbearable he is, he is still better than Xia Song as prime minister!"

Hearing this, Ouyang Xiu and Su Liang nodded in agreement.

If Xia Song becomes prime minister, the court will probably be in chaos, and their lives will become increasingly difficult.

"Compared with Xia Song, Chen Zhizhong is not that annoying!" Ouyang Xiu said helplessly as he looked at the blue sky.

……

At this moment, Xia Song became excited.

"In terms of qualifications, I am the highest; in terms of ability, I am the strongest; in terms of influence, I am also the most powerful. Who else should I choose as prime minister?"

This is his best chance to pay homage to the prime minister.

Once he becomes prime minister, he can slowly cultivate his own family ties.

Immediately, Xia Song found all his disciples and old friends and asked them to strongly recommend him as prime minister.

Two days later, the Yintai Division issued an edict.

The imperial court appointed Chen Zhizhong as prime minister and promoted Zhang Fangping, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, to the post of political adviser.

With this appointment, anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that the official family has chosen the two candidates who are most in line with their wishes.

After the edict was issued, Ouyang Xiu went straight to Chui Gong Hall and pointed out that Chen Zhizhong became an official by virtue of his father's merit. He was not a Jinshi and was not suitable to be the head of the officials.

In response, Zhao Zhen only replied to Ouyang Xiu with one sentence and then kicked him out.

These words are: Zhao Yu, do not deceive the Lord, just like my arms.

Zhaoyu is Chen Zhizhong's cousin.

Chen Zhizhong has the merit of following the dragon, and in Zhao Zhen's eyes, he will always be one of his own.

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