I will never be Renzong

Chapter 13 The Court's Intrigue

It is said that Song Zhenzong called Kou Zhun, Ding Wei and others to confront him, but he didn't expect Kou Zhun's words to be shocking and deadly.

Song Zhenzong then called Li Di and asked the two to confront each other. As a result, the two quarreled violently on the spot. It was not until Song Zhenzong showed displeasure that the two retreated angrily.

Song Zhenzong then summoned Li Di alone, and said a harsh word: "Kou Zhun sent out the frontier as an official, and you still have Ding Wei and Cao Li, and you all get out of here."

Of course, Song Zhenzong's ruthless words were just to frighten these big shots in the court, so that he could live in peace, but he didn't expect that a big fish would be blown out by an unintentional move.

This big fish is well known to the vice-president, Zhou Huaizheng.

Zhao Zhen came across time, not only with the original memory, but also inherited Zhao Zhen's previous 12 years of memory, thinking of Zhou Huaizheng, Zhao Zhen couldn't help feeling a little pity, because he was really loyal to Zhao Zhen.

When Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty was conquering the Northern Han Dynasty, an accompanying eunuch named Zhou Shaozhong picked up an adopted son from a pile of dead people, castrated him, adopted him as an adopted son and brought him into the palace, naming him Zhou Huaizheng.

In the era of war, if being a eunuch can survive, I'm afraid there are many people who are willing to do it.

Zhou Huaizheng's son inherited his father's career, not only won the favor of Zhao Zhen, but also had a very deep relationship with the crown prince Zhao Zhen, and because of this, many people came to curry favor with him, including the upright Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun was the prime minister at that time, and the two of them got closer and closer as they came and went.

In the end, Zhou Huaizheng forgot the qualities an eunuch should have, and became Kou Zhun's eyeliner in the palace.

However, one prospers and one loses all. After Kou Zhun's defeat, Zhou Huaizheng gradually fell out of favor, and the rest of the favored eunuchs bullied Zhou Huaizheng who fell out of favor.

When Zhou Huaizheng heard that Kou Zhun was about to be exiled, he became even more terrified, so he decided to take the risk and launch a desperate counterattack, so he conspired with his younger brothers Zhou Huaixin, Yang Chongxun, Yang Huaiji and others, and agreed to launch it on the night of July 25. In the palace change, the empress Liu E was abolished first, and then the crown prince Zhao Zhen was arranged to take over in advance. Song Zhenzong was made the Supreme Emperor, Ding Wei was killed, and Kou Zhun was restored as the prime minister.

But the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and the friendship between villains is as sweet as sweets. Before Zhou Huaizheng gained power, those talents came to curry favor with him. Now that he has lost power, how can these people be relied on.So Yang Chongxun and Yang Huaiji ran to inform Ding Wei in advance, Ding Wei was shocked, and discussed countermeasures with Cao Yong overnight.

As a result, on the second day, Zhou Huaizheng was caught, and Song Zhenzong personally interrogated him in Chongming Hall. Zhou Huaizheng knew that his defeat was doomed, so he could only keep praying for forgiveness, and was finally beheaded.

Zhou Huaizheng had a very close personal relationship with Prince Zhao Zhen. A few days before the rebellion, Zhou Huaizheng repeatedly said in front of Zhao Zhen that he was cleaning up thorns for His Highness, but Zhao Zhen didn't care.

Song Zhenzong thought that even if the crown prince Zhao Zhen was not the mastermind, he might be to blame, so he thought about pursuing Zhao Zhen together. Seeing that Zhenzong was angry, all the officials dared not speak up. Only Li Di stood up. He said calmly: "How many sons does your Majesty have, and I want to do this!"

Li Di's big truth made Song Zhenzong speechless, Song Zhenzong calmed down and thought, yes, I am only this son, what kind of demon am I!
As the saying goes, if you hit a snake seven inches, you will eliminate the root. Zhou Huai was executed, but Kou Zhun is still in the capital!There was no guarantee that they would not come back one day, so after discussing with Ding Wei and others, Liu E decided to pursue Kou Zhun and others fiercely and not let them have a chance to breathe.

Three days after Zhou Huaizheng was imprisoned, Kou Zhun was demoted to Taichangqing, and he was released to Xiangzhou as the magistrate. Not long after, the court charged him with the crime of neglecting his duties and keeping secret friends, and he was relegated to Daozhou again. Sima.

Kou Zhun and his henchmen were demoted from the court one after another. In order to balance the court, Song Zhenzong appointed Wang Zeng, the Minister of Rites, as a political adviser, and wanted him to cooperate with Li Di to deal with Ding Wei's gang.

But Wang Zeng did not express his position, but pretended to be pitiful in front of Ding Wei and others, so Li Di was actually isolated and helpless.So Li Di left violently. First, he told his colleagues that he was born in civilian clothes and wanted to serve the country.

A gentleman uses his mouth but doesn't move his hands, let alone a prime minister, to make such a fuss, it's really gentle and sweeping the floor!

Song Zhenzong's idea is that no matter who makes trouble, they will hit [-] boards each, drive out of the court, and go to the place to reflect. Li Di doesn't care. In order to get rid of Kou Zhun and become the prime minister, he even had to kneel down and lick Liu E. If Li Di was relegated because of Li Di's nonsense, it would really be a loss to grandma's family.

Ding Wei ran to Song Zhenzong to break up, saying that he was a victim and should not be punished, relying on Liu E to support him, and without Song Zhenzong making it clear, he even falsely preached that the emperor had withdrawn his order , Let him continue to be prime minister.

Relying on his strong backing and his own brazenness, Ding Wei was lucky enough to escape. In the end, only Li Di was released, and Feng Zheng took over as the second prime minister.

After a series of struggles, Kou Zhun, Li Di and others were relegated one after another, and Ding Wei's side can be said to have won a complete victory.

Soon, Ding Wei, Feng Zheng, and Cao Lili were awarded the titles of Prince Shaoshi, Prince Shaofu, and Prince Shaobao respectively, which means that they are not only the prime ministers of the dynasty, but also the teachers of the prince.

With such an honorable status, who would dare to provoke them?

Right now, all those who did not deal with Queen Liu E were relegated.

In the fourth year of Tianxi, Song Zhenzong's condition worsened, and he issued an imperial edict: "The crown prince is not yet young, so it depends on the dedicated assistance of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and the Queen's assistant Hua Xuanxing."

Since then, Empress Liu E's participation in the government has gained legitimacy.

Although Empress Liu E is a fine individual, her political awareness was not high enough at the beginning. Although Kou Zhun and others were relegated from the imperial court, they still fought for a power for the crown prince Zhao Zhen, that is, to listen to the government in Zishantang , although Zhao Zhen just went through the motions honestly, and Liu E decided on major and minor matters, but this also caused Liu E, who was full of desire for power, to be displeased by the boss, and the relationship between Liu E and Zhao Zhen gradually became estranged.

At the critical moment, the political adviser Wang Zeng, who was wise and protective, played an important role. He found Qian Weiyan, a Hanlin scholar who climbed the dragon and attached the phoenix, and asked him to bring a sentence to Liu E: The prince is young and needs the support of the middle palace. If you don't rely heavily on the prince, you can't win people's hearts, so if you are close to the prince, the prince will be safe, and the prince will be safe, and the Liu family will be safe.

Although Qian Weiyan was flattering, he also knew the importance of the matter, so he told Liu E this sentence.

Liu E is a smart person, so naturally he knows everything, and the relationship with Prince Zhao Zhen is not only back to the original, but even worse than before.

(End of this chapter)