Now Zhao Zhen fell in love with Zhang Meiren in the harem. But on September 15, Empress Dowager Liu issued an edict to the prime minister. "Since ancient times, relatives of the foreign country have caused trouble because of their family prosperity and excessive power, and few can maintain wealth for a long time. Now I have selected the Guo family from the declining old tribe to avoid foreign countrymen from interfering in politics."

On November 21, Renzong was married and helplessly followed the wishes of the empress dowager and made Guo Chongwei, the granddaughter of the founding hero of the Later Zhou Dynasty, the empress... But Zhao Zhen would not know that this was just the beginning of his personal emotional pain...

On November 30, 1025, Prime Minister Wang Qinruo died. He finally died. First of all, he should have been considered an injury. He suddenly fell ill on the way to the court. He never got up after returning home. The emperor visited the disease himself and gave him 5,000 taels of platinum to express condolences. After his death, he posthumously awarded the title of Grand Tutor, the Secretariat Ling, and the posthumous title of Wenmu. More than 20 relatives and close friends all served as officials. After this series of actions, "History of the Song Dynasty" commented that "Since Jianlong, the prime minister has never had such a comparison."

But who would know that Wang Qinruo was actually angry to death! Everything originated from the food chain made by the wise and great Queen Mother Liu. If there was something to ask Wang Qinruo, Wang Zeng and Cao used two people to review it. If everything was normal, Lu Zongdao finally glared at him one by one. It would be OK if he had nothing to do... It turned out that Wang Qinruo was a coolie who worked! A lot of people below were staring at him, always preparing to dig deep and criticize him, and fight back and forth. Among them, Lu Yutou, who can kill you with his eyes, was the main force.

So Prime Minister Wang was very sad and had to look at other people's faces at all times. After a long time, he finally couldn't stand it and complained, "Wang Dan is in the sun, don't you do this."

Lu Zongdao immediately sneered, "Wang Wenzheng (Wang Dan's posthumous posthumously posthumously) the dynasty was highly valued by others. How could anyone compare with others? If the Duke is in power, how could Zongdao not accept it?" He spoke righteously and righteously, and Wang Qinruo had nothing to say.

After this conversation, Wang Qinruo's life was even more sad. However, the final blow was only blamed for not being able to do anything, and for seeking death by himself.

The task of the prime minister of the Song Dynasty was not only to be the steward of the empire, or to "regulate yin and yang and care for everything". He also had to always pay attention to the talented but not born. He should recommend it and let the country make full use of its talents, which was considered qualified. But behind this recommendation was the risk. If the person you recommended made any mistakes, he would have your share. Wang Qinruo fell on it.

The person he recommended was Wu Zhi, who was a standard buried talent. Before being recommended, he was just a county lieutenant. After being strongly recommended by Wang Qinruo, he was appointed as a commander from Shaowu Army. Wu Zhi was happy, but was sad and angry in a blink of an eye. He fell ill at such a critical moment. It was a life! But he had no choice. And what he got was a mission rather than an official position.

This is so important. This is a unique thing from the Song Dynasty, His Majesty Zhao Kuangyin. It doesn’t matter what official you are, what kind of trouble you get is important. And if you don’t wait for others, you can’t do it, thousands of people are eagerly looking forward to it! Seeing that the duck with his mouth is about to fly, Wu Zhi decided to find his recommended person to think about it.

What to do? Of course it’s money! And for the sake of secrets, he thought of another person, his good friend, Yu Yan, who is now in the capital. He asked Yu Yan to give him 20 taels of gold first and find a suitable opportunity to hand it over to Wang Qinruo... How about it? But no matter how good the plan is, it has to be implemented by someone. Wu Zhi, Yu Yan, and Wang Qinruo were all unlucky in the implementation of the person...

The Wu family's housekeeper broke into the Prime Minister's Mansion. No matter who is here, and no matter what Prime Minister Wang is doing, he shouted out: Hello, Prime Minister Wang, I was sent by Wu Zhi. He brought you 20 taels of gold, so please help him keep the Shaowu Army mission... Why are you staring at me? Ah? Ask where the gold is? It's not in my hands, but in Lord Yu Yu. He is a good friend of my master's family. The money is definitely not enough, and I will be sent to you within a few days. You have great magical powers, so let's get things done... Hey! What are you doing? Why are you arresting me? Lord Wang, I am really sent by Wu Zhi to give you money, don't believe it...

In front of everyone, Wang Qinruoru fell into an ice cellar. He didn't have to look around, he knew what kind of vision was covered with... Wang Qinruo didn't say anything extra, and directly ordered someone to escort the Wu Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion, on the grounds that he attempted to bribe the imperial court's official. Note that it was a "attempt"

The guests in the hall instantly became eyewitnesses, and the case was escalated at the same time. Kaifeng Prefecture no longer accepted it, and the Censorate came forward. The Censorate sent the famous Censor Han Yi to increase his efforts and make it fatal. Unfortunately, it cannot change the fact in any case: the original intention of bribery was Wu Zhi, the gold for buying the official was Yu Yan, and if Wang Qin did not find a penny of stolen money, he even reported it to the official as soon as he knew he would be bribed...

If Wu Zhi was "tempted" to bribe, then Wang Qinruo didn't even have the opportunity to "tempted" to accept bribes. In the end, he was reluctant, and the Censor had to make the case as follows: Wu Zhi was sentenced to be sentenced to bribes for the crime of bribery (this appointment was abolished). Yu Yan ordered the suspension of his post, and Wang Qinruo ordered his post to be suspended, but Wang Qinruo ordered his recommendation to be misinformed and investigated. But this crime is too subtle. It can make the recommendation be implicated and demoted and dismissed, or it may be just a small scolding, which depends entirely on the mood of the people in power.

At this time, Liu E was in a very good mood, so everyone knew that Wang Qinruo had escaped another disaster. On this day, Lu Guanzheng looked at Wang Qinruo with anger on his face. Prime Minister Wang knew that he was in the wrong and bowed his head without saying a word. Suddenly, a mouse came out from somewhere and ran over in front of everyone. Lu Zongdao suddenly shouted, "You still dare to stand up." The audience burst into laughter, and Wang Qinruo's face was ashamed. Never thought of being humiliated in public! He actually became a rat crossing the street, and everyone could shout and beat him... But what could be done? The public was angry and could not be violated. He was not Kou Zhun, and he did not have the courage to suppress all the court officials with his own strength. He endured it. No matter how embarrassed he was, he chose to follow these people to court again and work normally.

But in the end he got angry. In addition, he suffered a cold on the way to the court and could not get sick. His life ended...

In the future, Song Renzong once said to his assistant ministers, "I see what Qin Ruo does, it is actually a treacherous evil." Throughout Wang Qinruo's life, his so-called treacherous deeds were nothing more than persuading Song Zhenzong to go to Fengshan to sacrifice to heaven. In addition, the subsequent big palace construction, the Holy Ancestor's descending to earth and other tricks were all original works by Zhao Heng himself and the efforts of Ding Wei and others. Wang Qinruo has long been the protagonist. Historian of Song was unfair to Wang Qinruo. You are a foolish monarch, he is a treacherous evil. You are a wise monarch, he is a capable minister. A person like Wang Qinruo is a mirror that can reflect the emperor's quality and original appearance. Wang Qinruo has great abilities and great contributions. In the Battle of Chanyuan, the Daming Mansion he guarded was far ahead of Zhao Heng and Kou Zhun's Chengzhou City. These should not be forgotten by the world... Among the brilliant and magnificent civil ministers in the Song Dynasty for more than 300 years, Wang Qinruo should have a place for Wang Qinruo.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Yong, another great hero of the Chanyuan Alliance, also had an accident. In the year when Zhao Heng died, he was the Privy Councilor and the Jingling Palace Envoy. Wang Zeng was the Minister of the Emperor personally issued an edict, allowing him to be on the prefecture when he went to court. This broke the order of the Song Dynasty's ranks as prime minister, prince, and Privy Councilor. I think when Zhao Heng ascended the throne, the founding father and Privy Councilor Cao Bin also followed the prime minister at that time. This was the implementation of the family law of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty's "using culture to build martial arts". Cao Yong enjoyed this extraordinary treatment, which was the reward for the great contributions he made in the Chanyuan Alliance. But after that, Cao Yong began to be confused and acted against the contrary, and strongly demanded that he should die as ugly as possible. The specific manifestation was that he seemed to be Kou Zhun, and he took turns to take action against the prime minister, empress dowager, eunuchs, and ministers, and no one ran away...

First, the Prime Minister. After Wang Qinruo's death, Wang Zeng was promoted to Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty. Cao Yong publicly bullied Wang Zeng with his super seniority. Now it is Liu E's era. Can you abide by the old rules: Let the East Prefecture lead the Western Prefecture half a step back? Especially when Wang Zengji was promoted to become the leader of all officials and the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty?

The answer is no. Cao Yong faced Wang Zeng, just like when he was facing Empress Dowager Xiao in Chanzhou City, he said he would not give in. As a result, on December 12, the little emperor and the Empress Dowager sat in Chengming Palace for a long time, waiting around, and there was no one working. They all went on strike? When someone was sent out to see Wang Zeng, Cao Yong looked at each other and held him at the door of the hall. All the court officials behind him watched speechlessly.

"I'll first" "I'll first" and Wang Zeng was younger and reacted very quickly. He had a sudden inspiration and shouted "Nothing is wrong. If you go in, just say that Prime Minister Wang Zeng would come in and thank him." After that, the entire East Palace officials immediately looked full of youth. Our leader has the strength and won!

After the emperor saw the imperial edict, he called out according to the list of initiators who had just given thanks. Wang Zeng was the leader! But Cao Yong was Cao Yong. He let Wang Zeng go, but he blocked everyone below the second prime minister Zhang Zhibai. I am a hero and I went to the army! In this way, he completely disrupted the order of the courtship that day.

But then Cao Yong got a news: Zhang Qi was going to come back from Heyang to be the Privy Councilor. Zhang Qi was Liu E's great benefactor. When Liu E was driven out of Zhao Heng's palace by Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Heng hid Liu E secretly in Zhang Qi's house, and then secretly went to a secret meeting every night without hiding her father's emperor... Now Zhang Qi is coming back to take my place? Cao Yong restrains himself a little.

On the 17th, Zhang Qi was indeed appointed as the Privy Councilor. Of course, Cao Yong was also the Privy Councilor and Sikong...

On May 28, 1026, at the request of Dangxiang Li Deming, Shuluping's younger brother Agu was only a fifth-generation grandson, the famous general Xiao Hengde's nephew, and the recruitment envoy of the Northwest Road of the Great Liao Dynasty Xiao Hui recruited troops from all tribes, hoping to jointly conquer the Ganzhou Uighurs with Dangxiang. Minister Zhila was a little late, and was beheaded by Xiao Hui. In August, all the tribes of Shuluping rebelled. The news came, and because the attack on the Ganzhou Uighurs failed on the 3rd day, Xiao Hui could only lead the army to retreat and attack.

The task of destroying the Uighurs in Ganzhou was left to Li Yuanhao two years later. He was defeated by the rebels of the Bu Bu halfway. Nerugu, Abu Lu, and 3,000 Liao troops came to rescue him, and the entire army was wiped out. Nerugu and Abu Lu were also killed in battle. Liao Shengzong had no choice but to send Yelu Huage and Honggu brothers to quell the rebellion of the Bu Bu and demoted Xiao Hui in November (according to research, the Bu Bu tribe in the Liao Dynasty was the predecessor of the Mongolian tribe that was invincible in the future)

On December 25, the 17-year-old young emperor Zhao Zhen suddenly proposed, "I plan to lead all officials to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday in the New Year's Day next year, and then go to Tian'an Palace to receive congratulations." Wang Zeng and others immediately became angry and could not bear it anymore. Liu E, the old empress dowager, has been endless, and must be ahead of the emperor in everything, and should they replace it no matter what?

But Liu E herself made the matter a mess. Before Wang Zeng and others could speak, she replied to her dear son first, "Your Majesty, how can the great court delay the situation because of my reasons?"

Wang Zengxi fell from the sky and immediately followed up, "Empress Dowager, you are right. Your Majesty, you made this great suggestion with your filial piety and respect for your mother. But your mother can't bear to destroy the national system, so just listen to her."

Liu E was frozen in an instant, this damn modesty... Although she was 60 years old, she was still immature in politics! She chose to rob her son, so why are she pretending to be a great mother? But she said that she could not save her. Could it be that the opportunity for this year slipped away in vain? Liu E was unwilling to give up and played a trick in private. After returning to the palace, she violently attacked her "son". Then His Majesty Renzong issued an imperial edict, which stated that she would celebrate her birthday first and then hold a Spring Festival ceremony.

The court was helpless, Liu E really succeeded, she was even more emperor than the emperor...

The birthday ceremony on the first day of the first lunar month of the 5th year of Tiansheng (1027) was a nightmare for all the ministers loyal to the royal family of the Zhao Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen wore a Yan robe (uncrowned), and in front of all civil and military officials and Khitan envoys, he bowed to Liu E two times, kneeled and offered two glasses of wine to her, and then the officials represented the Privy Councilor, and the Empress Dowager Xiang. After everything was over, Zhao Zhen went to Tian'an Hall to accept the worship of all the officials.

Liu E was exercising the rituals of the king in Huiqing Hall, not the most formal occasions of Tian'an Hall. But in fact, she had already exercised 100% of the emperor's power, and Zhao Zhen was just a decoration after the wedding. So what contribution she made to the Song Dynasty that made her so domineering? Up to now, all the contributions of the monarch and ministers are probably the following points:

1. Clarifying the administration of officials. This is the primary event in any dynasty. However, the Song Dynasty said that Liu E was "clarifying the administration of officials" rather than "refreshing the administration of officials" because she had no specific reform measures at all. She only left 6 edicts to warn her ministers not to be corrupt, otherwise she would be severely punished and a sentence of mentoring people.

That was when she first came to power, Liu Chuo, the transferor of Jingxi Road, said that he would transport the excess thousand hu of grain to the capital to please her. But Liu E got angry, "Do you know Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, Lu Yijian, and Lu Zongdao? Which of them was promoted because of the large amount of grain" but what does this mean? It only means that Liu E is not a pleasure-type empress dowager in the deep palace. She knew that if so much food was released for no reason, the people must have been exploited. But this is of no use to prevent corruption and maintain integrity in the entire Song Dynasty's official system.

2 Pay attention to water conservancy. This is a true contribution. Regardless of whether Liu E has personally dug a shovel of mud in the river bank. However, even if Liu E was really reincarnated by Dayu, she would not be able to be the heroine in the Song Dynasty?

On October 30, 1027, Liu E finally blocked the Yellow River that broke the broken edge of Tiantai Mountain in northwest of Huazhou more than 8 years ago. There is also the 500-mile long sea defense embankment built by Fan Zhongyan, and several large-scale water conservancy projects that irrigate thousands of hectares of fields across the country.

3. Improve the imperial examinations, establish state schools, and give them land, but this is just a little sweetness to scholars. The vast majority of farmers who face the loess and backs on the sky have not received any benefits.

4. Issued Jiaozi. This item is barely considered a bit innovative, but I am afraid that the top achievement should still be recorded on Zhang Yong, the first local official of the Song Dynasty?

If Ding wants to emphasize how great Empress Dowager Liu is, there is another truly commendable thing: she completely stopped her husband Zhao Heng's worship of God and saved the Song Dynasty from the absurd world of ghosts and rampant ghosts.
Chapter completed!