I will never be Renzong

Chapter 55 Change of Power
In July of the first year of Tiansheng, Bi Sheng, a commoner who had lived for ten years and fifty years, was invited to the palace by the palace secretary. The Empress Dowager Liu E met him. After all, he was the one the officials wanted. She also wanted to see what was so special about it. However, when she saw an old man who looked like a bad old man appearing in front of her, she immediately lost interest, and the handsome servant Luo Chongxun beside her seemed more seductive.

Zhao Zhen received Bi Sheng very enthusiastically, but Zhao Zhen did not mention movable type printing to him. Instead, he asked Bi Sheng if he knew how to make paper as soon as they met.

After asking, Zhao Zhen learned that Bi Sheng also worked in a papermaking workshop in his early years, but the money earned in the papermaking workshop was not enough to support his family. Moreover, he had a special liking for printing and seal engraving, so he simply quit the papermaking workshop later. I went to work as an engraving and printing craftsman.

As long as you know how to make paper, it is only a matter of time before movable type printing comes out. This is not urgent, so Zhao Zhen invested in the construction of a paper-making workshop in the lower reaches of a river in Kaifeng, let Bi Sheng take charge of it, and awarded him a loose official , giving him the right to enter and exit the palace, so that he can report the progress of papermaking to him at any time.

What Zhao Zhen wants to make is not paper for writing, but toilet paper. Although he is an official, he struggles every time he goes to the toilet. He has long wanted to get rid of that evil toilet paper.

Zhao Zhen was busy inventing toilet paper, and the court was not peaceful during this period. First, the Eight Great Kings failed in planting potatoes in the greenhouse. In August, Prime Minister Feng Zheng's condition worsened, and he wrote a letter for the fifth time requesting his dismissal.

Feng Zheng has only been prime minister for more than a year, but he lacks courage and is more than cunning. It is really an embarrassing task, but Liu E stays in the middle, neither agreeing nor opposing. No one knows what kind of medicine she sells in her gourd.

But there is one exception, and that is Zhao Zhen.

Recently, Zhao Zhen has been focusing on small inventions and rarely gets involved in political affairs, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know Liu E's inner plans. After all, he was also a lover of Song history in his previous life.

At this time, in the two governments, Cao Yong was the top privy envoy of the Privy Council, and Zhang Zhibai was the second in command.Originally, there was Qian Wei acting in this role, but he had already been relegated to other places as an official.

The Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, Feng Zheng, was dying of illness at this time. It stands to reason that the prime minister resigned, and it should be the second chancellor who took over as the prime minister. But at this time, the second chancellor was Wang Zeng, and Wang Zeng was upright Left and right looked like I was an upright minister, so I didn't miss Liu E.

And Wang Zeng didn't conform to Liu E's idea of ​​employing people, those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will perish.Therefore, Wang Zeng, who was not very obedient, just missed the position of Zaifu. At this time, there were still two big bosses in Zhongshu, that is, Lu Zongdao, who was in charge of politics, and Lu Yijian, who gave Zhongshu. Lu Zongdao had the same temper as Wang Zeng. , and although Lu Yijian is not bad, but his qualifications are not enough.

Zhao Zhen knew that Liu E's real favorite candidate at this time was actually Wang Qinruo, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice who served as the magistrate of Jiangning Prefecture.

But Liu E's No. 1 choice is not Wang Qinruo, but Qian Weiyan.

Earlier in June, Feng Zheng was ill and signed a letter of resignation. At this time, Qian Weiyan was on his way from Heyang to Bozhou to take office. But his real purpose is to plot to come back as prime minister.

Liu E still feels a little guilty about Qian Weiyan in her heart. On the one hand, Qian Weiyan has an in-law relationship with the Liu family, and on the other hand, Qian Weiyan often advises her. Ju Yong, the censor of Ganoderma lucidum last time, strongly retorted: "Qian Weiyan is treacherous and insidious. He was married to Ding Wei, so he was reused. Later, Ding Wei lost power. He was afraid of getting involved, and even To add insult to injury to Ding Wei, if such a capricious villain is appointed or dismissed as prime minister, wouldn't it be that the world will be greatly disappointed."

Faced with the opposition from the supervisory censor and the courtiers, Liu E had nothing to do, so he simply asked someone to relay Ju Yong's original words to Qian Weiyan, but Qian Weiyan still did not give up, and stayed on the sidelines in the capital until the imperial court. Shi Liusui said bluntly: "If the government appoints Qian Weiyan as prime minister, then I will grab the white linen paper and tear up the appointment edict!"

When Qian Weiyan heard this, he knew that he was not tolerated by the court ministers, so he left angrily.

And Wang Qinruo's qualifications are enough, but his appearance, character and even popularity are not very good. Let's talk about appearance first. Wang Qinruo is short in stature and has a lump of fat on his neck. He is nicknamed "Gall Xiang" by his colleagues.

Although smart, but all used in flattery, flattery, so his reputation is very bad, known as one of the five ghosts.

But such a person is very in line with Liu E's thinking of employing people, and it is also one of the most important reasons why Zhao Zhen wanted to win over Wang Qinruo before.

Wang Qinruo's reputation was too bad, and Liu E worried that the courtiers would object, so he played a trick. Wang Qinruo was Zhao Zhen's teacher before, and Zhao Zhen knew what Liu E was thinking, so he took the opportunity to write a letter to Wang Qinruo. Wang Qinruo didn't want to fall into Liu E's arms.

Liu E took this opportunity to send an envoy to reward Wang Qinruo, and verbally summoned Wang Qinruo to return to Beijing, which was naturally kept from the court's assistant ministers.

On August 28, the first year of Tiansheng, Wang Qinruo returned to Kaifeng. The next day, Wang Qinruo entered the palace to meet Liu E and Zhao Zhen. Only then did the auxiliary ministers wake up like a dream, but the matter was over, and it seemed that they had tried to stop it. It's too late. After all, regardless of his character, Wang Qinruo is enough to be the prime minister in terms of qualifications and political achievements.

On the fifth day of September, at the request of Queen Mother Liu E, Zhao Zhen ordered the dismissal of Feng Zheng from the position of prime minister, appointed him as Wusheng Jiedu envoy and minister, and rebelled against Henan Mansion. At the same time, he appointed Wang Qinruo as Situ, minister, and minister. Ping Zhangshi, Bachelor of Zhaowen Hall.

In the year of Ershun, Wang Qinruo was officially worshiped as the prime minister of the Zhongshu Province of the Song Empire.

As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office. If Wang Qinruo enters Zhongshu again, he will naturally want to do something. After all, today's officials are not as easy to fool as the first emperor.He believed that there should be certain regulations for the promotion of hundreds of officials according to their ranks, so he compiled the "Relocation Map" and presented it to Zhao Zhen, hoping that Zhao Zhen could see it and adopt it.

But the same ministers didn't give Wang Qinruo face, and always used his previous flattery and scandals to run on him. Wang Qinruo felt that he was constrained everywhere and could not use his hands and feet, so he complained loudly: "When Wang Dan was prime minister in the past, , it's not like this!"

But he didn't expect to be insulted by Lu Zongdao again, saying: "The Prime Minister of the previous dynasty, Wang Wenzheng, is a man of high morals, and of course he is beyond the reach of others. However, if you govern in a fair and just manner, how dare I, Lu Zongdao, refuse to accept it!"

The implication is that you, Wang Qinruo, are nothing, you don't flirt with girls to take care of yourself, and you still have the face to compare with others Wang Danruo, making Wang Qinruo ashamed.

Although the system is gone, Wang Qinruo is still Zhao Zhen's close minister, and Zhao Zhen has been deliberating over the past few days whether to use Wang Qinruo to seize the power of the Empress Dowager Liu E, so that he can take charge in advance.

But in the end Zhao Zhen gave up, because his current age did not reach the legal ruling age of the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Even if Liu E was overthrown, there is no guarantee that Concubine Yang and Concubine Cao would come out to listen to politics behind the curtain. Of course, this is still the best way As a result, no matter who is behind the curtain to listen to the government, Zhao Zhen will be in charge after becoming an adult, and another bad result is that the auxiliary minister handles the country. If it really reaches that point, it will be the greatest tragedy.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen did not dare to bet. In addition, no matter in any aspect, Liu E treated him well. He wanted to make small inventions and occasionally made suggestions about the government, but Liu E also agreed and accepted them, so now he This official job is the most relaxed and comfortable, and there is no need to make troubles.

But it didn't take long for Zhao Zhen to realize how helpless he is without power, and he finally went on the road of seizing power.

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