It has become a common practice to keep the old ministers of the previous dynasty and wait until the new section is overpowered, and then depose the previous officials, and almost all the new emperors are so excessive in their rights.

Zhao Huan has also studied a lot and still knows a little about it.

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Shen Cong, remove Li Bangyan's shackles." From today onwards, he will be reduced to a commoner, and he can only live in Bianjing City and listen to the tune at any time. ”

There are very good reasons to kill him, and there are good reasons not to kill him.

Li Gang was almost assassinated today, if Li Gang died, where would he find a replacement in such a hurry?

During the time when Shen Cong was injured, Cheng Chu could be replaced, because the burden of the previous commander was not heavy, and he was only responsible for the palace.

But the matter of the prime minister, especially Shangshu Zuocheng, is not as simple as the previous commander and the palace guard.

I'd rather have an empty Shangshu left and right than I'd rather batch so many notes a day than just do it.

Keep this old puppet to prevent Li Gang from having any accidents and catch himself blind.

Waiting for the war to calm down, naturally everything is easy to say. If you win, you will dictate the dynasty, and if you lose, you will have nothing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the guilty minister will be grateful to Dade, tie the grass and tie the ring, and never forget it until death." Li Bangyan wept bitterly in the Wende Palace.

He felt that the worst outcome would be to cut off his head, and the best outcome would be exile to Wuzhou.

As a result, there was no exile, but only a denunciation of the people.

This result really exceeded my expectations.

Xindi is more benevolent than expected.

"If I don't kill you today, it's not that I don't want to kill you, stealing the country for personal gain, and his crime should be punished. It is your talent that saves you, I hope you can use your talent in the right place in the future, go down first. ”

Zhao Huan looked at Li Bangyan upset and asked him to leave his sight.

Li Bangyan thanked him again, bent over, walked out of the gate of the Wende Palace, walked out of the gate of the imperial city, and slapped the dust of his body on the arch bridge outside the moat in front of the Xuande Tower, and knelt down slowly.

He kowtowed three times in the direction of the palace, knelt for a long time, and left the palace tremblingly.

The old housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and when he saw Li Bangyan walking out of the imperial city completely, his eyes were full of surprises, and he stepped forward to support Li Bangyan, who was once a very popular minister and is now down.

The two slowly left the imperial city, and Li Bangyan said with emotion: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your benevolence." ”

And the old butler looked left and right, and there was no dazzling figure, and asked, "Master, the carriage and horses have been prepared, and now we will go south?" Or wait until after the new emperor's personal conquest? ”

"Nonsense! Your Majesty ordered me not to leave the city. If you live in Bianjing, you live in Bianjing! South? Li Bangyan also looked left and right, and continued in a low voice: "Look at what the new emperor does, the Emperor Taishang's side will definitely be defeated." Within three years, it would have to be cleaned up by the new emperor. ”

"What are we going to do? Now defecting to the Emperor Taishang is as absurd as defecting to Yelu Yanxi when Jin Bing broke through the Linhuang Mansion in Beijing. You're going, you're going. I'm not going. Li Bangyan said in a low voice.

This new emperor is benevolent and righteous once, and he is expected to be benevolent and righteous for the second time?

He decided to stay in Bianjing City honestly, as long as he didn't toss, his old life would be saved.

This involves the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, where is it so easy to be the prime minister? If something happens and the prime minister is cut, then who will be the prime minister?

The prime minister who is in charge of Shangshu Province and is in charge of the affairs of the entire country, sometimes, for the sake of the greater good, makes some decisions, and will definitely make mistakes, and if the prime minister is cut at will, no one wants to be a supreme minister.

In other words, most of the time the position of the prime minister is to carry the blame for the emperor, and the exile is just that, cut it directly, who will carry the black pot for you?

"Go home and write a book. I've been doing this Zuo Cheng for more than ten years, and it's more than enough to write a book on how to be a prime minister. ”

"The book is completed, dedicated to Your Majesty. said that he couldn't still get an official and a half-job, and he was taken again, and he went to the emperor, that is, the old birthday star hanged himself, and he was afraid of a long life. If you don't go, you won't go to death. The joy of Li Bangyan's life after the catastrophe has not yet dissipated, and his heart has mixed feelings.

However, he knew an established fact, that is, if he did not show that he was very talented, the new emperor would not spare himself.

If you are mediocre, you will have no capital to make a comeback.

And what can he do?

Dedicate your talents to the emperor.

As for Zhao Ji, an emperor who does nothing and only knows that he is corrupt and hedonistic, he doesn't want to go.

Li Gang looked at Zhao Huan and spared Li Bangyan, but he didn't say his opinion, and he didn't quite know whether he was the first time Zuo Cheng played the right game and whether he passed the test.

He didn't dare to ask.

Zhao Huan thought for a while and said, "Li Shaoqing, the matter of Zuo Cheng on behalf of Shangshu is so decided. ”

Li Gang put down a big stone in his heart, although his answer was not perfect, but it could be regarded as passing.

Zhao Huan continued: "The matter of the ordnance supervisor can be temporarily handed over to Wang Chongyang and the young men to do. ”

Li Gang nodded, this is cutting his authority, Zuo Cheng's position is big enough.

The position of the squire of the military department and the young superintendent of the ordnance superintendent is considered to be the end of his work.

He feels very sorry for this position, in fact, in terms of facts, he still likes the ordnance supervisor the most. The pleasure of pouring those iron tools and accessories is greater than being an official.

But now is not the time to talk about conditions, wait until there is a suitable person in the future, and then hand over the position of prime minister.

After today's events, he also found that he was not suitable to be the prime minister.

There are too many things to think about in this position. Where are the iron tools and rods and wheels to play with to make yourself comfortable?

This prime minister, when he can resign in the future, he will resign.

He still feels in his heart that he is a craftsman, not a prime minister.

Zhao Huan said as needed: "You can take on the errand of the envoy of the four walls for the time being." You can also hand over military affairs and other things to Yao Pingzhong. ”

"If there is anything you don't understand in government affairs, you can also ask Li Bangyan, the old man who went out just now! Although this guy is not a thing, he is still a national thief, but he really has a lot of things in his stomach. ”

"But don't do everything yourself, be careful of exhausting yourself."

Li Gang bent down and bowed: "Obey the instructions of the official." ”

Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang, sighed and said: "If you are like Li Bangyan, you have been the prime minister for ten years, you must be more upright than what he said, don't be discouraged, this old man is worth so much." ”

The grasshoppers after the autumn can't jump for a few days.

When he freed his hands and did the official examination, he had someone, if this Li Bangyan had nothing to show off, he would cut him.

As he said to Li Bangyan, he kept this guy just for the goods in his stomach.

"I'll bring Sun Bo up and be your right-handed. Something to discuss. Zhao Huan thought for a while and said.

Checks and balances.

Li Gang instantly thought of this word, Wu Min had been dead for a month, and this right man finally had it.

Zhao Huan left a lot of traitors, in fact, he was helpless, he needed to use the lives of these people to exchange the appointment and dismissal of the prime minister with the old military leaders in Bianjing and the scholars and doctors in the court.

At least to ensure that when you are on the march, this court is stable.

Don't delay the plan to drive out the Tartars! A momentary expediency.

Isn't politics all like that? Compromise and helplessness coexist.

It's just that Zhao Huan always feels that he has forgotten something, which makes him a little panicked, but there are too many things, and he quickly puts his doubts behind.