Cousin, you are talking, now that Wang Xiang has died, who do you think can take his place? Zhao Zhen saw that Li Zhang was silent, and asked a little anxiously at the moment, although what he wanted to ask was who could succeed Wang Zeng to achieve the goal of containing Lu Yijian, but this kind of words could only be understood but not spoken, and as the emperor, he was becoming more and more embarrassed.

Of course, Li Zhang understood what Zhao Zhen meant, but he also showed an embarrassed expression at this time and said: "You are really embarrassed for me, most of the experienced and prestigious ministers in the court are old now, and there is no one among the young ministers who can take on this important task for the time being, so I don't know who to recommend now?" ”

In the end, Li Zhang was also helpless, after all, not everyone has Wang Zeng's prestige and ability, that is the person who can make Liu E jealous at the beginning, and only after driving Wang Zeng away, Liu E dares to come up with some undeserved thoughts, and now there is no one in the court who can replace Wang Zeng, let alone contain Lu Yijian.

Hearing Li Zhang's answer, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but show a disappointed expression, and said very distressedly: "If I really can't find a replacement for Wang Xiang, then I can only use other methods." ”

"What's the solution?" Li Zhang immediately asked.

"What else can be done, the emperor's mind is just a trick, degrade it to remind someone, lest he do something wrong in the future." Zhao Zhen also said helplessly.

Li Zhang immediately understood when he heard this, and at the same time he also thought that in the original history, Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian were demoted at the same time, and then Wang Zeng died, but Lu Yijian was quickly reinstated.

"But now that the court is in the midst of change, someone needs to be in command, if it is ......," Li Zhang said here and did not say any more.

"I also know that this is not good, but there is really no other way, and now it is too difficult to find a person from the ministers who can contain Lu Xiang." Zhao Zhen also said helplessly again at this time, he couldn't even care about face in frustration, and directly said his true intentions.

Lu Yijian is not only a great hero who supported Zhao Zhen to regain real power, but also during his reign, the Great Song Dynasty also defeated the party and the Liao State, and recaptured the sixteen states of Yanyun, these credits are not only Zhao Zhen's, and Lu Yijian, who is the prime minister, will also be recorded in the annals of history because of this.

When Li Zhang heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly clapped his hands and said: "Wrong, wrong, we thought wrong from the beginning!" ”

"What's wrong, cousin, what are you talking about?" Zhao Zhen was also taken aback by the startled Li Zhang, and immediately asked again.

"We thought about it from the beginning, in the past, His Majesty had always made Wang Xiang a person who contained Lu Xiang, so we wanted to find a person who was close to Wang Xiang in all aspects to replace him from the beginning, did Your Majesty think so?" Li Zhang slapped his face at this time and asked excitedly.

"That's right, it's too difficult for the court to find a second king, and it's even hard to find someone who can get close to the king." Zhao Zhen nodded, but he still didn't understand what Li Zhang meant.

"In fact, we don't need to find a person similar to Wang Xiang at all, we only need a minister who is famous enough, capable, and guaranteed to be loyal to His Majesty to replace Wang Xiang, so as to achieve the goal of containing Lu Xiang!" Li Zhang said excitedly again.

"Fame, power, and loyalty, what difference does it make to find someone who resembles the king?" Zhao Zhen still asked puzzled.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, fame is not necessarily a good reputation, some people's reputation is not good, but the whole country knows it, in addition, Your Majesty still remembers that after the fall of Ding Wei, Wang Xiangju made great contributions, but the eldest lady didn't use him, but used another person as the prime minister?" Li Zhang suddenly smiled smugly at this time.

"Wang Qinruo!" Zhao Zhen heard Li Zhang's words and immediately slapped his palm, when Wang Zeng overthrew Ding Wei, his reputation was great for a while, and almost everyone thought that Wang Zeng would be crowned prime minister, but Liu E knew that Wang Zeng and himself were not of the same mind, so he deliberately recalled Wang Qinruo, who had a bad reputation, back to the capital to worship as the prime minister, in order to contain Wang Zeng, as a result, Wang Qinruo was grateful, and he was also loyal to Liu E, and soon helped Liu E stabilize the court.

"Yes, at the beginning, the eldest lady could use the disreputable Wang Qinruo to contain Wang Xiang, and His Majesty could also use such a one to contain Lu Xiang." Li Zhang said again with a smile.

"Ding Wei!" Zhao Zhen immediately popped up a name in his mind, Ding Wei's fame didn't need to be much, known as the first minister at the beginning, even Liu E was almost seized by him, but unfortunately he was later calculated by Liu E, and was demoted to Yazhou, if he could transfer it back, he would definitely be able to contain Lu Yijian, and Ding Wei's reputation was too stinky, except to be loyal to himself, he had no other choice at all, because as long as he lost his support, Ding Wei would definitely be the first to be cleaned up.

"Ding Wei, don't think about it, he died in Gwangju last year." Li Zhang spread his hands at this time, speaking of which, Ding Wei was also in power back then, as the prime minister, even if he was demoted, he should be posthumously gifted after his death, but Ding Wei's reputation was too stinky, so no one reported it after his death, and of course Zhao Zhen didn't know.

"Dead? Isn't he quite measured, why did he die so early? Zhao Zhen was also stunned when he heard Li Zhang's answer.

It is said that Ding Wei was relegated to Yazhou, and then transferred to Leizhou, Daozhou, Gwangju and other places, adding up to "wandering and degrading for fifteen years", but Ding Wei is extremely open, even if he has been exiled for fifteen years, when he returns to his hometown, he still has black temples and no white hair, which is also rumored to be a strange story at the time, although many people despise Ding Wei as a person, but also have to admire his measurement.

"Your Majesty, how can you forget that Ding Wei was already seventy years old when he died last year, even if he is still alive now, it is inconvenient to hold an official position at this age." Li Zhang said helplessly again, even if Ding Wei has a measure, but age is not waiting for anyone, the life span in ancient times was short, sixty is considered longevity, let alone seventy.

Knowing that Ding Wei was dead, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sigh a little, but then he said helplessly: "I didn't expect Ding Wei to die too, originally with his identity, he was the most suitable person." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be disappointed, although Ding Wei is gone, there are still other people who meet Your Majesty's requirements, such as the few people left by the eldest lady, even if Your Majesty dares to use it." Li Zhang said with a smile at this time, at this time he already had a suitable candidate in his heart, although this person was not as good as Ding Wei, but he was more suitable than Ding Wei.