Chapter 167: The Prime Minister Fights
Wang Qinruo, for this legendary character, Li Zhang thought that the fate between himself and the other party was at most the mansion at his feet, but what he never expected was that Wang Qinruo would give him a gift at this juncture.
"How does your lord know about me?" Li Zhang came to the front hall, and when he saw the steward who came to give gifts, he couldn't help but ask curiously, Wang Qinruo was demoted to Hangzhou as an official, and now of course it is impossible to come back, in fact, with Li Zhang's identity, it is impossible for Wang Qinruo to come to the door to give gifts in person, and it is already quite important to be able to send a steward.
"My lord has long heard about the reunion of the queen and Li Banyu's relatives, but he has never had the opportunity to visit, and this time he is also taking advantage of the New Year's Festival to send some gifts to Li Banyu!" I saw that the steward replied to Li Zhang very politely.
"The New Year is coming?" Li Zhang almost laughed out loud when he heard this, there are still nearly two months before the New Year, and it is too early to give a New Year's gift now, not to mention that he also read the gift list just now, this New Year's gift is very rich!
"I see, the prince really has a heart!" Li Zhang immediately thanked the other party and said, after all, this steward was only here to give gifts, and Wang Qinruo didn't have any other instructions to him, so after letting people bring the gifts in, he also immediately said goodbye and left, and Li Zhang also personally sent the other party a few steps.
Sent away the gift-giving steward, Li Zhang just returned to the hall, but saw Xiuxiu and Douzi brother and sister looking at these gifts with bright eyes, and when they saw Li Zhang come in, Douzi shouted even more exaggeratedly: "Big brother, we are rich, this gift-giver is so generous, and all the gifts are good!" ”
Seeing Douzi's happy appearance, Li Zhang laughed and said: "Don't think that this gift is so easy to receive, this gift giver is smart, because he knows that it may be useful to me in the future." ”
"Big brother, it's useless, I also think that this gift giver has bad intentions, how can anyone give such a valuable gift without knowing it, I think it's better to return these gifts, right?" At this time, Xiuxiu said with some worry, most girls are precocious, and the things she thinks about are much more complicated than beans.
"No need, this gift-giver is indeed not a good person, but he is only using this matter to have a little relationship with me, and I don't know if he can use it in the future, and I'm sure that not only me, but almost all the people in the entire capital who can use it have received his gifts!" Li Zhang smiled again at this time, Wang Qinruo is a real villain, although he was demoted to Hangzhou two years ago, he has never given up, and it is estimated that he also heard that Zhao Heng is seriously ill, so he wants to go around to pave the way for returning to the capital in the future.
"That's it, the eldest brother is so capable, there must be a lot of people who befriend him, this gift is nothing at all!" Douzi also echoed at this time, but although he said "nothing", his little hand held on to a inkstone tightly, it seemed that he liked this beautifully made inkstone, Li Zhang was also very generous, and directly gave him the inkstone, which made Douzi also cheer, he now has to keep accounts and write every day, and he has long wanted a good inkstone.
At that moment, Li Zhang called the old knife and asked them to help move these gifts to the warehouse, and then went to see Lu Wu again, and told Wang Qinruo about the gift, but Lu Wu also sneered and said: "Wang Qinruo, this villain, is not dead, but as long as Ding Wei is there, he doesn't want to come back!" ”
Wang Qinruo is a villain, Ding Wei is also a villain, Wang Qinruo was powerful in the past, Ding Wei was attached to him, but later Wang Qinruo fell, Ding Wei also fell into the well immediately, so the two of them have already been married, and Ding Wei will not let Wang Qinruo come back and step on his head.
"What Uncle Wu said is good, but Wang Qinruo has also started to move around, I am afraid that the court will be even more unpeaceful!" When Li Zhang said at the end, he also showed a worried expression, with Zhao Heng's serious illness, the Great Song Dynasty already had a sense of turmoil, coupled with the internal power struggle, I don't know how many people will be involved?
"You're worried about a fart, the affairs of the court are naturally handled by the queen and those ministers, you just do your part well, and it's not too late to worry about these things when you grow up!" Lu Wu glared at Li Zhang and said, in fact, he was also reminding Li Zhang that although Wang Qinruo gave him a gift this time, there were some things that he could not interfere in.
"Uncle Wu, don't worry, I know the severity, Wang Qinruo didn't just give me a gift, with his character, maybe even Ding Wei's mansion was given a gift by him, of course, whether the other party accepts it or not is another matter." Li Zhang immediately smiled and said, he knew his catties, and he also knew that Wang Qinruo must have cast a wide net this time, so he didn't plan to make any effort at all.
Seeing that Li Zhang understood what he meant, Lu Wu was relieved, and then the two talked about some other things, and then Li Zhang went back to his room to rest.
The weather is getting colder and colder, but Zhao Heng's condition has suddenly changed, Zhao Heng, who was sometimes comatose and sometimes awake, has been awake more than coma in the past few days, and his brain is also very clear, and he can even summon some ministers occasionally, and the imperial doctor also said that Zhao Heng's condition has improved, which made the atmosphere in the palace relaxed all of a sudden, and even Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan had a lot of smiles on their faces.
However, at this time, no one expected that a big conflict broke out in the court, Ding Wei and Li Di, the two prime ministers, actually fought in the court, you read that right, that is, the two prime ministers scuffled in front of other ministers, it is said that in the end, the younger Li Di won, Ding Wei was beaten by Li Di with a blue nose and swollen face, miserable.
Speaking of Ding Wei and Li Di, these two are also old enemies, when Kou Zhun was dismissed, the two had a conflict because of Kou Zhun's demotion location, Li Di wanted to protect Kou Zhun, so he asked to demote Kou Zhun to Xiangzhou, which is closer to the capital, but Ding Wei hated Kou Zhun and naturally wanted to degrade Kou Zhun as far away as possible.
The two quarreled in the court because of Kou Zhun's affairs, and Zhao Heng, who was already sick at that time, was also angry and had a headache, and then simply beat the two of them to fifty boards, but in the end Zhao Heng still adopted Li Di's opinion and demoted Kou Zhun to Xiangzhou, but unfortunately it didn't take long for Zhao Heng's mind to be confused, so under Ding Wei's bewitchment, Kou Zhun was degraded farther and farther away, and he never returned to the capital.
The reason why Li Di and Ding Wei fought this time was also because of personnel problems, speaking of which, the cause of this incident was Li Zhang's old acquaintance, that is, Lin Te, an old guy, after Lin Te climbed to Ding Wei, he has always been deeply trusted by Ding Wei, and now that Zhao Heng is ill, Ding Wei wants to take this opportunity to place his own people in an important position in the court.
So in this case, Ding Wei recommended Lint as the third envoy, the third division is in charge of finances, known as the prime minister, and is also one of the prime ministers, Lint used to hold this position, but was dismissed by Kou Zhun, and now Ding Wei recommended Lint as the third envoy, just to master the finances of the Great Song Dynasty.
Li Di originally hated Lint very much, and he knew that just one Ding Wei would put him at a disadvantage, if there was one more Lint, I am afraid that he, the prime minister, would also do it, so Li Di naturally opposed it desperately, even if the holy decree appointing Lint had come down, Li Di still did not admit it, and even said that Ding Wei had forged the holy decree.
Forging a holy decree is a felony of killing the head, Ding Wei is naturally angry, but the more the two quarrel, the more fierce they become, and finally they rolled up their sleeves and fought in the main hall, and the surrounding officials were all frightened, and no one stepped forward to stop them for a while, and finally another high-ranking official, Feng Zheng, stepped forward to persuade him to fight, and the others reacted, and then pulled the two disheveled prime ministers away.
"Young Master Li's temper is so big, I really can't see it usually?" As soon as Li Zhang arrived in the palace the next day, he heard from Zhao Zhen about the fight between Li Di and Ding Wei yesterday, and he was very surprised at the moment, and he only found out about this matter yesterday, and there are not many people outside who know about it.
"I didn't expect Young Master Li to fight with Ding Xiang, but I heard from the waiter who was on duty in the main hall yesterday that Ding Xiang suffered a big loss, and even the nosebleed was beaten out by Young Master Li!" Zhao Zhen also gossiped at this time, not only the two prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were fighting, one of them was also their husband, although Li Di did not teach them personally, but they can often be seen in ordinary times, which is why Zhao Zhen is so interested in this matter.
"What's going on now, the two prime ministers are fighting, they definitely won't stop so easily, right?" Li Zhang was also very interested in asking at this time, he only knew that the ministers of the Song Dynasty were not very good-tempered, such as Kou Zhun dared to threaten the emperor, and Bao Zheng dared to spray saliva in the emperor's face, but he didn't expect that these ministers would even dare to fight in the main hall, this is really a big gossip.
In fact, Li Zhang is also unheard, if he knows that the champion of the Great Song Dynasty is even decided by fighting, he will definitely be even more surprised, this incident is said to have happened in the Song Taizu period, when there were two lifters in the imperial examination, so Song Taizu let the two fight, and the one who won in the end won the champion, so the absurdity of the Song Dynasty is no less than that of other dynasties.
"Of course, it can't be just like that, yesterday Ding Xiang and Young Master Li were arguing to enter the palace to see their father, but they were blocked back by the eldest lady, after all, the father's body is just a little better, but they don't have time to worry about their hearts!" Zhao Zhen smiled again at this time, as the crown prince, he also understood the way of checks and balances early, the two prime ministers are not of the same mind, which is easier to rule, if the two prime ministers are close, then the emperor will be restless.
"No...... Oh no, Your Majesty...... Your Majesty is vomiting blood again! But at this moment, I suddenly saw a chamberlain rushing over to report loudly, and when Zhao Zhen heard this bad news, he couldn't help but turn pale, and immediately shouted "Father", and then rushed to the palace.