Han Qi didn't come to see Li Zhang to ask him about his future, but to ask what Zhao Zhen thought, and what were his plans to merge the Inquisitor's Court into the Ministry of Officials? For these problems, Li Zhang picked out some things that could be said and explained, and if he couldn't say it, he didn't tell him for the time being, but with Han Qi's identity, he would come into contact with these sooner or later in the future.

When Han Qi learned that Zhao Zhen had made up his mind to sweep away all kinds of ills accumulated in the country, he was also happy and almost jumped up, this is the purpose of his previous book, and now it has finally been adopted by Zhao Zhen, in fact, from the time Li Zhang said that he was going to be promoted to the Privy Council, he had already guessed, after all, His Majesty must have made a big move to promote such a young official as himself.

After sending off the excited Han Qi, Li Zhang met some friends in the officialdom one after another for a period of time, and more or less leaked some of Zhao Zhen's thoughts, although when these people left, Li Zhang repeatedly told the other party to keep it secret, but as the so-called people are too talkative, some news is still slowly leaked out.

Looking back at the elegant seat on the second floor of the restaurant, I saw a group of people discussing together, and one of the fat men said mysteriously: "Have you heard, the imperial court is going to rectify the rule of officials!" ”

"What's new about this, the imperial court will clamore for the rectification of the government every few years, but isn't it thunder and rain every time?" I saw a person next to him, but he was a little disdainful.

"This time is different, I heard that the imperial court is going to reorganize the six ministries, restructure the six ministries, maybe even the power of the three provinces will be restored, so that the court will change a lot!" Without waiting for the fat man to speak, an old man next to him took the lead, he was also a well-informed person, and he had heard a lot of news during this time.

"I've also heard about it, and I've also heard that in the future, the promotion of officials needs to be evaluated, that is, to look at the official's political performance, conduct, etc., instead of boiling up qualifications like before!" At this time, someone spoke again, and as a result, his words also caused many people to exclaim, and the discussion became more lively at the moment.

In a closed private room behind the elegant seat, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen heard the discussion of those people outside, and they couldn't help but look at each other and laugh at the moment.

"Cousin, now that everything is going well, and the reaction of the government and the opposition is under our control, shouldn't we speed up our pace?" Zhao Zhen picked up a few slices of roast duck and dipped them in the sauce, then wrapped them in dough and took a bite and asked.

"Your Majesty, don't be too anxious, isn't Fan Zhongyan still on the way, when he returns to the capital to take over the affairs of the officials, he can start to officially rectify the officials." Li Zhang said with a smile.

Before the death of Empress Zhang, many people in the court suggested re-establishment, among which Fan Zhongyan was the most resolute one, he repeatedly wrote to ask Zhao Zhen to re-establish the queen, and for this reason he also quarreled with Prime Minister Lu Yijian, which made Zhao Zhen also very annoyed, and directly demoted him to Suzhou.

However, talent is talent, and it will not be buried in the place, Fan Zhongyan has made a lot of achievements in Suzhou Daxing Water Conservancy, in fact, Zhao Zhen has long known that Fan Zhongyan is a talent, but Fan Zhongyan's temperament is too strong, so he was sent to the local experience by Zhao Zhen, and now it is time to enable him.

"Fan Zhongyan is a talented person, he went to Suzhou for just a few years, and he managed Suzhou in an orderly manner, when he was in the capital, he was known for his integrity and integrity, but this person doesn't seem to have any experience in governance, is it really feasible to let him take such a big responsibility now?" Zhao Zhen suddenly asked Li Zhang with some uncertainty at this time.

Although Fan Zhongyan is a person valued by Zhao Zhen, after all, when Liu E listened to the government, all the ministers in the court did not dare to speak up for Zhao Zhen, but only Fan Zhongyan, who was just a small secret pavilion manager at the time, spoke up and asked Liu E to return to power to Zhao Zhen, of course, in the end, he was inevitably degraded, but Zhao Zhen had already remembered the name Fan Zhongyan.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, in fact, the candidate for the rectification of the rule of officials is not only based on ability, the most important thing is the determination of this person, you must know that the so-called rectification of the rule of officials is actually a work that offends people, and those who are not with great perseverance cannot take it, and Fan Zhongyan is dedicated to the public, he is the best candidate, in addition to him, I really can't think of a second person!" Li Zhang said with great certainty.

Hearing Li Zhang's admiration for Fan Zhongyan so much, Zhao Zhen was also a little relieved, and nodded slowly at the moment: "No wonder cousin, when you recommended Fan Zhongyan, even Lu Xiang would agree, after all, Fan Zhongyan refuted Lu Xiang speechlessly, if it wasn't for Fan Zhongyan who could really take on this position, I'm afraid Lu Xiang would not agree!" ”

Li Zhang couldn't help but smile secretly when he heard Zhao Zhen's words, Lu Yijian agreed that Fan Zhongyan would return to Beijing to preside over the rectification of the rule of officials, and I am afraid that he did not have any good intentions, after all, there are too many people who have offended by this kind of thing, and if he is not careful, he may not recover, if Fan Zhongyan is really planted in this matter, I am afraid that it will be too late for Lu Yijian to be happy.

Of course, Zhao Zhen's intention to summon Fan Zhongyan back to Beijing is not simple, now Wang Zeng is seriously ill, and there is no one in the court to contain Lu Yijian, which makes Lu Yijian a little inflated recently, and Fan Zhongyan was demoted because he scolded Lu Yijian, so after Fan Zhongyan returned to Beijing, he could also achieve the purpose of containing Lu Yijian.

For Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian's thoughts, although Li Zhang has long seen through them, he never says it, in fact, Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian are probably also aware of each other's plans, but both sides are pretending to be confused, if Li Zhang picks out, it will embarrass the two, so Li Zhang also put the four big words "rare and confused" on the top of his head, and at the same time avoid being involved.

"Fan Zhongyan rectified the rule of officials, Han Qi and Fu Bi entered the Privy Council, Du Yan went to Shangshu Province, Ouyang Xiu went to the Third Division, except for Han Qi, these people's official positions are not very high, but they are all courtiers who have the courage to innovate, and when they experience a few more years, they will be able to take charge on their own, and I will not have to worry about the situation that no one is available!" Zhao Zhen sighed again at this time, with Wang Zeng's serious illness, there were fewer and fewer old ministers back then, and he had to start cultivating his confidant ministers.

"Your Majesty is in the prime of life, sometimes to solve all kinds of ills in the country, just like Lu Xiang said, don't be in a hurry, now rectifying the rule of officials is equivalent to sharpening an axe, and when the axe is sharp, you can get twice the result with half the effort!" Li Zhang also said solemnly at this time, what he and Lu Yijian were most worried about was that Zhao Zhen was anxious, so he didn't forget to remind Zhao Zhen at all times.