Wang Qinruo was seriously ill, and it was nothing about Li Zhang, after all, he had only met the other party a few times, and he had no friendship, but it was a coincidence, when Liu E sent someone to ask Zhao Zhen to accompany her to visit, Li Zhang happened to be here with Zhao Zhen, but he was pulled Zhuangding, and he had no choice but to accompany their mother and son out of the palace to visit.

Wang Qinruo's reputation has never been high, mainly because when Zhao Heng was engaged in the Tianshu Movement, Wang Qinruo was the main accomplice, but no matter how much he disliked Wang Qinruo's people, he had to admit that his intelligence was far beyond ordinary people, and he had made a lot of political achievements, which was one of the reasons why Liu E insisted on using Wang Qinruo again.

In recent years, Wang Qinruo has been the prime minister again, and has also become Liu E's right-hand man, whether it is to promote potatoes or issue Jiaozi, there is Wang Qinruo's shadow behind it, especially last year, Liao suddenly used the excuse that his country encountered a drought, so there was a shortage of water and grass, and he wanted to borrow a piece of grassland from the Great Song Dynasty.

For this kind of unreasonable request, the court of the Great Song Dynasty is also at a loss, because if you borrow it, it may lead the wolf into the room, it is easy for the Liao people to come in, and it is difficult to send them out, but if you don't borrow it, it is showing weakness, it seems that the Great Song Dynasty is afraid of the Liao State, and can even let the Liao State use this as an excuse to send troops, after all, the Liao State is already in a strong position militarily.

In this dilemma, no one in the court had anything to do, and Liu E couldn't make up his mind at that time, so he thought of Wang Qinruo, but at that time Wang Qinruo had a serious illness and couldn't get up from the bed, so Liu E actually sent someone to carry him to the main hall in a soft sedan chair to ask for advice.

Wang Qinruo deserved to be a capable minister, and immediately said very decisively: "Lend it!" ”

But this made the other ministers look angry, and Liu E asked even more puzzled: "Liao is originally a country of robbers, what if they come and don't leave?" ”

As a result, Wang Qinruo smiled calmly and said: "The Liao State is already strong, if he wants to send troops to my Great Song Dynasty, why find any reason, so I conclude that this is just a temptation of the Liao State, if you don't agree, it will make the Liao State think that my Great Song is afraid of them, and it will only be endless troubles in the future!" ”

For Wang Qinruo's explanation, Liu E and others also suddenly realized, and then sent someone to agree to Liao's request, but Liao was really shocked, unable to figure out the reality of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally did not dare to send someone to receive the pasture of the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time was more cautious about the Great Song Dynasty. This incident alone is enough to illustrate Wang Qinruo's talent.

However, Wang Qinruo has been a little unlucky recently, not that he is sick, but involved in a case, this case is not big, not small, Wang Qinruo once recommended a person named Wu Zhi as an official, but recently Wu Zhi was seriously ill, he was worried about losing his official position, so he entrusted Yu Ge in the palace to Wang Qinruo to send twenty taels of gold, hoping to let Wang Qinruo help him keep his official position again.

But before Yu Ge gave the gold to Wang Qinruo, Wu Zhi couldn't wait to send someone to Wang Qinruo's house to ask, but the person sent by Wu Zhi was a lack of heart, and even asked the people in Wang Qinruo's house loudly, at that time there were many people in the house who came to visit Wang Qinruo, which made Wang Qinruo very annoyed, and immediately sent someone to arrest Wu Zhi, hoping to get away with it, after all, he was really wronged, and the gold did not reach him at all, but he was poured a basin of dirty water.

However, Wang Qinruo has offended many people before, and there are many people staring at him as the prime minister, so through Wu Zhi's case, the ministers in the court almost one-sidedly demanded a strict investigation, and finally found twenty taels of gold from Yu Ge, and also confirmed this matter, and for a while, many people wrote to Liu E, asking Liu E to severely punish Wang Qinruo.

Although on the surface, Wang Qinruo is indeed wronged, but as the prime minister, he is also Wu Zhi's recommender, so now Wu Zhi bribes him, no matter what, it can't get out of the relationship, and some people even speculate that Wang Qinruo recommended him after accepting Wu Zhi's bribe, which also made Wang Qinruo fall into passivity, no matter how much he defended, no matter how much Liu E favored him, he must make some statements at this time, otherwise it will chill the hearts of others.

In this case, Liu E was also preparing to temporarily remove Wang Qinruo as prime minister, but the holy decree had just been written, and before it was officially issued, Wang Qinruo suddenly fell ill, and this time the illness was extremely serious, and the imperial doctor who had been there also said that Wang Qinruo was likely not to survive this year, but the hundred officials all shut up and did not mention the matter of the resignation, after all, Wang Qinruo was already a dying person, even if they didn't say it, they wouldn't live for a few days, and there was no need to waste their lips and tongues.

It is also in this situation that after Liu E heard the news that Wang Qinruo was seriously ill, she uncharacteristically asked to go out of the palace to visit, you must know that she is a woman, even if she is the queen mother, she usually does not leave the palace easily, but this time she made an exception because of Wang Qinruo, which surprised many people in the court, of course, there were also people who visited to oppose it, but Liu E did not listen at all, and sent someone to call Zhao Zhen to go out of the palace together.

"Cousin, everyone says that Wang Qinruo is a trustless villain, but why does the eldest lady value him so much? It's just a matter of reactivating him as a prime minister before, but this time he actually went to visit in person, isn't this kind of grace too heavy? On the way, Zhao Zhen finally couldn't help but ask Li Zhang, Liu E's phoenix was in front, and he and Li Zhang's car were behind, so he was not afraid of being heard by Liu E.

"The villain may not be talentless, the gentleman may not be mediocre, although the court values morality, but talent is the foundation of the official, if there is no other choice, I would rather use a talented person without virtue, it is better than using a mediocre talent." Li Zhang hesitated for a moment before replying.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but show a confused expression when he heard this, Li Zhang's words were diametrically opposed to the education he usually received, so he was a little unacceptable for a while, but when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, it seemed that what Li Zhang said was more reasonable, after all, officials were to help him govern the world, not to make them saints and gentlemen.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was silent, Li Zhang sighed and continued: "In fact, there are no absolute villains and gentlemen in this world, most of us have good and evil sides, such as Wang Qinruo, although he has done many despicable things, but also has many political achievements, throughout his life, from different perspectives, there will definitely be different experiences and feelings, so the evaluation of Wang Qinruo depends on which angle we look at." ”

Li Zhang's words were really a bit profound for a young man of Zhao Zhen's age, which made him also show a contemplative expression, and at this time, the team finally came to the gate of Wang Qinruo's mansion.