Chapter 172: What Comes After
Zhao Heng's words, Empress Liu had to agree. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But for Queen Liu, what does it matter if she agrees for the time being, who can say for sure what will happen in the future.
Zhao Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Queen Liu agreed.
In the Han Dynasty, he had a lesson from the past, so he naturally had to make more preparations.
In addition to this edict, Zhao Heng promoted some people, these people are people he trusts very much, and supports the crown prince Zhao Zhen, there are many people in Zhao Zhen, and it will not be easy for Queen Liu to seize power in the future.
And among these people, Chen Jing is also included.
Although Chen Jing was only a scholar of the Privy Council, Zhao Heng promoted him to the Privy Council.
The Privy Council is the place where the Great Song Dynasty is in charge of the military, similar to the military department of other dynasties, the Song Dynasty also has a military department, but the responsibilities of the two departments overlap somewhat, but the privy envoy is in a dominant position, and the military department is more like a vassal, which is not of much use.
Chen Jing was just a doctor, but he was promoted to the Privy Council, which sounded funny, but Zhao Heng did just that, Chen Jing had no choice but to respond, because he knew that this was Zhao Hengbu's bureau.
It's just that he was late in this game, and it was not easy to help the prince Zhao Zhen.
But what can be done about this, a few years ago, Zhao Heng always thought that he could give birth to a son, and he was quite jealous of Zhao Zhen, so that Zhao Zhen's power in the DPRK was weak, and he knew that there was a tigress behind him, but he still didn't do anything, and now he wants to do it, how effective can it be?
Zhao Heng's illness is getting more and more serious, and even his consciousness is a little blurred, and when Empress Liu saw Zhao Heng like this, she naturally stepped up the pace of seizing power.
She knows very well that the most important person in the prince's party is Kou Zhun, if Kou Zhun can be removed, when Zhao Heng dies, it will be much easier for Empress Liu to seize power.
So they have to get rid of Kou Zhun, but how do they get rid of Kou Zhun?
Kou Zhun has a very high prestige, if it is not a big mistake, it is absolutely difficult to get rid of it, fortunately, Zhao Heng's health is getting worse and worse now, and he doesn't care much about the affairs of the court, although Zhao Zhen is in charge of the country, but Queen Liu is responsible for everything, so Queen Liu and Ding Wei are embarrassed, and they quickly found a reason to pull Kou Zhun down from the position of Yin of Kaifeng Mansion.
Kou Zhun had a stubborn temper, and he was very angry with the behavior of Queen Liu and others, and in a fit of anger, he even wanted to resign and return to his hometown, and everyone persuaded him, but it was useless, and Kou Zhun just left.
Regarding Kou Zhun's behavior, Chen Jing didn't say anything.
Let's go.
If Kou Zhun doesn't leave, Queen Liu and they will still use other means to deal with them, so it is better to leave, and if they leave, they may be able to have a happy old age.
After Kou Zhun left, Empress Liu's power was much stronger in the court, and they even excluded dissidents, making the prince's strength weaker and weaker.
And in this case, Zhao Heng died suddenly.
Zhao Heng died, and the capital was a little flustered, after all, the prince was young, and the people were very uneasy about it.
According to the rules handed down by the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, if the Son of Heaven is young, his kingdom will be chaotic, and the people do not like turmoil, so they are very uneasy when they see the little prince ascending the throne.
However, after Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, Empress Liu did not expose her ambitions at first, and she even really helped Zhao Zhen solve some things in the court, and slowly stabilized the court situation.
The situation is stable, and when the people see this, they are naturally at ease, and there is nothing wrong with this capital.
However, after the situation stabilized, Empress Liu actually wanted to listen to the government, which was naturally opposed by many officials in the court, but the officials who opposed it soon suffered the price, so after several battles, Queen Liu listened to the government as she wished.
Although Zhao Zhen is the emperor, he has no decision-making power in many things, which makes him very helpless, so he can only sit like this, usually fine, just go to Chen Jing to complain, Chen Jing saw that such a small child had so many troubles, and he was also very sympathetic to him.
However, sympathy is sympathy, Chen Jing is really not interested in the struggle for power in the palace, and he has no heart to do this, even if he is working in the Privy Council now, he is mainly focusing on treating people.
If nothing else, Chen Jing may really live peacefully like this, as for Zhao Zhen, he is very young, and when he is weak, he can be pro-government, and then all the rights will fall back into his hands, but there is no need to be too nervous.
But things are not as Chen Jing wanted.
Empress Liu listened to the government and greatly increased her power, and those who were attached to him before naturally also benefited, especially Ding Wei, who had the right to tilt the government and the opposition in the court at this time, and the officials in the court and the central government had to scold him when they saw him.
Ding Wei had a status, and he quickly remembered his previous hatred, so if he had nothing to do, he asked the people in the Privy Council to put on small shoes for Chen Jing.
At the beginning, Chen Jing endured it, after all, he was soft-spoken, and he was not the opponent of Ding Wei, a powerful minister, but after many times like this, Chen Jing couldn't stand it a little.
What kind of thing is Ding Wei, he dares to teach him such a lesson.
Chen Jing felt that he had to find a way, originally he didn't want to be enemies with these people, but if someone didn't let him go, then he would let that person die first.
But how do you get rid of Ding?
Chen Jing thought of several ways, and finally thought of the story of Gao Yu's removal of Lin Chong and Kangxi's extermination of Aobai, and he was ready to combine these two, so he discussed with Zhao Zhen.
"Official, this is really hateful, now that he controls the court, he doesn't take the saint in his eyes at all, he can't get rid of such a person."
Hearing this, Zhao Zhen glanced at Chen Jing, and then pursed his lips: "Why didn't you say it before, I was bullied by him a lot, so I thought about getting rid of him, you, I was so disappointed, you talk about you, the matter didn't threaten you, you just didn't see it, the crisis reached you, but you came to me again." ”
Zhao Zhen, this kid is not very old, but he has a lot of eyes, Chen Jing just said a word, he saw through it, Chen Jing saw that he saw through it, and he no longer hid it, and said: "Shengshang, I am just a small person, and it is useless to stand up, now I have decided to sacrifice a plan to remove Ding Wei for the sake of your future and your Great Song Dynasty, how loyal do you think the minister is?" ”
Zhao Zhen glanced at Chen Jing with a little disgust, but although he was disgusted, he really wanted to get rid of it, since Chen Jing had a way, he naturally wouldn't listen to it, and said, "You first tell me what the method is, whether it is dangerous or not." ”
Hearing Zhao Zhen say this, Chen Jing knew that this kid had agreed, so he hurriedly told his plan, Zhao Zhen listened, frowned slightly, and said, "Can this work?" ”
"Of course it works, as long as you kill him, I don't listen to you anyway, don't you say?"
Zhao Zhen held his chin and thought about it, like a little adult, after thinking about it for a long time, he finally nodded: "Okay, just do it, you can find a way to make an appointment with Ding Wei to my imperial study, and I will be responsible for finding someone." ”
Zhao Zhen said this, Chen Jing naturally hurriedly agreed, and said: "With your words, this matter can be kept." (To be continued.) )