After coming out of the palace, Zheng Qingzhi was sitting in a sedan chair, looking a little dazed and feeling a little heavy.
Li Yushi was considered his classmate. They had studied together and passed the Jinshi examination five years ago.
Zheng Qingzhi had some interactions with him. This classmate of his was taciturn and not very gregarious, so at his age, he was still just a young censor.
What Zheng Qingzhi didn't expect was that he, the deputy prime minister, did not dare to speak, but he, a young censor, insisted on admonishing him and did such a big thing that alarmed the government and the public.
Zheng Qingzhi admired Li Bin very much. The higher his position was now, the more scruples he had and he no longer had that kind of courage.
"My husband is home!" the old servant next to him reminded.
Zheng Qingzhi raised the curtains and looked at the mansion. He didn't see a donkey cart in front of the mansion. "Go and call the guards!"
Not long after, the gatekeeper Ma Bian came to the sedan and saluted: "Mr.
Zheng Qingzhi asked: "Has the person who came yesterday come here today?"
"Reply to the Prime Minister! That guy came here this morning and was dismissed from his humble position!" Ma Bian replied quickly.
Zheng Qingzhi nodded, with no emotion or anger on his face, "Well, you did a good job. If he comes again, you will pretend to take him to the Yamen to scare him."
"Here! I understand your humble position!" Ma Bian saluted quickly.
Zheng Qingzhi immediately lowered the sedan curtain and was carried into the mansion.
What happened in the hall today greatly touched Zheng Qingzhi. He felt sorry for Li Bin's death, but he still did not intend to stand up.
He has been holding back for so many years and is about to come out. He does not want to expose his true political views at this time and let Shi Miyuan know that he is actually a militant.
The Song Dynasty was a dynasty with constant party disputes. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was mainly the struggle between the new party and the old party, that is, the struggle between conservatives and reformers.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, the dispute between the old and the new stopped and turned into a struggle between the war faction and the peace faction, which lasted throughout the Southern Song Dynasty.
Now within the Song Dynasty, Shi Miyuan advocated joining forces with Mongolia to destroy the Jin Dynasty, and tried his best to get the court to send troops to the Jin Kingdom. However, he was not the main war faction, but the peace advocate.
Because his idea is to achieve peace with Mongolia by destroying gold, and has no desire to recover all the lost land in the north. In essence, he still pursues peace in the south, so his background is for peace.
The two brothers Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui opposed the alliance with Mongolia to destroy the Jin Dynasty and did not advocate sending troops to the Jin Dynasty. However, they were not the peace advocates, but the war faction.
In the past, the main war faction advocated the use of troops against Jin and the Northern Expedition to regain lost territory, but now it is the other way around.
As a veteran in politics, Zheng Qingzhi still climbed to the high position of participating in political affairs step by step under the dictatorship of Shi Miyuan, and entered the Zhongshu Province. His political sense was quite keen. When he realized what happened today, he felt that it would not be like this. The imperial court There will definitely be a stir internally.
Of course, this turmoil will not be a counterattack by the war faction, but a further purge of the war ministers by Shi Miyuan in anger.
"Alas! I don't know how many people will be expelled from the court." Zheng Qingzhi returned to the study and sighed, and at the same time warned himself that he must not be kicked out of the court by Shi Miyuan.
Shi Miyuan has been in power for more than 20 years. Just like Yan Song in the Ming Dynasty, he formed cliques for personal gain, was weak externally, engaged in corruption and bribery internally, excluded dissidents, and made the Southern Song Dynasty a mess.
Seeing Shi Miyuan's behavior, the ambitious people within the Song court were naturally worried that the country would be hollowed out by him. However, they were deeply troubled and wanted to overthrow Shi Miyuan.
However, Shi Miyuan had many party members in the court and had the unlimited trust of Emperor Zhao Yun. In recent years, many people with lofty ideals could not help but failed to bring down Shi Miyuan. Instead, they were demoted, demoted, and exiled.
Zheng Qingzhi was like Xu Jie, lurking next to Shi Miyuan, waiting for an opportunity. He knew how powerful Shi Miyuan was, so his strategy was just "endurance".
He had already gained Shi Miyuan's trust and entered the Zhongshu Province, serving as a counselor for political affairs. As long as he could survive Shi Miyuan's death and take over the position of prime minister, he could purge Shi Miyuan's party members, drive the peace faction out of the court, and drive the peace faction out of the court. The demoted practical and militant faction were recalled to realize the resurgence of the Song Dynasty.
Now he is the first in line to inherit the phase, and Shi Miyuan also trusts him very much. Once he is unwell, he is very likely to support him as the right prime minister.
Therefore, Zheng Qingzhi felt that he had to calm down. If Shi Miyuan discovered that he was a militant, then once he was kicked out of the court and the second, third and fourth in the order were all peace-minded ministers of the Shi Party, the Southern Song Dynasty would be With the arrival of a prime minister from the war faction, the war faction has no chance to stand up.
Therefore, Zheng Qingzhi made up his mind to be an old turtle and persist in "going through it".
Although he had made this decision in his heart, he still couldn't help but shed tears when he thought of his old friend who died after hitting a pillar, "Old Li, why didn't you discuss it with me before doing such a stupid thing? ?”
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At this time, in the prime minister's residence, Shi Miyuan returned home with a dark face, and his capable men "Four Woods and Three Fierce" stood in the study and whispered.
Shi Miyuan had been in power for more than 20 years, and he knew that his reputation in the first half of his life was not very good, especially when he made false edicts to support Zhao Yun as emperor and forced the prince of Ningzong, Zhao Hong, to death, which gave him a bad reputation.
Since ancient times, people who have done such great things have had a bad reputation, and most of them will have the same bad reputation as Dong Zhuo.
Shi Miyuan was a powerful prime minister and a literati, and literati loved fame.
He hoped that he could have a good reputation, and he didn't want future generations to think of him as a traitor comparable to Qin Hui.
Therefore, he wanted to accomplish one major thing before his death, which was to eliminate the money and avenge his shame and regain Bianjing.
If he could do this, he would not only be crowned king, but also gain great prestige, making him a famous prime minister of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, he attached great importance to the alliance with the Mongols, and believed that under his leadership, there would be no problems with the alliance, and the imperial court would pass it smoothly without any resistance.
After all, he was the emperor who appointed him, and he almost obeyed his words. He also controlled the Zhongshu Sheng and the Privy Council, and there was almost no opposition in the court.
But he never expected that just when he felt it was appropriate, a little censor would come to him like this.
"Damn it! Li Bin usually can't hold it in for a long time, but I didn't expect that he would suddenly have a convulsion and come out like this."
The speaker was Liang Dacheng, one of the three brothers of Simu. He was Zuo Sijian of Jianyuan, and Li Bin was an official under him.
However, his thoughts were all on flattery and camp, and he didn't care much about his subordinate officials. He didn't know how his subordinates could do such a thing.
Shi Miyuan snorted coldly: "A little censor dares to sabotage the imperial plan! There must be someone behind him, otherwise he would dare to be so bold?"
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When Shi Miyuan became suspicious, Zhao Tai returned to the inn, changed his clothes, disguised himself as a scholar from the Song Dynasty, and then went to a place where scholars and officials gathered to prepare to spread the news. Zheng Qingzhi secretly ordered Li Yushi to remonstrate with him and wanted to bring down Shi Miyuan. , the news that he became the prime minister.
