In this way, Zhou Chen directly became one of the most powerful officials in the court. Although the Crown Prince's Taibao and the Champion General were empty posts, the Crown Prince's Taibao was responsible for protecting and teaching the Prince. The Prince was also the future emperor, so the Prince
Although the Taibao had no real power, they represented the emperor's trust.
At Zhou Chen's level, it is extremely difficult to improve, especially when Zhou Chen is still so young.
But Zhao Heng's decree directly reduced Zhou Chen's ten years of struggle. Not only did he reach the sky in one step, but he also directly entered the center of power.
But in this way, Zhou Chen was tied to the prince. Zhao Heng's move was basically to ask him to be the prince's bodyguard, which could also be said to be to find close ministers and assistant ministers for the prince.
Faced with Zhao Heng's decree, which was similar to Tuogu's, Zhou Chen had no choice at all. However, in doing so, he might offend the queen. After all, if Liu Wan wanted to listen to politics behind the curtain and hold the power, the prince would definitely be killed.
She has control in her hands.
Promoting Zhou Chen to an official position was just a move by Zhao Heng. He quickly issued many decrees, all of which had a great impact. Therefore, although Zhou Chen's promotion caused a shock and received letters of objection from some people, it soon
They were all suppressed by Zhao Heng.
Zhou Chen's promotion was a huge happy event for the noble family. After the decree was issued, people came to the house one after another to give gifts.
The one who was most unhappy was naturally Zhou Chen's former boss, Guo Fen, the commander of the front hall and front department.
"Master Zhou, congratulations."
Guo Fen tried hard to keep a smile on his face, but his smile was so charming.
But he had no choice. All the commanders in front of the palace were lost. Although he was promoted to Liangzhou Jiedushi, the Jiedushi at this period no longer had much military power. He did not even go to the local area to take up his post and stayed in Tokyo.
no problem.
So he seems to be on the same level, but in fact he has been relegated to the sidelines and is no longer on the same level as Zhou Chen.
Although he was extremely unwilling to do so, he could only accept his fate and show weakness proactively, as he did not want to continue to be at odds with Zhou Chen.
"Rejoice together and rejoice together."
Zhou Chen didn't push too far. He and Guo Fen were actually just fighting over power, and they were both members of the same family. There was no deep hatred.
Now that his official position has been promoted, Guo Fen has taken the initiative to show weakness. Naturally, he will not do anything to Guo Fen again. Although the noble family is not all united, but in this situation, if he adds another insult to injury and takes revenge with victory, he will appear to be too generous.
Narrow and dissatisfied.
Soon after, another major event happened. Zhao Heng actually dismissed Xiao Qinyan from the position of prime minister and chose another Tian Wei, who was as famous as Xiao Qinyan, to be the privy envoy, which means he would perform the duties of prime minister.
This was a major event that caused a sensation in the city of Tokyo. Compared with this incident, the impact of Zhou Chen's appointment was much smaller.
Zhou Chen was also very surprised when he learned about this. It seemed that the last time Zhao Heng asked him about Xiao Qinyan, although he didn't give an answer, it seemed that Zhao Heng still didn't have that much trust in Xiao Qinyan.
Zhao Heng trusted Liu Wan, but did not trust Xiao Qinyan, so before the deadline, he removed Xiao Qinyan from the position of prime minister, and then promoted Tian Wei, who had nothing to do with the rear party, to prime minister. The purpose was to balance
In the government affairs, there will not be a situation where one family dominates the government.
As a result, Xiao Qinyan was demoted again less than a year after becoming prime minister. However, although he was no longer prime minister, he still held a high and powerful position as the Minister of Punishment.
Less than a month after the new year, the situation in the court was very turbulent, with ups and downs. Everyone with a discerning eye could see that something big was going to happen, so everyone was cautious and did not dare to take the lead.
Even those yamen in the city of Tokyo who often played and made troubles all shrank down and did not even dare to leave the front door of their homes during this period.
Today's Tokyo city is in a state of turmoil, and even the common people have noticed that something is wrong.
Fushanfang!
It was early today, so Zhou Chen came to Zhang Haohao's place. Because he would not stay overnight, so when he came here, his time was limited, so he would seize the time to communicate with Zhang Haohao.
Although Zhang Haohao was in good physical condition, he still felt weak when facing Zhou Chen.
"It's not very peaceful outside these days. If there's nothing important, don't go out."
Hearing Zhou Chen's warning, Zhang Haohao looked confused: "Is something big going to happen? I heard that a lot of things have happened in the court recently."
Zhou Chen gently stroked her catkin: "Don't ask too many questions. Sometimes it's not a good thing to know too much. It's not that I won't let you go out, but don't go out during this period."
"okay, I get it."
Zhang Haohao responded that although she didn't know what happened, the fact that Zhou Chen was so careful meant that the matter must be serious and she didn't want to cause trouble to Zhou Chen.
After having a good dinner with Zhang, Zhou Chen set off back to the Hou Mansion, and then had dinner with Zhao Pan'er.
In the next period of time, Zhou Chen began to fulfill his duties as the prince's eunuch, went to the East Palace, and met the prince Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen was the future Emperor Renzong and was also known as the tolerant and Mingsheng emperor of the Song Dynasty.
However, Zhao Zhen was only a twelve-year-old child at this time. Although he matured earlier than ordinary children, he was still very young.
Zhao Zhen was very enthusiastic towards Zhou Chen. He talked to Zhou Chen a lot and spoke highly of Zhou Chen in his tone.
After getting along for a while, Zhou Chen really felt that the prince Zhao Zhen had a certain character in the city, but his character was indeed honest and his subordinates were generous. In terms of character alone, he could be regarded as a humble gentleman.
But thinking about Zhao Zhen's future, where the emperor is benevolent and his ministers are strong, this is not a good thing.
Zhou Chen wanted to instill some advanced ideas into Zhao Zhen and give him some advice, but unfortunately, there were always people around Zhao Zhen, and they were civil servants. They were very wary of him and did not allow him to be alone with Zhao Zhen at all.
opportunity, so that even if he wanted to change Zhao Zhen, he wouldn't have the chance.
Another period of time passed, and on one day in late March of the first year of Qianxing, a major event broke out and the official family became seriously ill. Many officials with good channels swarmed to the palace.
As the commander of the Palace Front Division, Zhou Chen had the responsibility of guarding the palace, so he received the information immediately and rushed to the palace.
Chapter completed!