At the end of Tianxi, not only was there a struggle between Ding and Kou in the court, Liu E also took advantage of Zhenzong's serious illness to seize more power.
Therefore, Zhang Lun’s advice has no further meaning.
However, although there was no funding support from the court, Zhang Lun did not completely give up on embankment construction.
To be precise, the original suggestion to build the embankment was made by Fan Zhongyan, and Zhang Lun was Fan Zhongyan's superior officer at that time.
Moreover, Zhang Lun admired Fan Zhongyan's talent very much. Even if the court did not allocate funds, there were many local criticisms.
However, Zhang Lun still supported Fan Zhongyan in building the embankment, despite all opinions.
A few moments.
Liu E suppressed her displeasure and glanced at the ministers in the audience.
"The officials mentioned Zhang Lun. He is indeed a very capable person. Do you think Zhang Lun is qualified for this job?"
Off stage.
Ding Wei's mind was racing and he carefully analyzed the Queen Mother's thoughts.
The Queen Mother's intention to seize power can be said to be Sima Zhao's intention, and everyone knows it.
This time, the officials personally made suggestions in front of all the ministers. This has never happened before.
Is there any hidden entanglement among them?
Do the officials want to take over the government as soon as possible?
Ding Wei was ranked in the middle book and was in charge of the world. He had to consider this.
Especially since the Queen Mother just looked at him one more time, the Queen Mother obviously wanted him to express her opinion.
But he still hasn't figured out what the Queen Mother means.
Does the Queen Mother support the government's proposal?
Or refuse?
At this moment, Wang Zeng, who was on the side, took the lead in expressing his stance.
"In the last year of Tianxi, Zhang Lun proposed to build the Taizhou embankment. I have read the letter before. It is well organized and has some merits.
In addition, Zhang Lun has been in charge of the Jianghuai area for a long time, and is also quite familiar with the environment of the three states of Su, Hu and Xiu."
Although Wang Zeng did not clearly state whether Zhang Lun was qualified for the job, the meaning behind his words clearly indicated that Zhang Lun was a good candidate.
In fact, Wang Zeng was also very surprised by Li Jie's proposal.
There are so many officials in the country that even if Wang Zeng participated in politics, he would not be able to remember so many names.
Many names flashed through his mind just now.
But Zhang Lun was not among them.
It wasn't until the official mentioned Zhang Lun's name that Wang Zeng suddenly remembered this candidate.
Zhang Lun's disadvantages were due to his background, and he used his influence to compensate for his official career. Throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, although the number of officials who used their influence to compensate them accounted for nearly one-third.
But those above the level of attendant (which can be understood as important ministers) basically came from the imperial examination, and most of them came from the Jinshi examination.
And Wang Zeng was an outstanding person in the imperial examinations, passing the provincial examinations and ranking first in the palace examinations. Moreover, his father-in-law was the minister of the imperial court, and he usually made friends with famous Confucian ministers.
For an official like Zhang Lun who had joined the official position as a supplement and had been serving as a local official for a long time, it was normal for him to not be able to remember it for a while.
Wang Zeng had no impression of people like Zhang Lun, let alone Fan Zhongyan.
Although Fan Zhongyan was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, compared with Cai Qi, Wang Juzheng and others in the same year, Fan Zhongyan was not outstanding and did not have a prominent family background.
Even in terms of popularity, Fan Zhongyan is not as good as Zhong Shiyong, who was given the title of Dazhong Xiangfu eight years ago to study his background.
Although Zhong Shiyong had no talent, he couldn't help but have a good uncle, the well-known hermit Zhong Fang.
(I guess everyone doesn’t know about Zhong Shiyong, but everyone should have heard of Zhong Shiheng)
After listening to Wang Zeng's speech, Liu E nodded silently.
In fact, she was just unhappy with the official's behavior just now, and had no objection to the candidate proposed by the official.
Moreover, she is not afraid that officials will use this to win over ministers.
Zhang Lunyin's background as an official has already determined that his end point will not be too high.
A local minister who cannot be ranked among the top secretaries, even if he is grateful to the officials, can he still change the world?
As for Fan Zhongyan, whom the official mentioned later, Liu E was even more dismissive.
It's just a matter of selecting a supervisor to serve as an official, which is even more insignificant.
(PS: The civil servants in the early Northern Song Dynasty can be roughly divided into three categories: selectors, Beijing officials, and court officials. The short answer is that the selectors are prefecture and county officials who serve as ministers.
According to the regulations, if a candidate wants to be promoted to a capital official, in addition to meeting the qualifications, he must also be recommended by the head of the election. The head of the election needs five people, one of whom must be a supervisory officer [local official]
Ordinary candidates may not be able to change to Beijing officials in a lifetime. Generally speaking, it takes more than ten years to select people to change to Beijing officials.)
On the other side, Ding Wei keenly captured the changes in Liu E's expression.
With confidence in his heart, his speech naturally became much more relaxed.
"I also feel that Zhang Lun is quite suitable. In addition, I recommend Xu Shi of Zhijixian Academy to go to the disaster-stricken areas to supervise."
(Directly to Jixian Academy, this is a post-employment post)
Ding said that he was not yet sure about Wang Zeng's thoughts. He didn't know whether Wang Zeng was familiar with Zhang Lun or whether there was any connection between the two.
But this person was proposed by the officials. Even if Zhang Lun had a relationship with Wang Zeng, he would not be able to deny it.
Besides, the Queen Mother had made her intentions known, so he had no need to object.
However, whether he does not oppose it or not does not mean that he has given up on embankment construction.
Xu Shi was the number one scholar in Dazhong Xiangfu's fifth year. Although his ancestors were from the north, that was hundreds of years ago.
He is now a serious southerner, his ancestral home is Ruian (now Wenzhou).
The situation was unclear, so Ding Wei would feel at ease by sending an official from the Southern Department to accompany him. This was also his last act of stubbornness.
Liu E secretly frowned when she heard Ding Wei's nominees.
Xu Shi was definitely talented. When the late emperor was still alive, he praised him quite a lot, but he once made a big mistake.
During the Tianxi period, when Xu Shi was appointed as the examiner of Kaifeng Prefecture, he secretly opened the test papers and was involved in imperial examination fraud.
Although it was later proven that Xu Shi was just an accomplice, the imperial examination was to select scholars for the country, and fraud could be said to shake the country's foundation.
Later, the late emperor cherished his talent and soon transferred him back to the capital. Now he is sorting out the imperial collection of the late emperor in Jixianyuan.
Liu E deliberately wanted to deny this candidate, but she considered that this person was recommended by Ding Wei, and the dispute between the North and the South also required checks and balances.
So, after thinking about it for a while, Liu E changed her mind.
"Can."
As soon as these words came out, Ding Wei felt relieved instantly.
Although Xu Shi was not his confidant, he was a southern scholar. When he left Beijing, he sent someone to give him a few instructions, but he did not dare to disobey him.
Li Jie, Liu E, Ding Wei, and Wang Zeng expressed their opinions one after another, and they did not mean much to each other.
Therefore, the following discussion is somewhat irrelevant, and at best it is just checking for gaps and filling in the gaps.
The matter of embankment construction was thus settled.
Li Jie is quite satisfied with this result.
In fact, the main purpose of Li Jie's proposal to Zhang Lun was to promote Fan Zhongyan.
He was certain that no one present noticed Fan Zhongyan's acquaintance.
After all, Fan Zhongyan was just a supervisor and an official and was not worthy of attention.