Originally, Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng had discussed a strategy to break the situation yesterday, but who would have thought that Ding Wei and Ren Zhongzheng would talk about the late emperor today.
One was the late emperor, the other was Lu Mengzheng. With these two people removed, how could Lu Yijian dare to deny himself?
At this moment of self-denial, it was not his face that was slapped, but the face of the late emperor and his uncle!
Serving the king is like serving your father, Lu Mengzheng was Lu Yijian's elder, and the Song Dynasty paid special attention to governing the world with filial piety. At this time, Lu Yijian would not dare to demean himself.
Do you still have a future?
After much thought, Lu Yijian couldn't think of a particularly good change, so he quietly glanced at Wang Zeng beside him, hoping that Wang Zeng would stand up.
Wang Zeng did see the understanding look in Lu Yijian's eyes, but he did not speak immediately as Lu Yijian expected.
Such performance made Lu Yijian a little disappointed.
However, he can understand it.
It was the late emperor and Lu Mengzheng again. How could Wang Zeng have an angle to cut into it?
At this time, Feng Zheng stood up unexpectedly.
"I recommend Li Shen, a Hanlin scholar!"
Although Feng Zheng had earlier cooperated with Ding Wei to bring down Kou Zhun, they were only temporary allies, and he himself was not a party member of Ding Wei.
Because Ding Wei is not qualified yet.
In terms of qualifications, Feng Zheng is more advanced than Ding Wei. He was a Jinshi in the third year of Taiping Xingguo. When he was selected as a Jinshi, he was twenty years old. He was the youngest Jinshi in the three years of Taiping and Xingguo.
At that time, Ding Wei was still a teenager.
There was only one reason why he and Ding Wei were on the same side before.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Nowadays, Kou Zhun is far away from the government, and depending on the Queen Mother's intentions, she probably won't revive Kou Zhun.
As a result, the two people lost the basis for cooperation.
Although they haven't parted ways yet, the two are now drifting apart.
Not only that, if given the chance, Feng Zheng wouldn't mind trying to trick him.
After all, without Kou Zhun as a potential enemy, the only remaining opponent is Ding Wei.
Although he didn't know Ding Wei's next plan, Feng Zheng knew one thing very well. As long as Ding Wei's plan was disrupted, no matter what the plan was, it would not be possible.
Feng Zheng learned this from the late founding prime minister Zhao Pu.
Feng Zheng's father once worked in Zhao Pu's house and was Zhao Pu's subordinate. Feng Zheng was also a talented person when he was young, and Zhao Pu admired him very much.
In the early days of his official career, Zhao Pu promoted him many times.
Although it was later slightly affected by the party dispute between Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun, everything has its own gains and losses.
Without Zhao Pu's appreciation, Feng Zheng would not have achieved what he did at that time.
"The Jiang and Huai areas are the main tea-producing areas. Li Xueshi has successively served as deputy transit envoy to Huainan, deputy transit envoy to Jiangdong, and magistrate of the third division. He is both good at financial affairs and personally experienced in affairs."
"Therefore, I recommend Li Xueshi to be the third envoy to be in charge of the affairs of Gengyi Tea."
In the early Song Dynasty, the first five states to practice tea tea were Qizhou (now Qichun County, Hubei), Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei), Shuzhou (now Qianshan, Anhui), Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui), Shouzhou
Prefecture (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province).
A total of 14 tea farms have been established in these five states, which are the main tea-producing areas in the Jianghuai region.
Since the transfer envoy was also in charge of the wealth and power along the way, it was impossible for Li Shen to not know about tea affairs when he was serving in the Jianghuai area.
Therefore, Feng Zheng’s reasons for recommending him are also very appropriate.
Hearing this, Ding Wei seemed neither happy nor sad on the surface, but there was anger hidden in his heart.
To be too old to die is to be a thief!
Even though Feng Xiang was old (65) and didn't know how to be humble, he even tried to arm-wrestle with him.
Regardless of the current situation, how many of the ministers in the Manchu Dynasty are his people? What can Feng Zheng use to fight against him?
This guy, I’m afraid it’s not Lao Hutu!
Immediately, Qian Weiyan also stood up. His speech was similar to that of Ding Wei and Ren Zhongzheng, both of whom recommended Lu Yijian to take office.
In the next half hour, the ministers present expressed their opinions.
There were both those who supported Zhang Shixun and those who supported Li Shen, but compared to them, the largest number of people supported Lu Yijian.
Lu Yijian almost has an overwhelming advantage!
This is also in line with the current situation of the imperial court. Ding Wei's party members occupy most of the seats. With him pushing behind the scenes, Lu Yijian can't even think of becoming the third minister.
As one of the candidates, Lu Yijian did not speak out from the beginning to the end.
Because, it's inappropriate.
Whether it is self-deprecation or self-invitation, it is inappropriate.
Liu E, who was on the imperial platform, almost sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, just watching the discussion quietly. For her, it was Lu Yijian, Li Shen, or Zhang Shixun.
Whoever serves as the third envoy will not have much influence.
Anyway, she now has veto power. If she doesn't like it, she can be removed from office.
Time passed slowly, and seeing that everyone's opinions were about to converge, Liu E couldn't help but glance at the official sitting next to him.
She was thinking to herself, didn't the officials propose Li Shen before, why didn't they mention it now?
Could it be that he has come back to his senses?
Just when Liu E thought Li Jie would not express his opinion, Li Jie suddenly mentioned a person's name.
"I think that a doctor from the Ministry of Rites, who knows how to make imperial edicts, and who compiles and compiles imperial edicts, is also a good candidate."
When they heard the name 'Zu Shiheng' popping up from Li Jie's mouth, Liu E, Ding Wei and Cao Yili were all stunned.
The reason for Liu E's confusion is very simple. Isn't this different from what he said before?
The officials clearly preferred Li Shen, but why has it changed today?
Zu Shiheng once worshiped Li Zong'e as his teacher when he was young. Li Zong'e's father was Li Fang, a famous prime minister in the Northern Song Dynasty.
As a famous second-generation official, Li Zong'e was appointed an official early because of his father's kindness. Being an official was a good thing, but he was very disdainful of the official position he got from his kindness.
Later, through his own efforts, Li Zonge officially became an official after passing the Jinshi examination.
In addition, Li Zong'e himself also had high literary attainments. He was also the backbone of Xikun style poets and had a good relationship with the late Yang Yi and the current Hanlin scholar Liu Jun.
In addition, Li Zong'e also married the daughter of his brother Li Zongne to Zu Shiheng.
Because of Li Zong'e's relationship, Yang Yi and Liu Jun also had a lot of care for Zu Shiheng. Logically speaking, Zu Shiheng should be closer to Yang Yi, who was the northern scholar group.
But the current ancestor Shiheng is Ding Wei.
This is why Ding Wei was stunned.
As for the reason why Cao Li was surprised, it was because he had some connection with Zu Shiheng.
Zu Shiheng married the daughter of Li Zong'e's brother, and the daughter of Cao Can (Cao Bin's son) married Li Zong'e's son.
Therefore, the Zhending Cao family and Zu Shiheng are considered to be related by marriage, while the Cao family and the Cao family are also related by marriage.
In this way, the two of them are more or less related.
Compared with the surprise of others, Lu Yijian's mood at this moment can only be described in four words.