Even Li Jie didn't know that Qian Weiyan recommended Li Wei. He only knew that the topic of today's Chengming Palace discussion was the selection of deputy privy envoys.
Thinking of this, Li Jie glanced at Liu E beside him from the corner of his eye.
Could it be that Liu E took the initiative to reveal it?
But why is this?
Wang Zeng was not Liu E's person. On the contrary, their relationship was rather tense because Wang Zeng inherited the political legacy of Li Hang, Wang Dan, Kou Zhun and others.
That is the faction of the group of people who made the Taiping Xingguo Five-Year List.
People of this faction have never dealt with Liu E and are staunch royalists.
Among them, Kou Zhun, an important figure, even planned the action to support the crown prince's early accession to the throne.
Based on this alone, there is an irreconcilable conflict between Liu E and them.
Just as Li Jie was reviewing the situation, Cao Liang, the Privy Councilor in the audience, took the lead in expressing his opinion.
"Scholar Li is a mature candidate for the country, and he is indeed the best candidate."
As soon as Cao used this privy envoy to speak, the probability of Li Wei becoming the deputy privy envoy was already more than half. After all, he was the chief of the Privy Council.
However, except for Cao Lili, no one else at the scene followed suit.
One-third of the ministers sitting in the Chengming Palace today are from Ding Wei's family. Before Ding Wei spoke, others would naturally not make suggestions easily.
After hearing Cao Lili's speech, Ding Wei sighed deeply in his heart.
This plan to recommend Lin Te to the Privy Council may not be possible.
However, Ding Wei still wanted to give it a try. Who made Lin Te his right-hand man?
"Scholar Li is well versed in poetry and books, and is knowledgeable about the past and present. He is indeed the best candidate. However, the Privy Council is in charge of the important affairs of the country and the military."
At this point, Ding Wei paused slightly. With this pause, the courtiers present basically understood what he meant.
Regardless of his talent, knowledge, or qualifications, Li Wei is the best choice.
But looking at Li Wei's official career, he has never been responsible for military-related tasks.
This point is indeed open to question.
Cao Li, who was on the side, was immediately unhappy when he heard Ding Wei's remarks.
What's the meaning?
I had just praised Li Wei as a suitable candidate, but Ding Wei turned around and rejected his suggestion?
Although Ding was the prime minister and had seniority above him, he was still the Privy Councilor and the chief of the Privy Council.
On the other side, Ding Wei also knew that his speech would offend Cao Lili, so he glanced at Cao Lili quietly, and then gave Cao Lili a subtle wink.
At this time, Ding Wei also had troubles in his heart.
If he had known one day earlier, no, even one hour earlier, that Qian Weiyan had recommended Li Wei, and that the Queen Mother also preferred Li Wei.
He would definitely say hello to Cao Li in advance.
With his relationship with Cao, changing the candidate shouldn't be a problem.
Even the Queen Mother has to carefully consider the combination of Prime Minister + Privy Council.
Unfortunately, it was a step too late.
One wrong step, one wrong step.
Cao Lili made his fortune by relying on the Chanyuan Alliance. At that time, the Song and Liao armies were facing each other, and both sides wanted to negotiate peace.
On this occasion, Cao used Mao Sui to recommend himself and became the negotiator of the Song Dynasty.
Before the negotiation, Song Zhenzong's bottom line was that the annual payment was no more than one million in gold and silk, but the final result of Cao's negotiation was 200,000 pieces of silk and 100,000 taels of silver.
This result was much lower than Song Zhenzong's psychological expectations, and since then Cao Lili has officially entered Song Zhenzong's sight.
Relying on Jian's advantage in the emperor's heart, in less than ten years, Cao Yongli became a middle- and low-level military minister, and suddenly entered the Privy Council as the Deputy Privy Envoy.
He entered the Privy Council in the seventh year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1014). If calculated carefully, he had served in the Privy Council for nearly ten years.
Having held military power in the country for a long time, Cao Cao has become increasingly arrogant in recent years.
Even though he and Ding Wei once worked together to bring down Kou Zhun, as Kou Zhun moved away from the center, their relationship was no longer as close as before.
In short, the honeymoon period between the two is over.
Therefore, Cao Lili was very dissatisfied with Ding Wei's speech.
Even the Queen Mother would not despise him so straightforwardly, so why would Ding Wei dare?
Thinking of this, Cao Lili became more and more angry.
He has recorded this account for the time being!
It is true that he is arrogant, but he can also see the situation clearly. Ding Wei is in great power at this time, and he is a military official. If he and Ding Wei confront each other, they will probably not get along well.
At this moment, Li Jie suddenly spoke.
"Is it possible that Prime Minister Ding has someone else in mind?"
Hearing this, Ding Wei couldn't help but feel happy. The official's words came at the right time.
If there was no one else to answer the question and recommend Lin Te, Ding Wei would not be able to speak directly.
It is well known that Lin Te is his person. If he directs and acts alone there, it will be suspected of being related to him.
Although he did propose marriage.
But doing it is one thing, saying it is another.
"The official sage!"
Ding Wei smiled and gave Li Jie a slight bow.
"I think it is more appropriate to study as a bachelor, Lin Te. Lin Te has served in the Third Division for a long time and is quite familiar with money and food matters."
"And when the late emperor was on his northern expedition, Lin Te stayed in charge of three divisions to ensure that food and grass on the front line were not lost."
"Therefore, I recommend Lin Te, a bachelor at court, to be the deputy privy envoy."
Although Ding Wei's speech may sound like praise, it is not completely fabricated.
Besides, Lin Te is old, already seventy-one this year, and it is appropriate for such an old minister who has made great contributions to the country to be promoted.
On the imperial stage, Liu E silently glanced at the official sitting to the east of her, although Ding Wei's reason was perfect.
But she didn't want Lin Te to enter the Privy Council.
However, she did not object immediately, but planned to see how the officials would respond.
"What Prime Minister Ding said is true. However, the position of deputy privy envoy is multifaceted, and Academician Lin has devoted his whole life to the country. Now that he is old, is it inappropriate?"
After hearing this, Ding Wei fell silent.
At first glance, the official's words sounded like he was caring for the veteran, but the actual meaning was quite clear.
Lint is not suitable.
"The official sage!"
Ding Wei cupped his hands and gave a slight salute. Even the officials said so, what else could he say?
What's more, even if the officials did not object, the chance of Lin Te succeeding as deputy privy envoy was not high.
"The official sage!"
Immediately afterwards, the courtiers present responded one after another.
Li Jie raised his hand and said: "Edict, deputy envoy of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Lin Te, a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, who has been working hard for many years, plus Hedong Jiedu Envoy, Tongping Zhangshi."
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Pingzhangshi was in charge of the government. Tongpingzhangshi was not only one of the titles of the prime minister, but it could also be a false title.
At this time, Lin Te's title was a virtual title, which could also be called 'envoy'.
(PS: All Jiedu envoys, privy envoys, princes, stay-at-home officials, inspectors and Zhongshuling, ministers, and Tongpingzhangshi are all envoys and ministers.
Envoys are mainly used to give preferential treatment to virtuous and old people and those who have been dismissed as prime ministers)
Upon hearing this decree, Ding Wei was immediately surprised.