After the ceremony at Shanling, most of the courtiers were waiting to see when Ding Wei, the envoy of Shanling, would ask himself to become an official.
However, what shocked these people was that Shanling envoy Ding Wei did not apply for an official position, and deputy envoy Feng Zheng instead went to Zha Zi who begged for an official position.
What's going on?
This is everyone's question.
It is also a question in Ding Wei's mind.
He knew very well who Feng Zheng was.
Even if Feng Zheng is a genuine Shanling envoy and may submit a letter to become an official, Feng Zheng is by no means the sincere one.
Now he is just the deputy envoy of Shanling, and he actually asked for an official position?
Not to mention whether there is any precedent, this intention alone is worthy of death!
Didn't Feng Zheng put Ding Wei on the fire by doing this?
The deputy envoys have already submitted letters of resignation, but the real Shanling envoy still has the nerve to pretend that nothing happened?
This act directly impacted Ding Wei's original deployment to pieces.
What should he do?
Turn a blind eye?
Even though Ding Wei was as thick-skinned as a city wall, he was a little embarrassed.
Are you going to join your career together?
That doesn't work either.
If the Queen Mother and the officials took this opportunity to directly remove him and Feng Zheng from the ruling team, wouldn't it mean losing their wives and losing their troops?
So passive!
In the evening, Ding Wei sat alone in the warm pavilion, drinking warm wine alone, while frowning and thinking hard about the best solution.
Is there any way to make him look good without asking for a job?
After thinking about it, Ding Wei could only think of one possibility. Only if the Queen Mother or the officials refused, would he have the chance to stay in Zhongshu.
But this is something he definitely doesn’t want to gamble on!
This feeling of having one's fate in the hands of others was very bad and he didn't like it very much.
Why did Ding Wei want to climb up at all costs, even giving up his reputation?
At that time, he was also a good man. Wang Yucheng, a famous official in the previous dynasty, praised him quite a lot. In terms of scholarly reputation, Wang Yucheng was no worse than Yang Yi.
If he keeps following Wang Yuchen's path, Ding Wei believes that he can reach the position of prime minister.
But in that case, it would take too long and was not what he wanted.
At the same time, the atmosphere in Wang Xianggong's mansion was completely different from that in Ding's mansion.
Compared to Ding Wei's gloomy face, Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian looked cheerful.
"Congratulations, Prime Minister!"
Lu Yijian raised his wine glass with a smile and toasted Wang Zeng with a glass of wine.
"Tanfu, the matter has not yet been decided, so we should not be too optimistic."
Wang Zeng waved his hand modestly, but he still drank the glass of wine.
The matter has not yet been decided, but this is just a modest comment.
This time Feng Zheng's resignation is almost a foregone conclusion.
As soon as Feng Zheng left, there was a vacancy in Xiangshang. Looking at the court, who else was more qualified to take charge of Xiangyin than Wang Zeng?
There is no one who can fight!
etc!
Suddenly, Wang Zeng remembered the nursery rhyme that had been circulating in Beijing not long ago.
[If you want to have peace in the world, you should pull out the penis in your eyes. If you want to have good in the world, there is no better way than to call in the bandits.]
There is indeed no one in the court who is more qualified to take charge of Xiangyin than him, but if compared with Kou Lao, he is far behind.
Who is Mr. Kou?
The veteran minister who has been prime minister for the third time, if it is true as the nursery rhyme says, and Mr. Kou returns to the court, his position will be gone.
Although Mr. Kou was very helpful to him, he also wanted Mr. Kou to live a better life.
Just like "I'm afraid that my brothers will suffer, but I'm afraid that my brothers will drive Land Rover", this widely circulated Internet buzzword can be said to vividly demonstrate the complexity of human nature.
Wang Zeng's current mentality is roughly like this. He doesn't want Mr. Kou to do nothing, but he is also afraid that Mr. Kou will return to the throne again.
Thinking of this, the smile on Wang Zeng's face suddenly stopped.
On the other side, Lu Yijian felt puzzled when she saw the smile on Wang Zeng's face suddenly disappear.
What did Wang Xiang think of?
According to Lu Yijian's previous plan, Feng Zheng was forced out, and Wang Zeng was promoted to deputy prime minister. Wang Zeng then recommended him to serve as counselor of political affairs.
You ferry me, I ferry you, this has always been the case.
In fact, even if Lu Yijian did not promote Feng Zheng to become an official, when Wang Zeng came to power, he would still have to recommend Lu Yijian.
In the final analysis, Wang Zeng's smooth career was due to the help of his father-in-law Li Hang. Wang Dan and Kou Zhun promoted Wang Zeng because of Li Hang's face.
Li Hang's rise to power was inseparable from Wang Dan's father-in-law, Zhao Changyan.
Zhao Changyan and Lu Mengzheng had a good relationship because of their similar political views. Wang Dan's rise to power was closely related to Lu Mengzheng's promotion.
In addition, the year in which Lu Yijian passed the imperial examination, which was the third year of Xianping, happened to be the year when Wang Dan learned about the tribute examination, and the two of them also had a teacher-student relationship.
With the above relationships, even if Lu Yijian did nothing, if Wang Zeng became prime minister, he would strongly recommend Lu Yijian to the court.
This is a network of connections and an unspoken rule.
As we all know, players who do not follow the rules of the game usually end up badly.
"Prince Prime Minister?"
After a long time, Lu Yijian felt the need to ask Wang Zeng the reason for his change of expression.
Forcibly promoting Wang Zeng to the throne is a matter of great importance and must be ensured to be absolutely foolproof.
Although Quan Zhi's dispatch from the Kaifeng Mansion is very important, compared with participating in politics, it is one level lower.
As early as a few months ago, Lu Yijian decided to completely switch to the government.
Nowadays, the officials are speaking out more and more often. Obviously, the Queen Mother has tacitly agreed that the officials will take charge of the government as soon as possible.
The situation in the palace changes too quickly!
Otherwise, Lu Yijian would not come directly to the door and force Feng Zheng to retreat face to face.
Doing so will do more harm than good.
As the saying goes, you should keep a thin line in life so that we can meet each other easily in the future. By doing so, he had already broken up with Feng Zheng, even though he was not afraid of Feng Zheng.
But the methods are inevitably a little rough.
It's a pity that time waits for no one. If the situation in the palace hadn't been reversed, he could have made Feng Zheng leave in a more dignified manner.
"Suddenly I thought of something else."
When he said this, the smile returned to Wang Zeng's face again.
"This time Prime Minister Ding is in a dilemma."
Naturally, Wang Zeng would not express his inner worries like this. Those thoughts were too dark, so how could he reveal them to others so easily?
Not to mention Lu Yijian, he would not reveal anything about his wife and children.
"hehe."
Lu Yijian then smiled, as if nothing had happened.
"Indeed, Ding Xiang must have a headache now."
Lu Yijian's smile unconsciously contained a hint of schadenfreude.
In fact, forcing Ding Wei to submit a letter to become an official was not part of his plan.
Feng Zheng's personal wishes are indispensable for the development of things to the current situation.
It's not hard to guess what Feng Zheng was thinking. He was about to leave, so why shouldn't Ding Wei?
He is greedy and he admits it!
Is Ding not greedy?
Why did Lu Yijian only force him and not Ding Wei?
Isn’t it because persimmons need to be pinched softly?
Since it was a foregone conclusion that he would leave the court, and he could not afford to offend Lu Yijian.
Instead of quitting like this, it's better to call that guy disgusting before leaving officially.