Although Liu E was reluctant to see Kou Zhun return to the court, for the sake of the overall situation, she finally acquiesced to the matter.
Anyway, she will not appear in the outer court now. Except for some important ceremonial occasions, she will basically not meet Kou Zhun.
Out of sight!
Kou Zhun, come back as soon as you come back.
Besides, Kou Zhun is already sixty-three this year. Even if he comes back, how many years can he be in charge?
(PS: Historically, Kou Zhun died in the first year of Tiansheng. However, historically, Kou Zhun was demoted to Leizhou. He was tired of traveling and traveling and lost power. Depression is inevitable.
In the current timeline, Kou Zhun did not go to Leizhou, but was in the prosperous Xijing. His lifespan is a little longer than in history, which is very reasonable.)
"History of the Song Dynasty·Zhiguanzhi": "The position of prime minister is to assist the emperor, to be in charge of hundreds of officials, to regulate the affairs of the common people, and to unify everything."
This sentence not only names the status of the prime minister, but also explains the responsibilities of the prime minister.
In such a large court, there are countless political affairs that need to be dealt with every day. The position of prime minister is of course at the top of the hundred officials.
But similarly, the prime minister also has many affairs.
How much energy can a man in his sixties like Kou Zhun have?
Maybe, within a few years, Kou Zhun will be exhausted.
Thinking of this, Liu E suddenly felt that there was no need to hold grudges about those past events.
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The next day.
Before officially fasting, Li Jie issued an edict.
He stayed in Xijing, his right servant shot him, and Duke Kou Zhun of Lai State was in charge of peace affairs, and he also served as a minister.
Of course, Li Jie did not draw up the edict himself. He only issued an oral edict, and then the Imperial Academy of Sciences drafted the edict.
The Hanlin scholar who drafted the edict was none other than Yan Shu.
Speaking of which, there is still a little grudge between Kou Zhun and Yan Shu.
Back then, when Yan Shu was taking the prodigy examination, Kou Zhun expressed his opposition to Zhenzong, although Yan Shu finally succeeded in becoming an official.
But this is a problem anyway.
However, after so many years, Yan Shu had long since put aside the matter.
Kou's opposition in recent years was not directed at him, but at his place of origin.
Looking back at the past, Kou Zhun's opposition to his becoming an official was just a political dispute between the Jinshi in the fifth year of Taiping and Xingguo (980) and the Jinshi in the third year of Chunhua (992).
Wang Dan, Kou Zhun, Zhang Yong and others who were the main Jinshi scholars in the fifth year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign were all northern scholars.
Wang Qinruo, Ding Wei, and Chen Pengnian, the main members of the Jinshi movement in the third year of Chunhua, were southern scholars.
The main factions involved in the political struggles of the Zhenzong Dynasty were these two factions.
Whether Yan Shu can become an official is not important.
The essence is just that "gods fight and mortals suffer", and Yan Shu is the mortal who is implicated.
As time passed, Yan Shu treated Kou Zhun with a normal attitude as to whether he would return to the court.
After all, he is not a party member.
He was not interested in the political dispute between Kou Zhun and Wang Qinruo.
But Li Zhen, another Hanlin scholar on duty, was not in a good mood when he saw this edict.
Li Shen was deeply aware of Kou Zhun's domineering attitude.
During the Zhenzong Dynasty, Kou Zhun was the prime minister, and Li Zhen was the one who prepared the imperial edict. However, Kou Zhun intervened in his work and revised the imperial edict drafted by Li Zhen several times.
Li Zhen was a rather conceited person. In his opinion, the edict he wrote was irreversible.
But Kou Zhun changed it several times. What does this mean?
It shows that Kou Zhun feels that his talent and learning are insufficient.
At that time, Kou Zhun was the powerful prime minister in the DPRK. Li Zhen thought that he could not compete with him and that his arms could not twist his thighs. Since he could not compete with him, he simply resigned.
It is not appropriate to know how to make imperial edicts.
Later, Li Shen directly resigned from his position in the Bachelor's College and asked to leave his post.
It has to be said that Kou Zhun's popularity is indeed not very good.
Especially now, a veteran like him has a high prestige.
However, even among the northern scholar group with the largest number of supporters, it is probably unknown how many people sincerely hope that Kou Zhun will return.
Leaving aside others, Lu Yijian, who participated in politics, was definitely the person who least expected to see Kou Zhun return.
There is no doubt that Kou Zhun's return blocked his way forward.
Originally, Lu Yijian wanted to get involved in the position of prime minister, although he was not the one with the highest qualifications.
But there is some hope, right?
Now that the edict has been issued, the last glimmer of hope has been completely shattered.
In addition to Lu Yijian, the remaining ministers of the two governments, such as Privy Councilor Cao Yongli and Prime Minister Wang Qinruo, participated in the government and served as Zhongzheng. They were all the main force who did not want Kou Zhun to return to the court.
They and Kou Zhun all had some old grudges more or less.
Especially Cao Lili, he and Kou Zhun have never dealt with each other very well, and he also played a part in bringing down Kou Zhun.
With Kou Zhun's strong character, once Kou Zhun returns to the position of prime minister and assistant, how can he, Cao Yong, succeed?
However, regardless of whether Lu Yijian and others objected, the edict for Kou Zhun to become prime minister has been issued.
This matter is a foregone conclusion.
Nothing could be easier!
Of course, although there are many opponents, there are also many people who are happy and excited.
Especially middle-level officials from the north.
They were the happiest people when Kou Zhun returned.
The veteran of three dynasties returns again.
Moreover, Kou Zhun succeeded Ding Wei as prime minister.
This is definitely a great victory for the northern scholar group!
At the same time, those Qingliu were also one of the main forces who welcomed Kou Zhun.
Ding said, "It's treacherous!"
Mr. Kou is a loyal and good man!
Today we will welcome back a loyal person and remove a traitor, and tomorrow we will go back to another traitor. It won't be long before the government is back on track.
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Sansi Yamen.
When Zhang Dexiang learned about Kou Zhun's appointment as prime minister, the first thing he thought of was to write a letter to Kou Zhun.
This good news must be told to Mr. Kou.
However, just as he was writing, he suddenly thought of his uncle Zhang Pin.
Political struggle is one of the most cruel struggles in the world.
Ding Wei's dismissal as prime minister does not concern Ding Wei alone or his family. It is also a heavy blow to the officials who supported Ding Wei.
What's more, the person who takes over the position is Mr. Kou.
When Mr. Kou was dismissed as prime minister, what did Ding Wei do?
All officials who were dependent on Mr. Kou were all targets of Ding Wei's liquidation. These people were either demoted together or transferred to idle positions.
This time, how will Mr. Kou treat the people who are attached to Ding Wei?
No one knows.
Half a moment.
Zhang Dexiang gave a bitter smile. If he really couldn't do it, he could only put down his face and ask Mr. Kou for mercy.
Fortunately, Zhang Pin was not Ding Wei's die-hard loyalist.
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Ding Mansion.
Everyone else had received the news, and of course Ding Wei also knew that Kou Zhun was about to become prime minister.
Unlike outside speculation, Ding Wei's reaction to Kou Zhun's return to the court was surprisingly calm.
Kou Zhun returns to the court, what will happen?
This time he was dismissed as prime minister, not because of his failure in the battle, but because of the officialdom.
After Guan Jia ascended the throne, he did a lot of things for Guan Jia and endured a lot of thunder.
Even if there is no credit, there is always hard work, right?
With these sentiments in mind, even if Kou Zhun wanted to do something, he had to worry about the officials' thoughts.