Chapter 1131 Chaos Seven
Li Zhong insisted on his own opinion and refused to take over the Privy Council. His political attitude and choice were something Zhao Xun did not want to see.
Zhao Xun valued Li Zhong, and what he valued was not his ability, but wanted to use Li Zhong's prestige and reputation to increase his political chips and strength. Therefore, Zhao Xun tried his best to promote Li Zhong to succeed as the right prime minister, and now he wanted to hand over the Privy Council to him.
This practice is the same as Li Xun's right assistant minister of the Ministry of War.
You don’t need to do anything, just occupy this position.
In Zhao Xun's view, as long as some key positions are not fallen into the hands of the aristocratic family group, who will become this official? What's the point?
But this approach also has its disadvantages, because people are uncontrollable and people are not puppets. Whether they are Li Zhong or Li Xun, they all have their own will and ideas. They can accept Zhao Xun's control, but they will never let them fiddle with and manipulate.
For example, this political reform and Zhao Xun's desire to achieve his political goals through the bondage between the Privy Council and Li Zhong, these have exceeded Li Zhong's personal wishes, so Li Zhong chose to refuse.
Zhao Xun was silent for a long time and finally said, "Since I don't want to, I won't make things difficult for you. Let's make a long-term plan."
Zhao Xun did not force it, because it was useless to force it.
Li Zhong stood up and said goodbye.
Zhao Xun looked at Li Zhong and sighed, "Uncle Li, why do we have to leave the affairs of our generation to the next generation?"
Li Zhong said: "Your Majesty, you are still young. You have time. If you have time, you will have a chance. Why do you have to give yourself no room for improvement?"
Zhao Xun said: "The prince is young. If I have a bad reputation and a bad reputation, the country will be suspected and the imperial power will fall. My great Jin Dynasty may be destroyed."
After the death of Emperor Xingzong Zhao Zhi, the aristocratic family group came in full force and poured into the court again, and gradually occupied a dominant position. After all, Zhao Xun was able to wrestle with them. In the end, Zhao Zhi left him a deep foundation. Moreover, Zhao Xun had been the King of Qi and the Crown Prince for many years. In the hearts of most court officials, he had some prestige and merit. This is his capital and qualifications.
Zhao Xun is only one son now, less than two years old. Once he has something to do, the prince succeeds to the throne at such a young age and faces such a complex political situation, what should he use to resist and deal with it?
There is probably only one final result, which is that it is completely undermined by the aristocratic families that eat people and don’t spit their bones.
Zhao Xun thought of such a result many times and speculated many times that he was very worried about it. If he really reached this point, the Great Jin Dynasty would probably be over. The cycle of reincarnation and dynasty changes may be staged again.
The reason why Zhao Xun made up his mind and resolutely carried out political reforms with such a tough attitude and means was because in his opinion, if he did nothing, just lived a life of pleasure, he would likely become the king of the destruction of the country of Jin. Even if he was not, his son would definitely be. Since the country was destroyed, it would be better to give it a try and become a victorious person if he failed.
Li Zhong looked at Zhao Xun in confusion and said in confusion: "The emperor is less than thirty years old this year, and he is in his prime. Why do you think so?"
Zhao Xun said indifferently: "I'm not afraid of ten thousand, but I'm afraid of it if I don't. I'm just an example. If there is really something unexpected, the prince is too young and cannot control the situation at all. At that time, my foundation for more than 500 years of Jin Dynasty will probably be stolen by others."
Li Zhong said: "Even if you have any special mistakes, you still have the King of Yan Zhao Heng?"
Hearing Li Zhong's words, Zhao Xun clenched his fists and his eyes flashed violently.
"The right prime minister means that I should pass the throne to King Yan Zhao Heng?"
Li Zhong said: "It is not a throne transmission, but a transition. The story of the exoteric clan is in front, and the emperor may be able to follow."
Xianzong was seriously ill and soon passed away. The prince was less than five years old. At that time, the He clan was a clan and a relative of the foreign country. He was powerful. If he was an adult emperor, he might still be able to deal with him and find opportunities to fight back. If the emperor was young and could not control the court situation at all, there was only one final result, that was, he would be completely emptied and it was not impossible to change the dynasty.
It is precisely because of this kind of worry that before his death, Xianzong reached an agreement with his younger brother that the throne of the crown prince remained unchanged. After his death, the brother would end up with the younger brother and he would inherit the throne. After he was a hundred years later, the crown prince would inherit the throne.
The emperor after Zhongzong, the son of Xianzong, was the famous Emperor Xuanzong. The strong position of the aristocratic family group was greatly suppressed in his hands, and major political changes were made, and a multi-phase system began to be implemented, effectively cracking down on the aristocratic family group, monopolizing the government, the door to the officialdom, and the poor people at the bottom.
Zhao Xun glanced at Li Zhong and said with some sigh: "It is not easy for Emperor Xuanzong to succeed in the throne!"
The succession of Zhongzong indeed stabilized the political situation, suppressed the development momentum of the He clan, and also accumulated a certain political resource and strength foundation for the later emperors.
Without Zhongzong as a bridge, even if Xuanzong is very talented, he will be a clever woman who can cook without rice, and he will probably not be able to achieve great success.
However, after the three years of Zhongzong's succession and the throne was established, the first thing he did was to depose the crown prince of the current dynasty, the son of Xianzong, and his nephew, and change his son to become the crown prince.
After Xuanzong was deposed, he lived for more than ten years in fear. If Zhongzong had not taken into account his reputation, the kindness of the Emperor Xianzong, and the protection and protection of Xuanzong by many ministers, Xuanzong would have lived until the day of Zhongzong's death, and he would not have had any chance.
When Li Zhong talked about the events during the exoteric period of Emperor Xianzong, he only talked about the good side, which immediately aroused a thought in Zhao Xun's mind that he had never had before.
"Right Prime Minister, I am tired, you should step down."
Zhao Xun said in an extremely cold tone.
"The old minister sued."
Li Zhong bowed and said goodbye and left.
Zhao Xun looked at the background where Li Zhong left, his expression slowly became gloomy, and a terrible emotion was faintly revealed in his eyes.
Zhao Chengde, who was standing aside, clearly felt Zhao Xun's emotions. He lowered his head and felt some sweat on his forehead.
As the emperor's confidant eunuch, he was with him all day long and was trusted and appreciated. No matter how careful and deliberately avoided him, he would eventually hear or see some secrets. These things should not be known to outsiders. After all, the more you know, the greater the danger, and accompanying the king is like a tiger.
Until Li Zhong left for a while, Zhao Xun suddenly laughed and muttered to himself: "This Li Zhong, how could I still remember the kindness of the late emperor to him? Where did he have any courtesy of a minister when he said just now?"
After saying that, Zhao Xun stood up and said to Zhao Chengde: "Clean the place clean, I don't want any gossip outside."
"Yes, the slave understands."
Zhao Chengde responded without raising his head.
Zhao Xun walked away.
Zhao Chengde glanced at the five or six eunuchs and palace maids around him and said, "Clean the place clean before leaving."
"Yes, the chief executive."
Everyone answered quickly.
Zhao Chengde walked out of the room and waved to the eunuch beside him. The eunuch hurriedly trotted over.
"Godfather told me."
Zhao Chengde approached and whispered in the eunuch's ear.
The eunuch looked at Zhao Chengde in surprise: "Why do you want to kill them?"
The eunuch's doubt attracted Zhao Chengde's extremely cold gaze, which scared him to tremble, and he quickly lowered his head: "Son will make arrangements right away."
After saying that, the eunuch hurriedly left.
Chapter completed!