"Cousin, you are talking. Now that Wang Xiang has passed away, who do you think can take over his position?" Zhao Zhen asked anxiously when he saw Li Zhang silent. Although he wanted to ask who could take over Wang Zeng to achieve the goal of restraining Lu Yijian, such words can only be understood but not expressed in words. As the emperor, he is becoming more and more shameless.

Of course, Li Zhang understood what Zhao Zhen meant, but he also showed a embarrassed expression at this time and said, "You really make things difficult for me. Most of the ministers in the court, who have experience and prestige, are old, and there is no one among the young ministers who can take on this important task for the time being, so I don't know who to recommend now?"

At the end, Li Zhang was helpless. After all, not everyone has the prestige and ability of Wang Zeng. That was the person who could make Liu E fear at the beginning. Only after driving Wang Zeng away did Liu E dare to have some thoughts that should not have. Now no one in the court can replace Wang Zeng, let alone restrain Lu Yijian.

Hearing Li Zhang's answer, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but show a disappointed expression and said very distressedly: "If I really can't find a replacement for Wang Xiang, then I can only use another method."

"What's the solution?" Li Zhang asked immediately.

"What else can it be? It's just an emperor's mind. I'll just be demoted to remind someone so that he won't do something wrong in the future." Zhao Zhen also spread his hands helplessly.

Li Zhang immediately understood this. At the same time, he also thought that in the original history, Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian were demoted at the same time, and Wang Zeng died later, while Lu Yijian was soon reinstated. If he thought about it a little deeper, the power and conspiracy in it would also make Li Zhang feel cold.

"But now the court is at a time of change, and someone needs to take charge of the command. If so..." Li Zhang said this, he didn't say anything more.

"I know this is not good, but there is really no other way. It is too difficult to find someone from the ministers who can restrain Lu Xiang." Zhao Zhen said helplessly again at this time. In depressed, he couldn't even care about face and directly told his true intentions.

Lu Yijian was not only a great hero who supported Zhao Zhen to regain real power, but also during his reign, the Song Dynasty defeated Dangxiang and Liao Kingdom and recaptured the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. These contributions were not only Zhao Zhen's. In addition, Lu Yijian, as the prime minister, will also be recorded in history. With such political achievements, it is indeed too difficult to find someone who restrains him.

When Li Zhang heard this, he suddenly felt aroused in his heart. He clapped his hands suddenly and said, "I'm wrong, we thought it wrong from the beginning!"

"What's wrong? Cousin, what are you talking about?" Zhao Zhen was also startled by Li Zhang, who was shocked and deceitful, and immediately asked again.

"We were distorted at the beginning. His Majesty has always regarded the king as a person who restrained Lu Xiang, so we wanted to find someone close to Wang Xiang in all aspects to replace him. Did Your Majesty think so?" Li Zhang clapped his hands and asked excitedly.

"Yes, it's too difficult to find a second Wang Xiang in the court. Even now, it's hard to find someone close to Wang Xiang." Zhao Zhen nodded, but he still didn't understand what Li Zhang meant.

"In fact, there is no need to find someone who is similar to the king. We only need a minister who is famous, capable, and guaranteed to be loyal to His Majesty to replace the king and prime minister, so as to achieve the goal of restraining the king and prime minister!" Li Zhang said excitedly again.

"Famous, capable, and loyal. What's the difference between finding someone similar to the king?" Zhao Zhen asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, don't forget that fame does not necessarily mean good reputation. Some people's reputation is not good, but they are known to the whole country. In addition, Your Majesty still remembers that after Ding Wei fell, Wang Xiang made great contributions, but the eldest lady didn't use him. Instead, he used another person to serve as prime minister?" Li Zhang suddenly smiled proudly at this time.

"Wang Qinruo!" Zhao Zhen immediately slapped his hands when he heard Li Zhang's words. When Wang Zeng defeated Ding Wei, his reputation was greatly improved for a while. Almost everyone thought that Wang Zeng would be granted the title of prime minister. However, Liu E knew that Wang Zeng was not in the same way as him, so he deliberately recalled Wang Qinruo with a bad reputation to the capital and became prime minister to restrain Wang Zeng. As a result, Wang Qinruo was grateful and was also loyal to Liu E and quickly helped Liu E stabilize the court.

"Yes, the eldest lady could use Wang Qinruo to restrain Wang Xiang, and Your Majesty could also use such a person to restrain Lu Xiang." Li Zhang said again with a smile.

"Ding Wei!" A name popped up in Zhao Zhen's mind. Ding Wei's reputation didn't need to be much. He claimed to be the first powerful minister at the time. Even Liu E almost seized power by him. Unfortunately, he was plotted by Liu E later and was demoted to Yazhou. If he could transfer it back, he would definitely be able to restrain Lu Yijian. Moreover, Ding Wei's reputation was too bad. He had no other choice except being loyal to himself, because as long as he lost his support, Ding Wei would definitely be the first to deal with him.

"Ding Wei, don't think about it. He died in Guangzhou last year." Li Zhang spread his hands at this time. Speaking of which, Ding Wei was also in power in the court and the prime minister, even if he was demoted, he should be posthumously awarded after his death. However, Ding Wei's reputation was too bad, so no one reported it after his death, and of course Zhao Zhen didn't know.

"Die? Isn't he quite polite? Why did he die so early?" Zhao Zhen was stunned when he heard Li Zhang's answer.

It is said that Ding Wei was demoted to Yazhou, and then transferred to Leizhou, Daozhou, Guangzhou and other places, and together they were "declined for fifteen years". However, Ding Wei was extremely open-minded. Even though he had been away for fifteen years, he was still black in his temples and had no white hair when he returned home. This was also rumored to be a strange story at that time. Although many people dislike Ding Wei's character, they had to admire his measurement.

"Why did Your Majesty forget? Ding Wei was already seventy years old when he died last year. Even if he is still alive now, it is not convenient to hold an official position again at this age." Li Zhang said helplessly again. Even if Ding Wei has any measure, his age does not wait for anyone. In ancient times, life span was short, and even sixty was considered longevity, let alone seventy.

When Zhao Zhen learned that Ding Wei was dead, he couldn't help but sigh, but then he said helplessly: "I didn't expect Ding Wei to die too. As a person as he was, he was the most suitable candidate."
Chapter completed!