Zhao Ding breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction, and Zhang Jun immediately recommended Lu Zhi again as the vacant position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. This time Zhao Jiu did not veto and immediately agreed, and Zhang Jun also breathed a sigh of relief.

Moreover, after the three new prime ministers gathered, they immediately started to make a fuss about personnel matters. It was indeed a fierce struggle, but there were not too many waves in the court and in and outside the capital... Of course, this lack of waves does not mean that everyone knew who Hu Shijiang and Lu Zhi were early on, nor that everyone was not surprised by Liu Ji's preemptive action, but that everyone had anticipated that the new prime ministers would recommend and use their own people, and they all knew that there would be such a personnel storm.

As I said, personnel is politics and politics is personnel. You, Emperor Zhao, are the Son of Heaven. After your great victory at Mount Yao and your unrivaled power, you still have to employ your trusted figures such as Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun and Liu Ji as prime ministers. On the other hand, the prime ministers, who are the heads of all officials and have the power to participate in the government, also have to employ people themselves. Why don't you, Emperor Zhao, respect the personnel power of these prime ministers?

Especially the important personnel proposals put forward by the prime minister who has just taken office or left office during special periods... If all these things are rejected, then what is the point of this prime minister being in office?

Don't forget that when Li Gang was in the southeast, he still recommended Li Guang and Lin Qi to the court as important ministers; Lu Haowen was so lukewarm at that time, but he still appointed Fan Zongyin and others after he arrived in Nanyang; Lu Yihao once traveled alone to the southeast, but before leaving, he still recommended Zhu Shengfei as the Minister of Rites; after Xu Jingheng chose to give in, he still cut off Lu Yihao's future... Don't treat the prime ministers as freeloaders!

The prime minister is the prime minister, the highest-level leader of the literati of this era. He is the top leader who shares a certain amount of supreme power with Emperor Zhao through the method of political consultation.

If you give someone this position, you must give them corresponding political power, otherwise the political ecology will be destroyed.

Therefore, after the Prime Minister Zhao Ding and the Privy Councilor Zhang Jun competed for the candidate for the Minister of War, Zhao Jiu must of course respect the Prime Minister's first personnel proposal, and on this premise, he also tried his best to respect the Privy Councilor's power to discuss politics.

This is what a wise ruler is!

"Who's back?" The new Kaifeng prefect and the Minister of War had not yet arrived, and they were still accompanied by Prime Minister Chen Gui. Zhao Jiu, who was watching the ceramic gunpowder jar experiment at Daxiangguo Temple, looked up in surprise. "Zheng what? It can't be that Zheng Zhichang is back again, right?"

"Reporting to the emperor, of course it is not Zheng Zhichang, but Zheng Yinian, the son of the former prime minister Zheng Juzhong, who is the son-in-law of the prime minister Wang Gui and the cousin of the Empress Dowager Ningde (Empress Zheng)..." Yang Yizhong hurriedly explained the origin of the man he just mentioned. "During the Jingkang period, many sons of aristocratic officials were abducted. Zheng Yinian, who is both a son of an aristocratic family and a relative of the empress, is one of them."

Zhao Jiu nodded, thinking: "How did he come back?"

"According to him, after the victory at Yaoshan, the Jin people had two frontiers, one in the direction of the Pseudo-Qi and the other in the area around Yan'an, which were unstable, so the Jin people lured the sons of the northern noble families to surrender and let them serve as officials in the Pseudo-Qi." Yang Yizhong explained nonstop. "And this man claimed to have accepted an official position in a false manner, but when he was about to cross the river to the south, he directly imitated the other fleeing Han officials and went to the river to find Zhang Taiwei's troops... Zhang Taiwei's troops also met him on the old Yellow River course east of Damingfu, with only one servant by his side."

In the distance, the "ceramic grenade" continued to pop, and Zhao Jiu stared at it in a daze, obviously not paying attention to the new weapon, but he did not give any instructions to Yang Yizhong.

After a long while, just when Chen Gui was about to speak helplessly, the official smiled and turned back: "Did he bring back anything or words?"

"The emperor is wise," Yang Yizhong answered with a stiff face. "He brought the personal documents of the two emperors and the personal documents of the Empress Dowager Ningde..."

"This can't be fake, right?" Zhao Jiu laughed even harder. "Many old officials should recognize this..."

Yang Yizhong also became more and more nervous, and could only be very careful: "The handwriting of the Emperor Taishang Daojun is easy to imitate, but the documents of Empress Dowager Ningde and Yuan Sheng are extremely difficult to forge..."

Zhao Jiu nodded, and suddenly looked at Yang Yizhong seriously: "What did my father and brother say?"

Yang Yi's heart shuddered suddenly, and he could only force himself to answer: "The general idea is similar, but there are three meanings... One is to congratulate the emperor on his victory; the second is to talk about the suffering in the north; the third is to say that I just want to live in a side palace."

Zhao Jiu nodded and continued to ask seriously: "Does the Privy Council and the provincial government know about it?"

"yes."

"My lords, and Prime Minister Lu, what do you think?" Zhao Jiu asked without delay.

"Time is short, I am not sure about this." Yang Yi Zhong said helplessly, but then he looked at Chen Gui, the prime minister, who was sitting beside him.

Chen Gui stood up and was about to speak, but Emperor Zhao didn't even look at Chen Gui and sighed: "You should know without asking, fathers are kind and sons are filial, brothers are friendly and younger brothers are respectful... Any prime minister who has any dignity would not say anything else, and it's difficult for them too!"

Chen Gui, who didn't have time to speak, lowered his head with a look of grievance.

"That's good." Zhao Jiu laughed and stood up. "I won't make it difficult for the ministers. Let's talk about it in the palace tomorrow... Quickly summon the Imperial Censor Wanqi Xie to the palace to wait." At this point, the official Zhao looked at Chen Gui again. "Mr. Chen, keep an eye on this grenade. It's a good thing. Don't get involved with anything else."

Chen Gui was almost relieved.

Just like that, Emperor Zhao said goodbye to Chen Gui and walked out of Xiangguo Temple. His face immediately darkened. When the imperial guards surrounded him and rode back to the palace, in front of Wanqi Xie, Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan, Lan Gui and other close ministers who had hurriedly arrived, Emperor Zhao Song was unwilling to even hide his feelings. He gritted his teeth in the overly empty wasteland shooting range of the harem:

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