With the compromise and balance among various forces, the new round of Constitutional Yuan elections is completed.
Originally, the Constitutional Yuan had nine members.
There were three prime ministers and three councilors including Lu Yijian, as well as Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan and Zhao Jun.
Now it's twelve people.
The previous prime minister Wang Sui was removed and four more people were added: Zhang Shixun, Jiang Tang, Jia Changchao and Li Di.
In addition, there are Cheng Lin from the Ministry of Finance, Zhang Dexiang from the Ministry of War, Han Ju from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and Li Zi as alternate Tongzhi.
Although the deputy Tongzhi's position is higher than that of the deputy prime minister, he has been excluded from the core circle starting from this term. Since Zhao Jun's secret is not intended to be told to them, he naturally does not enjoy the same status as Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan in the past.
Ultimately, the secret of Zhao Jun's origin from the future symbolizes the core of the Constitutional Court. Again, under this secret, everyone's communication costs are lowered, and speaking becomes more casual.
Moreover, this secret also helps Zhao Jun's authority. After all, once the identity of a later person who is familiar with history is confirmed, everyone will naturally be willing to listen to him.
Although people's hearts are unpredictable, everyone who comes in has their own faction. Even Jiang Tang had a good relationship with Zhao Jun in the beginning, so there is naturally a balance between the factions.
As long as the two major factions of Lu Party and Wang Party are maintained, with a few swing factions in the middle, Zhao Jun will be in the lead and there will be fewer disputes.
Whenever an internal conflict broke out, Zhao Jun and Zhao Zhen would always take charge and prevent the situation from getting too serious.
As time passed, the end of the year approached and the first year of Kangding came to an end.
Meanwhile, the Song Dynasty had just won the war against the Liao Kingdom and achieved a huge diplomatic victory. The people were celebrating the whole country and happily celebrating the New Year.
The situation on the Western Xia side was quite miserable.
In the second year of Baoyuan, Fan Zhongyan launched a self-defense counterattack against Xia. He accused Li Yuanhao of launching a surprise attack on the Song Dynasty and refusing to repent, so he brazenly sent troops to attack the heartland of Western Xia.
Although most of the Song army was blocked by the Western Xia army at the border, under the leadership of Zhang Kang, they still caused serious damage to the Western Xia's rear.
This action seriously damaged Li Yuanhao's vitality, so much so that he was unable to cooperate with the Liao Kingdom in launching an attack the following year.
Later, Li Yuanhao realized that it was very likely that the Song Dynasty had already noticed the possibility that the Liao Dynasty would also move south, so Fan Zhongyan suddenly sent troops before leaving, just to prevent him from being able to intervene at the same time when the Song and Liao dynasties went to war.
After realizing this, Li Yuanhao felt quite regretful. If he had known earlier, he should have been more vigilant and done a good job of defending the rear, otherwise this situation would not have occurred.
But now that things have come to this, it is all in vain.
Li Yuanhao was defeated by the Song Dynasty and had no choice but to hide away, lick his wounds, and wait for the outcome of the Song-Liao War.
Unfortunately, the result did not satisfy him. The Liao Kingdom led hundreds of thousands of troops south, but also returned in defeat.
Seeing this outcome, Li Yuanhao was completely disheartened.
In October of the first year of Emperor Kang's reign, the content of the peace talks between Song and Liao at the end of August had already reached Western Xia. At this time, in Xingqing Prefecture, in Yuanhao's palace, it was snowing heavily outside, and Li Yuanhao's mood was as cold as the snow outside.
He was cruel and bloodthirsty. In the past year, he even killed several servants out of anger, and even Zhang Yuan was almost killed by him.
Because there were rumors in the Song army that Zhang Yuan was an undercover agent sent by them.
Although such a simple counter-espionage plan may not necessarily work, many times, those in power would rather believe it than not.
Wasn't Lian Po replaced by such a despicable counter-espionage plot?
So at that time Li Yuanhao really wanted to kill Zhang Yuan.
Fortunately, Zhang Yuan was eloquent and aware of Li Yuanhao's murderous intention. He quickly expressed his loyalty to Li Yuanhao and said that this was a counter-espionage plan of the Song army and asked Li Yuanhao not to be fooled. This extinguished Li Yuanhao's intention to kill him.
In history, Li Yuanhao fell into a counter-espionage plot and killed two generals, Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong. This was a carefully planned and orchestrated plan by Zhong Shiheng.
In addition, Yuan Hao had won several great victories at that time and had the upper hand in the war against the State of Song, which made the two generals less important to him. When he became suspicious of the two generals, he naturally fell into the trap.
But now he has suffered two devastating defeats, and people are in a state of panic. It is obviously inappropriate to kill more people.
Moreover, the Song army did not make any arrangements for Zhang Yuan's counter-espionage plan. It was purely a joke by the border troops, saying that Zhang Yuan brought Li Yuanhao to attack, causing Li Yuanhao to lose many soldiers and generals, and that he was their undercover agent.
Therefore, Li Yuanhao was not so foolish as to kill a talented military advisor based on rumors without any evidence.
After calming down, Li Yuanhao immediately comforted Zhang Yuan.
Today the royal palace is holding a meeting.
Li Yuanhao was with several important ministers.
The charcoal fire in the house was lit, and through the window next to it, you could see snowflakes flying in the air.
He was wearing a thick fur coat, which kept him warm, but his face looked very grim. He looked around and sighed, "Everyone, where is Daxia going?"
Zhang Yuan's face was heavy. He actually knew the current situation. Xixia could only return to its previous situation of being a vassal of Liao and Song so as not to offend either side.
However, as a "failed scholar", a legendary profession that has produced many heroes both in ancient and modern times, Zhang Yuan's self-esteem told him that he wanted to take revenge on the Song Dynasty and must never let Western Xia submit to the Song Dynasty as before.
So he chose to remain silent.
However, another minister and advisor, Yang Shousu, had no such concerns. He advised Li Yuanhao, "Your Majesty, even the powerful Liao was defeated by the Song army's firearms. This is enough to prove that the defeat of Daxia was not due to the war. We should take a long-term view."
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