"See Your Majesty."

"Everyone is safe."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Maybe it was because it was too early, Huizong didn't seem to have had enough sleep, and his face was obviously tired.

Hua Ju also felt strange, who ordered the meeting to be held so early, making it look like an illegal gathering that could not see the light of day.

"Do all the ministers have the ability to join forces?" Huizong asked.

Wang Fu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Tong Guan has been removed from his post and the post of Privy Councilor is vacant. A new person should be appointed as soon as possible to prevent major military affairs from being left unattended and delaying national affairs."

Huizong thought for a moment and felt that this was indeed the case. He looked at the other courtiers and asked, "Who do you think is suitable for this position?"

"Your Majesty, Liang Shicheng and Lieutenant Liang are mature and careful in handling affairs, so he can take on the role." Wang Fu said.

"I object."

Shi Song stood up and said: "The Privy Councilor is the highest military official in the Song Dynasty. He has a heavy responsibility and should be held by someone who understands military affairs. Liang Taiwei has never held a military official position and has no understanding of military affairs. It is not suitable to serve as the Privy Councilor."

Shi Song knew very well what Liang Shicheng was. He was a traitor who was no worse than Tong Guan. He took corruption and bribes, framed loyal people, deceived superiors and deceived inferiors, sold his official position and committed all kinds of evil.

Moreover, Tong Guan had followed Li Xian for a few years and knew some military things.

And Liang Shicheng was not only a layman in this regard, but also did not even have a certain degree of literary talent. If he was allowed to serve as the Privy Councilor, the Song Dynasty's army would be completely destroyed.

Wang Fu turned to look at Shi Song and said: "Since this dynasty, most of the people who have served as privy envoys have been civil servants. Not all of them have military talents. If they can take on the role, why can't Lieutenant Liang?"

Shi Song said: "In the past, the world was peaceful, and it was okay to take the position without military capabilities. But now there are bandits and grass bandits causing chaos inside, and the Liao Kingdom and Xixia are causing trouble outside. Therefore, it is necessary for people who know military skills to take up the post. Only in this way can they assist Your Majesty in quelling the chaos, fending off the enemy, and maintaining stability."

The world."

Wang Fu said: "Then according to the words of Minister Shi, it is time for General Wu to serve as the privy envoy?"

Shi Song said: "You don't have to be a military commander, but you should at least understand military affairs."

Wang Fu sneered and said: "Shi Shangshu, you strongly oppose Liang Taiwei's appointment as Privy Councilor, and you strongly advocate that someone who understands military affairs should serve as Privy Councilor. Could it be that you want to be this Privy Councilor yourself?"

Shi Song said: "I know that my ability is limited and I am old, so I have never thought about becoming a Privy Councilor. However, as a courtier of the Song Dynasty, I have the responsibility to explain to His Majesty the importance of choosing a candidate to serve as Privy Councilor, so I decided to

Please give me some advice."

"It sounds nice, but I'm afraid that's not what I think in my heart." Wang Fu snorted and said.

Shi Song had a hot temper. How could he stand this? Besides, he dared to scold Cai Jing, and how could he care about Wang Fu? He immediately reprimanded: "Wang Fu, you are quite arrogant here. I have an open and selfless heart, which can be seen every day."

.But you, you have evil thoughts in your heart and you are talking about others. It is really a shame to the Song Dynasty to have a scoundrel like you in the court."

Wang Fu was named and scolded, and became angry in his heart. He retorted: "Old Shi, you old man who relies on his old age and sells his old age, don't just rely on your ancestors' merits to wantonly humiliate people in court. Let me tell you, others are afraid of you.

I, Wang Fu, am not afraid of you."

"You are not afraid of me. It is rare that I will be afraid of you."

Shi Song glared at Wang Fu and cursed angrily: "You are a treacherous and shameless villain. You have brought trouble to the court and caused countless people to become homeless. I wish I could kill you with a knife to eliminate harm to the people of the world."

"If you want to kill me, come on, come on. I'm right here. If you can, come and kill me. If you don't come, I'll be raised by the older girl."

Wang Fu was a shameless villain, and when it came to scolding Shi Song, he was his opponent. Moreover, he also wanted to anger Shi Song and make him lose his temper in front of Huizong so that Huizong could deal with him, so he deliberately scolded Shi Song in a particularly unpleasant way.

"I kill you."

Shi Song was indeed irritated. He raised his fist and rushed towards Wang Fu. Sima Hong and Lu Zhengxin quickly hugged him and pulled him back.

"Let me go, I will beat this traitor to death."

"Old bastard, come on, come on, I'll let you fight.

Shi Song wanted to fight Wang Fu, but Wang Fu took the initiative to send him forward. The courtiers were divided into two groups. One group went to persuade Shi Song, and the other blocked Wang Fu from moving forward. There was a mess in Zichen Hall.

However, not all courtiers participated. Four people stood still, namely Hua Ju, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng.

Hua Ju glanced coldly at Cai Jing and Gao Qiu. They both had smiles on their faces, looking like they were gloating about their misfortune.

Although they are all traitors, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, etc. are in one group, and Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng are in another group.

The relationship between the two groups of traitors is very subtle. Sometimes they cooperate with each other for common interests, but sometimes they fight to the death for their own interests. But most of the time, Cai Jing's side wins. After all, Cai Jing's side is more powerful.

Now that Tong Guan was captured, Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng and their gang saw an opportunity, so they wanted to take the opportunity to seize the official position of Privy Councilor, so that they would have more capital to compete with Cai Jing and others in the court in the future.

But for the post of Privy Councilor, Cai Jing and Gao Qiu would not easily let anyone else take the position. They had already thought about the successor, so even if Shi Song did not stand up to oppose it, they would stand up.

However, since Shi Song stood up and objected first, they were naturally happy to stand aside and watch the fun.

Hua Ju then looked at Liang Shicheng again. The old thief was quite calm. He stood there with his eyes and nose looking at the ground, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

However, if you look closely, you can still find that his face is extremely ugly, and the blood vessels on his forehead are also bulging. He must be very angry in his heart, but this thief has good tolerance and does not show it.

Huizong was shaking with anger on the dragon chair and roared: "Have you had enough trouble? Stop it all."

In an instant, the whole hall fell silent. All the courtiers looked towards Huizong. Huizong said with a livid face: "Do you think this is a city and a village? You are actually fighting and making noise here. You still think of me as a widower."

Your Majesty?"

Everyone hurriedly knelt down and said, "I realize my mistake, please calm down your Majesty."

"Anyone who messes around again will be immediately dismissed from his post and exiled thousands of miles away."

After Huizong warned the ministers, he calmed down his anger a little and said: "Everyone, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the courtiers stood up and returned to their respective positions. Huizong looked at Cai Jing and asked, "Grand Master, what do you think of the Liang Qing family serving as privy envoys?"

Cai Jing slowly left the office, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I also think it is inappropriate for Lieutenant Liang to take the post."

Hearing Cai Jing's objection, Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng's expressions became gloomier, and their eyes were filled with hatred.

"Then who does the Grand Master think is suitable to serve?" Huizong asked.

Cai Jing said: "I know Chen Xianzhang, a Privy Council official. He has served in the Privy Council for many years. He is serious about his work and is very familiar with the affairs of the Privy Council. He can be the Privy Council envoy."

Tongzhi Privy Councilor, also known as the Magistrate, is the second-in-command of the Privy Council. Chen Xianzhang, a direct descendant of Cai Jing, serves as the official. He has always followed Cai Jing, so Cai Jing wants him to take over the Privy Council, so that in the future, the Privy Council will still be under his control.

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"Your Majesty, I think it is acceptable for Chen Xianzhang to serve as Tongzhi Privy Council, but he cannot take over as Privy Council envoy." Zhao Ding, the Zuo Jianyi doctor, came out and said.

"Chen Xianzhang is a member of the Privy Council with Tongzhi and is familiar with the affairs of the Privy Council. Why shouldn't he?" Cai Jing asked with a stern expression.

Zhao Ding said: "Although Chen Xianzhang is a member of the Privy Council of Tongzhi, as far as I know, he has never dealt with a single military matter in the Privy Council other than handling internal affairs. He said it nicely that he is a member of the Privy Council of Tongzhi.

The most unpleasant thing is that he is just a steward who helps Tong Guan with housekeeping matters. How can such a person serve as a privy envoy?"

Although they are both treacherous ministers from Cai Jing's line, Cai Jing does not completely trust Tong Guan. After all, Tong Guan is also a cunning person, and Cai Jing cannot guarantee whether he will betray him for his own future.

So he forced his confidant Chen Xianzhang to serve as Tongzhi Privy Councilor. In name, he was assisting Tong Guan in handling matters, but in reality, he was monitoring him.

Tong Guan was well aware of this, and although he did not show it, he excluded Chen Xianzhang from the core layer of the Privy Council and only allowed him to take care of the internal affairs of the Privy Council. He was never allowed to participate in major military affairs.

Although Cai Jing knew about it, he never mentioned it because he just wanted to keep an eye on Tong Guan. As for whether Chen Xianzhang had real power in the Privy Council, he didn't care.

Therefore, Chen Xianzhang, who is the second-in-command in the Privy Council, is actually the leader in charge of internal affairs.

"You're talking nonsense."

Chen Xianzhang was also standing in the hall. When Zhao Ding exposed his embarrassing situation in the Privy Council, he was ashamed and angry, and angrily said: "Zhao Ding, who told you that I only deal with internal affairs in the Privy Council?"

Zhao Ding glanced at him and said, "Does anyone else need to talk about this? Ask all the colleagues in the palace, who doesn't know about it?"

Chen Xianzhang blushed angrily and said, "Let me tell you, I have handled many major military affairs in the Privy Council. You can stop talking nonsense here."

"Oh, is it so?"

Zhao Ding asked meaningfully: "Excuse me, among the major military affairs handled by the Privy Council, which one was handled by you?"

"You, you, you - who do you think you are? Why should I tell you?" Chen Xianzhang became anxious and his words became rude.

"I'm not qualified to know, what about Your Majesty?"

Zhao Ding smiled calmly and said: "Now we are selecting candidates for the Privy Council. Since Grand Master Cai recommends you, you must let His Majesty know your abilities. Otherwise, how can you make His Majesty believe you by saying this out of thin air?"

"Yes, for such an important position, of course you have to choose the right person. You can't just let a person who does chores fill the position." Dr. Lu Xiuping, the right advisor, agreed.

"You, you, you—"

Chen Xianzhang was speechless and was so anxious that he stammered when speaking.

Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng were secretly happy and thought: "Cai Jing, do you think that if you don't let our people sit in this position, you can successfully push your people up? It's not that easy. There is opposition from the court.

You have many more people than those who oppose us, so we want to see how you deal with it."

"Your Majesty, Zhao Ding's words are completely random and nonsense. They cannot be trusted."

Cai Jing saw that Chen Xianzhang could not cope with it, so he had to take action himself again and said to Huizong: "Chen Xianzhang has participated in the handling of most military affairs in the Privy Council over the years, and has proposed solutions to some difficult military affairs. Therefore, the veteran thinks that he is

The perfect candidate to succeed the Privy Councilor."

After hearing this, Huizong thought for a moment, looked at Hua Ju and asked, "Wenshan, what do you think?"

Hua Ju stood up and said: "The appointment of the privy envoy is a major matter and should be done with great caution instead of proposing candidates. If you want to appoint someone, you should give your Majesty and all the courtiers time to consider it. Besides, Taiwei Su has not come back yet, and Tong Guan's case has not yet come back.

The case has not yet been settled, so it is not appropriate to appoint another privy envoy in a hurry at this time. In my opinion, it is better to wait for Su Taiwei to bring the person back and completely settle the Tong Guan case before appointing him. Your Majesty can also use this time to carefully

Consider who is more suitable to take over as Privy Councilor."

The question of who would take over as Privy Councilor came so quickly that Hua Ju did not expect it at all, so he needed time to consider who would be suitable to take over.
Chapter completed!