Chapter 1001

"Brother, when you go there, the only one who can be called the leader among the old party is Su Dongpo..." When he said this, Zhu Guangting smashed his mouth, which was really a pleasure.

Although Su Dongpo was hated by the old party circle, the problem was that he was a well-known old party in the world. When Su Dongpo stood up and faced the reformists at the peak of his time, he was unceremonious.

At that time, Su Dongpo had become a pioneer of the old party. With his talent and knowledge, the three masters of the Su family, the Shu party, and Han Qi, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and other leaders of the old party all died, no one could do so.

Nowadays, only the old driver Liu Zhi can unite the old party bosses to compete with Su Dongpo to be evenly matched. As for the others, haha...

Therefore, if Su Dongpo returns strongly, then if Emperor Zhao Xu wants to keep him in the court for a long time, he must clear the obstacles for him, and Liu Zhi, the right prime minister, is the target.

And Liu Zhili, the empty right prime minister was handed over to Su Dongpo, which was naturally not a bad wait.

At this moment, the wine was warmed by the stove, and the food was served on the table. After Liu Zhi drained a few glasses of wine one after another, he sniffed a long sip of the wine.

"It seems that if I don't want to go, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction between Your Majesty and the Empress. If this is the case, it would be better to retire and return home like you, my brother."

After hearing Liu Zhi's words, Zhu Guangting was shocked and quickly persuaded him repeatedly.

"No, absolutely not, brother, your Majesty is unpredictable now. My old party is in panic in the court, and the new party is eyeing you. If you leave your post, if something happens in the court in the future, then will our efforts over the years be gone? "

"What's more, with my brother Tai's talent, I went to Shaanxi Road. Although the six prefectures on Shaanxi North Road are not within your control, I just avoided the opportunity to have a conflict with the boy Wang Yang and Wang Wushan. Without that elbow on Shaanxi North Road, there is still a lot of potential..."

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After Zhu Guangting's patient persuasion, Liu Zhi's mood finally improved a lot. As a result, there is no big war on Shaanxi Road, and it is also a contribution to developing the economy with peace of mind.

Gao Taotao must have realized this time before, so he talked with himself about the people's livelihood economy and road traffic on Shaanxi Road.

If all these can be managed well, it will naturally be a great achievement. After all, Xixia has been hit hard and its control over the Western Regions is already very weak. In this way, if the Silk Road is open, then Shaanxi Road will inevitably benefit greatly.

Another reason is, what can Su Dongpo return to the court? Although Su Dongpo's posture is majestic, all the officials in the court have always been incompatible with him.

Even if he is not in the court, would it be that those ministers who have always been unhappy with this old driver Su who is at the map cannon level will be bewitched by him?

I am afraid that I don’t need to stay there on Shaanxi Road for too long. If Su Dongpo caused chaos in the court, at that time, the Empress Dowager and His Majesty would naturally think of themselves. When they return at that time, they would naturally be what everyone expected to return.

Liu Zhi, who had let go of his worries, was in a good mood and had a safe meal and drink with Zhu Guangting. He was half drunk and then said goodbye.

The next day, at the morning court meeting, Liu Zhi finally stepped out of the crowd, stood under the imperial stairs, and took out the memorial he wrote himself.

Without the instruction of Emperor Zhao Xu, the Ma Shang and Ma Eunuch Ma walked over and took the memorial from Liu Zhi with both hands and presented it to Emperor Zhao Xu.

Liu Zhi had been observing the change of the expression of the emperor Zhao Xu from the corner of his eyes. Sure enough, when the emperor Zhao Xu saw the contents of the memorial clearly, he showed a relieved expression. It seemed that he was as different as he and Zhu Guangting guessed.

The reason why Emperor Zhao Xu was so ruthless that he kept rejecting the candidate was to wait for his old boss to take the initiative to stand up and give up his position.

"This, Liu Qing, this is not appropriate..." However, even though he was very happy, Zhao Xu suppressed the smile that was almost floating on his face, deliberately put on a very embarrassed expression, and looked at Liu Zhi.

"Your Majesty is such a bad word. The old minister is a minister of the Song Dynasty. It is a matter of duty to serve the court. Now that Su Xueshi has been through war for a long time, he is exhausted. He should leave the border area and return to Beijing to report his duties..."

With the answer between Liu Zhi and the emperor Zhao Xu, a huge uproar soon caused in the court. Most of the officials and workers did not expect that the right prime minister and the old leader of the dynasty would take the initiative to ask the emperor to serve on Shaanxi Road.

The ministers were discussing privately, and several ministers even stood up to express their opposition. Unfortunately, Liu Zhi took the initiative to repel the train without waiting for the emperor to deal with them.

In the end, the emperor did not agree on the spot, but wanted to consider it. When the court meeting dispersed, a group of old party officials could not wait to rush to Liu Zhi and asked the old driver why he left at this time.

"Everyone, please be quiet. This is the court for discussion. Don't make a noise or arguing." Liu Zhi said helplessly.

After his yell, the noise gradually subsided. However, the old party officials were still dissatisfied.

"Xiang Liu, how could you do this? Now in the court, you need to be the leader of someone like you who is expected to be. But you asked to leave the court, this, this..."

"That's right, did you encounter something that you have such an idea? Please tell me that Liu Xiang clearly that we are willing to go through fire and water for Liu Xiang..."

"Everyone, I appreciate your kindness. I just mentioned asking Mr. Su to return to the court for several months. Now, the candidates in the court cannot be decided. After all, even though the war on Shaanxi Road has stopped, all the waste will be prosperous. We must choose one to be good at government affairs and can still..."

Liu Zhi stood there and explained with great thoughts why he submitted this memorial and recommended himself to leave the court.

At the back door of the hall, after listening for a long time, the emperor Zhao Xu showed a look of satisfaction on his face. "It seems that the emperor's grandmother has a solution, and Liu Zhi is quite tactful. At least in this way, no ministers will count this matter on my head."

Ma Shang stood respectfully and had long been accustomed to the frequent words of Emperor Zhao Xu to himself.

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The eloquent Liu Zhi still convinced the old party ministers. As for the new party, it was naturally the best for the old party to get out of the court, and he was happy to agree.

However, Emperor Zhao Xu considers that it is the cold winter now, it would be too inhumane to let Liu Zhi brave the wind, snow and cold to go to Shaanxi at this time.

Moreover, after the beginning of spring, the migration work of the Xiang army will begin. It is better to continue to let Su Dongpo arrange everything first.

So after discussing with Liu Zhi, it was decided that Liu Zhi would leave Beijing and go to Shaanxi after spring blooms in mid-February next year. After all, there are still many major things to be done this winter.

For example, on New Year's Day, the major tasks of honoring Concubine Zhu as her biological mother, Empress Dowager Xiang as her legitimate mother, Empress Dowager Xiang as her legitimate mother, Empress Dowager.

Su Dongpo naturally received news from the court. He could stay for a while and not have to rush through the wind and snow in such a cold winter, so he would naturally be happy to be idle.
Chapter completed!