The Song Dynasty was really strange. Although it was very weak in military terms, it could defeat three battles and three times in the face of a small Dangxiang, but the ministers in the court all had a hot temper and would fight directly in the court at any time. It would be fine if they were ordinary low-level officials, but even the prime minister was like this.

When Wang Qinruo passed away, Wang Zeng finally succeeded in his position as he wished. As the saying goes, the new official took office, but no one expected that his fire would be so big that it not only burned on others' heads, but also on his own heads. When he got angry, he ignored it and fought with Privy Councilor Cao Yong.

Wang Zeng was a teenager younger than Cao Yong, and he should have the upper hand, but Cao Yong was a palace guard and had been a military general for many years. Although he had been pampering and lost all his skills in those days, his foundation was still there, so the two of them fought back and forth in the hall for several rounds, but they did not decide the outcome.

Originally, the other officials in the court wanted to fight, but they didn't know what was going on. In the end, they started fighting. The Secretariat behind Wang Zeng and the Privy Council behind Cao Yong were divided into two factions, and they fought directly in front of other officials. At that time, the court was in chaos, and even the eunuchs sent by Liu E to inquire could not squeeze in. Finally, they asked the eunuchs guarding the hall to find out the reason.

"Just because of the queuing problem?" In Jingfu Palace, Li Zhang looked at Zhao Zhen with an incredible look on his face. After hearing that Wang Zeng and Cao were fighting, he immediately came to ask Zhao Zhen for information. When he heard the cause of the fight, he was a little unbelievable. The two prime ministers would fight over trivial matters like queuing?

"This matter doesn't seem to be big, but it actually has its own profound meaning. This not only affects the ranking of each prime minister, but also affects the status of the Secretariat and the Privy Council. In the past, Wang Qin... Wang Prime Minister did not care about these things, but it did not mean that the king had never cared about these things." Zhao Zhen also smiled bitterly at this time.

The prime minister system of the Song Dynasty was different from the previous dynasties. The three provinces and six ministries had almost disappeared, and the power of the prime minister was divided by the Secretariat, the Privy Council and the Three Divisions. The Secretariat manages government, the Privy Council and the Three Divisions manages wealth. The Secretariat's Department is also called the Zhengshi Hall, which is under the jurisdiction of the Secretariat. Pingzhangshi is actually the official position of the prime minister, which is the prime minister in a narrow sense. There are usually two, but these two people are also divided into primary and secondary, so they are called the righteous prime minister and secondary prime minister respectively.

The Privy Council is under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and generally has a deputy who is the Privy Councilor. As for the Third Division, it is under the charge of the Three Divisions, which is responsible for finance and is also known as the Prime Minister, Pingzhangshi, Privy Councilor, and the Three Divisions can actually be collectively called Prime Minister. In addition, because Pingzhangshi has too much power, it has also set up a deputy to the Prime Minister, which is used to divide the power of Pingzhangshi, and the Chief Political Affairs can barely be called Prime Minister.

There are so many prime ministers, so they must have a primary and secondary. Generally speaking, prime ministers are the head of all officials. After all, they hold administrative power, so according to regulations, the prime minister must be at the forefront when he goes to court.

However, during the period when Zhao Heng went to Liu E's rule from behind the curtain, the candidates for prime ministers have been changing, including Wang Qinruo, Kou Zhun, Ding Wei, Li Di, Wang Zeng, Feng Zheng, etc., these people took turns to join the horse, resulting in no fixed leader when they went to court.

In contrast, the Privy Council was always under the control of Cao Yong. In addition, Liu E had just ruled the country from behind the curtain and needed support. So in order to bribe Cao Yong, she issued an order to make Cao Yong temporarily ranked first among all officials. Cao Yong not only had a high official position, but also had very old qualifications. During the Chanyuan alliance, it was the condition for him to go to the Liao camp to negotiate in person, so no one opposed it at that time. Even if Wang Qinruo re-asserted the prime minister later, he agreed that Cao Yong was ahead of him.

But if Wang Qin could not care about this matter, Wang Zeng refused to compromise. So after becoming prime minister, he saw Cao Yong walking ahead of him every time he went to court, and he was very angry, because he thought that this was not just a matter of sorting, but a matter of the status of the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council. So when he was in court today, he saw Cao Yong walking ahead of him again, but Wang Zeng actually pushed Cao Yong away. As a result, Cao Yong refused to give in, which led to this group fight.

"These people are really..." Li Zhang didn't know how to evaluate Wang Zeng and Cao Yu's performance in this matter for a moment, but he always felt that fighting between the two prime ministers was really insulting to be gentle. Especially Wang Zeng, who usually looked at people who were quite kind, but he didn't expect that he would have such a hot side.

"I want to say that the Grand Empress is still powerful. After such a big thing happened, the Grand Empress seemed to have never happened. She still asked the ministers to attend court normally. She did not mention this at all during the morning court. She just waited until the court was dispersed and asked the Privy Councilor Zhang Shixun to tell Cao Yong to follow the original rules next time he went to court. I guess Cao Yong would definitely be very dissatisfied." Zhao Zhen spoke again at this time.

"It's not just that I'm not convinced. How could Cao Yi such a proud person stand such idleness? I guess this matter will definitely not be over. Maybe it will cause them a big disaster in the future!" Li Zhang replied after hearing this in thought for a moment.

Cao Yong is not a soft persimmon. Since this old man made great contributions to the Chanyuan Alliance, he has quelled the Lingnan rebellion, which has promoted him to the Privy Councilor. Moreover, no matter how the direction of the court changes in recent years, he has served as the Privy Councilor as if he is firmly sitting on Mount Tai. This has also made him gradually become arrogant and domineering, looking down on others, and he also mentions the contributions he made in the Chanyuan Alliance from time to time, and is quite arrogant because of his merits.

"Cao Shumi is indeed a bit arrogant, but cousin, are you a little too old to say that this may cause them a disaster?" Zhao Zhen asked in surprise when he heard Li Zhang's words.

"Haha, this is not an exaggeration. Think about it, after the fight between the group, the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council have formed a straitor. The differences between the two governments will definitely become increasingly greater in the future. In addition, Wang Zeng and Cao use the dispute, they will definitely win over the ministers and accumulate power to give the other party a fatal blow. But what do you think this will lead to?" Li Zhang looked at Zhao Zhen with a smile at this time.
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