Cao Yong fell! Li Zhang had guessed that one of Wang Zeng and Cao Yong would be in trouble, but he didn't expect that Cao Yong fell so quickly. Just two months after the fight, Cao Yong was suddenly removed from his post as Privy Councilor and waited for the next disposal at home.

Speaking of the reason for Cao Yi's fall, not only Li Zhang did not expect it, but almost everyone did not expect it, because Cao Yi's fall was not because he made a mistake, but because his nephew made a mistake. Of course, with Cao Yi's identity, generally speaking, even if his nephew made a mistake, it would not be implicated in him, but this matter was too serious.

Cao Yong had a nephew named Cao Ne who served as the custody of the military in Zhaozhou. Because Cao Yong behind him was such a big backer, no one dared to provoke Cao Ne in Zhaozhou. It can be said that he was the local emperor of Zhaozhou. He usually took advantage of his tricks and did a lot of evil things.

Originally, Cao Ne was doing a good local emperor, but nothing happened, but people were not satisfied with their hearts. After Cao Ne got drunk, he actually had a whim and asked someone to take a yellow robe and put it on his body, and asked the people around him to shout "Long live". Except for not having a real rebellion, it can be said that he did everything Zhao Kuangyin did in Chenqiao back then.

As the saying goes, you will not die if you don’t commit suicide. Cao Ne thought that he was in Zhaozhou, and the emperor was far away, so no one would know about doing something extraordinary. But there was a commoner named Zhao Desong who had been bullied by him. After this man learned about Cao Ne’s yellow robe, he actually went to the capital to file a lawsuit and beat the Dengwen drum. Li Zhang also beat the drum and sued Kaifeng Prefecture.

Although Dengwengu can sue the imperial court, Dengwenguyuan is controlled by a group of eunuchs, who have the power to screen for the reported matters. If these eunuchs do not report this matter for other reasons, it will be difficult for those who sue the imperial court to be able to be promoted even if the Dengwengu behaves.

However, the eunuchs were very active in reporting the incident of Zhao Desong's complaint to Cao Ne. They blamed Cao Yong for being too ignorant of human nature. When he was a guard in the palace, he was very flattering to the eunuchs and said "a noble man" at all. However, after he became famous, he was very despised by the eunuchs. Although eunuchs were indeed unpopular, ordinary officials also maintained superficial respect for them. After all, eunuchs were people around the emperor, and it was not easy for officials to offend them too much.

But Cao Yong was different. After his hairline, he not only despised the eunuch, but also showed it on his face. He had no good expression when he saw the eunuch. Once, Luo Chongxun, who was beside Liu E, made a mistake. Liu E asked Cao Yong to criticize her for her. As a result, Cao Yong was so good that he actually pulled Luo Chongxun to the street where people came and went, and asked him to take off his official uniform and hat and kneel on the ground. Then he scolded him for more than an hour. You must know that Luo Chongxun is the head of the eunuch in the palace. How could he have suffered such anger in normal times?

It is precisely because of the above incident that Cao Yong and Luo Chongxun also formed a great feud. After learning about Cao Yong's nephew, Luo Chongxun actually asked Liu E to go to Zhaozhou for investigation. After the investigation, Cao Ne was beaten to death by sticks. As for Cao Yong, he had to wait for the next step of the court to defeat him. However, Cao Yong had offended too many people before, and this time the wall fell and everyone pushed him. It was estimated that the end would be very miserable.

Cao Yong's experience reminded Li Zhang. When the Chanyuan Alliance was in the first place, no one in the court dared to go to the Liao Kingdom to discuss, but Cao used his courage to go there. Although the Chanyuan Alliance was a bit humiliated to the Song Dynasty, it was exchanged for more than 30 years of peace. Unfortunately, Cao Yong was arrogant because of his merits and ended up in such a fate. This made Li Zhang secretly alert and must not become the second Cao Yong in the future.

With Cao Yong's fall, Wang Zeng should have been proud, but in contrast to the facts, Wang Zeng was not proud, but became more careful. Especially after Li Zhang's reminder, he knew that he was only half a step away from following Cao Yong's footsteps. Fortunately, he immediately stopped all movements, but Cao Yong kept moving. Therefore, Cao Yong's fall was implicated by Cao Ne on the surface, but in fact he was seeking death by himself.

It was precisely because he knew Liu E's bottom line that Wang Zeng was more careful. He had been able to survive for many years before he finally reached the position of prime minister, so he naturally didn't want to lose it easily. What's more, he had another more important task, that is, with him and Lu Zongdao in the court watching, Liu E at least did not dare to move around.

However, before the treatment of Cao Yi was completed, another incident happened in the court, that is, in order to curry favor with Liu E, an official suddenly wrote a letter to request the construction of seven temples for Liu Family. The so-called seven temples are only qualified to be built in the world, namely, San Zhao San Mu and Taizu, but Liu E was just the empress dowager rather than the emperor, and was not qualified to be built in seven temples at all.

Originally, Liu E could have thrown away such memorials that were flattering and flattering, but her attitude seemed a little ambiguous. She actually took out the memorials in public in the court and asked the ministers for their opinions, which made many ministers a little at a loss. Finally, Lu Zongdao shouted loudly: "If Liu built seven temples, what should the emperor do in the future?"

With the lead of Lu Zongdao, many ministers below also opposed it, but this made Liu E very angry. She immediately shook her sleeves and left the hall. When this incident came out, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh. Liu E's ambition finally couldn't help but feel a little suppressed. She probably never thought about what Zhao Zhen would think after he knew about this.

Li Zhang immediately entered the palace. Sure enough, when he saw Zhao Zhen, the other party was drinking, which made Li Zhang helplessly step forward and said, "Do you remember what I said before?"

"Remember, cousin, don't worry. I just couldn't think about it for a moment and wanted to get myself drunk." Zhao Zhen raised his wine glass and said, looking at his red cheeks, he probably had drunk a lot of wine before Li Zhang came.

"I'll accompany you!" Li Zhang knew that Zhao Zhen was unhappy, so he sat opposite him and poured himself a glass of wine, then touched Zhao Zhen's glass, and the two of them drank it all in one go.

Li Zhang had said everything he should say before, and Zhao Zhen knew that he could only wait patiently now. He had to accept whatever Liu E did, so the two of them said nothing next, just drank one cup after another. In the end, Zhao Zhen was the first to fall down, and Li Zhang's alcohol tolerance was not good, so he soon fell down the second time.
Chapter completed!