The Heavens: From Knowing Whether You Rule the World

Chapter 76: Young Master, it’s not your turn to sit in the cabinet chair!

Qi Heng was a pawn of the Queen Mother's party. Although Zhao Zongquan was surprised at the speed of his promotion, he did not interfere much.

If a man of letters' reputation does not match his power, he is doomed to suffer backlash.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

Qi Heng's matter was finalized, and Zhao Zongquan looked at the crowd again.

Hmm... I also glanced at the Queen Mother implicitly.

"Your Highness Han Zhang is reporting this."

Han Zhang stood still, his aura natural and unrestrained, the power and authority of the prime minister was evident at a glance.

"Please speak, my lord."

"Your Majesty, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and now the hearts of the people have returned. It would be better for you to withdraw the curtain and return the government to protect your Majesty's reputation, and make it a good story for all ages!"

Han Zhang had nothing to fear and went straight to the point of returning power to the government.

As the head of all officials, if a falling out really came, he would dare to confront the emperor. He would not be afraid of a mere empress dowager, not to mention that his disciple was the nephew of the new emperor. There was no reason for him to hesitate. It went without saying which side he would side with.

During this period, there were more and more calls for the Empress Dowager to withdraw from power and return power to the throne, and many cabinet ministers had consulted the Empress Dowager about this matter.

Even a cabinet minister who was in favor of the empress dowager hoped that she would withdraw from power and return power to her.

It is good for the Queen Mother to rule the country from behind the scenes, but it is destined not to last long.

Instead of doing this, it is better to end this matter before the relationship deteriorates completely.

This is the general trend and what everyone expects.

"I... The late emperor regarded you as a loyal minister, yet you slandered him like this. When will I withdraw from the throne and return to power? I have my own plans. It's not your turn to interfere."

Empress Dowager Cao looked a little unnatural.

Han Zhang did not back down, and immediately said: "Madam, do you know what the surname of the emperor after Wu Meiniang is?"

Han Zhang stopped talking after he finished speaking. He thought that what he said was fair and worthy of the kindness of the late emperor.

The Queen Mother was in power, but she did not have the power and prestige of Empress Lü of the Han Dynasty, nor the ruthless tactics of Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty. She was destined not to win.

No matter how much the empress dowager and the emperor fight, the final winner will definitely be the emperor's side.

The Queen Mother will grow old, but the Emperor has children. Even if the Queen Mother wins over the Emperor, she may not win over the King Huan; even if she wins over the King Huan, she may not win over the Crown Prince.
Of course, if the Queen Mother appoints the new emperor as regent, that would be another matter.

But even if a new emperor is appointed as regent, the empress dowager will definitely not have a good end.

Without blood relationship, something bad will happen to the regency.

What's more, with him as the head of all officials, the Queen Mother was destined to be unable to achieve that.

In this kind of situation, the Queen Mother's side is destined to only have great power for a while, but will not be the ultimate winner.

And before the relationship between the two sides really deteriorated, if the empress dowager took the initiative to hand over power, the new emperor would definitely treat the empress dowager well in order to show the legitimacy of his position.

In this way, and in a special transition period, it can become a story that will be passed down through the ages.

Han Zhang looked at the curtain behind the throne and bowed deeply.

"You old thing, is it your turn to control me?"

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, and anger filled the court.

Most of the Empress Dowager's party were censors, and they jumped out one after another immediately.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is overbearing and should be demoted!"

"Han Zhang is irritable and should be demoted!"

"The Prime Minister is a flatterer and should be demoted to the governor of Hangzhou!"

Han Zhang didn't say anything. Chu Hong shook his head speechlessly. Oh, he was demoted to the governor of Hangzhou.

You don't have enough confidence to say this, do you?

Which prime minister was impeached and demoted for no reason?

Which cabinet minister was not demoted because of losing in party struggles or violating taboos?

Besides, these little Karami,
At the instruction of Chu Hong, Zheng Bin, the Imperial Counselor, joined forces with several Korean censors to "speak up for justice" and enjoyed the fight to the utmost.

Zhao Zongquan exchanged glances with Chu Hong implicitly, and immediately slapped the throne fiercely.

"That's enough! How can one of them be so emotionally unstable? They are all important officials in the court, not shrews who curse in the street!"

Queen Mother Cao snorted again. This is really an indirect attack!
Qi Heng, who had been standing in the middle, took a step forward and looked at the ministers. "In the beginning, it was to stabilize the government that the Empress Dowager ruled from behind the curtain. However, now there are many remnants of the rebel king's party, how can we talk about the stability of the government? How can Han, the great minister, be a loyal minister if he forces the emperor to abdicate like this?"

In Qi Heng's opinion, such things as forcing the emperor to abdicate were simply treasonous.

Chu Hong shook his head in disdain. The Prime Minister proposed to withdraw the curtain and return power to the emperor, but the emperor angrily rebuked him and cursed him implicitly.

Although this was not a real fight, it was just daily verbal communication.

But this is the level of the situation. If it were someone else, who would dare to ask the empress dowager to withdraw the curtain and return power in front of all the ministers and speak out this matter bluntly?

You are a minor official of the sixth or seventh rank. It's ok for you to rely on the favor of the empress dowager to mix with a few imperial censors, but how can you force your way into the peak competition?
If the teacher doesn't speak, the students will naturally speak.

"Why do you say that, Imperial Censor? Since ancient times, the emperor has ruled the world for the greater good, and the prime minister is just speaking for justice, and is a loyal minister."

"Master Chu, Han Zhang is your teacher. Are you ignoring etiquette and laws by defending him like this?"

Qi Heng immediately disagreed and looked like he was ready to argue.

Chu Hong raised his eyebrows slightly. Do you think you can call Han Zhang?
Etiquette, do you believe that I can recite it backwards?

Also, why do you look like you are ready to argue and eager to try?

Since you want to refute it so much, then let me let you try the level of the Cabinet Peak Competition!
Chu Hong immediately looked at Qi Heng meaningfully, "Shi Yushi, even if you impeached me and my teacher and demoted us to commoners, you will not be able to sit in the cabinet chair!"

The implication is, of course, that there is no need to work so hard.

Qi Heng's face changed immediately. He wanted to argue but didn't know where to start, and his face became more and more uglier.

Everyone smiled when they saw this.

"Ha ha!"

"What the elder said makes sense!"

"Haha, young master, you should investigate the rebel king's gang!"

Many people shook their heads slightly. The young master was too young and obviously not at the same level.

Although it was a bit sad, the fact was that Lord Chu had easily controlled the young master with just one sentence.

Many officials from the Queen Mother's Party also shook their heads and said, "Just be a good pawn, why do you need to get involved in the peak competition?"
This sentence has been taken seriously, what’s the point?

Back then, when Lord Chu was still a junior Lord, he was so powerful that even the old foxes like the Grand Secretaries of the Cabinet would collapse.

You are a person without any experience at all, and you have no experience in political struggles. If you just go up there like that, won't you just get beaten for nothing?
The Duke of Qi, dressed in a purple robe, looked at his son who was obviously stunned. He felt anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

Qi Heng's face flushed and he looked at Lord Chu who was wearing a purple robe.

He wanted to refute several times, but he didn't know how to refute, and the situation became more and more awkward.

After a moment, Qi Heng saw his old father's gesture, bowed slightly and stepped back.

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I've been quite busy these past two days. But I'll be back home tomorrow.

It would be better to start adding it the day after tomorrow!
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(End of this chapter)