When Wang Qinruo entered the court in the past, he would prepare several memorials with different contents, and then according to Zhao Heng's intention, he would take out memorials that match Zhao Heng's intentions, and hide the others in his arms and bring them back. The Privy Councilor Ma Zhijie has always hated Wang Qinruo, and once said to Wang Qinruo in front of Zhao Heng: "Why don't you take out other memorials in your arms to read?" Wang Qinruo was naturally shocked and said that Ma Zhijie had accused him, and Ma Zhijie was also unyielding in resistance. The two of them had a rift and often quarreled in front of Zhao Heng.

Ma Zhijie, whose courtesy name was Ziyuan, was a native of Ji County, Youzhou and the son of Ma Quanyi, the defense envoy of Jiangzhou. When Ma Zhijie was eight years old, Ma Quanyi died of illness. Ma Zhijie was lonely since childhood. Later, he was appointed as a vocational official because of his father's kindness and was given the name Zhijie. When Ma Zhijie was eighteen, he was ordered to supervise the soldiers in Pengzhou. He strictly monitored the soldiers, and everyone respected him as if they were afraid of veterans. Later, he supervised the soldiers in Tanzhou. At that time, He Chengju was appointed as the custodian and rectified the administration with elegance. Ma Zhijie admired He Chengju's affairs and began to study.

During the Yongxi period, Ma Zhijie served as the supervisor of Bozhou. In the third year of Yongxi, the Liao army invaded a large-scale invasion and defeated the Song army in the Battle of Junziguan. Before that, Ma Zhijie repaired the city and repaired combat equipment and stored food and grass. The officials and the people thought he was useless. Soon, the Liao army arrived, and because Ma Zhijie was prepared, he had to avoid it and leave.

The court was going to dispatch the people of the thirteen prefectures in Henan to transport food and wages. Fan Zhigu, the Hebei Transport Author, happened to go to Dingyuan Army to discuss the matter. Ma Zhijie said: "There are fewer troops and a lot of millet. You can get 670% of the tenths of the rotten millet." Fan Zhigu agreed and indeed obtained 500,000 hu of millet and distributed it to the army stationed in various places, saving Henan's labor service. At that time, the people entered the city to avoid the enemy. Some soldiers took the opportunity to steal women's jewelry, and the guards just whipped it away. Ma Zhijie said: "The people came to avoid external troubles and suffered the disaster of internal enemies. This would be forgiven. So how can we punish other soldiers who violated discipline?" These soldiers were immediately executed.

When Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun and others rebelled in Qingcheng, Zhao Guangyi ordered Ma Zhijie to fight with the eunuch Wang Jien. Wang Jien relied on his power and acted with will. He hated Ma Zhijie's unwillingness to rely on himself, so he sent him to defend Pengzhou and only handed him over 300 weak soldiers. Ma Zhijie repeatedly requested the increase of troops, but he did not get permission. Li Shun led more than 100,000 people to attack Pengzhou. Ma Zhijie led his troops from early morning to dusk, and most of the soldiers died. He sighed with emotion and said, "Diet at the hands of thieves, not warriors." Then he broke out with a spear.

As the sky was dawn, reinforcements came, and he shouted to enter the city again, and the enemy retreated. After hearing this, Zhao Guangyi sighed and said, "There are many thieves and I am few, and Ma Zhijie is not easy to resist." So he was appointed as Yi, the inspector of the Jiuzhou Metropolitan City of Han, and was promoted to the Neiyuan Envoy. It happened that Liu Qi, the general of Han Jingyou, forced the officers and soldiers to cause chaos and successively captured prefectures and counties, with more than 2,000 people. Ma Zhijie led 300 troops to chase Shuzhou and fought with him. Liu Qi fled to Qiongzhou.

Ma Zhijie said: "If the thieves break through Qiongzhou, they will definitely cross the river and force our army. If they wait until they rest, even if the official army is twice as big as the thieves, they will be exhausted to pursue it. It is better to take advantage of its difficulties and step up the attack, so that they will inevitably defeat it." So they set off. The official army stopped in Fangjing Town, encountered Liu Qi, and killed the thieves and no one survived.

In the early years of Xianping, he served as the governor of Qinzhou. Qinzhou once took more than 20 people from the Qiang chiefs' branch as hostages for more than 24 years. Ma Zhijie said: "The Qiang people are also humans, don't they want to go home?" He sent them all back.

The Qiang people were grateful, and since then, they no longer invaded the border. At that time, there was a silver mine in Qinzhou, and the minerals were exhausted in the past, but the tax amount was not abolished. The responsible officials went bankrupt and were not enough to repay the tax amount. Ma Zhijie asked the court to exempt the tax amount, and only after the three memorials were submitted, they were allowed.

Ma Zhijie was later promoted to the commander of Xishanghemen, and the commander of Yizhou and the transferee of the road. Since the Gande period, the grain transport materials in Shuzhou were transported every year, and more than 10,000 were often transported. At that time, the people of Fu people were responsible for shipping, and many people went bankrupt due to the sinking of the grain ship. Ma Zhijie requested to supervise the grain transport on behalf of the grain transport so that they could observe the on-site and assess the grain affairs. From then on, the people of Shu relied on to avoid disaster.

Later, Ma Zhijie moved to Yanzhou and Fuyan to station and deploy. The border enemy was about to arrive, and it happened to be Lantern Festival, so he ordered the lights to open the pass and have fun in several dinners. The enemy could not find out the details, so he retreated. As the political affairs of Cheng Dexuan of Zhenzhou were abolished, Zhao Heng transferred Ma Zhijie to take over. The imperial court ordered the transfer of the food of the six states of Wei to Dingwu. At that time, the army was fighting on the border. Ma Zhijie said: "The food is coming, this is funding theft." The ship was ordered to collect it at the local area, and the enemy fled without anything.

When Zhao Heng was in Chanyuan, the general Wang Chao had a large army stationed in Zhending and stayed there. Ma Zhijie transferred the letter to condemn him, but Wang Chao sent troops to do so, but he still used the excuse of crossing the river without a bridge. Ma Zhijie prepared the materials for crossing the river in advance, and completed it overnight. Wang Chao had to lead his army forward. Soon, he was awarded the envoy of the Eastern Shanghemen, and the Privy Council was promoted to the Minister of the Privy Council.

After the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, the world was safe and sound. The ministers said that Fu Rui Jixiang was not convinced. Ma Zhijie said, "Although the world is stable, you must not forget to fight and leave the troops." He stated that he was not old and could still be called in 507 years. If there were police in the border areas and were willing to participate in the operation, as long as he got the deputy commander's name and a few good horses, a team of light troops would be enough. Zhao Heng expressed his affirmation and ordered the manufacture of steel chain mail to give him.

Later, he was promoted to the Northern Court of Xuanhui and was also appointed as the Deputy Envoy of Privy Council. Ma Zhijie hated the Privy Councilor Wang Qinruo's character, and dared to speak out in a blunt manner when encountering things, and never refused to surrender. Every time he discussed matters in the court, he learned that Wang Qinruo was unfair, he would insult him in person.

When Ma Zhijie saw Wang Dan, he still said hatefully: "I originally wanted to kill this traitor with a scepter, but I was afraid of disturbing the emperor, so I dared not act rashly. If this thief does not go, the court will not have peace." Zhao Heng simply dismissed the two together because the two often argued. Wang Qinruo left the Privy Council, Ma Zhijie was transferred to Zhangde to the queen of his reign.

Because Wang Dan was dismissed from prime minister, Zhao Heng thought of Wang Qinruo, and still appointed him as the Privy Councilor, and served as the Tongpingzhang Office. Wang Qinruo had a short appearance and had a tumor on his neck. He was called the prime minister, but he said to others: "Because Wang Dan, I was ten years late as the prime minister." Wang Dan was even more regretful when he heard that Wang Qinruo became prime minister, and his condition worsened. Zhao Heng sent an envoy to ask, three or four times a day. Sometimes he asked in person and took medicine.

Wang Dan had no answer, only said that he had let down His Majesty's grace. When he was dying, he invited Yang Yi to the house and asked him to write a letter of confession, saying, "I am very sorry for being the prime minister. The letter of confession was suspended and recounted my life experiences. Thank you for your kindness. I asked the emperor to take good care of the common affairs and promote the virtuous and dismiss the slander. You can reduce your hard work and never seek official positions for your children. You have been my friend for many years, so I asked this matter."

Yang Yi wrote according to his intention and asked Wang Dan to read it himself. Wang Dan still changed a few sentences and summoned his children and others to instruct: "My family background is innocent, don't forget it! From now on, we must remain frugal and protect our family lintels together. I asked myself that there is no big mistake. It's just that the heavenly book is false.

, I cannot advise and obstruct, but I feel guilty. After death, I can cut my hair and black off my hair. I will be buried according to the monks and Taoists' rules. Maybe I can face my ancestral sacred." After saying that, I closed my eyes and died.

It turned out that Wang Dan's father, Qin Wang You, served as Taizu and Taizong, was a minister of the Ministry of War. He had accumulated virtue throughout his life. He once planted three locust trees in the courtyard and said that later descendants should be the three dukes, so Wang's family called Sanhuaitang. Wang Dan later became the prime minister and responded to this. Because Wang Dan had a will, his family wanted to obey immediately, but Yang Yi thought it was impossible. After hearing the news, Zhao Heng mourned at the time of mourning, posthumously awarded the title of Grand Secretary of the State of Wei, and was posthumously named Wen Zheng, and was suspended for three days.

Besides, after Wang Qinruo became prime minister, he made no achievements, but just worshiped gods and quoted treacherous people. Wang Zeng was also slandered by him and released the slander of the Heavenly Mansion. The following spring, rumors suddenly arose in Xijing, saying that a monster was like a hat, flying into someone's house at night, and then turned into a dog and wolf, often hurting people. The people were suddenly frightened, and closed their doors and lived in deep nights, holding weapons to defend themselves.

The rumors gradually spread to the capital, and the whole city was noisy until dawn. Zhao Heng issued an edict to offer a reward to catch monsters, which gradually spread to Nanjing. Wang Zeng ordered the door of the mansion to be opened at night. If someone dared to say something about the monster, he would immediately arrest and punish the crime. The monsters did not arrive in the end and the houses would be peaceful.

Seeing that the prince grew up and he often got sick, Zhao Heng made the prince Zhao Shouyi the crown prince, changed his name to Zhao Zhen, and pardoned the world. In October of that year, Zhang Zhibai, the deputy governor, was excluded by Wang Qinruo and served as Tianxiong Army. The following year, Zhu Neng, the inspector of Yongxing Army, secretly colluded with the eunuch Zhou Huaizheng, forged a heavenly book and placed it secretly on Ganyou Mountain.

At that time, Kou Zhun had just been appointed as the judge of Yongxing. Because Zhu Neng had never depended on him, Kou Zhun submitted a false letter to the treacherous ministers and said that the traitorous ministers were absurd and that Shengcong was sent to Shengcong. Knowing that Sun Shi of the Heyang Army, he also asked to behead Zhu Neng quickly to thank the world, but neither of the two memorials were answered, and instead summoned Kou Zhun back to the capital.

Kou Zhun returned immediately after the imperial edict, and a disciple persuaded him: "If the sir arrives in Heyang, he will say he will not go to the hospital and ask for an outsider. This is the best strategy. If he comes to the Hajjang, he will report to the letter of blessing heaven in person. He cannot take it seriously. This is the middle strategy. If he goes to the Central Secretariat again and falls into his will, he may be the worst strategy."

Kou Zhun disagreed and still went to court to see him. It happened that at this time, a Taoist priest Qiao Tianyi was caught in Shangzhou, claiming that he could drive away the gods of the Six Ding and Six Jia. Wang Qinruo was removed from his post because of his close contact with him. Kou Zhun was ordered to serve as the deputy governor and appointed Ding Wei as the political affairs officer. Kou Zhunsu had always had a good relationship with Ding Wei, and once said that Ding Wei was talented. Although he also knew that Ding Wei was a treacherous person, he still had some contact.

Kou Zhun and Xiang Minzhong were both awarded the right servants. Kou Zhun has always lived a luxurious life and has many guests. Kou Zhun usually likes to listen to songs, and after drinking and tea, he often asks singers to sing and relieve his worries. Once, a young singer came to the prime minister's house to sing. Kou Zhun saw her beautiful face and her singing voice was round. On a whim, he praised her with a piece of silk. Unexpectedly, the singer felt that she had little reward and looked unhappy.
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