Cao Wei told his subordinates: "If I throw down the cattle and sheep, the Tubo army will not kill back and consume their physical strength. After all, they will be a hundred miles away! I ordered the Tubo army from afar to fight immediately. They will fight to the death with the fierce spirit that comes from the attack. The victory and defeat of both sides will be difficult to decide. Only by letting them rest a little after the marching, their legs and feet are paralyzed, and their spirits are lost, and they will start another war. Only by destroying them in one fell swoop."

When Cao Wei was appointed as the governor of Qinzhou, more than a dozen soldiers in Weizhou defected to Xixia. The guard came to report, and Cao Wei was playing chess with the guests, but there was no answer. The guard repeatedly said that, and Cao Wei angrily scolded: "They went on my order. Do you want to explain it again and again?" Xixia heard that he thought the surrendered soldiers were sent by Cao Wei to sneak attack the soldiers who surrendered and killed them all.

Later, because of the peace of the border, Cao Wei was transferred to the deputy Privy Council. He was in charge of the case and only asked about Huai Zheng's crimes and was unwilling to implicate others. Huai Zheng also stood up and admitted that he did not mess with him. Cao Wei then reported the case and reported that only Huai Zheng was convicted. Ding Wei and others were disappointed and secretly told Empress Liu to build a prison.

It just so happened that Zhao Heng was in a little better condition, and Empress Liu was not convenient to act without permission, so she only encouraged Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng went to court and told the ministers in front of him, hoping to thoroughly investigate the prince's love. The ministers looked at each other, but no one dared to speak. Only Li Di stepped forward and knelt down and said, "How many sons do you have to do this? I dare to protect the prince and have no intention!"

After hearing this, Zhao Heng couldn't help but nodded, so he ordered Huaizheng to rectify the law and then retreated to the court. Ding Wei still refused to give up, and then he conspired with Empress Liu to inform Zhu Neng, Huaizheng, and forged the heavenly letter. Kou Zhun was demoted to Taichang Qing, and went to the prefect of Xiangzhou. He sent envoys to arrest Zhu Neng. After receiving the imperial edict, Kou Zhun secretly sighed: "It's a blessing to not encounter a major disaster. Ding Wei! Ding Wei! Can you enjoy wealth for a long time?"

Kou Zhun immediately packed his clothes and went to Xiangzhou. Unexpectedly, Zhu Neng actually resisted arrest and was surrounded by the government army. In the end, he committed suicide in panic. Kou Zhun was convicted and demoted to Sima of Daozhou. These edicts were all done by Empress Liu alone. After Zhao Heng recovered from illness, he said to his ministers: "Why haven't I seen Kou Zhun for a long time?" It seemed like a dream. The left and right told him that Kou Zhun had been convicted and demoted. Zhao Heng realized that it was Empress Liu who forged the edict, but he sighed.

After Ding Wei took power, he was very unhappy with Li Di. Li Di was born in the fourth year of Kaibao. His family first lived in Zhao County and later moved to Youzhou. His great-grandfather Li Zaiqin moved to Puzhou in order to avoid the wars of the Five Dynasties. Li Di was profound, steady and talented, and once brought his own articles to meet Liu Kai. Liu Kai thought he was a genius and gave him a "talent of public assistance".

In the second year of Jingde, Li Di passed the first grade of Jinshi, and was ranked first. After winning the first grade, Li Di was appointed as the chief supervisor and served as the chief judge of Xuzhou and Yanzhou. During the Fengshan period of Zhao Heng, Li Di was appointed as the chief judge of Yanzhou. Because of the improper transfer of the Jinshi of Kaifeng Prefecture, he was demoted to the surveillance of Haizhou. When Zhao Heng visited Bozhou, Li Di served as the left-behind judge.

Zhao Heng heard that the thieves in Bozhou were rampant, so he ordered Li Di to be the governor of Bozhou. Li Di openly and secretly investigated and found out the thieves' strongholds, sent warriors to capture him and behead him. After Li Di returned to Beijing, Li Lizun, the leader of Tubo in Hehuang area, and other forces were strong. Zhao Heng was worried about the situation in Guanzhong, so he summoned Li Di in Changchun Palace and promoted him to the right censor, a bachelor of Jixian Academy, and was aware of Yongxing Army. There were many idle people in Yongxing Army city who often committed rebellion and violated the law. Li Di submitted a memorial to capture the leader and

He was sent to the court and transferred to Shaanxi Capital Transportation Commissioner and entered Beijing as a Hanlin Bachelor.

Li Di once went home to visit his relatives on holiday, but suddenly received an imperial edict from the court to ask about the Nei East Gate. Zhao Heng took out the annual income and expenditure of the court submitted by Ma Yuanfang, the three officials sent a letter to Li Di to show it. At this time, insect disasters and droughts occurred every year. Zhao Heng asked what methods to use to remedy the losses. Li Di asked to take out the hidden warehouse to support the urgent needs of the country, so that taxes and taxes will be lenient, and the people will not feel tired.

Zhao Heng said, "I plan to let Li Shiheng replace Ma Yuanfang. After Li Shiheng takes office, I will lend millions of gold and silk to the three sects." Li Di said, "The emperor's property is not divided between inside and outside. I hope that Your Majesty will issue an edict to give gold and silk to the three sects to show Your Majesty's kindness. Why should I borrow it?" Zhao Heng was very happy. Li Di said, "When Your Majesty sealed Mount Tai in the east, he issued an imperial edict to not cut down trees wherever he passed, clear the roads, and use the post house or the prefecture's office as a palace, and just send people to modify and rest. He went to Fenzhou and Bozhou to work in civil and industrial labor, which was a hundred times more than in previous years. Nowadays, the disaster of insects and droughts is probably a decree to warn Your Majesty." Zhao Heng deeply agreed.

In the ninth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Li Lizun led more than 30,000 troops to invade Song. There were rumors at the border and the situation was tense. The border commander Cao Wei asked to increase his troops and strengthen defense, but Zhao Heng thought he was afraid and was ready to send someone to replace him and behead him. Li Dili and Cao Wei were brave and crafty, and he was a loyal minister and a good general. He would definitely win the border in the future. Zhao Heng gave up. In the same year, Cao Wei defeated Li Lizun's troops in the Battle of Sandu Valley.

In the second year of Tianxi, Zhao Heng made Zhao Zhen the crown prince. Kou Zhun was framed by Ding Wei and was dismissed from prime minister. Zhao Heng wanted to regard Li Di as prime minister, but Li Di refused to accept it. So Zhao Heng appointed Li Di as the Minister of Personnel and the Young Tutor of the Crown Prince, and was in the same position as the Minister of the Central Secretariat.

Many of the officials who arbitrarily arbitrarily were not allowed to be known to Li Di. Li Di said to his colleagues angrily: "I have been from a commoner to a prime minister. If I have something to serve the country, I am not afraid of death. How can the party attaches power and only care about myself?" So he paid attention to the observation and did not allow Ding Wei to act rashly. At this time, Chen Pengnian was dead, Wang Qinruo had been transferred from the outside, and Liu Chenggui also fell out of favor. Only Lin Te was among the five ghosts, and he was still in the court.

Ding Wei wanted to appoint Linte as the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor, but Li Di refused to agree. Ding Wei argued with him in displeasure. Li Di then went to the court to impeach him in person and reported: "Ding Wei was in charge of power and privately tying Linte, Qian Weiyan, and also with Cao Weiyan, and Feng Zheng was a clique to the court, disrupting the affairs of the court. Kou Zhun was upright and was exiled. He was unwilling to work with the treacherous ministers, so he was willing to dismiss his post and hand it over to the Censorate to correct it." This was too fierce and annoyed Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng actually ordered Hanlin scholar Liu Yun to draft an edict, ordering Li Di to govern Yunzhou and Ding Wei to govern Henan Prefecture. The next day Ding Wei entered the court to apologize, and Zhao Heng said, "As a minister, why are you fighting with Li Di?" Ding Wei knelt down and said, "How dare I argue! Li Di scolded me for no reason, and I have to defend myself. If you are forgiven by Your Majesty, I am willing to stay in the court." Zhao Hengxuan said, "You are indeed determined to be nothing else, so I don't want to stay in you." Ding Wei came out to thank him, and actually went to the oral edict himself, and went to the Central Secretariat to manage affairs. He also ordered Liu Yun to rewrite the edict.

Liu Yun replied, "The edict has been written, and it is not convenient to change it unless it is subject to a special order." Ding Wei summoned another scholar Yan Shu to give up, so he restored Ding Wei's position as the prime minister. After Liu Yun learned about it, he said with emotion: "Now that a traitor is in charge, how can I serve with him?" So he submitted a letter to request an outsider and was ordered to go to the governor of Luzhou.

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Soon, Zhao Heng issued an edict: "The military and national affairs that followed were awarded the imperial edict as before. The rest were entrusted to the Crown Prince, Prime Minister Shumi and others to entrust to implement the implementation." The Crown Prince could not resign, but he did not get permission, so he opened a Zishan Hall to discuss politics. The Crown Prince was only eleven years old at the time, so he made the genius smart. After all, he would not change things. After this edict, Empress Liu's power increased greatly. Ding Wei's arrogance became more arrogant, colluded with internal and external forces, and the situation became more dangerous.

The king was recalled to Bianjing and served as the chief political affairs. He remained silent and secretly spoke to Qian Wei: "The prince was young and could not be established without the central palace. If the central palace was not relied on the prince, people might not submit. As the central palace, if he could be favored by the prince, the prince would naturally be safe. If the prince was safe, would Liu have any worries?"

Qian Weiyan replied: "As the one who participates in politics, it is the national plan." He reported to Empress Liu at the moment. Empress Liu was also convinced. It turned out that Qian Weiyan was good at flattering and once married his sister to Liu Mei as his wife, so he was an indirect relative to Empress Liu. His report was easy to get the queen's confidant. Wang Zeng did not tell others, but only told Qian Weiyan.

After the fifth year of Tianxi, Zhao Heng changed his reign to Ganxing, and immigrated the world, and appointed Ding Yi as Duke of Jin, Feng Zheng as Duke of Wei, and Cao Yong as Duke of Han. On the Lantern Festival, Zhao Heng personally visited Donghuamen to watch the lanterns, which was very pleased. But he was extremely happy and sad.

Soon, Zhao Heng's old illness relapsed and did not heal for several days.

Zhao Heng hurriedly sent envoys to pray to the mountains and rivers, but his condition did not ease, but worsened. Soon, Zhao Heng knew that his time was approaching, so he ordered the crown prince Zhao Zhen to ascend the throne, and instructed Empress Liu: "The crown prince is young, Kou Zhun, Li Di and others can ask for a big deal." At this point, he could no longer speak and died suddenly. Zhao Heng reigned for twenty-six years, at the age of fifty-five.

Empress Liu summoned Ding Wei, Wang Zeng and others entered Zhidian Lu, and wrote a will. He said that the emperor's special order would be the queen to punish the important affairs of the military and national affairs, and assist the prince in the administration. Wang Zeng immediately drafted the poem, and added the word "quan" to the Queen's punishment of the military and national affairs. Ding Wei said: "The imperial edict in the central palace does not mean the meaning of "quan". How can the word "quan" be added!"

Wang Zeng said seriously: "Our dynasty has never heard of the story of no mother and queen behind the curtain. Because the emperor was young, he specially followed the power to deal with it. The prime minister and minister were responsible for the affairs of his own affairs. The ancestral system was originally a special license. The king was the current chief minister, how could Li Laodan? He was solemn and confused himself to the typical example?" Ding Wei was silent.

After the drafting of the edict was drafted, Ding Wei sent someone to the palace. Empress Liu had already known about them. Zhao Heng was inconvenient to change the proposal and issued the edict to China and abroad. The Secretariat and the Privy Council of the Central Secretariat was created by the Song Dynasty, and the court discussed it. I once asked the story of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager sat on the right side of the emperor and ruled the government behind the curtain.

Ding Wei said: "Now the emperor is young, everything must be handled by the empress dowager. He just let him teach the emperor to summon the ministers every month. When there is a major policy, the empress dowager summons the ministers and decide. If it is a minor matter, the guards will be sent to the ban and stamped and issued." Wang Zeng said furiously: "Where are the two palaces in different places, the eunuchs will hide their pearls?"

Ding Wei disagreed, and the ministers also agreed to the matter. However, Ding Wei secretly colluded with Lei Yungong, the eunuch in charge of the squad, and secretly asked the empress dowager for the imperial edict. The public dared not object, and Ding Wei was very proud. Fortunately, the king had a serious attitude and there was no other change inside and outside the palace.
Chapter completed!