Wen Yanbo said, "This method is still feasible when nothing happens. But now he has been fighting for many years, leading hundreds of thousands of troops. If he does not have the power to deal with these things, the power is not concentrated and the military law is not serious, how can he succeed?" Zhao Zhen thought he was justified and learned from his opinions.

At that time, Huang Dehe, the governor of Fuyan Road, had a conflict with Liu Ping, deputy general manager of Fuyan Road. After the Battle of Sanchuankou, Liu Ping and Deputy Fuyan Road, deployed Shi Yuansun to be defeated and captured. Huang Dehe, who escaped in the last battle, took the opportunity to falsely accuse Liu Ping of surrendering to Xixia and bribed Liu Ping's slaves with a gold belt, making him echo his statement, confirming that Liu Ping surrendered to the enemy. Liu Ping's family had more than 200 people, so he was tied up and imprisoned.

Zhao Zhen ordered Wen Yanbo to conduct a trial in Hezhong Prefecture. After careful examination, Wen Yanbo understood the truth of the matter. However, Huang Dehe had many accomplices and planned to overturn Wen Yanbo's trial conclusions, so he mobilized the court to send another censor to Hezhong to handle the case. Wen Yanbo refused to accept it and said, "The court was worried that the case would not be handled successfully, so he sent you here. Now that the case has been found, you should return to the court immediately. If there is any recurrence in this case, I, Wen Yanbo, would rather bear the responsibility." Huang Dehe and Liu Ping's slaves were finally rectified.

When Wen Yanbo was appointed as the deputy envoy of Hedong Transportation Bureau as the Zhishi Museum, the road to transport grain and wages in Linzhou was tortuous and far away, and the old road for transporting grain in the Tang Dynasty outside Yincheng River was abandoned and unjustified. Wen Yanbo's father Wen Yi considered restoring this old road when he was serving as the Transportation Bureau, but died before he could start construction. Wen Yanbo restored the old road and thus reserved a large amount of food and wages. When Li Yuanhao invaded, he besieged Linzhou for ten days and knew that the city had made preparations, so he retreated and retreated.

Wen Yanbo was promoted to Longtu Pavilion, a direct scholar of the Privy Councilor, and the governor of Yizhou. Concubine Zhang's father was once a guest of Wen Yanbo's family. In order to consolidate her position in the harem, Concubine Zhang took the initiative to make friends with Wen Yanbo and called him his uncle to gain more external support in the palace's favor. Once, when the Shangyuan Festival approached, Concubine Zhang signaled Wen Yanbo to offer lantern brocade. Shu brocade is famous all over the world, and Chengdu lantern brocade is the most famous. This brocade pattern is mainly made of lanterns, with tassels and bees, which means "a bumper harvest". Wen Yanbo immediately arranged for someone to make the lantern brocade and deliver it to the capital.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Concubine Zhang specially wore clothes made of lantern brocade to meet Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen asked in surprise: "Where is this brocade?" Concubine Zhang replied: "This was given by Wen Yanbo from Chengdu. He and my father are old friends, and I call him uncle. How can I assign a minister of the court? It was Wen Yanbo who took the initiative to weave it to you." Zhao Zhen was very happy and began to pay attention to Wen Yanbo from then on.

Soon, Zhao Zhen summoned Wen Yanbo to the court and appointed him as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and the general affairs officer. The King of Beizhou rebelled, and Minghao had a long attack but did not capture it. Wen Yanbo asked to go to Beizhou to attack, so he was appointed as the envoy of Xuanfu by the court and went to quell the rebellion of Wang Ze. After Wen Yanbo arrived at the city of Beizhou, he asked the official army to attack Beicheng and attracted the attention of the enemy. At the same time, he dug a tunnel in the south city and went straight to the city. The official army was able to attack the city, and Wang Ze was arrested and the rebellion was quelled. Wen Yanbo was promoted to the position of Pingzhangshi of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat and the Grand Secretary of Jixian Academy.

Wen Yanbo recommended Zhang Gui, Han Wei, and Wang Anshi to the court, saying that they were calm and fame, moral, and principled, and asked them to be praised to inspire customs. He and the Privy Councilor Pang Ji discussed laying off provincial troops, and a total of 80,000 people were abolished. There were a lot of discussions at the time, and some people thought that these people would gather as thieves, and Zhao Zhen was also suspicious. Wen Yanbo said

He said: "There is now the public and private sectors are exhausted because there are too many soldiers. If these abolished soldiers want to cause trouble, they will calm down the matter even if they die." His plan was finally implemented, and the abolished soldiers did not cause trouble.

The censor Tang Jie learned that Wen Yanbo had the opportunity to be appointed as the Grand Secretary of Zhaowenguan because he had sent Shu Jin to Concubine Zhang. Tang Jie impeached Wen Yanbo for this and the two had an argument. Zhao Zhen was unhappy and dismissed Tang Jie. Wen Yanbo was also demoted to the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Palace and the governor of Xuzhou. On the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, someone from the inner minister wrote a poem: "No one went to the Lantern Brocade, and I remembered the slander in the red pink palace." Zhao Zhen couldn't help laughing when he heard this poem.

In June of the second year of Zhihe, Wen Yanbo was appointed as the Minister of Personnel again, and was in charge of the Secretary of the Central Secretariat and the Grand Secretary of Zhaowenguan. He was appointed on the same day as Fu Bi. The literati and officials were all grateful for the court's gratitude. In the first month of the following year, Zhao Zhen suddenly fell ill while being visited by civil and military officials and was helped into the palace. Wen Yanbo called the eunuch Shi Zhicong to find out the situation.

Shi Zhicong said, "I cannot reveal the matters in the palace." Wen Yanbo scolded him and said, "You come and go in the palace, but you don't let the prime minister know the emperor's physical condition. What is the purpose? From today on, if Your Majesty's condition worsens, you must tell me, otherwise you will be engaged in military law." He also planned to open the Daqing Hall with his colleagues Liu Han and Fu Bi, hold a ceremony and pray, and stay in the small house outside the Daqing Hall.

Shi Zhicong said, "There has never been such a precedent." Wen Yanbo said, "At this time, can there be a precedent without precedent?" Wang Su, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, blocked the palace gate in the middle of the night, claiming to report the rebellion, but Wen Yanbo refused to let him in. The next morning, Wang Su said that the imperial guards in the capital told him that Du Yuhou would cause trouble. Liu Heng advocated arresting Du Yuhou and tried it. Wen Yanbo called Du Yuhou and asked Du Yuhou what kind of person he was. Xu Huaide said that he could guarantee Du Yuhou would not rebel. Wen Yanbo said, "Then this is a grudge in the imperial guards. If Du Yu be falsely accused Du Yuhou, he should immediately kill the imperial guard to calm the hearts of the people." So he asked Liu Heng to make a conclusion about the case and beheaded the imperial guards in front of the military gate.

Fu Bi adopted the strategy of official Li Zhongchang and ran through the Liuluo Canal from Shanghu River in Chanzhou, causing it to flow into the old Henglong Road. Jia Changchao, left-behind Beijing, had always hated Fu Bi, secretly colluded with the eunuch Wu Jilong, and instructed the ruling ministers such as Si Tianguan to discuss major affairs together, and it was said that the country should not open rivers and canals in the north, and that the emperor was in poor health.

Wen Yanbo understood what they meant, but did not take any measures to stop them. A few days later, the two Si Tianguans wrote another letter to ask the queen to handle political affairs, which was naturally the instructor of Wu Jilong. Shi Zhicong gave Si Tianguan's letter to the ruling minister to see. After Wen Yanbo saw it, he hid it and did not show it to other colleagues. He pretended to be very happy and calmly called the two Si Tianguans to interrogate.

Wen Yanbo asked, "Do you have something to say today?" The two Si Tianguans replied, "Yes." Wen Yanbo said, "Astronomical mutations, your responsibilities are to reflect truthfully. But how can you participate in national affairs casually? Your crimes should be implicated in a clan." The two Si Tianguans were afraid and their expressions changed. Wen Yanbo said, "I think you are just crazy and stupid. You can't bear to cure your sins. You can't do this in the future." After the two Si Tianguans withdrew, Wen Yanbo showed their letter to the same list.

Everyone was very angry and said, "These guys dared to be like

Why don’t you kill them after this invasion?” Wen Yanbo said, “If you kill them, the matter will be too big, and it may cause the queen to be uneasy.” Everyone said, “You are thoughtful.”

Soon, the court agreed to send Si Tianguan to verify the location of Liuluoqu, and sent the two people to. Wu Jilong asked to stay on their behalf. Wen Yanbo said, "They didn't dare to say anything, but someone instructed them to do this." Wu Jilong was silent and did not dare to answer. The two Si Tianguans arrived at Liuluoqu, fearing that they would be investigated for the crimes committed in the previous period, so they said that Liuluoqu was in the northeast, not in the north of the capital.

After Zhao Zhen recovered from the illness, Wen Yanbo and others returned home from the Daqing Palace. During the days when Zhao Zhen was sick, the military and civilians in the capital were very worried and afraid. Relying on Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi were in a serious manner, everyone was at peace. After Zhao Zhen recovered from the illness, Liu Han secretly told him: "When Your Majesty was in poor health, Wen Yanbo had arbitrarily executed those who reported the rebellion." After hearing this, Wen Yanbo presented Liu Han's verdict to Zhao Zhen. After Zhao Zhen read it, his doubts disappeared.

The censor Wu Zhongfu asked to recall Tang Jie to the court. Wen Yanbo believed that Tang Jie was the censor in the past, and most of the impeachment of ministers was targeted at the ministers. Some of them were heard and unreal. At that time, the minister also blamed him too much and asked His Majesty to handle the memorials of Wu Zhongfu. Therefore, people at that time believed that Wen Yanbo was noble in character. It was at this time that Di Qing's behavior was somewhat inappropriate, which aroused Zhao Zhen's doubts. Wen Yanbo persuaded Zhao Zhen and transferred Di Qing outside.

In the fifth year of Huangyou, Zhao Zhen issued an edict to change the term to Zhihe. At this time, Concubine Zhang was ill and soon died. Zhao Zhen was very sad and even stopped the court for seven days. He also forbidden the whole city to enjoy the joy for one month. He posthumously named her as the queen, gave her the posthumous title of Wencheng, and gave her the title of concubine Zhang Yao as the prince, and promoted Zhang Yaozuo to the Grand Tutor.

Knowing that Wang Zhu catered to Zhao Zhen's intention, he secretly conspired with the eunuch Shi Quanbin, wanting to ask Sun Fei to read the book and protect the burial. Pang Ji was dismissed from the prime minister at this time and Chen Zhizhong succeeded him. Chen Zhizhong was ordered, but Sun Fei entered the court and reported: "Your Majesty ordered me to read the book, how dare I not obey it? But I am appointed as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, not the official. I do not read the book, which means I violated the order. If I read the book, I will overstep my position. I will ask Your Majesty to dismiss me and I will be innocent." Zhao Zhen did not answer silently.

The next day, Zhao Zhen actually dismissed Sun Fei's position as Deputy Privy Councilor, moved to Hangzhou, and ordered Liu Han to participate in politics, and was appointed as the custodian of Wen Cheng's magistrate. After the burial, he was rewarded for his merits and promoted Liu Han to the Tong Pingzhang Shi. Fan Zhen, the magistrate of the Censorate, and Zhao Lin, the censor of the Palace, interrogated Chen Zhizhong, saying that he was not a talent for the prime minister, and that he would be punished for his beloved concubine to beat his maid to death. Chen Zhizhong was dismissed.

At this time, Chinese and foreign people, the most senior people in China and abroad were Fan Zhongyan, Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi. These three were loyal and righteous, and did not like A Fu, so they were all transferred to the outside world shortly after the court. Fan Zhongyan was moved to Qingzhou and died of illness in the fourth year of Huangyou. After Fan Zhongyan died, he was buried at the foot of Wan'an Mountain, Fanli, Yin Luoyang County, Henan Province. Zhao Zhen personally wrote the "Monument to Praise the Wizard" and was awarded the title of Minister of War, posthumously named Wen Zheng, and posthumously named Duke of Chu.

Later generations gave Fan Zhongyan a particularly high evaluation, saying that he was "super talent and loyalty, not only a clan minister of the generation." Fan Zhongyan did not regard himself as a perfect person, but instead liked to reveal his true nature. He also complained: "There is no hundred years old in the world. Young people are young, old and old. Only in the middle, some young men are willing to connect their fame. First-class and daughter, ask how to avoid it when they are white-haired?"
Chapter completed!