If it had been anyone else, he would have been slapped in the face. If he had a bad temper, he would have to report to Lingnan.

But Zhang Dun was laughing and joking and enjoying it.

For example, Zhang Dun likes to make fun of others, especially with language.

Many people are victims of his bad taste.

It is indeed not in line with the traditional requirements of the Song Dynasty for a prime minister.

Being a prime minister must be majestic, powerful, and lawful.

How can you laugh and laugh with others?

How can you just make fun of others?

Moreover, Zhang Dun had a notorious reputation and was accused many times of impeaching and killing too many innocent people.

In a strict sense, he did not meet the requirements of a prime minister.

But……

I can’t help but the officials like it!

Otherwise, why would the officials want Zhang Dun's generals?

No way?

Can Zhang Dun, the only one from the Song Dynasty, go south?

Let’s take a look at the list for this southern expedition.

Yan Chen, a former official of the imperial family, has been the third direct commander of Yulong Zuozhi since he came to the throne and the envoy to the emperor's palace.

After he went south, he was succeeded by his younger brother Yan Yuan, an old minister of Qiandi.

Di Yong, the Superintendent of the Army and Horses, was a general who was personally recalled by the government with an imperial edict. As soon as he returned, he was appointed as the crucial Hemen General Shiren, in charge of the General Affairs Department, which was called the eyes and ears of the emperor.

Gao Zunhui, uncle of the Empress Dowager.

These people are either the Emperor's confidants, or his former ministers, relatives of the Emperor, or relatives of the country.

In this group of relatives and friends, a ruling Zhang Dun, who seemed to have nothing to do with the official family, was suddenly inserted as the commander-in-chief, who was fully responsible for the Southern Expedition. In order to ensure authority, the official family even made an exception and allowed Zhang Dun to obtain the title of the ruling official.

He received the assignment that only the prime minister could get: the envoy to encourage farmers within the administration and the envoy to observe and handle matters within the administration.

I would like to ask: Is the leader of this family and friends group a relative or friend?

Note: Sima Guang's evaluation of Zhang Dun is a copy of the attacks on Zhang Dun by Wang Zhan, Wang Yansou, Zhu Guangting and others.

These people are closely related to Sima Guang, and to some extent, they should represent Sima Guang's attitude.

After all, those who scold their mothers in court usually do not mean what they mean, but what the boss behind them means.

PS: Zhang Dun was an anomaly in the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty.

He is so unlike a politician that it is normal for him to be scolded.
Chapter completed!