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Zeng Bu

Type Figure Region Northern Song Time 1036–1107 Also known as Zeng Zixuan、Wensu

Zeng Bu (1036–1107), courtesy name Zixuan, of Nanfeng, brother of Zeng Gong, was a Northern Song politician and reformer who served as commissioner o…

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  1. 1101Bianjing · Capital CircuitAfter Empress Dowager Xiang's death Emperor Huizong took personal rule, Han Zhongyan was dismissed as chancellor, and Zeng Bu alone directed state affairs; the era was renamed Jianzhong Jingguo, he mixed the upright and the crooked while gradually advocating shaoshu, hoping to dissolve factional strife through impartiality and continue the New Policies.
  2. 1102Bianjing · Capital CircuitAfter the Chongning era began Cai Jing was appointed Left Vice Director; Zeng Bu proposed promoting his in-law Chen Youfu to Vice Minister of Revenue, clashed discourteously with Cai Jing in court, was attacked by censors, and was removed to Grand Academician of Guanwen Hall and prefect of Runzhou, establishing Huizong's era of powerful chancellors.
  3. 1103–1106Taiping Prefecture · Huainan East CircuitCai Jing's grudge persisted; he framed charges of bribery against Zeng Bu's sons, Zeng Bu was stripped of office and made supervisor of the Taiqing Palace, residing in Taiping Prefecture, then repeatedly demoted to Minister of Agriculture and assigned to Hengzhou as a commoner, and further banished to Hezhou and Lianzhou over the abandonment of Huangzhou, ending his political career.

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