Wang Qinruo's Appointment as Chancellor

Timeline

1. 1004Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Capital CircuitAs the Khitans launched a major southern invasion, Wang Qinruo and Chen Yaosou urged Emperor Zhenzong to go to Jinling or Chengdu to avoid the enemy's edge. Kou Zhun forcefully rejected the southward relocation proposal, requested Zhenzong to personally campaign, and fearing that Wang Qinruo's clever words would thwart the great undertaking, memorialized to have him dispatched to a key post.
2. 1004–1005Daming Prefecture (Tianxiong Commandery) · Hebei CircuitWang Qinruo volunteered to go north, serving as judge of the Tianxiong Commandery as Vice Chancellor and Minister of Works and concurrently commander-in-chief, overseeing the Hebei Transport Commission; Zhenzong personally held a farewell banquet. In Hebei he was responsible for defense and grain transport, and after returning to court gradually used the argument of the treaty concluded under the city walls to sideline Kou Zhun.