Xia County, Shaanzhou

Xia County was called Anyi in ancient times, the legend is the capital of the Yu era, and it is also the capital of the Xia Dynasty established by Xia Qi, known as "the first capital of China", and it is one of the birthplaces of the Han nationality.

After the economic center of the Song Dynasty gradually moved around Kaifeng Prefecture and gradually moved south, Xia County was gradually abandoned, and at the same time, Xia County and even Shaanzhou became the place where the Song and Xia wars, with barren land, sparse population and backward economy.

However, there is a place in Xia County that is a household name in Xia County and even the entire Song Dynasty, that is, the cemetery of the late Dazai Sima Guang of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the first year of Yuanyou, Sima Guang died of illness and was buried here, and was posthumously presented to Taishi and Wen Guogong, nicknamed Wenzheng.

The Song court was grateful for Sima Guang's merits, and Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty ordered Hanlin Xuetu Su Shi to write a Shinto inscription in order to commend Sima Guang's great festival fathers, and the name of the Shinto tablet was "the monument of Zhongqing Pure Virtue", which was written by Zhao Xu himself.

"The stele of Chungcheong Pure Virtue" is as high as about three zhang, divided into three parts of the stele head, the stele body, the stele base, the stele amount is large, the stele body is high, the stele base is big, the stele is precious, the pearls are combined, complement each other.

"The monument of Zhongqing Cuide" is a stone carving couplet, the glory of Cuide flows through the water, and the Qingzhong hair is more and more beautiful Emei. A majestic and majestic spirit, the trend of the mountains is upward.

Every Qingming Festival or major festivals, the people of Xia County spontaneously come here to worship Sima Guang and pray that Sima Guang's spirit in the sky will bless the wind and rain.

This day is the Qingming season, Sima Guang has no queen, Sima Guang's brother Sima Dan passed his son Sima Kang to Sima Guang.

During the Qingming Dynasty, Sima Kang and the sons and nephews of the Sima family came here with some sacrifices to worship Sima Guang and his father and brother.

On the side, there were many ordinary people in Xia County who also sacrificed to Sima Guang.

When everyone was sacrificing, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the sound of hooves was getting closer and closer, everyone hurriedly looked back, only to see a group of hundreds of people galloping over, including officials, officials, soldiers.

"Zhou Xianggong, what are you... Sima Kang once served as a court official in the imperial court, so he knew that the leader was Zhou Zhi, the imperial historian of the imperial court.

Zhou Zhi turned over and dismounted, glanced at Sima Kang and the others coldly, waved his hand and ordered: "Come on, destroy the stele for this official." ”

Sima Kang was shocked when he heard this, and asked again and again: "Zhou Xianggong, what do you mean by this?" Why do you want to do such a thing that goes against heaven and human morality? ”

"Disobeying heaven and man?" Hearing this, Zhou Zhi sneered: "Your Majesty has a will, Sima Guang slandered the first emperor. If the law is abolished, it should be punished, and the official is only acting according to the command. ”

"What are you doing all the time?" Zhou Zhi then shouted to his subordinates: "Why don't you do it quickly?" ”

When the officials and soldiers heard this, they pushed the people who were sacrificing and smashed them against the tall stone monument with hammers, hammers, ropes, and other objects.

After a loud noise, the stele fell with a bang, raising dust several feet high. Although the surrounding people were also indignant in their hearts, they did not dare to stop it, and they all dodged away.

Zhou Zhi holds the holy decree, and if he obstructs it, he will commit the crime of disobeying the holy decree, which is a capital crime.

"Chisel its words, cover it in the ground, and eliminate the idea of traitorous party." Zhou Zhi then said coldly.

After Zhou Zhi's subordinates received the order, they chiseled the inscription of Su Shi on the stele, and quickly dug a big pit and pushed the fragments of the stele into the pit.

In the blink of an eye, a neat and quiet cemetery became noisy and noisy, with gravel and dirt covering the entire cemetery, and it was in a mess.

"Father, children are not filial." Sima Kang saw all this painfully, his heart was like a knife, and he knelt down in front of Sima Guang's tomb and cried in a low voice.

Sima Kang couldn't understand it in his heart, Zhou Rank is a speech official under the current Dazai Zhangchun of the imperial court, and he is a member of the Yuanfeng Party, and Sima Guang and others are currently designated by the imperial court as the Yuanyou Party, and Sima Guang is the leader of the Yuanyou Party.

The purpose of the imperial court's move was to tell the subjects of the world that the imperial court would continue to implement Wang Anshi's new law, and to expel all the Yuanyou party members from the Kaifeng Imperial Court.

Since the day Wang Anshi changed the law, the two sides have been on the same page.

It's too much, Sima Kang said angrily in his heart, the dead are the greatest, no matter how much Sima Guang is at fault, and no matter how much he disagrees with their political opinions, he will not destroy the monument in public and humiliate the deceased Sima Guang in public, right?

After Zhou Zhi was satisfied with his subordinates and left, the sky was drizzling, and Sima Kang and the others knelt down in the muddy cemetery, crying silently, looking extremely bleak.

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The Great Song Dynasty Jingshi Kaifeng Mansion

The Northern Song Dynasty Tokyo Imperial Palace is commonly known as Ouchi, and its predecessor was the Tang Xuanwu Festival Envoy Office, and the scale is relatively small.

Later Liang Dingdu Kaifeng, the government office was changed to Jianchang Palace, and later Jin Dynasty was renamed Daning Palace, after Zhou Shizong carried out some repairs, but did not carry out large-scale reconstruction, until Song Taizu Jianlong began to expand in three years, after four years, Daning Palace was built into the world's most magnificent Song Dynasty Palace, commonly known as Da Nei.

Although the Song Imperial Palace is not as good as Qin's Afang Palace, Xianyang Palace, Han's Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace, Tang Dynasty's Daming Palace, Luoyang Palace, but it is also a five-step first floor, ten steps and a pavilion; The corridor waist is back, and the eaves teeth are pecked high; Each hugs the terrain and fights with each other.

There are a total of 75 halls in the palace palace city around the city, the larger halls are called Daqing Hall, Zichen Hall, Hanging Arch Hall, Wende Hall, and its Chinese Hall is a place for the emperor to stay and rest before and after retreating.

At this time, Song Zuo Zhengyi Doctor, Shangshu Zuo Servant and Servant Lang Zhangdun and Zhongshu Sheren, Governor of Political Affairs, Shangshu Zuocheng Cai Bian Zhiwat walked together on the royal road to Wende Palace, and went to meet Song Emperor Zhao Xu.

"Zhang Gong, do you have any happy news?" Cai Bian saw that Zhang Dian looked full of spring and smugness, so he asked as he walked.

"The child recently got another son, and the old man got another grandson." Zhang Dian replied with a smile.

Pull it down, Cai Bian secretly felt funny in his heart, at present, Zhang Dian is alone, in power, using Emperor Zhao Xu to fight dissidents and promote cronies.

At this time, the case of Empress Meng suddenly appeared, and Zhang Dian planned to take advantage of this matter.

Cai Bian and Zhang Dian are both members of the Yuanfeng Party, so of course they understand what Zhang Dian thinks.

However, although Cai Bian disagreed in his heart, there was nothing abnormal on the surface, so he respectfully congratulated: "Xiaguan congratulates Zhang Gong on having a grandson." ”

"Rejoice, rejoice." Zhang Dian smiled: "He will definitely invite Cai Xianggong to come to our mansion to drink a glass of wine." ”

"Zhang Gong's order, Yuan Du dares to disobey?" Cai Bian arched his hand.

"Yan Cheng is known as a virtuous person, and his articles are also outstanding, can he save the secretary's business?" Cai Bian then asked.

Ye Di, whose name is Yancheng, is a six-year jinshi in Xining, a doctor of Taixue, and has always been attached to Cai Bian, so Cai Bian wants to recommend Ye Di to move to the secretary of the province.

"If you make two small words, you will also be sick and unusable." Zhang Dian glanced at Cai Bian and said: "There is one sentence, but there are three or two sentences that are not true." ”

Although the official position and grade of the secretary ministry are not large, they are extremely important, and the canons and books are in charge of the books and books, simply put, whether it is the emperor's edict or the minister's recital, they must pass through the secretary province, so the secretary province is almost the henchmen of the people in power.

With such an important position, of course, Zhang Dian will not give up to others.

Cai Bian was furious when he heard this, no matter how he said that he was also the vice minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but Zhang Dian didn't give him any face, and rejected it on the spot.

However, Cai Bian still didn't have anything abnormal on the surface, so he hurriedly said: "What Zhang Gong said is very true, let's stop this matter." ”

The two talked along the way, like brothers, and soon came to the outside of the Wende Palace, after the palace people reported, the two entered the Wende Palace, and saw the Song Emperor Zhao Xu who was lying in the soft chair.

Zhao Xu was talking in a low voice with Zeng Bu, the member of the Privy Council, at this time.

Zhao Xu leaned on the soft chair, his face was a little dark, his body was extremely thin, it was April at this time, the weather was unusually cool, but there was a layer of fine sweat stains on Zhao Xu's forehead, which was visible to the naked eye.

Zhao Xu has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and his figure at the age of twenty is not much different from that of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old, and he is extremely weak.

Zhang Dian glanced at Zeng Bu in disgust, and whispered to the imperial doctor waiting on the side: "Your Majesty has eaten today?" ”

Before Zhao Xu became in power, it was always the Empress Dowager Gao who listened to the government and controlled the government until the Empress Dowager Gao's death, and Zhao Xu really became the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Empress Dowager Gao's reuse of the Yuanyou party, the reuse of Sima Guang, and the Yuanfeng party, Zhang Dan, Cai Bian and others were sent to other places as officials, degraded again and again, away from the center, until Zhao Xu was in power, Zhang Dan, Cai Bian and others returned to the imperial court and were reused.

Therefore, whether the Song Emperor Zhao Xu's health is healthy or not is too important for Zhang Xuan, Cai Bian and others, if Zhao Xu has any accidents, who knows what the Great Song Dynasty will become?

Previously, Zhao Xu's health suddenly became worse and worse, which made Zhang Dan, Cai Bian and others worried.

Zhang Dian was a straight man, and he would say whatever he thought in his heart, and he didn't realize that it was extremely rude to say this.

The Imperial Doctor winced and glanced at Zhao Xu, silent.

"Just tell the truth." Zhao Xu said softly.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Today we will stop with a small bowl of gruel. The Imperial Physician replied honestly.

"Useless waste." Zhang Duan snorted and said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty's holy body is related to thousands of subjects in the world, and it is related to the society of the country. ”

"The minister is the same as the Zhang." Cai Bian also arched his hand and said.

"I'm fine." Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said: "I feel much better today than a few days ago, it's okay, I won't mention this matter today, the two Qing families, how is the voodoo matter investigated?" ”

Queen Meng has an adoptive mother, Yan, who believes in Gu arts, and sees that Meng can't get the emperor's favor, and favors Jieyu Liu, so she ordered someone to use maple wood in the south to build a prayer shrine for Meng, and found some donkey foals, snake mist, kowtow insects and other things, so that Meng took them to the palace, trying to let Meng regain the emperor's favor, and even Yan ordered someone to paint a portrait of Liu Jieyu, stabbed it with a needle, and cursed him to die early.

Unexpectedly, this matter was noticed by Liu Jieyu, so Liu Jieyu went to Zhao Xu to cry, Zhao Xu was furious when he heard this, and ordered someone to investigate the matter thoroughly.

The art of witchcraft has always been taboo in the royal family, and it is a great crime to use witchcraft to poison the palace.