The Zhang Jue incident and the Yundi Kyushu incident where the Jin State seized the Great Song Dynasty occurred one after another, which made Zhao Ji a little anxious and worried!

Zhao Ji then issued an edict on the grounds of recovering the lost land of the sixteen states of Yanyun, granting amnesty to the world, and through the edict, he transmitted several political messages to the Jin State (including Western Xia):

First, the Great Song Dynasty's recovery of the Yanyun region was only to complete a historical mission, not to expand externally;

second, except for the recovery of the Yanyun region, the Great Song Dynasty had no interest in other regions and would not expand to the outside world;

Third, the Great Song Dynasty hoped to maintain peaceful and friendly relations with its neighbors from now on.

But Zhao Ji's political intentions did not seem to have any reaction in Jinguo, and he did not get any response.

Maybe it was because the whole Jin Kingdom was very busy at this time, and no one noticed Zhao Ji's edict.

Or someone saw Zhao Ji's edict, but had no interest in in-depth interpretation, because at this time, the Jin people were already very distrustful of Zhao Ji, and they were even ready to teach the Great Song a lesson, and then there was no need to pay attention to Zhao Ji's political thoughts.

Sadly, however, Zhao Ji didn't know this.

After Tan Zhi was removed, as Tan Zhi's promoter and political backstage, Wang Hao felt more and more pressure.

Although, nominally, Wang Hao is still the Taifu, still a high-ranking official, and still the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but in fact, Zhao Ji has become increasingly cold to Wang Hao, and many things are no longer allowed to interfere with Wang Hao.

This makes Wang Hao panic every day!

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ji began to adjust the high-level personnel of the Zhao and Song courts.

In September of this year, Zhao Ji promoted Bai Shizhong to serve as the special jin, Dazai and his subordinate servant, that is, the right minister, and promoted Li Bangyan to serve as the young minister and Zhongshu squire, that is, the left minister.

Soon, Zhao Ji appointed Zhao Ye as Shangshu Zuocheng, Hanlin Scholar Chengzhiyu Wencuizhong as Shangshu Youcheng, and Kaifeng Mansion Yin Caimao Tongzhi Privy Council.

These people, together with Cai You, who leads the Privy Council, together form Zhao Song's current high-level decision-making team.

Bai Shizhong was a native of Shouzhou Shou County (later Shou County, Anhui Province), ascended to the rank of Shidi, and successively served as the servant of the Ministry of Officials, the right of Shangshu, and the servant of Zhongshu Men. During the Zhenghe period, he served as a spring official, responsible for editing various auspicious performances in the local area. He was very conscientious, and when he couldn't depict those auspicious things in words, he used pictures to express them. The "Zhenghe Rui Ying Ji" and "Like" he presented were praised by Cai Jing, and Zhao Ji also liked them, and later he made his way to the top.

Li Bangyan, that is, the so-called "Li Prodigal Son", "Prodigal Prime Minister", is not a "help the building in the general, turn the tide in the fall" of the character, he "grew up in the market, used to obscene and despicable, convenient to deal with, good at laughing and scolding, can kick and bow, often use market slang as lyrics and songs, people compete to sing, self-named Li Langzi", after stepping into the officialdom, he is very sociable, very good at flattery, long-sleeved and good at dancing, left and right, and the official position is also constantly promoted, starting from the secretary of the provincial school Shulang, step by step promoted to the middle school scholar, Hanlin bachelor Chengzhi, Shang Shu Youcheng, Shang Shu Zuo Cheng, until now served as the left minister, he once said that he wants to "appreciate the world's flowers, play the world's balls, and be the world's officials".

At the critical moment, Zhao Ji let literati like Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan who only know how to flatter be prime ministers, which can only show that there is indeed a problem in Zhao Ji's way of employing people - as a leader, the level of his leadership can often be clearly reflected through the people he uses.

In recent years, Li Bangyan and Wang Hao have been competing for favor, and he has opposed Wang Hao everywhere - Wang Hao advocated the recovery of Yanyun, while Li Bangyan opposed the Northern Expedition. When Wang Hao accompanied Zhao Ji to the banquet, he often performed vulgar programs on stage in person to please Zhao Ji, and the prince Zhao Huan hated Wang Huang when he heard it, so there was a conflict between Wang Hao and the prince Zhao Heng. Seeing that Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, was favored, Wang Hao secretly plotted to depose Zhao Heng and make Zhao Kai the crown prince (on this point, Wang Hao and his political ally Liang Shicheng also had contradictions). Li Bangyan was-for-tat and clearly defended Zhao Huan's status as the crown prince. It can be said that Li Bangyan and Wang Hao are fighting everywhere.

Now, seeing that although Wang Hao has fallen out of favor, he has not yet left office, Li Bangyan secretly conspired with Cai You, intending to impeach and remove Wang Hao.

And Cai You has been peeking at Wang Hao's position as prime minister for a long time, so he hit it off with Li Bangyan.

As a result, Cai You and Li Bangyan began to operate to bring down Wang Huang.

Actually-

Wang Hao's fall from grace was not entirely because of the negligence of Tan Zhi recommended by him, which led to the loss of Yundi Kyushu, there is another perhaps more important reason for this, that is, Zhao Ji suddenly discovered that Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng were actually neighbors, and the two families still had a convenient door to figure out, Zhao Ji only then understood that Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng colluded inside and outside to play him in the palm of his hand.

In any dynasty, it is taboo for ministers to associate with their chamberlains, and the emperor is very sensitive to this.

The court officials were not allowed to associate with the eunuchs, and the eunuchs should not be with the court officials, which was an important principle in the Song Dynasty to prevent the eunuchs' dictatorship.

According to the rules, if the two interact with each other, they will be punished.

However, during the Zhao Ji dynasty, especially since the Xuanhe, it has become a common practice for eunuchs and court officials to intersect.

In the Zhao Ji Dynasty, almost all the scholars and doctors ran to the gate of the eunuchs, and they were all proud of being attached to the powerful and servants.

This also led to the fact that all the powerful eunuchs were all in the market, and they set up their own doors, and accepted bribes from the public to sell officials.

Among them, the most famous are Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian, Li Yan, Zhang Di, especially the first two, and even created their own political forces, one is called "Lilike", the other is called "Wooden Footer".

For these things, some Zhao Ji knows, but there are also some that Zhao Ji doesn't know.

Like Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng colluding inside and outside, Zhao Ji didn't know.

For a long time, Zhao Ji thought that Wang Hao was extremely smart, and he could always guess what he thought, and then put forward a proposal that echoed his mind, which coincided with him.

In this way, Zhao Ji always thought that he and Wang Hao were good friends, and the two would definitely be able to lead the Great Song Dynasty to prosperity and strength.

No, all of this is fake, Wang Hao didn't understand him, but put an eyeliner next to him that he thought was very honest.

That night, Zhao Ji was so drunk at Wang Hao's house that he couldn't speak, and fell asleep.

It wasn't until five minutes of the night that Zhao Ji woke up.

Zhao Ji did not go back from the palace gate, but ordered to open a wall connected to the palace of Longde Palace, through the small gate, more than ten people in the inner chamber took charge of the troops, and none of the three guards could get close to Zhao Ji.

That night, the atmosphere in the palace was very tense - it was night, and all classes were forbidden to gather in the teaching field, and they were not prepared, and there were almost changes.

Due to excessive drinking, the next morning, Zhao Ji was still unable to go to the palace.

Soon after, the truth was revealed, and people knew that it was not that something big that happened that night, but because Zhao Ji was too disappointed in Wang Huang and drunk at his house.

Zhao Ji has a reason to be so.

At the beginning, Zhao Ji tried his best to promote Wang Huang despite public opinion, which can be said to have high hopes for Wang Hao.

Zhao Ji gave Wang Huang the highest treatment, not only gave him a mansion, but also personally named his mansion "Dexian Zhiding", and even personally inscribed Zaigungtang, Anointing Hall, Pet Light Pavilion, Shifeng Pavilion, Laoshan Pavilion, Rongguang Zhai, Yin'an and other seven tablets.

But the result is that Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng deceived Zhao Ji miserably, and the key Great Song Dynasty has become the current tattered appearance, which is a problem, there are crises everywhere, how can it be prosperous before?

Zhao Ji felt that all of this was the responsibility of Wang Huang, the prime minister.

After Zhao Ji got drunk, Wang Hao not only completely fell out of favor, but also his political life was about to come to an end.

Soon, in the imperial history, Cheng Shi He Li stepped forward, he went to the impeachment of Wang Huang, and played seven chapters in a row, listing 15 crimes such as Wang Huang's treachery and tyranny, yang and yin, forming a party for personal gain, stealing and robbing, and arrogance and lasciviousness, and asking the court to remove Wang Huang and punish the crime according to the law - there are Cai You and Li Bangyan behind this.

He Li, the word Wenzhen, Xianjing Jian (later Sichuan Renshou) people, Zhenghe five years of Jinshi first (that is, champion), quite favored by Zhao Ji - as soon as he entered the officialdom, He Li served as the secretary of the provincial school Shulang, after the official position gradually improved, not long ago, because of his erudition and strong memory, integrity and outspokenness, Zhao Ji arranged for him to serve as the chief of the imperial history of the imperial history of Zhongcheng.

Wang Hao's political sense is very sensitive, and he feels that the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for him, so at the beginning of November this year, he took the initiative to ask for Zhishi, and he said in the recital: "Your Majesty is not exhaustive in employing ministers, and he is not unexclusive in appointing ministers." The fate of the minister Bo You, take the yin and yang, the internal accumulation of worries, external injuries and fatigue, self-mourning, hanging shadows, and winning the heavenly people, Mo Zhi. If you wish to return the seal, retreat to the house, get out of the turbulent turmoil, and reap the credit in the domain of Sangyu's decline, people are not ghosts, less slow and turbulent, and always say this grace, is for the ultimate benefit. ”

Zhao Ji quickly approved Wang Hao's request, and he wrote in the imperial pen: "Wang Huang Chen begs to Shi, the number of his beneficiaries, the number of courtesies, etc., all of which are carried out according to Cai Jing's regulations, and he still gives the festival envoy." ”

And this year, Wang Hao is only 45 years old, at the peak age of a man in politics.

Wang Hao was officially appointed as Shaobao, Dazai, and Servant (i.e., the post of prime minister) in November of the second year of Xuanhe.

In fact, as early as before Cai Jing retired in June of the second year of Xuanhe, Wang Hao had already won the trust of Zhao Ji and began to control the power of Zhao Song.

After Wang Hao took office, he adopted a series of reform measures to reduce taxes and miscellaneous labor and streamline government agencies, such as the dismissal of Fangtian, the destruction of the Yong and medical arithmetic, and the Huiyao and the Six Classics Bureau, which won praise from the people.

At that time, people felt that Wang Hao was very courageous, and they all praised him as a "virtuous appearance" at that time.

Later, because he wanted to compete with Cai Jing for favor, Wang Hao also set up a bureau to pay tribute to Zhao Ji, and in the name of paying tribute to Zhao Ji, he apportioned to officials from all over the world, asking for tribute to the treasures of the Quartet, which caused people's disgust - there was a saying at that time that these things could reach Zhao Ji's hands was one-tenth, and the rest were divided between him and Liang Shicheng.

Later, Wang Hao was in favor of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, and in the name of the imperial court sending troops to the Northern Expedition to recover Yanjing, he set up a special agency called "Jingfufang" to take charge of the free husband money collected from all over the country - the free husband is called the battle of Yanshan, and the world should send the husband to transfer, but now it is just a matter of ordering the husband to be exempted.

At that time, a total of more than 62 million yuan was collected.

This money should have been stored for emergencies, but by the spring of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the money had basically been used up, and only 6 million yuan remained—of the money used, only 40 million yuan could be checked, and another 22 million yuan, and no one could tell the whereabouts of it.

Some people suspect that this money was embezzled by Wang Hao without permission, because after Yanjing's contribution, Wang Hao hurriedly asked for all the documents of Jingfufang to be burned.

It is precisely because of this that it is impossible to say the whereabouts of this huge amount of money.

In fact, it is possible that this money was spent on the construction of Genyue.

Because, at that time, Genyue was still a little unfinished.

Not long after the free money was collected, Gen Yue, who had been stagnant for a long time, started work again, and then it took half a year to finally finish the repair.

Wang Hao was in power for a total of four years, during which two major events occurred in the Great Song Dynasty.

These two major events had a very important impact on the historical process of the Great Song Dynasty - one was to quell the Fangla Uprising, and the other was to send troops to the Northern Expedition to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

To be fair, these two things should be presided over by Wang Huang.

As for the results, that can only be judged by the world.

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Since Wang Huang came to power, the income of the Zhao and Song courts has indeed increased.

However, due to the successive launching of the two wars of pacifying the Fangla Uprising and the Northern Expedition to recover Yanjing, a lot of money was spent.

Coupled with the corruption and profligacy of Zhao Jijun's ministers.

As a result, the rich Great Song Dynasty now has no money and no food.

Shang Shu Youcheng Yu Wen Cuizhong is deeply worried about this.

Therefore, after Wang Huang sent his official position, Yu Wencuizhong said to Zhao Ji: "When the ancestors were in power, the national economy relied on real numbers, and there were more than enough to live within their means. In recent years, the affairs of various bureaus and departments should be served, and they are full of waste, and if it is not painfully reduced, the wise will not be able to deal with the aftermath. ”

To put it bluntly, Yu Wencuizhong is reminding Zhao Ji that the country has no money and no food, which is very dangerous, you should find a way to do it.

Yuwen Cuizhong, the word Zhongda, a native of Huayang County, Chengdu Prefecture (later Chenghua District, Chengdu, Sichuan), ranked third in the second year of Chongning, he is also the brother of Yuwen Xuzhong and Yuwen Shizhong, Cai Jing's nephew (married to Cai Jing's sister's daughter), and Cai Zhen's brother-in-law.

Zhao Ji felt that what Yu Wencui said was very reasonable, so he issued an edict to revoke Ying Fengsi, and issued an edict to Cai You, Bai Shizhong, and Li Bangyan, asking them to find a way to get money and food.

Cai You, Bai Shizhong, and Li Bangyan, the three courtiers who can only play with Zhao Ji, have no good way to get money and food, they can only delay day after day.

Slowly, Zhao Ji also saw that Cai You, Bai Shizhong, and Li Bangyan were not as good as Wang Haona, not to mention Cai Jing.

Soon, thieves swarmed along Jingdong Road, and the situation in various parts of the north suddenly became grim.

Cai Jing and his party took the opportunity to quarrel and shout, believing that Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan were too fame to take on the role of prime minister and unable to suppress the world, so they called for Cai Jing to come out again.

Zhu Mian was very favored at this time because he helped Zhao Ji build Genyue, and he also tried his best to persuade Zhao Ji to use Cai Jing.

Zhao Ji felt that in this difficult situation, the one who could turn the tide was Cai Jing, the old prime minister who had been at the helm of the Great Song Dynasty for 16 or 7 years and made the Great Song Dynasty extremely rich and strong.

Zhao Ji thought that Cai Jing would definitely find a way to solve the difficulties and overcome the crisis.

So, Zhao Ji asked Cai Jing to regain his appearance.

In this way, Cai Jing re-emerged from the mountain, concurrently led the lecture department, still led the three provincial affairs, and went to the court on the fifth day to invite the affairs to the capital.

Cai Jing once again stepped onto the political stage of the Great Song Dynasty.

This is Cai Jing's fourth time as prime minister.

This year, Cai Jing was already 80 years old, and he was "blind and unable to write, and he couldn't kneel on his feet", and he was already an old man who was so pure that he couldn't be more pure......

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