Escaped death in Guangxi

Listen to people's persuasion to see through the red dust

Cheng Song, the right counselor, was originally from Yuhang Zhi County, and was promoted to Beijing because he sent a beautiful woman to Han Yanxuan. He and Lu Zutai were small, and they were afraid that they would cause trouble, so they played the clouds:

Zutai should have been killed, and if he did so, someone must have instructed him. Even if the emperor is magnificent, spare his life, he should be punished with a board and a tattoo on his face, and then be sent to a distant place.

Chen Yan, the palace attendant, also played seconded.

Emperor Zhao Kuo ordered the king of Han Jun to consult with the deacons. The deacons naturally looked at Han Yanxuan's face. Han Yanxuan had no choice but to express his position: The other man's brother is dead, don't you want him to complain. Originally, if he just faced me and hit dozens of boards, he would have been guilty of accusing the emperor. Be careful, don't hit the board too hard, otherwise, it's my sin again.

So it was decided: a hundred rods, and Qinzhou is under management.

Zhou Bida, seventy-six years old at the time, was an official to the left prime minister, Feng Yiguo Gong, Zhishi for many years, he didn't know this Lu Zutai at all, because he played a sentence, Taibao was demoted to Shaobao.

You see, some accomplices and lackeys are worse or worse than the masters, and with a move of the two imperial historians, Lu Zutai suffered another hundred boards, and the distribution location changed from Guangdong to Guangxi. Old Man Zhou, who had no idea, was also demoted.

On the day of the winter solstice, Yi Guogong and Zuo Cheng also left. His illness also came suddenly. That day, in the study, I reached out to take the book, and suddenly felt that my eyes were black, so I fell to the ground. When the scholar found out, he hurriedly reported to his wife, carried him into the bedroom, and immediately entered the palace to ask for a doctor.

After that, he was unconscious and did not enter the medicine stone. After the emperor and the important ministers of the court visited, he stopped breathing and died at the age of sixty and two.

Yang Yuandao, the young eunuch of the capital water prison, went out of Beijing because of the dredging of the Chuhe River, and his father-in-law Xu Pingyang served as a general judge in Chuzhou.

The Xu Mansion was beaming with joy and welcomed the son-in-law's family from Kyoto.

Next, Xu Pingyang took his son-in-law to visit the scenic spots of Chuzhou with great interest and tasted local snacks.

On the first night of his return to Beijing, his mother-in-law, Jiang, and his wife's eldest brother looked for him. I hope that Yuan Dao will think of a way to transfer his father-in-law from Chuzhou.

Yang Yuandao was surprised: Why, I see that my father-in-law is very good here, talking and laughing, his health is good, and this place is close to the capital.

His brother-in-law, Xu Liang, served in Huizhou and told him that his father had suffered a lot in the past few years, and it could be said that he had escaped death, and in the past two years, his temperament has changed greatly.

That year, Xu Pingyang was first demoted to the general judgment of Yuezhou because of his support for Zhao Ruyu, and then he was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Huizhou regiment training, and the Nan'an army lived. Huizhou is far away in Guangdong, it is a wild place, hot and humid, and it is most susceptible to diseases. said that he was the deputy envoy of the Huizhou regiment, but in fact he was not much better than the criminals.

At first, in the Nan'an Army, he was physically and mentally exhausted, his wife was frail, and his children were immature. Fortunately, with the blessing of God, he finally survived.

After that, whenever he thought of this, in addition to adding troubles, he was always filled with righteous indignation, denounced the traitorous ministers as the way, and complained about Zhao Ruyu and others. But what's the use, people are still powerful, and you still eat bran and swallow vegetables, and you are looked down upon. His family persuaded him to recognize the situation and bear more with less talk, but he was still not convinced.

Zhao Ruyu died of illness in Hengzhou, and Zhu Xi was forced to apologize, and he kept it all in his heart. I often say it in private, I don't believe it, loyal ministers are always aggrieved, and Han Yanxuan, a traitor, can run rampant for a long time.

There is an old Xiucai surnamed Zhou who often writes poems and paintings with him, and talks about ancient scriptures. Once, the two talked about Zhao Ruyu's death.

Xu Pingyang believes that Zhao Ruyu's capital crime lies in Han Yanzhou, and Han Yanxuan's foreign relatives dominate the dynasty, which is really a disaster of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhou Laoxiu shook his head, that is because you are in it, as an outsider does not see it that way. The struggle between Han and Zhao is no different from the struggle for power and profit between the ministers of previous dynasties, and it is impossible to say who is loyal and who is traitorous.

Xu Pingyang disagreed, what are you talking about, there are also loyalty and treachery in the struggle for power.

Brother Xu, don't worry, listen to me, you know, during the reign of Shenzong, Wang Anshi implemented a change in the law, and the courtiers were divided into two major factions, called the new party and the old party. In essence, it is just that there are different viewpoints and different means of administration. At that time, among the ministers who opposed the change of the law, Sima Guang was the most prominent, and the two Si Wang were fighting to the death, with you and without me, who do you say is a loyal minister and who is a traitor?

It's the same now, Zhao Ruyu is a royal family, serving as the prime minister, overseeing the court situation, and if he loses, he is a loyal minister? Han Yanxuan is a relative, drove away Zhao Ruyu, and monopolized the court, is he a traitor? Who doesn't want to say one thing or two when he is an official, and if he really says one thing or another, he is a traitor?

However, Brother Zhou, don't forget, in history, there are many cases of relatives in power and disasters to the court, such as Feng Wang Mang, the king of the Han Dynasty.

In the court, as long as he has great power in his hands, he will control the emperor, whether it is a relative, a clan, or an ordinary courtier, he will often be overbearing and do evil, such as Dong Zhuo and Qin Hui, who are traitors who bring disaster to the country and the people.

Yes, that's right. Xu Pingyang nodded in acknowledgement.

Then let me ask you, what kind of official is this surnamed Han now? Is it the Prime Minister of the Left, or the Privy Council? No, I heard that it was just a festival envoy, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, and the title of Duke of Yuguo, these are all false positions.

This is exactly the cleverness of the surname Han, he doesn't want the dispatch of Prime Minister Zuo, for fear that people will accuse him of occupying the phase with his relatives. In fact, Prime Minister Zuo and the Privy Council envoy were all recommended by him and listened to him.

So can he sway the emperor, can he give orders directly without listening to the emperor's words?

That's not true, everything he wants to do is to ask the emperor, and the emperor can generally approve it.

This shows that he is not like Dong Zhuo, who covers the sky with one hand, does whatever he wants, and coerces the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Brother Xu, it's not me who speaks for the surname Han, and people think that he is not a traitor now. Whether a minister is a traitor or a loyal, the key depends on what he does, what benefits the country and the people is loyalty, and what harms the country and the people is traitor.

Zhou Laoxiu asked with a smile: Brother Xu, tell me, what good things did Zhao Ruyu do? What bad things did Han Yanxuan do?

The words of the countryside Xiucai were like an enlightenment, and Xu Pingyang suddenly opened: It's this reason, what good things did Zhao Ruyu do, he can't say it, what bad things did Han Yanxuan do, how many can he say, the Qingyuan Party forbids one, and what, can Zhao Ruyu's death be counted on his head?

When Zhao Ruyu was in power, those who were exiled to death, could they settle accounts with Zhao Ruyu? If he gets sick and dies here, will his son be able to go to Beijing to sue Han Yanxuan??

Since then, the old man has figured it out, he doesn't resent or hate, he should eat, drink, cultivate himself, and earn it in a few more years. His life is to read books, write, and drink a glass of wine.

Two years ago, Yang Yuandao came forward to find the prime minister and transferred Xu Pingyang to Chuzhou.