- Zhang Fangping had served as the third envoy before, and was in charge of local military affairs, and he was also a well-informed and well-informed figure who could rank among the top three in the Song Dynasty, which can be said to be not strong. But such a strong man was killed without realizing it.

The matter started with a Beijing businessman named Liu Baoheng, who opened a wine shop and owed more than one million yuan to the government. Under the supervision of the officials sent by the three divisions, Liu Baoheng said, otherwise, I will use the house to pay off the debt. The servant went to the house with him and saw that the ground was very good, the house was very luxurious, and there were people who asked for two million dollars, so he agreed.

After returning, the official in charge of the auction thought that after his envoy returned to Beijing, he had not found a suitable place to live, and he still rented a house, so he first asked the envoy if he wanted it.

Zhang Fangping heard that the house was good, so he asked his family to take a look at it, and found that it was worth the money, so he paid for the house. Who knew that before he had time to live for a day, Liu Baoheng's aunt went to Kaifeng Mansion to complain, saying that Liu Baoheng was not a descendant of the Liu family, but a scoundrel ruffian who had no right to sell the ancestral inheritance of the Liu family.

After Kaifeng Prefecture sent someone to investigate, it was found that what Aunt Liu Baoheng said was true. As a result, Zhang Fangping, the third envoy who bought Liu Baoheng's house, became a figure on the cusp of the storm, and he was extremely suspicious.

Bao Zheng had just been appointed as the Imperial History Zhongcheng at that time, and he was about to do a big job to wash away the corrupt officials of the imperial court. Seeing that Zhang Fangping took advantage of his position and embezzled people's wealth, how could he let go of this big fish? He immediately wrote to impeach Zhang Fangping, accusing him of being the third envoy, but taking advantage of the danger of others to buy the houses of the rich people under his jurisdiction, which was incorruptible and shameful. Such a villain, the court entrusted him with a big responsibility, and he was given a high position, which will definitely bring disaster to the country and the people! One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and many officials immediately followed up, and Zhang Fangping had no choice but to resign. Fu Bi naturally wanted to keep it, saying that Zhang Xianggong was at most a temporary negligence, and there was no moral issue, so he should not be overly investigated.

But Zhang Fangping had already smelled the danger. Knowing that he stayed, he was afraid that he would be ruined. The imperial court couldn't keep him, so he had to appoint him as the governor of Chenzhou. Before leaving, Zhang Fangping said to Fu Bi: "I am harmed by a traitor, and I am good at doing it myself."

These words reached Bao Zheng's ears, and Bao Heizi also came back to his senses...... He found himself being taken advantage of. People knew that he was a temper who couldn't rub sand in his eyes, so they set up this game. to frame Zhang Fangping.

Bao Zheng regretted it very much. But the wood is already in the boat, and he can't change it, he can only try to remedy it.

At this time. The new three envoys were released, and Song Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, succeeded him. Now some people are happy, because Lao Song is against disarmament.

Sure enough, Song Qiyi came to power. Just working against the rich minister, not to say that the imperial court is only due to natural and man-made disasters, and the financial difficulties temporarily caused by natural and man-made disasters can be improved in a few years. The chain of disarmament was loosened all of a sudden, and Fu Xianggong's situation was embarrassing.

However, the move of disarmament has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and civil officials are not dead friends, so they naturally vigorously support disarmament and expenditure reduction, and Song Qi's words and deeds have aroused the dissatisfaction of many officials. What's more, Zhang Fangping lost his official position just because he was careless. And Song Qi's official reputation is much worse than him...... Immediately, some officials exposed Song Qi's old background and impeached him for squandering public funds, extravagant banquets, and living a luxurious life when he was a local official.

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This famous 'Red Apricot Shangshu' is a talented man who won the champion at the beginning, but was placed behind his brother by Empress Dowager Liu. Song Qi was poor when he was young, and he was the first. The world is famous, life is becoming more and more extravagant, and it is famous for liking beautiful women.

Of course, this is the normal condition of human beings, and the saints who do not enjoy it if they have the conditions. It's a minority, after all. However, it is rare to see someone as high-profile as Song Qi. He often feasted in the mansion. The guests drank and sang and danced in it from morning to night, and accidentally unveiled the curtain, and were surprised to find that it was the early morning of the next day! Therefore, Song Qi's mansion is also known as 'Unknown Heaven'.

Even if it is a boring job, Song Qi can turn it into a fragrant enjoyment. During his tenure in Yizhou, he was ordered to study the "New Tang Book" with Ouyang Xiu, and it was very difficult to repair history.

However, Song Qi is different, he always has people light huge candles all over the house after the banquet is finished, and the beautiful concubine grinds the ink, lays the paper, and adds the fragrance...... And it is not low-key at all, and it intends to open the courtyard door to let the people who pass by on the street come to watch.

Under the bright giant candle, surrounded by beads and greenery, and among the fragrant clothes and sideburns, Song Qi was calm and relaxed, splashing ink, and passers-by were envious, sighing that Song Shangshu was really a fairy-like day!

One day, in the face of a rare heavy snow in Chengdu, a curtain was added to the house and two giant furnaces were placed in the room, and the room was as warm as spring. Many concubines surrounded him, and Song Qi grinded the ink, unfolding the papyrus of Chengxintang one by one, and slowly writing. Halfway through the book, he breathed a hot sigh, rubbed his hands, looked around at the concubines, and asked with satisfaction: 'Is there such an elegant master whom you have served in the past?' ’

The concubines of the Song Dynasty were all contract workers for three or five years, and it was common for them to serve seven or eight masters in their careers. So there is no need to give away concubines and change horses for Su Dongpo, and make a fuss, social customs are like this. Do you think Da Su will give his wife away?

The concubines flattered him, and replied in a coquettish voice: "How can there be, we have never seen each other!" ”

Song Qi also knew that they were patting themselves on the back, and asked a singer who had worked at a certain captain's house: "When encountering this kind of weather, what does your captain usually do?" ”

The singer covered his mouth and smiled: "He's just holding a small stove, watching people sing and dance, and then doing some miscellaneous dramas, getting drunk, where can he be as elegant as a bachelor?" Unexpectedly, when Song Qi heard this, he sighed and said, "Isn't this good!" So, I stopped writing and covered the book, drank wildly, enjoyed female music, and stayed up all night. Since then, he's been doing this all the time......

After returning to the capital, Song Qi still didn't know how to restrain, and often lit the lanterns to embrace the courtesans and drunk, at this time, his brother Song Zhen was participating in political affairs, and he couldn't see his style very much, so he asked people to say to Song Qi: 'I heard that last night the lantern night banquet was extremely poor and luxurious, I don't know if you still remember when you were learning to eat pickles and rice in the same state? ’

Song Qi laughed when he heard the words and said: "Message to the father-in-law, I don't know what I ate pickle rice for? ’

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Letting such a person with public funds for private use and a luxurious life be in charge of the treasury, isn't that the same as letting the rats look at the granary? As a result, in the opposition of hundreds of officials, Song Qi's buttocks went down before he could sit hot. And the main force to impeach him is still Bao Zheng.

After Song Qi went down, the official family was also annoyed, Lao Bao, you don't like anyone, then you can do it!

So Lao Bao went from the Attorney General to the Minister of Finance......

Now Lao Bao was embarrassed, as if he was impeaching others to clear the way for himself, he was speechless. Sure enough, before he took office, he was impeached, and it was a heavyweight - Ouyang Xiu, a generation of war gods and the leader of the literary league, fired at him.

Ouyang Xiu believes that although Bao Zheng is upright, honest and self-disciplined, selfless, and talented, scholars should value righteousness over profit, cherish honor and honor, and despise official positions. But Bao Zheng was the opposite, he vigorously attacked the third envoy Zhang Fangping and forced Zhang Fangping to step down; Song Qi had just taken over, and he spared no effort to criticize Song Qi's mistakes. After Song Qi was deposed, he became the third envoy, which cannot but make people suspect that Bao Zheng was a treacherous villain. If the official family insists on appointing Bao Zheng as the third envoy, then the goal of the ancestors to appoint the official will be ruined!

But the official family did not adopt Ouyang Xiu's opinion, and after a while, Bao Zheng still took office......

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"Lao Bao spares no money." Ouyang Xiu praised Bao Zheng, who had been impeached by him, in front of his disciples: "He impeached Song Qi to save disarmament, and being the prime minister is also to save disarmament." After a pause, he said: "He was worried that he would repeat the mistakes of his previous two predecessors, so he privately approached me and asked me to impeach him first." ”

"I see, it's ......," Chen Ke suddenly said. Bao Zheng's trick is called fighting poison with poison, which is the same as planting pox. Ouyang Xiu's impeachment is actually to open Bao Zheng. Ninety percent is good, only one percent is bad, and the official family is tired of changing the appearance like a marquee, so naturally they will not change people because of this matter.

In this way, it will be ineffective for other officials to attack Bao Zheng with this matter, and Bao Zheng is beyond reproach, so he can naturally sit firmly in the position of prime minister.

"With Lao Bao's support, Fu Xianggong's disarmament plan can finally continue to be implemented!" Ouyang Xiu said: "Those people naturally won't sit still, they have made a total of three moves. ”

"Which three moves?"

"The first move is to exaggerate the tension between Song and Liao and prompt the imperial court to transfer heavy troops to the north." Ouyang Xiu said: "The troops who are preparing to fight are naturally safe, so that they can keep their cronies and descendants." ”

"No wonder, when I passed by Hebei Road, I found that it seemed to be in a state of imminent formation." Chen Ke said suddenly: "But the army's appearance is lax, and there is no intention of fighting." ”

"The second move is to put the forbidden army, especially the forbidden army stationed in Beijing, on the disarmament list." Ouyang Xiu continued: "The forbidden army is the foundation of the Son of Heaven's control of the world, and there can be no chaos. Moreover, Bianjing is a military city, more than half of the population, non-military or military dependents, moving their jobs, naturally the Beijing division is uneasy, if there is another chaos, I am afraid that not only the rich minister will step down, but no one will dare to mention disarmament in the future, right? ”

"That's too bold, isn't it?" Chen Ke exclaimed: "The army is in turmoil, and the Son of Heaven will not tolerate it!" ”

"There is no need for the army to be chaotic, it is enough for the military dependents to be chaotic." Ouyang Xiu said lightly: "The third move, they also take the harem route. ”――

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