Yushitai and Zhiyuan immediately took action, even if Lu Yijian had many cronies in these two departments, it would be useless. In particular, the power of the people has been mobilized. 1. Zhang Hong, a candidate from Hanzhou who entered Beijing to take the exam, said: "Lu Gong has been the prime minister for a long time. The gaffe at the court meeting was not a mistake, but a heavenly victory, and he was dying."

As a prophecy, more than 10 days later, Lu Yijian suffered a stroke...

Emperor Renzong is a nostalgic person, he even misses his divorced wife, let alone this benefactor who has protected his biological mother's name? He wrote an edict in his own hand, worshiping Lu Yi Jian as a commonplace, and Pingzhang was a major military matter, so that he could recuperate with peace of mind, and he could enter the court once in three or five days. In addition, the emperor also cut off his own dragon beard and sent someone to the Lu Mansion: Aiqing, the ancients said that beard hair can cure diseases, I cut it off and give it to you, I hope you can get better...

This made the ministers even more angry: Lu Yijian, you also have today!

On January 2, the 3rd year of Qingli (1043), Yelu Zong Zhen sent two people, Yelu Enemy Lie and Wang Weiji, to envoy Western Xia, asking Li Yuanhao to make peace with Song.

At this time, the focus of the Song Dynasty was basically on the encirclement and suppression of Lü Yijian. Officials inside and outside the capital worked together, there were too many people, so let's see the performance of Sun Wei, the transfer envoy of Shaanxi.

He upgraded Fan Zhongyan's impeachment of Lu Yijian, Lu Yijian is not only Zhang Yu of the Han Dynasty, but also Li Linfu, the traitor of the Tang Dynasty, since he came to power, the Song Dynasty is like the Tang Dynasty in the late Tang Dynasty Xuanzong, the treacherous and evil are crowded, foreign insults are approaching, the Liao State and the Western Xia have been bullied to the doorstep, the country has never been so embarrassed, Lu Yi is briefly responsible for these! It is said that when Lu Yijian, who was ill, saw Sun Wei's recital, he said such a sentence: "Sun Yuangui is the words of the medicine stone, but he hates to hear it for ten years" He didn't mind, at least on the surface, it showed the magnanimity of the prime minister's elders.

At the curtain call of Lu Yijian's generation, it should be inevitable to say a few more words:

Analyze a person based on what he has done. As the prime minister of the empire, Lu Yijian has maintained the normal operation of the empire's government affairs for so many years, and is more well-known for keeping the position of Zhao Zhen's mother and supporting Zhao Zhen to beat the gentlemen who interfered with his divorce of his wife...

It's all a private matter. It has nothing to do with national affairs. The only thing that is relevant is that the Northwest War used and supported the old enemy Fan Zhongyan and others, and Fu Bi was used in the northern negotiations. This is a bit of a heart to give up private fighting and devote oneself to the public. To be fair, this is also the highlight of his life, no matter what the internal reasons are, such as from the way he is difficult to get rich and take revenge on political opponents at the expense of the national interest, it is hard to believe that he is completely well-intentioned. But I have to admit that this is good for the country!

But are these two good things enough for the veteran prime minister who has been in power for more than 10 years? Is it enough to cover and evaluate his life? We also have to see what his daily work style is. Let's start with an incident before he had a stroke:

That was in July 1042 during the reign of Fu Bi's envoy to Liao. The privy deputy envoy Ren Bu lost his official position and was sent to Heyang. Ren Bu is not a big name, he entered the two mansions purely because he was qualified, and he has a very good personality, and he never talks much to find trouble. But there is one thing: people who speak less often have a bigger temper and a more stubborn temperament, Ren Bu is like this, he doesn't mess with anyone, but he hates Lu Yijian!

After singing against Lu Yijian several times, Prime Minister Lu became angry. Decided to get rid of him. It's very hard to scratch your head in any way, because Ren Bu doesn't make mistakes, you can't find fault with others. But don't worry, Lu Yi can do it. He inquired that Ren Bu's son was a wonderful person. The characteristic is that the "crazy fool" is very bold and stupid...

Here's the way! He was first promoted to the official of Bu's son, and he was very prominent and entered the Zhiyuan. This next son is like a fish in water, and he can finally flatten whoever he wants! The first goal is... He's old man! Say his dad is not talented!

It is estimated that this baby is really sick. and is usually arrogant, thinking that he is extraordinary, but his father never takes him seriously. Thereupon. He's sure Dad isn't talented!

Such a piece of music is handed over to the two governments, and there can only be one ending - being discovered by his father. Ren Bu is so angry, how can he give birth to such a son? The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, and he hid the letter in private. But the matter is not over, Lu Yijian made persistent efforts and continued to put fire on Ren's son: Someone hid your concert, and he made it impossible for the emperor to see it!

Ren Zi was furious, and he wrote again, and he must find out who dared to harm his good deeds! So I found out... Ren Bu Shimono. As for Ren's son, he is waiting for his promotion in the capital! As a result, he died even more miserably, and the Taiwan and admonishment officials controlled by Lu Yijian completely suppressed him with the crime of unfilial piety that was annihilated by humanity and righteousness: I don't even understand the fault of my son and father, what else do you come out to be an official?

What is the character of a man who instigates discord between father and son? Knowing that the other party is a fool, and instigating to cut off his father, is such a character despicable and shameless? Lu Yijian is about this virtue...

Therefore, we can give a general definition first: this person is a bad person who has not completely forgotten his duties, and a good person who is not very kind. His tricks are insidious, and his mind is not broad-minded, and all his political enemies have been suppressed by him in this way, forming gangs and factions, making the upper-level officialdom of the Song Dynasty lifeless, which can basically be summarized as treacherous. But it is still very different from the later Cai Jing and Qin Hui and others. Because he is not ambiguous in national affairs, he knows who will be beneficial to the country and the nation...

Speaking of which, it seems that the coffin can be closed. But it's still not enough, as a representative of the Renzong Dynasty, how can you only analyze the surface and not dig deep into the inner layer? Lu Yijian is like this, what is this?

A dialogue in history can truly show his inner psychology. That is him and Fan Zhongyan privately discussing the world's figures. When it came to the integrity of the festival, Lu Yijian sneered and shook his head, "I have seen too many characters, and in the real world, there is no word for ethics at all."

Fan Zhongyan sighed, very helpless, "There are indeed such people in the world, but you don't know the way." If you treat the corporal of the world with this kind of thinking, no wonder the people of ethics don't come!" There are no good people and gentlemen in Lu Yijian's eyes. The so-called "in the eyes of villains, everyone in the world is villains." In the eyes of a gentleman, all the people in the world are gentlemen" He doesn't have that virtue at all, and he doesn't dare to trust people other than himself, but uses means to restrain and use tricks to cater to him, but he is not like Fan Zhongyan who convinces people with style and bones, and wins with morality!

This is Lu Yijian's shortcoming, correspondingly, this is also Fan Zhongyan's strength! But unfortunately, being a person and being a politician are two different things. Because of caution and deception, Lu Yijian has stood in officialdom for more than 20 years without falling. As for the failure of Fan Zhongyan's Qingli reform, the reason must also be found from his wide range of believers and broad mind...

Lu Yijian fell ill and went into the wilderness, and the Qingli reform, which will be passed down to future generations, is about to begin...

Lu Yijian's stroke seems to have made way for an era. Let Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, Han Qi and others make great achievements and make those specious "deeds", then his illness is a good thing? Compared to the national politics and people's livelihood of the Song Dynasty? It seems to be, after all, the progress of humanity. It's up to change. But thinking about it carefully, it was still not the right time for him to be sick, because at least Fan Zhongyan was not ready. The flaw in the life of the first person in 300 years is that the succession is too sudden and too fast!

The impact of Lu Yijian's illness on the direction of the Great Song Dynasty's national politics: he was sick early, he was a perfect housekeeper, a bridge of communication between the emperor and the ministers, he was sick when the internal and external troubles of the Great Song Dynasty were extremely serious, and too many problems before the Great Song Dynasty were exposed! If he is not sick, with his old and calm style and level of familiarity with government affairs, even if he cannot solve all the problems, at least he will not panic when solving them. There will be no party strife during the reform of Qingli...

But when he was sick, he immediately pushed Zhao Zhen and Fan Zhongyan to the forefront, forcing these two to solve the big problems that had been backlogged for many years and had spread to every corner of the Great Song Dynasty. For this monarch, this is the first time in the world. They all have a sense of crisis and enthusiasm for reform, but they are not ready... There are so many things that happen in a hurry...

On January 24, Li Yuanhao's envoy He Congqiao came to the security army with a letter of state and found Pang's nationality: Our Western Xia side is coming with the greatest sincerity!

When Pang Ji opened the national book and saw it, he was immediately startled! I really didn't expect Li Yuanhao to be so deferential. The letter of state begins like this: "The male state mud sets the country, the vultures are in the sky, and the father of the Great Song Emperor ...", he took the initiative to be Song Renzong's son! Same as Shi Jingjiao?

As mentioned earlier, Li Yuanhao's real age is 7 years older than Zhao Zhen. And has won many battles on the battlefield, please and please come to this one, impeccable, right? But slowly, there is still a sentence behind "the country has its own country name." There is no Feng table style, which is called a vulture, covered as an ancient single Yu, Khan and the like" said very clearly. I am your son, but I must be a vulture, and the Western Xia Kingdom must be independent! This is not Shi Jingjiao. Is it the stone that 'calls the grandson but not the minister'?

Pang Ji was silent, thought for a long time and said, "The Son of Heaven is supreme, supreme. The title of your national book is not correct, and I will not play the emperor."

He Congmiao was also unequivocal, and replied that our name is very upright, and the son serves the father, just like the courtier serves the emperor. What's wrong with that? I asked to open the cover to see the emperor, and if the emperor himself did not allow it, I would go back and change it...

Pang Ji thought about it again and again, remembering the mistakes Fan Zhongyan had made before. The courtiers have no diplomacy, well, then send you to Kaifeng!

On March 21, due to the large-scale impeachment and the lack of energy, Lu Yijian finally couldn't stand it anymore and went down from the middle book. The government began to adjust the team, and from this moment until August, the superstructure of the Great Song Dynasty tossed back and forth 3 times:

1st: Prime Minister Zhang Dexiang and Yan Shu. Participated in the governor's affairs, Wang Juzheng, Jia Changchao. Privy envoy Xia Zhu. The Privy Vice-Chancellor was in the middle of the mind and Fu Bi. On the 26th, Wang Su, Yu Jing, and Ouyang Xiu of the Governor's Academy. On the 27th, Fu Bi resigned as the deputy privy councillor.

2nd time: Prime Minister Zhang Dexiang, Yan Shu. Participated in the governor's affairs, Wang Juzheng, Jia Changchao. On April 7, the deputy privy envoys Ren Zhongsi, Han Qi, and Fan Zhongyan. On the 8th, the privy envoy Du Yan (Xia Zhu was dismissed). On the 12th, Wang Su, Yu Jing, Ouyang Xiu, and Cai Xiang of the Zhiyuan Academy. On the 22nd, the third envoy Wang Yaochen.

The third time to August... These changes, it seems, are not large, and they are still those people, but there is only a slight change in official positions. But the mystery is here, the official level crushes people to death, and it is still the official standard to speak. The above personnel changes lurked in a huge crisis: one split the Junzi Party, and the other brought the Qingli New Deal to an end. The former one was mainly because Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were transferred to the central government, and the four horse infantry armies in Shaanxi were deployed and pacified to make this biggest title a special person: Zheng Jian... After this person presided over the military administration of the northwest, he immediately sharpened the latent contradictions and caused the gentlemen party to start infighting. The latter is Mr. Xia Zhu, who was appointed and dismissed, but in fact, he did not go to work. It's not that he doesn't want to. He is 10,000 willing! Whoever dares to stop him, he will hold a grudge for the rest of his life! But he was impeached and driven out of the central government by the concerted efforts of the "gentlemen", not only could he not be a privy envoy, but he couldn't even stay in Kaifeng City, and went directly to Haozhou to become an official... This person really holds grudges, Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and others will be embarrassed in his hands in the future! He is also the sworn enemy of Fan Zhongyan in the second half of his life after Lu Yijian!

It is said that although Lu Yijian resigned, he still participated in national affairs as a veteran. How does this work? So Cai Xiang, a newly appointed advisor and a great talent, wrote a recital, which was much more comprehensive and detailed than Sun Wei's. In the face of Cai Xiang's accusation, Lu Yijian was completely silent. It's so cruel and deadly. Cai Xiang said: The failure of the northwest frontier of the Great Song Dynasty, the weakness of the country, and the sloppiness and incompetence of the government are all responsible for Lu Yijian! For more than 10 years, all those who have spoken out in righteousness have either degraded officials or suppressed them, making the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty all flattering and sloppy waste! Therefore, once it competes with the Liao State and the Western Xia, the country can only lose!

This is the characterization of Lu Yijian as a traitor who brings disaster to the country and the people. Who can stand it? Lu Yijian could only leave Kaifeng City in disgrace... Until a year later, on September 10, Lu Yijian died of illness in Zhengzhou.

This year is the famous disaster year of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are many kinds of natural disasters and man-made disasters. Lü Yijian fell, Western Xia came to ask for peace, and the troubles of the Great Song Dynasty had just begun.

This year, from the beginning of spring until May, the Central Plains has not fallen and there is a drought. As we all know, China is a big agricultural country, because we have a large number of people, and the people take food as the sky, so we must first eat enough. Therefore, especially in ancient times, rainwater was the most important livelihood and even strategic material. But it is very difficult, rain has been the dead hole of our nation for thousands of years, even in modern times, water shortage is a bottleneck that restricts our development and progress, as for the reasons, there are too many: from the perspective of global climate formation, if the hinterland of the Central Plains wants to rain, it must be gathered by the cold air clouds from the northwest and the warm ocean currents from the coastal areas of Southeast Asia in the local air, to achieve. You can't have one without the other, and if you miss each other a little bit in the season of need, then drought can happen at any time...

Of course, this is just one explanation, and there are many others. But in ancient times, there was only one explanation: Emperor Lao Tzu didn't study well recently, he must have wasted food and clothing, nostalgia for women, or did something wrong, etc...

So on May 14, His Majesty Song Renzong made a special trip to Xiangguo Temple, the first largest temple in the capital, and the first major Taoist temple to pray for rain. The ceremony was solemn and pious, but probably the Jade Emperor was also busy with other things? Anyway, praying for rain has no effect, and it should be a drought or a drought. It wasn't until the night of the 22nd that there was finally a faint thunder in the sky...

Renzong had already fallen asleep at that time, and in the empty palace, he suddenly got up, didn't have time to put on his shoes, ran barefoot outside the palace, knelt down to the vast night, and bowed to the sky 100 times! It's pouring rain, pouring down! Emperor Renzong is standing in the rain! At this time, everyone in the palace walked out and stood with him until the heavy rain stopped, and then slowly walked back to the palace...

The drought has finally eased, and this year's harvest seems to be promising? But this is only the tip of the iceberg, and there is no way to be happy at all. The money and grain of the Song Dynasty were not left after Zhao Guangyi exhausted Zhao Kuangyin's life's accumulation, Zhao Heng was self-reliant and left to fend for himself, recovered slightly by Liu E, and was consumed and robbed by Li Yuanhao and Yelu Zongzhen in turn, and could no longer maintain the basic operation of the government, and could only rely on the last life-saving straw of the royal family - the inner treasury...

Fishing with all his might, seeing that the whole country is suffering from losses, the last one has eaten the emperor's old book. Can this day be lived again? Zhao Zhen thought about it, the knife had been cut on the neck, and he had to come up with a way to change it!

At this time, there were two mutinies in a row in the Great Song Dynasty: the first time was in Yizhou in May, on May 9, the Yizhou earthquake, Wang Lun, the "thief and tiger wing army soldier" on Jingdong Road, according to the official statement, was vicious and did not change, this person gathered forty or fifty soldiers, and rebelled! (To be continued......)