In February of the 2nd year of Jingyou (1035), the 26-year-old Zhao Zhen was surrounded by many beautiful women, but he had not yet given birth to a prince. So he brought his fourth emperor uncle Zhao Yuanfen's grandson, Zhao Yunrang's son, Zhao Zongshi (that is, the future Song Yingzong Zhao Shu), who was born for more than 3 years, into the palace as his own son, and was raised by Empress Cao.

Next, the prime minister of the empire was replaced again, and Li Di almost automatically jumped off the cliff, fulfilling Lu Yijian's dream of being prime minister.

The incident was caused by a famous minister at the time. Fan Wei is very bold and very active, and he has participated in all major events in recent years. For example, he once persuaded Liu E to depreciate Cao Yu; Yuqing Zhaoying Palace was burned down by lightning, Liu E wanted to rebuild, Fan Wei opposed, and also opposed the pursuit of dereliction of duty; and to drive Qian Weiyan out of the capital no matter what; He even called the Khitans a board. The most recent time in the limelight was after the abolition of Renzong. Before Lu Yijian made a statement, he took the lead in saying that the queen had no children and should have been abolished a long time ago.

He is not a top minister, but he dares to get involved in everything, and he wins the bet. Only this time, but this can't be blamed on him, who can know in advance which thing is the limit? Who really can't be messed with?

The person who can't be provoked is called Pang Ji, that is, the prototype of Bao Qingtian's nemesis Pang Taishi. Pang Ji impeached Fan Wei for an old matter: Fan Wei was the third envoy at the time, and as the chief financial officer of the Great Song Dynasty and the third highest-ranking official after the eastern and western prefectures, he applied for promotion to Wu Code, the supervisor of the Zuozang Treasury. The reason is that the prison is in a good way and nothing is lost. This is within his purview, which is normal, but in private there is one thing that is very abnormal, he took out a beautiful silver saddle and gave it to Wu Code as a bribe. The dignified chief financial officer of the Song Dynasty gave a gift to a small warehouse keeper under him. For what?

Very simple. Wu Code's son-in-law is Shang Meiren's half-brother. How? The relationship is twisted and twisted, but the goal is accurate, and he must have a relationship with the hottest person in the palace. This is also in line with Fan Yan's consistent style of doing things, but in a blink of an eye, Shang Mei has become a monk. Then Fan Yan suddenly felt a pain in his flesh - money! There are too many bribes for Wu Code!

It happened that Fan Yan was going to leave Beijing at this time and go to Yanzhou to become an official. Before leaving, he shouted poverty and took thousands of taels of platinum utensils from the Hanlin Courtyard. Then the economical mind of the three priests went into its way, and the platinum was put to good use.

He took it away from Kaifeng and didn't make a move until Qizhou. The difference between the two places was made a lot by him. The above is the beginning and end of the impeachment of Fan and the violation of discipline by Pang Ji.

For this matter, in fact, there is only contempt and laughter, bribing his subordinates, and rolling the gold of the Hanlin Academy, how can he have the slightest demeanor? The third envoy is the third highest official in the Great Song Dynasty! It was actually made like this by Fan Yan! But no matter how you characterize it, it's not enough to be a serious crime, is it?

But the results were terrible. Both Pang and Fan Yan, plus their supporters, fought bloodily and lost their official positions. First of all, Pang Ji lost, and Prime Minister Li Di personally judged that Pang Ji's performance was untrue, and he was driven out of the Yushitai and sent to become a magistrate.

Pang was not convinced. As a result of the dissatisfaction, the imperial court sent Huainan transfer envoy Huang Zong and Zhang Song of Hebei Prison to re-examine. Looking at the official positions of these two people, and then thinking about the degree of Fan Wei's disciplinary violations, one can come to a conclusion: The Song Dynasty sent the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau to investigate a chicken lost by Xiao Li's family in Nanxiang Town, Jiading District, Shanghai!

It's a big deal! So Fan Yan was guilty and was demoted to be the Sima of the Wuchang march on the 12th. On the 13th, Prime Minister Li Di's Great Song Dynasty was also taken down!

The whole world pays tribute to Pang Ji, you are really worthy of the name of the imperial history! But Pang Jiding is also smiling bitterly, in fact, he also has a little selfishness of his own in doing so, and the root is in Shang Meiren, the half-sister of Wu Code's son-in-law. Shang and Yang are different, Yang Meiren is just a separate house. Many years later, he was taken back to the palace, continued to rise to the throne, and was posthumously presented to Concubine De when he died. And Shang Meiren died of old age in the Taoist temple and never saw the light of day again. The fundamental reason is that she interferes in politics! Since this woman was favored, she felt that she was the biggest in the world except for Zhao Zhen, and one day she sent her cronies and eunuchs to Kaifeng Mansion to "pass the decree" to exempt some workers in Kaifeng City from paying taxes.

Not much money. But this is an order to the public service of the state to interfere in the country's tax system. At that time, Pang Ji was only a judge of Kaifeng Prefecture. Without waiting for his boss to give an order, he beat the eunuch down, and suggested that from now on. Any orders from the harem concubines, Kaifeng Mansion will not accept them!

Liangzi was concluded in this way, and after that, it was endless, even if Shang Meiren became Shang Taoist, he had to fight clearly. The reason for this is rooted in Pang's character.

Back to this matter, Pang Ji was determined to grasp the root of an official's life in officialdom - morality. Once established, Fan Wei will never come out again. These specific minor crimes are only enough to demote him and not kill him, but after he is demoted, don't think about rising again!

As for Prime Minister Li Di, it is purely a friendship performance, he is an old friend for many years, and the life of an old friend, how can he not pull a hand? But who would have thought that a small Pang Ji would be so tough and ask for a review, and then the intensity of the review soared wildly, exceeding the ideological preparation of the prime minister and the former envoy - no! There must be someone on top of Pang's book! Who could that be? Prime Minister Lu Yijian! He has been waiting for the opportunity to bring down Li Di, and it is rare for Li Di to send it to the door himself. All right! Lucky Pang Ji, I'll help you! And so things took a turn for the worse...

But on this day, Lu Yijian led the court and was arrogant. Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong behind him, and when he turned his head, the people behind him were not Wang Sui and Song Shou, the two governors of political affairs, but Wang Zeng!

You... Aren't you from the Privy Council of the Western Mansion? You're in the wrong place!

Hehe, Wang Zeng smiled casually, the emperor just transferred me over, saying that I am still good in Dongfu. Lu Yijian fainted instantly!

Wang Zeng, who was the prime minister during the Tiansheng period, was still his subordinate at that time. Oh, my God! I tried my best to get rid of Li Di, did I actually make a wedding dress for Wang Zeng? When he arrives in Dongfu, is there anything else about me Lu Yijian?

Lu Yijian held back his panic and heard the general order clearly-Prime Minister: Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng; Governor's Affairs: Cai Qi, Sheng Du; Privy Envoys: Wang Sui, Li Advisory; Privy Deputy Envoys: Song Shou, Wang Deyong, Han Yi.

I'm Prime Minister, Wang Zeng is Vice Minister, thank goodness... Lu Yijian suddenly stood up: Oppose! Wang was a veteran of the country, had rich experience as prime minister, and was better than me, so I decided to remain his deputy and obey his leadership!

There were all kinds of eyes around, and there was admiration when he recommended Zhang Shixun and was willing not to be the prime minister, but more of it was disdain and anger. Tricks can be played, but not twice. Now everyone knows who you are, is it interesting to pretend again? The answer is yes, Lu Yijian's enthusiasm for work is unprecedentedly high, whether it is consolidating his position or resisting Wang Zeng, he has to make achievements.

So the more you do it, the more it makes that person hate. In early March, Fan Zhongyan returned. After coming back, the official position is a bit idle, and it is Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematized.

"Pavilion" or "Pavilion" was not trivial in the official positions of the Song Dynasty, such as Longtu Pavilion and Zhaowen Pavilion, which are very famous buildings. But thousands of years later, we know about them. To a large extent, it is due to prominent names such as "Longtuge University Scholar Bao Zheng", but in fact, the strongest are Zhaowen Hall and Jixian Academy.

After the Celestial Saint Year, the Prime Minister must add the title of Scholar of Shobunkan University and the Second Prime Minister must add the title of Scholar of Jixian Academy. In the future, the official positions of bachelors, direct bachelors, and waiting for the system in various museums and cabinets have also risen. Among them is the Tianzhang Pavilion system.

Tianzhang Pavilion was built a little late, it was built by Zhao Zhen's father Zhao Heng when he worshiped God during the Dazhong Xiangfu period, and the location was in the north of the Longtu Pavilion in the palace and the west of the Huiqing Palace. After Zhao Heng's death, Tianzhang Pavilion became a legacy, which was very sacred and nostalgic. The official position is also named by it. But this set of official positions is pitiful, and the so-called "Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematic" is just the emperor's attendants and followers.

But Fan Zhongyan's official position in the first light of his life and when he wrote to ask Liu E to return to power was the head of the Secret Pavilion, which was not big, and it was similar to the Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematized. But after hard work. has been promoted to the right counselor of the Governor's Yuan, which can be said to be a high authority, right? But this time I went to the countryside for transformation, and even the tiring work of water control was done, but the official position actually reappeared in the past. Returned to the squire again. This can only prove one thing: Lu Yijian, the prime minister of the empire, has a belly that is not too big and will not be able to hold a boat.

The squire is the attendant. Fan Zhongyan did not object at all. Tianzhang Pavilion is in the palace, and the attendants will see the emperor sooner or later, and with Fan Zhongyan's talent and reputation, he can get the opportunity to chat with the emperor almost every day. Imagine the joy of being able to express your opinion at any time without having to write a concerto.

It didn't take long, about three or four months later, Lu Yijian suddenly asked someone to bring him a sentence, "To be controlled is an attendant, not a matter of tongue" to remind him that you are now a follower, please stop talking like you did when you were a speech official before.

But Fan Zhongyan Zhenzhen resigned, "On the position of ideological and political servants, Yu dare not reluctant" to the emperor to make a speech, discussing politics, is exactly the job that the attendant should do, I don't dare to be lazy.

This presents Lu Yijian with a problem, what else can be done against such a person? There is no hurry. There is a book that can teach you - in September, Song Shou, the governor of the political affairs, gathered the wisdom of the prime ministers of the Zhongshu Provincial Political Affairs Hall and wrote the 419 volumes of "General Regulations of the Chinese Book", how the prime ministers should work, there is everything in this book.

After the book was completed, Lu Yijian was overjoyed, and he said to everyone - since he had this set of books, even if he was just a stupid person, he could be the prime minister...

On November 8, the deposed queen Guo died suddenly. The analysis of the case is as follows:

His Majesty Renzong went to Houhuayuan to play by chance one day, and happened to see a small sedan chair full of dust. That's where his ex-wife often sits... That day, the emperor stood in a daze for a long time, then picked up a pen and wrote something, and ordered someone to send it to Changning Palace. The former queen and the current Yujing Chong Miao Immortal Master Guo suddenly burst into tears when she saw it, it was the first "Qing Jinzhi", and her husband was still thinking about her. Queen Guo was sad, and wrote a poem to give back to Zhao Zhen. According to the record, the words were sad and poignant, and the emperor was even more sad after seeing it, and immediately ordered someone to quietly invite his ex-wife to sit in a small sedan chair and secretly enter the palace to meet him. But I didn't expect to be rejected. The former queen has one condition: if she wants to enter the palace again, she must "set up a class of 100 officials and receive all kinds of books", that is, she must be the queen again.

This... Is it the condition? Shi said that Zhao Zhen hesitated, and was silent for a long time, noncommittal.

But the palace was a place of seclusion and loneliness, and the only pastime for the ladies and eunuchs was irritating gossip. The conditions for the former empress to be reinstated were like a fast-flowing undercurrent, which flowed from her Changning Palace to the ears of the information terminal, the great eunuch Yan Wenying. Immediately after the news spread, Prime Minister Lu Yijian also knew about it.

Then let's look at the scene: At the end of the year, Zhao Zhen went out of the palace to the southern suburbs to hold a suburban ceremony as usual - Guo in Changning Palace suddenly fell ill - Yan Wen should take the medical officer of the imperial medicine hospital to see a doctor. The head of the Imperial Medicine Academy is called Yan Shiliang, the son of Yan Wenying (pro?). Dry? Unknown) - Empress Guo died violently a few days later - Zhao Zhen returned to the palace to learn that the person had died, and he was very sad, but he had no choice but to re-register Guo as the queen and go out of the funeral at the highest level.

As long as anyone who knows a little bit about the inside story of the Dao, a thought will flash out of their minds - Empress Guo was killed by Yan Wen, and the means was to take the opportunity to poison her. Maybe even the initial illness was done by someone he sent. Who made his son from the Imperial Pharmacy and still be on the scene?

But the crux of the matter is that there is no evidence, not only is there no witness, but there is no physical evidence. That's the queen, whether it's his ex-wife or not, it's the private property of His Majesty the Emperor, thinking that if she dies, she can let you go to the dissect casually for verification?

But seeing this dead eunuch at large, what did the Great Song Dynasty do with so many officials? At this time, the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Zhiyuan were greatly injured, and after the last abolition of the queen, a large number of people were replaced within the Taiwan and Imperial Palaces, and they were all the cronies of Prime Minister Lu. The effect is very good, it should be said that until the fall of Lu Yijian, the officials basically never troubled the emperor and the prime minister again.

But this time is an exception, such things can be silent, so is the surname of the Great Song Dynasty surnamed Zhao or Lu? Someone in the Zhiyuan stood up, Yao Zhongsun and Gao Ruone jointly impeached Yan Wenying for poisoning the former queen, but the evidence is more funny: When Zhao Zhen went to the southern suburbs to hold a suburban ceremony, someone heard Yan Wenying scolding loudly in the palace, and it was the people from the Imperial Medicine Institute who were scolded. You have to use quite a lot of associations to connect with the death of Empress Guo later-the people in the Imperial Medicine Academy didn't want to poison them, they were threatened by Yan Wenying...

Very spoofed. If this is true, should everyone in the palace hear roars such as "Go and give this packet of medicine to that slut, you have to make sure that she dies as soon as she eats it, or you will die"? Is that still a threat? That is a challenge to the basic IQ of all the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty!

But the two officials don't think so. We know that there is no evidence for the Tao, and it is because of this that we have to be even more unreasonable!

After repeated battles, Yan Wenying and his son Yan Shiliang were both demoted and driven out of the capital. But the punishment came down, Yan Wenying actually refused to carry it out, I just didn't leave in the capital, what can you do with me? What is a speech official? What is imperial power? The decree is not as good as the papyrus! Who let me have someone above me! (To be continued......)