Xia Zhu and Wen Yanbo, these two people's evaluations in the history of the Song Dynasty are two extremes, but they have one thing in common, that is, they both please this woman surnamed Zhang. A small detail: The reason why Wen Yanbo took the initiative to apply to attack Beizhou was that Zhang Meiren quietly handed out a sentence - the emperor is very troubled, whoever can quell the rebellion is the prime minister! After that, Master Wen took the initiative to ask...

At this time, after the assassination of the imperial palace, she was ceremoniously introduced to the whole country by the emperor: it was she, and only she saved me that night!

This makes people understand, in the official history, it is said that Queen Cao single-handedly solved the crisis, how did a beauty suddenly appear? But Zhao Zhen didn't care, at this time, and later, he kept emphasizing on formal occasions: That night was really dangerous, and only one person was always by his side. It's her, my Zhang Meiren, what is especially rare is that she was not present at the time, and she took the initiative to save him! I am very touched to see the truth in adversity!

After saying this, Lord Xia immediately knew the direction of his progress. He said 8 words very knowledgeably, "pay attention to the gift of respect", and the other ministers present at that time were silent, those who understood did not speak, and those who did not understand quickly turned the book. Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong estimated that he really didn't understand what Xia Zhu was talking about, so he temporarily consulted the highest literati in the empire, Hanlin Bachelor, and realized that this was to promote Zhang Meiren. The bachelor reminded him: There have been examples of this kind of thing before, the emperor of the Han Dynasty took the palace concubine to hunt, a bear suddenly rushed out, and a Jieyu surnamed Feng stood up in front of the emperor and saved the emperor's life. How does Zhang Meiren's credit compare with it now? If you agreed, there is Queen Cao who respects Zhang Meiren? This kind of indecent infamy will fall on you in the future!

Chen Zhizhong thought about it again and again, and decided not to wade into this troubled water, Xia Zhu, say it yourself, I didn't hear anything. This is the end of the day, and Zhang Meiren's promotion has to wait until half a year later. She finally soared into the sky, from the second-to-last fourth-grade beauty to the first-grade first-grade concubine!

On the 27th, the king was slain. On the 29th, Zhang Deyi, the governor of Beizhou, was abandoned in the city.

On February 5, the great eunuch Yang Huaimin was hired by a small demotion.

In February, three months after Li Yuanhao's tragic death, his widow was finally born on the bank of the Liangcha River, and named Li Liangzuo with the homonym of "Liangcha", which is the second emperor of Western Xia, the youngest in the history of the world. The shocking gamble that didn't hide the false money finally won. He became the de facto holder of the supreme power of the Western Xia Kingdom as his uncle and prime minister (sometimes a wicked imagination: if the Zang clan gave birth to a baby girl. The first thing he had to do was to report the funeral to the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Khitan respectively in the name of Li Liangzuo, and ask for canonization.

On April 1, the Great Song Dynasty sent Ren Li to Western Xia to canonize Li Liangzuo as the lord of Xia.

On the 3rd, Ding Du, the governor of the council, was dismissed. Recommended by Wen Yanbo, Ming Ho served as the governor.

On the 10th, Zhao Shu's eldest son, Zhao Ji (the future Song Shenzong), was born in the Pu Palace.

On May 24, the privy envoy Xia Zhu was demoted from the capital and went to Henan Mansion to become an official. Reason? Kaifeng, the capital city of the Great Song Dynasty, has recently had no sun and no clouds in the sky, and there have been 5 earthquakes in a row. Xia Zhu is responsible! Who made him a recognized adulterer?

But analyze carefully. Linked to Xia Zhu's performance in the palace assassination case, the only explanation is that he was too deeply involved. The water involved in this case is too deep and too deep, and it can be concluded from this: the person who has been suppressing the process of solving the case, and even ordered the killing of the last witness the next day, can only be the emperor himself! There are three evidences: 1. It can be successfully suppressed. It can only be the emperor! If there were other people, the Song Dynasty would have endless troubles in the future, and that person would definitely have a second or third action. 2 The later Song Dynasty was very peaceful, inside and outside the emperor's bedroom. There were no more accidents. 3 different encounters between the beauty and Xia Zhu.

Master Xia, there is one thing you better keep in mind: the leader is good to you, and you should not be too good to the leader. You'll always be just a subordinate and an outsider! All right! You don't have a chance in this life... May people like you have an afterlife!

On the same day, Song Zhen was appointed as a privy envoy. The next day, Pang Ji was changed from the privy deputy envoy of the Western Mansion to the Governor of the Eastern Mansion.

After this period of personnel transfer, the biggest natural disaster in Chinese history occurred: the great diversion of the Yellow River!

On June 6, 1048, the Yellow River burst its embankment in Shanghu, the capital of Shanzhou, with a width of nearly 1 li, and the turbidity waves were emptied! Yellow water is rolling! Across the northern part of the Central Plains! Unprecedented catastrophe! There have only been 8 major diversions of the Yellow River of this level in the entire history of China, and this time it ranks first! Even more than the one when Chairman Chiang used explosives during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression burst the embankment at the mouth of the garden! The surging Yellow River changed to the north, passing through the east of the Yellow River in Henan and the west of the Daimyo of Hebei, crossing the Hebei Plain, joining the Yuhe River (now the South Canal), and then entering the sea through the Jiehe River (now the Haihe River).

There is no way to deal with a disaster of this magnitude, let alone ancient times, even in modern times. Back in the Great Song Dynasty at that time, in the face of the catastrophe, we could only let it go, the Yellow River swept the Central Plains, it flowed as much as it wanted, all it could do was to wait for it to flow enough, and then talk about something else...

When the amount of water decreases, the disaster relief operation begins! It is said that this is a great time for the famous ministers of the Renzong Dynasty, who are known as countless stars, to contribute to the people with passion! I'm sorry! Throughout the whole incident, it's a classic joke...

As mentioned earlier, the Yellow River was diverted this time through the Daimyo's Mansion, where there was a big man: the former Prime Minister Jia Changchao. He proposed to restore the old course and let the Yellow River go its original way. The specific method is to use the Jingdong Prefecture Army to repair the old embankment of the Yellow River, divert the river water back to the east, and block the Shanghu mouth. In this way, the areas before the rupture can be restored to their original state once and for all.

The opponent is another former deputy prime minister, Ding Du, a rational man who proceeds from reality. He reminded how hard this "labor" is. In the holy year of the day before yesterday, Huazhou also broke the embankment, which was far less serious than this time, and it took more than 3 years to prepare for construction. Now that the situation in Shanghukou is so serious, how do you mobilize the people to achieve the goal of "eternal ease"? So the so-called "eternal escape" is simply not practical! Lord Ding proposed to let it go first, or even dig the river again, so that the water would flow more and faster, even if it was more seriously flooded. In this way, over the years, the materials and personnel have been almost prepared, and then I will fight the idea of how to plug the mouth...

Prime Minister Ding is very steady, and Prime Minister Jia is very angry: Lao Ding, you seem to be completely proper, but in fact you are misleading the country! Prime Minister Jia took out a carefully prepared map, which marked the location of the Yellow River diverting into Luochuan, Henglong, Shanghu and other areas, according to the overall geographical and topographical considerations, the only way to restore the old road and block Shanghu was to block. is the only correct solution! In order to do this, he said that more than 10 million yuan is needed, 100,000 migrant workers and soldiers are mobilized, and they work overtime day and night, and it can be completed in 100 days!

Can you solve the problem in 100 days? It's so tempting! The emperor was tempted and the victims were excited, but the ministers did not think so, and each of them had his own opinions.

In the days that followed, a variety of river control schemes emerged. There is Jia's restoration of the old road, there is Ding Xiang's slow treatment, and there are even masters who have come to a riverside water reduction method. Use a tributary of the Yellow River. Come and drain away the flood. In this way, it is not necessary to spend tens of millions of dollars to repair the old road, but also conforms to nature, does not resist the Yellow River, and people can walk as they want, so that they will be safe and sound! What's more, after a few days, after Ouyang Xiu, the quarrelsome king of the Renzong Dynasty, returns to Beijing, the struggle will be hot in an instant, and he will count the heads. Knock them one by one - you rotten people, shut up and listen to me! My approach is always the right one!

Quarrel and quarrel, how many schemes? The river hazard is always there. People's livelihoods are in jeopardy. To find out what happens next, let's talk slowly. Disclaimer in advance: It's not that I want to be slow, it's that they have too much desire to quarrel and the process is too long, and this is the year 1048. By 1060, nothing had come of this...

On June 26, Myeong-ho, who had been serving as governor for more than 80 days, developed gangrene in his back. He died the next day.

On October 17, Zhang Meiren became Zhang Guifei. In this matter, Wang Zhen, who made a great effort in this matter, was given a huge amount of gold coins, and Zhang Guifei also said to others, "Zhen, my family is also an official" Zhang Guifei's canonization ceremony, I want Wang Zhen to hold the gold book. But the prime minister did not think that this matter could be done by the counselors. So on November 21, Wang Zhen was promoted to Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematized.

On the 23rd, Yelu Chongyuan, the younger brother of the Khitan Emperor, was given a golden coupon, and his son Nelugu entered the title of King of Chu. Xingzong had promised to pass on the descendants of the younger brother Chongyuan. He once gambled on the city, and the brothers fought against each other. Unexpectedly, the emperor's gambling luck was not good, and he had lost several cities before and after, and none of the courtiers dared to admonish. On this day, the brothers had to fight each other again, and the servant Luo Yi came out to sarcastically admonish, so that Xingzong woke up and did not dare to play this kind of game again.

In the first year of Emperor You (1049), Liao Xingzong Yelu Zong really wanted to avenge the humiliation of the defeated teacher more than 4 years ago? Maybe he wants to take advantage of the chaos of the Western Xia Kingdom to destroy it in one fell swoop? I moved the idea of conquering Western Xia again. So on January 5, he detained the envoys of the Western Xia Kingdom who came to congratulate the New Year. On the 6th, Xiao Weixin was sent as an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty to inform the Great Khitan that he would conquer Western Xia again.

On June 1, Zong Zhen appointed Xiao Hui as the coach of the South Road, and Xiao Xiaoyou and Tie Bu as deputy generals. Yelu Rugu is the coach of the North Road. Zong Zhen himself was the commander of the middle lane, preparing a 3-way army to conquer Western Xia.

On the 21st, Song Qi, a scholar from Hanlin, was edicted to revise the Book of Tang

On July 7, Yelu Zongzhen personally marched and set out, with the emperor's younger brother Yelu Chongyuan and the king of the Northern Courtyard Yelu Renxian as the vanguard. On August 1, the army crossed the river and entered the Western Xia, but he did not expect that none of the Western Xia troops would flee. Xingzong, who had no choice but to lead the Middle Route Army back to China.

On the 2nd, it has been more than a year since the river disaster, but Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong has no way to deal with it, and he did not say anything. Strike! Wen Yanbo was promoted to prime minister. The privy envoy Song Zhen was reappointed as the prime minister, the privy deputy envoy Gao Ruoqu was reappointed as the governor of the council, the governor Pang Ji was reappointed as the privy envoy, and Liang Shi was promoted to the deputy privy envoy. On September 5, Zhang Guifei's uncle Zhang Yaozuo became the third highest-ranking official and the third envoy of the Great Song Dynasty! This appointment caused an uproar in the government and the opposition! From this time to the supervision of the imperial history Chen Xu, until the leap November of the following year, Zhang Yaozuo was dismissed as the third envoy, and there will be countless impeachment recitals one after another! Among them, the most famous is Bao Zheng Bao (to be honest: the biggest thing Bao Zheng did in history was to continuously impeach Zhang Yaozuo, the uncle of the concubine and the third envoy, not those magical Kaifeng Mansion cases. Those are basically fictional)

Then impeach slowly... But now that the Yellow River has been diverted and the largest rebellion of the Renzong Dynasty has broken out, what thing is more urgent than grabbing the pigtails of the concubine's aunt and uncle? But 99% of the Great Song bureaucrats are only staring at Zhang Yaozuo's impeachment at this time! Can the remaining 1% handle such a real event as the diversion of the Yellow River and the rebellion of Nong Zhigao?

On the 15th, the Guangnan West Road Transit Envoy reported the news of the Guangyuanman rebellion to the imperial court. South of the Yangtze River, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, it has been a large granary that can be exploited at will. The northerners firmly believe that the land and the people of that land are meek sheep, and their mission is to work hard to maintain the prosperity of the great cities of the north with abundant production... As for the rebellion, don't even think about it, it's simply impossible!

Reason? It's very simple, it's not that Pan Mei and Cao Bin played with majesty back then, so that southerners didn't dare to resist. But think farther: the cowardly Southern Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties and the Southern Han Dynasty, which was so cruel that it was not like a human being, could endure such inferior rule, and now bathed in the sunshine of the harmony of the Song Dynasty, how could anyone think of rebellion?

Theoretically, yes, but in southern China at that time, there were also places that the Great Song Dynasty could not control. That is the area of today's Guangxi, where some barbarians lived in the "Four Detention Prefectures" at that time, which were called Xiyuan Man, Guangyuan Man, and Xidong Man. Sound strange? They are collectively called "Zhuang" right! It is the ancestor of the Zhuang people, whose population is now second only to the Han nationality! During the Song Dynasty, they had four surnames: Huang, Wei, Zhou, and Nong. The matter lies with the "Nong" clan. The Nong clan lived in Guangyuan Prefecture, the upper reaches of the Yujiang River, and their range of activities was in the deep mountains, and the closest military stronghold to them in the Song Dynasty was Yongzhou, but it was still too far away. Coupled with the deep mountains and old forests, there is nothing to produce, so they have been allowed to go. Live as you please! As long as you recognize the Great Song, you will be free!

But this does not mean that the Nong people are really happy. Because there was also the country of Cochin (present-day Vietnam) in the south, the Tang Dynasty had been Chinese territory before, and it was only during the Five Dynasties that it became independent from the Southern Han Dynasty. And Zhao Kuangyin was brain-dead for a while, and Pan Mei was lazy for a while, so he didn't move forward after destroying the Southern Han Dynasty. Cochin was thus established. The small territory and pitiful resources have determined the temperament of this small new country, and it has been poor and unruly until now! Especially in the Song Dynasty, they took advantage of it and never picked fat and lost weight. What the Song Dynasty didn't want, they accepted it all. Including the Nong people hiding in the deep mountains and dense forests...

A few decades ago, the leader of the Nong people was called Nong Quanfu, whose name was very auspicious, and what happened to him was very tragic. first killed his younger brother Nong Cunlu and his wife and brother Nong in power, and swallowed their power. He refused to pay protection money, so the war began, and he disappeared. The official version is that he and his son Nong Zhicong were both plundered by the Jiaozhi people and did not know what happened. The Nong people have no leader, and Nong Quanfu's wife is even more helpless, so she chose to remarry. She married a wealthy businessman and lived a peaceful and peaceful life ever since. (To be continued......)