The Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty (II)
Every time Wang Hao holds a person, he will get a hundredfold benefit. For every person who is demolished, he will get a thousand-fold return. This is unique and unique in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, with a success rate of 98%!
But there are still two people who are deeper than him, and the method of demolition is beyond his reach. Every time he just wanted to demolish it, he was immediately scared into a cold sweat. He was convinced: as long as he really dared to do anything, those two people would definitely make him die a very ugly death - Cai Jing and Tong Guan!
Why did Cai Jing want He Zhizhong to know that Wang Hao was crossing the river and demolishing the bridge? It's very simple, what Wang Hao hugged was Cai Jing's thigh! He wants to dismantle He Zhizhong, so that Cai Jing can be self-respecting in the phase. This is his meeting gift, I hope to enter the Cai Group and join the ranks of carving up the world of the Song Dynasty!
Cai Jing was glad that someone came to join him, but he never wanted people to take him for a fool. This kid who is used to crossing the river and demolishing bridges, he can see through it at a glance! Such a person can be used, but he must be able to be shaken—a wicked servant must have an evil master!
So Cai Jing came to the bottom at the beginning. Wang Hao understood and was afraid, and from then on, he never dared to provoke Cai Jing or even the rest of the Cai Group. So he got the benefit, and Cai Jing promoted him to the position of the counselor and the imperial historian! Yu Shi Zhongcheng, this is the boss of the Yu Shi Tai and the leader of the Yan Guan. It can be said that Wang Hao ascended to the sky in one step, from the original deputy director level to the ministerial level. What a span this is, some people don't want to cross it for the rest of their lives, but it took him less than 2 years. This is unprecedented in the history of promotion in the Northern Song Dynasty, this is the only case!
After being promoted quickly, Wang Hao didn't have the heart to enjoy it, he was afraid! His own net worth, life, and officialdom security are all maintained in Cai Jing's thoughts, what is the meaning of being an official? He thought about it, he has to be diligent, and he has to continue to hold and tear down in order to live a secure life!
The third person he praised was Liang Shicheng!
Direction is right! In terms of power, the only people who can compete with Prime Minister Cai Jing are Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan. And Tong Guan's power is in the military world. Nothing to do with him. At this time, only Liang Shicheng can be his helper. In addition, there are some other wonderful things about Liang Shicheng.
In the officialdom, Wang Hao has risen to a bottleneck, and if he goes up again, he will be the deacon, threatening Cai Jing's status. At that time, no matter how much he shows loyalty and recognizes his master, Cai Jingjing will treat him as a threat. So where is the way out, do you really want to be Cai Jing's horse boy for the rest of your life?
No! Bad guys are always true to themselves! Wang Hao's ideals are ambitious!
Liang Shicheng means a new sky, which allows him to spread his wings wantonly and have no scruples. Because he and Liang Shi Chengdu knew the Tao, it was impossible for him to swing his sword from the palace to become a eunuch. To snatch the job of Lord Hidden Phase?
So Wang Hao launched the most hard-working action in his history, he let go of it, he didn't care about anything, in order to be able to impress Liang Shicheng both spiritually and materially, he respected Liang Eunuch with fatherly courtesy, and publicly claimed that it was his "Mr. Enfu" History proves that this is the key point of the hidden adult, the eunuch has achieved the status of Liang Shicheng, what else can move him in the world? Ten thousand taels of gold or a peerless beauty? Bah! Sending beautiful women to eunuchs? Beware of being beaten out by the sticks!
Liang Shicheng's fatal flaw is that he is a eunuch, and he never wants to have a son in this life. Now a beautiful man like Wang Huang who has an identity (Zhengpai Jinshi, Yushi Zhongcheng) and appearance (white-faced Jinqing, long body and jade) suddenly attacked. I can't help but say that he is called his father, why didn't he immediately faint and seriously lose his soul, and called Wang Huang his son?
My father is very powerful, and first paved a new road for Wang Hao. Reached into the inner courtyard of the palace. This is where Cai Jing Group is beyond its reach, this is the exclusive area of the hidden phase, except for Liang Shicheng, no one can reach out. The second step is more straightforward. In 1118, all sides of the force were launched, and Wang Hao was pushed to the position of Shangshu Zuocheng and Zhongshu Shilang. Year 1119. pushed Wang Hao to the high position of Shaozai again!
Shangshu Zuo Cheng and Zhongshu Shilang are deputy ministers. Shaozai? That's the second phase! Wang Hao went from advising the doctor to the young master, directly crossing the necessary assessment process in the official system of the Song Dynasty, and crossing everyone's psychological bottom line! On the day of his inauguration, the official also gave him a luxurious residence in the west of the city, led by the teaching band, with a full set of furniture and daily necessities, surrounded by him to move... That day, the people of Quankaifeng witnessed the rise of Wang Huang, and the crowd was sensational, knowing that this person was soaring. In the distance, Cai Jing was also watching, feeling a little lost in his heart. He knew that this man had jumped out of his palm, and that he was no longer a cronie, his little henchman... Cai Jing's hunch was correct, 1 year later, he was dismissed by Zhao Ji, and the person who replaced him was Wang Huang!
Wang Huang is an ordinary jinshi, a small person without any foundation, background, or achievements, just relying on flattery, crossing the river and demolishing bridges, he went from the school secretary to the chief of the Yushitai, and then to the chief of the Zaizhi, jumping nearly 20 levels in four or five years, and reaching the prime minister at the peak of national power! What does this mean? The kingdom is about to die, and there will be demons!
When the demon first took office, he praised the people of the whole country, and he overthrew all kinds of unreasonable policies during the Cai Jing period! For a while, the regulations were clear and things were done according to law, and the smoky upper class of the Song Dynasty suddenly had a fresh air, so he was given such an evaluation in the history books: "The Quartet is called a virtuous prime minister" Wang Hao is actually a virtuous prime minister? It's a pity that in a blink of an eye, the original form was revealed, and the beautiful rivers and mountains in front of me and the splendid Sheji were just a big piece of fat, and everyone was biting, so why not do the one that bites the hardest?
Wang Hao is the biggest and most ruthless corrupt official in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, and his greed and courage are definitely the first person in the Northern Song Dynasty! Wang Huang's greed is using the state apparatus! After he took office, he expanded the Huashi Gang to the entire territory of the Song Dynasty, like Li Yan and Zhu Mian in the northwest and Jiangnan to toss and find money, and demolished houses and turned over antique flowers and trees, who are they for? Zhao Ji? No! It's for Wang Huang! He is the master of the Huashi Gang and the boss of the Ying Feng Bureau! The things handed over below had to pass through his hands first, and then they could be held in front of Zhao Ji. In the hands of each other again and again, all kinds of rare treasures flowed into his and Liang Shicheng's private vaults, and only one or two cents were handed over to the palace... To serve one person in the world? This person is not the emperor Zhao Ji, but the prime minister Wang Huang!
This is just one of his channels for getting money, strictly speaking, it is still a black-box operation, out of the hands of Zhu Mian and Li Yan, and entering the house of Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng, which is the underground activity of traitors. The other way is too fierce, which is tantamount to blatant robbery!
Wang Hao dared to mark the price of the title of national civil servant, such as "3,000 straight secret pavilions." 5 hundred times the sentence "Whoever pays the money will be the official, as long as the price is up, Wang Hao can let you take office!"
Is this the country of the Song Dynasty or the society of the Wang family? To be a man to this point, I believe there is nothing that Wang Hao does not dare! In comparison, Tong Guan is really a coolie. I don't enjoy a good life, so I have to go to the northwest to mess with the soldiers, and I feel that I don't know the bottom of my heart when I leave the barracks... Cai Jing seems to be very tasteful and extravagant, but if you compare it, you will know that if he despised others back then, the word "ugly" can be used to satirize himself.
Cai Jing likes incense, and whenever there are guests, he sends someone to light a few good dragon incense incense in the next room, with heavy curtains in the middle. When the aroma is full, the curtain is suddenly removed. Incense mist poured in from all directions like a waterfall. Every time the guests were dumbfounded, Cai Jing smiled easily and said, "The incense is so burned, there is no smoke" and Cai Jing is good at food, he likes to eat quail soup, and every time this dish is made, hundreds of quails have to be killed, because only the tongue of the quail is used. Another example is that he loves to eat crab roe steamed buns, and at a banquet, the money spent on this snack reached more than 1,300 yuan. Another example is Cai Jing's luxury, where he lives in high-rise buildings. Heavy eaves and high feathers, but unfortunately in winter, the higher the house, the colder. Cai Jing was shivering from the cold, and he really couldn't do it. I had to build a low hut and burn enough charcoal fire in it for the winter...
Compared with Wang Huang, there is only one word - ugly!
Wang Hao has two residences in Kaifeng City, one in the east of Xiangguo Temple and one in Zhugan Lane in the west of the city. Think that Hua Shigang did it for him. How far can his house be renovated? The rockery in his house is more than 10 zhang high. His house is not decorated with carved beams and paintings, but with luodian. It is thinned with natural snail shells and tortoiseshells, etc., and carved into flowers and birds. Embedded in all corners of the house, it is extremely expensive. The rest of the place is simply a miniature version of Gen Yue... In such a mansion, Wang Hao lived a rich and fragrant life. He put a couch in the bedroom, made a screen with gold and jade, and Cui Qi as a curtain, surrounded by dozens of small couches, and dozens of wives in the family accompanied him to be happy...
As the saying goes, wealth is not exposed, especially government officials, who are taboo about their luxurious life being exposed. It is said that Wang Huang should cover up, at least he has to hide it from Zhao Ji? The flower and stone outline in his yard was seen by the main owner, and he couldn't beat the chickens and eggs, and the whole family was confiscated in an instant? No! Wang Hao doesn't care at all! He actually took the emperor to his home more than once, and let Zhao Ji see with his own eyes what he had at home!
Zhao Ji was also strange, he was not jealous, but exclaimed "What a happy place" Why is this? Since ancient times, courtiers can't live better than the emperor, and the subordinates have to keep a low profile. What the hell is going on?
The reason is simple, everyone has a private life, even if it is the king of a country, and they need some behind-the-scenes relaxation. Especially an emperor with a special taste like Zhao Ji, only when he really enters his private life can he stand tall in the public officialdom. Cai Jing and Tong Guan did this before, and they successfully integrated into Zhao Ji's true life through elegant tastes such as calligraphy, painting, bamboo and stone.
But compared with Wang Hao, Cai and Tong are inferior, and the two of them walked into the elegant part of Zhao Ji's private life, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It's stylish, but it's too far from intimate to really touch the deepest part of a person's heart. There is a demon in the deepest part of everyone's heart, and they all want to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, kill people and set fires, and do whatever they want. It's just that in a normal society, you have to endure it... In front of Cai and Tong, Zhao Ji couldn't help it, he was an elegant person. In front of Wang Huang, Zhao Jike's true form was revealed, and he could do whatever he wanted. If you want to do a small business...
Wang Hao led a large group of palace people to set up a farmers' market, he was the director of the market management office, and Zhao Ji was a buyer and superior, so he could freely shop, buy things, and pick thorns in it. One time Zhao Ji deliberately asked him for trouble and wanted to punish him heavily, Wang Hao immediately cried and begged for mercy with a sad face, "Sue Yao Shun, don't be spared once" Zhao Ji Ha Ha Da Lang laughed, spare you, be strict and strict!
This is just ordinary friendship, and what is deeper is that the two openly skipped class, escaped from the position of emperor and prime minister, and quietly slipped out of the palace to have fun. At this time, the two of them changed into ordinary clothes, dodged the guards, slipped under the palace wall, and thought of jumping out of the palace... The palace wall is too high, how can Zhao Ji climb it? Wang Huang had to squat down and serve Zhao Ji as a ladder. During the cooperation, a conversation between the two has been handed down:
Zhao Ji "shrugged down, Sima Guang" Wang Huang "stretched down, Emperor Shenzong" after successfully climbing over the palace wall, to the outside of the world of flowers and flowers, the world of freedom to be merry and happy, Li Shishi and other legends will be staged. To sum up, it is completely in line with the ultimate friendship between men - "have been on the mountains together, have been to the countryside together, gambled together, and prostituted together", can it be compared with the hobby of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, flowers, birds, fish and insects? So Zhao Ji is not suspicious of Wang Hao at all, because this is a greasy friend + close friend, and the relationship between the two is super porcelain...
The above is a brief introduction to the various demons produced in the Song Dynasty up to 1120. The six thieves used various means to torture the Song Dynasty in their respective fields, knocking out the bones and sucking the marrow, making the people worse than dead. But they are still not the ultimate representatives!
After them, there were two more people, and these two people were the ones who threw the Song Dynasty into the abyss. One of them was the head of the ministers at the time of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he killed the Northern Song Dynasty with various Xiao Fengxian-style actions. This person's surname is Li, and he will appear in four or five years, and he will take over Wang Hao's position. The second person went to the next level, and with his unremitting efforts throughout his life, he stifled the greatest and most reluctant hope of the Han people to recover the rivers and mountains! Strictly speaking, the moment of his rise coincided with Wanyan Aguta and Yelu Dashi, both in 1115. That year, this man became famous in the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty. Some people say that he was the champion of the year? Some people say no? The historical data is scattered, there is no proof of this, but his talent is beyond doubt, even if every Han person, every dynasty and every generation of Han people hate him to the bone, there is no way to deny that his talent is definitely the best among hundreds of millions of people! His surname is Qin, and his name is Qin Hui!
Calculate the time, around 1120, Qin Hui should work in the education system, first as a professor in Mizhou, and then transferred back to the capital as a Taixue Xuezheng. Seeing that the years are flickering, his political career has not yet been on the right track. At this time, he should be very depressed...
This concludes the profile of the Six Thieves. To sum up: Although Prime Minister Wang has the highest reputation, Eunuch Li has the most ruthless methods, Gao Taiwei has the best footwork, and Eunuch Yang died the earliest? But in terms of work effect, Zhu II is the best! The Jiangnan region he plagued couldn't stand it first! (To be continued......)