The seventh year of the Heavenly Sage

On the 18th, Yan Shu, the deputy privy envoy, was dismissed because he had opposed Zhang Qi as the privy envoy and resented the will of the empress dowager. However, Song Shi spoke highly of Yan Shu's dismissal this time, because there was a sentence immediately afterward: "For five generations, schools in the world have been abolished." On the 27th, Xia Zhu took over as the deputy privy envoy.

On May 24, Zhao Guangyi's eldest son, the noble 'crown prince', would rather go mad than take over the throne stained with the blood of his relatives, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, died.

On June 24, whoever commits iniquity will clean up. Yelu Longxu once again sent Xiao Hui to quell the rebellion.

On October 26th, something worthy of special mention in the history of Chinese medicine was made. Wang Weiyi, the imperial physician of the Great Song Dynasty Medical Academy, cast two acupuncture bronze figures and issued the "Bronze Acupuncture Illustrated Sutra". 1 is stored in the Medical Officer's Hospital, and 1 is stored in the Great Song State Temple and Xiangguo Temple. In the future, anyone who wants to learn acupuncture, acupoint massage and even acupoint acupoint solving martial arts can practice as a model. Mr. Liang Yusheng repeatedly mentioned this acupoint bronze figure in several of his martial arts novels set in the Song Dynasty, calling it a treasure coveted by martial arts masters and Xinglin national players.

On February 17, the 6th year of Tiansheng (1028), Zhang Zhibai, the second minister of the Great Song Dynasty, died. Someone has to take over. Prime Minister Wang Zeng recommended Lu Yijian, the governor of the political affairs, and the privy envoy Cao Yu recommended Zhang Shixun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Empress Dowager Liu originally wanted to use the name Zhang Shixun on the top, but Wang once said that he would choose to seek talent rather than seek a position, and Liu E accepted this suggestion and wanted to appoint Lu Yijian. I don't want Lu Yijian to take the initiative to resign after learning the news. So on March 17, Zhang Shixun was appointed prime minister. On the 18th, Jiang Zun was appointed as the deputy privy envoy. On the 24th, Fan Yong served as the deputy privy envoy.

On the 13th, Liu E went to the home of her ex-husband, nominally her brother Liu Mei, and the official Liu Sui immediately appealed to him. The Queen Mother accepted the persuasion and never went back.

May 1, Cochin Kobian. Yongzhou Zhizhou Jiao Shoujie sent people to Jiao Zhi Xiao to take advantage. Li Gongyun, the Taizu of the Li Dynasty, immediately apologized.

May. The 26-year-old Lee Won-ho ushered in his first battle. Thousands of miles rushed to Ganzhou, and the Khan abandoned the city and fled at night, and the Uighurs of Ganzhou were destroyed. The good news came that Li Deming's more than 20 years of inability to deal with the Ganzhou Uighurs were completely wiped out by him, the son reincarnated by the gods and demons! How did this father feel? In order to reward his son for his proud exploits, Li Deming gave his son the highest reward - Li Yuanhao was appointed as the crown prince of King Xia.

In June, Chai Su, the grandson of Chai Gui, the younger brother of Chai Shizong, went to the table to ask for an official. Song Renzong sighed, "Chai Shizong opened up the world and established the foundation of my Great Song Dynasty, how can he be ungrateful" and ordered Chai Su to serve in the third class.

In September, the Obstruction Ministries were pacified. The ministers returned to the Great Khitan one after another.

The time entered the 7th year of the Heavenly Saint (1029). This is a watershed moment. From the beginning to the end, there are battles, demotions, fires, and deaths. Famous ministers and virtuous ministers withered one by one. The vitality of the Song Dynasty was greatly damaged.

First: On January 13, the privy envoy Cao Yu was dismissed. Look at what he has done: his nephew Cao Wei ran amok in Zhaozhou, and the worst of his behavior was to wear a yellow coat, get drunk, run out into the street, and order everyone to shout long live to him, kneel and salute. After the investigation, Cao Wei admitted that his uncle Cao Yu asked him to do it.

Who is trying this case? Empress Dowager Liu's personal eunuch Luo Chongxun, Cao's sworn enemy. But to be fair. Now the entire palace and outside are Cao's sworn enemies.

Following the last fight with the prime ministers of Dongfu, Cao Yu began to torture the empress dowager again.

According to the history of the Song Dynasty, Cao Yu was the oldest and most prestigious super minister in the Great Song Dynasty at this time. The status is so respected that even Liu E doesn't call him by his name, but calls him "Shizhong", and Song Shi deliberately emphasized that he called him so every time. And what about Cao's reaction? When he answered the Queen Mother in front of the curtain, he tapped his fingers on his belt as he spoke. Come to think of it, sneezing in the court is a sin. So how does the performance art of Cao Da Guy count now? He did whatever he wanted outside the curtain, and he didn't know anything about what was going on inside the curtain. An attendant pointed outside the curtain and whispered, "When the first emperor is here." How dare Cao Yu be so rude" Liu E watched silently, nodded, and said nothing.

Next, Cao Yu began to "play" with the eunuchs. It is said that everyone has desires, and so do eunuchs. Because everyone knows the reason of the Dao, the main habit of the eunuchs is only money (except for a few eunuchs who love power), but unfortunately, the rules of the Song Dynasty are too strict. Even if Liu E wants to send money to whomever he wants, he has to go through the N procedures for approval. The use of Wang Zeng, the number one in the Middle Kingdom, and Cao, the number one in the West Mansion, is naturally indispensable.

That's where the small difference comes in. The note sent by Liu E, as long as it was arbitrarily promoted and paid indiscriminately, they basically did not approve it, and they all rejected it. Among them, Wang Zeng was 100% unnegotiable. In the end, Liu E was forced to make a small move, and while Wang had asked for sick leave, she urgently ordered the province to sign the edict of her ex-husband Liu Meinu's son-in-law Ma Jiliang.

Cao used the same iron face to talk about the white strip, but gradually the eunuchs discovered a little secret. Even after the strip is rejected, and then send it, Cao Yu will also be kind, and occasionally approve it once or twice.

The eunuchs whispered to Liu E: Please watch a little trick for the Queen Mother. So he sent Bai Tiao to the Privy Council as usual, but was kicked out by Cao Yi as usual. After waiting a day or two before sending it, a miracle happened. Cao used to approve it.

Liu E was amazed. So the eunuchs began to boast to themselves: Queen Mother, do you know what Lu Dao Cao Xianggong did for Lu and what he criticized? It was we who went through the back door and went to his house first to ask Mrs. Cao, and this matter was done... Liu E was furious! Cao's image was ruined.

But Cao used himself to keep him in the dark. Still 'playing' with the eunuchs. Once, the great eunuch Luo Chongxun committed an accident, and Liu E ordered him to be sent to Cao Yong and asked Lord Shizhong to teach him a lesson. So he removed the crown and scarf of Eunuch Luo and scolded him bitterly.

On some occasions, Cao was even able to sit on an equal footing with the emperor. Every spring, the inner courtyard of the palace of the Song Dynasty will hold a flower-viewing and fishing banquet, and the monarchs and ministers will enjoy together. The rule is that if the emperor has not caught a fish, even if the courtiers have fish, they must not start the rod. When the emperor raised the rod, the chamberlains used red wire nets to catch fish, and then the courtiers were all free to catch the fish.

But this time, after the little emperor Zhao Zhen raised the rod, a bachelor was about to start the rod, and suddenly someone behind him shouted, "The service has not won the fish, and the bachelor's rod has not been lifted", so everyone had to wait. Cao Yu was leisurely, and finally caught a fish for a long time, and saw that the attendants also used red wire nets to pick them up.

Above, the history of the Song Dynasty is tireless, and all the big and small events are recorded, and the central idea is one: Cao used himself to find death. The court deserves nothing to him!

So his nephew's little act of drinking and making trouble made him lose his official position and be exiled. February 14th. Cao Yu was relegated to Fangzhou, the most classic and famous penal colony of the Great Song Dynasty. Whoever is the most dangerous and sensitive in the Great Song Dynasty will be thrown there. Such as Chai Zongxun and Zhao Tingmei. Cao Yong was worse than the two of them, did not reach Fangzhou alive, and committed suicide on the way. Who let the eunuch Luo Chongxun try his case, and the eunuch Yang Huaimin who escorted him? Song Shi gave the official evaluation in the last 4 words of his biography "the world is wronged"

Before Cao Yong's suicide, there were two other top high-ranking officials who had accidents one after another.

Second place: On February 1, Lu Zongdao, the governor of the government, died of illness. This is really a big trouble for Liu E.

It is said that one day, Liu E suddenly asked Lu Zongdao, "Aiqing, what kind of person do you say Tang Wuhou is" Wu Zetian, this should be Liu E's idol in his heart. And now she. How similar it is to Wu Zetian before he became emperor - her husband died of illness and early death, and he was involved in political affairs before he died. The son is too young, and he holds the power himself. That being the case, why can't we replicate the brilliance of women?

But the reason why His Majesty Tang Wucao was able to usurp the throne successfully was because there were a large number of loyal followers: Li Shixian, Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, Di Renjie...... So who is she Liu E? This sentence is a naked hint: I am going to be a military queen, may I ask Lu to participate in politics, do you want to be Xu Jingzong?

Unexpectedly, Lu Zongdao replied coldly, "Empress Wu is a sinner of the Tang Dynasty, and she is in danger of several dangers," Liu E was silent for a while. She couldn't understand what benefits her dead ghost husband, lame father-in-law, and violently dead uncle had given these people? She has worked hard for the Song Dynasty for more than 10 years, but she still can't raise them!

But there is no hurry. Suddenly, a local minister named Fang Zhonggong wrote to the court. It is proposed to build seven ancestral temples for the Queen Mother Liu! This is the fatal blow that really threatens the Zhao Song Dynasty!

Building seven temples is the first thing Wu Zetian did after becoming emperor. Then Wu Zetian changed the surname of the deposed emperor and his son Li Dan to Wu. So now the question arises: after the establishment of the seven temples of the Liu family, what should the little emperor Zhao Zhen do? Called Liu Zhen?

Liu E doesn't care about these. Child, it doesn't matter what your last name is. The important thing is that I will always love you... She asked the ministers directly in the court: What do you think of the establishment of the seven temples of the Liu family?

Wang Zeng didn't speak, and Cao used to shut up. In the crisis, Lu Zongdao stood up and asked, "Set up the seven temples of the Liu family, such as the heir, how do you put your 'son'?" Is the world still the Zhao family? Is Zhao Zhen still an emperor?

Shi Zai: Liu E was silent again that day. Then they all dispersed. Go back to your own house and find your own mother... To be honest, I'm confused. What does Liu E mean? There are no axe hands outside, and you want all the ministers to surrender? Even Lu Zongdao jumped out to oppose it. None of the Liu clan's comrades fought back, this is to usurp the Zhao family?

Another time, members of the royal family went to the Cixiao Temple to offer incense. Liu E once again proposed to let her Da'an Yuan walk in front of the emperor's jade chariot. Da'an Yuan is very large, not much worse than Jade Rim. In addition, Liu E is also dressed in vermilion, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty are separated by 150 meters (the total length of the royal street in the city of Song Kaifeng is nearly 8 miles long and more than 200 steps wide. Converted to today's units, the width of the royal street is about 300 meters) distance, how can you see which is the emperor and which is the queen mother? To whom are they going to cheer?

Or did Lu Zongdao stand up and ask the Queen Mother, do you know that you are a woman? Zhilu Dao, you have a very poor background, but Confucius's words Zhilu Dao is not "A woman has three subordinates: at home from the father, marrying from the husband, and from the husband to the son" Liu E had to obediently abide by the rules and let Da An Yuan walk behind the jade chariot.

The above is the last deed that Lu Zongdao left to the world in this world, but now he is dead...

Third place: On February 7, the second minister, Zhang Shixun, was implicated and dismissed because of the Cao use case. Governor Lu Yijian took retreat as advance and successfully ascended to the position. On the 8th, Xia Zhu and Xue Kui were appointed as governors, and Chen Yaozuo was appointed as deputy privy envoys.

Fourth place: On June 26, Wang Zeng, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, resigned. The reason is very spoofed, it turned out to be 'providence'

On the 19th, the entire Kaifeng City rained like a note, lightning and thunder. The super palace that "has never been seen since it was opened" was suddenly struck by lightning and caught fire with the power of the whole Song Dynasty, day and night construction, regardless of the cost, after several years of construction. The 3610 Ying Palace, along with the copy of the "Book of Heaven" stored inside, was burned to the ground. Only 2 small halls remained, and the rest were all burned to ashes.

This is an authentic natural disaster, but under the shroud of the theory of "the unity of heaven and man" that China has believed in since ancient times, the prime minister cannot escape the blame. Wang was once deposed for the crime of "poor management".

It should be said that this is the catastrophic consequence caused by the natural disaster of Zhaoying Palace in Yuqing, but Song Shi is emphasizing another thing: after the fire, Liu E cried that "the first Dili became this palace, and it was completely sown overnight" means to rebuild. The privy deputy envoy Fan Yong replied coldly, "It's better to burn it all out", which is completely providential. The national strength was exhausted when it was repaired at the beginning, and now it is rebuilt, be careful that the people can't afford it, and there will be a big mess!

Then Liu E knew that she was wrong. It seems that Lord Fan is high-spirited, loyal to the community, loyal to the minister, a gentleman...

But according to me, Yuqing Zhaoying Palace is considered a root hair? It is a palace at most, but it is not the thousands of miles of the old Zhao family! Because in the 7th year of Tiansheng, Liu E wants to usurp the throne!

Cao committed suicide, Lu Zongdao died of illness, Zhang Shixun, and Wang Zeng were demoted. On August 5, due to the discord between Xia Zhu and Lü Yijian, Liu E finally set a list of ministers: Prime Minister Lü Yijian; Governor Xue Kui, Chen Yaozuo, Wang Shu; privy envoys Zhang Qi and Xia Zhu; Privy deputy envoys Jiang Zun and Fan Yong.

After such a big blood change, what Liu E is going to do next, she should have some confidence in her own heart... (To be continued......)