The Milkmaid Incident

Such an idea was born in the hearts of the new party members, and as the time of repression accumulated, the resentment became stronger and stronger, especially those who were already tough and strong. At this time, the people who are pressuring may not think that they are suppressing the volcano, and the greater the pressure, the greater the rebound, and when the magma erupts, no one can be immune!

The political atmosphere of the Song Dynasty became unprecedentedly narrow and dangerous, and at this time, the brilliance of the only humanity shone on the second prime minister, Fan Chunren. In the madness of raging revenge, he reminded the Empress Dowager Gao that "friends are difficult to distinguish, and I am afraid that they will be mistaken for good people." Cai Qu's crime has its own punishment, and there is no need to push the party members, and the branches and leaves are beside it. The former special edict was issued, and the ministers were relieved of their blame, and since then the internal and external sides have been safe, and the people from top to bottom have been negotiated. The things of Shengde should be done for a long time. The result was that on June 5, Fan Chunren was dismissed as prime minister and Shangshu Zuocheng Wang Cun was dismissed on the same day. On the 7th, Han Qi's son Han Zhongyan was appointed as Shangshu Zuocheng, Xu was appointed as Shangshu Youcheng, and Zhao Zhan was promoted to Tongzhi Privy Council. On November 17, Liu Zhi was reappointed as a subordinate servant, Fu Yaoyu was appointed as a Zhongshu servant, and Sun Gu was reappointed as a member of the Privy Council. Except for Su Zhe, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, the Shuo Party has controlled the entire Great Song Dynasty, and they are full of spirit every day, pointing out the country, reminiscing about the past, and looking for the next unlucky person who can be angry. But the new party has been defeated, and the rest of the old party are disciples and fans, who is the unlucky one?

Don't be busy, one of the Big Three, the closed disciple of the old bastard, and the 'Tiger of the Palace' Liu Anshi made a new discovery at a critical moment, and found a breakthrough for the comrades in the party who had nowhere to vent their desire to struggle, but the goal seemed to be too arduous, and it was... Emperor!

Here's the thing, one day in December at the end of the year, Liu Anshi lost his temper with an old woman in his mansion, just looking for a nurse, and he couldn't find any of them for more than 1 month. His brother's children were starving to death while waiting for milk!

The old woman's expression was regrettable, she tried her best, but she just couldn't find it. In order to prove that her ability is still strong, she then revealed a secret in the industry - according to reliable sources, the palace is collecting nurses, and more than 10 are pulled into the palace in a day, and so on, the high-quality nurses in Kaifeng City are out of sale...

Liu Anshi was shocked! Is this worth it? He is a veteran Beijing official for more than 20 years, and he is clear of all the news inside and outside the imperial city. Especially the information of the members of the royal family, which is a necessary skill for a successful Beijing official, allows him to determine the truth or falsehood of various fierce or auspicious events at any time. For example, in the nurse incident at this time, there must be a baby for a nurse, there must be a pregnant woman, and there must be a man for a pregnant woman!

So who is that man? The palace collects nurses, and only men from the royal family have this treatment. The only man with this treatment is the emperor, Song Shenzong is dead. Then there is only one possibility left - Song Zhezong!

But Zhezong is just a little boy. What did he do... Zhezong is 13 years old this year, and this age is generally not a father, but it is very common to come into contact with women. If it's normal, then to talk about it or not to talk about it? Liu Anshi thought about it for a long time and decided to talk about it.

But you have to have a strategy, Liu Anshi relies on his many years of experience in politics and life. It's very skillful. He wrote a recital, directly asked the palace what the nurse was doing, and then without waiting for an official reply, he immediately buttoned his hat to the little emperor. Warn him that he can't be lustful as an emperor. You can't be so early...

The Shuo Party colleagues knew the meaning of the song when they heard the strings, and while secretly giving Liu Anshi a thumbs up, they selected talents and launched the second attack wave. Fan Zuyu, an important member of the creative team of "Zizhi Tongjian", was selected, and after the death of Master Sima and Liu Chu, he is already the first historical master today. He wrote 2 pieces of music. One is for Zhezong, in which Bo Gu has counted the previous generations, pushing the problem of the king's lust to the height of the rise and fall of the country. It is simply a model article on the doctrine of the unity of heaven and man in the family and the country. The other is for the Empress Dowager Gao, and the content is very unkind, pointing out that the palace is full of women, which is too tempting for men, and it is very detrimental to the growth of teenagers. The Empress Dowager herself is even more responsible, she should be like Liu E to Song Renzong, not only to love, but also to be strict, and to put an end to a bad habit!

After that, the Shuo Party colleagues waited for the reaction of the palace... Looking at the above actions, what do you think? Putting aside whether Liu Anshi and Fan Zuyu are making a fuss and having nothing to do, what is your evaluation of these two people's ways of doing things? The so-called avoiding the real and attacking the false points points to the point. Liu and Fan bypassed the biggest reef, not only expressing their loyalty and patriotism, but also clearly conveying the true meaning...

There is something unspeakable about the milk lady incident. What is the court? In the words of Wei Xiaobao, an immortal stranger, it is the two most hypocritical and filthy places in the world on a par with brothels! There are only things that the outside world can't think of, and no inner court can't do it, especially the most sensitive issues of men and women in the world. Now that the baby has appeared, who gave birth to it? Who is sure that this child must be the dragon species of the little emperor? In case it is a small trouble for a noble lady in the palace who is unwilling to be lonely, and suddenly it is made clear by the officials in the form of official documents, how many people will be killed in this trouble? From the very beginning, it was directly pushed to the little emperor, completely bypassing these, and then writing a letter to the Empress Dowager Gao, pointing out that there was a problem with the environment in the palace, and not saying anything else, everyone tacitly agreed.

Isn't it smart to look at all of the above? The legendary scheming! Unfortunately, the results are depressing. Soon the Empress Dowager gave the answer, the palace was looking for a nurse, not because Song Zhezong gave birth to any child, but for the youngest daughter of the former emperor Song Shenzong...

This is a blatant deception! Gao Tao thought that an old woman who had lived for more than 60 years and had given birth to 4 children could say such a thing, and I really didn't know what to say about her...

At this time, it was December 1089, Song Shenzong had been dead for nearly 5 years, and in terms of theoretical possible values, he left a posthumous daughter after his death, which was more than 3 years old, do you still need a nurse? What's more, the royal family has a clear file, the youngest daughter of Shenzong, the half-sister of Zhezong, and the eldest princess of Xu Guo, who later married Pan Yi, the great-grandson of Pan Mei, the founding general of the Song Dynasty, was almost 6 years old at the time!

There's no way to justify it at all, but Shuo Dang's next table is fun. Liu and Fan received an explanation from Empress Dowager Gao that they had to reply, and the reply was... So that's the case? The ministers misunderstood. The previous chapter is written recklessly, please change it if you have it, and encourage it if you don't...

The critical moment is loose! This is the true essence of the elite in the old party, the "Shuo Party". dares to stir up trouble, but is anticlimactic. In the face of such a big flaw, why don't you continue? How can it be so soft? I don't know what to do!

The matter was over, and the only result was that Xiao Zhezong in the palace was once again intimidated by his grandmother. This painted a darker color on his gloomy teenage years. He is a very rare child, and every fluctuation in his heart is deeply imprinted, and it becomes a strong desire in the future...

At this time in the Song Dynasty, no one noticed how important the accumulation of a teenager's mood would be. Many years later, the old party realized that if the Empress Dowager Gao was a little like Liu E in the past, Song Zhezong was not like Song Renzong at all. It's a pity that it was too late by then...

In early February of the 5th year of Yuanyou (1090), Song Xia reached an understanding. The Western Xia returned 149 Song soldiers captured in the Battle of Yongle City, and the Song Dynasty returned the four villages of Mizhi, Jialu, Futu, and Anjiang to the Western Xia. As for the return of Lanzhou. The two countries of Song and Xia fell into a long period of bickering, negotiations, and wars...

On the 15th, 85-year-old Wen Yanbo, a veteran of the Four Dynasties, retired.

On March 1, Zhao Zhan, a member of the Privy Council, passed away. In April, Sun Gu, a member of the Privy Council, died again. So on March 7, Han Qi's son, Sun Gu's in-laws, and Han Zhongyan, the Shangshu Zuocheng, were reappointed as members of the Tongzhi Privy Council. Su Song was appointed as Shangshu Zuocheng. May 26th. Liang Tao was appointed as the head of the household department, and Liu Anshi was appointed as the secretary of the middle school.

The Shuo Party has finally reached the top! At this time, looking at the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, the firm foundation of the Shuo Party, the wide range of contacts, and the high position of the party leader were unprecedented. They then pointed the spearhead of the struggle at Prime Minister Lu Dafang... And yet they wouldn't have imagined: just one year later. They will be wiped out by a personal letter...

In July, the focus of the conflict between the prime minister and the deputy minister was the layoffs. Layoffs within the old party were a real nightmare. I have to pinch everything in dire straits, and now I want to move my position and money? Come on! How do you want to die? In this matter, Prime Minister Lu Dafang and Vice Minister Liu Zhi turned against each other, and a large number of retrenched officials ganged up to file a complaint with the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Imperial Court. Later, the Empress Dowager Gao didn't know how to deal with the aftermath...

In the midst of the chaos, a calm and shrewd man stepped forward and came up with an idea. He said that there should be no forced layoffs now, but that people should not be stuffed into existing institutions. Wait until the incumbents continue to age and retire. Naturally, the number of people is smaller. As for the time, it will be relatively long, estimated to take 10 years?

This is really good, and it was immediately accepted by all the old party officials, Empress Dowager Gao, Lu Dafang, and Liu Zhi all sighed, genius! It is in the interests of all parties at the same time. That's it!

Come to think of it, is this really a good idea? 10 years? This is the time to create a dynasty in troubled times! It was the time when the Song and Liao countries fought fiercely from the Gaoliang River to Yelu Hugo being attacked by Yin Jilun, and then the Liao State did not dare to go south for several years to decide the fate of the two countries! It is the time for Wang Anshi to reform and comprehensively transform every corner of a country! Here, in fact, it is time to reduce the number of people in the state bureaucracy ...

The greatest essential attribute of a bureaucrat is to obey orders, and he has to do whatever he is asked to do. Can't do this at all, is it still a normal country, a qualified official? The old party colleagues have become so strong that if the government wants to lay off employees, it has to be considerate of them. Finally, the person who came up with this idea is called Su Zhe... It is Su Zhe, who has always been regarded as shrewd, capable, independent, calm and talented in history. From this incident, which can be regarded as a representative work of his political achievements, it can be seen that his ability to govern: not to stuff people into the existing institutions, and to wait for the incumbent officials to retire with natural aging. This does avoid immediate disputes, but how can the vitality of the functional departments be guaranteed? It's been 10 years! A group of retired senior public works workers who are both old and useless and particularly violent, not to mention that the last big sum before leaving is the consensus of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, what kind of loss can it bring to the country? Just occupying a position and suppressing young talents of one age, which country and which government can afford this kind of loss?

With such a quarrel, the Empress Dowager Gao couldn't stand it, and took a long leave for the first time in her life, and she didn't go to the court for many days. Now the old party bosses are panicked, don't look at the usual times they and the Empress Dowager Gao are shouting at each other through the curtain, but they are very sober, the Gao family is their backer, if there is no her, the old party will not be able to stand firm at all!

Headed by Prime Minister Lu Dafang, the three governors went to the palace to visit the sick. They walked into one of the most mysterious palaces of the Song Dynasty at that time. Strictly speaking, this palace is not only the empress dowager Gao, but also the residence of Emperor Zhezong. This is unprecedented in the Song Dynasty, since he ascended the throne, the little emperor has been sleeping next to his grandmother, and there is only a heavy curtain between the two. Every day, in addition to the time to study with all the attendants, Xiao Zhezong sits with his grandmother when he goes to court, sleeps with his grandmother after the next court, and is in the sight of the Empress Dowager all the time... Now it's clear, right? How wronged is Xiao Zhezong in the nurse incident? 3 meters away next to him is the Queen Mother, and his grandfather Song Yingzong has been replaced, don't want to play any tricks!

When they returned to the scene of the visit and walked into the dormitory, Lu Dafang and the other three people saw a heavy yellow curtain, and the beds were all covered. Song Zhezong stood on the left side of the bed, and Lu Dafang and others stood on the right side, "The Empress Dowager bows to Wanfu", which is Lu Dafang's original words.

From the curtain came the voice of an old and angry old woman: "My wife is going to die." Years of Bao You's holy bow, rough study of mental strength, only want not to fall into the martyrs, the world is peaceful, I don't know if the official family knows! Xianggong and the world know whether "This is the original words of the Queen Mother at the time, she thought she was about to die, and when she was dying, she couldn't help but say what was in her heart. She thinks that for so many years, she has done everything wholeheartedly to protect Song Zhezong, and there is only one purpose - to be worthy of the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty and keep the world peaceful! Such an upright reason, with her extreme and unscrupulous character, seems to have a clear conscience, even if she dies...

Are you sure? How do you explain the last two sentences? I don't know if the official knows it! Does the public and the world know about it?

These two questions obviously revealed that she had no bottom in her heart. She knew what she had done, and her unprecedented domineering suppressed the entire officialdom, including the emperor. The two major countries, the military and the financial, have completely abolished their politics, and their international status has fallen to the lowest level in history. The internal affairs are in a mess, and the disaster of party strife is generated in her hands, which are the reasons for the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty!

Not only her, but the Zaizhi also knew it, and in the face of her question, Lu Dafang and the others were silent, not knowing how to respond at all. Can they say that the emperor doesn't know, and the world doesn't know? Don't want to live, do you? Say that the emperor knows and the world knows? But the Emperor is standing by their side now! (To be continued......)