The death of the concubine

The Emperor was moved, and he could hear it from the bottom of his heart. As a result, he firmly believed that he had done the right thing, Di Qing was not only capable, but also did not forget his roots, and was a rare good courtier. As of now, Di Qing has won the emperor's heart, and he can be said to be invincible in the officialdom. But there are good and bad sides to everything. This sentence won the emperor's heart and public opinion, but what about others? What would the so-called "scholars" think of that huge group that was not the emperor or the common people? This year, Di Qing was just 46 years old, he was in the prime of life, his achievements covered the contemporary, the official residence was the first in the Western Mansion, he actually stood at the pinnacle of life, he lived with pride and ambition, spoke with real achievements, and ignored the filthy officialdom around him, how to be proud and happy! But he has also become an anomaly, different, and sometimes not in exchange for admiring eyes, but a sin of causing trouble. Looking back at history, sometimes I really want to ask General Di: You are proficient in the art of war and have won all battles, have you forgotten the current situation? There are civilians everywhere, how can there be your allies? The lonely army is deep, and there is no help inside and outside, this is put to death!

Di Qing's life, success in martial arts, defeat in Wenchen. His tragedy was caused by the "law of the ancestors" of the Great Song Dynasty who was suspicious of the generals and attached importance to the civil ministers!

There are many legends about the relationship between the super military general Di Qing and the super Wenchen Han Qi, starting from the two of them when they first started. In 1027, both men were young men (both were born in 1008, but Di Qing died in 1057 and Han Qi died in 1075, four years after he was promoted to privy councillor), met for the first time in Kaifeng, the national capital. On that day, the lights on the royal street were colorful, and the new champion, Bangyan, and Tanhua came out of the Donghua Gate, and the whole country was a sensation, and they all came to see the happiest people at that time. The crowd was crowded, including the most unfortunate of all: Di Qing and his companions (a group of thieves who had just fallen into disgrace)

On that day, they were all 20-year-old boys, a tall horse in brocade, boasting of the world. A gloomy crowd, lonely and frustrated. At that time, a partner muttered softly: Look at people. Heavenly people, we don't want to get close to it in our lives... There was a sigh all around, and a group of soldiers all laughed bitterly. But suddenly I heard someone say, "Not necessarily, it depends on everyone's ability" Everyone turned their heads in surprise! Di Qing was holding his head high, his gaze could not be said to be unyielding, or jealous? Didn't give in anyway...

Time passed, and many years later, both of them went to the Northwest Battlefield. Han Qi drove high and walked high, and the eye of the year is now a big player in the field. Di Qing also gradually improved because of his military exploits. can let the other party know what his name is. History becomes interesting here, it explains that Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan value Di Qing and treat him preferentially, but how exactly?

He invited Di Qing to drink. It's really a lot of face to let Takeo Ichisuke attend his drinking party. This drinking party is quite famous in history, and Di Qing was humiliated. At that time, there was no wine or joy, no prostitutes were unhappy, Han Gong invited him to eat, and the status of the prostitutes was also quite high. There was a person named Bai Peony who went to the table to persuade him to drink, and when he came to Di Qing's side, he suddenly smiled, "I also salute Ban'er", and he was full of laughter. Frivolous and enchanting, how close, "Ban'er" has a child with a black text on his face, you can also have a drink. In public. Shame! Di Qing was already in the position of deputy chief manager at that time, and he was actually mocked like this by a prostitute!

Di Qing was silent that day, he was mad, and he had to give face to Lord Han. But I couldn't bear it. He beat the white peony on the board the next day. If Di Qing thinks about it, it's over. If you have a gas out, solve it privately. It's not in the way of you, Han Gong, right?

No, big mistake! Han Gong was very angry, and the consequences were super serious! Every few days, Di Qing had an old department to see him. After sitting down and drinking a few glasses, he was suddenly arrested by Han Qi. The crime is not too big, but the punishment is beheading! Di Qing hurriedly went to intercede, but he didn't dare to say anything on the matter, so he could only stand at the bottom of the stairs and say, "Jiao Yong has military merits and is a good man."

On the steps, Han Qi sneered, and said the declaration in his heart, which was also the declaration of all the Wenchen of the Song Dynasty in 319, "Those who sing in the name of champions outside the Donghua Gate are good men, what kind of good men are these" In front of Di Qing, Jiao Yong was killed!

Di Qing was silent, and stood for a while before slowly walking away... After that, almost any civil official dared to shout in front of Di Qing! Reason? I'm a civil official!

It's really remarkable, the Wenchen have suffered a lot in the five dynasties and ten kingdoms for decades, and now they have finally turned over and become the masters, and they have been happy for more than 300 years. It's just that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and after the fall of the Song Dynasty, the Mongols divided the people of the world into 10 according to their occupations. The last type is a beggar, the 8th is a prostitute, and the 9th is a literati! It is stronger than asking for food, lower than prostitutes, this is the end of the rampant literati!

Liang Shi had an abacus in his heart: Now Pang Ji is the sole minister of the Great Song Dynasty, if he falls, who will rise? According to the order of the East Mansion, should it be me Liang Shi? Slowly! Gao Ronne is more qualified than me, whether it is seniority or official rank, I am overwhelmed. But now Di Qing suddenly rose up, using Di Qing to suppress Gao Rune! Once successful, Xifu will become a military general, and the military general is destined not to be the prime minister, so after Pang Ji falls, the position of prime minister can only be mine!

Throughout the ages, many historians have attributed Di Qing's ascension to Emperor Renzong's cheerfulness: Zhao Zhen finally saw the current situation of the empire, which was in constant turmoil, and the military generals had to sit in the center. But he ignored Mr. Liang Shi's dream of being a prime minister...

Next, Liang Shi, who has high ambitions, began to look for Pang's mistakes. Thanks to various opera novels such as "Yang Jiajiang" and "Bao Longtu", this Pang Taishi has a very poor image in the minds of Chinese. He and Di Qing are embarrassed and evildoers, and they are the sworn enemies of the Yang family (except for Yang Ye, Yang Yanzhao, and Yang Wenguang 3 generations, the rest are fictional), the Huyan family (except for Hu Yanzan, the rest are fictional), Kou Zhun (real characters, real deeds), Eight Sages King (fictional characters), and Bao Zheng (real characters, fictional deeds). Of course, the result was also miserable, Pang's entire family was killed, or they were killed by their sworn enemy Hu Yanqing (the son of the fictional Hu Yanzan). Di Qing didn't fall well, he was actually killed by a thousand knives. What could happen for Lang? This topic is very large, and it is related to the traditional thinking concept of Chinese, so let's leave it alone. What I want to say now is that Pang Ji is a good official who has done great things for the country and the people, how could something happen to him? But something really happened. In fact, once you reach the position of Prime Minister of the Empire, no matter what kind of person you once were, you will become a kind of person - a bad person. Not only Liang Shi, but almost the entire officialdom are staring at you, looking for your every mistake.

The reason for Pang's loss of office is almost a copy of the former privy envoy Gao Rune. Far away in the land of Qizhou, there is a pedant named Huangfu Yuan. In other words, you can take charge of the local education department and send a few more jinshi to the country. But Brother Huangfu has another talent, he likes to catch thieves, and he really caught thieves. Explicit provisions of the state. As long as the thief is caught, there is a reward. It doesn't matter if you're pedantic or not. But the emperor is not satisfied, money is a trivial matter, and I still want to be promoted!

Huangfu wants to be promoted, just like Liang wants to become a regular when he participates in politics! The emperor can only achieve his desire for promotion through connections, and he can actually go to the first person in the imperial officialdom: the prime minister's mansion!

He knew a Taoist priest named Zhao Qingzhen. Daoist Zhao is the nephew of Pang, but the relationship is obviously not enough, and he has to use money to pave the way. So the emperor bribed, the Taoist priest took bribes, and Pang was a subordinate official. Zhao Qingzhen told Huang Fuyuan that this was an inside line, so the little official also got a piece of money. And so it was the little man who was broken. It is estimated that the spoils are unevenly divided? The little official ran to Kaifeng Mansion and told the matter! Bribery cases are very common, and there are not many cases involving the current prime minister! The case was dealt with severely. As a result, those who gave bribes and those who accepted bribes were all misplaced. However, there is no evidence to prove that the prime minister knows, and Pang Ji has survived this hurdle for the time being. But then things took a fatal turn. Zhao Qingzhen died mysteriously during exile. At this time, a pusher from Kaifeng Mansion called Han Jiang stood up and accused Pang Ji of using the power of the prime minister to kill Zhao Qingzhen on the road!

Everyone was golden, and Pang's reputation was damaged in this way. The hero became a bad guy, and on July 5, Pang Ji was deposed. On the same day, Chen Zhizhong and Liang Shi became the prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, and Liang Shi finally became the first person in the imperial officialdom!

September 26th. Li Liangzuo surrendered to Yelu Zongzhen.

On December 2, Guangxi's pacification envoy Shangjuan captured Nong Zhigao's mother, Nong Zhigao's brother, and Nong Zhigao's son. On the 27th, Gyeonggi Road was established in 42 counties in the five prefectures of Cao, Chen, Xu, Zheng and Hua, as well as Kaifeng Prefecture.

During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty and Jiayou (1054-62), this period was a rare era of peace and peace in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, which made future generations continue to reminisce and remember. Hate can't travel through time and space, stay at that time forever. The Chinese impression of the years of celebrities, prosperity, and leisurely pleasure refers to this time. According to precise calculations, Di Qing's ascension to the privy envoy was in 1053. And Renzong died in 1063. All signs indicate that Emperor Renzong wanted to pick himself up again and let the country suffer from the catastrophe (the Yellow River was diverted. It has not yet been done) and the rebellion continues (Wang Ze and Nong Zhigao rebelled and have been completed).

How good this is, but it's a pity that the heavens don't follow people's wishes. The emperor's sorrow came suddenly, and his most beloved died. On January 8, 1054, the 6th year of Huangyou, Zhang Guifei died of a violent illness at the age of 31.

From this moment on, Emperor Renzong's mind and body were greatly damaged, and he could not bear the loss of his most beloved person, and gradually became in a trance and silent.

But the entire Song Dynasty officialdom was very happy about Zhang Guifei's death. The death of Zhang Guifei made the so-called "Zhang Group" collapse suddenly, and there was no pillow wind, look at how Zhang Yaozuo, Wen Yanbo and others were promoted and made rich, and the corpse was vegetarian! This is really very happy, and from then on, the world has become just again! As for the emperor's own feelings, it's not up to us to care! In Confucianism, people live and are regulated by such things as "rites". When a person dies, there are also various corresponding standards to bury!

Sadness? That's easy! You can use methods such as light dynasty, ready-to-wear, posthumous gifts, etc. Everything has a system, to ensure your life and death, and the scenery is decent!

So they were all angry, I really don't understand how you can go out of line like this, emperor? Zhao Zhen set the highest standard for the funeral ceremony of his beloved woman: funeral with the queen's gift!

Strictly speaking, Zhao Zhen has a criminal record for doing this. Queen Guo, who was abolished by him, died violently, and he also sent it as a gift to the queen, completely ignoring what Queen Cao, who had just married into the door, thought. But that is fateful, after all, Guo's great-mother is the world, except for the "slap door" incident, there is nothing wrong. But at this time, the Zhang family could not be equated at all, just a concubine, and often interfered in politics, and the bribery scandal involved a large number of high-ranking officials such as the prime minister at the time, the imperial history Zhongcheng, and her uncle who made everyone gnash their teeth! Such a woman, it is cheap not to enter the cold palace, why should she chase the queen?

But Zhao Zhen didn't care who objected, he insisted on going his own way. On the fourth day and 12th after Zhang's death, he posthumously bestowed his "Wen Cheng" queen, and held a funeral for him in the imperial hall, on the 7th of the dynasty, the world banned music in January, and the emperor himself was dressed in person, and on the 20th of the funeral, he led the civil and military officials to escort the spiritual seat out of the palace and enter the Fengxian Temple. All these specifications are impeccable queen funerals, to be honest, even the "Northern Song Dynasty Wu Zetian" Empress Dowager Liu E failed to enjoy! It was destined to only be prepared for one woman, and that was Queen Cao, the current master of the East Palace. But she disappeared again, and the history books did not leave a record of her activities at this time. The virtuous lady who had become accustomed to it remained silent. But her due power is defended by others for her!

For the title of queen, the entire Yushitai fought under the leadership of the current boss Sun Luan, and the emperor was in trouble to the death. Not an exaggeration! Because the emperor didn't compromise afterwards, they really all resigned and quit!

At the time of the funeral, the confrontation is at its climax. At the most important time of mourning: the reading of the book of mourning to correct the name of the deceased made a big leak. The originally designated privy deputy envoy Sun Wei suddenly put down the mourning book: "At the funeral of Empress Zhangmu that year, the two officials (Hanlin Bachelor and Zhizhi Xuan) read the mourning book. Now this Empress Wencheng is posthumously sealed, but she wants the ministers of the two governments to act. It is not in accordance with the etiquette, and the minister refuses to read the book"

The emperor was shocked and angry, but in order to make the funeral go smoothly and let the beloved woman get the most comfort, he held back and sent someone to persuade him: Sun Aiqing, you have read it...

Sun Wei was righteous and awe-inspiring, "It is okay to read the book with the minister, but it is not okay to read the book with the privy deputy envoy" After speaking, he put the book of mourning on the table, and without asking anyone for instructions, he retreated!

It's completely cold. Zhao Zhen looked at the ministers standing in the courtyard in front of him, and only felt dizzy. The woman who was close at hand, no matter what outrageous things she had done before, she had accompanied her through the previous days of war, rebellion, and party strife. And my ministers, are you sanctimonious and saintly faces, and there really be no stain on your body? Aside from the usual work to blatantly fool around in the various checkboxes, there are countless other ugly behaviors!

Just take Sun Wei as an example, it's not a good thing at all! Sun Wei is greedy for money and lustful. It is said that as long as there is a man, there is nothing bad about these two things, but there are not many people like him who are out of line. In general, he has been lustful everywhere, made a fortune anywhere, and has never been greedy all the way, never falling short!

Such a person can be a very popular minister, and he often claims to be benevolent, righteous and moral, I really don't know that there is still the word shame in the world! In fact, he is not the only one, almost all the ministers present at this time are not clean.

The next to appear is Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong. In the midst of the crisis, he stood up and resolutely supported the emperor! If the Privy Counsellor does not read the Book of Mourning, then the Prime Minister will read it! Chen Zhizhong made Zhang Guifei's funeral suddenly upgraded, and the treatment was higher than before! The funeral ended successfully, the emperor was full of gratitude to his teacher, and the ministers were eager to scold this old wall grass to death! But dear friends, do you know what kind of shameless and vicious "person" Chen Zhizhong is? An incident that happened in the Chen Mansion at the end of this year will make you see this "person" clearly!

On July 7 of the first year of Zhihe (1054), Liang Shi resigned.

On the 8th, the 7-year-old second emperor of Western Xia, Li Liangzuo, sent an envoy to the Great Khitan to propose marriage. On October 26, Li Liangzuo swore an oath in Liao.

In December, a tragic incident occurred at the home of Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong. Dead a maidservant girl named Ying'er. According to the investigation of Kaifeng Mansion, he was beaten to death, and there are two theories: 1 Chen Zhizhong personally beat the maid to death. 2. Chen Zhizhong's beloved concubine Zhang, who had always been cruel, beat the maidservant to death.

The official conclusion, no matter which one it is, Chen Zhizhong has an unshirkable incumbent! (To be continued......)