The Death of Kou Zhun

On July 3, Wang Zeng turned positive and began his road to fame. Lu Yijian and Lu Zongdao became governors. On the 8th, the privy deputy Qian Weiyan also turned positive.

At this time, the scandal in the family between Ding Wei and the witch Liu Demiao was also exposed. His fate has become a toy for Feng Zheng and others to laugh and play, and he can play with it as much as others are happy.

Feng Zheng picked up the pen and thought about it, and said to Lu Zongdao beside him, "Brother Yutou (Lu Zongdao is known as Yutou participating in politics, describing his uprightness) still remembers Hexiang (Ding is alias. In the auspicious events of that year, he always said things with cranes) How did you degrade Kou Zhun "Huh? Lu Zongdao was very interested, and listened quietly to the following, "He Yuan deliberately said to me from time to time, 'I want to jump over the cliff, and then wade in the whale wave' He wanted to demote Kou Zhun directly overseas, just like Lu Duoxun back then" At this time, it was Feng Zheng's turn to write Ding Wei's derogatory book, what a hesitation! Where will Ding Wei go? But when he picked up the pen, after writing down the two words, he was replaced by a nod of admiration around him: Yazhou!

"Today, there is a temporary 'Zhou Gong' wading whale wave patrol" Feng Zheng threw his pen and was very happy. On July 23, it was still Song Shou. 5 months ago, he adhered to Ding Wei's intention to write a derogatory official system to Kou Zhun and Li Di, and now he is adhering to Feng Zheng's intention to write a derogatory official system to Ding Wei... Yazhou is farther than Leizhou, and Ding Wei has embarked on the same route that Kou Zhun took not long ago. Sitting in the Tianzi Hall, the twilight is a smoke. There are still many things waiting for him along the way. However, any high-level decision-making in Kaifeng City has completely lost his chances, and he will never see each other again in this life...

Ding Wei fell, and countless people followed with fear, because there were ghosts in their hearts. During the period when Ding Wei led the dynasty alone, how many people had expressed their loyalty and handed over the order? These things are hidden in Ding Wei's mansion, as long as Liu E is willing, these people will be labeled as Ding Wei's party and travel to Hainan together.

But on the 24th, Liu E issued an edict at the first time, "Chinese and foreign ministers have dealings with Ding, don't ask anything", and sent the imperial Shi Fang Jinyan into Ding's mansion. In front of everyone's eyes, all the letters copied out were burned in one fell swoop... That's it. Liu E stepped onto the historical stage of the Great Song Dynasty with such a face...

It is said that there are several things in Liu E's inheritance that have not been seen since ancient times, and it is basically impossible to distinguish whether they are human products or Martian things. That is, it took countless national strength of the Great Song Dynasty to be invited down by Zhao Heng before Zhao Heng invited down the "Book of Heaven" Zhao Heng died, what should I do with them? Generally speaking, it is necessary to inherit, and even more so, it is necessary to make sacred offerings. In the pavilion of the Song Dynasty, there are still all kinds of handwriting of Zhao Heng's father Zhao Guangyi, and he doesn't even throw away those things, not to mention the legal documents of the legitimacy and longevity of the Great Song Dynasty given by the gods? But Liu E ordered on September 12: Let Tianshu accompany the emperor's husband to the tomb in Luoyang! There should be things in the sky and in the world, whoever invites them will take them away, and the old lady will not serve them!

In this way, although he was more cruel to his deceased husband. But the common people believe that they have grown a sigh: alas... It seems that the immortals also have a time to die, and feudal superstitious activities are finally no longer necessary. As a result, a lot of long-standing domestic grievances have also been washed away. A new life is about to begin...

On October 13, Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong was finally buried in the Yongding Mausoleum, and the Empress Dowager Liu cried. In front of all the ministers, she thanked them very sincerely and said: The country is suffering from internal and external troubles, if it is not for everyone to work together, how can things be handled so properly? Now that the first emperor's funeral is over, so be it. Please report the names of each of your descendants and relatives, and I will reward you greatly.

These ministers, who had been raised by Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Heng's father and son, and Houlu, two generations of high-ranking officials, immediately had green eyes, so they went home one after another to check the family tree, and put the names of their descendants and relatives and even their friends. They were carefully filled out one by one and sent to the Queen Mother, and began to wait hopefully... However, in the long years that followed, they were extremely depressed to find that none of the names handed in had been rewarded by Liu E. are all pressed to the bottom... Because those lists were all drawn by Liu E into graphics and pasted on the wall next to her curtain. Whenever a courtier wanted to recommend someone to be an official, she would tilt her head to take a look. If there is no one up there, she will approve it...

Why did Liu E do this? The reason is that her husband is so kind to his courtiers. Zhao Heng revered the immortals on the one hand, and was considerate of the courtiers, spending money until he was numb. In the end, even Ding Wei, who had promised that "the plan was more than enough", was afraid, and privately warned that if he played like this again, the country's economy would collapse. But Zhao Heng comforted Ding in turn: Don't be afraid! As long as we don't spend money indiscriminately and be cautious, we won't get to that step... But what is the standard of "no chaos" and "prudence"? Now in Liu E's position, can you continue to reward or even more? What's more, through Ding Wei's matter, Liu E also saw clearly: What is the use of the so-called cronies and comrades? The mutiny is still a mutiny. So "En" is no longer useful, and what is needed now is Wei!

The matter is not over yet, and Liu E is completely shocked. On November 1, Liu E drove Qian Weiyan, the privy envoy and Liu Mei's brother-in-law, out of the capital and went to Heyang to be the envoy of the Baoda Festival. This is the only "mother's family" she has left (Liu E's ex-husband Gong Mei is Liu Mei, who died half a year earlier than Zhao Heng)

Flipping through the history books, no matter which dynasty, if the heroine wants to gain a firm foothold, there is only one way, and that is to have a tough mother's family to support her. Such as those amazing queen queens of the Han Dynasty. Even if they are as tough as Lu Pheasant and Wu Zetian, they will not reuse Lu Chan, Lu Lu, Wu Chenghei, and Wu Sansi to think about them. In fact, except for Liu E, there is only one exception - Cixi.

This event is not surprising in the political history of the Song Dynasty, but it is unique in the history of culture. Qian Weiyan is an elegant person, and the descendants of Qiantang Wu Yue are beautiful, elegant and natural, and have a high-taste and insightful artist's atmosphere. Taking this as an opportunity, a few years later, when he was appointed to stay in Xijing, the first batch of brilliant and magnificent scribes of the Great Song Dynasty gathered around him, including Ouyang Xiu, the first literary master of the Great Song Dynasty...

On the 14th, Liu E accepted the suggestion of Sun Zheng, the national superintendent, to set up school fields in various states. Let those proud sons of heaven not have to worry about food and clothing from now on, and just read the books of sages and sages wholeheartedly.

In December, Feng Zheng was awarded the title of Scholar of Zhaowenguan University and supervised the study of national history, and Wang Zeng was awarded the title of Scholar of Jixian Palace. Since then, the Great Song Dynasty has a system: the prime minister must add Zhaowen, supervise the history of the country, and the second minister must add Jixian.

On the 6th, Wang Xun, the king of Goryeo, who had been fighting with the Great Khitan for more than 10 years, died, and Yelu Longxu, the emperor of Liao, sent an envoy to appoint his son Wang Qin as the king of Goryeo.

In this year, Li Deming, the party item, sent an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, asking the envoys of the Great Food Country (now the Arab region) to pass through their own territory when they came to the Great Song Dynasty to pay tribute. Of course, Song Ting refused. But Li Deming didn't care about 3721, and privately blocked the main road of the land Silk Road where the Great Food Country came to pay tribute, forcing everyone to take the sea route instead. The Maritime Silk Road was opened up in this way, and with the prosperity of the Maritime Silk Road, the Great Song Dynasty is about to usher in the prosperous era of Renzong...

The year 1022 has finally passed. At the beginning of the new year of 1023, Vientiane is renewed, and Liu E further consolidates her position. In order to legalize and make the whole world aware of the Tao, she decided to change the yuan.

Looking back at the chronology of the Song Dynasty, it is very particular. Each one truly embodies the deepest aspirations of the monarch of the time. For example, Zhao Kuangyin founded the country, and the first year was called "Jianlong", that is, the magnificent and broad construction. The second "dry virtue" is masculine morality. When Zhao Guangyi called "Taiping Xingguo", he wanted to peacefully subdue the world, which was both peaceful and prosperous. Zhao Heng's "Xianping" is a desire for peace, his father left too many bad things, please be quiet for a while. The "Dazhong auspicious charm" after that is more appropriate. At a glance, it was clear that he was going to pray to God and beg for a sign to live. Therefore, the era name is not only a lip color, but also an advertisement, and a few simple and specific words can immediately make the subjects of the whole world understand the national policy and people's feelings at that time. And the ancients believed in this. The name of the era, like the name of a person, will seriously affect the fate of an era and an emperor. This was fulfilled later. For example, the Emperor Qinzong when the Northern Song Dynasty died was killed by the first year...

Back to the point. The Queen Mother's wish is the mission of the Hanlin Academy. All the bachelors worked hard and finally came up with two words. Its level is so high that it can challenge all literati for thousands of years, and there is no more appropriate: Heavenly Sage! Tian can be split into "two people", and the heavenly saint is "two people", which clearly announces that there are two days in the Great Song Dynasty at this time, and the people have two masters. Everyone has to understand. Among the two people sitting behind the curtain in the court, who is in charge: Liu E!

On January 8, the first year of Tiansheng (1023), Empress Dowager Liu ordered the redundancy to be reduced. On the 22nd, a new organization, the Planning Division, was established. Zhang Shixun, deputy privy envoy, Lu Yijian, and Lu Zongdao, three senior governors of the two prefectures, presided over the reform of the tea law. April. Go to the ceremonial house. On the 6th, he appointed 'Xue Chuyou' Xue Kuiquan to know Kaifeng Mansion. On June 16, because the first emperor Yongding Mausoleum occupied 18 hectares of people's land, he was given a million dollars to compensate for it. July 20th. Forgive the world what it owes... The internal and external government has taken on a new look.

Next, Liu E's luck was quite good. Those who follow the family law of their ancestors lie on the merit book. The old guys who couldn't finish killing anything died of natural causes one by one.

The first is the first prime minister of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty: Feng Zheng. At the end of August, he became seriously ill. On September 5, he was allowed to go to Henan Province to retire. But he was so sick that he couldn't get out of Beijing. He died on September 8 in Beijing.

The day before Feng Zheng died of illness, on September 7, another was sung by later generations for thousands of years, and became a legendary myth, and the 'Kou Lao Xi'er' Kou Zhun, the symbol of the peak of Wenchen in the Great Song Dynasty, died of illness in Leizhou. At this time, 43 years have passed since he was admitted to the Jinshi and entered the officialdom. It has been 28 years since he fought for Zhao Heng to become the crown prince alone. And the alliance that provoked the century-old peace of Song and Liao is the past 19 years ago... The glory of his life has been sealed in the long river of history, and has been forgotten by the monarchs and ministers in the Taiping years. Perhaps the real meaningful number for them is this: it has only been more than 19 months since Kou Zhun was demoted to Leizhou...

Let an old man with a sixtieth armor and a hero of the two dynasties go far away from the rivers and seas, and distribute thousands of miles away, is this a kind of murder? The goal has been achieved, and all the responsibility can be passed on to the traitor Ding Wei. But doesn't Liu E have anything to do with it? No matter how arrogant Ding Wei was at that time, as long as she objected a little, wouldn't Hengzhou, like Li Di, be demoted? But Kou Zhun didn't care. After he arrived in Leizhou, the local government officials sent him the local government library scripture. The first page says that the distance from the southeast gate of Leizhou to the coast is ten miles. Kou Zhun whispered like an epiphany: "When I was young, I wrote a poem 'to the sea is only ten miles, and the mountains should be ten thousand', today, it seems that everything has its own predetermined...", but I think the poem he made when he climbed Mount Hua is the real proverb of his life: "Only the sky is above, and there is no mountain and Qi." Raising his head and the red sun is approaching, bowing his head to the white clouds and low, "In Kou Zhun's life, only "Heaven", that is, the emperor, can be higher than his prestige. The other "mountains", that is, the ministers, could not surpass his edge. When he "raised his head" and was close to the "red sun" (emperor), he could be freehand. But once you are stubborn and stubborn, you can only overlook the white clouds, and the evening scene will be bleak...

But Kou Zhun should have no regrets when he dies. It is meritorious to the country and beneficial to the people, even if it is a political enemy, it is no longer in mind. Among them was Ding Wei, who trapped him to death. When Ding Wei was relegated to Yazhou (present-day Hainan Island), he passed through Leizhou (present-day Leizhou Peninsula), and legend has it that Kou Zhun gave him a steamed sheep. Ding Wei had mixed feelings and offered to talk to him. In Ding's opinion, Kou Zhun will definitely agree. Now we are all fallen people from the end of the world, and we will have a common language. But Kou Zhun refused: I can send you steamed sheep, but it doesn't mean that you and I can meet and laugh at each other. The two did not see each other that day, so they said goodbye. Kou Zhun had the last intention for Ding Wei: to shut his family in the door. It wasn't until Ding Wei went away that he let them out.

At the same time, history can prove that Kou Zhun really left without concern. He is actually like the legendary monk who has attained the Tao, and he actually knows when he will leave...

Far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, Kou Zhun suddenly ordered his family to go back to his hometown in Luoyang to get him something. It was the rhino horn belt that Emperor Taizong gave him back then. There were only 2 articles in the Great Song Dynasty. So Kou Zhun waited... Finally the horns were brought, and he bathed and changed his clothes, and dressed neatly. Bow down to the emperor and his ancestors in the north, and then he lay down and died peacefully...

A legend is over, but it's hard to tell the coffin. Some say he was the Patton of the Song Dynasty. A priceless treasure in wartime and junk poison in peacetime. The basis is that after the alliance of the Yuanyuan, he was on the same page with the emperor, the empress, and his colleagues, and he could not cooperate at all. So there is no talk of contribution to the people of the country...

But at that time, all the monarchs and ministers, including Wang Dan, which one of them was the one who could turn the situation around and put the Great Song Dynasty on the track of normal development? Why does Kou Zhun want to cooperate with them? Therefore, behind Kou Zhun's non-cooperation, what is hidden is the sadness of that era. That's why there was a move to set up a prince, abolish the queen, degrade the traitorous ministers, and let Zhao Heng become the emperor, so that the Great Song Dynasty could be revitalized. But "if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body", the evaluation made by the official history for Kou Zhun is correct. Engaging in a conspiracy coup d'état but leaking the news, failure naturally has nothing to say. But the official history did not judge him as a rebel or a traitor because of this...

Revert to one 's origin. And what about Kou Zhun? Is it buried in Leizhou?

After Mrs. Kou Zhun and Zhao Kuangyin, the sister of Empress Song personally returned to Kaifeng to enter the palace, Empress Dowager Liu was gracious. Pull out a special fund to carry Kou Zhun's coffin to the north. But the ridiculous thing is that the amount of the earmarked fund has been accurately calculated and is only enough to reach... Luoyang!

The dignified Song Dynasty, the richest country in the world at that time, actually shrank the last travel expenses for the former prime minister. It's laughable. With a little brainstorming, everything will be clear. Liu E is determined that no matter whether she lives or dies, Kou Zhun will not want to enter Kaifeng City again! And she got her wish. Kou Zhun was buried in Luoyang. This is a short distance away, and the difference in freight is estimated to be less than the cost of a banquet before Kou Zhun's death, but no one dares to pay this money. (To be continued......)