On the 21st, the Great Khitan gifted Li Jiqian as a Shangshu order and sent Ding Zhen to hang his filial piety. On the 23rd, Li Deming paid tribute to the Great Khitan.

On the 29th, the Yantie, Duzhi, and Hubu, which were separated in the Zhao Guangyi era, were reunited into one, and Kou Zhun was appointed as the third envoy.

The Great War is coming, and the Song Dynasty has a series of bad news... On July 25, Zhao Heng's fifth brother Zhao Yuanjie died, and he was posthumously crowned King An.

On September 17, the seriously ill Prime Minister Lu Mengzheng, who had been asked to retire seven times, was dismissed. This old prime minister has indeed not done anything great in his life, unlike Zhao Pu who shocked the court back then, and is a well-deserved head of the ministers. But his qualifications, especially his strict and upright integrity, are enough for the stormy Song Dynasty to obtain a Dinghai God Needle. If he suddenly collapsed, what would Zhao Heng do? And what makes people even more worried is that another prime minister, Li Xin, is also about the same age as Lu Mengzheng. At such an age, who dares to guarantee that he will always be healthy?

On December 16, Tian Xi died. He was recognized as the toughest, sharpest, and most outspoken counselor in the Song Dynasty at that time, and he was simply a perfect imperial historian. He doesn't just criticize others, he also stands up for everything that's wrong. It is by no means like other "professional commentators" who spend their lives just scolding others for not doing anything, while doing nothing themselves. Turning the pages of history, his involvement is so extensive. Agriculture, commerce, military, politics, almost every department of the country and everything is under his control. It's just that he is only a speech official after all, and he can only make suggestions but has no statutory decision-making, so his name does not appear in national affairs. This is a kind of regret of middle-level cadres. They did almost everything, but their names were not in the superstructure, and the grassroots people did not recognize them. Especially in the long history of the riverbed, they are just pebbles at the bottom of the riverbed. It is only at a certain moment that the river suddenly becomes clear that we will see them by chance. But they really shouldn't be overlooked...

On the 19th, the Empress Dowager Li fell ill...

January 10 of the first year of Jingde (22nd year of Liaotonghe, 1004). Zhao Hengli and Liu E are beauties, and Yang is talented.

Liu E, an orphan girl in Chengdu, was forced by life to marry a local silversmith named Gong Mei as her wife in her teens. Every day, Gong Mei walks the streets and alleys to make silverware, and Liu E shakes the rattle to attract customers, completely a small citizen living on the hunger line, like an ant.

But the turning point in her fate was also due to poverty. Gong Mei's business was not good, so she decided to try her luck in the north. He wanted to leave Liu E alone, but Liu E smiled slightly, "I'll go with you, and I don't know who is helping whom" so he went all the way. Liu E shook the drum and sang, barely survived, and walked into Kaifeng City, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, with her husband. But unexpectedly, under the feet of the Son of Heaven, everything was ready. 1. Why do craftsmen who can't get along in remote mountainous areas take root here? Extremely bored, Gong Mei made a decision that people can't comment on - sell Liu E!

Despise his shameless luck! But the wheel of fortune began to spin. Liu E ushered in the dawn of her life and began her legendary life.

At that time, Prince Xiang Zhao Yuankan (that is, Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong at this time), like all northern teenagers, dreamed of the beauty of the southern country. He especially thinks that Sichuan girls are the most ideal. Because they are "multi-talented", they are not only empathetic, but also able to manage their finances. History proves how right he is. Liu E is really such a person! Gong Mei sold Liu E to a Xiangwang Mansion surnamed Zhang. This person has a unique vision and immediately handed over the beauty to Zhao Yuankan. God knows what kind of fate it is. Liu E and Zhao Yuankan have completely different backgrounds, and their education levels are far apart. But the two of them actually fell in love at first sight!

But Liu E was jealous in an instant. is not the wives and concubines of King Xiang, the first to jump out is King Xiang's nurse. The old lady stabbed this matter to Zhao Yuankan's father, Zhao Guangyi. said that King Xiang was not doing his job, and even his body was damaged by this Sichuan girl... The big slut was furious. ordered his son to immediately drive Liu E out of the palace. Never be allowed to come and go. As a result, Liu E could only leave the house gloomily and quietly hid in the house of Zhang Qishi. In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang gave things to avoid suspicion, and from that day on, he ate and lived in Xiangwang's mansion, and never went home. Since then, Liu E has been blessed by misfortune. Whether it is in the love relationship with Zhao Heng or in personal knowledge, he has made great progress...

When it comes to love, it's good to not get it. There is distance to be beautiful. Zhao Yuankan has to secretly walk to Liu E's side every day, and he has to be always vigilant, come late and leave early. What a pleasure of urgency and intimacy it was. Speaking of knowledge, Zhang Zhishi was the famous Zhang Qi later. Bloody battles with the Liao army on the battlefield, a good man with both civil and military skills. He has a large collection of books in his house. Liu E swims in the sea of books every day, not only learning to recite poetry, but more importantly, reading a wide range of books. Beauty plus knowledge, plus the suffering experience of struggling from the bottom society, made her all-encompassing, and became the Northern Song Dynasty version of Wu Zetian in the future!

On the 11th, 18th and 22nd, Kaifeng City was hit by three earthquakes in succession...

On February 3, news of Li Jiqian's death reached the Great Song Dynasty. What attitude should be taken towards his orphan Li Deming? The monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty held a long meeting, and the decision they made was actually - to continue to give preferential treatment...

On March 15, Empress Dowager Li died. It is estimated that he really forgot what his dear 'mother' had done on the night of his father's death, and Song Zhenzong showed great grief. It is necessary to wait for Li Xin and other ministers to repeatedly report that the northwest is using troops, and ask the emperor to go to the court to govern. The emperor reluctantly agreed...

At this time, the northwest is indeed chaotic and incomprehensible. In June, Li Deming, who raided Xiliang Mansion and killed Pan Luozhi, avenged the murder of his father. Xiliang Mansion changed the party again after 1 year...

How did Panrochi die? As the leader of the Six Grains of a tribe in Tibet, he must unite all the forces that can be united. And so the nightmare came...

The Zhelong clan, another strong tribe in Tibet and one of the main allies of the Pan Luo branch, played a huge role in the siege of Li Jiqian, which also left a deep impression on the party members. So after Pan Luozhi recaptured Xiliang City, some of the slower party members surrendered to them. Specifically, there are two small party tribes in the world. Due to selfishness, the Dragons did not report the matter to Panrozhi.

On this day, Pan Luozhi was sitting in Xiliang City thinking about his thoughts... Before I finished thinking about the beautiful thing, someone suddenly reported: The Dragon Clan was besieged by the party members, and it was very critical!

Pan Luozhi didn't say a word, jumped on his horse and ran towards the camp of the Dragon Clan... As a result, when he arrived, the dragon clan was in chaos. Outside is Li Deming's army, and inside is the inner response of the two small party tribes of the Lost Order, the Japanese and the Ji Luodan... Panroch is dead... Xiliang Mansion is surnamed Li again...

Li Deming, a 24-year-old party teenager, proudly showed the world: The real master of deception is here! I am the son of Li Jiqian, the great and cunning king of the party! No one wants to snatch anything from me!

When the news came, the Great Khitan was overjoyed. July 2nd. Send an envoy to canonize this "grandson" as the king of Xiping! And Da Song is a little bored... He could only appoint Pan Luozhi's younger brother Governor as the head of the Six Grains and the envoy of the Shuofang Festival.

For a while, Li Jiqian reached the peak, and Pan Luozhi was suddenly defeated. Suddenly, Li Jiqian died, and after a while, Pan Luozhi said goodbye to the world... A series of deception and deception... Now it's finally all over. Inventory afterwards, did Da Song have any losses? Frustration is inevitable. So many precious God-given opportunities just slipped away. In the meantime, as long as you catch it once, the situation of the Great Song Dynasty in the future will be very different! But there are no ifs! What's even angrier is that these opportunities are always transient in an instant. You just rejoiced that you weren't impulsive, but as a result, you regretted that you weren't impulsive... After a few rounds, what kind of psychological quality do you have to have to not be crazy about fate?

But as long as it calms down, you will find that the Song Dynasty is still lucky. Nothing was done, just a few taels of gold and a few brocades were wasted. sent honorary materials such as plaque seals, official notices, clothes, and instruments to Pan Luozhi, and abolished Li Jiqian. And let thousands of miles away, the Tubo people who have nothing to do with it automatically enter Beijing to find their master... What a success!

This is the Han people's strongest combat strategy. Conquer the raze, divide the division, and sit back and enjoy the success. I don't know how many such success stories have been there since ancient times. But like the Song Zhenzong period, this time it has been very successful. The only regret is that the scale is smaller, and it cannot solve the problem fundamentally. The Khitans were still unscathed, and the Song Dynasty had to continue to fight. But it's a one-front battle...

On the 4th, Li Xin, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, died of illness. He became ill very suddenly, and he was bedridden overnight. Zhao Heng immediately went to visit. Everything was fine when I left. When the royal driver returned to the palace gate, the bad news of Li Xin's death suddenly came. The emperor wept bitterly and ordered him to return immediately to Li Xinling to mourn.

Li Xin. He has become a mythical figure in the history of the Song Dynasty. He was able to see everything in the world and the future of the top people in the Han people clearly, and summarized it in his "Sayings of the Sage". History proves to be 100% accurate!

But Li Xin's greatest merit is that he has fulfilled the greatest duty of a prime minister, "town the country, and care for the people", this year's era name is Jingde, and the previous era name is Xianping. There is a shocking truth hidden here!

The Han Dynasty had the rule of Wenjing, the Tang Dynasty had the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had the prosperity of Renxuan, and the Qing Dynasty had the prosperity of Kangqian. If the Great Song Dynasty, which is known for its prosperity and health, does not have it, wouldn't it be too sorry for history? There is only one in the Great Song Dynasty - the rule of Xianping. Zhao Heng and Li Xin, the two monarchs and ministers, in the country left by the big sluts, who were troubled and troubled, and were riddled with holes, kept fighting against the party and the Khitan every year. There was even a rebellion in Sichuan, which actually made the national strength soar, the economy recovered, and the humanities were prosperous, and the population doubled! So soon after, he didn't even care about paying 3 million yuan a year for protection, and then he played Feng Zen and began to squander, spending countless money, so that later generations of scholars scolded him, but I think Zhao Heng is qualified to respond with a sentence of "Shut up!" I earned it myself! I can spend as much as I want."

But at this time, Zhao Heng's priority was to choose a prime minister for himself and the huge empire. Let's take a look at who are the people in his east and west two mansions now: Governor of Zhongshu Province in Dongfu: Wang Dan, Wang Qinruo; Xifu Privy Council: Wang Jiying, Chen Yaosuo, Feng Zheng; Three Envoys: Kou Zhun...

Not a single one! The Emperor of the Queen's gaze stayed on a man named Bi Shi'an. If you talk about his characteristics, there are only 2 words - benevolence. Nothing is ethereal, but it can be as heavy as a mountain. It is no exaggeration to say that from ancient times to the present, if there are no these two words, then the more powerful the person, the more harmful to the world.

On the 8th, Bi Shi'an was appointed as the Governor of the Council. On the same day, the emperor and Vice Prime Minister Bi had a conversation recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty:

Zhao: "There are many things in the world now, and you also need an assistant." You see who does "Bi" Kou Zhun is both loyal and loyal, and is good at judging major affairs, he is the real candidate for the prime minister "Zhao" Kou Zhun is strong and willful, and he can't convince the public, "Bi" Kou Zhun forgets his country and upholds the way to eliminate evil, so he is not liked by the customs. But now that the north is not convinced, this is Kou Zhun's opportunity to display his talents," Zhao nodded and said, "You're right. But you can 'borrow the town of Deqing'"

On August 7, Kou Zhun and Bi Shi'an became the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty at the same time, but Bi Shi'an also studied the history of the country (the privilege of the first and auxiliary prime ministers). Wang Jiying was appointed as the privy envoy, and Chen Yaosu and Feng Zheng were the privy deputy envoys.

Kou Zhun took office. Such a famous and talented person was actually forced by the emperor to be under an unknown Hanlin bachelor, and solemnly declared that he wanted him to "town" with "Sude", which is too bullying, right? But in the blink of an eye, Kou Zhun's retribution has arrived. Who made him so arrogant in his usual life? As soon as he became the prime minister, he was sued, and the crime was enough for him to raid his family and exterminate his family: colluding with Zhao Yuanjie, the king of An, to rebel!

Kou Zhun was immediately stunned. Do you still remember how Zhao Tingmei died and how Lu Duoxun fell? He and Zhao Yuanjie are the reprints of the Zhenzong Dynasty at this time! And the most terrible thing is that this kind of thing can't be justified, and the more it is described, the darker it becomes. Even if the emperor let you go at that time, the worst impression has been remembered. This life is completely finished!

It was at this moment that Bisian's benevolence began to shine. A loyal elder can not only break the invisible shackles, but also save peoples and empires on the brink of collapse. History proves that without him, there would be no Kou Zhun, let alone a hundred years of peace in the future...

It's not his business, but Bi Shi'an took the initiative to reach out and take it. After that, with his not very advanced qualifications and even less solemn saints, he began to protect Kou Zhun!

Just take a look at the case to see what kind of risk he's taking...

The one who accused Kou Zhun of colluding with Zhao Yuanjie for rebellion was actually a flat-headed commoner, Shen Zonggu. Evil Gate, right? Isn't it bizarre that an ordinary person can know the most private secret matter between the prime minister and the prince of the current dynasty? But what's even more bizarre is that this matter was officially filed and uploaded to the central government. It's strange if you don't have an insider! This Mr. Shen is only seen if there is no big guy behind him... Such an obvious officialdom is obvious to everyone, and everyone is hiding back... In any case, this proves that Kou Zhun is unpopular. As long as he ascended to the throne, there would always be trouble, and the emperor would have to depose him. It's as simple as that, and whoever dares to stand with Kou Zhun will immediately become the mortal enemy of these people, causing trouble and cutting off their own lives.

But don't forget that Bi Shi'an also served as the governor of Kaifeng. He knows how to try the case. Don't think that benevolence means weakness. Bi Shi'an's method is fierce and neat. The first step was to throw Shen Zonggu into prison and interrogate him severely. I don't know how to do it, but "specific treachery" means getting all the inside things in hand. But he didn't pursue it and reported it directly to the emperor. Then the next step is to cut down this bold and reckless common people who like to be used as guns!

I know what happened, but I also killed people. How? It saved your face and cut off the root of the curse for you. If you don't know each other again, don't blame me for being ruthless!

In this way, Kou Zhun is finally safe and sound, and he can do his great deeds that will be famous for eternity and glorious to future generations... (To be continued......)