Qian Yi continued: "Weichen is brave, let's send Master Chen back, and the family can also see each other......" The emperor nodded, sighing infinitely, "How can you be so good?" ”

Seeing that everyone's expressions were still shocked, he shouted: "Wait until you hear it clearly, this Chen Wei is a stroke, not poisoning!" ”

Everyone trembled, "The ministers don't dare!" "This feast ended unhappily after all.

When they dispersed, everyone's expressions were different, obviously not believing the emperor's words, and they all thought that Chen Wei knew something that he shouldn't know, and he was killed! The matter of Empress Dowager Gao was in a uproar before, and some people had long guessed that the person in charge behind it was the emperor, and this time, everyone was even more determined, and they were even more disappointed in the emperor.

Empress Dowager Gao also knew the news, she was really a little shocked, she didn't expect the emperor to do it, and she couldn't help but be gloomy, but she knew the emperor's ruthlessness, in order to cover up what she had done, she was so vicious that she was secretly a little guilty, so she ordered someone to reward some gold and silver to show comfort.

Empress Dowager Gao's face was full of anger, this unassuming worry, he knew it or not, Da Song couldn't stand the toss anymore! It seems that the emperor has lost his mind for his so-called great achievements! Sacrificing this Chen Wei is also unswerving!

Although the Queen Mother also wanted Chen Wei's life, she never thought of using such drastic means, and in front of everyone, the war was about to start, didn't it chill the hearts of all the generals? Chen Wei's reputation in the army is quite high, which will definitely affect morale and arouse dissatisfaction with the royal family.

Empress Dowager Gao sighed slightly, could it be that this hard-working country is really going to fall into the hands of Song Shenzong? Thinking of this internal and external troubles, it really made the Empress Dowager Gao exhausted.

Since this Song Renzong, the Great Song Dynasty internal and external troubles, is really slowly exhausted of grievances, first, the Western Xia Yuan Hao called the emperor, the Song Xia War vigorously unfolded, and finally both sides were greatly injured, especially the Song Dynasty, in addition to the Liao Dynasty to give the "year coin", but also to the Western Xia every year to "give" the year coin, with the economic burden. Not only was the border affairs tight, but the "uprisings" of different sizes broke out in the Song Dynasty, and Wang Lun of Yizhou and Zhang Hai of Shangzhou rose up, which made the Northern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers very nerve-wracking. Under the internal and external troubles, Fan Zhongyan submitted the "Answering the Edict Chen Shishi", and Song Renzong began the reform of the "Qingli New Deal", the central point of which was to rectify the rule of officials. But after less than a year of tossing, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others were all removed from the imperial court, and finally ended with the conclusion of the "dispute between friends".

In any case, in the era of the reign of Song Renzong, there were many famous ministers in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Emperor Renzong himself was also "frugal and benevolent", not a mean and ungrateful king, so various types of loyal ministers emerged in his reign era, of course, as political courtiers, temperament is not the same, there are all kinds of character deficiencies and moral "flaws", but in general, there are still many good ministers, few traitorous ministers, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Lu Yijian, Yan Shu, Xue Kui, Du Xun, Bao Zheng, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Di Qing, Ouyang Xiu, etc., or literary or martial, are all outstanding people. In addition, in terms of literature, philosophy and science and technology, Liu Yong, Song Zhen, Mei Yaochen, Su Xun, Cai Xiang, Zhou Dunyi, Ercheng Brothers, Shen Kuo, Bi Kai, etc., all lived in the era of Song Renzong.

In the truth of history, there is always the phenomenon of "good people have no good reward". Song Renzong is such a benevolent monarch, he has reigned for forty-two years, and he has no son. The issue of the heir was the most important matter of the empire, and at the insistence of the ministers Han Qi, Sima Guang and others, Song Rensong could only appoint Zhao Zongshi, the son of his cousin King Pu Anyi, as the crown prince and change his name to Zhao Shu. In the following year, in 1064 AD, Song Rensong died of illness, and his cousin Zhao Shu ascended the throne as Song Yingzong.

Song Yingzong was in poor health and had a genetic problem in his spirit, and the most important political event of his reign was similar to the "Great Etiquette Dispute" of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Yingzong wanted to elevate his dead biological father, King Pu Anyi, to the rank of "emperor", and the courtiers made a big deal about it, arguing endlessly. In the end, Song Yingzong still did not dare to posthumously honor his biological father as the "emperor", but only called his father's grave "mausoleum". Compared with the bastard behavior of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty who killed more than a dozen ministers for this matter, Song Yingzong was much more benevolent and righteous. Emperor Yingzong died of illness after only four years of reign, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Yingwang Zhao Ji, who was a Song Shenzong.

At this time, the national strength of the Song Dynasty was not as good as before, and all aspects were in a state of decline. First of all, the Song Dynasty was too kind to the "scholars" and too generous to the "rewards", and the entire bureaucracy was too bloated. The emperors of the Song Dynasty were still relatively "kind", never thought much about "reducing swelling" institutions, and always generously gave gold, silver and jewelry to ministers. By the time of Song Zhenzong Xianping, there were already specific figures, and there were more than 195,000 "redundant officials" in the world, and those officials with the honorary title of "envoy moderation" had an astonishing amount of salary expenditure. Taking the Sanban Courtyard as an example (worship officials, the left hall is straight, the right hall is straight), there were only 300 officials and bureaucrats at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were more than 4,000 when Song Zhenzong, and more than 10,000 when Song Renzong. During the reign of Song Renzong, there were nearly 10,000 people in the branch of Jinshi and Zhuke. These 10,000 people may seem like a small number, but they are all the choice of officials, and the salaries of ordinary officials in the Song Dynasty can make the courtiers red. Not only that, but there are also the descendants of those royal families, relatives, meritorious heroes, etc., under the blessing of the "Enmeng Law", a large group of people are born with "levels", and if there is a "level", there will be a fortune, these people have money, leisure and spirit, and have more time to "make" people, and the geometric progression rises. Don't talk about the royal family, just take the minister Wang Dan as an example, "Wang Dan died, recorded his children, nephews, grandsons, and doormen, and dozens of people were awarded officials." All the sons were removed from their uniforms, and each of them entered another official. "Song Renzong himself could not give birth to a son, but the fertility of the emperor's relatives was better than one. Even if the emperor dies, "the bequeathed ministers are worth more than one million each", and "kindness" is too much. As long as they do not commit the crime of "rebellion" and do great bad things, the heaviest punishment is to be a petty official in a remote place, and "crossing the sea" and "crossing the mountains" is almost the heaviest punishment. "Crossing the sea" means being fined to Hainan, and "crossing the mountains" means being fined across Meiling to Lingnan. The system is so tolerant, and intellectuals love the wind and snow, and the wind and snow are the most expensive.

The famous ministers who were known for their integrity in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty were also the masters of "luxury". Kou Zhun is at home, lighting a giant candle in the courtyard every day, shining as day, "the seats are always full, and the wine in the bottle is not empty"; Lu Mengzheng is a big gourmand who loves "chicken tongue soup", and must drink this soup at every meal, of course, it is not frozen chicken tongue, and the Lu family kitchen has to kill hundreds of chickens a day to provide Prime Minister Lu with a soup; The great scribe of Song Qi "experienced life" every day, hugged courtesans and drank fine wine every night, and was drunk all day long. His brother Song Zhen asked him to check it and persuaded him: "Don't always spend money so appallingly, do you remember the incident when my brothers ate coarse rice and swallowed pickles every day in the state school?" Song Qi laughed and replied: "Please go back to my brother, back then, I studied hard and ate bran vegetables, isn't it just to live to this now!" Pu Zongmeng, a scholar from Hanlin University, was "extravagant", and his family needed at least ten pigs and ten sheep for dinner every day, and consumed 300 giant candles for lighting. Even for small things like washing your face, washing your feet and washing your buttocks, Pufuzi has the difference between "small face washing, big face washing, small wet feet, big wet feet, and small big baths." For each number of maids, a bath to the soup five. (Their) his adherence rate is said to be yes. Even Su Dongpo wrote to persuade him to be "merciful and frugal". This Pu Ye also has a very famous story, once, he met with an old Taoist in his 100s and asked the other party how to maintain his health. The old Tao says, we must be pure in heart and have few desires, abstain from alcohol, sex, greed, and indulgence. Student Pu lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "If this is the case, even if you live to be a thousand years old, it will be useless!" -- The above examples are all "good people" in the eyes of the world, and it is conceivable that the good days of corrupt officials and corrupt officials will certainly be even more sensational.

In addition to supporting a huge bureaucracy, the Northern Song Dynasty also had to support an incomparably large army. When Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, refined the forbidden army, and was the elite of the Song Dynasty army, with less than 200,000 people. At the time of Song Taizong, the forbidden army had 350,000, and when Song Zhenzong, the number reached 430,000. By the time of Song Renzong, the number of forbidden troops reached 830,000. Therefore, although 90% of the content of "Water Margin" is fictional, the leopard head Lin Chong's "800,000 forbidden army leader" is by no means virtual, and there were indeed more than 800,000 forbidden troops during the Song Renzong period. In addition, together with other regular armies and "reserves" such as the box soldiers, nearly 1.3 million soldiers in the Song Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Renzong had to rely on the state to support them, and four-fifths of the government's annual revenue had to be used for military expenditure. Since the war in Western Xia, although there were many forbidden troops in the Song Dynasty, the heroes of the past had already died of old age and illness, and the forbidden troops of the Renzong Dynasty were all fancy frames, especially the forbidden soldiers in the capital, freshly dressed horses, only knew how to receive the money, and even simple exercises such as drills were extremely rare. What's more, these people receive the monthly rations, but they can't carry them themselves, so they have to hire porters to help them carry them. Such a soldier is sent to the northwest to fight against the tiger-like party, and the consequences can be understood without mentioning.

In the hands of Song Shenzong, it became more and more serious, but it was a pity that he still didn't know how to recuperate! Empress Dowager Gao closed her eyes slightly, she didn't want to care, but after all, she couldn't see that the Great Song Dynasty was corrupted step by step!

When she opened her eyes, there was a cold light, and she must not watch the decline of the Great Song Dynasty!

Chen Qiaoqiao kept pacing at home, her mood was really a little nervous and excited, and when Chen Wei was sent back in a while, she would have to act in a scene!

Several daughters-in-law saw her so flustered, and they were a little worried, "Mother-in-law, what's wrong with you?" ”