On the 23rd day of July in the sixth year of Xuanhe (1124 AD), Zhao Ye in the imperial history, Yu Wencuizhong, the ruler and Shangshu Zuocheng Zhang Bangchang, the subordinate servant Bai Shizhong, and the Zhongshu servant Li Bangyan hurriedly came to the Funing Hall to ask for a meeting. The first report of the imperial history Zhao Ye with a nervous expression: Emperor Qiyu, Chen Dong, a student of the imperial eunuch, and hundreds of other students jointly played the impeachment of the imperial court eunuch dictatorship, mainly about the interference of the imperial court officials in the appointment, dismissal, and promotion of the imperial court officials, as well as the matter of Li Yan, the governor of the Ouchi West City.

I thought to myself that this matter of Liang Shicheng is known to the government and the opposition, and he uses his ability to imitate the handwriting of Emperor Song Huizong, coupled with the convenience of drafting documents and edicts, he wastes no time in seeking official positions for his own disciples, so the officialdom of Beijing is known as the hidden phase, and more than 100 officials are recommended by Liang Shicheng to be officials. And I really don't know much about the affairs of Li Yan, the head of Ouchi, and I'm trying to recall it......

At this time, Zhao Ye saw that I was silent for a moment, and then explained: Your Majesty, the Xicheng Kutian Office was originally the institution that was in charge of the good fields for the royal family. It is to lease the fertile land owned by the royal family to the common people to cultivate, and then collect a certain amount of land rent, since the third year of Xuanhe (1121), due to the death of Yang Jian, the governor of the inner country at that time, Li Yan took over as the head of the Xicheng Kuotian. After Li Yan took office, he incorporated the public land of the Houyuan and the camp into the Xicheng Office. That is to say, the acres of land that had been regarded as barren land were expropriated according to the royal good land, and a total of more than 34,000 hectares of land were included in the Xicheng Institute, many of which were acres of land in the natural wilderness, escaping fields, waste embankments, abandoned weirs, beach retreats, silt land, lakes, etc. As a result, many people were displaced due to the land rent policy of Xicheng Kuotian, among which there were countless bankrupt people, some of whom were still rich in the morning, but at night they became beggars begging on the street, Li Yan and others in order to achieve the purpose of accumulating wealth, they actually killed thousands of innocent people without humanity, and there were also requisitioned laborers and farm animals without compensation, and transported offerings, so that many people starved to death on the way or committed suicide. Because Li Yan's Xicheng Kutian Office, in order to achieve the purpose of accumulating wealth, forcibly expropriated and expropriated, it aroused great public indignation.

There is also the matter of the eunuch dictatorship, and the impeachment book cites the intervention of eunuchs in the military power in the late Tang Dynasty, mainly as a military envoy. Eunuchs were appointed to go deep into the combat units, interfere in military decision-making and operational command, snatch military merits, and shirk responsibility. They believed that the interference of eunuchs with the army and normal court affairs would seriously affect the operation of the country, and suggested that the emperor should revoke all privileges for eunuchs and let them return to their normal use of serving the royal family and conveying their will.

After listening to Zhao Ye's words, I looked at the other four ministers, and said in the right Chengyu Wencui, who was the ruling and Shangshu: Qi Emperor, the original role of the inner chamberlain was to serve the imperial family, do the menial work of the inner court, guard the door and read the holy decree, and in general, it was the role of maintaining the imperial power. And what Chen Dong and others said now is also based on this reason, the imperial court excessively suppressed military generals before, especially in a highly professional group like the army, and it is indeed against common sense to join the internal attendants as the commander. This not only suppresses the normal performance of military generals, but also affects the combat capability of the army.

Zhang Bangchang, the ruling and Shangshu Zuocheng, also said: Emperor Qi, the internal chamberlain serves as an official of the imperial court, participates in government affairs, and also holds important positions, which is indeed not suitable in some aspects. Bai Shizhong, the servant of the door, and Li Bangyan, the waiter of the Chinese book, also seconded the proposal at the same time.

After listening to the opinions of the ministers, I had a clear understanding of the impeachment of eunuchs by Chen Dong and others, and asked how the many impeachment recitals were sorted out a few days ago. There is also a part of the impeachment of eunuchs such as Liang Shicheng and Li Yan, mainly about eunuchs interfering with court affairs.

After hearing this, I nodded, thought for a while, and said: Wang Hao, Cai Jing, and Tong Guan have gone to the field to Zhishi, and are currently in Beijing to retire, Zhu Mian and others will also be escorted into Beijing in the near future, and will be handed over to Dali Temple for trial at that time. Regarding how to deal with Liang Shicheng and Li Yan, I don't know what your opinions are on Aiqing?

In the imperial history, Cheng Zhao Ye said: Emperor Qi, the imperial court has always attached importance to students, especially most of the imperial court scholars are from the Tai students of Guozijian, and Chen Dong, the Tai student who took the lead in the book this time, Chen Dong has a reputation very early, free and easy, unwilling to live under others, and not afraid of his own poverty and lowliness. At the age of seventeen (1103), he entered the school, and in the third year of Zhenghe (1113), he entered Taixue. He has always been unruly, and when Taishi Cai and Prime Minister Wang were in power, he began to attack the two adults without concealment. At this time, seeing that the imperial court had dealt with the two seriously, he began to directly target the eunuchs. And this time, the impeachment of many students, the imperial court should give an attitude to face it squarely, and at the same time appease the world's scholars.

The other four people, whether out of public or selfish intentions, seconded the proposal, and the ruling and Shangshu Right Chengyu Wencui finally added: Qi Emperor, Li Yanxicheng Guantian is not punished due to the great anger of the people, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. Seeing this, I also said: In view of the fact that Li Yan, the governor of Ouchi, seriously violated his original intention during his tenure in charge of the Xicheng Kutian Office, which led to the innocent implication of many people, in order to calm the people's anger, Li Yan, the governor of Ouchi, was arrested, and after being arrested, the whole city was paraded to show the public, and then handed over to Dali Temple for strict trial, and after verifying his crimes, he was seriously dealt with, so as to uphold the righteousness of the court.

At the same time, in view of the fact that the Xicheng Kutian Office has completely deviated from the original intention of the royal family, as the so-called world is big, it is not the king's land, I have the vast land of the great Song Empire, why should I care about tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, I decided to revoke the Xicheng Kutian Office, and at the same time return the land that I had previously occupied to the people free of charge, and the terra nullius will be dealt with locally at its discretion.

In addition, in view of the fact that Liang Shicheng's actions have not caused great substantial harm to the imperial court so far, but because of his excessive interference in the affairs of the imperial court, especially seriously affecting and interfering with the normal personnel appointments of the imperial court, in order to set an example, Liang Shicheng was dismissed from office, removed all gifts from Liang Shicheng, took back his mansion, confiscated his family property, and ordered him to become a priest and retire in Beijing. In order to eliminate the influence of Liang Shicheng, the Shangshu Provincial Officials Department was ordered to re-evaluate all the officials recommended by Liang Shicheng, and those who passed the examination were appointed to their original positions, but in view of the fact that they were accepted by bribing others, they were not allowed to be promoted within three years, and they were fined one year as punishment.

Finally, for Chen Dong and other students, because they are not afraid of power and have issued a voice of justice for the people and the country, the court should be rewarded. This kind of character is commendable, and he instructed the Imperial Historical Observatory to inform Chen Dong and other students of the results of the imperial court's handling, and at the same time directly incorporated Chen Dong into the Imperial Historical Observatory, so that he could hone it a lot, so that he could be of great use in the future imperial court. Wait and do it.

The ministers shouted that the emperor was sage, and they saluted and came out in turn. Then I glanced at the little chamberlain beside me, and said to him: I said Xiao Liuzi, you heard it just now, but the ministers of the court are very dissatisfied with you chamberlains meddling in the affairs of the court. What do you think? Seeing me ask like this, Xiao Liuzi immediately knelt down and said: The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry, the slaves don't dare, the slaves don't dare. Looking at the panicked little Liuzi, I smiled and said: I am joking with you, don't be so nervous, no matter what you say today, I am angry that you are not guilty, get up and talk back. Xiao Liuzi stood up tremblingly.

When I saw him like this, I comforted me and said, "I just want to ask you what you think about it, and you don't have to worry about it, you don't have any thoughts, you just need to tell me what you really think." Xiao Liuzi nodded obediently, and then said: Emperor Qi, the slaves don't know why they interfere in the affairs of the court, as far as Xiao Liuzi is concerned, Xiao Liuzi can concentrate on serving the emperor, and he doesn't think about anything else, and he won't think about it, the slave's hometown is in the countryside, because there are many brothers and sisters, and the slave has no other specialties, so he entered the palace to be an internal servant. Here, there is food and drink, Xiao Liuzi is already satisfied with this, how can he have other ideas. Xiao Liuzi is full of thoughts about how to serve the emperor well, make the emperor happy, and when the emperor is happy, Xiao Liuzi will be happy. As for the rest, the minions really didn't think much of it.

After listening to Xiao Liuzi's simple words, I instantly felt that I had returned to the campus era, how simple and innocent I was at that time. Seeing that I was silent for a moment and in a daze, Xiao Liuzi felt that he knelt down again and said: Your Majesty, did Xiao Liuzi say something wrong. I also came back to my senses, so I comforted: No, get up and talk back, I just remembered something, and it is none of your business. What you said is very right, everyone has their own responsibilities, just do their job well, people, just don't control their desires, eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, of course, people's self-motivation is what they need to have, but once they exceed their own ability, then there is a difference in thinking. Thinking about Liang Shicheng and Li Yan, they can climb to this position among the many servants, and they are also at the peak, and they are not satisfied, and they want more power, which finally caused the current situation, becoming a street rat that everyone shouts and beats, not only losing everything before, but also ending up with a tragic ending, this is human nature is not satisfied.

At this time, I didn't know if Xiao Liuzi could understand it, but I saw Xiao Liuzi standing aside obediently, as if he didn't understand. In the end, I still smiled and said: Xiao Liuzi, what you said, people, you will know that you are always happy, for you, now you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and you are happy to be better than your hometown. I sometimes envy you, how big the position is, how great the responsibility, not to mention, go and summon the three officials of the Imperial City Division to come over. Xiao Liuzi immediately saluted and stepped back, and then rushed away when he reached the door.