Renzong was in charge of the rule, and the new leadership team was composed: Prime Minister Zhang Shixun and Li Di; General Xue Kui and Wang Sui; Privy Councilor Yang Chongxun; Deputy Privy Councilor Li Zi and Wang Deyong; Third Division envoy Cai Qi; Right Division censor Fan Zhongyan.

Li Di finally came back, and ten years of life and death were all over the place. Surviving in the whirlpool of political suppression is the best way to fight back. Compared with the fierce Kou Zhun, Li Di finally endured the day when he saw the light of day again.

It didn't take only half a year, and history will soon prove that Lu Yijian was the most powerful minister of the Renzong Dynasty and was a person who could not be provoked. There was only one way to die if he violated him, no matter whether he was noble like Empress Guo or sage like Fan Zhongyan, it was the same. Even the famous ministers such as Fu Bi in the middle and late period of the Renzong Dynasty could not escape this fate.

On September 4, Zhao Zhen kicked Qian Weiyan out of the capital and asked him to be the Xijing Luoyang left behind. More than two months later, Zhao Zhen rehabilitated Kou Zhun, gave Kou Zhun the title of Zhaoxue, and gave him the title of the Minister of the Central Committee and restored the Duke of Lai.

One praise and one criticism, the levels are clear. The former is Liu E's relative, and the latter is Liu E's mortal enemy. Zhao Zhen was venting, and even if he could not do anything directly, the emperor's anger would cause some turmoil. But what is interesting is that this time his anger was a dividing point in the cultural history of the Song Dynasty. Luoyang, the Xijing, became a legendary place with brilliant literary stars and radiance. Some people grew up there quietly, and later created the Song Dynasty poems and essays in the history of Chinese literature that were not inferior to those of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

On October 5, the two empress dowagers of Li and Liu were buried in Yongdingling Mausoleum, where Emperor Zhenzong of Song. No matter what kind of grudges he had during his lifetime, a hundred revenge would be eliminated if he died...

The living people have to continue to struggle. On the 26th, Lu Yijian returned to Kaifeng and resumed his post. The mystery is very simple. Half a year is enough to let the emperor know how loyal Zai had fulfilled his biological mother for quite some years. The only drawback is that he replaced Zhang Shixun, and Li Di, who was respected and as heavy as Mount Tai, was sitting in the position of prime minister.

He really can't move him. For more than ten years, coupled with the identity of Renzong, Li Di became a tragic political symbol for both public and private, and was synonymous with loyal ministers and righteous ministers. At present, Lu Yijian can only choose to bow his head silently and cooperate with his work. But it is not equivalent to being obedient forever. He is waiting for the opportunity...

Next, Zhao Zhen recalled the passing years, and he remembered his red-fung confidant, the beauty Zhang who had been with him during the Tiansheng period. Missing each other again and again, sad and sad, Zhao Zhen decided to give her the highest status a woman could get - on November 3, he posthumously named Zhang, the deceased, as the queen. Afterwards, he looked around in a daze, and finally saw a lot of red-fung confidant.

What can I do? I opened my eyes a little in the palace and saw only women except for a large number of eunuchs. History has become gorgeous and gorgeous. His Majesty Renzong's first time in power was intoxicated in the unrestrained and gentle land. As for the outside world, no man would like to understand it at this moment.

There are two most famous beauties in the gentle village, one surname is Shang and the other surname is Yang, which annoyed His Majesty the Queen. The ladies who forgot that Zi Zeng said will be kicked out of the house if they violate the "Seven Rings of Survival". One of them is "jealousy"

On a cold winter day on December, the emperor was having a long conversation with two beauties, and gradually getting better. Queen Guo suddenly arrived with a clear goal. Even if I am disappointed, you can't be happy even if I am lonely! This is the nth time, and in the past, she will part with her wishes and will not be happy. It's just this time...

The beautiful Shang, who has always been very obedient, actually spoke with sarcastic words. His wife was insulted by the mistress in front of her husband! In an instant, Empress Guo could no longer bear it and slapped him! But her speed was obviously slower than her husband. His Majesty Renzong was eager to protect the flower, and his whole body blocked him. As a result, the slap was slapped on the neck that no one had ever slapped... Renzong was furious! New and old hatreds, Sister Shang, Sister Yang, and Sister Wang, Sister Zhang, who used to be the first to be a sister, and Sister Zhang, all her good dreams were disrupted by her. Now that the empress dowager is dead, she still won't let me go! Destroy her!

That day, the emperor rushed out of the palace angrily, went directly to the political affairs hall, and showed his neck to the prime minister, which contained the claws of Empress Guo.

"What do you think?" Zhao Zhen did not forget the principle in his anger. The decree of the queen was second only to the emperor's ascension to the throne. He could not decide the final decision alone. The opinions of all officials, especially the prime minister, were more critical.

The prime minister looked at it and then looked again and again, then summoned the eunuch Yan Wenying, carefully inquired about the incident, and then clearly replied: She was ruined!

Empress Guo’s fate was determined like this because the prime minister was not Li Di, his surname was Lu, and his name was Lu Yijian.

But when things came to an end, Zhao Zhen suddenly hesitated again. After all, he was a wife who had lived with him for 10 years, and he was the "Ren" clan, and there was too much unbearable in his personality. Lu Yijian clearly stated the reason for supporting the deposed queen. "Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty was a wise ruler of the Han Dynasty. He had deposed his queen, but the reason was that Empress Guo complained and was dissatisfied. But you, Empress Guo, actually injured your neck."

Next, Lu Yijian has overcome the question of whether to abolish or not, and directly think about how to deal with the aftermath after abolishing. The key is the Censorate and the Zhijianyuan. The function of these two yamen with overlapping functions is to help the emperor restrain his ministers. Prime Minister Lu can basically determine that when the order to abolish the queen is issued, it will be the day when the bees are snatched!

But in order to retaliate against Empress Guo, Lu Yijian had already prepared to go all the way to the dark. He came up with three ways to deal with it: 1. The Confucian classics, the woman's seven-part articles: "No son, lust, no uncle and aunt, verbal, theft, jealousy, and evil diseases." In ancient times, as long as a woman who married herself committed one of them, she could sweep the floor and go back to her parents' home alone. And Empress Guo committed at least two: jealousy and no son. What's more, she was so fierce that she could not even define the seven-part articles, she beat her emperor husband! 2. Lu Yijian was the first time.

In the meantime, he informed the relevant departments in writing, and was not allowed to accept the memorials and documents of the Censorate and the Censorate, so that they had no place to say anything. 3 He actually came up with a "decent" reason for laying off for Empress Guo. "Destroy the Queen" turned into the queen's resignation. In the name of Renzong, the queen said that she had not been able to give birth to a child for ten years, so she automatically gave birth to a virtuous person and made room for women who could give birth to a child. The emperor was deeply moved and agreed. He appointed her as Jing Concubine, Chongmiao Immortal Master of Yujing, and gave her the name Jingwu, and moved to Changning Palace to live in seclusion.

It finally came the morning court on December 23. Let’s see if the top combination of the emperor and the prime minister is powerful, or the censors and bosses are invincible?

The storm came as scheduled. From the moment he knelt down and listened to the edict, all the censors took action! Their leader was Kong Daofu, the chief censor. No matter from any point of view, he was a well-deserved moral leader. Even Fan Zhongyan had to admit that Lord Kong was not only his predecessor, but also his role model! Because his surname was Kong, the 45th generation grandson of the Confucius Saint, who was well-known!

On the same day, under the leadership of Confucius, Jiang Tang, Guo Guan, Yang Kai, Ma Jiang, Duan Shaolian, Song Jiao and Liu Huan were the censors. Zhijianyuan was relatively weak, with only Sun Zude and Fan Zhongyan. There was no way. Although the functions were equal, Zhijianyuan was not in the forefront for less than two years after its establishment.

On that day, the censors came to the palace gate and shouted, but no one answered.

How? This is the trick that Lu Yijian came up with temporarily - there is no one at home. You will never break into the door, right? But he was wrong. Someone really knocked on the gate of the extremely sacred and prominent Golden Palace! Kong Daofu grabbed the copper ring on the door and slapped hard, shouting, "The queen is deposed, why don't he listen to the censors' words." Now the palace can no longer remain silent. After a while, a eunuch opened the door and passed the imperial edict: The emperor said, please go to the political affairs hall and ask the prime minister to talk about it if you have any questions.

The person on duty in the Political Affairs Hall was still Lu Yijian, and Prime Minister Li Di still did not know where to go. The censors raised the problem to the highest level from the beginning. "A minister to the emperor and the empress is just like a son serving his parents. If his parents are not in harmony, it is better to advise him, but how can he follow his father and mother?" This is the original saying back then. The meaning is very clear. Your father and your mother quarreled and said divorce. Do you approve him if you are your son? Are you still a personal person?

Faced with this question, Prime Minister Lu Da was very calm and replied to only six words: "The story of the abolished queen" refers to the previous example. This was a very logical word in the Song Dynasty. As long as there was a precedent, it was basically feasible.

The learned and talented censors burst into laughter in an instant, stop teasing, Lu Yijian, we all know how much information do you have. Although they are also a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination, their knowledge is far worse than your top uncle! Is there a "story" that you need to tell us?

Kong Daofu and Fan Zhongyan immediately refuted, "You are just citing the story of Emperor Guangwu's deposed queen, but that is the stain on Emperor Guangwu's life, and the place where he lost his virtue! The emperor should learn the morality of Yao and Shun, why do you mislead Your Majesty to imitate the foolish emperor?"

Lu Yijian chose to remain silent, even admit defeat, and said a super cowardly sentence, "Please explain this to the emperor in the morning court tomorrow." The implication is that I have done this wrong and I can't take it back now. Please go to the emperor's place tomorrow to deal with the aftermath.

For a moment, the censors were a little uncomfortable, and this was over? No way? The debate has just begun. At least Lu Yijian has a killer weapon that is useless. Emperor Renzong still had an injury on his neck. It was an official test and archived evidence of the queen's violent evidence. Once it was taken out, no one could explain it. After all, the example of the queen beating the emperor is so rare, why didn't he use it?

The censors didn't think much about it because they were very satisfied and won. So they came in a fierce manner and left proudly. One miracle had been created - fighting against the prime minister. Another miracle was about to come - teaching the emperor a lesson, is there a life more fulfilling than this?

The censors left, and Lu Yijian met the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the censor is in the pavilion and asks him to be against him. It is not a peaceful and beautiful matter, and he should be demoted."

On the 24th, the censors approached the palace step by step under the leadership of Kong Daofu and Fan Zhongyan. They firmly believed that with this victory, the moral integrity of the Song Dynasty would be cleaned up... Is there anything more exciting than this? The answer is! They just walked to the lounge where the officials went to court, and the surprise came to their faces. An eunuch held the imperial edict and waited for a long time: Kong Daofu came out to govern Taizhou, Fan Zhongyan came out to govern Muzhou. Set out immediately, and there was no need to enter the palace to thank you!

He was kicked out of the capital, and even the power to see the emperor for the last time was deprived of... Is this the "holy" ending of this struggle?

Outside Kaifeng City that day, a team gathered to see Fan Zhongyan off for the second time - "Fan Jun's trip is more bright." Four years ago, all officials also saw him off. "Fan Jun's trip is Aurora". In this way, Fan Zhongyan embarked on the second light of his life, which was worried about the world before. There will be a third light soon...

Fan Zhongyan's life is divided into several stages. At this stage, he only has black and white colors in the world. Those who are not loyal are traitors, either this or that, and there is no confusion. So he began to analyze:

Is the queen wrong? "Empress Guo lives in the palace and has never heard of it..." As for the slap incident, the censors were selectively blind.

Is the emperor wrong? The answer is wrong, but it is understandable. The most important thing is that he is too young and has just taken power and has no experience. It is when he needs the assistance of his ministers. The emperor also consulted the ministers in time, but the result is so bad, which shows the minister's damn nature.

The problem focused on Lu Yijian. In Fan Zhongyan's eyes, this man's mistake was hopeless. The specific analysis is as follows: supporting the deposed queen is equivalent to driving away his biological mother, which is a degeneration in human relations. Moreover, this person only focuses on power in the contest with censors, regardless of morality, and is very bright in the open, allowing censors to run around in the most formal occasions such as the Political Affairs Hall and the Hall, but they turn around and start to operate secretly, using the power granted by the state to achieve his ulterior motives. The result was that it hurt the national interests of the Song Dynasty and destroyed the institution that Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu had worked hard to restrict all officials, the censors, the censors, and the powerful ministers would surface.

All of this was caused by Lu Yijian... From this moment on, Fan Zhongyan regarded Lu Yijian as his enemy and took it as his responsibility to eradicate this political cancer.

The abolishment incident at the end of 1033 was a big stage. The song ended and the protagonist left, but the play had not yet ended, and many people were still performing it. Their nature was exposed in this incident, and using this as a dividing line, becoming clear positions, clear enemies and friends, becoming political enemies throughout their lives, constantly entangled, causing the country to suffer and the people to suffer...
Chapter completed!