Everyone knows that person is the Prime Minister of the Empire. More than ten years ago, there was also a pair of best partners who colluded with each other in and outside the palace, named Ding Wei and Lei Yungong. Since ancient times, this structure is indispensable for powerful ministers and treacherous ministers. No matter whether they are loyal or treacherous, neither Lu Yijian of the Song Dynasty or Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty, they cannot escape this fate.

So a reason was formed in a person's mind: Lu Yijian would protect Yan Wenying, and Lu Yijian would collude with internal and external forces. He was a powerful minister and must be eliminated!

This person is Fan Zhongyan. In order to deal with Yan Wenying, he cut off Lu Yijian's black hand in the palace. Fan Zhongyan's tricks were unprecedented: he went on a hunger strike! From the day he wrote to impeach Yan Wenying, he called his eldest son to his side: everything in the family is handed over to you. This time, "I will die if I don't win." This time, "I will die." The treacherous eunuch party is incompatible with the treacherous eunuch party! Use hunger strike to let the emperor understand: No matter whether there is any evidence of guilt or not, Yan Wenying must be punished! Either he dies or I die. Emperor, please do whatever you want!

At the same time, Yao Zhongsun also reported again that under this pressure, Yan Wenying was driven out of Kaifeng in December. But he died on the road before he went very far. This seemed a bit intriguing...

On December 2, the Song Dynasty conferred the Tubo Zanpu and Siluo as the governor of the Baoshun Army.

The story begins at the beginning of the year: Li Yuanhao sent general Su Nuer to lead 25,000 cavalry to attack Tubo, preparing to complete his contributions to destroy Hehuang Tubo, and completely eliminate the danger of fighting on the two fronts in the future!

I thought it was beautiful, but at the first pass, at the famous Tubo city, Maoniucheng, the entire army was wiped out, and the chief general Su Nuer himself became a prisoner of the Tubo people.

When the news came, Li Yuanhao was shocked and angry, and immediately took action himself! He destroyed the country and expanded the territory when he was a young man. He didn't believe that he would not destroy a Tubo who had just come out of the turmoil! But this time, it was Li Yuanhao's turn to howl under Maoniu City. In the outer border city of Tubo, he actually let his dignified party Xiang Wuzun lead the army in person. He fought for more than a month but failed to fight! I was so angry that I had to use my own tricks from ancestors?

Li Yuanhao showed the most sincere smile to the Tubo residents of Maoniucheng - you are so great. I decided to be brothers with you, so I will withdraw my troops now. Before leaving, I hope we can conclude a permanent peace treaty...

The proud Tubo people believed it. More than 30,000 Dangxiang cavalry had been buried under Maoniu City. So they agreed to open the city gates and prepared to consume the cows with fine wine, but what they were waiting for was the massacre of the city that Li Yuanhao rushed into! It was only because the information of the Tubo people was too closed and they did not understand the history of the Dangxiang people's fortune. How did Li Yuanhao's grandfather Li Jiqian earn the first pot of gold? Yes! It was a fraudulent surrender! He used the coffin of the wet nurse to deceive the Song army guarding the city and came to Dijinze to raise troops to fight against the Song Dynasty! It was obvious from the beginning that it was a fraudulent surrender family, which was a ancestral thing!

Li Yuanhao kept running and rushed towards the old nest of Ye Siluo. The first step was to capture the former royal city Zongge City, and the next step was to capture the Daixing Ridge, and the target was to Qingtang City. It was the new royal city that Ye Silu had just moved from Miaochuan after he pacified the Wen Qi rebellion.

He hugged in Qingtang City without moving, and drew the elite troops from all over the place, but instead of meeting the enemy, he gathered in Shanzhou and waited for the attack of the Dangxiang people. Li Yuanhao forced his crossing of Zongge River! As long as he defeated Shanzhou, the Hehuang tribe of Tubo will collapse and achieve my ambition to "pull the Tubo horses in the west"!

What’s funny is: Li Yuanhao was not overwhelmed by the advantage. After crossing the river, he ordered the soldiers to do something that would affect the entire battle situation in the future. He asked the soldiers to set a sign in the shallow water of the Zongge River. No matter whether it was victory or something unexpected, there was a safe retreat when returning to the army. What? This is the style of the commander-in-chief, and he always kept very calm. But this calmness was so crazy!

Speaking of which, Shanzhou City has become an upgraded version of Maoniu City, gathering the strength of most elite troops of the Hehuang tribe of Tubo. In addition, Zanpu’s call from the royal city behind it, this war that concerns the fate of the two tribes of Tubo and Dangxiang turned into a protracted super war. Its scale was not as large as Zhao Guangyi besieged Youzhou, but the time exceeded too much, reaching more than 200 days! Finally, Li Yuanhao finally realized a fact: Yusilu was a sinister faction pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. His method of shrinking troops and giving up his territory was actually a strong wall and clearing the fields commonly used by the Han people! The war of more than 200 days and the long supply line of materials made the Dangxiang people unable to hold on anymore, so they could only choose to withdraw their troops...

Returning the same route, Li Yuanhao's Dangxiang army returned to the Zongge River and found the shallow water sign they left behind. At this moment, the overwhelming elite Tubo soldiers came out from somewhere. Anyway, they were definitely not pursuers from Shanzhou City, with more than 100,000 people! Faced with such ambush, the Dangxiang people had no choice but to cross the river in a panic, the faster the better, and rushed over from those shallow waters. So thousands of troops rushed into the river, and corpses floated up, all drowned... The killing of the sky, the sign they placed in the shallow water was quietly moved to the deep water. At this time, the surprise attack was equivalent to forcing the Dangxiang people to dive into the water.

That day, Li Yuanhao escaped by chance. He looked back at the corpses of the river and countless weapons and supplies on the other side and wanted to cry without tears. History proved that he really underestimated Yu Sila. The Tubo people ordered An Ziluo to ambush the 100,000 troops by the Zongge River when he entered Shanzhou City and started attacking. Li Yuanhao's retreat was on the way to retreat. No matter how tight the front line was, he had never used this force. He was to surprise him and turn the Zongge River into the cemetery of the Dangxiang people.

When things developed to this point, the attack on the Dangxiang people was fatal. The defeated general fled back, and even Li Yuanhao, they no longer dared to face the Hehuang Tubo. They saw clearly that Ye Sila was Li Yuanhao's nemesis. After the war test, in all aspects, both of them were incompatible: Li Yuanhao was good at attacking, and he was as fast as fire, with speed of advancement, and his appetite for war was indeed amazing. But looking at Ye Sila, he regained the real power of Zanpu and the victory of this battle, which was completely "tolerance". Whether Li Lizun, Wen Qi, or Li Yuanhao, they all took the initiative to challenge him, but they were all counterattacked by him and were defeated in a mess!

There is such a person standing in the Western Xinjiang, which is not only Li Yuanhao's nightmare, but also the happiness of the Han people in the Central Plains, the remaining Uighur Sanbu in the Hexi Corridor, and other Dangxiang enemies. Taking advantage of the gap in this battle, the Uighurs in Shazhou made a comeback, recapturing the three states of Sha, Gua, and Su, and cutting off the westernmost end of the Hexi Corridor.

On this day, Lu Yijian dressed in a grand manner and suddenly made a 180-degree turn in front of all the civil and military officials of the court. He suggested to His Majesty the Emperor: Fan Zhongyan has outstanding character and outstanding talents. It is too unkind to be a follower. I recommend him to be the prefect of Kaifeng.

All the court officials were stunned, everyone stared at the Prime Minister and was confused. What was going on? That was your political enemy, and you were Lu Yijian. Have you changed your nature? Or did Fan Zhongyan betrayal in private? But no one can deny that Fan Zhongyan has this qualification and reputation.

So on the 13th, Fan Zhongyan took office as the prefect of Kaifeng. That day ended magically. Under the gaze of various eyes, Lu Yijian walked out of the hall with his head held high and went home from get off work. He was already happy in his heart - Fan Zhongyan, aren’t you so energetic that you can speak? I will let you be the mayor of Kaifeng, countless leaders and superiors in the capital, a network of relationships, and a pile of documents, all of which are enough to exhaust you, a self-proclaimed aloof country bumpkin! See if you have any time to come and cause trouble for me!

To be fair, Lu Yijian's trick was deeply rooted in the use of military force by Zhou Lang of the Three Kingdoms. The Eastern Wu annoyed Liu Bei to his bones, but he still wanted to take him over Jiangdong, raise him in a rich and frugal manner, and marry his sister. What he wanted was to let Liu Bei, who had been busy all his life, fall into a gentle country, not be enterprising, and forget the world.

The same is true for Lu Yijian to treat Fan Zhongyan suddenly. First, he exhausted him with complicated government affairs and left him with no energy to make trouble. Second, he also asked him to taste the taste of a high-ranking official, and maybe he would understand it or even assimilate it? From now on, he will not be an enemy again?

The abacus was very good, but the question was whether Fan Zhongyan was such a person? One month after Fan Zhongyan took office, the big and small things in Kaifeng Prefecture were solved easily. It is said in history that "it is over and the capital is solemn and governed." As for how he did it, it is actually very simple. As long as everything is pure and honest, since ancient times, there are no big bandits and robbers who kill and robbers at Kyoto under the feet of the emperor? Especially in Kaifeng of the Song Dynasty, the number of imperial guards and the sound legal system was rare in all dynasties. If the governance is not good, there is only one reason: it cannot be ruthless.

All kinds of faces, leaders from all levels and faces, and intricate relationships, these annoying activities can indeed torture people to death. But if you don’t want it torture, it’s super simple - kick it away with one kick, I won’t serve you!

From this, can you see Fan Zhongyan's extraordinary ability? Not only that, Fan Zhongyan completed an earth-shaking event during his five-month term in Kaifeng Prefecture. After this matter is completed, any sensible person will agree that it was when Lu Yijian's power collapsed and he was disgraced!

"Picture of Hundred Officials" is carefully drawn by Fan Zhongyan, which records in detail the paths of promotion, transfer, surrender and exile of civil and military officials since Lu Yijian came to power. They point out one by one which officials were promoted, and which ones were promoted by Prime Minister Lu Da, who was promoted and demoted in secret. It is based on facts and the laws of the Song Dynasty as the criterion to clarify everything clearly!

Your Majesty, as long as you recognize the words, you should know what to do? If you don’t take measures, you have to "see who is the world in today’s realm." This little peace prime minister who has no plans and no plans to decide the country is like Zhao Pu, nor does he win the danger, and he will make a reincarnation of the country, just like Kou Zhun, is arrogant to this point! Your Majesty, you don’t ruin him, what are you waiting for? Fan Zhongyan is 100% convinced that as long as you hand over this picture and let His Majesty look at him for ten minutes, Lu Yijian’s death will come.

But the result is always unexpected. Such heavyweight works were submitted, and only exchanged for the eight words "Zhong Yan is pedantic and unrealistic, and the name is not real." This young comrade Fan Zhongyan is a man who only talks big talk, does not understand world affairs, is unrealistic, and only wants to fight for fame and fortune. Later, the "Picture of Hundred Officials" was left unresolved...

After all, Fan Zhongyan was so angry that he was almost exploded. Put himself in his shoes. Is this "Picture of Hundred Officials" easy to make? Let's talk about what kind of mind and ambition you have to want to do this. This almost completely covers the existing officialdom, brings every colleague in, reveals his old background, and reports his background. How many people will he offend? And is there any way to save such offense?

This is determination. Let’s talk about the specific workload. Think about it, even if Fan Zhongyan has just returned to Beijing, even if he has gone to Kaifeng Prefecture to work, he can make full use of the resources at hand to understand the officialdom, dissect officials, and get everyone’s resumes, but how many jobs will it take? In the end, he has to grit his teeth and sacrifice himself to dare to hand it over.

To be honest, this is no longer difficult, hardship, courage, etc., and so on. But in the end, it was left alone and only changed to the eight-character evaluation. Fan Zhongyan became more angry and sad as he thought about it, so he decided to continue!

Didn’t I say that I am pedantic and unreal? OK! This time I will discuss the matter! Fan Zhongyan wrote a memorial overnight, focusing on four points: 1. The emperor is good and wise, 2. The choice of wise and capable 3. The 4. The 4. The 4 are completely linked to the actual government, the relationship with the people at that time, and the vocal statements are straightforward, so that everyone in the world can see that Fan Zhongyan is not only brave, but also knowledgeable, and not pedantic at all!

At the end of this memorial, Fan Zhongyan wrote, "Emperor Cheng of Han believed in Zhang Yu and did not doubt his uncle's family, so there was a rebellion in Wang Mang. I am afraid that the court today also had Zhang Yu destroying His Majesty's family rules." Zhang Yu was the prime minister during the Western Han Dynasty and was very favored. Emperor Cheng of Han's mother was named Wang Zhengjun, and Wang Zhengjun had a nephew named Wang Mang. Wang Mang was able to usurp the Liu Han Dynasty's country, which was a good thing Zhang Yu did. This man tried to protect the loyalty of the Wang family and let Emperor Cheng of Han grant Wang Zhengjun's brother Wang Feng as the Grand Sima General, and he was in power. Five brothers were granted marquis on the same day, and the "Five Marquis" of the Wang family became bigger and could no longer control it.

Fan Zhongyan gave this example, and the intention was very obvious: Lu Yijian was Zhang Yu of the Song Dynasty. He now did not follow principles and appointed randomly. Maybe Wang Mang would hide somewhere, and one day he would wipe out the Zhao family and destroy the world of the Song Dynasty!
Chapter completed!