Liang Jian was very satisfied. He wanted this kind of result, and it was best if he couldn't say it! He did not give Teng Zongliang another chance to explain it, and immediately disappeared. At the same time, Zheng Jian, the eldest son of Shaanxi Fourth Road, also reported to impeach Teng Zongliang for embezzlement of public funds. 20 days after Fan Zhongyan submitted the "Answer of the Hand-Opinion" and on September 23, when the Qingli New Deal had not officially begun, Teng Zongliang was demoted to the prefect of Fengxiang.

Where is Liang Jian? He did not go back to Kaifeng, but ran to Linzhou on Hedong Road. He went to find Zhang Kang's fault again...

Who is Zhang Kang? He was ordered to rescue the entire Hedong Road of the Song Dynasty! Without him, the Song Dynasty had lost the vast territory in Fengzhou, not to mention that he defeated the arrogant Li Yuanhao! But from the Censorate, this is useless! No matter how great you are, you must check whether you are "greedy" or not, are your hands and feet as unclean as Teng Zongliang?

In order to save space, we will not take turns and directly touch the key points. At that time, almost everyone knew that this kind of "corruption" was accurate! The generals of the border guards of the Song Dynasty all had large sums of money and were unknown whereabouts! If we checked again, we could find that they had a lot of gray income!

The earliest example is Zhong Shiheng in Qingjian City. He was investigated during the war. If Pang Ji had not protected him, he would have been dismissed and investigated! He was very moved at that time and said to Pang Ji that "Shiheng's heart is as iron and stone, and now shed tears for his husband." He was forced to do this! Where did his money come from? Qingjian City does business independently and does not pay taxes to Kaifeng. What is this not to dig a corner of the Song Dynasty? Then where did the money go? If someone wants to work hard on the battlefield, you have to give money! The amount of silver given by the Song Dynasty is 70% off and 80% off to the soldiers, it is not enough to buy a bowl of wine. Why do people give their lives to you?

So Teng Zongliang and Zhang Kang were not clean. They had to use various means to get the money and then send the money to their subordinates. Only in this way can they mobilize the soldiers and generals of the Song Dynasty who only recognize money but do not have much awareness! For example, please refer to how Zhang Kang succeeded and how Liu Ping failed: the Song army on the battlefield could squeeze to the general and ask for rewards!

When you see this, you should know how despicable the people from the Censorate and the Jia Chang Dynasty were. This is completely concealed by one's own thoughts. He was confused and wanted to kill the donkey before he could remove the grinding. Before the war alarm was completely lifted, he was thinking about how to harm his own people!

Liang Jian walked around Hedong Road and collected Zhang Kang's "evidence" and then returned to Kaifeng. The task was completed successfully. The first step was to ruin your party leader and let His Majesty see clearly what the so-called gentleman did.

In the official record, Emperor Renzong was furious. The key was that he felt distressed. The more people died, the sadder he was. At the same time, the treasury of the Song Dynasty was empty. The emperor's private money was taken out as military expenses. He tightened his belt to support you soldiers, but you dared to use my money to fill your pockets! The angry emperor's mind was running rapidly, and things that happened many years ago suddenly became clear: Teng Zongliang? Very familiar! Back then, I was only close to my sisters in the palace several times, and this person once wrote a letter, "Your Majesty lives in the deep palace every day, lingering in the feast, and being weak and tired when he is in the court, and he decides things as if he is not in the holy mind." He said that I was a little pervert who was too indulged in desire and dizzy.

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he came! He sent someone to go to the northwest to investigate, carefully study Teng Zongliang's problems and deal with them as a typical example! But it was so sad. As soon as he ordered, the Censor was also excited and was about to do something big, but Mr. Liang Jian suddenly died... Is this senior inspector who dug out the corrupt elements Teng Zongliang and Zhang Kang? Is he overexcited? Or did he do something unethical? He knew he was ashamed? He didn't know. Anyway, he fell ill quickly, died of illness quickly, and became a new person.

However, everyone in the Censorate was a strong-willed comrade. What's the point of dying? Someone immediately stood up and took over Liang Jian's office. They rushed to the northwest and asked Teng Zongliang to hand over all the accounts he spent since he took office and honestly handed over it!

Teng Zongliang's reaction was amazing: Account book? Well, this thing can be found, it should be, it seems to be there, where did it come from recently? Oh! I found it, please see, all the censors, this pile of ashes is...

He burned all the fire! Is there any more arrogant provocation than this to destroy evidence on the spot?

However, the people from the Censorate were not angry either. They quietly packed up the paper ashes, returned to the capital, and reported the case to the emperor. This time the results were really even greater!

Now, why Teng Zongliang did this? Crazy? No! From this incident, we can see more whether the people in the Censorate were "people". Teng Zongliang was extremely sad and angry. I was fighting for the battle. You are enjoying peace and happiness in the rear. Now you are safe. You are actually here to wear some small money! What is your salary and grace than mine?

In anger, I burned the account book and I couldn't explain it clearly, so I won't say it! What should you do! In fact, the Censorate also knew it well, so they were indifferent.

When the case returned to Kaifeng, Fan Zhongyan could not sit still. He guaranteed his life: Teng Zongliang, Zhang Kang had never embezzled public funds. When they spent money, every soldier watched, and the money was spent in the sun and did not put it in his pocket! The emperor listened quietly, no one could see what he was thinking...

On the other hand, Wang Gongchen, the boss of the Censorate, sneered: The evidence is conclusive, what is Teng and Zhang not greedy? Especially with a bad attitude, they dare to burn the account books. In the long run, where is the national law? If everyone follows the example, how can our Censorate work? Your Majesty, if you don’t act according to the law, I will not go to work from today!

Renzong was still thinking that money was generally similar to dirt in the eyes of the Song monarch. Since Zhao Kuangyin started, he threw it out casually and took the initiative to throw it out, fearing that his ministers would not. This was a matter of tens of thousands of yuan? But he was thinking about it... During this period, Fan Zhongyan and Wang Gongchen were strangling to the death, which led to the two major systems of the Gentleman Party and the Censorate.

On January 8, 1044, Emperor Renzong's thoughts finally came to an end: Teng Zongliang demoted Guozhou. Zhang Kang was demoted from the deputy chief of the Biandu to the Biandu governor.

On the 12th, Zhao Yuanyan, the eighth son of Zhao Guangyi, the eighth emperor uncle of Renzong, and one of the prototypes of the Eight Virtue Kings in the folk story, passed away.

At this time, a rebellion broke out in the barbarian area of ​​Guangxi. Qu Xifan and Qu Zhengci's uncle and nephew pushed the barbarian chief Meng to become emperor. On the 13th, he captured Huanzhou with 500 rebels. On February 10, the news came to Kaifeng, pouring cold water on the gentlemen of the new policy. What else are you fighting for? Send people to quell the rebellion! On the 15th, Wang Zhaoming was sent to Yizhou to quell the rebellion.

But the party struggles in the court would not stop because of a small rebellion. Wang Gongchen really gave himself a big leave and did not come to work. "Teng Zongliang's evidence of corruption is conclusive, and he is bad in nature. He is only demoted to one level and cannot convince the public. He must surrender again, otherwise I will resign." Under his leadership, the entire Censorate was in full swing. The situation was warmer than when Empress Guo was deposed, and Lu Yijian did not enjoy the impeachment of the entire Censorate. So Teng Zongliang was demoted again and demoted to Yuezhou (i.e. Baling County), which was a good place, and was close to Dongting Lake, and there was a historical building waiting for him to rebuild...

The Censorate won? But immediately, Wang Gongchen led all the personnel of the Censorate to retreat quickly: Everyone retreat immediately! Be careful that the fire at the city gate will cause fish to harm the pond!

The sudden outbreak of the gentlemen's party, and its ferocity made the people in the Censorate feel inferior. It is the army that is mingled on the frontier and fucks the guys directly.

The internal strife of the gentlemen this time was very complicated. The matter originated from the construction of a city called Shuiluo City. Some people wanted to repair: Zheng Jian was deployed in the fourth road of Shaanxi. Specific city repairers: Liu Hu and Dong Shilian. Some people opposed the construction of: Yin Zhu.

As mentioned earlier, one of the major weapons of the Song Dynasty against the Western Xia was the policy of fortresses. It constantly built cities and forts, and gradually moved the defense line forward until the territory of the Western Xia was eaten up little by little. This was later proved to be very effective, and countless territory of the Western Xia was swallowed up by the Song Dynasty!

So the construction of Shuiluo City should be a good thing? But why did the "gentlemen" fight in internal conflict? There are many articles inside. We need to analyze from both internal and external aspects. Let's talk about the outside first: This involves the location of Shuiluo City. Shuiluo City is on Jingyuan Road, and the Battle of Good Shuichuan and the Battle of Dingchuan Village all happened here. I believe everyone should be familiar with these place names. Let me list these place names from north to south: Dingchuan Village, Sanchuan Village, Zhenrongjun, Yangmulongcheng, Haoshuichuan, Luanggang City, and Weizhou City, the capital of Weizhou City... So where is Shuiluo City? What makes people speechless is that Shuiluo City is nearly 50 kilometers south of Lenggang City, and is still in the southeast of Weizhou City! It is the rear of the big rear! What is the necessity of you to build?

Just for such a city that can be cultivated or not, the gentlemen party will be forced to death and even dispatched troops. Why? This starts with the "internal" reasons, that is, the relationship between gentlemen and bigwigs.

Zheng Jian wanted to cultivate because he was Fan Zhongyan's true direct line. They were brother-in-law and married the daughter of Li Changling, a famous scholar in the Song Dynasty. They were also very similar in temper. Building a city is exactly Fan Zhongyan's ultimate strategy. He wanted to use this trick to drag Li Yuanhao to death. The motto was that he would rather drip sweat on the construction site than to hang out in a group fight with the people of Xixia!

Yin Zhu opposed it because he was Han Qi's direct line. Before the Battle of Haoshuichuan, he had also lobbyed Fan Zhongyan for Han Qi. His and Han Qi's common ideal was to eliminate the vitality of the people of Xixia. If you kill a few more, you will naturally be no threat. Why do you have to build so many small villages? What's more, you have to guard one place. The troops will become more and more scattered. If the people of Xixia will defeat them one by one, we will die even more ugly!

To sum up, each has its own reasons. How to tell the right or wrong? Good Shuichuan? Han Qi, who is in charge of the battle, failed. But he also has something to say. Until this time, Fan Zhongyan had not faced Li Yuanhao head-on. How could he be sure that his trick was right?

Han Qi, who never admits defeat! If you analyze it carefully, you will find the key point in him: simple! Just one word "power". Within the gentleman party, just like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom later, it has never been able to tell who is the eldest and who is the second! Yang Xiuqing has always been a master of great achievements and is the first leader in religion and military affairs, so he naturally cannot surrender. Han Qi is also. Whether in terms of official position or self-confidence, he is not inferior to Fan Zhongyan. Why should he be inferior to the young? Just because you have a high moral character and a beard? Just kidding!

In theory, this is also a crime that Fan Zhongyan did not live. You are not good at the supreme leader. After the defeat of Dingchuan Village, the emperor asked you to lead the northwest. You had to pull Han Qi together to promote him and give birth to a single-level cadre. Do you know that sometimes modest can kill people?

It's too late to know now! Han Qi, the "gentleman" (well, he is also a new policy figure, so be a gentleman) used villain methods at the beginning of the internal struggle.

He did not use the old-fashioned cliché like writing a book to reason, but instead reminded the emperor: Your Majesty, the northwest is peaceful now, and there is no more war. Is it necessary to keep some measures during the war? If all four routes are deployed, they should retreat quickly, otherwise it will become a routine for a long time, and he will become a super military governor. Renzong immediately understood: My dear said it well, this is the fundamental national policy, withdraw!

So on the 21st, the fourth route of Shaanxi was deployed to abolish the deployment and Zheng Jian was sent to Yongxing Army. He could no longer take charge of the matter of Shuiluo City. The decision-making power was handed by Yin Zhu, the governor of Weizhou.

These small moves cannot be concealed by Fan Zhongyan, so he is also actively trying to find a solution. But there are not many solutions. Who made him open and upright? So there is only one way to write a letter to talk about things. After several efforts, the emperor finally sent Yu Zhouwen on March 12 and Zhou Weide went to the northwest for field investigation.

The investigators ran northwest non-stop, and were still halfway through, something happened at the Shuiluo City construction site. Yin Zhu immediately sent someone to notify Liu Hu, Dong Shilian: Stop building the city, pack up immediately, you two will come to Weizhou City and report to me! But the order is invalid, the construction site is full of energy, and I have worked even more happily...

Yin Zhu was furious and called a big shot in the northwest: Deputy Jingyuan Road deployed Di Qing! Take people to Shuiluo City immediately and catch those two bastards who are unable to tell the truth and despise their superiors!

So Di Qing killed and captured Liu Hu and Dong Shilian. Yin Zhu threw two colleagues of the "Gentleman Party" into prison on the spot, for disobeying military orders, and if he chose a day, he would be beheaded and displayed!

The matter was really big. When the central investigators arrived, Liu and Dong had not lost their heads, but they were almost unable to recognize them. I don’t know how many tortures they had suffered in prison. Dong Shilian could barely write and write memorials to the emperor. He explained the construction process of Shuiluo City in detail, and revealed the old background of Yin Zhu and Han Qi.

Haoshuichuan was defeated, Your Majesty, don’t you know? Han Qi has been emphasizing how correct his order is. It was Ren Fu’s own decision, so he was defeated so miserably. But this is not right! I have evidence! Before the war, Han Qi and Yin Zhu sent someone to investigate Haoshuichuan, which was the main battlefield they chose! Especially after the disastrous defeat, Yin Zhu also wrote two articles "Min Zhong" and "Discribing the False", Hum! It can be seen from the literal perspective that he is guilty! Death for the country is loyal, and you can use you to "Min"? Since ancient times, only the emperor has used this word, such as Emperor Taizong of Tang failed to conquer Goryeo, and after returning to China, he built "Min Zhong Temple" to commemorate the soldiers of the East. Where is the qualification for you to be a minor minister on the border? "Discribing the False"? Hum! If you are not worried, you can tell a ghost! The court did not denounce you, who are you doing this for?

In the end, Dong Shilian asked the Central Commission for Injury to be tested. After all, he was a civil servant and the degree of abuse was limited. But the military general Liu Hu was in trouble. Since Di Qing caught him, he put on a heavy shackle of more than 40 kilograms. After being imprisoned, he was even more tragic and injured.

But Yin Zhu didn't admit it! He promised not torture these two people. He was injured all over his body? It was purely a lie! What is the truth? Liu Hu died of a head ulcer soon after, what should be the injury?

In this way, Shuiluo City was temporarily suspended. Whether it was Teng Zongliang Zhang Kang's corruption case or Shuiluo City bloodshed case, they all ended with Fan Zhongyan's failure. The Censorate was confronting head-on, and Shuiluo City caught fire in the backyard. To fight against foreign countries, we must first settle the home. In order to achieve this goal, Fan Zhongyan used both soft and hard, and used both kindness and power, and tried every means. But the result...

The hard thing is that he firmly stood on the side of Liu Hu. He told the emperor: The Shuiluo City was the order deployed by the former Shaanxi four routes. When Yin Zhu asked him to stop, the court was arguing that it was not wrong for Liu Hu to not accept the order. Moreover, Liu Hu was a famous general at the border, and the country should cherish it very much, so he would be executed in this way. Be careful to make the hearts of the border soldiers cold!

The softest thing is Fan Zhongyan who chose to compromise. He gave Yin Zhu a great face and suggested that the emperor transfer Yin Zhu to the capital and directly enter the two systems from the museum staff, becoming a senior official second only to the prime minister of the two governments.
Chapter completed!