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The death of the imperial concubine

The emperor was moved, and he could hear this. From this, he believed that he was right. Di Qing was not only capable, but also kept his roots in mind. He was a rare good minister. As of this, Di Qing had won the emperor's heart and was invincible in the officialdom. However, everything has both good and bad sides. This sentence won the emperor's heart and public opinion. So what about others? It is not the emperor or the people. What would the so-called "literati and officials" think? Di Qing was just 46 years old this year, and was strong in his youth, and he was in the Western Prefecture.

The first one is actually at the peak of life. He lives with great ambitions, speaking with real achievements, and ignores the feminine and sticky officialdom around him. How proud and cheerful! But he has become an alien, different from others. Sometimes he does not get a look of envy and appreciation, but a crime of causing disasters. Looking back at history, sometimes I really want to ask General Di: You are proficient in military tactics and win every battle. Have you forgotten the situation in front of you? There are civil officials everywhere, so where are your allies? The army goes deeper and there is no help from both inside and outside. This is to be killed!

Di Qing's success in his life was due to his martial arts and his defeat in civil officials. His tragedy was caused by the "ancestor's law" of the Song Dynasty's suspicion of military generals and attach importance to civil officials!

There are many legends about the super military general Di Qing and the super civil minister Han Qi, which started when they first started. In 1027, both of them were handsome young men (both were born in 1008, but Di Qing died in 1057, four years after being promoted to Privy Councilor, and Han Qi died in 1075). When they first met, they were in Kaifeng, the capital of the country. That day, they were decorated with lights and the new top scorer, the second place. Tanhua came out of Donghuamen, and the whole country caused a sensation. They all looked at the happiest people at that time. The crowds were shoulder to shoulder, including the most unfortunate people: Di Qing and his friends (a group of thieves who had just tattooed their faces)

That day, they were 20-year-old boys, a tall and tall horse, boasting about the world, a sad crowd, lonely and frustrated. At that time, a friend murmured to himself softly: Look at others, people in the sky, we should never get close to each other in our lives... There was a sigh around, and a group of soldiers smiled bitterly. But suddenly I heard someone say, "It's not necessarily, it depends on everyone's ability." Everyone turned their heads in surprise! Di Qing was holding his tattooed head high, and his eyes were hard to say whether he was unyielding or jealous? Anyway, he didn't surrender...

Time flies, and many years later, these two people arrived at the northwest battlefield. Han Qi started high and left high. He was the second-tier player at the time. Now he is a senior official. Di Qing has also gradually improved due to his military achievements, so that the other party can know what he is called. History has become interesting here. It explains that Han Qi, like Fan Zhongyan, attaches great importance to Di Qing and treats preferentially, but how do they treat it specifically?

He invited Di Qing to drink. He was really worthy of face and could allow a martial artist to attend his cocktail party. The party was quite famous in history, and Di Qing was humiliated. At that time, there was no drink, no prostitute, and Han Gong invited him to eat, and the prostitutes were also quite high. A man named Bai Mudan was persuaded to drink at the table. When he arrived next to Di Qing, he suddenly smiled, "I wish you a cup of Ban'er" and said with a smile, frivolous and charming, and so close. "Ban'er" had a tattoo on his face, so you should have a drink too. It was very shameful and humiliating! Di Qing was always the deputy general manager position at that time, but he was actually mocked by a prostitute like this!

Di Qing was silent that day. He was so angry that he had to give Lord Han a face. But he couldn't bear it anymore. He beat Bai Mudan the next day. After Di Qing thought about it, he would just settle it. If you vent your anger, you will solve it privately. What's wrong with you, Mr. Han?

No, it’s a big mistake! Han Gong was very angry, and the consequences were very serious! A few days later, Di Qing had an old subordinate Jiao Yong to see him. He sat down and drank a few drinks, but suddenly he was arrested by Han Qi. The charge was not too great, but the punishment was beheading! Di Qing hurried to plead for mercy, but did not dare to say anything about the matter. He could only stand at the stairs and say, "Jiao Yong has military merits and is a good man."

Han Qi sneered on the steps and said that in his heart, the declaration of all the civil officials of the Song Dynasty in 319, "Those who sang as the top scholar outside the Donghua Gate are good men, what kind of good men are this?" Just in front of Di Qing, he killed Jiao Yong!

Di Qing stood silently for a long time before slowly walking away... After that, almost any civil servant dared to shout in front of Di Qing! Reason? I am a civil servant!

It's amazing. The civil officials suffered all the grievances in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms for decades, and now they have finally turned the tables and have been happy for more than 300 years. However, good and evil will be rewarded in the end. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, the Mongols divided the world into 10 grades according to their professions. The last one is beggar, the eighth one is prostitute, and the ninth one is literati! It's better than beggars, and lower than prostitutes, and this is the end of the rampant literati!

Liang Shi had a calculation in his mind: Pang Ji is the only prime minister of the Song Dynasty now. If he falls, who will be promoted? According to the order of the Eastern Palace, it should be me Liang Shi? But be slow! Gao Ruonai is more qualified than me, and both qualifications and official titles are overwhelming. But now Di Qing suddenly rises and uses Di Qing to suppress Gao Ruonai! Once successful, the Western Palace will become a military general in the world, and the military general is destined to be the prime minister, so after Pang Ji falls, the position of prime minister can only be mine!

Throughout history, many historians attribute Di Qing's rise to power this time to Emperor Renzong's cheering heart: Zhao Zhen finally saw the current situation of the empire, and there was constant turmoil, so the generals must be in charge of the central government. However, he ignored Mr. Liang Shi's dream of prime minister...

Next, Liang Shi, who was very determined and ambitious, began to look for Pang Ji's mistakes. Thanks to various opera novels such as "The General of the Yang Family" and "Bao Long Tu", this Pang Taishi's image in the minds of the Chinese people is very bad. He and Di Qing colluded with each other and committed many evil deeds. He was the enemy of the Yang family (except Yang Ye, Yang Yanzhao and Yang Wenguang for three generations). The rest of the Hu Yan family (except Hu Yanzan, the rest were fictional) Kou Zhun (real characters, real deeds), the Eight Virtue Kings (fictional characters) Bao Zheng (real characters, fictional deeds). Of course, the result was also very miserable. Pang Ji's whole family was killed, and

He was killed by his mortal enemy Hu Yanqing (the fictional son of Hu Yanzan). Di Qing was not bad either, but he was cut into pieces. Why is this happening? This question is very big, and it is related to the traditional Chinese thinking concepts. Let’s not talk about it. Now I want to say that Pang Ji was originally a good official who has done great things for the country and the people. How could he have something happened? But something really happened. In fact, once you reach the position of Prime Minister of the Empire, no matter who you were, you will become a kind of person - a bad person. Not only Liang Shi, but almost the entire officialdom is staring at you, looking for every mistake you make.

The reason why Pang Ji lost his official position was almost a copy of the former Privy Councilor Gao Ruonne. There was a scholar named Huangfu Yuan far away in Qizhou. By the way, you should take charge of the local education department and send more Jinshi to the country. But Brother Huangfu has other talents. He likes to catch thieves, and he really catches thieves. The country clearly stipulates that as long as you catch thieves, you will be rewarded. No matter whether you are a pedan or not, Huangfu scholar is not satisfied. Money is a trivial matter, and I want to be promoted!

Huangfu Xuejue wanted to be promoted, just like Liang participated in politics and wanted to become a regular person! Huangfu Xuejue could only achieve his desire for promotion through relationships, but he could actually go to the mansion of the first person in the imperial officialdom: the Prime Minister!

He knew a Taoist priest named Zhao Qingxun. Taoist priest Zhao was Pang Ji's nephew, but his relationship was obviously not enough, so he had to use money to pave the way. So Huangfu bribed, Taoist priest accepted bribes, and Pang Ji's subordinate officials. Zhao Qingxun told Huangfu Yuan that this was an insider, so the minor official also got a share of money. The matter was broken up on the minor official. It was probably because the stolen shares were uneven? The minor official ran to Kaifeng Prefecture and told the matter to the public! Bribery cases were very common, and not many involved the current prime minister! The case was handled seriously and strictly. As a result, those who bribed and those who took bribes were all bribed. However, there was no evidence to prove that the prime minister knew about it, and Pang Ji temporarily survived this level. But then the matter had a fatal variable. Zhao Qingxun died bizarrely on the way to exile. At this time, the prosecutor of Kaifeng Prefecture called Han Jiang to stand up and accused Pang Ji of using the power of the prime minister to kill Zhao Qingxun on the road to silence!

The public verbalization makes gold, and Pang Ji's reputation was damaged. The heroes turned into bad guys. On July 5, Pang Ji was dismissed from prime minister. On the same day, Chen Zhizhong and Liang Shi became the prime minister of the Song Dynasty. Liang Shi finally became the first person in the imperial officialdom!

On September 26, Li Liangzuo surrendered to Yelu Zongzhen.

On December 2, the Guangxi Pacification Envoy submitted a memorial to capture Nong Zhigao's mother, Nong Zhigao's brother, and Nong Zhigao's son. On the 27th, Jingji Road was established with 42 counties in 5 prefectures of Cao, Chen, Xu, Zheng, and Kaifeng Prefecture.

During the period from the period from Emperor Renzong of Song to Hejiayou (1054-62), this period of time was a rare era of peace and peace in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. It allowed future generations to remember and miss it, wishing to travel through time and space, and stay forever. In the impression of Chinese people, the years of prosperity and leisurely enjoyment refer to this time. Accurately, Di Qing was promoted to Privy Councilor in 1053. Renzong died in 1063. All signs indicate that Emperor Renzong wanted to cheer up again and let the country prosper in a situation where disasters (the Yellow River has changed its course, but it has not been settled yet) rebellion (Wang Ze, Nong Zhigao rebelled, and it has been settled).

How great is this, but unfortunately, God does not follow others' wishes. The emperor's sorrow suddenly came, and his beloved person died. On January 8, 1054, the 6th year of Huangyou (1054), Concubine Zhang died of illness at the age of 31.

From then on, Emperor Renzong's mind and body were greatly affected. He could not bear the departure of his beloved person and gradually became in a trance and silent.

But the entire Song Dynasty officialdom was very happy about the death of Concubine Zhang. The death of Concubine Zhang caused the so-called "Zhang Group" to collapse suddenly, and there was no pillow style. Look at Zhang Yaozuo, how can Wen Yanbo and others be promoted and made money, and have a simple meal! This is really awesome, and the world has become fair from now on! As for the emperor's own feelings, we are not what we have to do! In Confucianism, when people live, there are things like "ritual" to regulate. When people die, there are also various corresponding standards to bury them!

Sadness? That's easy to do! You can express it by passing the court, becoming a costume, and posting gifts. Everything has a system to ensure that you are happy and sad in your life and death, and your glory is decent!

So they were all angry. I really don’t understand how Emperor, how could you be so out of order? Zhao Zhen set the funeral ceremony of his beloved woman at the highest standard: funeral with the ritual of the queen!

Strictly speaking, Zhao Zhen had a criminal record of doing this. Empress Guo, who was deposed by him, died suddenly, and he also sent it with the queen's courtesy, completely ignoring the feelings of Empress Cao who had just married into the family. But that love is a matter of fate. After all, Guo's mother was in the world and there was nothing wrong with the "slap" incident. But Zhang at this time could not be equated with a noble concubine, and often interfered in politics and bribery scandals involved a large number of high-ranking officials such as the prime minister and the chief censor, as well as her uncle who made everyone grit their teeth! Such a woman would be cheaper to be admitted to the cold palace, so why should she be posthumously awarded the queen?

But Zhao Zhen did not matter who opposed it, he insisted on his own. On the fourth day and the 12th after Zhang's death, he was awarded the Empress "Wen Cheng" for her, and mourned her in the Huangyi Palace, and stopped for 7 days. The world was forbidden for joy in one month. The emperor himself personally prepared a wardrobe. On the 20th day of the funeral, he led all civil and military officials to escort the spiritual position out of the palace and enter Fengxian Temple. All these specifications are impeccable queen mourning ceremony. To be honest, even Empress Dowager Liu E, the "Wu Zetian of the Northern Song Dynasty" back then, could not enjoy it! He was destined to have only prepared for a woman, which is the current lord of the Eastern Palace, Empress Cao. But she disappeared again, and the history books did not leave any records of her activities at this time. This lady who was so virtuous that she became a habit continued to remain silent. But her due power was to be maintained by others!

For the title of queen, the entire Censorate, led by the current boss Sun Yan, went to fight and had a life-and-death fight with the emperor. It was not an exaggeration at all! Because the emperor did not compromise afterwards, they all resigned and quit!

During the funeral, the confrontation reached its climax. At the most important period of mourning, the reading of the book of mourning was released. Sun Mian, the former deputy envoy of Privy Councillor, suddenly put down the book of mourning. "The funeral of Empress Zhangmu was read by a two-system official (Hanlin scholar, master of imperial edicts). Now Empress Wen Cheng is posthumously enthroned, and the ministers of the two governments are required to act. It is inconsistent with the etiquette, so I refuse to read the book of mourning."

The emperor was shocked and angry, but in order to make the funeral go smoothly and to give the beloved woman the final comfort, he held back and sent someone to persuade him: Sun Aiqing, you should go to school...

Sun Mian was righteous and righteous. "It is okay to read the book by his minister Sun Mian, but it is not okay to read the book by his deputy envoy of Privy Councilor." After that, he put the book of mourning on the table, and without asking anyone for instructions, he retreated!

It was completely disheartening. Zhao Zhen looked at the minister standing in front of him with a black mousse in front of him and felt dizzy. No matter what extraordinary things she had done before, she accompanied herself through the days of war turmoil, rebellion and party struggles. And my ministers, you are hypocritical and saints, are there really no stain on your body? Aside from your daily work, you openly wander around in various traits, and there are countless other ugly things!

Just take Sun Mian, you are not a good thing at all! Sun Mian is greedy for money and lust. As long as a man, there are no bad things, but there are not many people like him. Overall, he has been lustful everywhere, made money everywhere, and went all the way, and never failed!

Such a person can actually be the most powerful minister, and he often claims to be kind, righteous and moral. I really don’t know that there is still the word "shame" in the world! In fact, it is not only him. Almost all the ministers present at this time were not clean.

The next one to appear was Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong. He came up in danger and firmly supported the emperor! The Deputy Privy Councilor did not read the book of mourning, so the prime minister would come and read it! Chen Zhizhong suddenly upgraded Concubine Zhang's funeral, which was even higher than before! The funeral ended successfully, and the emperor was full of gratitude to his mentor, and the ministers wanted to scold this old fence-brander to death! Dear friends, do you know what shameless and cruel "person" Chen Zhizhong is? An event that happened in Chen's mansion at the end of this year will let you see this "person" thoroughly!

On July 7, the first year of Zhihe (1054), Liang Shi dismissed from his prime minister.

On the 8th, the second emperor of the 7-year-old Western Xia, Li Liangzuo, sent an envoy to the Great Khitan to propose marriage. On October 26, Li Liangzuo made a vow to Liao.

In December, a tragedy occurred in the family of Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong. A maid named Ying'er died. She was covered in bruises and had no skin. According to the investigation by Kaifeng Prefecture, she was beaten to death. There are two statements: 1 Chen Zhizhong took action and beat the maid to death. 2 Zhang, the concubine of Chen Zhizhong, who has always been cruel, beat the maid to death.
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