Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Last Straw

Li Yuanhao returned home victorious, and not long after celebrating, he made a big oolong.The story started from Qingruncheng, Zhong Shiheng, and monk Guangxin, and the specific time was in the winter and December of the second year of Qingli.As mentioned earlier, Guangxin disappeared after being beaten N times by Zhong Shiheng, and defected to Xixia.He has been lurking cautiously, waiting for an opportunity. This opportunity can be known from the probability, and it will never appear easily.Even if Guangxin had a good time in the Song Dynasty and Xixia, it was useless.But there is another word for probability.History is made up of people, and people make mistakes, especially those who are cunning and always try to deceive people with their cleverness.

For example, Li Yuanhao, and his number one military figure, Nori Wangrong. Yeli Wangrong, also known as Yeli Gang Langling, his position is a bit like Brother Yeluxiu of the Liao Kingdom. It is said that he is quite good at war and politics, especially like Brother Xiu, he directly faces the Song Dynasty.The difference is that his status is higher and more stable. He is the uncle of Li Yuanhao's current queen.What's more, he has the characteristics that Brother Hugh hates the most. Treacherous and despicable. As mentioned earlier, the Xixia people never go forward bravely in war. For them, fraud is "worthy".As a big leader, Yeli Wangrong's fraudulent behavior is even more high, but he should never have done it, he cheated Zhong Shiheng.Before the Battle of Dingchuanzhai started, he sent three people to Qingjian City. surrender.

Note that it is on behalf of Yeli Wangrong that he surrendered to the Song Dynasty. The reason is very good. He said that he has been fighting for years and cannot survive. A piece of silk can be sold for 2,500 yuan in Xixia. Inflation, he is almost starving to death. To be honest, this reason is very nutritious, it is simply too old-fashioned.All the men, women and children in Qingjian City had itchy palms, so they chopped them off immediately!But Zhong Shiheng quit, he thought for a while, and finally gave such an order. Give them an official job, make it fat, and just do tax work.The treatment is favorable. From now on, everyone who comes in and out will be allocated horses to the servants. Everything is in line with the previous standards of the Yeli tribe, only high, not low.

So these three party members came and went in and out of Qingjian City, domineering, and lived happily.Finally someone couldn't stand it anymore, and ran to ask the old man, what was going on?Zhong Shiheng thought for a while, why did he kill him?It's easy to kill one enemy, and it's fun to let this enemy help you kill millions of enemies. Guangxin finally waited for that opportunity. He received a letter written by Zhong Shiheng at the border, and walked into Nori Wangrong's office as a secret envoy.Let him convey the reply from the Song Dynasty. I appreciate you very much.Now the official seal is engraved for you, just waiting for your action.

Nori Wangrong trembled all over, not excited, but frightened.Now that he was on fire, Song Chao actually took it seriously.Such a big living person, with a super bright bald head, entered his yamen, and these titles, and a monthly salary of 10,000, Li Yuanhao could know it in a blink of an eye!If you want to survive, there is only one way, to confess immediately with people and letters, and hope that the leader will be lenient. Li Yuanhao listened to the whole process very calmly, without getting angry, and asked Yeli Wangrong to go down to rest, and told him not to be psychologically burdened, but don't leave my sight.Then chatting with Guangxin alone, the scene in Qingjian City was repeated, Guangxin was interrogated in every possible way, and he was beaten severely.The results of the parting special training came out, Brother Monk gritted his teeth and refused to say anything.

Li Yuanhao didn't beat him to death, so he was locked up, and another man named Li Wengui was sent to see Zhong Shiheng by pretending to be Yeli Wangrong's cronies.I really want to surrender, but the meaning in your letter is very vague, let’s talk about it carefully... Zhong Shiheng was furious, scolding Li Yuanhao... (5000 words omitted here), and then he was full of enthusiasm, praising Ye Liwangrong for abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, in a blink of an eye He is the true saint of ZTE.Immediately afterwards, he turned his favor to Li Wengui, the messenger. You have brought precious news, you are a beautiful dove of peace, I want to reward you very much, and then I will keep you playing for a few more days, take a good look at it, remember the happy life of the Song Dynasty, so that you can tell it to Brother Wangrong when you go back.

Li Wengui was detained in Qingjian City, but the news flew back to Xixia territory.How?Don't forget about Langbui, Rewarding Beggars, Mei Niang, and Li Yuanhao's business for many years, and Qingjian City is a new city where you can do business at will and have no taboos. Yeli Wangrong died, and he returned the same way to him. The soldiers and civilians on the border of the Song Dynasty finally vented their anger, but the benefits have only just begun. Happiness is like a flower blooming, coming from inside and outside.First, Li Yuanhao killed Yeli Wangrong, and then he was seriously fooled by Zhong Shiheng once and killed another Yeli. Foreshadowing was laid.

This deceitful operation is the most successful Infernal Affairs of the Song Dynasty against Xixia. Its complexity and difficulty of operation are astonishing, especially after the last deception, it can be successful again, which is really exciting to bewildering.Did Li Yuanhao suddenly become demented, or was Zhong Shiheng too miraculous to believe? I'll talk about it then. Back inside, at the end of the second year of Qingli, a major event that made Fan Zhongyan and others even more excited suddenly happened.Lu Yijian fell suddenly, and there was no room for maneuver in its suddenness and utterness, and he fell to the end.Let's talk about it first.He fell ill, and the first time he became ill was in the most formal occasion of the Song Dynasty.

At the end of the year, there was a grand court meeting. On a certain day in December, all the courtiers reported to the emperor, and Lu Yijian escorted them into the court as the prime minister, and led all the officials to salute Zhao Zhen.Ordinarily, this is what he has been doing for more than 10 years. Even with the inertia of memory, the old prime minister can kneel three times and kowtow nine times, but this time he only knelt twice and then suddenly stood up. All the courtiers still bowed their heads, and he stood alone in the middle of the crowd.It's really showing off. At that time, he was 64 years old, he was busy with government affairs, and he usually likes to work overtime to repair some colleagues and juniors. The days are really tiring, but no one understands him.The etiquette of the Song Dynasty is the most comprehensive and meticulous period in China's feudal society. It is better than the early Han Dynasty, the magnanimous Tang Dynasty with Hu Feng, the harsh and trivial Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty full of slaves, masters, and peace. Pay attention, coughing in the Golden Palace is a crime, and the prime ministers will be dismissed at the same time after arguing, let alone losing their composure in great etiquette?

Yushitai and Zhijianyuan immediately took action, no matter how many cronies Lu Yijian placed in these two departments, it would be useless.In particular, the power of the people has been mobilized. Regarding this gaffe, a candidate who went to Beijing to rush for the exam said: "Grand Lu has been prime minister for a long time, and the gaffe at the court meeting is a godsend. He is about to die. .” The word became a prophecy, and within a few days, Lu Yijian suffered a stroke.Stroke is the ancient general term for modern cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral thrombosis.Lu Yijian's symptoms were not serious, but he couldn't lift his right arm.What happened next was the pity of the emperor and the anger of the officials.

Renzong is a nostalgic person. He even misses his divorced wife, let alone this benefactor who protected his birth mother's name?He personally wrote the edict, worshiping Lu Yijian as Sikong, calming down the military and state affairs, allowing him to recover from his illness with peace of mind, and only need to enter the court once every three to five days.After going to the hall, there are still seats.Except for these, Renzong also cut off his beard and sent someone to Lu Yijian's house. ——Aiqing, the ancients said that beard and hair can cure diseases, I cut them off and gave them to you, I hope you can get better. The courtiers don't care about this, Lu Yijian, you have played all your tricks in your life and made too many people feel ashamed, remember?Even the majestic queen was killed by you.Unexpectedly, you also have today! Beginning in January of the second year, the encirclement and suppression of Lu Yijian began. Officials from inside and outside the capital took action together. There were too many to describe in detail. Only two of the most powerful and typical ones were selected to introduce.One is a Beijing official, Cai Xiang, the newly-appointed chief of Zhijiayuan; the other is a transfer envoy of Shaanxi Road, who is equivalent to Sun Mian, the governor. Sun Mian came forward first, and he upgraded Fan Zhongyan's memorial to the impeachment of Lu Yijian. Lu Yijian was not only Zhang Yu of the Han Dynasty, but also Li Linfu, the treacherous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. , foreign aggression approached, Liao and Xixia were bullied to the doorstep, the country has never been in such a mess, Lu Yijian is responsible for these! Cai Xiang is a great talent, and his memorials are much more comprehensive and detailed than Sun Mian.When Lu Yijian saw Sun Mian's memorial when he was ill, he said something like this: "Sun Yuan ruled on medicine and stone, but I hate to hear it ten years later." He didn't mind, at least on the surface he showed that the prime minister was an elder of generosity.But when faced with Cai Xiang's accusation, he was completely silent. Because it's too ruthless and deadly. Cai Xiang said that Lu Yijian was responsible for the failure of the northwestern frontier of the Song Dynasty, the country's weakness, and the government's laxity and incompetence.It's all because of his "seeking life and forgetting public affairs" and "but for private purposes". For more than 20 years, those who have spoken up for justice, such as Kong Daopu, Fan Zhongyan, Yang Kai, Sun Mian, Yu Jing, Yin Zhu, Ouyang Xiu, etc., are not demoted. Let go, that is, to suppress and not to use, so that the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are all flattering and sycophant waste, so once the country competes with Liao and Xixia, the country can only fail. This is to characterize Lu Yijian as a treacherous minister who has harmed the country and the people.Who can stand it?Faced with such a situation, especially his unsatisfactory health, Lu Yijian had no choice but to ask for resignation. No matter how the emperor tried to persuade him to stay, he would no longer go to work.Until Song Qingli four years, September 10, 1044 AD, he died in Zhengzhou. At that time, nearly two years had passed since he fell ill and left the field. It happened to be the day when the Song Dynasty and Xixia officially made a peace treaty, and the Qingli reform, which was passed down to future generations, was about to begin. His death seemed to make way for an era.Let Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi and others be able to make great achievements and make those specious "achievements".So, his death was a good thing?Compared with the state affairs and people's livelihood of the Song Dynasty? It seems that, after all, human progress depends on innovation.But thinking about it carefully, his death was still not at the right time, at least Fan Zhongyan was not ready for it. The flaw in the life of the first person in three hundred years was that he took over too suddenly and too fast. That's something to say later, when Lu Yijian, a famous figure of this generation, calls his curtain call, we should first comment on his life. To analyze a person depends on what he has done.As the prime minister of the empire, Lu Yijian, in addition to maintaining the normal operation of the empire's government affairs for so many years, is more famous for keeping the name of Zhao Zhen's mother and supporting Zhao Zhen to beat up the gentlemen who interfered with his divorce of his wife. One guarantee and one demote, with distinct levels, and the center of gravity is concentrated on one point.It is to be loyal to the emperor, and only to the emperor. From a macro point of view, these are all private matters and have nothing to do with national government affairs.Relevant, only Fan Zhongyan and others were employed and supported during the Northwest War.This is quite a bit of giving up private fighting and wholeheartedly serving the public.To be fair, this is the highlight of his life. No matter what the reasons are, for example, it is hard to believe that he is completely out of good intentions in terms of the way he is difficult to serve as an envoy for Fu Bi and retaliates against political opponents at the expense of national interests.It must also be admitted that this is good for the country. Are three good things enough for the veteran prime minister who has been in power for 20 years?Enough to cover the evaluation of his life?We'll have to see what his day-to-day work style looks like.Let's start with an incident before he left. It was in the second year of Qingli, on the eve of the battle of Dingchuanzhai in 1042, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council was appointed Budiu official and was sent to Heyang.Ren Bu is not a very famous person, and he entered the two prefectures purely because of his qualifications. He has a very good personality and never talks too much to make trouble.The only thing is that people who talk less often have a stronger temper and a more stubborn temper. Ren Bu is like this. He doesn't mess with anyone, except Lu Yijian. After singing against Lu Yijian several times, Prime Minister Lu became angry and decided to get rid of him.No matter what method you use, you will be scratching your head, because Ren Bu doesn't make mistakes, and you can't find faults with others.But don't worry, Lu Yijian is capable.He inquired that Ren Bu's son was a wonderful man, with a lot of courage and a stupid temper.As for how big it is, how stupid it is, that is really rare in ancient and modern times. The solution came, first he was promoted to the official position of Buzi, very prominent, and entered the Zhijianyuan.Now let his son feel like a fish in water, and finally he can beat anyone he wants!His first target is... his old man.Said his father was not talented. It is estimated that this baby is really sick. He is usually arrogant and thinks that he is an alien descended from the earth, but his father never takes him seriously.So, he was sure that his father was not talented. Such a memorial was handed over to the two governments, and there could only be one ending - to be discovered by his father.Ren Bu is so angry, how could he give birth to such a son?The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, so he hid the letter privately.This is the first step in the trap.Lu Yijian continued to work hard and continued to make fire at Ren Zi. Someone hid your memorial and deliberately made it invisible to the emperor. Ren Zi was furious and wrote a letter again, he must find out who dared to spoil his good deeds!So, it was found out... Ren Bu stepped down.As for the brilliant, suspected non-human son Ren, he is still waiting for promotion in the capital.As a result, he died even worse. The Taiwan and admonishing officials controlled by Lu Yijian completely suppressed him for the crime of unfilial piety. Even the son doesn't understand his father's faults, so he came out to be an official! It is a crime to be unfilial, so what kind of character is a person who instigates other people's sons to be unfilial?Knowing that the other party is a fool, but still instigating to kill his father, is such a character considered despicable and shameless? Lu Yijian has such a virtue. His tricks are insidious, narrow-minded, forming cliques and suppressing political opponents.The reason for this is that there is a dialogue in Song History, which can analyze his internal psychological causes.He and Fan Zhongyan talked about people in the world in private, and they naturally talked about moral integrity.Lu Yijian shook his head and sneered: "I have seen too many characters. In the real world, there is no such thing as integrity." Fan Zhongyan let out a long sigh, very helpless. "There are such people in the world, but you don't know it. You treat the scholars in this way, no wonder the people of integrity don't come." One sentence tells the truth, in Lu Yijian's eyes, there are no good people and gentlemen at all.The so-called "in the eyes of a villain, there is no one in the world who is not a villain; in the eyes of a gentleman, everyone in the world is a gentleman." He has no such virtue at all, and he dare not trust anyone other than himself.In order to settle down and live, we can only use means to restrict and cater to, and dare not be like Fan Zhongyan, who convinces others with strength of character and wins with reason. This is the shortcoming of Lu Yi bamboo slips, and correspondingly, historians also believe that this is Fan Zhongyan's strong point.But be careful, being a man and being a politician are two different things.Lu Yijian was able to stand in the officialdom for more than 40 years because of his caution and deceit.And Fan Zhongyan's Qingli reform failed, and the reason must be found from his believers who were too broad-minded. Generally speaking, although Lu Yijian suppresses dissidents, it is not a disaster for the country and the people.His national affairs, such as the recommendation of talents on the Northwest battlefield, and the selection of Fu Bi during the Song and Liao negotiations, all show that he is very different from the later Cai Jing and Qin Hui.Although it is a treacherous evil, it has limits. It can be defined as a bad person who has not completely forgotten his duties, and a good person who is not very kind. The last thing to discuss is the impact of Lu Yijian's death on the state affairs of the Song Dynasty.He died early. He was a perfect steward, a bridge between the emperor and his officials. He died at the end of the Xixia War. The problems of state affairs before the Song Dynasty were exposed. There were too many problems. It was really the incompetence of the government he led that led to this. If he doesn't die, with his old-fashioned and calm style and his level of familiarity with government affairs, even if he can't solve all the problems, at least he won't panic when solving problems, and there won't be party disputes during the Qingli Reform Period! But when he died, he immediately pushed Zhao Zhen and Fan Zhongyan to the fore, forcing these two people to solve the big problems that had been accumulated for more than 20 years and spread to every corner of the government and the public.This is the first time for the emperor and Fan Zhongyan. They both have a sense of crisis, both have enthusiasm for reform, and they are not ready. Too many things happened in a hurry. In a hurry, get to work.From March to September of this year, within half a year, the senior officials of the two governments changed three times.At first glance, it seems that the flow of personnel is too large. We can see the mystery by making a list. The first time: Prime Minister, Yan Shu; Shenzhi Zhengshi, Jia Changchao; Privy Envoy, Xia Song; Deputy Privy Envoy, Fu Bi; The second time: Prime Minister, Yan Shu; Shenzhi Zhengshi, Jia Changchao; Privy Envoy, Du Yan; Deputy Privy Envoy, Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan; The third time: prime ministers, Yan Shu, Zhang Dexiang; political affairs advisors, Jia Changchao, Fan Zhongyan; privy envoys, Du Yan; deputy privy envoys, Han Qi, Fu Bi; third envoys, Wang Yaochen. It can be seen from the table that the people are still these people, but their official positions are changing.The mystery is here, the official rank crushes people to death, not only when the "villains" are in power, but also the "gentlemen". For example, it is often said in history books that "gentlemen" are bosom friends who talk about everything when they go to court.Then after going to court, continue to talk about everything, comrades and family... Conclusion, how public and selfless this is, and how high-level and elegant. The secret lies in the official position.It is still the official standard to speak.Take the personnel changes above as an example, there is a huge crisis lurking.Its dangerous nature once caused the gentlemen to divide internally; another time caused the reform to come to an end without a problem.The previous one happened in the second appointment and dismissal, and Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were transferred to the central government, and the four horse infantry troops in Shaanxi were all deployed and appeased and recruited. Zheng Jian. After this person presided over the Northwest military administration, he immediately sharpened the latent contradictions and caused the gentlemen to start fighting among themselves. The second one is the old Mr. Xia Song when he was appointed and dismissed for the first time. In fact, he did not go to work.It's not that he doesn't want to, he is willing ten thousand times, whoever dares to block him, he will hold grudges for the rest of his life.But he was impeached by the gentlemen and driven out of the central government. Not only could he not be a privy envoy, but he couldn't even stay in Kaifeng City, so he was directly demoted to Haozhou for reflection. When things get serious, this person's greatest characteristic is to hold grudges, and his greatest ability is to spread rumors.From then on, Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and others were all in a mess under his hands. After the loss of Lu Yijian in the Song Dynasty, the upper management underwent three personnel appointments and dismissals before they could barely cope with the endless troubles one after another.It can be said that every personnel change is related to these troubles. First of all, Li Yuanhao, Hu'er's immortality will always be the biggest trouble.This kid made the Song Dynasty go up and down in every aspect, both on and off the battlefield, including the negotiation of peace.This peace negotiation is very strange, not Song Renzong's intention, nor Li Yuanhao's idea, but Pang Ji's wish. Pang Ji was an officer in Yanzhou. This treacherous official Pang Taishi, who was widely rumored and famous through the ages, was really something that no one dared to do.Others are waiting for peace, yearning for peace, and he dares to create peace out of thin air.For this purpose, he can not only fool Li Yuanhao, but also dare to play tricks on his own emperor. He wrote a memorial, saying that Li Yuanhao was worried about foreign aggression, that the Xixia people were poor and sick, and that the whole nation had become refugees.Very intent on surrendering, but just don't know how to do it. Renzong was very happy.There are many signs that he knows how much water is in these words, but he has changed. The four years of war have made him see a lot of things and become mature. Which is more important, war or peace, how to choose, and how to obtain, This is completely different from the state of mind when Li Yuanhao suddenly heard Li Yuanhao proclaiming the emperor's rebellion four years ago. He had a plan, and before he said it, he consulted the most reliable and safest man on the northwest frontier.Fan Zhongyan, in your opinion, can we make peace with Xixia? Fan Zhongyan's answer was a number, 300,000 guan, which is the number given to Liao every year.Based on this, it is enough to deal with Xixia, and this is only the tax of a state capital in the Song Dynasty. With the endowment of a state, the world is safe.Why not do it? Zhao Zhen's determination was thus made, and his reply to Pang Ji was that if Li Yuanhao surrendered, the maximum limit was to maintain the original status, and it didn't matter if he became emperor.If it can be downgraded, it would be better to call Shanyu and Khan.Other material requirements can be fully restored to the pre-war state, and minor upgrades can also be discussed. The olive branch of peace began to shake from the Song Dynasty. How to shake it is very particular. Pang Ji brought Li Wengui out of Qingjian City, and he was lucky enough to curse at him first.Note that scolding is very artistic. "You party people, do you know how stupid you are? It's all your fault that you led the kind-hearted Li Yuanhao so that he couldn't inherit his father's fine style. Now the people of the two countries are suffering, and it's all your fault! Seeing how many battles you have won now, it is because our Song Dynasty was peaceful for too long and forgot to train. Now we are getting used to it, can you always win? Be careful, our country is rich in the world and has a vast territory. It doesn’t matter if you lose once or twice , If you lose once, you will be in danger of subjugating the country! Now you go back to the country and tell Li Yuanhao that if you surrender, the court will treat him better than before." The last sentence made Li Yuanhao feel relieved.The goal has finally been achieved. As analyzed in detail earlier, the purpose of the battle of Dingchuanzhai is a step up.It was rare that Song Chao offered it to him, so he had to catch it.But then, there is a way.He released Monk Guangxin from the prison and received him as a distinguished guest. After raising him for a while, he accompanied Li Wengui back to the Song Dynasty and brought the first letter.The content of the letter continued to be unruly. ——I am like the sun, I can only go westward with the sky, how can I go against the sky eastward? !Never surrender. It's so majestic, he would rather die than submit, Song Chao decided to fulfill him, let him continue to stand up.As a result, just two months later, Li Yuanhao's letter came again. The strength of this letter is comparable to Shi Jingtang's letter to Yelu Deguang more than 100 years ago.The letter started like this, "The male country has set the country and died in the sky, and the father of the Song Dynasty..." He took the initiative to be Song Renzong's son! Li Yuanhao is 6 years older than Zhao Zhen, and has won many battles on the battlefield. It should be unparalleled sincerity to negotiate peace for his son's sake.Wait a minute, there's more to come. "This country has its own national title, and there is no style of Fengbiao. It is called Wuzu, which is like the ancient Shanyu and Khan." It is very clear, I can be your son, but if I must be the king, Xixia must be independent . Pang Ji was silent, after thinking for a long time, he said a word. "The son of heaven is supreme, supreme. The name and style of your national book are not correct, and I will not upload it to the emperor." He is emphasizing the uniqueness of the emperor, and Li Yuanhao is not qualified enough. The envoy who came was also unambiguous, and replied that our name is very good, and a son serves his father, just like a courtier serves the emperor.What's wrong with this?I asked to meet the emperor at Kaifeng. If the emperor himself refused, I would go back and change it. It hit Pang Ji's vital point.The example of Fan Zhongyan was mentioned earlier. He has no diplomacy, and the other party wants to meet the emperor, and he has no right to refuse.In this way, after five years, the Xixia envoy entered Kaifeng City again.He was quickly kicked out, and the focus was still on his reputation. Li Yuanhao murdered and set fire to him, and he still wanted to be on the same level as the Song Dynasty emperor. No matter what, he couldn't agree! It's fine if you don't agree, Li Yuanhao's letter of credence will come again after half a year, and everything is normal this time.The Song Dynasty was required to increase the yearly gift, cede border land, lift the salt ban, and reopen the discussion field. There are a total of 11 clauses. In particular, the title at the beginning has changed, and there is no such thing as a son's father, so he directly calls himself "My Ancestor".Pay attention, it's not Wuzu. I'm afraid you Song Dynasty people won't understand, so here comes a direct Chinese transliteration. "My ancestor"... I am your father! Is there another explanation for these two words?As soon as this letter of credence appeared, the Song Dynasty immediately exploded. All the censors jumped out first, and Cai Xiang was furious.This is playing with our Song Dynasty. If they agree, they will call themselves "my ancestors" when they write letters, and we will also call them "my ancestors" when we answer the imperial edict. What has become of our dignified Song Dynasty? ! Is it tolerable or unbearable?Never agree! Since then, the outline has been launched, and the imagination and sense of dignity of civil servants have risen infinitely, and everyone has become blood-streaked.The peace and war factions in the imperial court began to split again.And, headed by Prime Minister Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan, they believe that the tradition of Li Yuanhao and those party members is that they have no morals and shame, and they will not be able to change for a while, and mistakes will always be made. Even if they behave now, they will definitely change in the future. This point is very accurate, and it has indeed changed continuously in the future, and it has been changing for more than 100 years! So, Xu He is necessary for us, just to intimidate the opponent's arrogance. The faction fighting is headed by Han Qi.It is more pitiful, but to be more precise, he is the only "head" in the Ministry of Education.Han Xianggong was angry. He firmly disagreed with the peace talks, no matter who persuaded him.In the end, Prime Minister Yan Shu had no choice but to do something very embarrassing. He threw the hedgehog to the emperor.Your Majesty, we all agreed, only Han Qi objected, so you can figure it out. The emperor called Han Qi and asked why.Han Qi said that the reason why Li Yuanhao is sure to surrender and will not rebel in the future is because the Khitan side has stabilized, Liao and us have become allies again, and they will restrain Li Yuanhao.But there is one thing, the Liao Kingdom can let Li Yuanhao stop his troops, and naturally he can also let him raise his troops. At that time, we will fight on two fronts, what should we do? Recall, why did the Liao Kingdom form an alliance with us again?Is it the friendship of the ages?Or the pressure from Fu Bi and the military?Obviously the latter.If we now agree to Li Yuanhao's peace talks on humiliating terms, the Liao Kingdom will re-evaluate our weight! The nation of tigers and wolves cannot be measured by benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom. We must always be sober.So peace talks are certain, but not now. No one could refute such a reason, so the matter dragged on.After a delay of more than two months, the envoys of Xixia have been waiting impatiently. Let's chat first, and let me know when there is a letter. The Xixia people have returned home.The Western Front thus entered a state of shedding sheepskin. The Song Dynasty's troubles had just begun.It was July, and in this month and May, there were two consecutive mutinies within the Song Dynasty.The incident happened in Yizhou (now Linyi, Shandong Province) in May. Wang Lun, a soldier of the "Tiger Wing Army" on Jingdong Road, was vicious according to the official statement of the Song Dynasty. He gathered forty or fifty soldiers and rebelled. up. With 50 people, the Yizhou inspector was cut down.After that, it went all the way south, passing through Mizhou (Zhucheng, Shandong), Haizhou (Lianyungang, Jiangsu), Chuzhou (Huai'an, Jiangsu), Sizhou (Xuyi, Jiangsu), Zhenzhou (Yizheng, Jiangsu), and then to Gaoyou (Gaoyou, Jiangsu).After such a long journey, his army finally expanded to... more than 200 people. With such a small number of people, they are invincible and no one can stop them.The prefectures and counties passing by along the way either surrendered or fled, especially Mr. Chao Zhong, the Zhijun of Gaoyou, who was the most funny. Instead of running away, he posted a notice, calling on the residents to bring out cattle, sheep, gold and silk, and go out of the city to welcome the heroes into the city! Under such a situation, Wang Lun felt that the time was ripe.He put on a yellow robe in Gaoyou, proclaimed himself emperor, and even set the year name.So, comrades of Gaoyou, please pay attention, don’t say like Wang Zengqi, a master of modern literature, that Gaoyou only produced Wu Sangui after producing double-yellow salted duck eggs, but also produced the emperor. Wang Lun was captured in July, escorted to the capital and beheaded.When he died, the second mutiny broke out in southern Shaanxi. The leaders were Zhang Hai and Guo Miaoshan. These two people were much more authentic than Wang Lun.First of all, there are many people. At the beginning, there were only a few dozen people, but it grew rapidly, and it expanded to several thousand people in about a month.And there are constantly hungry people, rebels, prisoners, and professional bandits joining. This kind of fighting power is astonishing, even the regular army in the northwest can't resist it. The top officials of the Song Dynasty were shocked at first, and then rejoiced.It's really lucky that this group of people didn't show up when they were strangled with Li Yuanhao.Due to the sensitivity of the region, the Song Dynasty dispatched the highest level of combat power.Han Qi hastily left Beijing to go to the south of Shanxi Province, and put down the rebellion with the most elite troops in the Northwest. The sooner the better, absolutely no delay! Han Qi lived up to his expectations, and wiped out the rebels in one fell swoop within half a month.In this way, the situation in the Song Dynasty finally stabilized a little.But don't worry, this year is a famous disaster year in the Song Dynasty. There are many kinds of natural disasters and man-made disasters, and God also came forward to rob. From the beginning of spring to May of this year, there was no rain on the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty, and it was completely dry.As we all know, China is a big agricultural country, and this point, even in modern times, or in the future, must always be like this. Because we have a large number of people, food is the most important thing for the people, so we must have enough food first.Then rainwater is the most important livelihood and even strategic material.But it is very difficult. Rainwater has been the culprit of our nation for thousands of years. Even in modern times, water shortage is the bottleneck restricting our development and progress. As for the reasons, there are too many. In modern times, there are various interpretations.They are all relatively scientific and high-end. For example, from the perspective of global climate formation, if the hinterland of China wants to rain, it must be brought together by cold air clouds from the northwest and warm ocean currents from the coastal areas of Southeast Asia. .The two are indispensable, as long as they miss each other slightly in the season of need, then drought will happen at any time. This is just an explanation, there are many others.But in ancient times, there was only one explanation. If the emperor did not learn well recently, he must have wasted food and clothing, was obsessed with women, or handled some wrong cases, etc., etc., all of which are bad leaders. So His Majesty Song Renzong had to make a special trip to Xiangguo Temple, the largest temple in the capital, and the largest temple of Taoism to pray for rain.The ceremony was solemn and pious, but obviously, the Jade Emperor was busy with other things that day, or had a private chat with the Queen Mother?Anyway, praying for rain has no effect, the drought is still drought.Until one night near June, there was finally a faint sound of thunder in the sky. Renzong was already asleep at the time, and he suddenly got up in the empty palace, and before he had time to put on his shoes, he ran outside the palace barefoot, knelt down to the vast night, and kowtowed to the sky 100 times.The rain finally fell, pouring down, and Renzong was standing in the rain. At this time, all the people in the palace came out, and stood with him until the rain stopped, and then slowly walked back to the palace. The drought has finally eased a bit, and it seems that this year's harvest can still be expected.But this is just the tip of the iceberg, and there is no way to be happy.The money and grain of the Song Dynasty, here specifically refers to the government money and grain that the emperor can use. After Zhao Guangyi exhausted Zhao Kuangyin’s life savings, Zhao Heng regenerated himself and died on his own. After Liu E recovered a little, he was consumed and robbed by Li Yuanhao and Yelu Zongzhen in turn. After that, there was not much left, and to maintain the basic operation, we could only rely on the last straw of the royal family - the internal library!