Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Genuine Bao Qingtian

After Xia Song was dismissed, Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong was laid off.This is a typical official during the reign of Emperor Renzong. He can't talk about any great abilities. He even became the prime minister and the top leader of the state power. I can't remember any major things he has done. Just a dispensable grain of sand in the long river of history. If he had to talk about the secret of his promotion, there was one.His vision was quite accurate, Zhenzong Zhao Heng lost his mind in his later years, and Liu E only wanted to take power by himself, so although Zhao Zhen was the only prince, he couldn't be the legal heir.Chen Zhizhong delivered a memorial alone, which actually moved Zhao Heng.

A month later, the prince was born.His lifelong wealth is also doomed from then on.This is the epitome of the officials in the peaceful period of the Song Dynasty. Don't just look at the famous names and assume that they are brilliant, sometimes they are just boring officialdom speculation moths. So they change back and forth like a lantern, basically I will omit what you put in and what you put down.The reason why I said this time is because his layoff is valuable.According to the order, Wen Yanbo was awarded the title of Bachelor of Zhao Wenguan and became the Prime Minister of the Empire.This is a person who is destined to deal with big things. He just took office, and big things really came.

On June 6, the eighth year of Song Qingli (1048), the Yellow River burst its embankment in Shanghu, Chanzhou Prefecture (now northeast of Puyang, Henan Province).This is an unprecedented catastrophe. The Yellow River has been diverted. There are only 8 times in China's history, and this is one of them.Its river water diverted to the north, passing through the east of Neihuang in Henan and the west of Daming in Hebei, crossing the Hebei Plain, merging into the Yuhe River (now the South Canal), and then entering the sea through the Jiehe River (now the Haihe River). This level of disaster, let alone ancient times, even modern technology has no way to deal with it.Thinking about our misery during the Wenchuan earthquake can explain the problem very well.Back in the Song Dynasty at that time, in the face of catastrophic disasters, we could only let it go. The water of the Yellow River swept across the Central Plains, and it could flow as it wanted.

After the amount of water became smaller, disaster relief operations began.It is said that this is a great opportunity for the tribe of famous ministers of the Renzong Dynasty, who are known as countless stars, to contribute to the people with passion. I'm sorry, but looking at the whole incident, it's a classic joke, which can be summed up with an old Western joke: it's lunch time, and two lawyers walk into a restaurant.The waiter bowed and asked with a smile, what would you like to eat?A - Cut the rant, just bring the menu and let's argue about what to eat. It's not for eating at all, but for continuing to quarrel.

This disaster relief operation in the eighth year of Qingli was like this. All the stars appeared on the stage, and the impression was that they were all talented people. Let's take a look at what they have said and done. As mentioned earlier, this time the Yellow River diverted to pass through the Daming Mansion, where there was a great man, the rival of the Qingli New Deal and the former Prime Minister Jia Changchao.He proposed to restore the old road and let the Yellow River follow the original road.The specific method is to use the Jingdong Prefecture Army to repair the old embankment of the Yellow River, divert the river water back to the east, and block the mouth of Shanghu.Only in this way can it be done once and for all, so that all regions can be restored to before the breach.

The opposing party is Ding Du, another former prime minister, who is a rational person starting from reality.He reminded how much this "work" has to be done.During the Tiansheng years ago, Huazhou also broke its embankment, which was far less serious than this time, and it took more than 3 years to prepare for the start of construction.The current situation in Shanghukou, and the weather is going to be cold soon, how to mobilize the people to achieve the goal of "eternal rest"? So Yongyi is not practical at all. His idea is to let it go first, or even dig the river channel again, so that the water will flow more and faster, even if the flooding is more serious, it doesn't matter.In this way, after the new year, the materials and personnel are almost ready, and then we will come up with ideas on how to plug the hole.

Prime Minister Ding is very steady, Prime Minister Jia is very angry, Lao Ding, you seem to be in order, but in fact you are harming the country!He took out a carefully prepared map, which marked the location where the Yellow River diverted to Luochuan, Henglong, Shanghu and other areas. According to the overall geographical and terrain considerations, the only way to restore the old road and block Shanghu was the only way. correct. In order to achieve this, he said that more than 10 million yuan was needed, and 100,000 migrant workers and soldiers were mobilized to work overtime day and night, and the project could be completed in 100 days.

Solving the problem completely in 100 days is too tempting!The emperor was very tempted and the victims were very excited, but the ministers didn't think so.Everyone is upright and has his own opinions. In the days to come, N kinds of river control schemes emerged.There is Jia's restoration of the old way, Ding Xiang's slow treatment, and even an expert who came up with the method of reducing water by side the river.It is necessary to use a tributary of the Yellow River to drain away the flood that caused the disaster. In this way, it is not necessary to go to war and spend tens of millions of dollars to repair the old way, but also to conform to nature, not to hold back the Yellow River, and people can go as they want, so that they will be safe and sound. thing.

What's more, after a few days, when Ouyang Xiu, the quarrel king of the Renzong Dynasty, returned to the capital, the struggle would become fierce in an instant. He would always be unique and the only one who was right.He'll count the heads and knock them one by one—you bastards, shut up and listen to me! Anyway, climax after climax, there are so many quarrels, river troubles are always there, and people's livelihood is completely wasted.If you want to know what happened next, let's talk slowly.Let me state in advance, it's not that I want to be slow, it's that their desire to quarrel is too high, and the process is too long. This is 1048 AD, and by 1060, there is no result!

Let's first look at the things in front of us. During the days when the river was born, the most outstanding people and the most dazzling things in the capital were the most widely circulated and most legends in the history of the Song Dynasty. Master Bao Zheng made a grand appearance! This person's fame and deeds are at the level of Zhuge Liang. He is not only a human being, but also a god. He walks in the two realms of Yin and Yang. No matter who the opponent is, he will face him with an iron face. His wisdom is an invincible magnifying glass. , What kind of crime, what kind of privacy, don't even think about escaping his eyes.Of course, the most fascinating thing is his strength.

As long as you are guilty, you will definitely get what you deserve.I do not care who you are. Well, now let us start from the beginning, his real life experience.Bao Zheng, courtesy name Xiren, was born in Hefei, Luzhou.He is not like the legend that his parents died early and was raised by his sister-in-law, so he has to call her sister-in-law.Instead, his parents were both alive and lived with him until the end of their lives. Bao Zheng passed the Jinshi examination in the fifth year of Tiansheng. The talent in that subject was at its peak, and it was known as the "Zaizhibang".From the number one scholar Wang Yaochen, to Han Qi, Wu Yu, Zhao Gai, Wen Yanbo and others, they all successively ascended to the eastern and western mansions and became the top courtiers of the Song Dynasty. Especially Han Qi, a young talent who rose up suddenly because of the Song and Xia Wars and entered the West Mansion at a very young age.Compared with these people, Bao Zheng's glory came too late.After becoming a Jinshi, he resigned from office and returned to his hometown on the grounds that his parents were old.He has been supporting his parents until the two elders passed away.Then he kept filial piety for another 3 years, a total of 10 years before he came out to be an official. He had to start all over again, starting from Zhixian.At this time, let our mentality become more utilitarian. Is he really late?Not necessarily, among the classmates on that list, some of them prospered before him, but as soon as he entered the officialdom, the speed of his ascension was astonishing.What is the reason?Is he super capable?Still not sure.There is only one recordable example of his position as magistrate.It was the famous cow killing case. Someone raised a cow and his tongue was cut off by someone, so he came to report to the government.But there is no clue and no evidence, so what should I do?In those days, there were no high-tech means of solving crimes such as fingerprint tracking.Bao Zheng was also very helpless. He told the reporter to go back and kill the cow, because it would not survive anyway.Note that a cow will die without a tongue. After the cow was killed, another person came to report to the official.According to the law of the Song Dynasty, it was a crime to kill a cow privately.At this time, Bao Zheng asked the enthusiastic citizen, why did you cut off the tongue of the cow and then complained?Do you have such a big enmity with others? The man pleaded guilty. Then he was promoted, from county magistrate to prefect of Duanzhou Prefecture, and concurrently served as Dianzhong Cheng.After such a promotion rate, his performance is still only clean and honest. He served as an official in Duanzhou, which is rich in Duan inkstones, until he resigned, and he did not take away any piece. He didn't need to take anything with him, he got a greater benefit.The next stop is Yushitai, he is already a first-class Beijing official.To sum up, different people have different opinions.If you want to think about utilitarianism, this is really a unique and orthodox dragon climbing technique.Bao Zheng has completely grasped the talent appraisal standard of ancient Chinese Confucianism. "An unfilial son is not a loyal minister." Only when a person is filial to his parents can he be loyal to the king.This one has been tried and tested. But one must be kind, no matter what, Bao Zheng was not obsessed with power and status, abandoned all pleasure and prestige, and took care of his parents in the countryside.Such people deserve our respect.His life label is impeccable, a model of morality, the embodiment of purity.So it was a good thing to promote him to Yushitai, and the rectification movement began. The first shot hit the emperor's favorite favorite. The words are a bit convoluted, but it is actually very simple.The emperor's favorite is Zhang Meiren, and Zhang Meiren's favorite is her uncle.The uncle's name was Zhang Yaozuo, and he was not actually close. First, he was only her father's cousin, not a real brother; When Zhang Meiren's father died, he was a small official with no family property, and the orphans were in other places without relatives.The only way out was to join his uncle, but Zhang Yaozuo refused.The reason is that the place where he was an official is too far away, and you can't go there in Sichuan.As a result, orphans and widowed mothers had no choice but to change their careers to become a dancer, and barely survived. Ordinarily, such elders can basically be ignored, as if there is no such person.But the strange thing is that Zhang Yaozuo has the ability to make his niece lose his memory.Ever since she entered the palace, he had become attached to this relative, and after some unknowing words, the beauty was brainwashed.From then on, he took his uncle's promotion and wealth as his own responsibility and pleasure, and worked hard all his life. The effect was remarkable. By the second year of Huangyou (1050), my uncle had been promoted from a recommended official in a small remote Sichuan border to the first person under the senior officials of the two imperial governments, the third envoy, and in charge of the world's money and food. From the above, two answers can be drawn.First, Zhang Yaozuo is shameless; second, Zhang Meiren is kind and forgetful.But this is not what Bao Zheng thought, what he saw was the crisis of the empire.The reason why it is called a crisis is entirely from the "truth" to tell him. Truth is Confucianism.Although it is super broad, it can be condensed into one sentence, that is, to rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats.Under this premise, no force is allowed to take away their privileges.Including other schools of thought, as well as the emperor's wife and relatives. Especially Zhang Meiren, a young and beautiful concubine who was born in poverty (equivalent to being uncultivated and uninformed), and her shameless and incompetent uncle.Letting them take power will surely bring disaster to the country and the people! So Bao Zheng decided to impeach. At this time, his status was still quite low. He was just an ordinary official who had just transferred from Yushitai to Zhijianyuan.As an aside, Bao Zheng is quite popular in the official system because his team stands well. In our ordinary thinking, Bao Zheng is a great man who stands with gentlemen such as Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu, and is a good friend.It's a pity that he was wrong. He was promoted to the capital during the Qingli period. He was recommended by Wang Gongchen, the chief of Yushitai at that time. After he took office, he slammed the New Deal and demolished Fan Zhongyan. By fighting with the gentlemen of the New Deal, Bao Zheng's warm-up exercises are well done, and he is now ready to exert his strength to the Zhang Group.Why do we say the group? That is the strength of Zhang Meiren. To correct, the beauty at this time is already Zhang Guifei.Her power and desire have risen with the tide, which makes the patriarchal scholar-bureaucrats in the feudal society displeased.They look back on their past and look forward to the future, and they feel chills all over their bodies.This Concubine Zhang already has the shadow of Liu E. With the same poor background and the same love for power, Renzong's man index is not as good as his father's. The Song Dynasty is very likely to produce another queen mother of the heavenly level!This is not alarmist talk, there are many inside stories that have been circulating in the market for a long time. For example, Prime Minister Wen Yanbo had close contacts with Zhang Yaozuo when he was in Sichuan, and after entering Beijing, he colluded with Concubine Zhang Guifei internally and externally.In addition to the internal information about Beizhou's suppression of the rebellion, he was also caught by the emperor.On the Lantern Festival of a certain year, the imperial city was watching lanterns. Concubine Zhang Guifei was dressed in a special way, which attracted the attention of everyone. It was a rare lantern brocade.The emperor asked, where did it come from? The noble concubine is very honest, it was given by Wen Yanbo's wife. Another example is the minister Wang Gongchen, the former number one scholar is also not clean.One time, the emperor went for a walk in the imperial concubine's room, and suddenly saw a row of red porcelain produced in Dingzhou, which was dazzling, luxurious and rare.When I asked, I honestly confessed that Mr. Wang gave it to me.The emperor was very angry, raised the pillar axes in his hand, and smashed them one by one with his own hands. These are not counted, she is not too big or small.It is said that the country is strictly hierarchical, and who enjoys what kind of ostentation. This is the most important rule in Confucian theory, and it is called "etiquette".But the noble concubine didn't take it seriously.On a certain trip, she must use the queen's front umbrella to cover it. In order to achieve this goal, she displayed her full set of femininity and tortured the emperor endlessly. The emperor couldn't take it anymore, he smiled at her, you can go to the queen to borrow it, if she gives it to you, you can use it.In the end, this woman really went, and Empress Cao is also very interesting, if you want it, I will give it. So Concubine Zhang came back happily and reported that the queen lent me the loan, but unexpectedly the emperor's face suddenly sank. The country's laws and regulations are orderly. There are many more, so I won't repeat them one by one.Citing the above example, I just want everyone to think a little deeper.Concubine Zhang Gui is indeed breaking the etiquette and not keeping her duty, but is the problem serious?This woman is greedy for small profits and loves vanity. How can she compare with Liu E back then? Liu E didn't come to the stage until after Zhao Heng's death.Before, even if he held the power of the country, he never showed himself.This deep forbearance is extremely rare among men.What's more, if you think about it one level deeper, everything above reveals Zhao Zhen's character. Every time Zhang Meiren wants to go out of line, he is shocked by him on the spot, and he has never given her a good face. Everything is under the control of the emperor, whether it is Concubine Zhang herself, Zhang Yaozuo, Wen Yanbo, or Wang Gongchen, there is no way to harm the country and the people.There is no danger at all, and people like Bao Zheng want to make a fuss because they are full. Bao Zheng's impeachment actions are well-structured and rhythmic, which is directly proportional to the increase in the emperor's favor for Zhang's group.Note that this is not only aimed at Zhang Yaozuo alone, the so-called Zhang's group, regardless of whether it actually exists, Bao Zheng believes that there is. Zhang Yaozuo first became the third envoy, and Bao Zheng was very angry, but impeachment needs a reason, what are you looking for?After brainstorming, two points were found.First, Zhang Yaozuo doesn't understand business. He relied on his nepotism to get in the position, which seriously hindered the normal work of the third department. Second, the Yellow River was diverted recently, and Kaifeng City was also earthquaked. This is also Zhang Yaozuo's trouble... I don't know if these people's heads were squeezed by the door frame. First, they said that this person is an idiot, and then they said that he can affect the health of the earth, and he even caused disasters of the same level as the diversion of the Yellow River.Is this still a mortal? Unreasonable, sent back to rewrite, the emperor didn't even bother to read it, so he threw it aside.After losing the first battle, Bao Zheng and the others suppressed their anger, went home to rest, and thought slowly, there must be a way!But after thinking about it, there is no way. Originally, Zhang Yaozuo himself was a genuine Jinshi student, he didn't do well, but he didn't have any bad deeds, so why couldn't he be the third envoy?It is said that he does not understand business, so many great ministers and capable people have served as the third envoy for so many years, which one has made any achievements?Whether the country should have redundant soldiers, redundant officials, redundant expenses or keep redundant, to put it harshly, they are all a type of waste! At the critical moment, it is still the old comrades who come out.Master He Tan, a veteran impeachment celebrity in Yushitai, has an elderly mother. He applied to be released as an official and took care of him nearby.Before leaving, chat with the emperor in general.Zhang Yaozuo was promoted too quickly, and the personnel affairs below were not balanced.If you really like him, treat him like your own uncle Li Yonghe. Wouldn't it be good to only add officials, not give power, and enjoy the wealth and honor for a lifetime without showing the mountains or dews? Zhao Zhen was a little moved, it was really good.At the same time, Bao Zheng was promoted. He transferred from Yushitai to Zhijianyuan and became the dean.The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. Although he has nothing to do, he keeps repeating the same old tune - copy Zhang Yaozuo, copy Zhang Yaozuo, copy Zhang Yaozuo, copy Zhang Yaozuo... He became the Song Dynasty version of Tang Monk. Under this pressure, the emperor backed down.On the 6th day of the eleventh lunar month in the second year of Huangyou, Zhang Yaozuo finally stepped down and was no longer the envoy of the Third Secretary.Victory, a huge victory, Bao Zheng should revel, be proud, and become the embodiment of justice. Wait a minute, these few people are so angry that their veins are all over their heads and blood runs through their pupils, they all want to kill someone. Because Zhang Yaozuo lost a position as the third envoy, but got back four super grand titles, each of them is an honor that the officials of the Song Dynasty could not hope for all their lives! Changed Zhang Yaozuo to be the envoy of Xuanhui South Court, the envoy of Huaikang Jiedu, the envoy of Jingling Palace, and the envoy of group animal husbandry system.At the same time, he gave his two sons Jinshi.In one day, he served as four envoys, which had never happened in the 100 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty. Disaster, disaster really came.The officialdom of the Song Dynasty was shaken, and every official made a common cry. This is even more unbearable than the diversion of the Yellow River. Emperor, how can you do this? ! From this moment on, during the Qingli period, Yushitai and Zhijianyuan, who were in dire straits because of the dispute between gentlemen and villains in the New Deal, joined forces again.They vowed to cut off the minions of Zhang Yaozuo, Zhang Guifei, and other accomplices in Zhang's group, and clean up the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. The specific action is to fight each other first.Bao Zheng published a book on behalf of Zhijian Yuan, it was called "Dan Zhang Yaozuo", and it was full of curse words.For example, Zhang "receives rewards for no merit and has no shame." "The filth of the Qing Dynasty is really the evil of the day." Even the emperor was splashed with sewage. Your morality of more than 30 years has been corrupted today. How do you face the subjects of the world? Yushitai's efforts were even stronger. The current Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Juzheng went to the palace and said to the emperor, I impeach Zhang Yaozuo, if you don't agree, I will resign directly.Just like Ouyang Xiu never slapped the emperor, Bao Zheng never resigned and went home, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake the foundation of his existence. Taiwan and admonishing officials pressed on every step of the way, and the emperor was very calm.This kind of thing is not new. When Queen Guo was abolished, the descendants of Confucius, together with the contemporary model Fan Zhongyan, provoked trouble together, didn't they also collectively reimburse them?So Zhao Zhen sat firmly, and he suppressed all opinions, neither objecting nor agreeing.Let time kill everything. He was wrong. He really didn't expect that giving a relative some honorary titles without any real power could make the entire officialdom go crazy. This matter is really worth pondering. Is it really just out of righteous indignation to maintain the order of the court's promotion?Not necessarily!But that's a later story. Nine days later, at the Zhengshuo Dynasty meeting on the 15th day of the leap month, the Taiwan officials all broke out.When they were in court, they stopped all the officials. Today, we will work together to make the emperor listen to us! Wang Juzheng and Bao Zheng each led their own elite teams, a total of 7 people, returned to the main hall and stopped the emperor who was going back to the palace.Zhao Zhen, who had been fighting for a long time and was always ruthless, immediately understood what was going to happen. He was really annoyed, and he didn't want to beat around the bush anymore, so he directly found a topic for them——and talking about Zhang Yaozuo again?Jiedushi is just a rough official, so what's there to argue about? As soon as the words came out, the situation changed.The most powerful, simple and rude speech officer in the Renzong Dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty was born from then on.Solemn introduction, Tang Jie appeared.This person was originally ranked last among the seven officials in the upper hall, but at this moment he squeezed out from behind and made the emperor fall down with a single sentence—"The Taizu and Taizong of this dynasty have both served as military envoys, so I am afraid they are not rough officials, right? " Zhao Zhen was frightened and angry, and when he didn't pay attention, he was caught!Just as he was thinking about how to recover, the situation had deteriorated further. These people dropped him and rushed towards the ministers standing in the hallway. The main target was Wen Yanbo.You don't abide by the rules of your ancestors, you only know how to curry favor with noble concubines, make friends with foreign relatives, you are so shameless, why don't you resign, what face do you have to stand above the court? Seeing that the most solemn meeting hall in the world was going to be turned into a vegetable market where martial arts performances were staged, Zhao Zhen made a decisive decision and announced his withdrawal from the court.This is the emperor's prerogative and a last resort.The officials are helpless, they can't imitate Kou Zhun and force the emperor into his seat, and let him listen to the lecture honestly, right? The day ended like this, and Zhao Zhen walked back to the depths of the palace slowly, going from excited to depressed, from angry to funny, what's the big deal, dear friends, can't you worry about other serious things? He decided to give in first.Zhang Yaozuo was deprived of Xuanhui South Court envoy and Jingling Palace envoy, and kept the remaining two, and promised that from then on, the concubine's family would not enter the two governments to govern. At the same time, in order to warn the Taiwan admonishment department and order them to go to the palace to talk about things again, first go to the Zhongshu Province to ask the prime minister for a pass.In this way, each side will play 50 big boards, and it will be considered peaceful. He sincerely hoped that there would be no more fuss, there are so many serious things in the world.The Yellow River is still flooding, the country is still running a deficit, and the people's emotions are becoming agitated. This is a major issue for the national economy and the people's livelihood! But this is wishful thinking.Whether it is Concubine Zhang or the speech officials, they still do their own way.Zhang MM here regards honor as life, and the pillow wind keeps blowing. I want four envoys. A small beginning, the real goal is yet to come! Then the matter intensified, one day Renzong quietly restored Zhang Yaozuo as the envoy of Xuanhui South Court, Bao Zheng immediately became angry, he rushed to the Golden Palace, and this time he was willing to fight, he demanded that Zhang Yaozuo be expelled from the capital and serve as an official in other places , so as not to always be unwilling to give up, and sooner or later something big will happen.The emperor was very patient and discussed with him, but he was forced to wash his face. Bao Zheng sprayed his face with saliva... That day when he returned to the harem again, MM Zhang greeted him with a smile all over his face, wanting to say something else.Zhao Zhen finally lost his patience, pointed to his face and said, you just want Xuanhui envoy, Xuanhui envoy, don't you know that Bao Zheng is a speech officer? ! The Zhang Yaozuo incident ended so far, and the emperor made a promise that he would first seek the advice of Taiwan's admonishment officials if he promoted Zhang Yaozuo in the future.These words came from the mouth of the emperor, which can already be said to shock the world, the king of a country can't act arbitrarily!But Bao Zheng and the others were not satisfied. The action of cutting off Zhang's group was only the first step of victory, and a bigger battle was to come. They aimed at the prime minister - Wen Yanbo.In their view, this person is the most evil and most harmful cancer in Zhang's group, and must be eradicated.In order to achieve their goal, they carefully prepared an impeachment memorial, and Tang Jie, the most popular censor, came forward to strike while the iron was hot and kill them all. The memorial is wonderfully written, saying that Wen Yanbo was recommended by the imperial concubine as chancellor, and since he came to power, "he has monopolized power, and he has been appointed to important positions such as the three divisions, Kaifeng, admonisher, Fasi, two systems, three halls, and various divisions. "Completely controlled the government, making hundreds of officials dare not speak out. So they wanted to dismiss, and in order to save the emperor's worry, they also proposed a replacement, Fu Bi came out of the mountain to be the prime minister. Zhao Zhen felt very uncomfortable.This is not only scolding Wen Yanbo, but also scolding him.You can't even control your wife, the palace walls are useless, and you have colluded with the ministers outside to this extent, are you still a man? Anger was rising, but wait a minute, Zhao Zhen's heart is not at the same level as these officials, he didn't say anything, just put the memorial aside and ignored it. But Tang Jie didn't do it. He added fuel to the fire and said: Your Majesty, I impeached the prime minister out of righteous indignation.I have already prepared for the frying pan (although the wok is not avoided), are you still afraid of being demoted to the outside world? The implication is that there is nothing to be afraid of, and that is to impeach to the end! Zhao Zhen was finally enraged, and he ordered that the chief executives of the two prefectures be summoned into the main hall, and the top decision-makers of the country come forward, and everyone come to study, what to do about this matter.After a while, Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji and others all arrived.Zhao Zhen showed Tang Jie's memorial, you all have a look, and it's fine to say anything else, but he actually said that the position of prime minister was recommended by the imperial concubine, how decent is this? ! The ministers looked at each other, a little dumbfounded.Let alone whether the relationship between Wen Yanbo and the harem is true or not, the superficial reasons for impeachment alone are not valid. "Exclusive monopoly of power... various important positions." This is not talking about Wen Yanbo, but revisiting Lu Yi's bamboo slips.It took Lu Xianggong his entire life to order all the officials, and Wen Yanbo was equal in two or three years? Come on, spreading rumors is also a technical job, at least tell the truth, okay? The answer is no.Tang Jie just has the ability to make the parties have nothing to say, bow their heads and admit their mistakes, even if there is no evidence.Just when everyone was reading the article, thinking about their own thoughts, and distinguishing right from wrong, he came to Wen Yanbo and said a word in a dignified manner. ——"You should introspect yourself, if there is such a thing, you can't hide it from Your Majesty!" Wen Yanbo was very depressed, what could he say?Deny it, the matter of Xishu Lantern Brocade has become a big deal, and the entire court knows it; admit it?That's crazy.At a critical moment, Liang Shi, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, came forward, and he scolded Tang Jie, His Royal Highness, to disappear immediately! Tang Jieli ignored him and stood in the middle of the hall, waiting for the result. When the results came out, the emperor couldn't bear it anymore and sent him to Yushitai for processing.It looks serious, but it's actually very funny. Where is Yushitai?It's Tang Jie's office... His punishment was to be demoted to other places. First, don't drive in Chunzhou. At the request of his leader, Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Juzheng, he was transferred to Yingzhou. On the other side, Wen Yanbo resigned as prime minister.The Song Dynasty was a place of taste, as long as it was a scandal, no matter it was true or false, it would be punished. To sum up, it is very famous in Chinese history, and it is a great feat that has been talked about by Confucian scholars of all ages. Tang Jie, a brave defender of Taoism, defeated the dignified prime minister with his own strength and fearlessness of power. .It's pure, powerful, passionate, and eternal. But why do I have no respect for them at all?On the one hand, as I said before, Zhang Yaozuo is not so damned; on the other hand, Bao Zheng and the others are full of food.They only look at the small stains on their political opponents, but turn a blind eye to the real big things in the world.Take Wen Yanbo as an example. During the days when he was impeached and hostile, he had solved a lot of redundant troops and redundant affairs in the country. He and Pang Ji suggested disarmament in Shaanxi, and anyone over the age of 50, or who voluntarily returned to farming, could go home.In this way, the country can save military pay, and the people will also cultivate land, a win-win situation.But almost the entire court opposed it on the grounds of fear.These people know martial arts and are used to playing with knives. They have been idle in the army for many years. They have to be sent back to their hometowns. Once life is not satisfactory, who will bear the responsibility of rebellion? Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji promised that if someone rebelled, they could kill their whole family.The 35,000 soldiers in the Northwest were disarmed and returned to the fields, which was a blessing for more than 30,000 families!As for the country, it saves 2.45 million military expenditures every year.Is this amount five or six times more than the money given to Liao and Xixia every year? There are many such things, Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji, this is a rare pair of prime ministers in Renzong's dynasty who are doing serious business.In this way, they were dismantled by the pure officials. The above two points are just small reasons for contempt for Bao Zheng.To really realize how ridiculous the faces of these officials are, please fast forward the time by 3 months, and then fast forward half a year. Three months before the impeachment of Wen Yanbo, the Yellow River breached again in the section of Guogukou, Guantao County, Daming Prefecture, and the people were seriously injured; fast forward half a year later, the largest riot in the history of the Renzong Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty unfolded in the south. This is such an important matter that involves the safety of the country and the survival of the people, but it has been ignored by the officials.Collectively blind, I haven't seen any actions by these adults who worry about the country and the people!