Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen Di Qing's Death

Not everyone can use this trick, but it is powerful, so it is extremely difficult.Users have to accurately judge what the air in the surrounding space smells like, and what kind of opportunity there is in the will of the public.In order to find gaps and find gaps to achieve your own personal goals. That's not to mention, people who can successfully use this trick in history must also be super lucky at that time.Because there are not many things that can divert the public's attention, they are all of the nature of encountering but not seeking, and you must not only have the heart, but also have the destiny to find them.

Wen Yanbo is the one who has both heart and destiny.At this time, the entire civil service system is glaring at their leadership team, so how can we get them to unite tightly around him again?The proposition is complex, but the operation is extremely simple. Just find someone who is more disgusting to the civil society than him.And this person has been hated by all the literati in the Song Dynasty for 4 years--Di Qing, the Minister of the Western Mansion and the Privy Councilor at that time. For the past four years, Di Qing has made every literati restless, like a light on his back.If arranged in detail, he not only made the top dignitaries in Tokyo feel uncomfortable, but even changed the atmosphere of the entire Song Dynasty accordingly.Every time he hits the street, there is an immediate jam.The crowd was rolling, and everyone was vying to see the first civilian governor with tattoos on his face since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

At that time, every commoner showed their admiration from the bottom of their hearts, as well as the recognition of their common origin.They scrambled to extol the bravery of this general who fought a hundred battles, and he was a rare hero among the Han people.Not to mention the imperial guards in the capital, they were so excited that they couldn't restrain themselves at this time. This was the pride of the entire general community. After nearly a hundred years of oppression and humiliation, they finally had a proud brother! All these made the civil servants angry, to be precise, they felt uneasy from the bottom of their hearts.Wen Yanbo saw it all. When the Liuta River burst and the flood in the Yellow River intensified, he sat quietly in the Zhongshu Province of the Eastern Mansion, carefully calculating how many enemies Di Qing had. Who in the civil official group hated him? which step.

The first is Han Qi. This old leader of Di Qing on the Northwest battlefield had been relegated from the capital for many years after the failure of the Qingli New Deal, and was recently transferred back.It's just that the position is much lower, and he has become the third envoy outside the two governments.Han Xianggong, who was so proud and arrogant that he couldn't even stand behind Fan Zhongyan, actually became his former subordinate, a subordinate of Di Qing, an embryo killer who joined the army. This made him intolerable! But you have to endure it, the imperial court rank is there.But Han Qi had his own tricks, which made Di Qing uncomfortable.

It is said that the prime minister has been the head of all officials since ancient times. Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a rule called "the etiquette is perfect".That is to say, no matter how old or young an official is, they have to kneel and kowtow when they see the prime minister, but the prime minister just bows his body and bows his hands to receive worship, and never goes down the steps to see off guests. This rule was broken by Fu Bi. After he became the prime minister, no matter whether he was an official or a commoner, he treated him with the same etiquette. When seeing off a guest, he had to get on his horse and leave before returning to the mansion.This kind of modest and refined gentleman's style also infected the courtiers at that time. It is said that Han Qi also changed his old style and became very amiable.

Except for Di Qing. He was still as polite as he was to his subordinates back then, although he was a little more polite, but he definitely didn't have the respect he should have for the ministers of the two governments.And what about Di Qing?He is a low-faced man with a less bureaucratic mentality.Just like he didn't want to get rid of the tattoo left on his face back then, he also didn't want to be promoted and have a bad temper, pointing fingers at Han Qi.So he still went to visit Han Qi's old mother often as before, and was equal to Han Qi's sons. As time goes by, it is inevitable that I will be depressed.He said a word: "I am equivalent to Han Qi's meritorious official position, and he is only one more Jinshi and rank." This is the crux of the problem.It is also the root cause of civil officials' anger.Besides, he offended another person.

Back then, Han Qi won the high school rankings and was praised by Changjie. At the same time, Di Qing committed a crime and enlisted in the army.When the other soldiers lamented that they were so glorious, we were like dung.But Di Qing said, not necessarily, it depends on the ability.In another scene, Han Qi killed his friend Jiao Yong in front of Di Qing in the northwest, and shouted: "Outside the Donghua Gate, the one who sings first is a good man!" The two events are related to one person, that is, the good man outside Donghuamen who sang first prize in Han Qi's class - Wang Yaochen.This great and handsome champion is even more depressed than Han Qi. He is Di Qing's official subordinate, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and he happens to belong to Di Qing!

Is it tolerable or unbearable?Wang Yaochen was so angry when he looked at Di Qing every day, no matter how he looked at him, he felt uncomfortable.So he turned the etiquette into a greeting, and repeated a sentence every day: "Your Excellency, it is really becoming more and more vivid." Pay attention to his eyes, he stared at the golden seal on Di Qing's face. After a long time, Di Qing finally became angry.One day Di Qing suddenly smiled and stared at Wang Yaochen.That gaze once made the party members tremble and made Nong Zhigao collapse.Di Qing said, "If you like it, I'll give you two trips, how about it?"

Wang Yaochen's face was flushed red, and he couldn't speak a word.The good man who sang outside the Donghua Gate was finally overwhelmed by a stupid soldier.This is not the shame of Wang Yaochen alone, it is the shame of the entire Jinshi system and the civil official group! Of course, this also includes Wen Yanbo himself, who also hates Di Qing.There are always people comparing him to Di Qing. When he regained a city in Beizhou, he became prime minister. How can he be compared with Di Qing's recovery of the entire south?Deceiving the world and stealing his name, the name is not true, as long as Di Qing is around, he will feel uncomfortable all over his body.At this time, he calmed down and weighed carefully, and finally it was time to take Di Qing into surgery.

Not only does he need it, but the civil service system needs it, and even God has been very helpful recently. In the Song Dynasty, there were many natural and man-made disasters this year, and it was not easy to distinguish between the two.For example, the flood of the Yellow River caused such a consequence, is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?At least without the toss of the Liuta River, the Yellow River will not fork, right? Speaking of natural disasters, the fate of the emperor is tied to the sky, so the emperor is sick, and it can be attributed to the disasters from heaven; the second is the Yellow River. After that, it rained heavily in Kaifeng for a whole month in May, and everything that could float in the city floated. When it got up, the softer ones were soaked, and citizens basically had to row boats to travel; in July, suddenly a comet more than ten feet long (by visual inspection from the ground) crossed the sky, and its brightness lasted for a long time until August. before leaving.Then something happened to the sun.

On the first day of August, there was a solar eclipse... There were so many tricks and everything. Looking back on man-made disasters, the eyes of the civil servants of the Song Dynasty were sharp, and their eyes were fixed on Di Qing for a long time.With such strength and under the guidance of super profound knowledge, every word and deed of Di Qing flashed huge question marks. First of all, something happened to Di Qing's house, a well-maintained house, suddenly in the middle of the night a "strange" light burst into the sky, which alarmed Kaifeng Mansion.For a while, the streets and alleys were filled with legends and memories. Among them, Liu Chang, the top literati of the Song Dynasty, summed it up best. He found Wang Su, then governor of Kaifeng and mayor of Tokyo, in a panic. "My lord, please read the history of the Five Dynasties. The residence of Zhu Wen, the rebel general of the Tang Dynasty and the murderous demon, was near Di Qing's house. On the eve of his rebellion, there was a phenomenon of strange lights coming out of the house at night. The neighbors thought it was on fire, so went to Help, but nothing happened. My lord, is there something similar about Di Qing's family now?" Wang Su wanted to say, like, really like.However, Kaifeng Mansion has a record of the night.It was due to the negligence of the housekeeper of Di Qing's family, who made things worse.At that time, there was a rule in Kaifeng City, no matter the high-ranking gentry, if they wanted to do a funeral at night (burning paper money, etc.), they should first notify the officials in the chamber, so as not to cause a fire panic. Butler Di forgot, and as a result, fireworks rose in the Privy Council Mansion, and people outside rushed to tell each other, come to put out the fire, and inform the Kaifeng Mansion!That's how things went.But the upgradeability of the public news is invincible. The fireworks turned into strange lights the next day, and then the strange lights could no longer attract attention. Everyone thought about it, how about letting Di Qing’s dog grow horns? ? It's so much fresher and weirder! The second thing really made Di Qing want to cry.Simply put, it is related to the rain disaster in Kaifeng City this time.This is also Zhao Guangyi's fault. Back then, he refused to let his brother move the capital. As a result, the terrain of Kaifeng City was flat and there was no danger to defend during the war. When the water came, the large playground became a relatively shallow artificial lake. Everyone is soaking in the water, the common people have no choice but to endure it, and the dignitaries move to higher places.Among them, Di Qing chose a very common people, even a market-like place - Xiangguo Temple. When it comes to Xiangguo Temple, generally speaking, the word "big" is always added in front of it.That is, Daxiangguo Temple, which occupies a very important architectural position in Chinese history and has a celebrity effect.For example, its earliest predecessor was the former residence of Lord Xinling, Mr. Wuji of Wei, one of the four famous sons of the Warring States Period.But thanks to popular novels, Chinese people know that there is a vegetable garden in the temple, where a fat monk named Lu Zhishen pulled up a weeping willow empty-handed... Haha, but to be more practical, Daxiangguo Temple was in China during the Northern Song Dynasty Everyone knows that it is yearned by all races in East Asia not because of its lofty status as a Buddhist Zen forest, but because of its unparalleled economic effects. According to data research, the waterway piers that converged from all directions of the empire to Kaifeng and Bianliang all had a common terminal, which was the Daxiangguo Temple, the wealthy monks' residence area in the capital city of the Song Dynasty.It's bustling, it's noisy, it's very rich, but it's also very tasteless.So the low-key Di Qing chose to avoid the flood here. It's a pity that the sky is not as good as people's calculations. Wherever he goes, the common people are the focus of attention, let alone the Daxiangguo Temple where there are a lot of civilians.His every move is watched by millions of eyes. He is the Michael Jackson of the Song Dynasty at that time, and the ageless legend Andy Lau.As a result, his whereabouts were exposed, and other legends quickly spread. According to the legend, it was raining heavily outside, and Di Qing was walking, sitting and lying in the main hall of Xiangguo Temple. This scene is so fascinating--the sacred and solemn hall, and the burly and heroic military leader striding forward, walking and walking, let The Limin people outside were fascinated by it.Especially when the protagonist was still wearing a yellow robe. Is this still Di Qing?This is clearly Zhao Kuangyin, the founding father of Zhao Song! It was a heinous crime and appalling, and the civil official group in the Song Dynasty quickly reached a unified opinion.More than a hundred years after the founding of the country, there finally appeared a traitor who committed crimes against the wind. Once he gained power, Chen Qiao's mutiny, and the addition of the yellow robe (already added), would inevitably repeat itself. At that time, swords and soldiers were everywhere, and the country will not be the country. It will bring our happiness Life will also be completely ruined. Comrades, what are we waiting for, why don't we unite and wipe out Di Qing in Xiangguo Temple? There was a lot of response, and there were a lot of people who shot.The short section said that the two most famous and hard hit people were selected as representatives.They are the top literati in the Song Dynasty, one in each of the two officials. Zhi Zhi Gao Liu Chang, Ouyang Xiu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy. Liu Chang was very enthusiastic about this matter from beginning to end. After acting as a policeman to meet Wang Su, the prefect of Kaifeng, on the night when Di Qing's house was "strangely" bright, he concentrated on writing a memorial to the emperor.The content summarizes all the anecdotes and strange things around Di Qing in recent years, just like a newly discovered Tang Dynasty novel, and finally sums up a theme-"...There are many rumors in the world, although they are not credible, they must be used No future worries, I would rather bear youth than envoys bear the country.” He wanted Di Qing to go to hell out of a patriotic and loyal heart.Even if I say it myself, there is no actual basis. It's nonsensical, but in comparison, Ouyang Xiu's article is a bit interesting. A "true scholar" once wrote a thesis on a proposition, which was called "On Di Qing".The article carefully reviewed the official records of Di Qing's rise to prominence, saying that he came out of the army, known as brave, invincible on the Northwest battlefield, suppressed rebellion in Guangdong and Guangxi, and restored the country's situation. Very objective, and later made a special statement that Di Qing has not made any mistakes in the past four years as a privy envoy.Has this become a model play praising Di Qing's good role model?Wait a minute, the layout of the national players is pressing every step of the way. When he praises you, be careful that the stick is already in his hand.The pen was changed, but, "Sergeant Gai is a villain...", he really can't get rid of his old problems, and everything is discussed from the dividing line between a gentleman and a villain.In Ouyang's heart, all soldiers are treacherous, immoral, low-level, dangerous and inferior elements! What he said after that can be imagined. He discussed how Di Qing won the hearts of the army and even more the hearts of the people.And there is also the general basis of Chinese metaphysics in ancient times to prove it-"Water is yin, soldiers are also yin, and military officials are also yin." By analogy, now there are floods and heavy rains. The disasters brought by the generals, the heavens have warned us. Therefore, Your Majesty, please make preparations as soon as possible to demote Di Qing from the imperial court.This is a good deed for the world, and it is also a love for Di Qing himself.In case something serious happened in the future, he had to be killed. It's really strange, what did he use to prove it, the Yin water in the Five Elements Theory is associated with military affairs and generals.The generals with high spirits are actually "Yin also". Completely speechless. Just as the emperor was also in a speechless state, Ouyang Xiu's masterpiece was left and sealed.Time passed little by little, all kinds of rumors were floating up, and at the same time quietly slipping down, the public opinion was very strange, its essence was like futures, whoever wanted to use it to get promoted and get rich had to be quick! Wen Yanbo was in a hurry, but no matter how urgent he was, he had to see the timing.Before April of this year, he was busy cleaning his ass on the Liuta River incident. The incident in five, six, and seven months was even more important, and it can be said that it was an unparalleled event in China's feudal era.Compared with this incident, unless Di Qing really supported the army to rebel, even if Di Qing suddenly became agitated one day, beat up the entire civil servant group in the Golden Palace, and beat a person's head into a pig's head, nothing would happen. People care. What is it, I will talk about it later.Skip ahead to August now, and the big thing is still going on, but it's finally easing up a bit.Because of the appearance of a person.This person is a real boss, even if Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Bao Zheng and other famous officials of the Renzong Dynasty were added together, the influence on the history of the Song Dynasty would not be as large as that of the National People's Congress.It was this person who wrote a memorial, which made Renzong speak for the first time after more than half a year of silence. Feeling relieved, Di Qing's dismissal proposal finally surfaced. The method of submitting the proposal was superb, it was a collective proposal of the Ministry of Education, not any one person, and it had nothing to do with the ministers of the West Mansion.In other words, there is no specific person who has trouble with Di Qing, it is what "everyone" wants to say. Facing the dismissal, Di Qing was in a complicated mood. At this time, I would like to mention why he had to stay in the position of Privy Councilor despite so many obvious accusations and criticisms in the past four years.Also, four years ago, because of his appointment as a privy envoy, the prime minister and the political counselor got into a ball, but he turned a blind eye and decided to become this official. For thousands of years, people have always said, Di Qing, you should lighten up your fame and fortune, so what can you do if you throw away this official, won't you live a hundred years with ease?I'm sorry, but if Di Qing really did this, would he still be a good man who is passionate, brave and never gives up?He is a hero, and he has an innate sense of pride. When he was a juvenile delinquent and joined the army, he didn't pay attention to the "good man" champion Lang outside Donghua Gate! Why do you want to despise yourself? In fact, he is a person like Fan Zhongyan. Although he started differently, he has completed the arduous journey of life from low to high through his own efforts. Can't get ahead in an open and aboveboard manner? ! In such a mood, he finished reading the recall proposal and walked in front of the emperor.Said such a sentence: "It's not fair for a minister to be under the command of the two towns for no merit, and to be a foreign vassal without guilt." The first sentence is self-effacement, the latter sentence is indignation, meritorious service in hundreds of battles, dismissed without guilt, I don't accept it! The emperor agreed that this was indeed unfair.At this time, Zhao Zhen was able to speak, so he comforted Di Qing and asked him to avoid it first, and then called Wen Yanbo. "Di Qing is a loyal minister," the emperor emphasized. In the feudal era, loyalty is preferred to ability. This is a general principle.As long as you meet this point, even if your brain is stupid and your hands and feet are not clean, you will still be favored by your superiors.At this time, Renzong raised this point, it can be said that he wanted to characterize Di Qing at the root.This is a good comrade, I want to keep him. But Wen Yanbo has that kind of ability, he can drive the enemy into slavery with a single sentence, and he can turn his advantages into bombs with a few words.He said: "Isn't Taizu a loyal minister of Zhou Shizong?" Note that this is the characteristic of courtiers in the Song Dynasty, and this is the character of famous courtiers and scholar-bureaucrats.They dared to talk about the founding emperor of their own dynasty, asking if Zhao Kuangyin was not a loyal minister of Chai Rong?How to answer the emperor.Say yes, well, why mutiny?Where did the Song Dynasty come from?Don't use the recommendation of the officials to talk about things when you have to. You were educated and brought up by the scholar-bureaucrats. You should know that killing one's life for benevolence and giving up one's life for righteousness are the fundamental points of being a human being.It's really embarrassing, why didn't you commit suicide at that time? ! If you say no, it will be miserable. You are saying that your ancestor was an unfaithful and unfilial traitor... Renzong didn't say a word that day.There was a deadly silence between the emperor and the prime minister, which confirmed Di Qing's fate and at the same time brought a breaking point in Wen Yanbo's political career.It was also a mistake on his part. He didn't expect that Di Qing was really a second-rate official, and he could directly ask the emperor for an explanation when facing dismissal.And since he himself raised the issue of dismissal, he couldn't let it go. If he wants to bring down a person, he must get it to the end.It is not only Qin Hui's wife who will know about it decades later!So he had no choice but to persist, so he was forced to confront the emperor, so he finally planted the foreshadowing of being kicked out of the court in the near future. Di Qing didn't know about this, but he was sitting in the Privy Council of the West Mansion within the high walls of the palace, and received an informal order from the throne of the first man in the military.He was bestowed with a special honor, just as Hitler had given his youngest and most skilled Field Marshal Rommel an order in World War II. You can keep your rank, your family safe, and have a memorial service.Just have to kill yourself. Di Qing is the same, this is the last gift given to him by the Song Dynasty.He can submit his own resignation application with a decent reason for dismissal.Here history once again shows the charm of truth.Although what happened next is vague, it truly shows what kind of person Di Qing is and what kind of enemies he is. After receiving this order, Di Qing still didn't execute it. He couldn't figure it out, so he wanted to ask.He didn't care about whether he would offend anyone or whether it would leave sequelae for future promotions.At the same time, it also revealed his background in the officialdom. As mentioned earlier, people like Wen Yanbo, Jia Changchao, and Wang Yaochen had their eyeliners all over the palace. If there was any inside story or what happened just now, they would get the news as soon as possible.So as to ensure that your official luck is prosperous and safe. But Di Qing has nothing. He became an official because of his real merit.So he didn't know who was messing with him, so he went directly to Dongfu to ask what crime he was charged with. The person who received him was Wen Yanbo.He questioned like he was looking for a cigarette, and finally got the most authentic answer.Perhaps in Wen Yanbo's mind, Di Qing must have known that he was playing tricks, so he stared straight at Di Qing and said, "Without him, the court suspects you." Nothing else, just doubt you. Di Qing's confidence collapsed at that moment, and the belief that had been supporting him collapsed.In the history books, in all kinds of leftover materials, even the literati who impeached him the most at that time failed to point out any specific mistakes in him, not even the small flaws in his life, and even Yue Fei's sincerity and cruelty ( I personally killed my uncle) and other accusations. But what is the use of these?It is futile for one person to make the other party feel uneasy.Di Qing was stunned by these words, and took several steps back, without saying a word, he sadly walked out of Zhongshu Province, out of the palace, and out of Bianliang City in Tokyo.He was "promoted" to be a member of Tongzhong Shumen, and served as a deputy prime minister to sentence Chenzhou. Before leaving, he said to one of his cronies.I am going to die.The confidant was puzzled, so he smiled, Chenzhou produces a kind of pear called "Qingsha Lan".If you go here, you will die. He hit it off.Only half a year after he went to Chenzhou, he died of "back gangrene".This kind of disease was more common in ancient times. Famous ones such as Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu's adviser, and Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang's generalissimo, all died with mixed worries and indignation, helpless, basically equivalent to dying of anger. The same is true for Di Qing. During his half a year in Chenzhou, the imperial court sent people to "ask and care" every half month.I really don't know what he did, the court "loved" him so much. He died. Wen Yanbo and the entire civil official group at that time did not exaggerate. In fact, no official said that Di Qing should not be dismissed. They succeeded.The one who took over the position of Privy Envoy was Han Qi, whom they all agreed with very much.The tough and great Mr. Han finally returned to the embrace of the organization and became the Minister of the Song Dynasty again. The world finally restored order, and the officialdom of the Song Dynasty became peaceful and harmonious.Di Qing is dead, so what's the big deal.His death, whether wronged or not, is very much in line with the founding spirit of the Song Dynasty.Keep the inside and keep the outside, rather with friends than with domestic slaves, no matter what, we will not be bullied by our own people!As for Wen Yanbo and others, it is easy to say that it is not their own pain. Don't hate them too much.It was not Wen Yanbo who killed Di Qing, but the general climate of the Song Dynasty. He was crushed to death by that era.Even if there is no Wen Yanbo, there will be Wu Yanbo, there will be Ouyang Li without Ouyang Xiu, and there will always be literati who will jump out to trouble him.Di Qing is just a fallen leaf floating in a storm, blown up to the clouds by the wind, and then blown to the dust by the wind, everything is involuntary, and will soon be forgotten. He was not remembered until the reign of Shenzong, the third emperor after Renzong.At that time, the country was conquering the Western Regions, and there were no good generals. Only then did I think of this ever-victorious general who died young.And when he was deposed or just died, no one in the whole country remembered him, and there was only one line of dry official records-a gift to Zhong Shuling, posthumously named Wuxiang. At that time, the focus of the world was a grand ceremony for literati.