Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Song Huizong received two secret memorials one after another.

The first letter was submitted by Zhu Guoxiang. Zhu Ming impeached the Qian and Sun families for colluding with thieves, occupying people's fields, and taking human lives. At the same time, he also said that the prohibition of mining and grazing in Gulin Mountain would seriously affect the lives of nearby people, and requested that the restricted area of ​​Yaoling be narrowed.

The second letter was sent by Cai You. Officials from the three families of Qian, Sun and Li impeached Ju Ming for secretly demarcating the restricted area of ​​Yao Mausoleum, and for killing good people and taking credit for their crimes to create an unjust case.

"What do you think?" Song Huizong handed two secret memorials to Li Bangyan.

Inside and outside the court, the Cai Party and the Zheng Party fought fiercely, but Li Bangyan was not from either faction.

His job is to be a living man. He follows the emperor every day and is responsible for recording the emperor's words and deeds. In addition, Li Bangyan also had to record many important policies of the imperial court and then hand them over to the writing officer for preservation.

Li Bangyan deliberately kept a distance from Cai Jing and Zheng Juzhong, and frantically fawned over the eunuchs, becoming the third force in the court.

After carefully reading the two secret memorials, Li Bangyan said: "Officials, apart from killing good people and taking credit for their merits, the two secret memorials are probably true."

"Why is it false to kill a good person and take credit for merit?" Song Huizong asked.

Li Bangyan said: "Zhizhou Zhu is upright and selfless. Who in Tokyo doesn't know that? If it is for the people, he can privately designate restricted areas. This is a serious crime that exceeds the limit, so dismissal from office is considered a light one. He has taken such a huge risk to plead for the people. , how can he care about the credit for catching a thief? The person he killed must be a real thief."

Song Huizong smiled and said: "He wants to be a famous minister."

Li Bangyan said: "The crime of setting aside Yao's mausoleum privately can be serious or minor, it all depends on the official's fortune."

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty thought carefully and said to the eunuch of the Royal Medicine Academy who was accompanying him: "Drawing up a decree, Zhu Ming, the magistrate of Puzhou, planned Yao's mausoleum beyond the prescribed limit. He was fined three months' salary and asked to think about his mistake. Please comply with what he said and re-describe it. Yaoling is a restricted area. As for the Qian and Sun families, an edict was issued to reprimand them."

Li Bangyan quickly flattered him: "The official is a sage."

The reason why Li Bangyan helped Ju Ming speak is because he regarded Ju Ming as the same kind: the imperial party!

The foundation of the Imperial Party was too weak, with only the emperor and eunuchs helping. If we come to the forefront in the future, we will inevitably have conflicts with the Cai Party and the Zheng Party, and we must unite more people of the same kind to strengthen our strength.

A few days later, Song Huizong received two secret memorials again.

One letter was written by Zhu Ming, detailing the murders committed by the Qian and Sun families. He also said that they hid a large amount of property to evade taxes, and asked for permission to inspect the hidden fields in Puzhou.

One letter was written by Wang Keshu, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel, impeaching Ju Ming for fabricating evidence, creating unjust cases and arresting people indiscriminately.

The two completely opposite secret memorials made Song Huizong very happy.

Throwing it to Li Bangyan to read again, Song Huizong said with a smile: "This Zhu Chenggong is really brave. He just wanted to arrest the Sun family, but he dared to arrest the Qian family. Aren't you afraid of provoking the anger of the descendants of the founder of the country?"

Li Bangyan said: "The more tough Zhu Zhizhou is, the more real the case between Qian and Sun's family will be."

"Of course I know it's true," Song Huizong said, "You recommend a capital official to be the Puzhou investigation judge and deal with this matter as soon as possible. The ancestors of the Qian family have made great contributions to the country, and being imprisoned will bring disgrace to the court. "

Li Bangyan said: "Tang Ke, the prefect of Hangzhou, is worthy of this important task."

The observation magistrate is a special duty with an indefinite quota, and he can step down after completing the work.

Tang Ke was also a very complicated person. He had recruited Miao rebels and later managed floods in the Yellow River. During the Jingkang period, he advocated peace negotiation and frantically squeezed out the main war faction. The Jin people supported Zhang Bangchang to become emperor, and Tang Ke also signed in support, but committed suicide by taking poison afterwards.

Call him incompetent, but he is somewhat capable.

Call him traitorous to his country for glory, but he committed suicide to apologize.

When Tang Ke was working as a housekeeper, he had some friendship with Li Bangyan, but he was sent away because he offended the eunuch.

Li Bangyan took this opportunity to ask Tang Ke to serve the emperor. Once the task was completed, he could be recalled to the court, which became a great help to Li Bangyan.

Song Huizong said: "In accordance with your wishes, let Tang Ke go and make sure to get things done."

Li Bangyan understood what the emperor meant. The Qian family must be preserved and give face to the founder of the country. The Sun family doesn't care, just kill them. Who makes the Sun family have insufficient background?

In the eyes of Song Huizong, these are trivial matters, and the northern war is a major event.

Deng Xunwu, the core figure of the Cai Party and the Privy Councilor, was immediately summoned into the palace by Song Huizong and asked: "Why hasn't the fight over Xixia been finished yet?"

Deng Xunwu replied: "I know that the Privy Council has been in business for less than half a year, and I am already urging the soldiers on the front line to fight quickly."

Song Huizong said: "News came from the Liao Kingdom that Gao Yongchang, the Bohai defender, rebelled and invaded Liaoyang to proclaim himself emperor. The country was named Dayuan and Jianyuan Longji. This situation is a great opportunity to regain Yanyun, and Xixia must be ended as soon as possible. In case of war, we will mobilize our troops to attack the Liao Kingdom."

Not only Deng Xunwu, but also Li Bangyan, who was writing notes on daily life, were shocked by the emperor's words.

The fight with Xixia was still sluggish, how could you think of attacking Liao?

Four words, what a great success.

Deng Xunwu said quickly: "I must step up the urging to end the Xixia war as soon as possible!"

The Liao Kingdom was really in danger. Liaoyang was conquered by the rebels, and General Gao Yongchang returned to the country and proclaimed himself emperor.

Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Tianzuo ordered that families with more than ten miscellaneous animals must provide young men and women to join the army to put down the rebellion. Once this order was issued, more than 2,000 households in Chunzhou immediately aroused rebellion. Tribes in the Liaodong Peninsula also rebelled and became independent.

Then, the Jin soldiers captured Baozhou (Dandong) of the Liao Kingdom and destroyed the newly established Dayuan Kingdom.

Except for the Liaodong Peninsula, the Northeastern region south of Heilongjiang has all fallen into the hands of the Jin people.

The Kingdom of Jin has completely risen!

Over in Dali, Duan Yu had just ascended the throne and sent an envoy to Tokyo to request for canonization. I don't know how well he practiced the Six Meridians Divine Sword.

After sending Deng Xunwu away, Song Huizong stared at the map again and again.

A series of rebellions within the Liao Kingdom aroused Song Huizong's ambitions, and he even regretted going to war with Xixia. If he had not attacked Xixia at the beginning, he would have taken the opportunity to march north and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop, achieving Zhao Ji's unparalleled feat!

The intelligence of the Song Dynasty is somewhat lagging behind. The Yuan Kingdom established by Gao Yongchang was destroyed by the Jin people in May, and Song Huizong still doesn't know about it.

He stared at the map, looking left and right, and the more he looked at it, the more regretful he felt.

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Cai Jing, like Song Huizong, didn't pay much attention to things in Puzhou.

Just leave some minor matters to the people below to handle them.

After learning about the emperor's arrangements, Cai You immediately came to Zhang Kegong and asked, "Has the matter in Puzhou been arranged?"

Zhang Kegong, the official secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, said: "The three county magistrates in Leize County have all been promoted to one level. Cao Yuangui was transferred to Anyuan County Magistrate, Wang Tian was transferred to Xinhua County Magistrate, and Geng Dingchen was transferred to Qian to be the chief official."

Zhang Kegong is the cousin of the fierce Zhang Shuye and the backbone of the Cai Party.

"Very good." Cai You was very satisfied.

The three counties mentioned by Zhang Kegong are all places where birds don't shit.

Who asked Cao Yuangui and others to help Ju Ming? By raising them up and down secretly, it is also releasing the message that Ju Ming is the enemy of Cai's party. Anyone who follows Ju Ming will end up in the poor mountains and rivers.

Zhang Kegong added: "Ju Ming is not an ordinary person who knows the state. He must be mobilized by the husband himself."

Cai You asked: "What good place do you want to go?"

Zhang Kegong smiled and said: "Hangzhou."

Cai You shook his head repeatedly: "Should we let people named Zhu enjoy the prosperous place of Hangzhou?"

Zhang Kegong felt bad and woke up: "Hangzhou is Zhu Meng's territory. If others go there, they can naturally enjoy it. But that Zhu Ming likes to do things, so let him work with Zhu Meng!"

"Hold on!"

Cai You clapped his hands and praised: "This Zhu Zhizhou has made many political achievements in Puzhou by killing thieves and punishing powerful men. I will recommend him to the officials to be the magistrate in Hangzhou."

It had only been two or three months since he had been promoted to the highest level, and it seemed that Ju Ming was about to be promoted again, and he was still serving as the prefect of Hangzhou.

Cai You's job was to study with the emperor, and he often had the opportunity to meet the emperor.

On this day, he was having fun with Song Huizong when he suddenly said: "Officials, I heard that Zhu Tanhua had many political achievements in Puzhou. Such a talented person should be promoted without hesitation."

Song Huizong was quite surprised: "Did you take the wrong medicine? You actually said good things to him."

Cai You said seriously: "When promoting a virtuous person, you don't avoid relatives, and when you promote a virtuous person, you don't avoid enemies. What's more, there is only a small gap between the minister and Zhu Tanhua, and there is no inextricable hatred. Ministers share the worries of the official family. We should live in harmony.”

Song Huizong was not a fool, but he was also curious about what Cai You wanted to do, and asked: "Which mission do you recommend him to do?"

"Governor of Hangzhou!" Cai You said.

Song Huizong laughed loudly: "With his temper, if he goes to Hangzhou, he is afraid that he will fight with Zhu Meng. If this job is not good, Zhu Meng will still be retained to do things, and Zhu Mingzhen will also need to be reused."

Cai You had already known the case, and said with a vicious thought: "The officials have ordered the construction of sea-going ships in Hangzhou, and Zhu Tanhua and his son have been traveling on the sea. When he went to Hangzhou, he could also help supervise the construction of sea-going ships. In the future, he might be able to go to sea to find ships for the officials. Fairy."

When Song Huizong heard this, he put away his smile and actually considered the matter seriously.

After thinking for a moment, Song Huizong still couldn't make up his mind: "I'll think about it again."

Cai You did not dare to persuade him any more, otherwise he would easily make the emperor unhappy.

Another day later, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty actually issued a decree, transferring Zhu Ming to be the prefect of Hangzhou and promoting the ship divisions of the two Zhejiang cities.

When promoting the official position of Shipping Department of the two Zhejiang cities, it is usually held concurrently by the transfer envoys of the two Zhejiang provinces. This is the first time that the prefect of Hangzhou holds the concurrent post.

As for Ju Ming's rapid promotion, this is normal.

The places where officials in the Beijing Dynasty took office were purely gold-plated. It has become a routine to move once a year, and it is also common to move once every six months. There is only one situation for Beijing officials who have been stuck in their local places for a long time without promotion: they have offended the emperor or a powerful official.

Zhu Ming was waiting to show off his talents in Puzhou and had no knowledge of the situation between North Korea and China.

The three county magistrates who did not know how to work for him were all thrown into the remote countryside. Little did he know that as soon as he rolled up his sleeves, he would be recommended by Party Cai to go to Hangzhou.

This situation is something Ju Ming does not want to see.

He doesn't want to be promoted too quickly. Even if he is promoted, it's best to stay where he is. How can he still do things if he is transferred here and there? How else to accumulate management experience?

This is the disgusting thing about the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. If you offend a powerful official, even though your life is not in danger, the powerful official can assign you randomly, making it impossible for you to really do things in the local area.

Commonly known as, walking the dog!

Zhu Guoxiang also had several good eunuchs. The emperor issued a decree and he learned the news the next day.

"Hangzhou?"

Dean Zhu's history was not very good, and he thought about it over and over again: "Fang La's uprising seems to have occupied Hangzhou. But in what year did Fang La's uprising start? It couldn't be in the past two years."

He was afraid that his son would fall into a wolf's den, so he ran to the field, broke off dozens of tender corn cobs, and went straight to the palace: "Please inform me that the fairy grain corn is ripe. I will give it to the officials today."