Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The asking price is sky-high, and the money must be paid back on arrival. War reparations require payment of 200,000 yuan and 20,000 stone meters.

If you don't have enough rice, you need money.

The copper coins were too heavy to be transported easily, so Shi Yuangong asked to convert them into gold and silver.

Song Huizong pretended to take out some gold. As for the remaining part, he asked the eunuch Li Yan to come forward and find a wealthy man in Tokyo to buy it.

The purchase was indeed a purchase, exchanging copper coins for gold and silver, and paying the market price. But they were all newly minted big money. In order to generate financial income, Wang Fu made a lot of them as top ten coins. The actual currency value of this thing among the people is not high.

Zhao Fujin, the concubine of Maode Emperor, was deceived into the palace and immediately placed under house arrest after entering the palace.

It wasn't until the next day that Cai Jing found out that his daughter-in-law was going to remarry a red thief.

Song Huizong even promised that when the sixteenth princess gets hairpin next year, he will remarry Cai Wei as compensation.

"Sir, is Zhu Thief trying to humiliate me? He is deliberately humiliating the Cai family!" Cai Ji howled in grief and anger.

Cai Jing said expressionlessly: "You have many concubines, and there is no shortage of women. What's more, there is an oral message from the government that Emperor Xian De will be given to you in marriage next year."

Cai Wei said: "Can it be the same? Maode Diji is the daughter of Empress Mingda (posthumous title), and Xiande Diji's biological mother is just a noble concubine!"

Cai Jing reminded: "Queen Mingda has passed away, and Concubine Qiao is currently favored."

"I can't swallow this breath!" Cai Ji said.

His elder brother Cai Tiao advised: "A man can bend and stretch. He will repay the humiliation he suffered today a hundred times in the future. The most urgent task is to help his father regain his prime ministership. Don't let the small sacrifice lead to the big loss."

Cai Chi was furious: "It's not your wife who surrenders to the tiger and the wolf, so of course you don't take it to heart!"

Cai Tiao sneered: "You have more than ten concubines at home. You often go to Fanlou to have fun. You don't love your wife very much. But now you are so affectionate?"

"The Emperor Ji and I respect each other as guests. No matter how many concubines there are, they can't compare to her hair." What Cai Wei really cares about is his own face. If this matter gets out, how will he go out to meet people in the future?

Cai Jing felt a little irritated when he heard this: "Stop arguing. It's useless to argue about this. You have to keep an eye on the court."

Above the court, He Su took action!

The No. 1 Duke, who was apparently close to Wang Fu, suddenly launched an attack as Yu Shi Zhongcheng and impeached Wang Fu's party member Hu Songnian.

Hu Songnian was just lying down.

This gentleman lost his father when he was young and his family was poor. He had a photographic memory and was proficient in the "Book of Changes" and was appreciated by Song Huizong.

After Wang Fu was promoted to prime minister, he immediately attracted Hu Songnian.

Hu Songnian didn't want to cause trouble, and he really wanted to be promoted, so he became a royal party member half-heartedly. However, he was an honest official and liked to entertain guests. His salary was often insufficient due to entertaining guests. Later, he also actively resisted the Jin Dynasty and had an unhappy relationship with Qin Hui.

Hu Songnian once firmly opposed Wang Fu's suggestion to the emperor to attack the Liao Dynasty, causing both Song Huizong and Wang Fu to dislike him.

He Su was well aware of Hu Songnian's situation, so he decided to operate on him.

Sure enough, he succeeded easily. With only two impeachment memorials, Hu Songnian was demoted to the magistrate because neither the emperor nor Wang Fu was too lazy to protect him.

He Su immediately took advantage of the victory and pursued Hu Songnian as a breakthrough to impeach Wang Fu for forming a clique for personal gain.

Li Bangyan took the opportunity to secretly contact Liang Shicheng, but Liang Shicheng felt that Wang Fu was going to die, so he turned to Li Bangyan and Cai You without warning. Li Bangyan and Liang Shicheng plan to support Cai You as prime minister!

The remaining members of Cai Jing's party jumped out at this time, frantically impeached the eunuch Li Yan, stirred up civil unrest, and wanted to get rid of Wang Fu's dog leg.

Cai You was so frightened that he defended Li Yan to death and did not dare to let his father succeed.

Li Yan abandoned Wang Fu and threw himself into Cai You's arms.

Cai Jing, Cai You, Wang Fu, He Su, the four forces fought and turned into a mess.

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In this chaotic situation, the eunuch Li Yan accelerated his purchase of gold and silver and quickly collected the war compensation.

Li Bangyan went to see the emperor alone and said to Song Huizong: "In the official family, I have a plan to get rid of the Zhu thieves."

Song Huizong was quite happy: "Speak quickly!"

Li Bangyan said: "Little Zhu Thief has great ambitions and does not like women. For many years, he has only had one wife and one concubine. I heard that the concubine was still Little Zhu Thief's childhood sweetheart. It is difficult to use a beauty trap. But it is difficult to work. But The old Zhu Thief is different. Except for An Niang, the concubine given by the government, the other wives and concubines are all widows, so you can get a glimpse of the old Zhu Thief's hobbies."

"A beauty trick?" Song Huizong asked.

Li Bangyan said: "Nowadays, in the four directions of Sichuan Gorge, the old Zhu is in charge of political affairs, and the young Zhu is in charge of military affairs. If more beauties can be given to the old Zhu, so that the old Zhu can indulge in pleasure and neglect government affairs, then the people's livelihood in Sichuan will be chaotic. Maybe, There will still be rifts between Zhu Thief and his son, and it is possible that Little Zhu Thief will seize the opportunity to seize power."

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty said happily: "This is reasonable. Let's go to the whole city to search for beautiful widows!"

Li Bangyan said: "I went to Hanzhong to recruit peace, and the old Zhu thief talked about old things in Tokyo, and mentioned Queen Mingjie and Li Shishi many times."

Song Huizong's face turned gloomy instantly: "The old thief deserves to die!"

The Empress of Mingjie is Concubine Liu, the most beloved concubine of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. When she was alive, she was given the title of Immortal (Concubine Jiuhua Yuzhen'an), and after her death she was posthumously granted the title of Queen. Some concubines were even demoted to commoners by Song Huizong because they refused to mourn for Concubine Liu.

As for Li Shishi, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty also visited him, but not often, and it is even more nonsense to talk about it.

When Zhu Guoxiang talked about these two beauties, he had no other thoughts. He had to say something if he had nothing to say.

Li Bangyan suggested: "You can give Master Li to the old Zhu thief, and then..."

"What else?" Song Huizong asked.

Li Bangyan said: "The old Zhu thief has been coveting your majesty's harem for a long time, and he can give it to two more maids. Under the charm of the three women, the old Zhu thief must have no interest in political affairs."

It was said that it was given to the palace maids, but in fact it was to persuade the emperor to give it to the concubines to satisfy Zhu Guoxiang's special hobby. (Dean Zhu:???)

Song Huizong did not get angry, but thought about the matter seriously.

After confirming the content of the peace talks, Song Huizong became more and more frightened as he thought about it.

This fear is not limited to Zhang Guangdao's army, which is only 250 miles away from Tokyo.

What's more, the Zhu Thieves were actually willing to negotiate peace and promised to return part of the territory they had occupied.

A rebel was about to attack the capital. With an absolute advantage, he promised to return the territory. Is this still a rebel?

Whether you admit it or not, it is already equivalent to an independent country!

It is necessary to use all means to subvert the regime while it is still internally unstable when it has just been established.

For example, civil and military officials who wantonly canonized red thieves.

Zhang Genke was granted the title of Grand Master and Duke of Gan.

Zhang Guangdao, who threatens Tokyo, can be named Taifu and Kang Guogong.

Li Bao, who captured half of Sichuan, can be named Taibao and Duke of Shu.

There are all kinds of things like this. Anyway, it is right to appoint officials indiscriminately, making it difficult for Zhu thieves to control civil servants and generals.

Of course, we can't mess around now, after all, the bandits haven't retreated yet.

The honey trap can be implemented immediately.

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty had too many harems. From queens to wives, there were more than 170 people named in history books. Many concubines met once or twice and then never met again. Song Huizong didn't care about these at all.

(Most of these more than 170 concubines were captured by the Jin Kingdom, and a few died of illness before Jingkang. And most of them were very young, basically around 20 years old when they were captured, which means that the elderly were not recorded in the books, or because of their age. She was removed from the imperial palace due to old age. There were probably hundreds of titled concubines in Song Huizong's harem.)

Since the old red thief likes the emperor's women, he just wants to give a few more.

It doesn't matter if the results can't be achieved. If the old red thief can be addicted to women, this deal is really worth it.

And I have to give away a stunning beauty!

Song Huizong's first reaction was Pei, whose beauty was not inferior to that of Liu Anfei.

Pei was only 14 years old this year and was found by the eunuch Li Yan. Song Huizong was shocked when he saw her. Not only was she immediately canonized as Zhaoyi, she was also given the name "Yueli Chang'e", so Pei's full name was "Pei Yueli Chang'e".

But Pei had only entered the palace this month, and Song Huizong's fresh energy had not yet worn off, so he was really reluctant to give it away.

After thinking about it for a long time, Song Huizong finally figured it out.

There are many beauties in the world, but there is only one in the Song Dynasty. How can he be fascinated by beauty when he is so talented? Then he gave it to the old Zhu thief and asked "Chang'e in the Moon" to cause trouble in Sichuan!

Li Bangyan suggested giving Zhu Guoxiang two concubines, but Song Huizong felt that the more the better. Anyway, he had no shortage of beauties in his harem. If there was a shortage, he would ask eunuchs to search for them among the people.

Soon, Song Huizong selected two more.

Ren Jinnu, 16 years old, entered the palace last year. She was proficient in music and lyrics. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty liked to listen to her singing.

Jin Nongyu, 15 years old, has excellent appearance.

Song Huizong remembered that the old emperor liked beautiful women, so he decided to choose two older ones. But he had so many women that he couldn't remember which one was more beautiful, so he ordered to summon all the concubines over twenty years old who had not given birth to children.

Two to three hundred women stood together, and Song Huizong walked around and carefully selected them.

Standing in front of a beautiful woman, Song Huizong asked: "What is your name? What is your title? How old are you?"

The beauty replied: "The slave named Zhou Jingqiu is twenty years old this year and was named Shunrong four years ago."

Song Huizong was a little reluctant to let go. This Zhou Jingqiu was full of bookishness and very beautiful. At that time, he was infatuated with Concubine Liu An and paid little attention to the other concubines. He had long forgotten about Zhou Jingqiu, but now he discovered that there was a stunning beauty hidden inside.

I am the eldest son of God, the majestic Daojun Emperor of the Song Dynasty, how can I be misled by beauty? It would be best to give this kind of beauty to the old red thief!

Twenty years old is too young, so I have to choose a bigger one for the old red thief.

After searching carefully, Song Huizong stopped in front of a plump woman and asked, "How old are you this year?"

The plump woman replied: "I belong to the official family. My slave name is Cao Rou. I am twenty-seven years old this year. I was named Shunyi six years ago."

Song Huizong decided on the candidates and sent six beauties to the old Zhu thief, including Li Shishi.

Li Shishi was recruited into the palace in confusion, thinking that the emperor was going to make her a concubine, but instead she stood with the other five concubines and listened to Song Huizong's instructions.

Song Huizong said to them: "When you go to Hanzhong, you should remember the kindness of the Song Dynasty and use all your strength to seduce the old Zhu thief. It is best to seduce the little Zhu thief, or say bad things about the little Zhu thief, so as to make their father and son feel happy. There will be dissatisfaction and antagonism! From now on, if the thieves are put down, I will record their great achievements for you, and your family members will also be given officials and titles."

The six women were frightened and shocked, thinking that the emperor was crazy.

However, Song Huizong was moved by himself and believed that he had made a huge sacrifice and endured humiliation and heavy burdens, which was a wise king of his generation.

These concubines have all been deposed as common people, but the information must be kept secret, and anyone who dares to leak it will be executed!

Two princesses, five concubines, a Li Shishi, and many gold and silver treasures were sent to Hanzhong by Li Bangyan accompanied by Shi Yuangong.

In addition, there are more than fifty palace maids who serve as dowry maids for these women.

In order to save face, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty also gave some gold and silver to his two daughters as dowries.

Although when they left the capital, these women were all sitting in carriages. Under the threat of the execution of the clan by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, no eunuch dared to speak nonsense and kept it strictly confidential to prevent outsiders from knowing.

After leaving the city, Li Bangyan was all smiles. He always placed his bets on both ends.

If the Zhu thieves were destroyed, Li Bangyan would have made a great contribution to the scheme. It was he who used the beauty trap to confuse and alienate the Zhu family father and son.

If the Song Dynasty perished, Li Bangyan would also have made great contributions.

Just because Zhu Guoxiang mentioned Liu Anfei and Li Shishi while chatting, and Zhu Guoxiang married two widows, Li Bangyan was sure that Zhu Guoxiang liked widows and wives, and had been coveting the emperor's women.

Li Bangyan believed that as long as he sent these women over, Zhu Guoxiang would definitely appreciate him and he could continue to be a jester in the new dynasty.

Ice floes had formed in the Yellow River, making it dangerous for sailing. The peace negotiation team took a carriage and headed west.

Shi Yuangong looked back at the driver, feeling dumbfounded.

He could still understand giving away famous prostitutes, but the emperor personally gave away concubines to bandits, and sent five of them at one go, which directly shattered Shi Yuangong's outlook on life.

How can there be such a shameless king in the world?