Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 303 0298 [Bluntly speaking the first thing in the world]

The hungry people gathered in Kaifeng Mansion have dispersed, and they will not survive if they do not disperse.The people in Tokyo are all short of food, how can there be any surplus food to give to the hungry?

Fang La revolted in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Song Jiang revolted in Shandong, and Liu Jiujun revolted in Jiangxi.The grain supply was almost cut off, and all the grain in the west of Beijing and Huainan had to be supplied to the counter-insurgency army.

The price of rice in Beijing has risen to 1800 a stone, and it is still rising.

In the shantytowns on the outskirts of the city, corpses are cleaned out every day.

No money to buy food, starved to death!

People at the bottom of the city, even if they have jobs, can hardly cope with the soaring food prices.If there is no savings at home, you can only eat a meal from hunger.

Cai You came out of the palace on horseback and went straight to his father's mansion.

The father and son had fallen out, and Song Huizong deliberately picked things up and specially rewarded Cai You with a house so that Cai You could move out and have a place to live.

"Liu Langjun..." Menzi didn't dare to stop him, so he quietly let someone in to announce, and blocked himself at the door for time.

But Cai You went straight in and found out that the old man was in the living room, so he forced his way in without being notified.

The guests hurriedly bowed to salute: "Meet Xueshi Cai."

Cai You didn't pay any attention, walked directly to the old man's side, and stretched out his hand to grab the old man's veins.

Cai Jing and Cai Tiao didn't react, they didn't know what this guy was going to do.

Cai You pretended to be taking the old man's pulse, and asked, "My lord's pulse is sometimes sparse and slow, what's wrong with you?"

Cai Jing replied: "No discomfort."

"There are still important matters in the palace, so I'll leave first." Cai You turned and left after speaking.

The guest was confused: "Why is Mr. Liu Lang coming and going in such a hurry?"

Cai Jing had already understood, and said helplessly, "This Nizi wants me to dismiss him because of illness, and he deliberately mentioned the palace, implying that he came here by the emperor's order."

But it was said that Cai You stepped out of the gate of the Cai Mansion, rode a horse and galloped towards the palace, and was soon led by the palace people to meet the emperor.

"How?" Song Huizong asked.

Cai You bowed and replied: "As expected by the officials, my father has a serious illness, so he should retire from office and recuperate. It is inconvenient for him to stay in the court as Prime Minister."

Song Huizong said with emotion: "Cai Xiang has assisted the government for many years, and I am a little bit reluctant."

There must be one person responsible for such a big mess in the Fangla uprising, so that the officials and the people can account for it.It just so happens that Cai Jing is the prime minister, it just so happens that Cai Jing is unable to reverse the financial predicament, and it just so happens that Cai Jing does not support the alliance of Jin and Liao.

Then this pot must be carried by Cai Jing!

But Cai Jing loves power to the extreme, he is obviously half-blind, and many jobs are represented by his son Cai Tiao.But in the face of the impeachment of the Manchu Dynasty, the emperor also hinted many times that Cai Jing just wanted to pretend to be confused, and refused to leave because of the prime minister's son.

The monarch and his ministers discussed the current situation, and Sheng Zhang was brought by the palace again.

Sheng Zhang held out a piece of paper: "Officials, this poem was written by Wang Cai in prison, and there may be a conspiracy in the words."

Song Huizong took it over and finished reading it, and said with a sneer: "In the year of Baishui, the road was prosperous, and the thorns were swept away to worship Gaozhen. Which thorn would he sweep away, and which Gaozhen would he enshrine? Punish it as treason, behead and abandon the market!"

Sheng Zhang bowed his head respectfully and stepped aside, the smile on his face could not be stopped no matter what.

This bureau was set up by Zheng Juzhong, and it has been operating for almost two years.

Both Liu Bing and Liu Huan are Cai Jing's confidantes, and they control the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials. Zheng Juzhong wants to get rid of them quickly.

So Lin Lingsu was asked to make a move to lure Wang Cai into the game.

Wang Cai is the son of Wang Shao. He has excellent poems, loves to practice Taoism, has no political acumen, but is keen to cling to the powerful.

Wang Cai's sister-in-law is Liu Bing's aunt.

He pestered his sister-in-law to take him to Liu's house, and called Liu Bing's son brother and brother, and he demoted himself two generations for no reason.In this regard, with the help of Liu Bing, he climbed up to Cai Jing.

Lin Lingsu falsely accused Wang Cai of illegally cultivating immortals in an attempt to compete with the emperor for the immortal position.

Originally Song Huizong didn't take it seriously, but Wang Cai bribed the eunuch to know the emperor's reaction.This matter was "accidentally" exposed, and Song Huizong was furious, so he threw Wang Cai to Dali Temple for investigation.

Lin Lingsu suddenly lost power and left Beijing, which disrupted Zheng Juzhong's plan, and Wang Cai was left alone in Dali Temple.

Recently, Sheng Zhang continued to do it again, because he wanted to compete with Liu Bing for deputy prime minister.

Sheng Zhang bribed the jailer to lure Wang Cai to write a poem.

Wang Cai was imprisoned for almost a year, bored to the core, and wrote a lot of Taoist poems.

Sheng Zhang checked carefully and finally caught the handle.

"In the year of Baishui, the Dao is prosperous, and the thorns are swept away to worship Gaozhen."

The year of Baishui, that is, the year of Gengzi, is this year!
Wang Cai's original intention was to sweep away Fang La's thorns and honor Song Huizong's lofty truth.Sheng Zhang repeatedly hinted at the emperor, saying that Wang Cai planned to rebel. He had hinted for several months, and Song Huizong immediately exploded after reading these two lines.

Fang La rebelled in the Year of Gengzi, and even took advantage of the demon sect to revolt, but Wang Cai said that the Great Dao was prosperous in the Year of Gengzi. Can Song Huizong not think too much?
Wang Shao expanded thousands of miles for the Song Dynasty, and his son was cut off just like that.

In the next few days, the impeachment memorials of Cai Dang and Zheng Dang were flying all over the sky.

Song Huizong was so annoyed that he decided to hold a court meeting.

First, Liu Bing and Liu Huan were involved in Wang Cai's treason case, which should be punished with death according to the law.

Fan Zhixu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, interceded for the two at the court meeting.He also treated scholar-bureaucrats leniently in the Song Dynasty, and sentenced Liu Bing to exile in Hainan Island; Liu Huan was not deeply involved, so he was relegated to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou regiment training.

Cai Jing's arms in the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials were cut off by Zheng Juzhong.

This is in line with Song Huizong's wishes, and he planned to let Cai Jing go.

But we can't chase after him fiercely, otherwise Zheng Dang's family will dominate. Song Huizong said: "Wang Cai's rebellion case ends here, please don't say more."

How can Zheng Juzhong give up?He has been planning for two years, but he doesn't just want to cut off two of Cai Jing's henchmen.

Zheng Juzhong didn't give the emperor any face, and went out to make a statement: "Your Majesty, Liu Bing has been in office for many years and recommended many officials. Among these officials, there may be conspiracy and accomplices, and they should be strictly investigated."

Shangshu Zuo Cheng Xue Ang immediately counterattacked: "Your Majesty, if all the people recommended by Liu Bing want to sit together, then please convict me, and I also recommended Liu Bing."

The old and dim-eyed Cai Jing said leisurely: "Your Majesty, Liu Bing and Wang Cai were indeed recommended by the minister. To promote talents for the country, and to see their character, the minister never expected that these two people have fallen to this place. I was mistaken at the beginning. Zheng and other people were also recommended by the minister, and I really can't guarantee what will happen to them in the future."

Hearing this, Zheng Juzhong's old face flushed. He relied on Cai Jing's superior position, and it was indeed Cai Jing who recommended him for promotion.

I can't say any more.

Song Huizong looked at Cai Jing and reminded Cai Jing to resign voluntarily: "I heard that Cai Qing is ill?"

Cai Jing held the wat board and said: "Your Majesty takes care of everything and cares about the old minister's condition. I am really grateful. Thanks to your majesty, I have recovered from my illness."

Song Huizong was so angry that his teeth itched. The more he looked at Cai Jing, the more disgusted he became. Why does this old guy keep his face and refuse to leave?

Cai Jing's old eyes were dim and he couldn't see far away. Standing in the hall at this moment, he looked like a clay bodhisattva.

Song Huizong reminded again: "Aiqing is old and needs to rest a lot."

Cai Jing replied: "Your Majesty is concerned, and the veteran is flattered."

Song Huizong stared at Cai Jing for a long time, and finally walked away.

He has already decided that if he refuses to drink the toast, he will let Cai Jing have a fine drink.But the Zheng party cannot be allowed to continue to impeach, and the centrist censor must list Cai Jing's various crimes.

The uprisings in various places have not yet subsided, but the court monarchs and ministers are fighting more happily.

The next day, Cai Jing was recuperating at home, and a censor quietly came to the door and brought out fresh memorials that he had copied.

After Cai Tiao read it, he said: "My lord, this is played by Ju Ming, and the words are extremely fierce."

"Read." Cai Jing closed his eyes and meditated.

Cai Tiao's voice trembled a little: "Cheng Wulang, Zhu Ming, who knows the affairs of Hanyuan County, would like to play: To speak out the most important thing in the world, to upright the way of the king, and to clarify the position of ministers, to seek peace for all generations. The king is the subject of all things in the world. He is also the lord. But he is the lord of all things in the world, and he has the most important responsibility. He does not know anything about the people's livelihood and benefits, and he will act without knowing it. He is not called..."

Cai Jing opened his eyes suddenly after hearing half of it.

Zhu Ming directly transferred Hai Rui's "Public Security Book", which is also called "Speaking Out the World's Number One Matter Book".

Of course, the content also needs to be changed.

Jiajing Jiajing, every family is clean, this is the special description of the Taoist priest, and it cannot be placed on Song Huizong.

The words scolding Yan Song and Yan Shifan were also changed by Zhu Ming to scold the six thieves of the dynasty.

"Good six thieves!"

Cai Jing suddenly applauded.

Cai Tiao was puzzled and said, "Zhu Ming listed his father as the first of the six thieves, why is his father still applauding?"

Cai Jing said with a smile: "The country is boiling, people's grievances are everywhere, and Fang La can fall into the Kyushu in the southeast. At present, everyone inside and outside wants me to bear the blame alone. It's not a big deal for Zhu Ming to list five other people to share with me. Good thing?"

Cai Tiao was speechless, thinking it made sense.

Yang Jian is not dead yet, so the "six thieves" written by Zhu Ming are: Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Yan, and Yang Jian.

Cai Jing took a magnifying glass, pasted it on the paper and read it carefully: "It is appropriate to punish the six thieves and pass it on to the world to thank the world. It is really well written, but it is a pity that there is no Zheng Juzhong, and it is wonderful that there is no Zheng Juzhong!"

Cai Tiao's eyes lit up: "After reading this book, the officials may suspect that Zheng Juzhong is behind the scenes!"

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Zheng Juzhong was also watching "Public Security". He cut off the two Cai parties and was about to force Cai Jing to leave the court. He was always in a good mood.

But after reading Zhu Ming's memorabilia, Zheng Juzhong felt distressed and sighed: "Zhu Chenggong misled me!"

Although Zheng Juzhong has a bunch of traitors under his command, he has a good reputation.Because in recent years he often confronted Cai Jing, he did give many good suggestions, and promoted some honest ministers.

Therefore, Zhu Ming did not list him as the "six thieves", and Zheng Juzhong did not need to bear the infamy.

But the most powerful person in the internal and external courts was scolded by Zhu Ming all over the place, except Zheng Juzhong who didn't scold him.What would the emperor think?
Why not scold him together!
What's even more nonsense is that Zhu Ming also complained for the crown prince, which involved Zheng Juzhong in the battle for crown prince.

Zheng Juzhong held the memorial and looked at it again and again, the more he looked at it, the more he wanted to scold his mother.

In his eyes, Ju Ming is just a shit-stirring stick.The already clear situation in the court will be messed up again.

After much deliberation, Zheng Juzhong decided to take the lead and let his party members impeach Zhu Ming collectively, so as to show that he did not instruct Zhu Ming to do this.

A piece of "Public Security" was known to all the officials before the emperor read it.

Zhu Ming was not a shit-stirring stick, but threw a big stone into the latrine, and all the important officials in the court were splashed with feces.

(End of this chapter)