Song Dynasty female artist

Up to now, whoever can take this position must be the official's cronies.

Dai Feihe: "..."

Last night, I received a message from my master asking him to continue to provide Kong Chong with constructive advice.

Could it be referring to Gu Mingjue's promotion?
"My lord, if His Majesty wants to mention Gu Mingjue, there must be a reason that can convince the ministers. Has this Gu Mingjue made any impressive achievements recently? Suddenly he became a trusted official, I haven't heard of it!"

Kong Chong is depressed here.

When did Gu Mingjue become the official's confidant?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that Gu Mingjue took the secret letter to test him.

As for what to test.

Hmph, what else is there, to test whether he is loyal to the imperial court, whether it is Xixia's secret work.

"Fengxi, do you think the person that night was sent by Gu Mingjue?"

Dai Feihe said: "This is really possible. After all, Gu Mingjue has been the magistrate for so many years. Besides, didn't his father once hold the position of Guanglu Temple Secretary? It is not difficult to raise some powerful subordinates."

"Yes, his wife is still Han Qi's sister."

Sometimes it's really terrible to make up your own brain, just like Kong Chong.

When Han Qi was mentioned, he had other guesses. He guessed that Gu Mingjue might be looking for an opportunity to help his brother-in-law to the top position. His brother-in-law is now the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

"That Fengxi, you go back, I still have things to do!"

Kong Chong got up and walked out quickly. When Dai Feihe came out, he saw the direction Kong Chong left, which seemed to be going to that inconspicuous courtyard.

Dai Feihe returned to his yard as if nothing had happened.

After thinking about it, he got up and walked out. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the yard and was about to go out, Commander An suddenly appeared.

"Commander An, are you going out?"

Commander An nodded: "Yes, are you going out too?"

"Yes, I haven't gone out for many days, and I plan to go for a walk in the street, why don't we go together?"

Surprise flashed across Commander An's dull face, and he immediately responded, "Okay."

Putting his hands behind his back, Dai Feihe stepped briskly out of the mansion and walked towards the street. Looking at the passers-by, Dai Feihe said: "The last time I came out was when the Xinke Scholars announced their rankings. It was so lively."

"Kyoto is becoming more and more lively. I remember that when I first came to Kyoto 20 years ago, it was not so prosperous."

When Commander An said this, he was very emotional.

Dai Feihe had been in the Confucian Mansion for four years, and he was actually not familiar with Commander An. This was the first time he heard him take the initiative to talk about himself, so he asked, "Where is Commander An from?"

"My hometown is Tianshui County."

"Commander An is from Tianshui County? Coincidentally, so am I!"

Commander An didn't expect to meet a fellow villager here, and his face was a little moved.

The place in Tianshui County is small and poor.

Those who served as officials in Tianshui County were basically perfunctory, so they had to leave that ghost place once the three-year political examination came.

And there are not many people in Tianshui County who can pass the exam.

After I passed the exam, I didn't want to go back.

So in Kyoto, it is really rare to meet fellow villagers from Cheng Ji.

The two of them drew closer at once, talking and chatting, when they were feeling thirsty, they looked up and saw the Spring Breeze Tea House, Commander An pointed to the tea house in front of them: "Brother Fengxi, why don't you go in and have a drink of tea? Rest."

"It's a good feeling, let's go."

The two walked into the Spring Breeze Tea House together, Dai Feihe winked at the guy who greeted them when Commander An turned around.

The guy nodded slightly, indicating that he knew.

After serving the tea, he immediately ran to the backyard: "Shopkeeper, Mr. Dai has come to the store."

Yang Junsheng asked, "Is he alone?"

"No, there is another person. Judging from Mr. Dai's appearance, he should be following him on purpose."

"okay, I get it."

Dai Feihe and Commander An sat near the window, Commander An faced the gate, and Dai Feihe happened to face the small door leading to the backyard from the tea house.

"This tea is really good."

Commander An nodded: "It's also my first time to visit his house, it's really good."

"Just now Commander An said that you came to Kyoto 20 years ago. You should have been young at that time, right?"

"That's right. I was 22 years old. My father was originally a bodyguard master. Unfortunately, he died on the way to the capital for a nobleman. My mother couldn't stand the blow and went there every two months. I was the only one left at home. If you are alone, you will come to Kyoto alone."

"Then how did Commander An enter the Confucian Mansion?"

Commander An smiled faintly: "This is a long story."

Dai Feihe drank the tea in one gulp, and said, "Anyway, there's nothing wrong, brother An, let's talk about it."

Commander An also drank the tea in the cup, and refilled another cup for himself, looking out the window, his thoughts drifted away.

Commander An's full name is An Shunming, and Tiansheng came to Kyoto two years ago. At that time, the official family had just succeeded to the throne for two years, and they had no real power in their hands. All of them were in the hands of the Queen Mother Liu E.

At that time, the prime minister was Ding Wei.

Ding Wei is a Jinshi in Chunhua for three years. He is smart, versatile, and he is also good at divination, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and poetry.

When I was an official in my early years, I did a lot of things that benefited the country and the people.

At that time, there was still a joke about the Prime Minister Ding Wei among the people. It said that the first emperor and the noble concubine went fishing together for a long time without catching a single fish. He was very upset, so he frowned and said nothing.

At that time, the minister didn't know what to do, only Ding Wei ran over with a smile, and wrote a poem: "Ying Ying is frightened and the phoenix chariot goes through the flowers, and the fish is afraid that the dragon's face is too late to take the bait."

Wow, Zhenzong was very happy when he heard it.

I think Ding Wei is too good at it.

This also laid the foundation for his subsequent promotion.

But Ding Wei, who is full of talent and serves the country and the people, forgets his original intention after he gradually rises to the top, and only caters to the emperor. People call him the "Five Ghosts" together with Wang Qinruo, Lin Te, Chen Pengnian, and Liu Chenggui.

In this way, he still sat on the position of prime minister.

But he didn't know how to restrain himself. He not only encouraged the first emperor to build a lot of Taoist temples, but also lied that he was a descendant of Ding Lingwei, and built Xianyou Pavilion and Xianyou Cave in his garden, pretending to be gods and ghosts.

Even so, he still sat on the position of prime minister for seven years.

After the death of the first emperor, Ding Wei took advantage of his position to amend the content of the "edict", blaming Kou Zhun for the cause of the first emperor's death.

And using this as an excuse, all the ministers who had a good relationship with Kou Zhun in the court were eliminated.

He also colluded with the eunuch Lei Yungong and stipulated that important memorials should be sent to Ding Wei for reading before being sent to the inner court, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling the government.

Lei Yungong was the capital supervisor who was in charge of building the imperial mausoleum for the first emperor, but he moved the Lingxue arbitrarily together with Sitian Prison and Zhonghe.

Doing all kinds of things is a serious crime of beheading.

But he lied to others, if someone hadn't risked his life to expose it, the empress dowager and the officials would have been kept in the dark for a long time.

Fortunately, the queen mother finally found out, and he was dismissed from the position of prime minister, demoted to Yazhou Sihu to join the army, and all four of his sons were demoted.