Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 117 The Merry Emperor

When Lin Lingsu saw Emperor Huizong on the road, he immediately began to feel confident.

He said to Emperor Huizong: "Your Majesty, do you know who you were in your previous life?"

Emperor Huizong shook his head and chuckled: "I don't know."

At this time, Lin Lingsu had already stood up.

Pointing upwards with both hands, he said urgently: "Your Majesty, in your previous life, you were the Son of Heaven, the Holy Emperor Yuqing of Shenxiao Palace!"

"You saw with your own eyes that the Central Plains was being poisoned by Buddhism, so you took the initiative to ask Heaven to send you down to earth to save the people of the Central Plains who are in dire straits!"

"And Pindao Lin Lingsu was an immortal named Zuo Hui next to you, Your Majesty! Pindao came down to earth with you at that time!"

The more Lin Lingsu talked, the more excited she became. She acted as if there was no one else in the court. She pointed at Cai Jing and gave Cai Jingan a fabricated fairy name.

Pointing at Tong Guan is like this, pointing at Gao Qiu is like this, and pointing at Liang Shicheng is like this.

Cai Jing didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart, but he saw that Emperor Huizong was very happy to hear the nonsense of Lin Lingsu and others.

Then he said with a trembling smile: "Your Majesty, no wonder you and I get along so well with each other. It turns out that we are one family in heaven!"

This sentence unintentionally aroused Emperor Huizong's excited nerves.

Emperor Huizong even believed that Lin Lingsu was a transcendent immortal who was determined to have the power to reach heaven and earth.

Lin Lingsu was given the Taoist rank on the spot and placed in the court.

Liang Shicheng, who recommended Lin Lingsu, may not have known that Lin Lingsu was actually photographed by Su Dongpo when he was young.

At that time, Su Dongpo concluded that Lin Lingsu would be rich and powerful in the future and had a bright future.

Regrettably, more than ten to twenty years have passed, and Lin Lingsu has never waited for the arrival of great wealth.

Lin Lingsu was originally a Taoist priest, but she didn't really believe in things like past and present lives or fortune-telling based on bones.

But Su Dongpo said personally that his fate was unique.

In this way, how could Lin Lingsu be willing to remain in such embarrassment?
But he suffered from the fact that there was really no chance of getting rich, so he simply changed his mind and started gambling crazily.

I gambled and gambled, but I didn't win a penny. On the contrary, I lost all my meager wealth.

When a creditor came to his door and forced him to repay the money, Lin Lingsu couldn't afford it no matter what, facing a mountain of debt.

Die, but dare not die.

In order to get his creditors to let him go, Lin Lingsu actually chose to use the most cruel method to disfigure himself.

This is why half of his face looks like a normal person, while the other half looks like a skull.

Speaking of which, it cannot be said that he has no Taoism at all.

But at least, it’s not big enough to see.

Perhaps his only strength is his wisecracking. In fact, Earl Ying was very good at telling wisecracks when he was not yet prosperous.

He often uses his sharp tongue to make everyone in Ximen Qing's house happy.

But compared to Lin Lingsu, Earl Ying is really far behind.

If we look at it from the perspective of a thousand years later, the most suitable career for Lin Lingsu should be cross talk.

Emperor Huizong went to court today, and during the three hours he did almost nothing serious at all.

Either deal with Zhou Bangyan, or reuse Lin Lingsu.

Or, just listen to the civil and military officials in the court saying that there are frequent reports of success in the Liao Kingdom.

Emperor Huizong was about to retire and was going to Genyueli for a drink with Count Ying and his family.

Suddenly someone came to report that the official responsible for the Hua Shi Gang found a huge stone in Taihu Lake.

The huge stone was more than three feet long, wide and high. A large ship needed to be built to transport it from Taihu Lake to Bianliang City.

The civil and military officials in the court immediately frowned, and many officials felt that this matter could not be done.

First of all, the money spent on building big ships is basically wasted money.Once this huge stone is transported into Bianliang City, the big ship will have to be dismantled without moving.

It's useless if you don't disassemble it.

Furthermore, when it was transported from Taihu Lake to Bianliang City, the height and size restrictions of the city gate would definitely prevent the huge boulders from entering the city.

If this huge boulder were to enter Bianliang City, the only solution would be to demolish the city gate.

Unexpectedly, this news just came, and then someone came to report it.

It was said that a larger stone was discovered in Taihu Lake and had been transported to Bianliang City four days ago.

The freight spent on the journey was as high as [-] guan.

You know, this amount of money is equivalent to the total expenses of two hundred middle-class families for a whole year.

Emperor Huizong didn't even blink and gave orders to the officials on the spot.

"Hurry up and transport all the huge rocks into Bianliang."

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, and Liang Shicheng, the four of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

What else could this be?

Don’t the traitorous ministers feel that there is a lot of money to be made from this Hua Shi Gang matter?

But I don’t know what happened today. I just finished reporting that I found two huge rocks from Taihu Lake.

Immediately afterwards, someone came to report that a thousand-year-old pine tree had been discovered near Linqing.

The thousand-year-old pine tree has entwined roots and luxuriant branches. It can truly be said that "this tree should only exist in the sky and will never exist in the human world."

It would be quite troublesome to move this thousand-year-old pine tree from Linqing to Bianliang. There is no way to dig the tree out of the ground.

The only way to deal with it is to dig out the hills in all directions around the tree and transport it all to Bianliang.

Let’s not talk about what a huge expense this is.

All I can say is that no matter what method you try to transport, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

It is so huge that it cannot be transported by river, so it can only be transported by sea.

However, all the civil and military officials in the court remembered it.

Two months ago, a transport fleet encountered a storm at sea, and Hua Shi Gang and the transport crew sank in the sea.

The death and loss are simply immeasurable.

Even, dare not estimate.

During Huizong's reign, 18 years have passed since the Hua Shi Gang incident.

For the people of the entire southern country, it was a catastrophe that had never happened in a century.

It's a pity, sad, deplorable.

Emperor Huizong never really paid attention to these.

During these 18 years, the freight required to transport a mere boulder often cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It can easily reach the total annual expenses and income of tens of thousands of middle-class families.

Emperor Huizong liked strange rocks and trees very much, and he also had a dream to build an unprecedented miracle garden in Bianliang City - Genyue.

In his opinion, what does it mean to waste money and people?
What does it matter if thousands of people return to dust?
As long as he is happy, there is absolutely nothing he can't do in the world.

Just like what he had planned when he retired from the court today.

Today he will personally inscribe a huge stone that has just been transported into Bianliang City and wear a jade belt.

Pull Earl Ying to worship this boulder together.

(End of this chapter)