Chapter 466: Something happened to Ouyang Xiu

The first time was in the fifth year of Qingli, when someone revealed that he was having an affair with his niece Zhang.

They say they are biological nieces, but in fact Ah Zhang and Ouyang Xiu are not related by blood.

Ouyang Xiu had a sister who married Zhang Guizheng of Xiangcheng. Zhang Guizheng had a daughter with his ex-wife, Ah Zhang.

Shortly after Ouyang married into the Zhang family, Zhang Guizheng passed away. Ouyang was left alone and had no choice but to return to her parents' home with little Ah Zhang, who was then seven years old.

When Ah Zhang grew up, Ouyang Xiu arranged a marriage for her, and she married Ouyang Sheng, the son of her clan brother.

Ouyang Sheng was the chief minister of Qianzhou. In the fifth year of Qingli reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Sheng completed his term and brought his wife A Zhang and servant Chen Jian back to Beijing to report on their duties.

After returning to Beijing, Zhang had an affair with Chen Jian and was discovered by her husband.

Ouyang Sheng reported Ah Zhang and Chen Jian to the Youjun Patrol Court of Kaifeng Prefecture. During the interrogation, Ah Zhang suddenly confessed that he had had an improper relationship with Ouyang Xiu in the past, and said, "When Yin Gong was not married, his words were very ugly."

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Then some people thought of Ouyang Xiu's song "Wang Jiangnan".

Jiangnan willow has small leaves that have not yet formed shade. People can bear to break the silk because of its lightness, and the orioles complain that the branches are so tender. Keep them until spring comes.

On the 14th and 5th, I was leisurely holding my pipa and looking for it. I was flinging money on the steps and walking down the steps. I had been paying attention to each other when we met each other. How much more so now.

There are two theories circulating today about why Ah Zhang wanted to cling to his uncle. One is that "Zhang was afraid of sin and wanted to save himself."

It is said that Ah Zhang was instigated by Yang Riyan, the magistrate of Kaifeng.

Because when Yang Riyan was the governor of Yizhou before, Ouyang Xiu once impeached him for "corruption and wantonness." Yang Riyan held a grudge and seized the opportunity when Azhang was accused of adultery. He instigated the jailer to instigate Azhang in an attempt to drag Ouyang Xiu down.

After hearing the news, the admonisher Qian Mingyi immediately wrote a letter to impeach Ouyang Xiu.

However, when the case went to the Justice Department, Sun Kui, the military prosecutor who presided over the trial, believed that Zhang's confession was too shocking and lacked evidence, making it untrustworthy.

However, Prime Minister Jia Changchao believed that the Justice Department should investigate whether Ouyang Xiu was involved in the case, and ordered Su Anshi, the judge of the Third Department of Household Affairs, to reorganize the court and try the Azhang case again.

Su Anshi accepted Ah Zhang's confession and concluded that Ouyang Xiu had an improper relationship with Ah Zhang.

Fortunately, at this time, Song Renzong sent the eunuch Wang Zhaoming to "supervise the investigation" to prevent unjust cases.

Now Wang Zhaoming is training the Xiang army in Shaanxi with Li Ruoyu, one is in charge of Qin Wei and the other is in charge of Huanqing.

Speaking of which, Ouyang Xiu had a quarrel with Ouyang Xiu. Before Ouyang Xiu was appointed as the transfer officer of the capital of Hebei, Renzong ordered Wang Zhaoming to accompany him. However, Ouyang Xiu wrote a letter saying: "According to the custom, there is no reason for internal servants to travel together. It is a shame for me."

This is clear discrimination against internal officials.

However, the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty seemed to have more reliable character than the scholar-bureaucrats.

Wang Zhaoming read Su Anshi's case closing report and was shocked: "The investigation conducted by the provincial judge today is to cater to the prime minister's wishes and to do great evil. Zhaoming will not be able to take the sword in the future."

The words are ugly and reasonable. Now you are convicting Ouyang Xiu of committing a great evil in human relations based on Zhang's words without any solid evidence. It is obviously to cater to the prime minister's wishes. If the case is wrong, won't it mean that I will be punished with the sword in the future?

After hearing Wang Zhaoming's words, Su Anshi was a little panicked and did not dare to spread any more branches in his prison, so he upheld Sun Kui's original sentence.

Although Ouyang Xiu escaped, Ouyang Xiu was still found to have flaws.

He used the inheritance from Azhang's widow to buy land, but instead established an Ouyang household registration, and was suspected of misappropriating the orphan's property.

So in August of the fifth year of Qingli, Ouyang Xiu was demoted to Chuzhou and left the famous "The Drunkard's Pavilion" for "using the items from Zhang's box to buy Ou's coupons for Tianli".

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But what happened this time was because of his wife's cousin Xue Liangru.

Xue Liangru was held accountable because the person he recommended was embezzled.

The matter was not serious at first, plus Zhao Xu succeeded to the throne and granted amnesty to the world, and her cousin's husband participated in politics again, Xue Liangru thought that everything was stable this time.

As a result, Ouyang Xiuwei said that he was selfless, "but he said that you can't take advantage of a minister's favor and ask for special favors without justice." Xue Liangru was severely punished. Not only was he not pardoned, he was even dismissed from his official position.

So Xue Liangru hated Ouyang Xiu so much that he spread the news that Ouyang Xiu had an affair with his daughter-in-law Wu.

The rumor reached the ears of Peng Siyong, the chief censor, through the mouth of Jixian school manager Liu Jin, who then told the censor Li Xing Jiang Zhiqi.

Jiang Zhiqi immediately took it as a life-saving straw and poked it out in the court hall.

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Zhao Xu returned to the back hall and was furious: "He is my remonstrator! When the late emperor became emperor, Shao Kangjian discussed it behind the curtain. He did not say anything about such a big matter, but decided on the private affairs of the boudoir!"

"This is my participation in politics! If I don't repair my private curtains, I still have the honor to stand in the court! This crime cannot be punished!"

"This is my prime minister! He is neglecting his administration. Su You is raising 150,000 jins of fine copper in Yizhou. Such a big thing needs to be reported three times in a row!"

A civil servant stood up from his chair: "Your Majesty, are you still giving lectures today?"

Today's lecturer is Sun Sigong, who is proficient in Guan's "Yi", especially "Dayan", and has in-depth research on mathematics and astronomy.

"I tried to repair the armillary sphere of the Astronomical Academy, and wrote "The Long Calendar from the Year of Yao to Xining". No one in modern times can surpass him in the study of calculus."

He and Su Song, the Little Heavenly Master, are all good friends.

Historical records record that he "nature is not disobedient to things, commits crimes without correcting them, and is devoted to things. If he sees something, he must pay close attention to it and hear it."

Zhao Xu liked his rebellious character very much, and sometimes asked him for his opinions on political affairs.

Zhao Xu sat down and put his hand on his forehead: "Master Sun, let's talk...I have lost interest today...come and have a chat with me. What kind of person do you think Ouyang Xiu is?"

While packing away the teaching aids, Sun Sigong said slowly: "I was originally going to tell His Majesty the principles of the rainbow and the scattering of light today, but since Your Majesty is no longer interested, let's forget it."

"I don't know much about Ouyang's participation in politics. However, if you say that he is a traitor, I think it is too much."

"Actually, apart from the issue of Pu Yi's position, Ouyang's participation in politics is not favored by officials because he is too upright."

"Back then, the Queen Mother stayed behind the curtain to participate in political affairs and discuss the country with the two princesses of Han and Fu. She played ministerial affairs in front of the curtain, or held discussions in the government. As long as she had different opinions, she would always fight for them."

"Tai Jian came to the political hall to discuss the matter. Although the matter had nothing to do with him, the person who was impeached did not even have time to speak. The person who participated in the political affairs was already eloquent, which really undermined the shortcomings of Tai Jian."

"When scholar-bureaucrats made suggestions, talked about interests and requests, in the past when they were in power, they were mostly vague and did not clearly explain the rights and wrongs. When they came to participate in politics, they bluntly analyzed: 'Something is feasible and something is not feasible.'"

"Your Majesty, the late emperor once said to Shen Zheng: 'You are upright and do not avoid public grievances.' At that time, Shen Zheng casually recited the famous saying of the old prime minister Wang Zeng: 'If you want to return favors to yourself, who should blame you?!'"

"Your Majesty, who was the initiator of the Pu proposal? But why in the end, the slander in the court was attributed to participation in politics?"

"Fornication and incest are too shocking. I believe that we need to verify carefully and rely on evidence to speak for ourselves. To deal with an important minister of the country rashly because of rumors may damage His Majesty's reputation."

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "What you said is absolutely true. This matter needs to be slowed down..."

In any case, less than three months after Zhao Xu ascended the throne in the Song Dynasty, the central nervous system was paralyzed.

Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang came forward to wait for punishment.

Ouyang Xiu wrote eleven letters in a row and defended himself: "I served the government and was falsely accused in vain, but I relied on the imperial court to investigate the truth and make the crime accountable."

Zhao Xu was repeatedly asked to "send officials to investigate the truth and truth according to what he pointed out". If it was found that it was true, please "show the city and slaughter the city to avenge the world's anger"; if it was not found, please also "show it to all directions to explain it."

Doubts in the world".

Ouyang Xiu's relative, Wu Chong, "also wrote a chapter to beg the imperial court for its ability to discern what is right and what is false, and to make it clear to the world so that the family will not be insulted."
Chapter completed!