Chapter 608: Rebellious Professional Households, Mani Ming Zunjiao
"The censor came so quickly!"
At the gate of Taixue, under the watchful eyes of Li Yan and Ding Run, tall horses appeared one after another, and officials with square faces or serious smiles all jumped off the horses.
At the head, an old man in purple robes led the crowd into the Imperial College, and his voice was like a loud bell: "Order all the Imperial College students to be on standby. The Imperial College students will gather in the school building, and the dormitories will be searched when they are empty. There must be no mistakes!"
"yes!"
The old man giving orders was none other than Zhao Tingzhi, the imperial censor Zhongcheng. He was in the same class as Cai Jing and had always supported Wang Anshi. He was a backbone of the New Party. He was later promoted to prime minister and competed with Cai Jing for power. He was demoted after losing to Cai Jing and died of illness on the way.
But regardless of historical developments, Zhao Ting currently holds great power.
The organizational structure of the Censor's Office in the Northern Song Dynasty basically followed the system of the Tang and Five Dynasties, with the Censor Dafu as the chief executive and the Censor Zhongcheng as the deputy chief. However, the Northern Song Dynasty also had a unique feature. Many official positions were just decorations and no one held them.
An example of this is the second-grade censor doctor. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, he only served as an official or an inspector with a constitutional title and was not a professional official. To put it bluntly, he was promoted to an official in order to increase his status.
He would be given the power to be the Yushi Dafu. Song Shenzong once wanted Sima Guang to be the Yushi Dafu, but was opposed by the prime minister. In the middle and late period, no one was able to become the Yushi Dafu again. Therefore, Yushi Zhongcheng was the supreme leader of the Yushitai.
This position is usually filled with qualifications such as admonishing the officials, giving to the minister, minister of the book, doctor of the six departments, knowing the imperial edict, etc. Zhao Tingzhi is the minister of the Ministry of official affairs and serves as the censor Zhongcheng. This purple-robed official rushed to Taixue immediately.
Being in command shows that Yushitai attaches great importance to this incident.
Thinking about the efficiency of other departments in running the government on weekdays, the rise of the prison was so exciting that Ding Run curled his lips and showed disdain.
Of course, he knew that he could not afford to offend these censors, so he stepped back, shrank his head, and tried his best to hide himself in the crowd.
Li Yan also watched calmly, watching the censors rushing into the Imperial Academy excitedly, and then he found a man dressed as a book boy approaching him: "But in front of Mr. Lin? I am a servant of the Zhao family, and my young master ordered me to write this letter
Give it to Mr. Lin."
Li Yan took the letter, unfolded it and read it carefully: "It was sent by Zhao Langjun. He was grounded at home by Zhao Zhongcheng and apologized to me."
Ding Run said: "Zhao Zhongcheng seems to love his son very much. He will probably be hiding from the limelight at home during this period of time and will never show his face again..."
Li Yan said: "Not only him, many imperial students have not come back after going out before. This is the escape route for the powerful children. Once they hide at home, the censor will not search the mansion because of the bribery of the imperial students. This turmoil will be over."
It’s over.”
Ding Run shrugged and prepared to leave: "Master Lin, let's go out for a while. How about going to the Yuquan Gym?"
Li Yan said: "Don't worry, Zhao Langjun's letter gave information about several Tai students. They have dropped out of school."
Ding Run's face darkened: "You took away someone else's place in the upper school and forced you to drop out of school? This is driving people down a dead end!"
Li Yandao: "It is still unknown whether the seven students who paid bribes forced them to drop out of school. I plan to go to this address first to understand the situation."
Ding Run said: "Let's go together. When Wu Daizhi asks about it later, he can also say that he is going to investigate, saving him more words..."
The two of them walked out of Taixue and went to the stable to get their horses.
Ding Run rode on the good horse of Kaifeng Mansion Office and looked over: "Is Mr. Lin still renting horses?"
The horse Li Yan rode was relatively ordinary: "It's convenient to rent a horse in the capital. Let's buy a good horse in the future."
The horse politics of the Northern Song Dynasty is really difficult to describe, so that the good horses bought by the rich and powerful children at a great cost were all very poor in Li Yan's eyes. The lion cock, which was very eye-catching in the Tang Dynasty, was obviously inconvenient to take out, so he always rented horses when going in and out.
ride.
Fortunately, the horse rental business in Bianjing is extremely developed, and all kinds of horses and donkeys are readily available. For a well-known local customer like him, it is easy to rent them at any time.
The two of them merged into the bustling street and headed all the way to the outer city.
After leaving the east gate, we rode for another two-quarters of an hour and arrived at the location specified in the letter, a remote rental area.
This place is not far from the place where Dong Yunzi first assassinated Gongsun Zhao, but the flow of people is relatively more, the people walking around are in good spirits, and many men still have hairpins on their heads.
However, Ding Run's eyes fell exactly on the hairpins of those men, and his eyes gradually became wary: "Be careful! I'm afraid there are people from the Ming Zun Sect entrenched here!"
Li Yan raised his eyebrows and whispered: "Manichaeism?"
Ding Run said coldly: "Yes, the original origin of this religion was Manichaeism, but now the people generally call it the Ming Zun Sect, 'if there is a bright envoy who appears in the world, educates and transforms all living beings, and frees them from all sufferings', the emperor
One of the city's most important tasks in the past was to ban the evil views that instigated rebellion."
Li Yan nodded slightly, and had to say that the Imperial City Division's vision was quite accurate before, because the Fangla Uprising that shocked the southeastern half of the city and fundamentally shaken the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty was about to happen soon.
When it comes to the Fangla Uprising, Manichaeism is naturally unavoidable, but there is also a person from the Tang Dynasty who was also the first woman in Chinese history to call herself emperor.
This woman launched an uprising with the help of the beliefs of Manichaeism and the Taoist Gezao Sect (Lingbao Sect). Her name was Chen Shuozhen, and she claimed to be the goddess of the Nine Heavens and performed various miracles. Many officials in the Tang Dynasty were really afraid that she had destiny.
, dare not compete with it.
As a result, both success and failure were superstitious. The Tang army went to encircle and suppress the army. A meteorite fell from the sky and hit Chen Shuozhen's army. The rebel army believed that their destiny was no longer their destiny. Their morale collapsed instantly and almost all surrendered. This attack was launched by Li Zhi.
The uprising that took place shortly after he ascended the throne was suppressed.
But although Chen Shuozhen failed, the influence he left behind is still there. The foundation of Fang La's initial uprising is related to her. "In the Yonghui period of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Shuozhen, a woman from Muzhou, rebelled and called himself Emperor Wenjia. According to legend, there was an emperor in his place.
Wannian Tower, La Yi can rely on it to be confident."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! When later generations mention Fang La, they often regard him as the leader of Manichaeism, but in fact there is no substantial evidence to prove that Fang La is a Manichean, and there is no evidence to prove that
, the first thousand or so people he gathered for the uprising were Manichaeans.
What is more likely is that Fang La initially used the influence of Manichaeism to inspire people. Later, when his power expanded, he also attracted many real Manichaeans, and he was regarded as the most representative figure of the Manichean uprising.
To put it bluntly, it is a relationship of utilization and dependence.
The believers we see now are the real Manichaeans, that is, the disciples of the Mingzun Sect.
As he gradually went deeper, Li Yan also discovered that many men wearing hairpins appeared repeatedly, seeming to be patrolling and vigilant. The position and color of the hairpins they wore were regular and seemed to be quite well organized.
Ding Run didn't squint his eyes and explained in a low voice: "In the Mingzun religion, male believers like to wear wide robes, the first one wears a purple crown, the second one wears a red crown, the third one wears a green crown, and the female believers like to wear white clothes. Later,
They were tracked down a lot by the Imperial City Department, so they used hairpins to identify themselves and the enemy. They thought they were very hidden, and my master had long since found out..."
Li Yan nodded slightly: "In that case, would you like Judge Ding to step aside and let me go in first to investigate?"
Ding Run grinned and said: "How can we let Mr. Lin be in danger? It doesn't matter, they can't recognize me. Even if they do, it's just a matter of killing me!"
He did not wear an official robe, and rolled up his sleeves, revealing the tattoos on his arms. His Jianghuzi temperament was clearly highlighted, and he certainly did not look like a judge in Kaifeng Prefecture.
Of course, if someone was interested in recognizing his appearance, he would still be found out. Therefore, Ding Run straightened his sword, and the bones in his body rang slightly, showing a look of excitement.
Li Yan, with some pure curiosity, came to the address of the Imperial College student found by Zhao Mingcheng.
The door of the house was open, and the two of them walked in. They saw a shirtless young monk lying on a big stone in the front hall, his chest rising and falling, making a thunderous snoring sound, and two other men dressed as scholars.
People are playing chess.
Seeing Li Yan and Ding Run walking in, the two of them raised their heads. One of them stood up. He was also a tall man and came forward: "You two look very good. I wonder why you came to our courtyard?"
Li Yan said: "I wonder if Imperial Student Lu Xuezi is here?"
The scholar bowed his hands and said, "I am Lu Qing, whose courtesy name is Shi Nang. He was originally a disciple of the Imperial Academy, but has now dropped out. Could it be that you are looking for me?"
Li Yan nodded: "I'm Lin Chong, this is Ding Run. One of the Imperial College students was killed, and he came here to find out the situation. There were seven dropouts at that time. Is it because Wang Zhi and others bribed Dr. Guozijian to fraudulently get promoted? I'm afraid.
The scandal will be exposed and you will be forced to leave?"
Lu Shinang raised his brows and was a little surprised: "Your Excellency is very quick to speak, and you dare to speak out about such things. Yes, that's right!"
Ding Run simply asked: "So you killed the seven Wang Zhi people?"
Lu Shinang asked: "How did they die?"
Ding Run said: "He died in Imperial College with his head in a different place!"
Lu Shinang seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "I'm afraid it's a punishment from the gods, so that you two can know that seven of us were expelled, and we were discouraged and didn't dare to cause trouble. We only decided to stay away from Chen Yu and wanted to
Imitate what the former imperial student Yu Fan did, beat the drum and complain about injustice..."
Ding Runqi asked: "Is there such a thing? When did it happen?"
When he was in office, he did not receive such complaints. When Gongsun Zhao was appointed as a judge, he would not ignore such major events. Why was there no incident?
Lu Shinang was filled with sadness: "The petition on the first day was accepted by Judge Han of the Kaifeng government office. On the second day, Chen Yu wanted to go to the Kaifeng government office to find Judge Gongsun, but he was dragged into the Wuyou Cave on the way.
, on the third day in the backyard, we saw his dead head..."
At this point, the snoring behind him stopped, and the courtyard suddenly became quiet. Only Lu Shinang's chant-like voice could be heard: "I am an envoy to encourage good deeds, and I hope that sins will be wiped out. You two think, is this a punishment from the gods?"