Zhang Fangping had served as the Third Secretary-General before, and had been in charge of local military affairs. He was also one of the top three people in the Song Dynasty.
He was killed without anyone noticing.
The story begins with a businessman in the capital named Liu Baoheng. This Liu Baoheng ran a liquor store and owed the government more than one million Wen. After the Third Division sent officials to supervise him, Liu Baoheng said, "How about this?"
Use the house to pay off the debt. The official followed him to the house and saw that the ground was very good and the house was very luxurious. Someone wanted to sell it for two million, so he agreed.
After returning, the official in charge of the auction thought that his envoy had not found a suitable place to live since he returned to Beijing and was still renting a house, so he asked the envoy if he wanted one.
Zhang Fangping heard that the house was good, and asked his family to take a look. He found that it was worth the money, so he bought the house. Unexpectedly, before he could live in it for a day, Liu Baoheng's aunt went to Kaifeng Mansion to file a complaint.
Liu Baoheng is not a descendant of the Liu family, but a scoundrel who has no right to sell off the Liu family's ancestral property.
After the Kaifeng Prefecture sent people to investigate, it was found that what Liu Baoheng's aunt said was true. As a result, Zhang Fangping, the third official who purchased Liu Baoheng's house, became a figure at the forefront and was highly suspected.
Bao Zheng had just become Yushi Zhongcheng at that time and was about to launch a campaign to clean up the corrupt officialdom of the imperial court. Seeing Zhang Fangping taking advantage of his position to embezzle people's wealth, how could he let this big fish go? He immediately wrote a letter to impeach Zhang Fangping, accusing him of being personally involved.
He is the third envoy, but he takes advantage of others' danger and buys the houses of the wealthy people under his jurisdiction at a low price. It is shameless and shocking. Such a villain. The court entrusts him with a big responsibility and puts him in a high position. He will definitely bring disaster to the country and the people! One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Many officials immediately followed him.
Therefore, Zhang Fangping had no choice but to resign. Fu Bi naturally wanted to persuade him to stay, saying that Zhang Xianggong was at best a momentary oversight, not a moral issue, and should not be pursued excessively.
But Zhang Fangping had already smelled the danger and knew that if he stayed, he was afraid that his reputation would be ruined. The court could not retain him, so it had to appoint him as the prefect of Chenzhou. Before leaving, Zhang Fangping said to Fu Bi: "I have been betrayed by traitors."
If there is harm, please do it yourself.
These words reached Bao Zheng's ears. Bao Heizi also came to his senses... He found that he was being used by others. People knew that he had a bad temper, so they set up this game to frame Zhang Fangping.
.
Bao Zheng regretted it very much, but it was a done deal and could not be changed. He could only try to make amends.
At this time, the new three ministers were appointed, and Song Qi, the Minister of Rites, succeeded him. Some people were happy now, because the old Song Dynasty was against disarmament.
Sure enough, as soon as Song Qi came to power, he went against the rich Xianggong. Unless the imperial court was only temporarily in financial difficulty due to natural disasters, it would be better in a few years. The chain of disarmament was suddenly loosened, and the rich Xianggong was in an embarrassing situation.
However, the disarmament move has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the civil servants naturally support disarmament and expenditure reduction. Song Qi's words and deeds aroused the dissatisfaction of many officials. More importantly, Zhang Fangping lost his official position just because of a moment of indiscretion.
.And Song Qi's official reputation was much worse than him... Officials immediately exposed Song Qi's background and impeached him for squandering public funds, spending too much on banquets, and living a luxurious life when he was a local official.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The famous "Hongxing Shangshu" was a great scholar who was ranked number one in the imperial examination, but was placed behind his elder brother by the Empress Dowager Liu. Song Qi was poor when he was young, but as soon as he succeeded, he became famous all over the world, and his life became increasingly luxurious.
Like beautiful women.
Of course, this is human nature, and there are only a few saints who do not enjoy it even if they have the conditions. However, high-profile people like Song Qi are rare. He often holds banquets in his mansion, with heavy curtains on the outside and double curtains on the inside.
Treasure torches were set up, songs and dances followed one after another, and the guests drank, sang and danced inside from morning to night. They accidentally opened the curtain and were surprised to find that it was already the early morning of the next day! Therefore, Song Qi's residence was also called "Buxiaotian".
Song Qi could turn even boring work into a delicious enjoyment. When he was in Yizhou, he was ordered to study the "New Book of Tang Dynasty" with Ouyang Xiu. Compiling history was very difficult, and Ouyang Xiu was so tired that he was sick.
Just know it.
However, Song Qi was different. After the banquet, he always asked people to light huge candles all over the room, and the concubines polished the ink, spread the paper, and added incense...
And he is not low-key at all, and even deliberately opens the courtyard door to let the people passing by on the street come and watch.
Under the bright giant candle, surrounded by green beads, and surrounded by fragrant clothes and shadows on the temples, Song Qi was calm and relaxed, swiping ink, and passers-by were envious, sighing that Song Shangshu lived such a fairy-like life!
One day, there was a rare heavy snowfall in Chengdu, so he added curtains to the house and placed two giant stoves in the room. The room was as warm as spring. Surrounded by many concubines, Song Qi rubbed his ink and unfolded the Chengxintang papyrus one by one.
, writing slowly. Halfway through writing, he breathed hot air, rubbed his hands, looked around at the concubines, and asked happily: "Have any of the masters you served in the past been as elegant as me?"
The concubines in the Song Dynasty were all contracted for three to five years, and it was common for them to serve seven or eight masters in their career. So there is no need to make a fuss about Su Dongpo giving away his concubines or exchanging horses. This is the social custom. Do you think Da Su will do it?
Will you give your wife away?
The concubines flattered him and replied sweetly together: "No way, we have never seen him!"
Song Qi also knew that they were trying to flatter him, so he asked a singer who worked at a certain Taiwei's house: "What would your Taiwei usually do when encountering this kind of weather?"
The singer covered her mouth and smiled and said: "He is just holding a small stove, watching people singing and dancing, doing some drama, and getting drunk. How can he be as elegant as a scholar?" Unexpectedly, Song Qi listened and actually
He sighed and said, "Isn't this good?" Then he stopped writing and covered up his papers, drank heavily, listened to female musicians, and stayed up all night. From then on, he often behaved like this...
After returning to the capital, Song Qi still didn't know how to restrain himself. He often lit lanterns and entertained singing prostitutes and drank drunkenly. At this time, his brother Song Xiang was involved in political affairs. He couldn't stand his behavior and asked someone to tell Song Qi: 'I heard that
The lantern banquet last night was extremely luxurious. I wonder if you still remember when I was learning to eat pickles and rice in the same state?'
Song Qi laughed loudly when he heard this and said: 'My lord, I wonder why you ate pickled vegetables and rice back then?'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Letting such a person who uses public funds for private use and lives a luxurious life to be in charge of the national treasury is not equivalent to letting rats watch the granary? As a result, amidst the opposition of hundreds of officials, Song Qi left before his buttocks were hot. And the main force in impeaching him was
, still Bao Zheng.
After Song Qi went down, the officials were also annoyed. Old Bao, if you don't like anyone, then you will be the one!
So Lao Bao changed from Attorney General to Finance Minister...
Now Lao Bao was embarrassed, as if he was impeaching others to clear the way for himself, and he had no excuse. Sure enough, he was impeached before he took office, and it was a heavyweight-a generation of war gods.
Ouyang Xiu, the leader of the literary world, fired at him.
Ouyang Xiu believed that although Bao Zheng was an upright person, honest and self-disciplined, selfless and talented, scholar-bureaucrats should value righteousness over profit, cherish honor and honor, and despise official status. But Bao Zheng did the exact opposite. He aggressively attacked Zhang Fangping, the envoy of the Third Secretary, forcing him to
Zhang Fangping stepped down; Song Qi had just taken over, and he spared no effort to criticize Song Qi's mistakes. After Song Qi was dismissed, he became the third envoy. This has to make people suspect that Bao Zheng is a treacherous villain. If the officials insist on
If Bao Zheng is appointed as the third envoy, then the purpose of the ancestors in appointing admonishers will be ruined!
But the officials did not adopt Ouyang Xiu's opinion. After a while, Bao Zheng took office...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Old Bao is willing to sacrifice himself." Ouyang Xiu praised Bao Zheng, whom he had impeached, in front of his disciples: "He impeached Song Qi to save disarmament, and he became the envoy to save disarmament."
After a pause, he said: "He was worried that he would repeat the mistakes of the previous two terms, so he came to me privately and asked me to impeach him first."
"That's it..." Chen Ke suddenly realized. Bao Zheng's move is called fighting poison with poison, which is the same as vaccination. Ouyang Xiu's impeachment actually opened up Bao Zheng. Ninety percent is good, only 10% is bad, and the officials have already
I'm tired of having to change ministers like a revolving door, so naturally I won't change people just because of this.
In this way, it would be ineffective for other officials to use this matter to attack Bao Zheng. Besides, Bao Zheng was blameless and could naturally secure his position as minister.
"With Lao Bao's support, Mr. Fu's disarmament plan can finally be implemented!" Ouyang Xiudao: "Of course, those people will not sit still and wait for death. They made three moves in total."
"What three moves?"
"The first move was to exaggerate the tense situation between Song and Liao, prompting the imperial court to dispatch heavy troops to the north." Ouyang Xiudao: "The troops preparing for battle will naturally be safe. In this way, they can keep their close relatives."
"No wonder, when passing by Hebei Road, I found that it seemed to be in a battle situation." Chen Ke suddenly said: "But the military is lax and has no intention of fighting."
"The second step is to put the Forbidden Army, especially the Forbidden Army stationed in Beijing, on the disarmament list." Ouyang Xiu continued: "The Forbidden Army is the foundation for the emperor to control the world, and there is no room for chaos. Moreover, Bianjing is a military city, with more than half of the population
, if it is not the military but also the military dependents, if their jobs are affected, the capital will naturally be uneasy. If chaos continues, I am afraid that not only the rich husband will step down, but no one will dare to mention disarmament in the future, right?"
"Isn't this too bold?" Chen Ke said in shock: "The emperor will not tolerate the army's rebellion!"
"There is no need for the army to be in chaos. It is enough for the military members to be in chaos." Ouyang Xiu said calmly: "The third move is that they also use the harem route."
segmentation
There are two more updates.
{Piaotian Literature www.ptwxz.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our biggest motivation}