One Piece of Song Dynasty

Bai Shizhong was a native of Shouxian County, Shouzhou. He was a Jinshi and held important positions such as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Youcheng of Shangshu, and Minister of Zhongshu. During the Zhenghe period, he once served as a spring official and was responsible for editing various auspicious events reported by local officials. He was very serious about his work, and when he couldn't describe the auspiciousness in words, he used pictures to express it. The Zheng He Rui Ying Ji and Zan he submitted were well received by Cai Jing, and Song Huizong also liked them very much. Later, he used them to rise to prominence. He has always had a good relationship with Cai Jing.

At a critical moment, Song Huizong let a scholar like Bai Shizhong, who only knew how to flatter, serve as prime minister. This can only show that there is indeed a problem with Song Huizong's employment of people. As a leader, the level of his leadership is often clearly reflected by the people he uses.

Left Prime Minister Li Bangyan, the so-called "Li Prodigal" and "Prodigal Prime Minister", is not a figure who "supports a building before it collapses and turns the tide before it falls." He was a Jinshi in the second year of Daguan. He was very handsome and "worked for Wenmin." He "grew up in the market, had obscene and despicable habits, was easy to deal with, was good at teasing and scolding, and could play Cuju. He often used street slang as lyrics and music, and people rushed to sing about it, calling himself Li Langzi."

In recent years, Li Bangyan and Wang Fu have been constantly competing for favor, and he has always opposed Wang Fu. Wang Fu advocated recovering Yanjing, but he opposed sending troops to the Northern Expedition. When Wang Fu accompanied Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty to perform banquets, he often went on stage to perform vulgar performances in person, "to entertain people with laughter", and "the prince heard about it and hated it". As a result, conflicts arose between Wang Fu and the prince Zhao Heng. Wang Fu saw that Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, was favored, so he secretly plotted to depose Zhao Heng and make Zhao Kai the crown prince. Li Bangyan responded tit-for-tat, unequivocally defended Zhao Heng's status as prince, and ultimately won.

Li Bangyan is a person with goals. When he was studying in Taixue, he studied diligently and achieved excellent results. He was promoted from an "outside student" to an "inside student", and then to a "shangshe student", until he was "top of the class" and "ranked in the class". After entering the officialdom, he was very sociable, good at flattery, good at dancing, and had both sides. His official position was constantly promoted. Starting from Secretary Provincial School Secretary, he was promoted step by step to Zhongshu Sheren, Hanlin Bachelor Chengzhi, Shangshu Youcheng, Shangshu Zuo. Cheng, until now serves as the left prime minister. He once said that he would "appreciate all the flowers in the world, play all the footballs in the world, and be an official in the world."

Now, Li Bangyan saw that although Wang Fu, the "general commander of the three provinces", had fallen out of favor, he had not yet resigned, so he secretly conspired with Cai You in private to impeach and remove Wang Fu.

Wang Fu fell out of favor not entirely because of his oversight in recommending Tan Zhen. In fact, there was another, perhaps more important, reason, which was that Song Huizong suddenly discovered that Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng were neighbors, and the two families had a secret relationship. Tong, Song Huizong "began to understand its intersection". In any dynasty, it was taboo for ministers to associate with servants, and the emperor was very sensitive to this.

Court officials were not allowed to associate with eunuchs, and eunuchs should not associate with court officials. This was an important principle in the Song Dynasty to prevent eunuchs from monopolizing power. According to regulations, if the two interact with each other, they will be punished. However, during the Huizong period of the Song Dynasty, especially since Xuanhe, it has become a common custom for eunuchs to associate with court officials. At that time, almost all scholar-bureaucrats rushed to the door of eunuchs. "It became a common practice to get along with each other, and they were all proud to serve as eunuchs." All powerful eunuchs have a family like a city. They "establish their own families, receive bribes from the public, and sell official titles."

Since regaining Yanjing, Wang Fu has become "more ambitious". It was the eleventh month of the fifth year of Xuanhe's reign. Wang Fu told Song Huizong that a jade tree appeared on his screen, "please give me a blessing." Song Huizong was very curious, so he came to visit Wang Fu's mansion. Wang Fu's residence was also given by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. It is located outside Yiqiu Gate in the west district of the capital, across the street from Liang Shicheng's residence. The two families opened a private door to communicate with each other. Song Huizong first went to Liang Shicheng's house from Bianmen, and then returned to Wang Fu's house to view Yuzhi.

At this time, Wang Fu went out alone, "passed the decree and gave orders, and dismissed all the attendants. Then all the squadrons of the Imperial Guard were eager to see him, and began to thank him for his kindness, but refused to disperse because of the large carriage." Hearing the commotion outside, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, with the support of Liang Shicheng and Tan Zhen, walked out of the courtyard gate and "approved" the attendants and officials, and the imperial guards finally calmed down a little.

That night, Song Huizong was so drunk at Wang Fu's house that he could no longer speak and fell into a trance. It was not until five o'clock in the night that Song Huizong woke up. Song Huizong did not go back through the palace gate, but ordered that a wall connecting Longde Palace and the palace be opened. "After passing through the small gate, more than ten servants were waiting to receive them." "No one from the three government guards was allowed to enter." .

The atmosphere inside the palace was very tense. "It was night, and all the classes were gathering for teaching. Unprepared, something might happen."

Due to excessive drinking, Song Huizong was still unable to go to the imperial palace the next morning. Soon the truth was revealed and "people's hearts began to feel at ease." The impact of this incident was very bad. "Since our ancestors, there has never been any luck."

The reason why Song Huizong got drunk was probably because he felt that Wang Fu had let him down too much and was in a bad mood, so he got drunk. At the beginning, Song Huizong defied all opinions and promoted Wang Fu. It can be said that he had high hopes for him. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty also gave Wang Fu the highest treatment. "The amount of kindness was different from that of others." He not only gave him a mansion, but also personally named his mansion "Dexianzhiding" and even personally inscribed him with "Zhixianzhiding". There are seven monuments including Gengtang, Gaolutang, Chongguang Pavilion, Shifeng Pavilion, Laoshan Pavilion, Rongguangzhai and Yin'an.

Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng were both good at performing in front of Song Huizong. Wang Fu was outstandingly intelligent and eloquent. He was good at seizing power and making money, and was also good at flattery, and gradually won the trust of Song Huizong. Liang Shicheng had a different style. He was stupid, humble, honest and kind. He could not be said to be ignorant, but he was good at observing people's emotions and experienced in dealing with things. He also won the favor of Song Huizong. In recent years, the two of them sang and harmonized in front of Song Huizong, and they were both obedient and negative, which caused great harm to Song Huizong.

After Song Huizong got drunk, Wang Fu not only completely fell out of favor, but his political life was about to come to an end.

Soon, He Li, the -year-old imperial censor Zhongcheng Shi, came forward. He impeached Wang Fu in a seven-chapter poem, listing crimes against Wang Fu, including being treacherous and tyrannical, acting in a secretive way, forming cliques for personal gain, taking advantage of others, and being arrogant and extravagant. Ask the imperial court to remove Wang Fu and punish him according to law.

He Li, courtesy name Wen Zhen, was born in Renshou, Xianjingjian, Sichuan Province. He was the first scholar in the fifth year of Zhenghe's reign and was the number one scholar. He was favored by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. He first served as secretary and provincial school secretary, and later his official position gradually increased. Because of his erudition, strong memory, integrity and outspokenness, Song Huizong arranged for him to serve as the chief of the Yushitai, Yushi Zhongcheng.