Xia Shu and Wen Yanbo, the two people's evaluations in the history of the Song Dynasty were two extremes, but they had one thing in common, that is, they both pleased the woman named Zhang. A small detail: The reason why Wen Yanbo took the initiative to attack Beizhou was that Zhang Meiren secretly handed out a sentence - the emperor was very worried, whoever could quell the rebellion would be the prime minister! Only then did Master Wen volunteer...

After the assassination of the palace, she was grandly introduced to the entire country by the emperor: it was her, and only she saved me that night!

This makes people wonder. In official history, everyone said that Empress Cao solved the crisis with one hand, why did a beauty Zhang suddenly appear? But Zhao Zhen didn't care. At this time and later, he kept emphasizing on formal occasions: That night was really dangerous, and there was only one person always with him. It was her, my beauty Zhang, especially rare, that she was not present at the time and came to save him! I was very moved when I saw the true love in times of adversity!

After saying this, Lord Xia immediately knew the direction of his progress. He said 8 words with great knowledge, "It is important to respect the ritual of respecting other people." At that time, the other ministers present were silent. Those who knew didn't speak, and those who didn't understand quickly flipped the book. Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong probably really didn't understand what Xia Shu was saying, so he temporarily consulted the Hanlin scholar of the empire and realized that this was to promote Zhang Meiren. The bachelor reminded him: There were examples of this kind of thing before. The Han Dynasty emperor took the palace concubine to hunt, and a bear suddenly rushed out, and a concubine named Feng stood up and blocked the emperor, saving the emperor's life. How is Zhang Meiren's contribution compared to it now? If you agree, with Empress Cao, respecting Zhang Meiren? This indecent infatuation will fall on you in the future!

Chen Zhizhong thought about it and decided not to trek into this muddy water. Xia Shuo, you say it yourself, I didn't hear anything. The matter of that day ended like this. Meiren Zhang had to wait for her promotion until half a year later, she finally soared into the sky, from the second-to-last fourth-grade beauty to the first-grade imperial concubine!

On the 27th, Wang Ze was killed. On the 29th, Zhang Deyi, the governor of Beizhou, was abandoned.

On February 5, the eunuch Yang Huaimin was demoted to the next level.

In February, three months after Li Yuanhao died, his posthumous son was finally born on the banks of Liangcha River. He named Li Liangzuo the homonym of "Li Liangzuo", which was the youngest emperor of Xixia who was unprecedented in world history and had no future. Mozang Epang's shocking bet finally won. He became the actual master of the highest power of the Western Xia Kingdom with his uncle and prime minister (sometimes it is very terrible imagination: if the Mozang family gave birth to a baby girl, how should Mozang Epang end?) The first thing he wanted to do was to report the demise to the Song Dynasty and the Khitan respectively in the name of Li Liangzuo, and request a title.

On April 1, the Song Dynasty sent Ren Zhuan to Xixia to enthrone Li Liangzuo as the ruler of Xia.

On the 3rd, Ding Du, the assistant minister, was dismissed. He was recommended by Wen Yanbo and Ming Hao was appointed as the assistant minister.

On the 10th, Zhao Shu's eldest son Zhao Xu (the future Emperor Shenzong of Song) was born in the Pu Palace.

On May 24, the Privy Councilor Xia Shun was demoted from the capital and went to Henan Prefecture to become an official. Reason? The sun was not cloudy in the sky recently, and the earthquake occurred five times in a row. Xia Shun was responsible! Who made him a recognized evil?

But if you analyze carefully, in connection with Xia Shu's performance in the palace assassination case, the only explanation is that he was involved too deeply. The water involved in this case is too deep, so it can be concluded from this: the person who has been suppressing the process of solving the case and even ordered the last witness to be killed the next day is the emperor himself! There are three evidences: 1. Can be successfully suppressed, only the emperor! If someone else is there, the Song Dynasty will be endless troubles, and that person will have a second and third action. 2. Afterwards, the Song Dynasty was very calm, and there was no accident in and outside the emperor's bedroom. 3. Different encounters between Zhang Meiren and Xia Shu.

Lord Xia, there is one thing you should remember: the leader is good to you, and you should not be too nice to the leader. You will always be just a subordinate and an outsider! Okay! You no longer have a chance in this life... I hope someone like you will have a next life!

On the same day, Song Xiang was appointed as Privy Councilor. The next day, Pang Ji was changed from the deputy Privy Councilor of the Western Prefecture to serve as the Chief Minister of the Eastern Prefecture.

After this personnel transfer, the biggest natural disaster in Chinese history: the Yellow River’s major change of course!

On June 6, 1048, the Yellow River broke the dike in Shanghu, Chanzhou Prefecture, with a bursting mouth nearly one mile wide, and the turbid waves were empty! The yellow water rolled over the northern part of the Central Plains! An unprecedented catastrophe! The Yellow River was redirected at such a level, and only 8 times in the entire Chinese history, ranking first this time! Even surpassing the Huayuankou dike when Chairman Jiang used explosives during the Anti-Japanese War! The surging Yellow River water changed northward, passed through the east of Neihuang in Henan, west of Daming in Hebei, crossed the Hebei Plain, merged into the Yuhe River (now the South Canal), and then entered the sea through the Jiehe River (now the Haihe River)...

Not to mention ancient times, even modern times, there is no way to deal with this level of disaster. Back to the Song Dynasty, when I was in the face of the great catastrophe, I could only let it go. The Yellow River water swept across the Central Plains, and it flowed as much as it wanted. All it could do was wait until it had flowed enough, and then talk about something else...

After the water volume decreases, the disaster relief operation begins! In theory, this is a great opportunity for the famous members of the Renzong Dynasty, which is known as countless stars. We should contribute to the people with passion! Sorry! Looking at the whole incident, it is a classic joke...

As mentioned earlier, the Yellow River diverted this time and passed through Daming Prefecture, where there was a big man: former Prime Minister Jia Changchao. He proposed to restore the old road and let the Yellow River take the original road. The specific method was to use the Jingdong Prefecture Army to build the old embankment of the Yellow River, divert the river water back to the east, and block the Shanghukou. This way, we can restore the original state of the areas before the breaking.

The opposition is another former deputy prime minister, Ding Du, who is a rational man who starts from reality. He reminded him how much this "work" is. The day before yesterday, Huazhou broke through the embankment, which is far less serious than this time. It took more than three years to start construction. Now in such a serious situation in Shanghukou, how do you have to mobilize the people to achieve the goal of "everything"? Therefore, the so-called "everything" is simply unrealistic! Lord Ding proposed to let it go first, and even dig the river again, so that the water flows more and faster, even if it is flooded more seriously. In this way, the materials and personnel have been prepared almost all the time, and then they will make the idea of ​​how to block the gap...

Prime Minister Ding is very steady, Prime Minister Jia is very angry: Lao Ding, you seem to be appropriate, but in fact it is a mistake! Prime Minister Jia took out a carefully prepared picture, which marked the location of the Yellow River diversion in Luochuan, Henglong, Shanghu and other areas. According to the overall geographical terrain, the only correct solution is to restore the old road and block Shanghu! To achieve this, he said that more than 10 million stagnation of funds will be required, and 100,000 migrant workers and soldiers will be mobilized, and overtime work day and night will be completed in 100 days!

The problem can be completely solved in 100 days? It's so tempting! The emperor was very moved, the victims were very excited, but the ministers didn't think so. Each of them had their own opinions.

In the days that followed, many river management plans emerged. There were Jia's restoration of the old path, Ding Xiang's slow treatment, and some experts came to a river-reducing method. They had to use a tributary of the Yellow River to drain the disaster-stricken floods. This would not only cost tens of millions to practice the old path, but also adapt to nature. They did not force the Yellow River. They could walk as they wanted, so that they would be safe! What's more, after a few days, after the quarrel between the Renzong Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu returned to Beijing, the struggle would instantly become hot and hot. He would count the heads and knock them one by one - you bad people, shut up and listen to me! My method is always the most correct!

How many plans are there? The troubles are always there, and people's livelihood is wasted. If you want to know what happens next, let's talk slowly. State it in advance: It's not that I want to be slow, but that they have too high desire to quarrel and the process is too long. It was 1048, and by 1060, this matter has not been achieved...

On June 26, Ming Hao, who had been in charge of political affairs for more than 80 days, suffered a cervical dysfunction on his back and died the next day.

On October 17, Zhang Meiren became Concubine Zhang. In this matter, Wang Zhi, the censor, was awarded a huge amount of gold coins. Concubine Zhang also said to others, "Zhi, my censor is the censor." In the enthronement ceremony of Concubine Zhang, she wanted Wang Zhi to support the gold book. However, the prime minister believed that this matter could not be done by the censor. So on November 21, Wang Zhi was promoted to Tianzhang Pavilion to be under the control of the system.

On the 23rd, the Khitan Crown Prince Yelu Chongyuan received a gold coupon, and his son Nilugu was awarded the title of King of Chu. Xingzong once promised to be the king of Chu after a thousand years of longevity. He also used the city as a bet, and the brothers and two Lu were against each other. Unexpectedly, the emperor had a bad luck in gambling and had lost several cities before and after, and none of the court officials dared to advise. On this day, the two brothers wanted to meet each other again, and the actor Luo Yi came forward to sarcasm, which made Xingzong awaken and dared not play such a game again.

In the first year of Huangyou (1049), the Emperor Xingzong of Liao, perhaps Yelu Zongzhen, wanted to report the humiliation of the defeated army more than four years ago? Perhaps he wanted to destroy it in one fell swoop during the chaos of the Western Xia Kingdom. He also wanted to personally conquer Xixia. So on January 5, he detained the envoys of Xixia Kingdom who came to celebrate the New Year. On the 6th, Xiao Weixin was sent to the Song Dynasty to inform the Great Khitan that he would conquer Xixia again.

On June 1, Zong Zhen appointed Xiao Hui as the coach of the south and Xiao Xiaoyou, and Tiebu is the deputy general. Yelu Di Lu Gu is the coach of the north and Zong Zhen himself is the coach of the middle and is preparing to conquer the Western Xia in three armies.

On the 21st, Hanlin scholar Song Qi was ordered to revise the Book of Tang

On July 7, Yelu Zongzhen personally set out with the crown prince Yelu Chongyuan and the king of the North Court Yelu Renxian as the vanguard. On August 1, the army crossed the river and entered Xixia, but unexpectedly, no one of the Xixia troops fled. Helplessly, Xingzong could only lead the middle army back to the country.

On the 2nd, the river was in trouble for more than a year, but Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong had no solution and said nothing. He stopped the prime minister! Wen Yanbo was promoted to Prime Minister. Privy Councilor Song Xiang was promoted to Prime Minister, Privy Councilor Gao Ruona was promoted to Chief Political Affairs, General Pang Ji was promoted to Privy Councilor General, and Liang Shi was promoted to Deputy Privy Councilor General. On September 5, Concubine Zhang's uncle Zhang Yaozuo became the third highest official and third envoy of the Song Dynasty! This appointment caused a great uproar in the court and the country! From the time of the supervisor Chen Xu, until November of the following year, Zhang Yaozuo was dismissed from the Three Divisions envoys, and countless people would continue to report countless impeachment memorials! The most famous of them was Bao Zheng Bao (to be honest: the biggest thing Bao Zheng did in history was to continuously impeach the imperial concubine's uncle, the Three Division envoys Zhang Yaozuo, not those magical Kaifeng Prefecture's case-breaking matters. Those were basically fictional)

Then let’s impeach it slowly... But now the Yellow River is diverted, and the biggest rebellion of the Renzong Dynasty has also broken out. What is more urgent than catching the concubine and uncle? But 99% of the Song Dynasty bureaucrats are only eyeing Zhang Yaozuo’s impeachment at this time! Can the remaining 1% handle the major redirection of the Yellow River, and will the Nong Zhigao rebellion be such a real big thing?

On the 15th, the Guangnan West Road Transport Author reported the news of the Guangyuanman rebellion to the court. South of the Yangtze River, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it was a huge, rich, simple and large granary that could be exploited at will. Northerners firmly believe that that land and the people on that land were just docile sheep. Their mission was to work hard and use abundant production to maintain the prosperity of major northern cities... As for rebellion, it was impossible!

Reason? It’s very simple. It’s not that the majesty that Pan Mei and Cao Bin made the southerners dare not resist. But to think far away: the cowardly Southern Tang and the cruel Southern Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties could bear such inferior rule. Now, bathed in the harmonious sunshine of the Song Dynasty, how could anyone think of rebellion?

In theory, it was true, but in southern China, there were places that the Song Dynasty could not control. That was the area of ​​Guangxi today. There were some barbarians living in the "Siguanzhou" at that time. They were called Xiyuan Man, Guangyuan Man, and Xidong Man. It sounded very strange? They collectively called "Zhuang"! They are the ancestors of the Zhuang people whose population is second only to the Han people! During the Song Dynasty, they had four major surnames: Huang, Wei, Zhou, and Nong. The incident occurred with the "Nong" family. The Nong family lived in Guangyuanzhou for many years, and the upper reaches of the Yujiang River, and the scope of activities was in the deep mountains. The closest military stronghold to the Song Dynasty was Yongzhou, but it was still too far away. In addition, the deep mountains and forests were not produced, so they had been allowed to go there. Just live whatever they wanted! As long as you recognize the Song Dynasty, you will be free!

But this does not mean that the Nong people are really happy. Because there is Jiaozhi Kingdom in the south (now Vietnam). The Tang Dynasty was always Chinese territory before, and it was independent from the Southern Han during the Five Dynasties. Zhao Kuangyin was a brainless person, and Pan Mei was lazy for a while, so he did not move forward after destroying the Southern Han. Jiaozhi was established. The narrow country and pitifully few resources determined the temperament of this new small country. Until now, they were poor and arrogant! Especially in the Song Dynasty, they took advantage of it and never picked weight and lost weight. They accepted everything they wanted, including the Nong people hiding in the deep mountains and dense forests...
Chapter completed!