The fourth year of Shaosheng's reign was a troubled period for the Song Dynasty, and the Liao Kingdom in the north and the Xixia Kingdom in the northwest were actually not at peace either.
After Emperor Daozong of the Liao Dynasty Yelu Hongji ascended the throne, the Liao Kingdom experienced four relatively major political events. First, his uncle Yelu Chongyuan conspired to seize power and seize power, but ended up being defeated and committing suicide; second, his Yide Queen Xiao Guanyin
Yelu Yixin falsely accused her of having an affair with the actor Zhao Weiyi, but Yelu Hongji did not investigate the matter and forced the queen to commit suicide. This is known as the Shixiangci injustice case in history. Thirdly, his prince Yelu Jun was falsely accused by Yelu Yixin of plotting to seize the throne.
As a result, he was brutally imprisoned and assassinated by people sent by Yelu Yixin; fourth, Yelu Yixin attempted to kill the emperor's grandson Yelu Yanxi, but failed and fled and was executed by Yelu Hongji. These four major events spanned nearly twenty years and were serious.
The political foundation of the Liao Kingdom was shaken. All kinds of suspicions were prevalent in the Liao Kingdom, and everyone was in danger. However, after the Liao Kingdom had just emerged from the rebellion plotted by Yelu Yixin and his party members, Liao Dao was diligent in his administration when he first came to the throne.
Zong Yelu Hongji began to pursue pleasure. He was fatuous, could not distinguish between loyal and traitor, and was obsessed with drinking and sex. He also believed in Buddhism, widely printed Buddhist scriptures and built temples and pagodas, wasting people and money, which intensified social conflicts in the Liao Kingdom and led to rebellion in the Liao Kingdom.
They began to appear one after another, which exhausted the Liao army and made the Liao country begin to turn from strength to decline.
At this time, the domestic situation in Xixia was almost the same as that of the Song Dynasty when Zhao Xu came to power. In the first year of Yuanyou, which was the first year of Tian'an Liding (1086), Li Bingchang came to the throne after the death of Li Bingchang, who was only three years old.
, it was also the dictatorship of the mother party. Her mother, Queen Liang, the daughter of Liang Yimi, was respected as the Queen Mother and served as regent. She and her uncle Liang Yibu were good at governing. Before Li Qianshun came to power in the first year of Yong'an (1099), the Liang brothers and sisters
He had controlled the government for many years, and framed and squeezed out Li Bingchang's old cronies and veterans. In order to ease domestic social conflicts, he followed the example of the previous dynasty and resorted to militarism. He invaded and invaded the borders of the Song Dynasty for many years, which led to constant small-scale wars and wars between Song and Xia.
, to divert the domestic crisis. Liang Yibu was arrogant and domineering, and loved to take power. In October of the fifth year of God's blessing for the people (1094), Liang Yibu conspired to rebel and was killed by the chief leaders Weiming Awu, Renduo Baozhong and others. During the reign of the Liang family, Xixia politics
Corruption and the army gradually weakened, so that they did not gain any advantage in the repeated disputes with the Song Dynasty.
But within the Song Dynasty, another comical drama was staged in the court hall!
In mid-June of the fourth year of Shaosheng (1097), when Wu Zhi was demoted from the capital, the new party led by Zhang Chun and An Chun organized the "Tongwen Guan Prison" and once again planned a major attack on the old
Party events.
The incident originated from Liu Zhi. When Lu Dafang was prime minister, Wen Yanbo's son Wen Ji was in mourning. He had been impeached by Liu Zhi and was transferred out. This time, he was afraid that he would not be able to return to the capital to serve as a capital official except after the funeral, so he wrote to his friend Xing Shu,
There are vague words such as "Everyone knows Sima Zhao's intention, he uses Fenkun to help him, and his friends are misaligned, and he wants to use Sima Zhao as a happy place." Xing Shu originally knew what it meant, but he instigated the late
Cai Wei, the son of New Party leader Cai Que, reported to the court, using this book as evidence that Liu Zhi and Lu Dafang framed Cai Bian and planned to depose the emperor and endanger the country.
Cai Que was demoted and exiled to Lingnan by the old party headed by Liu Zhi because of the "Chegaiting Poetry Case" and died there. His son Cai Wei was also implicated. In order to take refuge, he hid in a temple in Guangxi.
He hid for seven years, until Zhao Xu came to power and the new party came to power, and then he ran back to the capital, intending to take revenge. After being tortured and exhorted, Cai Wei tried his best to seize the opportunity to get close to Zhao Xu, cry out and frame him.
Therefore, Zhao Xu was furious and ordered Zhang Dun and An Dun to investigate the matter thoroughly. Zhang Dun suggested that Cai Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, try the case and capture Liu Zhi, who had been demoted to Dingzhou in Lingnan, back to Tongwen Hall. Tongwen Hall is
The posthouse that received envoys from Goryeo and Qingtang was not a prison, but because it was often idle, it was used as a place for Cai Jing to interrogate Liu Zhi. This is why this case is called "Tongwenguan Prison."
The imperial court imprisoned Tongwen Guan, and Cai Jingxian arrested Wen Jifu and interrogated the matter. Both Wenjifu and Wenjifu denied that the letter did not mention Liu Zhi's conspiracy to depose the emperor.
Therefore, Cai Jing found Xing Shu to confront him again. Xing Shu was frightened and feared that he would be implicated, so he lied and claimed that the letter at that time had been lost. He only insisted that Liu Zhi had indeed planned to dethrone the emperor with Empress Dowager Gao, and asked Cai Jing to thoroughly investigate this matter.
case.
Cai Jing had no choice but to torture Liu Zhi and force Liu Zhi to tell the truth. However, no matter how severely Cai Jing tortured him, Liu Zhi still had the guts to insist that he had no intention of deposing the emperor, and Cai Jing could not ask anything at all.
The case involved many people and took several months, but no real evidence was found. The Queen Mother personally petitioned Zhe Zong to dismiss the case. As a result, Wen Jifu was released; Liu Zhi and his descendants were exiled to Lingnan Xinzhou and imprisoned in Lingnan forever.
Soon Liu Zhi died unjustly; Cai Jing and Zhang Dun were rewarded, and the case was settled.
But the case was not over. A year later, in the middle of the first year of Yuanfu, when Zhang Dun and others were liquidating the old party, they again settled the score on Liu Zhi and framed Liu Zhi and Chen, the eunuch next to Empress Dowager Gao.
Yan and Zhang Shiliang once planned to depose the emperor together. Since Liu Zhi was dead, there was no evidence of his death. Chen Yan was demoted to Yazhou in Lingnan and was ordered to be executed there by Emperor Zhezong Zhao Xu. Zhang Shiliang was captured by Cai Jing and was taken back to the court for trial.
He was tortured severely. Zhang Shiliang was also very courageous and unwilling to betray his master. He gritted his teeth and refused to admit it, crying, "The Emperor and Queen Mother cannot be falsely accused, how can the gods of heaven and earth be deceived!" Later, he died tragically in prison.
The bustle in the world is all for benefit; the hustle and bustle in the world is all for benefit.
It would be really terrible if the fights between people were marked as party struggles. People would often do anything for their own selfish interests. They would lose all their hearts and minds and act like mad dogs, biting people everywhere.
Wu Zhi was far away from the temple and was indifferent to people, so he could only watch with cold eyes. But in his heart, he hated Zhang Chun, An Chun, Cai Jing and other so-called New Party members. At the same time, he secretly warned himself that when Zhao Xu was in power,
You must not have any contact with the old party members for a few years, no matter how much you sympathize with them.
He is now like a larva waiting to transform from a cocoon into a butterfly. He can only lie dormant quietly and slowly accumulate strength, so that one day he can finally break out of the cocoon.
Before the soldiers and horses come out, food and grass go first. What Wu Zhi can do now is to quietly make a fortune, control more money, and secretly cultivate his own strength.
After the production and sales of the Zhuangyuan series of wines gradually improved, Wu Zhi continued to experiment and improve perfumes, and at the same time began to develop laundry soaps and toilet soaps. With the blessing of alcohol and perfume, the laundry soaps and toilet soaps he produced had a
It has a very fragrant smell. After multiple purifications, the laundry soap and toilet soap he obtained are whiter and more beautiful in color.
In the process of making soap, Wu Zhi also obtained a small amount of glycerin, which is also a good treasure and can be used to make skin care products and nitroglycerin, but nitroglycerin is very dangerous, and Wu Zhi does not have nitric acid and sulfuric acid in his hands now, so he
Nitroglycerin cannot be made. Skin care products can be made. Adding some essence to them will give you a good fragrance effect. With the help of alcohol, making essence is much simpler.
Out of curiosity, after Wu Zhi purified a large amount of pure potassium nitrate, he deliberately kept a few hundred kilograms that had not been mixed into gunpowder and kept it. He wanted to keep it to make ice cubes!
Wu Zhi tried it once. When he threw a sufficient amount of potassium nitrate into the water and stirred it to dissolve, within a while, thick ice cubes actually formed in the water. The experiment was very successful.
But after purifying a large amount of potassium nitrate, it was already autumn, the weather was getting cooler, and there were more things at hand, so Wu Zhi did not disclose the secret, so he has not yet used ice at home.
Wu Zhi felt that there was no need to use ice cubes. It was too luxurious. The people around the capital who could use ice cubes at that time were all rich and distinguished people, and ordinary people could not use it at all.
Since Suo Chao's family came to join Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi not only continued to supervise Suo Chao's martial arts training, but also began to consciously train him, teaching him how to march and fight, reconnaissance and concealment, survival in the wild, identifying terrain maps, and the art of war.
Xiao'e and Jinlian taught him how to read and write.
Wu Zhi's purpose is to train Suo Chao into a martial arts scholar, so that he can make great achievements and become his helper in the future.
Suo Chao is easy to learn, and he is also smart and clever. Under the strict teachings of Wu Zhi, Xiao'e, Jin Lian and others, he learned quickly and made great progress.
Since Jin Lian came to the capital, Wu Zhi has been busy planning the production and sales of the Zhuangyuan series of wines, and has not had much time to spend with Jin Lian. Although she didn't say anything, she still had some grudges and was full of resentment in her heart.
After the family moved to Weishi County, Wu Zhi managed the county government, conquered the Qinglong Gang and established a water transportation company. After the No. 1 series of wines resumed normal production, supply and sales, especially after producing more than 10,000 kilograms of new wines at once.
After the gunpowder came, he felt that he was too leisurely again, so he was able to spend a lot of time with Jin Lian every day at home, which made Jin Lian overjoyed.
Wu Zhi has never been in love, and has no experience of love in later generations. Therefore, Wu Zhi is still a novice in love. Even though he claims to be knowledgeable and charming, he cannot keep talking about love when facing Jin Lian every day.
, there were also times when he was short of words. In desperation, he had no choice but to bring out the Liaozhai stories as some topics for daily communication.
Based on the fragments of Liao Zhai stories in his memory, Wu Zhi recalled them and wrote them down on paper every day, and then slowly told them to Jin Lian. Such poignant love, ghosts and foxes, and magical stories immediately attracted Jin Lian.
Xiao'e and Liu Yue also became loyal listeners. The daily stories, plus some of Wu Zhi's own processing and additions, made the three of them unable to stop listening, and sometimes they were so frightened that they fell into his arms.
It made him laugh out loud and feel a sense of accomplishment.
Part of Jin Lian's mind was also attracted by these stories of fox fairies and ghosts. Wu Zhi felt a lot more relaxed all of a sudden because there was less entanglement and resentment, and he secretly expressed his gratitude.
Jin Lian, who has reached seventeen years old, is even more charming and beautiful. Even if she is shy of the moon and the flowers are shy, it is not an exaggeration to describe her as a fish and a goose. Every day when he is alone with her and smiles sweetly, Wu Zhi will have a surge of adrenaline.
He felt excited, but he had good self-control, and finally realized what it meant for Liu Xiahui to be calm in her pregnancy. Such a scene of a handsome man and a beautiful woman alone, for a person who is extremely healthy physically and mentally, it is a torture!