At the end of March in the second year of Chongqing, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky. Taiyin, Taibai and the sun appeared side by side, separated by more than a chi.
A few days later, there was an unknown riot in Zhongdu City, and a fire broke out in the imperial city for no reason. Penglaiyuan, Ruizhu Palace, Ruizhu Palace, Longhe Palace, Longhe Palace, Xiangying Palace, and rare treasures from past dynasties were burned down, and the losses were countless. There were also hungry people who broke into the royal temples and palaces, looted supplies, and damaged hundreds of cities in the south of the city.
In recent years, many high-ranking officials and nobles in Zhongdu have interfered with merchants to seek huge profits. This situation certainly made many officials furious. The next day, some people scolded them in the court, saying that although this disaster was extraordinary, it could not be said to be the way of heaven. First of all, we should deal with human affairs. As for human affairs, the Holy Lord uses them for his own use, the prime minister flatters him, and hundreds of officials neglect their duties. This is the real reason.
The person who said this was probably because his shop was burned down, so he was heartbroken and could not speak out.
This made everyone angry, and no one wanted to hear it.
But the emperor immediately grasped the two sentences "The prime minister is flattering, and the hundred divisions are derelict in their duties." He blamed the three divisions of the Forbidden Army. He cursed and cursed, and then brought up Shan Nanping, the disciple who knew the Daxing Prefecture, for his dereliction of duty. The disciple Shan Nanping was very close to the emperor, so Everyone knew that the emperor's talk of Tu Dan was not to put pressure on Tu Dan Nanping, but to put pressure on Tu Dan Yi, the Shangshu Youcheng who had been in charge of the security of Zhongdu since he sent troops to defend the country in the third year of Da'an.
Although the prime minister Tu Shanyi wanted to flatter the emperor, he would not be able to get in for a long time. But if the emperor insists on using two nonsense words as proof and starts spraying in the court in person, who can stop him?
Tu Shanyi said last month that because he fell off a horse and injured his foot, he had to rest for a year and a half without recovery. So he did not go to court today. Since Prime Minister You is not here, most of his party members are weak Confucian ministers. The only way to be angry with the emperor is to be jealous. Even Zhang Xingxin, the Zuo Jianyi doctor known as the leader of Qingliu, could not directly confront the emperor's majesty.
The emperor suddenly attacked, and many people began to wonder if there was going to be a huge change in the court situation. Did the emperor want to take this opportunity to eliminate the influence of Confucian ministers and instead install some real confidants in the court?
As soon as this idea came up, it was immediately extinguished.
It turned out that Zuo Cheng, Wan Yan Gang, who had recently been fighting fiercely with his disciple Shan Yi, suddenly exerted his strength. What is interesting is that Zuo Cheng was commanding an army of 200,000 in Jinshan, and he was not in the court either.
The group of military veterans who were close to Wanyan Gang had always been dissatisfied with the Confucian ministers. In the past year or so, the civil and military parties had exchanged bloody blows more than once. But this time, Wanyan Gang's forces turned against Daxing Mansion. Even the Third Division of the Forbidden Army often came back to protect them, and even took the initiative to explain that the chaos in Zhongdu was probably not caused by the confinement of the Third Division of the Forbidden Army, but that there was a loophole in the Jinshan front line, which caused the Mongolian sentry horses to penetrate deeply.
This statement was tantamount to taking the initiative to share the pressure for Tu Shanyi. So all the officials knew that the whole matter was closely related to Prime Minister You, and Tu Shanyi had also taken the initiative to give up some interests in the communication outside the court. Xiang Wanyan Gang surrendered.
Now that the two prime ministers have reached an agreement secretly, what else is there to say? Everyone said at that moment, it is indeed so, it is really so, it is not that we are incompetent, it is really those Mongolians who are too cunning and hateful, and they have to come up with effective methods. The best way is to strengthen the defense of Zhongdu.
In an instant, all the ministers came forward one after another, impeaching some people and recommending others. In the end, Tu Shanyi's party members even came forward and urged Wanyan Gang's brother, the Jiedushi of the Zhenxi Army, and Wanyan Ding, the envoy of the Zhenxi Army on the Hebei Road to be inspected and transferred. The servant was outstanding in his talents, and he also served as the right deputy inspector and managed the bodyguards and troops, so he was worthy of being the commander of the imperial guard.
Gongweizhi is responsible for the strict ceremonial guard and is the emperor's close military force. The commander of Gongweizhi has always been served by close servants, Shang Yi, Fu Bao, and close ministers who were born in Fengyu after serving outside. For example, Wan Yan Gang himself is like this.
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But Wanyan Dingnu did not have this qualification... It is true that he had been a close minister of the emperor, but that was when Emperor Zhangzong was still alive. As for the friendship between the current emperor and Emperor Zhangzong, everyone in the court remained silent.
's secret.
The recommendation of Wanyan Dingnu was completely against the rules. Bringing this matter to the court for discussion was even more disrespectful to the emperor.
But the emperor suddenly realized that he was powerless to stop it.
After experiencing two disastrous defeats in the third year of Da'an and the first year of Chongqing, the prestige of the Dajin court was shaken to a terrifying degree, and what was even more shaken than the court's prestige was the prestige of the current emperor.
Usually, all parts of the imperial court tried their best to mount the paper, but at first glance, everything seemed peaceful. He was still the emperor who kept his word.
But after an emergency occurred... no matter how ridiculous the incident was, the emperor suddenly lost the initiative. Officials from the civil and military factions in the court suddenly joined hands and arranged everything.
That series of appointments reached the point where the emperor had to approve them. And the emperor could not stop them at all.
Everything seemed to be nothing special. Just like his gentle and courteous appearance, Tu Shanyi once again shrank his strength; while Wanyan Gang followed the trend and easily took over everything Tu Shanyi gave up. In the past year, such things have happened
Not the first time it happened.
But this is the first time that everything goes as planned without the emperor's personal guidance!
Could it be that the Tudan clan was breaking the rules and deliberately trying to show off to the emperor? Or was Wanyan Gang being too arbitrary and having thoughts that he shouldn't have? The emperor couldn't figure it out.
He could only try his best to maintain the situation and try to suppress the two rulers at the same time.
How could a person who could become the emperor of the Jin Kingdom be a fool? Especially in political disputes, the emperor was by no means inferior to others. He quickly gathered enough support and immediately launched a counterattack.
In the following months, the emperor did three things.
One thing was the sudden announcement at the beginning of May that the power to command a section of the Armed Guard Army of about 3,000 men would be handed over to the new right deputy marshal Hu Shahu, and he would be stationed outside Tongxuanmen.
Perhaps the emperor felt that even though Hu Shahu, a rough and arrogant warrior, had thousands of shortcomings, he was more reliable than the Gong Gong princes and pillars in the court. But after Hu Shahu obtained the military power in Zhongdu, he indeed stood by the emperor's side and turned around.
He became distant from Wan Yan Gang.
The second thing was to appoint Xu Ding, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Wang Weihan, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, as ministers of political affairs, which meant that the number of ministers in the dynasty was expanded from two to four.
Xu Ding's father was Du Shisheng's old master, who was overthrown and criticized during the Zhang Zong Dynasty and resigned from power. Wang Weihan was the man who assisted Xu Chi in governing the river and made great contributions.
After the political power of Xu Zhiguo failed, the group of Xu clan officials fell into pieces, and even the best among them had been immersed in complicated affairs for a long time.
Now that the emperor has made him a consul again and made him the second prime minister, he will save trouble... It seems that he has high hopes, but who knows what the effect will be?
Another thing is to change the Yuan.
"So, I hope that Lang Jun will know that it is not July of the second year of Chongqing, but July of the first year of Zhining."
"Zhi Ning?"
Guo Ning burst into laughter: "I heard that there is another severe drought in Hedong, Shaanxi and other places this year, with people dying of hunger and destitute people. In the Central Plains, Shandong and other places, there are people who can earn as much as 12,000 yuan per pound of rice, and the people are struggling to survive. In such a situation
, can it really be peaceful?"
The servants around Guo Ning could not answer his question, and neither could Du Shisheng.
Du Shisheng dressed up as a wealthy businessman and was dusty with travels. He had just returned from Zhongdu. At this time, Guo Ning asked someone in Zhongdu the same question, but no one could answer it.
At this time, it was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the weather was still very hot. Under the scorching sun, large cracks appeared on the ground around the continuous pond. The branches and leaves of the trees beside the road were scorched, and they looked listless. Before and after the army marched, there were
It's dusty.
Even the wind blowing over Pitang is hot and smells of sand.
Looking at the walled city in front of me from a distance, I saw swaying figures on the city, and some people were running back and forth in panic. Some people stumbled up and set up a flag, but the flag could not be held firmly, and it was crumbling when the north wind blew.
Guo Ning looked at it for a moment and then asked: "Qing Jin, what do you think?"
