Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 227 0222 [Emperor Daojun]

This spring, Song Huizong was very busy.

Just after the Lantern Festival, Song Huizong promulgated an imperial decree, as long as Taoist priests who hold a degree certificate can deal with local officials informally like respected village elders.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Qiu was promoted to be a Taiwei, and Tong Guan took over the affairs of the Privy Council.

When Sun Li returned to Beijing to ask Zhu Guoxiang for help, the Song Dynasty officially conferred Duan Yu as the Jiedu envoy of Yunnan and the king of Dali.

Then, more than [-] Taoist priests were ordered to gather regularly at Baolu Palace in the Shangqing Dynasty to listen to Lin Lingsu's preaching.Song Huizong also went there occasionally to listen to Lin Lingsu's preaching of Taoism. Every activity cost tens of thousands of guan, which is called "Thousand Taoism Association".

Song Huizong officially proclaimed himself "the leader of the Taoist emperor"!
Wang Zixi also lived in the Baolu Palace of the Shangqing Dynasty. A concubine suffered from eye disease, and the emperor sent eunuchs to ask for talismans.

This guy drew two talismans at random, and said to Xiao Huangmen: "Put the burnt talisman in water to make soup, use it to wash your eyes and it's done."

"But... what if it can't be cured?" Xiao Huangmen was afraid of taking responsibility.

"Snapped!"

Wang Zaixi slapped him across the face: "You eunuch, what nonsense, I say you can do it, you can do it!"

Xiao Huangmen was beaten until his eyes were full of gold stars, covering his face and bowing his head, his eyes resentful.But he didn't dare to contradict him anymore, so he took the talisman and left, for fear of being beaten if he stayed here.

Wang Zaixi was completely lost, beating and scolding eunuchs was common, even the emperor's eunuchs were treated as slaves by him.

He was recommended to the emperor by Cai Jing. A eunuch went to Cai Jing and asked Cai Jing to restrain Wang Zixi.

However, Wang Zixi no longer took Cai Jing seriously, thinking that Cai Jing should no longer direct him to do anything.

Lin Lingsu is just the opposite, he flatters all treacherous officials.

Lin Lingsu said to Song Huizong: "There are nine heavens in the sky, and God's sky is the highest. God's eldest son is King Yuqing of Shenxiao Mansion, who is in charge of the southern name Changsheng Dadijun. The official family is the Changsheng Emperor who came to the world, and the minister is the emperor. Sit down as Xianqing, whose name was Chu Hui before reincarnation."

It was this sentence that made Song Huizong proclaim himself the Taoist emperor.

Lin Lingsu also said: "All the ministers in the court came down to earth as immortals, reincarnated to assist the officials. Duke Lu (Cai Jing) came down to earth from Zuo Yuan Xianbo, and Xueshi Wang (Wang Fu) came down to earth as Wenhua officials. The bachelor (Sheng Zhang) went down to earth for Baohua officials..."

All treacherous officials, in Lin Lingsu's mouth, became gods and descended to earth.

At this time, Liu Wanyi has been promoted to Concubine Liu Xian (Zheng Yipin), who is also a descendant of immortals, so she was canonized by the emperor as "Jiuhua Yuzhen Concubine An", the only Taoist concubine in the entire palace.

Cai Jing and Zheng Juzhong, who were playing with each other's brains, put aside their conflicts and praised Lin Lingsu's profound Taoism together.

Tong Guan got the news from the front line and knew that he was a fairy descended from the world, so he also wrote a letter to praise Lin Lingsu.

Concubine Liu Xian also likes Lin Lingsu, and often helps blow pillow wind.

Even Zhu Guoxiang has the identity of a fairy, and he is a fairy in the garden of the Changsheng Emperor's Palace.Well, that is, the fairy gardener, who cultivated fairy grass and fairy trees for the Emperor Changsheng, so he could only find the ten thousand year ganoderma after he descended to the earth.

Wang Zixi didn't understand his situation at all, and he was still arrogant and domineering.

After beating and scolding the little yellow gate away, Wang Zixi was strolling in Baolu Palace in Shangqing, and saw a group of Taoist priests hurrying on their way: "What are you doing there again?"

These Taoist officials hurriedly stopped and bowed to Wang Zaixi in unison: "Today there is a Thousand Daoist Meeting, and we all go to listen to Mr. Tongzhen (Lin Lingsu)'s lecture."

Wang Zixi said angrily: "What Taoist scriptures does he know? I have reached a critical point in refining medicine, and there is a shortage of manpower. You all come to help me refine medicine!"

The Taoist officials looked at each other, they didn't dare to offend Wang Zixi or Lin Lingsu, but now they were forced to stand in line.

After hesitating for a moment, a Taoist priest said: "It is the government's will for a thousand Taoists to listen to scriptures, and poor Taoists dare not disobey the imperial decree."

The rest of the Taoist priests also made their choices and turned to Lin Lingsu one after another.

"Okay! Very good!" Wang Zixi laughed angrily.

The Taoist priests bit the bullet and left, but anyone with a normal mind knew that Wang Zixi would definitely not be able to handle Lin Lingsu.

Wang Zixi went back to his alchemy room, the more he thought about it, the more he got angry, he actually complained: "The officials are really stupid, that Lin Lingsu doesn't understand shit, and his teaching of Taoism is not as good as mine, and he was actually asked to preside over the Qiandaohui. This errand should belong to me, how can others be qualified?"

Calling the emperor stupid?
Taoist Sun Mijue, who assisted in alchemy, was horrified when he heard the words, and immediately lowered his head, pretending not to hear.

Wang Zaixi cursed again: "That Zhu Guoxiang was also the one who offered the Wannian Ganoderma lucidum, and I helped him refine the Ganoderma lucidum into an undead medicine. We should help each other. When Zhu Ming improved movable type, I also gave a lot of lead objects. Lin Lingsu is so arrogant, Zhu Guoxiang didn't speak for us. His ten thousand year Ganoderma lucidum must be fake, that's why I couldn't make the elixir for so long!"

Sun Mijue buried his head even lower, not daring to listen to such words again.

Wang Zaixi let off steam, and he finally felt better, so he asked Sun Mijue to lead someone to guard the alchemy furnace, and went for a walk in the city by himself on horseback.

That night, Sun Mijue found Lin Lingsu quietly: "Wang Zai used to complain about the official family, and even said that the official family is a fool."

Lin Lingsu was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "The officials still expect Wang Zai to refine the elixir. This kind of resentment has no other people to prove it. For the time being, he can't kill him. Don't make a fuss, and record more about his disobedience." In other words, when the time is right, we will report it together.”

Sun Mijue said again: "Just a few days ago, Wang Zixi insulted the servant Feng Hao."

Lin Lingsu was surprised and said, "But Feng Hao who is introspective?"

"That's the man," Sun Mijue said, "Feng Hao was ordered to spread the word, and took the opportunity to ask for money, and was scolded by Wang Zixi, calling him a eggless eunuch."

"Great!"

Lin Lingsu smiled all over her face: "Go back now, pretend nothing happened, and listen to my instructions at any time. When Wang Zaixi is knocked down, you will benefit from it."

Sun Mijue bowed and retreated, leaving the secret room with brisk steps and a happy mood.

Lin Lingsu summoned a confidant Taoist and sent him to deliver a letter to Cai Jing.

Cai Jing finished reading the letter, and immediately wrote back a letter, telling Lin Lingsu not to act rashly, and wait until Wang Zaixi caused all the relatives to leave before launching an attack.

"Father, Wang Zai used to refine the elixir with Wannian Ganoderma lucidum, but he actually said that Wannian Ganoderma lucidum is fake," Cai You said with a smile, "You might as well wait until he is convicted, and coerce him into accusing Zhu Guoxiang of using counterfeit medicines. Bully you."

Cai Jing shook his head: "Zhu Guoxiang is very smart. When he entered the capital, he said that the spiritual energy of the Ganoderma lucidum had been exhausted. Now that the spiritual energy has been exhausted, how can there be any theory of truth?"

"You can add this." Cai You took out a few sheets of paper, all of which were Ju Ming's poems.

After Cai Jing watched it, he still shook his head.

Cai You took out one and read: "Kuiqiu is domineering like a rainbow, and I don't know the reason for Donglue. When the prime minister Kong Jinhou met, Qi Huan had already made his corpse on the bed. This was made by Zhu Ming in Lizhuang of Kuiqiu. Clearly satirizing the official family, comparing the official family to Duke Huan of Qi, who is dormant in his old age, and cursing the official family as a corpse in bed."

Although Ju Ming did mean that, but in the eyes of the world, this poem cannot be understood in this way, it is purely based on history as a mirror.

Scholars pay homage to historical sites and often use history as a mirror. This kind of poems accounts for most of them.

This poem is called "Kuiqiu", and it has been spread throughout Xingren Mansion and Puzhou. Not only Shandong scholars like it very much, but even local officials think it is very well written.

There are even scholars from Xingren Mansion, who organized a group to go to Kuiqiu to pay their respects, and wrote many similar poems following the trend.

Cai You took out "Partridge Sky" written by Zhu Ming when he left Beijing, and said out of context: "There are thousands of hatreds in the past and the present. There are also evil turmoil and difficult travel. The officials promoted him to be a court official and Zhizhou, and he went to the post. Where is his hatred? Where is the turmoil? Where is the difficulty of traveling? If you don’t think of the kindness of the official, you will have more resentment!"

This is even more outrageous, it is completely nitpicking.

Cai You then took out the "Linjiang Immortal" left by Zhu Ming to Li Shishi, and said, "This word is written even more paradoxically. The bustling Tokyo is written by him as a dilapidated capital. Is he cursing that the Song Dynasty will die?"

After reading these three poems, Cai Jing thought it was nonsense, and said speechlessly, "At most, the officials will be angry after reading it, and there will be no punishment. Why are you staring at the father and son all day long?"

Cai You explained: "Now the most favored ministers are me, Wang Fu, and Li Bangyan. Wang Fu is the number one general under Zheng Juzhong, and Li Bangyan has a very good personal relationship with Zhu Ming, and Zhu Ming even fell in love with Zheng Juzhong. They joined forces. Sooner or later, with the addition of Zhu Guoxiang, it will be a serious problem for the confidants in the future."

Cai Jing thought carefully, and said: "Zhu Guoxiang has never liked to talk too much, Zhu Ming can't jump up and down, he is just a clown. Because of a trivial matter, you have urged the officials to transfer Zhu Ming away from Puzhou. This may have displeased the officials. The most urgent thing is to deal with it. Wang Fu! The Zhu family and his son can ignore it for now."

What Cai Jing hated most was Wang Fu, and traitors were always more hateful than enemies.

And there are more and more traitors, Cai Jing feels that he can't hold back.

Deng Xunwu, the recently retired privy envoy, Zhu Shengfei's father-in-law, as a veteran of the Cai party, also faintly showed signs of defecting to Zheng Juzhong.

In the battle against Xixia, Deng Xunwu believed that the fight could not continue.

Moreover, Song Huizong revealed his intention to join Jin to attack Liao, and Cai Jing immediately started contacting Jin.This was also strongly opposed by Deng Xunwu, who believed that it should be postponed for a few more years, because the current financial resources of Song Dynasty could no longer support it.

Then there was a strange phenomenon, Cai Jing actually joined forces with Tong Guan to persuade the emperor to fuck Deng Xunwu.

Cai Jing would rather give up the Privy Council temporarily, but also stop Deng Xunwu's betrayal!

Of course, it's not a one-shot kill.

When Deng Xunwu was dismissed from his position as a privy envoy, he was also granted the title of Lord Shen, worshiped as Shaobao, and was as gracious as a prime minister.As long as Deng Xunwu is honest and obedient, Cai Jing will make him a privy envoy again.

By the way, Deng Xunwu became the Duke of the State on the grounds that he suppressed the rebellion of the Wuxi barbarians.

Last year not only the Lunan Yi in Sichuan rebelled, but also the Wuxi barbarians at the junction of Guizhou, Chongqing, Hubei, and Hunan in later generations.The reason is also that the local officials expropriated and extorted money, which aroused the leaders of the ethnic minorities to revolt.

By the way, people in Fujian also rebelled...

Under such circumstances of rebellion everywhere and the uninterrupted war in Xixia, Song Huizong really made up his mind to join forces with Jin to attack Liao.

However, for the time being, I don't know how to contact the Kingdom of Jin, and no one dares to cross the land of the Liao Kingdom to the northeast.

Cai Jing didn't take Zhu's father and son seriously, and warned: "As long as the father and son don't make trouble anymore, don't make trouble again. You should point the finger at Wang Fu!"

"Yes."

Cai You's head hurt when he heard this, he knew that the emperor loved Wang Fu so much that it was impossible to overthrow him.

When this guy's head was hurting, Zhu Guoxiang was pleading with the emperor, asking for pardon for Yang Zhi's murder.

(End of this chapter)