It's said that someone has something to play. The emperor LiZong of the great song dynasty looked down and saw that it was Ding Daquan, one of the prime ministers of the dynasty, who was born in a poor family when he was young, and his wife was a maid of a rich family.
The servant girl's father and Ding Daquan's father were close friends. Seeing that they were well matched at that time, they betrothed their own woman to Ding Daquan as his wife.
Since the maid married to Ding Daquan's family, she supported Ding Daquan's study very much and often encouraged him, so that Ding Daquan had no worries.
In this case, Ding Daquan worked hard to study, and his wife came from a wealthy family. She had seen the world and knew how to flatter others. Under the guidance of his wife, Ding Daquan looked very humble no matter who he saw.
After that, he finally passed the scientific examination and became the master of Ningde county. As an official for the first time, Ding Daquan made great efforts to do practical things for the common people.
There were many famous people in Ningde county where he worked, but it was very inconvenient to walk because of the high mountains all over Ningde county. Seriously affected the communication with the outside world.
When Ding Daquan took office and learned about this situation, he went down to explore the road and presided over the construction of the famous "baiheling road".
At that time, there was no fund for road construction in Ningde County, and there was a shortage of labor. Ding Daquan tried his best to raise funds, and took his salary as the fund for road construction. He was the same as ordinary people, eating and living with them on the road construction site. After more than a year, he finally built the road.
Most of the roads were built on top of the stone mountain, and then went up in turn. The width of the road was about three meters, which was considered as a relatively wide road in the mountainous area at that time.
In this way, the road from Fuzhou to Ningde county was greatly shortened, which greatly improved the local famous students.
His achievements in Ningde county were praised by the Lin'an court. In addition, he was good at currying favor with the powerful. In the court, Dong songchen, an internal servant, said good things for him in front of emperor LiZong. Ding Daquan quickly stepped into Lin'an court from Ningde county and became a Beijing official.
Although he became an official in Lin'an, Lin'an was the capital of the Song Dynasty. There were many powerful princes and ministers. In these people's eyes, Ding Daquan was nothing at all.
Ding Daquan knows that if he wants to get a higher position, he must create opportunities for himself.
Sure enough, this opportunity will always pay attention to those who have a heart.
His backstage officials of Dong song and the Privy ministers of the court kept Dong Huai at loggerheads.
Su Mi envoy Dong Huai was very disgusted with the eunuch's interference in politics, so he wrote many memorials to request emperor LiZong to expel Dong songchen from the palace. But emperor LiZong was very fond of him, and his favorite concubine, Yan Guifei, often talked about how he handled the affairs of the harem in an orderly way. Emperor LiZong always ignored the memorial of Dong Huai.
Of course, after Dong Huai did this, Dong songchen naturally hated him to the bone. Recently, he heard that since Dong Huai became the Privy minister, he vigorously reorganized the troops of the imperial court and abolished a large number of timid generals.
It was certainly good for the Song Dynasty to do so, but those who were dismissed by Dong Huai were really unwilling and naturally hated him.
Dong songchen thinks this is a good opportunity, but because of his identity, he is inconvenient to appear, so he thinks of Ding Daquan.
From the first time he saw Ding Daquan, he had already realized that there was a strong desire in this person's heart, and he wanted to be able to ascend.
Such a person, as long as give him the opportunity, he will certainly not hesitate to step forward, seize the opportunity.
In the great Song Dynasty, the emperor's most taboo was that the commander-in-chief was too strong. When Ding Daquan thought of this, he wrote a memorial saying that Dong Huai supported his troops and treated things unfairly, and did not respect today's saint.
In addition to those frustrated generals' crying, Emperor LiZong looked at the memorial and was a little unhappy.
At this time, Ding Daquan colluded with Dong Song Chen and Yan GUI from the inner palace. Before emperor LiZong issued the edict to remove Dong Huai, he led his subordinates to surround Dong Huai's residence.
At this time, Dong Huai didn't know what was going on. Hearing such a big noise outside his door, he went out of his mansion and wanted to have a look.
Ding Daquan was so bold that when he did not get the imperial edict, he falsely passed the imperial edict and pressed Dong Huai into the prison for questioning.
At this time, Dong songchen in the palace fooled emperor LiZong and got the imperial edict. Fortunately, the emperor of Li Zong was not too confused. He just ordered the emperor to remove Dong Huai from his post of privy envoy, eliminate his military power, and let Dong Huai change his post as a governor.
After this incident, the ministers in the court were a little afraid of Ding Daquan. Because of this, he became very arrogant, and soon became the prime minister juxtaposed with Jia Sidao with the help of Dong songchen.
since then, with the support of someone in the palace, the prime minister in the court was under one person and above ten thousand people. It can be said that in the power of the court of the great Song Dynasty, now it is Jia Sidao It seems that Dao can compete with him.Seeing that Ding Daquan got up immediately after the Emperor gave him a free ride, he said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to report to you."
"Oh, Ding Aiqing, what's the matter with you? Is it that the powerful northern enemy is coming again?" Emperor LiZong asked
you know, what made emperor LiZong of the Song Dynasty uneasy was that the North would attack at any time. Whenever he heard such news, Emperor LiZong was very anxious to get angry.
Ding Daquan said: "Your Majesty, this time the Mongols from the North sent not a large army, but a mission."
"Well, what's the purpose of their mission?"
"Your Majesty, you have to ask Prime Minister Jia about this. He knows it all!" Ding Daquan replied,
hearing what Ding Daquan said, Jia Sidao immediately stood up from the class, first saluted emperor LiZong, and then said, "Your Majesty, this mission is here to discuss with us in the Song Dynasty."
"Ha ha, it seems that the Mongols also fought wars, and they even took the initiative to show their kindness to us in the Song Dynasty and wanted to have peace talks. This is really a good thing." Emperor LiZong said happily.
After that, he praised Jia Sidao and said, "Jia Aiqing, I didn't expect you to do it. This time, I'll give you a good reward."
As soon as emperor LiZong's words came to an end, Ding Daquan began to say, "Your Majesty, I think Jiazai is quite a punishment!"
"Ding Daquan, I think you have lost your head. The Emperor just said that he would reward me, but you want him to kill my head. Even if you want to be jealous of my great contribution, you don't have to be so obvious. Today's emperor is brilliant." Jia Sidao laughed at him.
After hearing Ding Daquan's words, Emperor LiZong was also puzzled, so he asked, "Ding Aiqing, why do you say that?"
"My majesty, Mongolia in the North has always been our strong enemy, but others have always stood on the edge. In this negotiation, I think that he must have betrayed the interests of Our Song Dynasty to the Mongols, otherwise, how could the Mongols send people here?" Ding Daquan.
"After listening for a while, he said again: besides, a great event like this must require the emperor to issue an imperial edict. Why did your majesty know it just after listening to my minister's memorial?" Ding Daquan asked further.
In fact, Ding Daquan was wrong. You know, Emperor LiZong of the great song dynasty secretly ordered Zhao Kui, the commander of the northern expedition, to receive the Mongolian mission. How could the emperor LiZong himself not know about this?
It turns out that emperor LiZong didn't give much hope to return to his old capital. In his opinion, it is much better to return to Lin'an, a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River, than to return to the old capital of Tokyo, which has been destroyed by the war.
In order to enjoy himself, he had to stabilize the north, so he secretly asked Prime Minister Jia Sidao to deal with this matter.
Although emperor LiZong also trusted Ding Daquan, compared with Jia Sidao, it was still a little worse. In addition to himself, he was the only one who knew about it.
This is about the dignity of the Song Dynasty as an emperor. Although he is the originator of this matter and he asked Jia Sidao to do it, it is impossible for him to admit that he planned this matter.
Jia Sidao is how cunning, know that since things have reached this level, the black pot of course by their own back.
As long as he took the initiative to bear the responsibility, Emperor LiZong would certainly appreciate himself in his heart, and he would never suffer. In addition, if he did not admit it and made emperor LiZong feel embarrassed, it would be his own fault.
Choose one of the two evils. A wise man like Jia Sidao naturally chose the former. He took the initiative to take the responsibility and left a good impression on emperor LiZong.
When Jia Sidao was thinking about it, the emperor LiZong looked at him eagerly and said, "Jia Aiqing, you are so clever and good at figuring out what I mean. What's the matter today? Why don't you cooperate with me?"
He knew that at this time, Jia Sidao's heart was also very restless, thinking about how to deal with this matter!
Finally made up his mind, Jia Sidao knelt down on the ground and said: "holy, please forgive me!"
Listen to Jia Sidao said this sentence, Emperor LiZong's hanging heart finally fell down. But this superficial article still needs to be done, still pretending to be puzzled, he asked: "Oh, Jia Aiqing, what's your crime? Why don't I know?"
"In fact, the mission came with the consent of the minister." Jia is like Tao.
Emperor LiZong was afraid of the Dragon case and pretended to be very angry. He said, "Jia Sidao, you are brave enough to agree to make peace with Mongolia without my consent. Do you think there is still me in your eyes?"
Since it was an exercise, it had to be more realistic. After listening to Emperor LiZong's angry voice, Jia Sidao pretended to be very scared. As soon as his legs trembled, he knelt down on the ground and said, "my Lord, I did it without your permission. It's really a sin to let the Mongolian mission come to Lin'an.""Look, what Wei Chen said is right. Prime Minister Jia really committed the crime of deceiving the king." Ding Daquan said.
After that, he also knelt down on the ground and said: "since even Prime Minister Jia himself has admitted it, he doesn't have to be interrogated by the third division of justice. According to the opinion of Wei Chen, he should immediately ask for the execution. Otherwise, he is afraid that the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty will not accept it."
Zhang Yihong, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, is a close friend of Jia Sidao. After hearing Ding Daquan say this, he immediately defends him and says, "Your Majesty, I think that Prime Minister Ding's proposal is very inappropriate."
Seeing that someone spoke for Jia Sidao, Emperor LiZong knew that things were easy to handle, so he asked, "Zhang Aiqing, why do you say that? "
" my Lord, Prime Minister Jia has always done things very skillfully and thoroughly, and has never done anything out of the ordinary. Wei Chen thinks that if he knows this is not good this time, but still wants to do it, there must be his own reason. "Zhang Yihong, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, played.
After listening to Zhang Yihong, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, Emperor LiZong nodded and said, "Zhang Aiqing is right, and I am not unreasonable. "
after that, he said to Jia with profound meaning:" Jia Aiqing, in front of all the ministers, tell your reasons well. I give you this opportunity, you should cherish it. "
after listening to Emperor LiZong's words, Jia Sidao didn't say anything. Instead, he bowed his head and cried, as if he was very aggrieved.
Zhang Yihong, the Minister of the Ministry of housing, went forward to help Jia Sidao up in person, then took out his handkerchief and handed it to Jia Sidao's hand, letting him wipe away his tears.
At this time, Emperor LiZong comforted Jia Sidao and said, "Jia Aiqing, if you have any sad things, just tell them. I will make the decision for you. You can rest assured. "
Jia Sidao certainly pretends to be sad, but he does pretend that he is crying with tears streaming down his face.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Yihong, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, said: "prime minister Jia, if the emperor orders you to say it, you can say it, but don't let the emperor down. "
seeing that there was not much investigation on the fire, Jia Sidao stopped crying. First, he gave a respectful salute to Emperor LiZong, and then he bowed deeply to the ministers in the court. Then he cleared his throat and said," everyone, I'm honored by the emperor, but why do I associate with the Mongolian mission?
"is it another fool?
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" of course, no one will say it. "Jia is like Tao.
After listening to Jia Sidao, Ding Daquan immediately said, "prime minister Jia, don't talk about things here. You'd better find a reason to convince the emperor and the ministers. Otherwise, I'm afraid it's hard to explain to the Emperor today. “