In the first year of Zhenghe, that is, in 1111 AD, Tong Guan was promoted to the Grand Marshal of the Procuratorate and obtained the highest position of military officer. It was also at the same time of this year that Tong Guan, with the support of the emperor, did an unprecedented event: as the deputy ambassador, he represented the emperor and the country on his mission to the Liao Kingdom. It is said that this matter was planned by Tong Guan. The reason was that there was no war on the western front at this stage, Tong Guan was very concerned about moving, and thought of the Liao Kingdom in the northeast to see if there was any opportunity.

Although Tong Guan's reputation was at its peak at this time, after all, this was a mission to foreign countries on behalf of the emperor and the country. Therefore, some ministers raised doubts that it was really hindering to think that a person who was physically ineffective on behalf of the emperor on behalf of the emperor and would be underestimated as a huge country that no one could send.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Huizong did not think so, and he was quite proud of Tong Guan: "The Khitans heard that there was a Tong Guan in our country who had won many battles and wanted to see it. He just happened to send him to investigate the situation of the Liao Kingdom."[7] So, he added his official position as the Taiwei of the Procuratorate, Zheng Yunzhong, a scholar of Duanming Palace, and Tong Guan, a Taiwei of the Taiwei of Tong Guan, and a deputy envoy, to go to the Liao Kingdom for a state visit. From this, we can see the romantic and frivolous character of Emperor Huizong: he would not let himself be bound by secular, traditional, and stereotyped things. However, as we know: art needs romance, while politics needs stereotypes, and meticulous rules and procedures. This romance of Emperor Huizong laid a meaningful foreshadowing of the empire and the destruction of millions of people.

Soon, Tong Guan finally obtained the noble title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, which was also an arrangement that broke the historical tradition, that is, it was not seen in ancient times. Soon, Tong Guan was ordered to take charge of the Privy Council and became the highest military chief in the country after the emperor, and set the precedent for eunuchs to preside over the Privy Council. Then, he was appointed as the Grand Tutor and was named Duke of Jing State. In this regard, Tong Guan was the most powerful minister and was brilliant. At that time, Cai Jing was called "Prince Prime Minister" and Tong Guan was called "Prince Prime Minister". We know that "Prince" means an elderly woman.

To be fair, Cai Jing's political vitality should be considered extremely strong. Tong Guan is different from Cai Jing. Since Emperor Huizong ascended the throne, Tong Guan has been smooth sailing and rising for twenty-five years. During this period, in addition to the battle to recover Yanyun in his later years, the emperor was slightly dissatisfied. After all, he spent a lot of money to buy several empty cities after being looted by the Jin people, which also led to the brief resignation of this person. He was always highly trusted. He even lied about military information and military achievements, and established a personal army that only tens of thousands of people followed - Shengjie Army, the emperor was unwilling to care and handed over all the military power of the whole country to his hands.

An important psychological factor is: Emperors of all dynasties in China generally regarded eunuchs as family slaves, believing that they had lost their children and grandchildren, so they would not have the political ambition to seek power and usurp the throne, and at most they were greedy for some wealth. According to history, there is indeed no example of eunuchs becoming emperors in China. However, emperors often ignore that in order to maintain wealth, these people may seek money and help others seek power and usurp the throne. Of course, the targets are mainly the emperor's life and the throne. Another factor that caused the emperor to trust eunuchs is that in the huge harem, the emperor could only spend time with these people day and night, and their feelings were naturally different.

I simply talked about the six thieves from the late Northern Song Dynasty together.

The "Six Thiefs of the Northern Song Dynasty" is a collective name for the six treacherous ministers during the Northern Song Dynasty. These six people are Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Xie and Li Yan. They are basically important ministers during the period of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. These six people formed cliques on the temple for personal gain, corrupt and abused the law, and were extremely debauchery. They privately abused their power to enjoy the people, making the people messy and miserable, which was the culprits that led to the Fang La Uprising in the south of the Yangtze River and the Jin Dynasty invaded the Central Plains at that time.

The name of these six thieves came from Chen Dong, a scholar of the current dynasty. Huizong abdicated and asked his son Qinzong to ascend the throne to try to revive the Song Dynasty, and there were many innovations. In view of the current crisis, Chen Dong joined forces with other patriotic thieves to revive the dynasty on December 27 to write a letter to: "Today's affairs, Cai Jing was in chaos in front of the front, Liang Shicheng conspired in the back. Li Yan made grudges in the northwest, Zhu Xie made grudges in the southeast, Wang Fu and Tong Guan made grudges in the Liao and Jin dynasties, creating border gaps. It is advisable to kill the six thieves and spread them to all directions to thank the world." In fact, it should be the seven thieves. The one who missed was Gao Qiu, who we are particularly familiar with in "Water Margin". As for why Chen Dong did not count Gao Qiu, I will talk about it later.

Wang Fu's name is Jiangming, and he is from Xiangfu, Kaifeng, and has a wealthy family. He was originally a senior student from the Imperial Academy. He was talented and good at welcome. In the second year of Chongning, when he was named a Jinshi, the emperor saw this man with tall eyebrows, eyes as gold, and graceful demeanor, and felt familiar, but he couldn't remember the specific time and place. Cai You, next to the imperial throne, quietly reported that he was the beautiful boy he met while drinking in the alum building before the emperor ascended the throne. The emperor then remembered that he sang drums for Li Chunjiao, a famous prostitute in Bianjing, and praised him for being elegant and romantic, and was very blessed. Now that the Golden Hall is reunited, although there are differences between superiors and inferiors, the old friends feel intimate. However, Wang Fu's original name was Wang Fu, and he had the same name as an eunuch in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The emperor then gave the name Fu to express his favor to his old friends.

After Wang Fu was appointed as an official in the prefectures and counties, he later edited the "Nine Domain Tuzhi" with He Zhi. He Zhi was He Zhi's son and recommended Wang Fu's talent to his father. He Zuoxiang was also highly appreciated and promoted to the Left Secretary. Later, he was responsible for collecting and organizing the treasures and treasures of the emperor's secret collection of tripods and Yi and writing "The Ancient Picture of Xuanhe Palace". He often went to and from Yihe Palace to find out the emperor's intentions. He took the opportunity to write to Cai Jing to "speak up for grievances" and said that he "was the prime minister for eight years, and had a complete moral character, and wrote merits in history, and his reputation increased the glory of the Dingyi". Zhang Shangying used dangerous theories to "encourage the people, slander the new policy, shake the country's status, and should be demoted seriously." The emperor read his memorial and believed that he could "strate his words impartially", and what he said was in line with his current wishes. He felt that He Zhizhong's recommendation was not false, and this person was really a personal talent.

Zhang Shangying, whose courtesy name is Tianjue, is from Xinjin, Shuzhou (Chengdu). He is tall and handsome, and has a handsome face. He is arrogant and arrogant. He is a few upright ministers who dare to tell the truth at that time. Zhang Shangying once advised Huizong to be diligent and thrifty, prevent luxury, not to build large-scale construction, and suppress villains who are lucky enough to win favor. Once, he asked someone to renovate Shengping Building, and he also specifically warned the foreman: If Prime Minister Zhang passes here, he must quickly hide the workers in the building and not let him see it.

At the beginning of Chongning, (Shang Ying) was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Justice, and the Hanlin Scholar. Cai Jing was appointed as the prime minister. Shang Yingya was good at it and appropriately regulated it, and was praised for his mistakes. He was appointed as the Right Prime Minister of Shang and transferred to the Left Prime Minister. He repeatedly disagreed with the Beijing government and "as an auxiliary minister, his ambition to meet the king." The censor thought it was not appropriate, so he took Shang Ying's "Ode to Jiahe" and "Sima Guang's Essay" and rebuked him. He was dismissed from the magistrate of Bozhou and became a member of the Yuanyou Party. It can be seen in person that the censor was mostly bribed by Cai Jing.

"Yuanyou Party membership" was a list of treacherous parties at that time. Wang Anshi and Su Dongpo were listed. Not only did they want to destroy their books, but they also allowed their descendants to never become officials, and they would not be allowed to set foot in Tokyo. This shows how serious such a **** is.

After Wang Fu became the sect, he was good at managing the relationships around him, and rewarded the princes and nobles and the eunuchs and guards around the emperor for their excessive rewards and encirclement. As a result, he was dissatisfied inside and outside the court. The secret of the empty warehouse was finally exposed, and he was dismissed for dereliction of duty. However, shortly after, he was promoted to Hanlin Scholar and was responsible for the edicts. It was not until then that Cai Jing learned that Wang Fu was a disciple of the emperor. He tried every means to drive him away, but drove him to the emperor. Although he was just starting out, he was good at taking advantage of the conflicts between the ruling ministers, and he was promoted from a military officer to a Hanlin Scholar and promoted from a local minority in the ninth rank to a dignified third-rank official, and was promoted to thirteen levels in succession. The rapid promotion was unprecedented in the Song Dynasty.

Wang Fu's fortune began when He Zuoxiang recommended him to enter the Xuanhe Palace and assisted the emperor in writing the "Bo Ancient Picture of Xuanhe Palace". The emperor was the monarch who loved antique cultural relics the most since ancient times, especially the ritual vessels such as tripods and Yi. People knew that the emperor's hobby was that the price of antique cultural relics naturally soared, and a ritual vessel of the three generations was often worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. "If you want to be rich, dig a tomb, bronze vessels are the most precious, and the emperor will pay for it." This folk song reflects the facts at that time. During the Zhenghe period, almost all famous tombs in the world were stolen, and the emperor had collected thousands of treasures. Wang Fu helped collect and organize, depict the shapes, bronze inscriptions and patterns of the ancient vessels, and verify the age and pronunciation and interpretation of the words. The emperor called it "Boya Gentleman".

Wang Fu was favored because of his handsome appearance, elegant demeanor, good at greetings, and excellent literary talent and eloquence.

Once, the emperor wanted to set up a romantic array in a secret palace drama. The romantic array was originally created by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. He led more than 100 young eunuchs and asked Yang Guifei to lead more than 100 beautiful palace maids to line up in two groups to fight each other for fun.

The emperor imitated Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in terms of enjoyment, but Empress Zheng was very serious in governing the central palace. The concubines did not dare to act. The emperor asked Wang Fu to dress up as a woman and lead the female formation. Wang Fu was originally a playboy. When he was a teenager, he went in and out of the fairy cave in the brothel. He was also talented as an actor. The role he played was quite successful. It was really "the wrist moves and the fragrance blows, and the clothes are light and the wind is good." It can be called charming, and people love each other when they see each other. He was sympathetic. His skin was as beautiful as a woman. The emperor once suspected that he was a woman who was pursed and pursed. After many inspections, he realized that he was a unique person in the creation. After his training and dressing, more than a hundred young palace maids were all beautiful as clouds, their eyes were as lacquer, their mouths moved and their cherries were broken, and their hair was low and their jade was hanging down. They were really as beautiful as fairies. The little eunuchs were incomplete, but they still understood the love between men and women. This time, they performed under the order and dared to express the hidden spring feelings in their hearts.

Like all formation battles, the Fengliu Formation is also a formation between the two sides, either spreading in the middle, the two wings are rounded, or flexing and stretching, and the head and tail are back, fighting each other quite "eering". However, this formation emphasizes the defeat of the enemy with romantic charm. The music does not need to shake the military music of the valley, but uses the beautiful Xiliang music, whether moving or still, or advancing or retreating, and all needs to form a beautiful dance posture, and step by step must be in line with the rhythm. The girls have been lonely in the palace for a long time, and now they are instigated by Wang Fu's beautiful words, so they cannot control themselves. Their dance shirts are light and soft, thin and creamy, and long dancing sleeves. When they return, they are like lotus flowers breaking through the waves. When they are raised, they seem to fly away by the wind and chase the flying wild geese. Everyone is in love with autumn and touching their hearts. In just a few rounds, the young eunuchs are defeated.

Only the coach has been in love for a long time, is full of energy and calmly responds to the battle. His dance steps closely match the rhythm of the music, and his silk is not messy. However, the coach he met was the "fireworks No. 1 and the romantic devil king". In the end, he was outnumbered and surrendered. Fortunately, the female army was lenient to the "captives" and immediately released the emperor.

The emperor's secret drama in the palace needed a variety of ways, and in the past, Cai You was too poor to deal with it. Cai You often played clowns, which was ridiculous and funny, and his language was very funny. After a long time, the emperor felt tired of it, and he also felt that he had the feeling of having enough talent. Since Wang Fu joined, the content of the secret drama has become rich and colorful, and he can come up with ways to have fun that ordinary people dare not think of.

Once, the emperor said distressedly: "I am used to living a life of the most noble and rich, and I always feel that everything is ready and dull, and I really want to live a life of poverty and humbleness."

Wang Fu said: "This is easy to deal with. The poor and humble life in the world is to beg for food. The emperor might as well give it a try."

Cai You held objections and said, "It takes a lot of people to do this. If it is spread outside the palace, it will seriously affect Your Majesty's lofty prestige. Besides, this is a self-discipline. How can anyone in the world behave in the wrong emperor but become a beggar?"

The emperor was very interested in this, and praised Wang Fu's suggestions for being creative, which was a miracle of eternal times, and approved it. Wang Fu was determined and quickly, and a new street appeared in the palace, including restaurants, food shops, singing houses, brothels, gold and silver shops, fragrant yams, sea of ​​fruits and miscellaneous items, and one hundred and twenty stores. The streets were full of traffic and crowded, and scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and all kinds of religions and religions. At this time, two beggars from the street, dressed in rags, begging by buying art. The old bent over the back, played the string calves in his hands, and lameness in his young, and sang the popular slow songs in the capital. The content was nothing more than men and women's love, lights, wine, glory and wealth, separation and death. The singer's voice was soft and gentle, and the piano played the music with harmony.

, , was very comfortable. Seeing that they performed well, pedestrians and shop owners on the street gave generously. When they arrived at the door of the brothel, the old man wanted to enter the house, but the young man grabbed it and said that the beggar had no money to visit prostitutes. The old man couldn't help but get angry, pulling off his beard, throwing off his torn clothes, and removing the burden on his back. Only then did people see clearly that the current emperor was begging for the piano and begging, and the dignified Hanlin scholar Wang Fu. The people who played all kinds of people on the street were all eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. Everyone knelt down and kowtowed, cheering for long live the emperor, long live! The emperor was also excited for his wonderful performance and announced that the whole street would drink all night long, which was considered as the emperor and the people. He also told the rebuilding of this street so that he could come and have fun again at any time.
Chapter completed!