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After seeing Li Qingzhao, who still looked like a young woman in her twenties, Wang couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder my cousin can seduce powerful people and give birth to two sons!"

Mrs. Wang smiled and said to Li Qingzhao's two sons: "Zhu'er, Lu'er, let's see what my aunt brought you two."

While talking, Wang took two rattles from the maid and started shaking them.

Li Li and Li Li immediately followed the sound and walked over, and then each of them snatched a rattle.

Just when Li She and Li She wanted to go back to find Li Qingzhao, Wang picked up the two little guys one by one, and then walked towards Li Qingzhao while holding the two little guys.

It can be seen that Mrs. Wang really likes these two little guys.

Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "You bring gifts every time you come here, and you will spoil the two brothers rotten."

Mrs. Wang said: "It's not worth a lot of money. Why does my cousin care about these trivial things?"

After saying that, Mrs. Wang teased Li Zhi and Li Zhi, with affection in her eyes.

Li Qingzhao saw this and said, "You love children so much, why don't you have one?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Li Qingzhao knew that she had said the wrong thing. Having had the same experience, she could guess with just a little thought that Wang loved children so much. She had been married for more than ten years and had not yet had a child. She must have own difficulties.

This is exactly the case.

Qin Hui and the Wang family both dreamed of having a son to carry on the Qin family lineage.

But after more than ten years of hard work, there was no movement in Wang's stomach.

Especially in recent years, based on Qin Hui's performance, Wang increasingly felt that she might not be able to be a mother.

Originally, there was also Li Qingzhao accompanying him, so Wang was a little comforted by the comparison.

Unexpectedly, Li Qingzhao gave birth to two sons at once.

To be honest, Wang was almost jealous of Li Qingzhao.

Because Qin Hui asked her to do her best to befriend Li Qingzhao, Wang had already suppressed her jealousy.

I don't want to, Li Qingzhao doesn't open any pot.

As a result, Mrs. Wang could no longer control her emotions and blurted out: "I also want to have a baby, but I don't know why I haven't been able to get pregnant. How did my cousin get pregnant? Can you give me some advice, little sister?" Imitate it.”

As soon as Wang said this, Li Qingzhao and Wang both looked embarrassed!

Li Qingzhao thought to himself: "Can I teach you this method? Do you think I should ask you to find him too..."

Thinking of this, Li Qingzhao couldn't think about it anymore, because after that, her mind was filled with images that were not suitable for children.

On the other side, Mrs. Wang also thought to herself: "I can use her method, how can I be like her..."

Thinking of this, Wang's heart couldn't help but move: "If I were like her, would I be able to have a child?"

After thinking about it, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel a little frightened: "How could I have such shameless thoughts? I am not a woman who is free and easy to play..."

Although she thought so, Mrs. Wang really wanted a child of her own. Moreover, with the living example of Li Qingzhao, Ms. Wang thought of Qin Hui's performance over the years and felt that the problem might not be her own...

The two were awkward for a while, and Wang quickly changed the subject: "The ministers in the court don't think about defending against the enemy's attack in autumn and winter, but are committed to relieving internal worries. They really don't know what to say..."

In the eyes of Zhao Huan and his close ministers, the so-called relief of internal worries was actually mainly about liquidating the ministers who were in power during the Zhao Ji era.

The first to bear the brunt were Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and Li Yan, who were named the "Five Thieves" by Chen Dong.

Among them, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and Li Yan had already been killed by Zhao Huan.

However, Cai Jing and Tong Guan, who were the oldest and had the highest positions, could not escape the liquidation of Zhao Huanjun and his ministers in the end.

Zhao Huan first issued an order, appointing Cai Jing to be a senior official in Zhongfeng, secretary and young eunuch, and appointing him as an official in Nanjing, and residing in Henan Prefecture; appointing Tong Guanzuowei as General Tong Guan to become an official, and residing in Chizhou; appointing Cai You as a senior official in Taizhong, and promoting Mingdao in Bozhou.

palace.

At that time, Cai Jing still had many disciples and former officials in the court, Tong Guan even had a lot of military power, and Cai You was Zhao Ji's best friend. The key was that Zhao Ji had not been placed under house arrest by Zhao Huan at that time.

So Zhao Huan still had some concerns at that time. After all, Cai Jing and Tong Guan were the civil and military representatives of Zhao Ji's dynasty. They had helped Zhao Ji reach the peak of his life. To liquidate them would be to negate all Zhao Ji's achievements. This

It is likely to cause a counterattack by Zhao Ji's former ministers, or even help Zhao Ji restore his state.

Later, as Zhao Huan used the hands of conservatives to eliminate a large number of reformists, most of Cai Jing's disciples and old officials lost power, and Tong Guan's military power was gradually stripped away by Zhao Huan. The key point was that Zhao Ji was controlled by Zhao Huan.

Under the persuasion of the conservative ministers, Zhao Huan immediately changed his face and issued an order to appoint Cai Jing Chongxin as the deputy envoy of the Army Jiedushi and to be resettled in De'an Mansion; to demote Tong Guan to be the deputy envoy to the Anhua Army and to be resettled in Chenzhou;

He was demoted to command and went to De'an Mansion to serve Cai Jing.

Zhao Huan was too ruthless and unjust. He would not reward meritorious deeds but would punish those who committed wrongdoings. Therefore, Cai You was actually very worried about returning to Bianliang City in Tokyo. Zhao Huan asked Cai You to serve Cai Jing. Cai You was very happy.

——Although father and son had been at odds with each other, now that everyone is in trouble, family ties are the most important thing.

Cai Jing was not willing to accept the accusations made by his courtiers. While writing a letter to Zhao Huan, he followed Zhao Huan's order and went to De'an Mansion.

Tong Guan, on the other hand, said nothing and just followed Zhao Huan's punishment and went to Chenzhou.

Soon after, the conservative ministers believed that the punishments for Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Cai You were too light and must be increased, so they sent memorials to Zhao Huan one after another, asking Zhao Huan to liquidate Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Cai You, and others during the Zhao Ji era.

old minister.

Under the pressure of public opinion, the Tai students led by Chen Dong started a student unrest and strongly demanded the execution of the old ministers of Zhao Ji's dynasty, especially the five thieves.

In response to the call of the courtiers - after Zhao Huan came to power, the conservatives who had been suppressed by Cai Jing came to power one after another with the support of Zhao Huan. They thought of the persecution of Cai Jing and other reform parties in the past, and began to take revenge on Cai Jing and other reformers regardless of the situation.

There are also some people in the reform camp who believe that it was the unpopular policies made by Cai Jing and others who allowed Zhao Ji to promote Huashi Gang that led to Li Cun's appearance and then led an army to attack the Song Dynasty, so they demanded that the old ministers of Zhao Ji's era be punished.

In addition, Zhao Huan himself hated Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Cai You and other ministers of Zhao Ji's dynasty who were always sycophantic, and wanted to completely eliminate Zhao Ji's influence and firmly control the imperial power.

Zhao Huan followed the wishes of his ministers and public opinion and liquidated Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Cai You and other ministers of Zhao Ji's dynasty.

in short.

Cai Jing was first exiled from Gongzhou to Henan Prefecture, then from Henan Prefecture to De'an Prefecture, and then continued to be exiled, constantly tormenting Cai Jing.

It was not until mid-July that Cai Jing, who was 81 years old and in poor health, could no longer walk, and finally died of heatstroke and exhaustion due to the long journey.

During his serious illness, Cai Jing lamented his life and wrote a poem about Xijiang Moon: I am dying at the beginning of my eighties, without a home three thousand miles away, wandering all over the world, looking at the sacred capital from afar.

I spent time in Xuanma, reminiscing about the prosperous past, but now I was just talking in my sleep.

In fact, there have always been two voices in the Zhao and Song court regarding the disposal of Cai Jing. One was led by Wu Min, who believed that it was unfair to deal with Cai Jing. Historically, Li Gang also stood in this group.

To be fair, it is too difficult to summarize the memorials that the conservative ministers gave to Zhao Huan to impeach Cai Jing, and the various charges that Zhao Huan and his ministers finally convicted Cai Jing. Many of Cai Jing's charges were made with strong excuses, and even

Many of them are obviously malicious attacks by conservatives on Cai Jing.

Moreover, some people at this time believed that during Cai Jing's reign, the Zhao and Song dynasties had no financial crisis or rebellion, and their civil and military skills had reached their peak. They felt that Cai Jing had made contributions to the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Cai Jing was also very dissatisfied with Zhao Huan's treatment of him.

——The only thing Cai Jing admitted was that in order to gain Zhao Ji's support, he allowed Zhao Ji to be arrogant and extravagant. He denied all other accusations.

While in Gongzhou, Cai Jing wanted to request to return to Beijing to meet Zhao Huan to defend himself and explain the various accusations against him.

But Zhao Huan and the conservative ministers surrounding Zhao Huan did not give Cai Jing this chance at all.

A disciple of Cai Jing named "Lü Chuan Bian" came forward to raise money to bury Cai Jing. He wrote a question on Cai Jing's epitaph: "At the end of Tianbao, what was Yao and Song's crime?"

——Tianbao is the reign name of Tang Xuanzong and Li Longji during his heyday, which was also the most prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty. The prime ministers at that time were Yao Chong and Song Jing, both of whom were famous virtuous ministers in history. Lu Chuanbian is saying

, An Lushan's rebellion after the prosperous age, how can it be blamed on the two virtuous prime ministers Yao Chong and Song Jing who created the prosperous age?

The example cited by Lu Chuanbian was not without purpose. When Cai Jing was prime minister, it was also the peak period of the Zhao Ji dynasty, and even the peak period of the Zhao and Song dynasties, and Cai Jing was also known as the "Prime Minister of Taiping".

Historically, in October of the 32nd year of Shaoxing, just before Zhao Gou was about to abdicate, Zhao Gou suddenly issued an edict to pardon the descendants and families of Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Yue Fei, and Zhang Xian.

It was then that Yue Fei and Zhang Xian began to be rehabilitated.

Judging from this, Cai Jing and Tong Guan should have been rehabilitated by Zhao Gou.

Six years later, Cai Jing's grandson moved Cai Jing's bones back to his hometown in Fengting, Xianyou, and buried them in Puzuo Village, Fengting Town. The tomb was also built according to the rank of the three male prime ministers.

Seeing that Cai Jing was tortured to death before he could take action, Zhao Huan worried that Tong Guan, who was also seventy-three years old, would follow in Cai Jing's footsteps and not be punished by him, so he decided to kill Tong Guan.

Therefore, Zhao Huan issued an edict: "Tong Guan has ten crimes: the first is to recommend Zhu Meng to raise flowers and stones, to lead Zhao Liangsi to destroy the Khitan, to build the Yanfu Palace, etc. I have been shaken repeatedly in the East Palace. There were different words when the registration was established, and I left without waiting for the order.

Shaanxi, poor people stay behind but are not ordered

, Tokyo rescued the siege and left after hearing about it. There were illegal things at home and privately raising dead people. The crime mentioned above cannot be punished. I sent the censor Zhang Cheng to lead the Kaifeng government officials to chase Tong Guan. He followed him to the state army and the execution was completed.

, I sent you a letter to go to the palace..."

Soon after, Zhang Chen followed Zhao Huan's imperial edict and killed Tong Guan, then poured mercury into Tong Guan's head and brought it back to Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan ordered the Kaifeng Prefecture to mark Tong Guan's head in the most troubled place in the city and publish a list listing Tong Guan's crimes.

However, some people pointed out that Tong Guan was guilty of escaping from Taiyuan and other crimes. However, looking at the Zhao and Song Dynasty at this time, there was actually a person who had the experience of leading all the soldiers and horses of the Zhao and Song Dynasty to fight against the Daqian Dynasty. There was only Tong Guan, and even if Zhao Huan did not use Tong Guan as the general of the army and stayed by his side as a high-ranking counselor, he would not have random command, causing the Song army to suffer repeated defeats.

Cai You made great contributions to Zhao Ji's return to Beijing.

It can be said that if Cai You, whom Zhao Ji trusted the most, had not been there to persuade Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji would not have been so easily deceived by Zhao Huan into returning to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

But Zhao Huan did not consider this at all, and directly issued an edict to send Cai You to a remote area, and then issued an imperial edict to kill Cai You.

Seeing Zhao Huan's imperial edict granting him death, Cai You did not give in or quibble. He just sighed and said, "You have ruined your country so much, and you deserve to die, so why regret it!"

After that, Cai You took the initiative to drink the poisonous wine given to him by Zhao Huan.

But the dramatic thing is that after Cai You drank the poisoned wine, it took a long time for him to die, and there was not even any sign of poison. The executioner had no choice but to tie another hanging rope to Cai You. , let Cai You hang himself.
To be continued...