The first person to stand up and admonish Emperor Huizong was Cao Fu, the secretary of the provincial government.
It is said that the secretary of the province, courtesy name Cao Fu, courtesy name Zaide, was a native of Shaxian County and a Jinshi of Yuanfu. Due to political affairs, he wanted to see Emperor Huizong. He asked for an audience several times, but was persuaded to go back by Wang Fu, Yang Jian and others.
Why is the emperor so busy? Cao Fu was very confused.
One day, Cao Fu entered the palace to see Emperor Huizong again, but was stopped by officials from the Xing Bureau.
Cao Fu was very unhappy and said angrily: "I have asked to see the Holy Emperor several times, but you have blocked me time and time again. What's the point of this? Is it possible that my official position is not qualified to meet the Emperor?"
The official of the Xingxing Bureau was blamed and hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, you have misunderstood. It is not because your official position is not enough to meet the emperor. In fact, the emperor has been suffering from wounds recently and is not in good health. He can't see things. Please come back later." , when the emperor's dragon body recovers, please come and see me again.
When Cao Fu heard this, he had no choice but to leave the palace. However, Cao Fu was very doubtful about the words of the officials of the Xingxing Bureau. He thought, isn't it just a hemorrhoid, and he will not be able to go to court? I'm afraid there's something else hidden? !
Cao Fu felt suspicious, so he asked around, and finally found out that His Majesty had to go out from the hidden passage every day and secretly go to meet Li Shishi, a famous prostitute in Tokyo, so that he could have fun with him. I am having fun and have no time to deal with government affairs.
No wonder I was blocked from seeing the Holy One several times!
When Cao Fu heard about this news, he felt deeply absurd. He felt that it was really unseemly and harmed the dignity of the court.
Therefore, Cao Fu decided to write a letter to advise His Majesty the Emperor to put the country, the country and the country first, to cultivate his character with ease, to work diligently and to love the people, and not to do such shameless things again.
One day, Huizong ascended to the throne.
The whip sounded faintly three times, and the civil and military teams at all levels were in unison.
At that time, a palace official shouted: "If you have something to do, please leave early. If you have nothing to do, roll up the curtain and leave the court."
I saw a small official at the end of the class, stepping forward, holding a bamboo wat in both hands, and singing loudly: "I have my own music!"
Huizong looked down and saw that it was Cao Fu, the secretary of the provincial government, and asked, "What does Cao Aiqing have to report?"
Cao Fu looked up and replied: "My emperor is here, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"
After singing, Cao Fu said seriously: "I have a request to make, but it's not convenient to say it in the palace, so I have it here!"
Huizong said: "Since you have the copy, hand it over!"
The head official of the palace went down to the palace, took the memorial from Cao Fu, returned to the palace, and handed it to Huizong.
Huizong unfolded it and read it carefully, and suddenly became furious.
It turns out that Cao Fu’s memorial said:
"I heard that the king and the people are originally in harmony with each other. When they are together, they are the heart and heart, and when they are separated, they are Chu and Yue. When they are submissive, it is because of their beards, which is very scary. Your Majesty is tired of living in the harem. Sometimes he rides in a small sedan or wears a submarine Dao, wandering in and out of the desert, outside the suburbs, having fun and then returning. The words of Dao Tu were still taboo at the beginning, but now they are taken for granted. I don’t realize that your majesty is responsible for the great responsibility of the ancestral temple and the country. This. Your Majesty, at the age of ninety-five, spends his energy and energy wandering around brothels and houses. You should cherish the dragon body to avoid making future generations laugh. I dare to weep and remonstrate."
After Emperor Huizong saw it, he became angry and put Cao Fu's memorial on the ground. He shouted loudly: "Cao Fu! You are just a junior minister. Wang Yushi, Yang Taifu, Gao Taiwei and other leading ministers did not say anything. They turned around. Are you here to teach me?! Come here, beat this guy Cao Fu out."
Following Huizong's words, several officers on duty immediately came out, swung their sticks, and with a crackle, they knocked Cao Fu out of the hall.
Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Yang Jian and other treacherous ministers and traitors all covered their mouths and snickered when they saw this.
Seeing that Emperor Huizong was still angry, Gao Qiu came out of the squad and said: "My emperor is here. The arrogant Cao Fu has acted boldly, talked nonsense, and framed your majesty. He should be severely punished according to the law."
Emperor Huizong, with his great dignity, wandered around brothels and brothels, which was indeed not a glorious thing, so he was also cautious for fear of being discovered; he never thought that a little secretary, Shenzhen Zhengzi, was in the lobby, not knowing what to do with it. , instead of publicizing the matter, he went into the book and talked about it, which really made Huizong embarrassed and angry. At this time, he listened to Gao Qiu's suggestion that Cao Fu should be punished severely. Huizong didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered Cao Fu to be imprisoned. Zhengshitang was handed over to Prime Minister Wang Fu and Zhengshitang Censor Yu Shen for interrogation.
The head of the Political Affairs Hall is Yu Shen, who is a close associate of Cai Jing.
Seeing Cao Fu being escorted into the lobby, Yu Shen asked: "Cao Fu, I'm not talking about you! You are a humble official, how can you dare to arbitrarily discuss important affairs of the court? Are you in charge of the affairs of the Holy One?!"
Cao Fu glanced at Yu Shen and retorted: "Just because you officials dare not discuss it, I, a small official, come to discuss it. The Holy One is the Holy One of all peoples. As a minister, why can't I care about the Holy One's affairs?" "
Yu Shen was interrogating Cao Fu. Wang Fu was standing by, pretending to be deaf and mute. After hearing what Cao Fu said, he hurriedly excused himself and said, "Cao Fu, it's not just the high officials who dare not discuss it, but it's the fact that I and other ministers didn't listen." Talk about the emperor going out for pleasure privately."
When Cao Fu saw this, he became even more angry and scolded Wang Fu: "As the censor, you act as the prime minister, and you ignore the important affairs of the court. You coax the emperor all day long, wandering around in three tiles and two houses. How can you not know?" I have inquired clearly, these days, it is you who followed His Majesty the Emperor out of Donghua Gate, into Qianqian Lane, and to Master Li's Academy! Now you are pushing two, six, five, and everything, what are you talking about? I don’t know about the emperor’s private server entertainment! It’s pure nonsense.”
When Wang Fu heard this, he became furious and cursed: "Cao Fu! You are talking nonsense! It was obviously the fault of Taiwei Gao and Taifu Yang, but you falsely accused me!"
Cao Fu was also furious. He pointed at Wang Fu and said, "You just said you didn't know about the emperor's private entertainment. How do you know that it was Taiwei Gao and Taifu Yang who did it?"
Wang Fu was speechless by Cao Fu's words, while Yu Shen snickered on the side.
Cao Fu refused to give up and said loudly: "Don't make excuses. It's you. I've found out clearly. It's you who coaxed the Holy One out."
Wang Fu was furious and rebuked loudly: "This is outrageous! Cao Fu, should I judge you? Or should you judge me?!"
Cao Fu said: "The evil ones deserve justice!"
When Wang Fu saw this, he was so angry that he trembled all over and ordered the government officials to beat Cao Fu.
The Yamen servant immediately pounced on the general and wanted to beat Cao Fu.
Yu Shen hurriedly stopped the yamen servant, turned to Wang Fu and said: "Wang Zhongcheng, Cao Fu is the imperial school secretary. He was beaten by the yamen servant. It is against the rules of the court. Let's try him slowly."
After Wang Fu finished speaking, Yu Shen turned to Cao Fu and said: "Cao Zhengzi, although the punishment is not that of a high official and the courtesy is not that of a common man, you still understand the principle of judging the situation and seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. I advise you to explain it early, don't If you have to suffer real physical pain, then it will be too late to regret it."
Cao Fu knew that Yu Shen, who pretended to be a good guy on the surface, was actually a member of Cai Jing's party and was really bad! He was pretending to be a nice guy, but he was just not cooperating with Wang Fu. Cao Fu was interrogated for no reason and felt angry, so he cursed: "Repent? I regret your mother's legs!"
Yu Shen was also furious, but faced with the angry Cao Fu, there was no good way.
So Yu Shen whispered to Wang Fu for a while, and ordered his subordinates to record a confession to Cao Fu, so that Cao Fu would admit that he had framed the emperor.
At that moment, Cao Fu was extremely angry and wrote: "I only want nothing. I think that your majesty is talented and intelligent, and is actually a sage. All of them are like Cai Jing and Wang Fu, who are coaxing in every possible way, so that they lose their integrity." .What Cao Fu did was to love the king."
Wang Fu was furious after reading Cao Fu's confession, but he had nothing to do with Cao Fu, and he didn't dare to let Huizong read Cao Fu's confession. He just advocated severe punishment for Cao Fu.
Emperor Huizong was so angry that he issued an edict to send Cao Fu to Chenzhou to receive supervision.
After dealing with Cao Fu, Wang Fu, Yang Jian, Gao Qiu and other treacherous ministers Ning Tie, and provoked Huizong, saying that His Majesty owns the world, works day and night, long-cherished in public, visits privately incognito, and understands the people's sentiments, which is really an act close to the people; Cao Fu is a mean man. , who is critical of everything and criticizes His Majesty in the lobby, it is really abominable. In the opinion of my ministers, why not just confer the title of Master Li directly and see what other people have to say? !
When Huizong heard this, he thought to himself, since I am the emperor, I can choose concubines everywhere, why can't I canonize Master Li?
Thinking of this, Huizong made special arrangements and immediately named Li Shishi as Concubine Li Ming, and changed Qianqian Lane to Xiaoyu Street. From then on, he started to interact with Li Shishi openly.
After canonizing Li Shishi as Concubine Li Ming, there was less discussion in the court, and it became much easier for Emperor Huizong to act. In addition to meeting Li Shishi from time to time, Emperor Huizong also began to practice calligraphy and painting, and his level became increasingly better and more proficient. Emperor Huizong was very happy and wanted to learn more calligraphy and painting skills, so he arranged for the eunuch Tong Guan to go to the south of the Yangtze River to collect calligraphy and paintings, find exotic flowers and plants, treasures and stones, etc.
Before Tong Guan left, Emperor Huizong specifically asked Tong Guan to visit Grand Master Cai after arriving in Hangzhou. Emperor Huizong made this arrangement because Cai Jing had profound attainments in calligraphy and painting, and wanted to get some of Cai Jing's calligraphy and paintings so that he could learn from them.
Therefore, after Tong Guan came to Hangzhou, he first went to visit Grand Master Cai Jing who was demoted to Hangzhou.
Cai Jing was overjoyed to see Tong Guan visiting. Cai Jing knew that although Tong Guan was a eunuch and did not have much position, he was a popular person around Emperor Huizong. If others could not say it, Tong Guan could say it. If he wanted to come back, he would be able to make a smooth comeback with the help of Tong Guan and Emperor Huizong's relationship. shortcut. Therefore, Cai Jing put down the pretense of being a grand master, was extremely humble to Tong Guan, and held Tong Guan up high.
When he learned that the purpose of Tong Guan's trip was to collect calligraphy and paintings, and to look for exotic flowers, rare herbs, treasures and rocks, Cai Jing was very excited, because in terms of calligraphy and painting, apart from the emperor, Cai Jing was the only one in the court who belonged to him. Besides, Cai Jing also had something in mind when it came to finding exotic flowers, rare herbs, treasures and rocks. He thought of Zhu Chong and his son who had built pavilions and established academies for him not long ago. He knew that those two people were definitely experts in this area, so he left it to them. , absolutely no problem.
As for collecting exotic flowers, rare herbs, treasures and stones, Cai Jing can't care about it for the time being. All he can care about is writing some calligraphy and painting some pictures to please Tong Guan, and let Tong Guan take his calligraphy and painting to present to Emperor Huizong. , so that Emperor Huizong could think of him and appreciate him further, he served as prime minister three times.
In order to achieve this goal, Cai Jing mysteriously said to Tong Guan: "After Mr. Tong returned to Beijing, he said many good words for me in front of the Holy Master. If I come back again, I will never forget Mr. Tong's kindness of reincarnation, and I will also speak in front of the Holy Master. , strongly recommended Mr. Tong to serve as Privy Councilor to take charge of the military power."
