Privy envoy + Tongping Zhangshi = invincible in the imperial court. The Minister of Household Affairs is equivalent to today's Minister of Finance. In August of the second year of Kaiyun (945), Feng Yu became the political leader of the Central Court of the Later Jin Dynasty.
How favored is Feng Yu? He once took a few days of sick leave due to physical discomfort, and Shi Chonggui ordered that all personnel appointments above the provincial governor level must wait until Feng Yu arrives at the post before they can be announced.
It is conceivable that Feng Yu was able to sell his official position and win titles without any hindrance. People who offered him bribes came from all directions in an endless stream, and the politics of the Later Jin Dynasty became extremely dark.
Yin Peng, the gunman who helped Feng Yu write the book, also happily joined Feng Yu's party and became Feng Yu's think tank. Bachelor, among the core power circle. At the same time, as Feng Yu's confidant, Yin Peng also became a key figure in unblocking the joints and became the first stop for bribery to Feng Yu.
Sang Weihan resigned from the position of prime minister and was separated from the position of Privy Councilor. However, he still held the title of Privy Councilor after all. Feng Yu and his party were watching him closely all the time and became the voluntary disciplinary inspection committee to prevent Sang Weihan from being punished. I will never give up if I take him down.
The reason why Sang Weihan allowed the treacherous officials to succeed was that, in addition to the emperor's partial belief, he also had many small flaws in himself. For example, his city is a little shallow, and he can repay kindness with drops of water and springs of water, and he must repay his kindness. Here in Sangweihan, debts of gratitude do not last overnight. This kind of character can be said to be bold and bold, very much like a Liangshan hero, but this way of dealing with people is an advantage when used on a hero, but it is a fatal flaw when used on an imperial prime minister.
The reason why Shi Chonggui completely alienated Sang Weihan was Sang Weihan's inadvertent words.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the second year of Kaiyun (945), civil and military officials routinely paid tribute and participated in the New Year ceremony. At that time, Sang Weihan, who was also the privy envoy and prime minister, sent a maid into the palace to greet the Queen Mother. During the greetings, he casually cared about Shi Chongrui's situation and asked the emperor's brother whether Shi Chongrui had been studying recently (whether the emperor's brother Chongrui had been studying recently) .
This is a normal polite word, just like when relatives gather together during the holidays to ask each other what grade their children are in? How did you go on the final exam? Which major do you want to study...
However, this sentence was regarded as a treasure by Feng Yu and his party, who immediately ran to Shi Chonggui and falsely accused Sang Weihan of intending to abolish the establishment.
Shi Chonggui believed it.
Because the situation at that time was that the Khitan launched a second campaign and invaded the Central Plains on a large scale, and the Jin Dynasty had a bad start. There was a cloud of terror in the hearts of soldiers and civilians across the country, but Shi Chonggui was so anxious that he "didn't hesitate" and his condition was so serious that he could not attend. New Year's celebration on the first day of the first lunar month.
Under such circumstances, Comrade Sang Weihan, the leader of the civil service group, a veteran of two dynasties, the soul of the "pro-Liao faction" and the chief architect of the pro-Liao policy, suddenly became concerned about Shi Chongrui's situation...
Shi Chongrui is the only remaining biological son of the late emperor Shi Jingtang. There are also rumors that the late emperor ordered Shi Chongrui to be established, and it was Shi Chonggui who was supported by Feng Dao and Jing Yanguang.
The "reading incident" planted a time bomb in Shi Chonggui's heart.
Soon after, Shi Chonggui drank a few more glasses of wine, perhaps because he had won the battle. "The emperor became ill from excessive drinking." Sang Weihan sent someone to the palace to find the Queen Mother, saying that the emperor's younger brother Shi Chongrui was almost old enough to go to school. It's time to arrange admission for him (please give the emperor a new master).
The matter quickly fermented under the aggravation of Feng Yu and others, and the "Friends of the Old Gang" took the opportunity to frame Sang Weihan for deposing him.
Sang Weihan was a veteran of the previous dynasty. He was neither a direct descendant of Shi Chonggui from Hedong nor a relative of the emperor. He was not trusted by Shi Chonggui. After the malicious exaggeration and fanning of the flames by the "pro-old gang", Shi Chonggui became even more suspicious of Sang Weihan.
With the rise of "pro-old gangs" such as Feng Yu and Li Yantao, many of Sang Weihan's political opponents joined them one after another, joining the group to keep warm and working together. For example, Li Shouzhen.
Li Shouzhen was from Heyang. When Shi Jingtang was in charge of Heyang, Li Shouzhen became Shi Jingtang's general. He followed Shi Jingtang until the founding of the People's Republic of China. Therefore, Li Shouzhen, like Liu Zhiyuan and Sang Weihan, belonged to the direct lineage of Shi Jingtang, and is now the "Gang of Veterans of the Former Dynasty." ", Yang Guangyuan colluded with the Khitans to go south, and Yelum Malong attacked Yunzhou, trying to join forces with them and repeat Li Cunxu's "left hook". Li Shouzhen was ordered to stop the attack, successfully defeated Yelum Malong, and was promoted to Yanzhou Jiedu Envoy, and then Then he led an army of 20,000 to attack Yang Guangyuan.
When Yang Guangyuan surrendered, his subordinate Song Yan dedicated Yang Guangyuan's treasures, beauties, famous horses, etc. to Li Shouzhen, so Li Shouzhen secretly hid Song Yan in his army and gave him protection.
This is because according to common practice, after a rebellion is suppressed, the court will inevitably issue a pardon edict pardoning the remaining traitors, implementing the principle of "only punish the first culprit and ignore the rest." Therefore, as long as these traitor minions who help the tyrants can find a way to survive until that day, they can start a new life and their previous sins can be wiped out.
Song Yan bribed Li Shouzhen heavily in order to survive, and Li Shouzhen had already agreed. He was waiting for the news to pass in two days and everything would be fine.
However, the reason why Yang Guangyuan took the road of connecting with foreign countries had a lot to do with the instigation of this group of staff. When Yang Guangyuan's sons surrendered, they had already killed a group of core leaders, and Song Yan was one of the fish that slipped through the net. At that time, Sang Weihan intended to catch all these rebels, so he took advantage of his change of position to deliberately delay the issuance of the pardon edict, so that the frontline soldiers could kill more traitors.
Soon, the news about Li Shouzhen leaked out and someone reported her. So the emperor issued an edict, asking Li Shouzhen to hand over Song Yan, and then killed Song Yan.
Sang Weihan hates evil, but he is very tactful in his dealings with others. The killing of Song Yan was not only a small matter of not giving Li Shouzhen face, but also solidified Li Shouzhen's charges of recruiting traitors and harboring national A-level wanted criminals. Li Shouzhen couldn't bear to eat and walked away.
Therefore, Li Shouzhen hated Sang Weihan with all his teeth.
Now, Shi Chonggui showed his suspicion of the old ministers of the previous dynasty and favored the "pro-old gang" without any bottom line. Li Shouzhen then paid homage to Feng Yu's dock, and Sang Weihan was his captor. Li Shouzhen actively framed Sang Weihan. Draw a clear line with the "gang of veterans of the previous dynasty".
Feng Yu, Li Yantao, and Li Shouzhen got together and after discussion, they believed that Kaifeng Governor Zhao Ying had a gentle temperament and was easy to control, so they jointly submitted a letter recommending Comrade Zhao Ying to replace Sang Weihan.
On December 25, the second year of Kaiyun (945), Shi Chonggui issued an edict: Sang Weihan was relieved of all official positions in the central government (Privy Councilor, Zhongshu Ling) and was appointed Kaifeng Prefecture Yin; Comrade Zhao Ying, the former Kaifeng Prefecture Yin, was promoted to Zhongshu Ling; Prime Minister Li Song is also the Privy Envoy.
