Qin Mou Qinwu and others took the opportunity to welcome Xibawen into Qingtang, and established his son Longju as the main commander, and his arrogance was restored. Hu Zong returned to order Wang Shan to attack, but Wang Shan still refused to accept the order. Then, under the urging of the court, Wang Shan attacked Qingtang. Qin Mou Qinwu and others were unable to defend and reluctantly surrendered. Wang Shan then entered Qingtang City and submitted a memorial to the court. The court issued an edict to change Qingtang to Shanzhou and ordered Wang Shan to govern the affairs of the prefecture. Miaochuan was Huangzhou and ordered Wang Hou to govern the affairs of the prefecture. At that time, people with knowledge in China and abroad had already predicted that the surrender of the two chiefs would not be based on their original intentions, but there would be changes in the future. Not only Qingtang could not be managed for a long time, but Miaochuan might not be able to defend. Wang Shan and others only cared about the present and did not expect the future.

Besides, after Zhezong deposed Empress Meng, she did not make an empress for three years. Concubine Liu was looking forward to it day and night, and was particularly flattering, but she was not enthroned. So she instructed the eunuchs Hao Sui, Liu Youduan, and Prime Minister Zhang Shi to ask for internal and external requests, but she did not get an agreement. This made her confused and worried and sad. But she still had a glimmer of hope, that is, the concubine in the harem had never given birth to a son. If she gave birth to a boy, the position of the palace in the middle would naturally belong to her.

Soon, Concubine Liu was indeed pregnant. After ten months, she gave birth to a son. Concubine Liu was naturally very happy, and Zhezong was also very pleased. So the court prosecutors asked Concubine Liu to be the queen after a few days. Zhezong ordered the ritual officials to prepare rituals and enthrone Liu as the queen. The right-hand man Zhezong wrote a memorial to advise him. After reading it, Zhezong summoned Zhehao and asked, "This is also the story of his ancestors, not my original creation."

Zou Hao replied: "The great virtues of our ancestors can imitate many examples, but Your Majesty did not follow them all. Now he has taken small flaws and is bound to attract criticism from later generations." After Zhezong heard this, his expression changed drastically. After Zhehao retired from the court, Zhezong looked at Zhehao's memorial carefully, but he was still hesitant and thoughtful. So he handed over the original memorial to the Secretariat and ordered a review.

However, the matter of abolishing the queen was originally planned by Zhang Dun. This time, Zou Hao was about to succeed, but he came to him. He wanted to block the enemy. How could he not be resentful? So he slandered him extremely painfully and strongly criticized Zou Hao for being arrogant and severely punished him! Zhezong also thought that what Zhang Dun said was reasonable, and he felt that Zou Hao was a crime, so he removed him from office and was imprisoned in Xinzhou. The right prime minister of the Shangshu Huang Luzhi advised: "Hao was grateful to Your Majesty for his experience and violated Yan Nazhong. Your Majesty wanted to kill him. From then on, the court ministers will be regarded as a great warning. How dare you discuss gains and losses with Your Majesty? I hope Your Majesty will give you good land and not let your loyalty down!" Zhezong refused to obey, but instead released Huang Lu out of the magistrate of Bozhou.

Tian Hua, a native of Yangdi, was the nephew of Tian Kuang, a former Privy Councilor. He liked to talk, was generous, friendly and motivated to Zou Hao. Tian Hua once entered the capital gate and said to Zou Hao: "What official are you now? Are you still fighting for a cold horse at this time?" Zou Hao replied: "When you have to make suggestions, please repay your friends." When Liu Hou was in power, Tian Hua said to his colleagues: "If Zou Hao doesn't make suggestions, I will break up with him."

When Zou Hao was offended by strong advice, Tian Hua returned home sick. He heard that Zou Hao left the capital and hurried to greet him. Zou Hao burst into tears at him, Tian Hua said seriously: "You are too unconscionable. If you remain silent and have a free position, if you encounter cold disease and do not sweat for five days, you will die from the bento. Can only die outside the mountain? The ancients said: "Martyr is good for his reputation," Don't regret the past, I'm afraid that the matter of the full name and Quanjie will not be the only one." Zou Hao then thanked his teachings.

Zou Hao's mother Zhang, when Zou Hao was a censor, he once slept in person.

He told him: "The censor is the ruling lord. If you can serve the country with all your loyalty and be worthy of public opinion, I am happy to comfort you. You don't have to worry about anything." After Zou Hao went south, no one dared to take care of him.

Wang Hui gathered his friends to pay for the money, prepared luggage for Zou Hao, and comforted Zou Hao's mother. The patrol soldiers heard that he was taken to prison. Wang Hui calmly went to court, and the censor asked Wang Hui if he was accomplice. Wang Hui said with a sigh: "Wang Hui has indeed heard of it, how dare he deceive each other!" So he recited the sutras written by Zou Hao, which were about 2,000 words in succession, and was dismissed. Wang Hui walked out of the capital and went calmly.

Zhezong then issued an edict to enthrone the Queen of Liu, choose an auspicious day, climb to Wende Hall, and personally awarded the treasure to Empress Liu. After the ceremony, the palace celebrated and had a banquet for several days. However, the joy and sorrow were born. After only more than two months, Empress Liu's son suddenly developed a strange disease. He cried all day long, did not eat, and the imperial physician could not treat it, and he died young. Empress Liu was naturally sad and could not bear to be so mean.

After the prince died, Zhezong also fell ill. After a long time, he was able to extend the second year of Yuanfu. On the third year of the year, he was bedridden and was exempted from court gifts. The imperial doctor inspected him every day, but he could not save his life. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhezong passed away at the age of only twenty-five. In total, Zhezong was reigned and changed his reign twice, totaling fifteen years.

Zhezong was old and had clear right and wrong. When he ascended the throne, he was only nine years old and was ruled by Empress Dowager Gao. One day, he should have received an envoy from the Liao Dynasty according to etiquette. Cai Que was worried that when the young Zhezong saw the appearance of the Liao people, he would be frightened and damage his prestige, so he carefully introduced the appearance and clothing of the Liao envoy to him one day, asking him not to be surprised, and repeated it dozens of times.

After hearing this, Zhezong did not speak. When Cai Que finished speaking, he suddenly asked seriously: "Are the envoy of the Liao Dynasty humans?" Cai Que replied: "Of course they are humans, but just barbarians." Zhezong said: "Since they are humans, how could I be afraid of him?" Cai Que did not expect that he had such an opinion and retreated in panic.

When Prime Minister Su Song was in power, Zhezong was very young. Whenever ministers made memorials, it was up to Empress Dowager Gao. Occasionally, Zhezong had something to say, but sometimes no one responded. Only Su Song would report to Zhezong after reporting to the Empress Dowager. Zhezong had important matters to read, and Su Song would definitely tell the ministers to obey the orders. After Zhao Xu took power, all the old ministers during the Yuanyou period were demoted. Censor Zhou Zhi wanted to impeach Su Song together. Zhezong said: "Su Song is the right to be a wise ruler and a minister, and don't talk about the elders of this country in a rash manner."

After Zhezong's death, Xiang Gong summoned the assistant ministers to discuss the choice of the heir. She cried and said to the ministers: "The country is unhappy, and the emperor has no heirs. A wise man should be chosen to succeed to the throne and comfort both at home and abroad." Zhang Dun immediately said: "According to the rituals, we should establish the same mother's brother, King Jian, Zhao Si." Xiang Gong said: "Old has no sons, and all the kings are the concubines of Emperor Shenzong, so we cannot distinguish like this." Zhang Dun said: "If you want to establish a chief, you should belong to King Shen Zhao Qi." The Queen Mother said: "King Shen has eyesight and is not convenient to be the king. It is better to be Duan Zhao Ji."

Zhang Dun said loudly: "King Duan is frivolous and cannot rule the world." Zeng Bu scolded Zhang Dun, saying: "Zhang Duan did not discuss with me. If it was the empress dowager's sage, I would agree very much." Cai Bian and Xu general said in unison: "According to the imperial edict." Xiang Hunter said: "The late emperor once said that Duan has good fortune and longevity, and is very kind and filial. If he is appointed as the heir, there is no other reason.

"Zhang Dun was alone and isolated, and it was unlikely to argue, so he had to keep silent.

So he promulgated the empress dowager and summoned Duan King Zhao Ji into the palace and ascended the throne. Zeng Bu and others asked the empress dowager Xiang to deal with important military and national affairs. However, the empress dowager Xiang said that the emperor was old and did not have to be kept behind the curtain. Zhao Ji cried and asked the empress dowager Xiang to instruct the government. It took a long time before she agreed. Zhao Ji was born in Bianjing and was the eleventh son of Emperor Shenzong of Song. He was pampered since childhood and developed a frivolous and erratic character.

It is said that before Zhao Ji was born, his father, Emperor Shenzong, went to the Secretariat to view the collection of portraits of Li Yu, the late emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. "I sighed again and again when I saw his character's elegant character, and then gave birth to Zhao Ji. There were many shadows of Li Yu in Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji loved brushwork, painting, horse riding, archery, and Cuju since he was a child. He had a strong interest in strange flowers and stones, birds and animals, especially in calligraphy and painting, which showed extraordinary talent.

Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, respected the former emperor and queen Liu as the Empress Yuanfu, appointed his elder brother Shen Wang Qi as the Grand Tutor, and was appointed King Chen, the emperor's younger brother Shen Wang Ya as the King of Wei, King Jian Si as the King of Cai, King Mu Yi as the King of Ding, and specially promoted Zhang Dun as the Duke of Shen, summoned Han Zhongyan as the Minister of the Sect, Huang Lu as the Left Prime Minister, and made his wife Wang as the Empress. The Empress was the daughter of Wang Zao, the Governor of Dezhou. She returned to the residence of Duan in the second year of Yuanfu, and was once named the Lady of Shunguo.

When Empress Dowager Xiang was in Shenzong, she was a conservative school. After she came to power, she immediately appointed conservative Han Zhongyan as the ruler, and soon promoted to the right prime minister. Left prime minister Zhang Dun and ruling Cai Bian were attacked one after another. Cai Bian was first demoted to the prefect; at the same time, the demoted conservative officials were restored, and conservative officials then came to power one after another. Shortly after Empress Dowager Xiang returned to power, Zhang Dun, who opposed Zhao Ji as the emperor, was dismissed from prime minister, Han Zhongyan was promoted to the left prime minister, and Zeng Bu was promoted to the right prime minister.

At that time, the struggle between the conservatives and the reformists intensified. Some officials believed that Yuanyou and Shaosheng made mistakes and should eliminate prejudice and reconcile contradictions. So the next year was to build the Central Government to show that "the main purpose of harmony is to establish politics" and "show my ambition and to support the people forever." However, the struggle between the old and new party not only did not stop but became more and more intense.

Han Zhongyan quickly reported four things: First, it is better to be kind and kind, second, it is better to open a road of speech, third, it is better to go away, fourth, it is better to be warned. After seeing the Empress Dowager Xiang, he praised it very much. It happened that Tubo rebelled again, Qingtang and Miaochuan fell one after another. Empress Dowager Xiang was unwilling to fight because he listened to Han Zhongyan's suggestion, so he decided to abandon the territory and seek peace and demote the border ministers.

It turned out that Wang Shan stayed in Qingtang and led his troops to plunder everywhere, causing the Qiang people to complain. Qin Mouqinwu then gathered people to rebel, but was defeated by Wang Shan. Wang Shan slaughtered the Qiang in the city, and the corpses were accumulated like a mountain. Luo Jie thus had two hearts and went back to appease the headquarters. Wang Shan believed it to be true and listened to him. He then recruited more than a thousand people to besiege Miaochuan, and at the same time asked for help from Xixia. Xixia immediately sent troops to assist. The situation in Miaochuan was critical, and Qingtang was greatly affected.
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