Emperor Tianzuo said to Xiao Fengxian angrily: "Wanyan Aguda is heroic, and Gu Pan is different from ordinary people. He can kill him on the pretext of border affairs. Otherwise, he will definitely leave behind future troubles." Xiao Fengxian did not dare to agree, so he said: "He is a rough man, he does not understand any etiquette and righteousness, and he has not committed any serious crimes. If we kill him for no reason, it will have a very bad impact and will hit Xiang Hua of the Jurchen tribes. If Aguda dares to rebel, what can his small country do?" Emperor Tianzuo then gave up.

Besides, Tong Guan had been guarding the western border for a long time and was slightly aspiring to the Western Qiang, so he thought that the Liao Kingdom could also plan. Tong Guan therefore submitted a letter to the Liao Envoy to observe the reality of the Liao Kingdom. At that time, Zhao Ji had just changed his reign to Zheng Yunzhong and was about to show off his limelight and embellish the National Day, so he sent Zheng Yunzhong, a scholar of Duanming Palace, to serve as the envoy to celebrate the Liao Lord's birthday, and Tong Guan was the deputy.

The two left Lugou and met Ma Zhi, a native of Liao. Ma Zhi claimed that he had served as Guangluqing of Liao, who specialized in sacrificial services, court meetings and emperor daily necessities, and later resigned from office and became a horse dealer. Ma Zhi said that he was a Han native and lived in Yanshan, and felt guilty when the Khitans occupied Yanshan. Now the Emperor of Liao was desolate in his women's beauty, and his power fell into the hands of his elder brother-in-law Xiao Fengxian. Liao was already strong outside and the people were in the middle, and the people were dispersed, and it was sooner or later that he had to surrender to the Song Dynasty. After Tong Guan talked to him, he admired him very much.

Ma Zhi did have been Guangluqing and was from Yanjing. He was capable. Although he was in the Liao Kingdom, he hoped that his hometown would return to the Song Dynasty. He was in the Liao Kingdom and was in the Song Dynasty. However, because of his poor character, he despised others. Tong Guan regarded him as a genius. When the gift was completed, Tong Guan brought Ma Zhi back with him. Tong Guan asked him to change his name to Li Liangsi, recommended him to become an official, and asked him to offer a strategy to destroy Yan.

Ma Zhi then said: "Now there is a Jurchen people in the northeast of the Liao Kingdom. They are very dissatisfied with the Liao Kingdom's approach to attacking the Jurchens and are brewing a big resistance. The Song Dynasty should secretly send envoys across the sea in the name of buying horses, and join forces with the Jurchens to visit Liao, and attack from the north and south. Why worry about not being able to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?" Tong Guan was a smart man, and he kept calling for a plan and reported to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji ordered the important officials to discuss, and some objections and some agree, and argued endlessly. So Zhao Ji summoned Ma Zhi to the court, and Zhao Ji personally asked about the plan. Ma Zhi replied: "The Liao Kingdom will surely perish. If Your Majesty uses heaven to fight and fight against the chaos, it will definitely be the time when the king's army comes out, and the Liao people will definitely welcome him by eating a pot of rice. In this way, they can save the Liao people from hardship and restore the old border of China. If such an opportunity is missed, it may make the Jurchens succeed. They entered the Liao Kingdom first, and the situation will be different from now." Zhao Ji was very happy and appointed him as the secretary and the surname Zhao. Therefore, everyone in the capital called him Zhao Liangsi. Soon, Zhao Ji promoted him to the editor of the Right Wen Palace, which was very favored.

Tong Guan and Cai Jing have always had close relationships with each other and have a good personal relationship. Cai Jing was able to become prime minister mostly out of Tong Guan's efforts. Since the Liao Dynasty returned to the court, Tong Guan tried his best to help Cai Jing and persuaded Zhao Ji to recall Cai Jing to assist in the administration. Zhao Ji was originally a man who had no opinion and followed the east to the east and west to the west. After listening to Tong Guan's words, he remembered Cai Jing's benefits and immediately sent an envoy to recall Cai Jing.

Cai Jing arrived in Beijing while Zhao Ji heard that Cai Jing had arrived in J Beijing and summoned him that day. Zhao Ji was in Taiqing Building, Inner Garden, and gave him a special banquet.

He still restored all the official titles of Cai Jing in the past and gave him the residence of the capital. Cai Jing was deposed and promoted again, and was even more flattering and meticulous. Zhao Ji was therefore very fond of him and treated him more preferentially than before. Zhao Ji also ordered Cai Jing to come to the court once every three days to discuss national affairs.

Cai Jing was afraid that the censors would attack again, so he came up with a solution. All the secret discussions were asked to Zhao Ji to personally write an edict, calling the imperial pen handwritten edict. In the past, the edicts must be issued first, and then the scholars would be ordered to draft and seal them. When they arrived in Xining, there was an edict, so they could not agree with the edict. Cai Jing specially invited the imperial pen, and once Zhao Ji wrote it, he would immediately issue the edict. If there was a case of refutation, he would be punished for his violation of the system, and the ministers would naturally not dare to object.

Cai Jing was afraid that Zhao Ji would see his conspiracy and be demoted again, so he came up with a confusing method, which made Zhao Ji fall into it, becoming more and more fascinated. Since Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he began to favor Guo Tianxin, and then believed in Wei Hanjin. Guo Tianxin was rejected, and Wei Hanjin died of old age, and the inner court had no trace of Taoist priests.

At this time, the Taipuqing Wang Dan recommended a sorcerer Wang Laozhi, and Zhao Ji issued an order to summon him to the capital. Wang Laozhi was from Linquan, Puzhou and was famous for his filial piety to his parents. He used to be a minor official in transit and did not accept bribes. He once met a strange man who claimed to be Mr. Zhongli and gave Wang Laozhi the elixir. After he took it, he abandoned his wife and built a thatched house in the field, often counting good and bad luck for others.

After he was summoned to the capital, he arranged to be in Cai Jing's mansion. He wrote a letter to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji opened it and read it. It turned out that it was the words of Yan Hao from him who had been with Qiao and Liu during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. Therefore, Zhao Ji believed in his strangeness and named him Mr. Dongwei. The officials of the court asked him for divination, but it seemed that it could not be explained at first, but later it was fulfilled by eight or nine out of ten, so his family was crowded with people.

Cai Jing was worried that he had done too much, so he warned him; Wang Laozhi was also very cautious, so he asked for ban. Wang Laozhi once offered the method of Qiankun appraisal, and Zhao Ji immediately ordered the casting. After the casting of Qiankun appraisal, he said that the emperor and the queen would have disasters in the future, so they would often sit on the screen, thinking about those who should be wary of being vigilant and beware of disasters.

He also advised Cai Jing to retreat bravely and not to be greedy for power and position, so Cai Jing naturally refused to follow. Seeing that the current affairs were getting worse, Wang Laozhi gradually developed ambition to retreat. He stayed in the capital for a year and used the excuse of being scolded by his master, and should not indulge in wealth, so he asked the court to return home. Before he got approval, he fell seriously ill and allowed him to return. He walked out of the court and arrived at his residence and recovered. When he returned to Puzhou, he died. Zhao Ji issued an edict to grant him gold and bury him, and gave him an official as the official.

When Wang Fu was not appointed as prime minister, Wang Fu's father was the magistrate of Linquan County. When asked how high Wang Fu could be, he wrote the four words "Prime Prime Minister Taiping". He quickly smeared it with ink and said, "I'm afraid the secret of heaven will be leaked." Only after Wang Fu was demoted did people understand the reason.

Cai Jing's original intention was to use Wang Laozhi to deceive Zhao Ji. Wang Laozhi had unique insights, but instead used the purpose of being pure and few desires as persuasion, which was of course inconsistent with Cai Jing. Cai Jing then abandoned Wang Laozhi and recommended Wang Zaixi. Wang Dingxi was from Hongzhou. He first studied Confucianism and claimed that he met Xu Xun and obtained the "Da Hole" and "Hidden Book" to lose the seven-yuan method. He became a monk and traveled to Songshan, and could tell people's future. In the middle of the Zhenghe period, Zhao Ji summoned him and gave him the title of Chongxi Dushi.

Zhao Ji always sent a small yellow door to pray for rain because of a drought.

I went to ask for Wang Zaixi's paintings and read his opinions. One day, Xiaohuangmen came to ask for paintings again. Wang Zaixi quickly drew seal talismans and carefully wrote "Burn this seal talisman to make soup, soak it and wash it."

Zhao Ji was silently praying for his concubine to treat his eye disease. Wang Zaixie asked the eunuch to carry the talisman and said, "This soup can cure the eye disease immediately." The eunuch did not dare to accept it because he did not accept the order. Wang Zaixie smiled and said, "If the emperor blames me and I am guilty, why don't you go directly?" The eunuch then reported the soup. Zhao Ji said, "I went to the altar in the morning and prayed silently for the concubine to recover. How could Wang Zaixie know? Since he had such magic, why not try it." So he ordered the favorite concubine to wash her eyes with talisman water. After a few moments, it was indeed cured. Zhao Ji then appointed Wang Zaixie as Mr. Tongmiao. From then on, Zhao Ji became more aware of Taoism, so he created the Yuqing Heyang Palace in the east of Funing Palace, worshiping the statue of Andao day and night.

In the third year of Zhenghe, the sacrificial sacrifice to the Circular Mound of Heaven. Zhao Ji used a hundred Taoist priests and held a stick to open the road in front of him. He also ordered Cai You to be the steward of the Sui Officer. The car drove out of Nanxun Gate. Zhao Ji looked east and claimed that he was strange. Cai You asked, "Is what Your Majesty saw? Is the clouds in the east?" Zhao Ji said, "I not only saw clouds in the sky, but also towers in the faintest. What is this?" Cai You replied, "Let me take a closer look."

After Cai You finished speaking, he got out of the car, immediately faced the east, found an empty place, looked at Wang for a moment, and then came back to report to Zhao Ji, "I went to the east of Yujin Garden and carefully checked the things in the clouds. Sure enough, there were buildings, halls, terraces, almost several miles long. They were all dozens of feet away from the ground, which was about the upper realm fairy palace." Zhao Ji asked, "Is there anyone?" Cai You immediately replied, "Some people, some are Taoists, and some are boys, all holding banners and banners, entering and leaving the clouds, with their eyebrows and eyes clearly visible. I think it was because the emperor's sage virtue moved the heavens, so a god descended."

Zhao Ji was overjoyed. When the suburbs of heaven was finished, he came with the god of heaven and told all officials that he would build the Taoist palace at the place where the clouds were visible, and named Yingzhen. He also wrote the narrative of the presentation of the spirits in the sky, published a stele and erected a stone in the palace, and issued an order to seek Taoist immortal scriptures throughout the world.

The following year, Zhao Ji set up Taoist official ranks, including the names of Mr. and Master, and his salary was comparable to that of the Central Master, and the total salary was 26 levels. Then he added 26 levels of Taoist official ranks, including various halls, attendants, school registration, and awarded sutras, which were similar to the Zhi Pavilion for preparation and compilation. Therefore, Huang Guanyu Gu, introduced one after another, and his power was still above the court officials. Wang Zai was particularly favored, and even Zhao Ji ordered a special order to build a round-elephant Hui Pavilion in the ban to live in. Some despicable bureaucrats often ran around and served and asked him to pass the joints on their behalf in order to get favor and honor.

The Chief Secretary Wang Anzhong could not stand it and submitted a memorial to Zhao Ji and advised him: "From now on, the sect of the sorcerer of Yan should be responsible for the fact that the person who is recruiting him should be responsible for the fact that he issued a letter of guarantee. After the Xuancheng entered, he must observe his behavior and not communicate with his subjects." At the end, he also said dozens of things that Cai Jing quoted the bandits and deceived the king and the people. Zhao Ji was quite praised. Wang Anzhong submitted another memorial to Cai Jing for his crime, and Zhao Ji only answered the word "know". Cai Jing knew about this, so he made his son Cai You cry in front of Zhao Ji, saying that Wang Anzhong slandered and impeached him.
Chapter completed!