I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 52 The insidious Xia Song, a grave-digging strategy
end of July.

News of the rebellion spread lightly into Bianjing City.

A scholar named Kong Zhiwen in Xuzhou was arrested for inciting soldiers to rebel in the name of religion.

In the current Song Dynasty, rebellions were commonplace.

Hundreds of incidents occur every year, but the scale is basically small, and the rebellion can be suppressed quickly.

Both Zhao Zhen and the court officials have become accustomed to it.

Most of the punishment measures are: those who commit serious crimes will be executed or exiled, and those who commit minor offenses will be directly incorporated into the local army.

This piece of news occupied fifty or sixty words in the Jinzou Courtyard newspaper, and no one paid attention to it.

however.

However, Xia Song, the current envoy to the Nanyuan of Xuanhui, the governor of Hedong, and the economic and strategic pacifier of the merged states, noticed this news.

Because someone told him that Kong Zhiwen was a student of Shi Jie, the former Imperial Academy and Puzhou Tongpan.

The person who hates Shi Jie the most in the world is probably Xia Song.

At that time, Shi Jie cursed Xia Song as a "great traitor" in "Ode to the Holy Virtue of Qingli", which made Xia Song become seriously ill.

Then, Xia Song made a special sign at home that read: Long-standing enemy Shi Jie.

He also asked monks and Taoists to do something to curse Shi Jie to die early.

……

And state.

In an extremely luxurious house.

Xia Song, in his sixties, was fishing in front of the pond in his backyard.

Beside, four graceful women stood aside.

One pinches the shoulders, the other taps the legs.

One is responsible for pouring tea and wine.

From time to time, one would put peeled grapes or cakes into Xia Song's mouth.

Xia Song would touch the four girls' bodies from time to time, making them tremble and coquettishly.

Also.

Across the pond, there are four dancing girls in cool clothes, about eighteen or nineteen years old, dancing gracefully.

Whenever Xia Song catches a fish.

The four dancers must jump and cheer, and then put on enchanting poses to celebrate the fish catch.

This is a bad taste of Xia Song.

In the Song Dynasty, Xia Song was the only scholar-official who lived such a luxurious life.

Xia Song once served as the teacher of Emperor Zhao Zhen, and his disciples and former officials are all over the world.

Many people once accused him of living a luxurious life and keeping concubines, but he relied on the grace of God and still lived happily.

Xia Song is an ultimate hedonist.

Wine, sex, wealth, everything.

Even though he was over sixty years old, he was still obsessed with women and had hundreds of concubines.

The biggest stigma in his life came from Shi Jie's "Ode to the Holy Virtue of Qingli".

Now, when he heard that Shi Jie's students were rebelling, he couldn't help but think of ways to retaliate against Shi Jie.

After a while.

The housekeeper of the Xia Mansion, a fat middle-aged man, walked quickly to Xia Song.

"Xia Gong, Kong Zhiwen's home has been confiscated, and letters between him and Shi Jie were found in his home, but there is no content in the letters about rebellion."

Xia Song sneered.

"Exchanging letters is enough!"

The housekeeper added: "In addition... In addition... I just got the news that Shi Yue died suddenly at home in Fengfu County, Yanzhou. Today should be the fifth day of burial."

"What?" Xia Song stood up suddenly.

"I haven't touched him yet, how can that beast... die?"

Xia Song's eyes were red and he clenched his fists tightly, which made the two women beside him tremble with fear.

Just then, the fish bites the golden hook.

Swish!
Xia Song pulled hard, and a golden carp jumped out of the water.

The four dancers opposite immediately cheered.

And posed in various poses from time to time.

A cold smile appeared on Xia Song's face.

He took the carp off the golden hook, suddenly pulled aside the woman's obscene clothes, and stuffed the carp inside.

The woman was so frightened that she cried and screamed.Xia Song looked ferocious and said through gritted teeth, "Even if he dies, I still want him to suffer some humiliation!"

Xia Song looked at the housekeeper.

"Inform them immediately and forge a letter written by Shi Jie to Kong Zhiwen, claiming that Shi Jie faked his death and that he has gone to the Liao Kingdom to recruit troops, intending to conspire with Qingzhou's Fu Bi Li Ying Wai!"

Xia Song's move was extremely vicious.

Fu Bi and Shi Jie were already suspected of rebellion, and now Shi Jie's student Kong Zhiwen was even more suspected of rebellion.

Once this letter was submitted to the court, even if Zhao Zhen did not believe it, he would inevitably become suspicious.

To prove Shi Jie's innocence, the only way is to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy.

Although Shi Jie's official position is not high, he is also a great scholar who is famous all over the world.

If one's grave is dug up after death, it would be a great humiliation, and future generations would be unable to hold their heads high.

"Xia Gong, I'll do it right away!"

The butler was about to leave when Xia Song waved his hand again.

"Wait!"

"Don't send this letter to Bianjing so quickly. Wait until those people who call me a traitor all day long mourn Shi Jie before reporting it to the court!"

The butler was stunned for a moment, then understood and couldn't help but praise: "Xia Gong, you are so smart!"

Shi Jie died.

Du Yan, Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and others will certainly mourn.

After they mourned, the news that Shi Jie and his students Kong Zhiwen and Fu Bi conspired to rebel reached Bianjing City.

By then, whoever shows closeness to Shi Jie may be suspected of treason.

Xia Song also knew that such a letter might not be able to defeat Fan Zhongyan and a group of others.

But if his great enemy Shi Jie can be exhumed, then his political opponents can be disgusted.

He was very happy.

In terms of conspiracy and conspiracy, among the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty, Xia Song was definitely a master-level figure.

With one move, "dirty people and plotting rebellion", the game became a success.

……

Soon, the bad news of Shi Jie's sudden death reached Bianjing City.

He is 41 years old.

It is unfortunate that he died in his prime.

In his short life, Shi Jie spared no effort to promote Confucianism.

He can be called the master of Taixue.

He promoted Yingtianfu Academy in Nanjing, founded Taishan College at the foot of Mount Tai, and served as direct lecturer at the Imperial College.

He has many students, almost all over the world.

a time.

The "Cu Lai Collection" written by Shi Jie was sold out in various bookstores in Bianjing.

Scholars and students wrote poems and articles to express their condolences.

Gentlemen from the Imperial College also paid their respects in the room where Shi Jie once lectured.

After Ouyang Xiu learned of his early death, he cried bitterly and lamented that the world had lost a great scholar with true temperament.

Su Liang couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Shi Jie was an upright person. Although his official career had always been unsatisfactory, his achievements in Confucianism were obvious to all.

Before Su Liang became an official, he also read Shi Jie's "Cu Lai Collection".

When he learned that the latter had passed away, he also bought a set of "Cu Lai Collection" as a commemoration.

soon.

Another news came out: Shi Jie died of depression.

The culprits who killed him were the conservatives led by Xia Song and Jia Changchao.

Xia Song is not in Beijing.

The scholars and students directed their anger at Privy Councilor Jia Changchao.

Jia Changchao looked helpless and could not defend himself at all. He could only say that he was ill at home and hoped that this wave of public opinion attacks would end as soon as possible.

The Goulan tile houses in Bianjing City were also somewhat deserted due to Shi Jie's death.

Scholars and scholars all went to read "Culai Collection".

……

Note: According to the "Continuation of Zizhi Tongjian Changbian", Shi Jie did die in July of the fifth year of Qingli, but Kong Zhiwen's rebellion occurred around October. In order to ensure the continuity of the story (or the butterfly effect caused by Su Liang's time travel) , no longer strictly follow the historical axis, but present the matter in a centralized manner, hoping that everyone will know.

(End of this chapter)