At the beginning of Song Huizong's succession, in order to make the government clear and clear, he appointed some prestigious people, such as Han Zhongyan as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Li Qingchen as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Huang Lu as the Minister of Zizhengdian University. He was a scholar and an attendant, and Gong Yang was a palace official and a censor...
However, because he reused Cai Jing, there was a situation where ice and fire were incompatible. After Huizong succeeded to the throne, Cai Jing used the pretense of restoring Wang Anshi's reform to attack the ministers of Yuanyou (Zhezong's reign). Cai Jing sent 22 people including Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang, 35 people including Su Shi, 48 people including Qin Guan, 4 people including the military minister Wang Xianke, and 109 people to discuss the crime and suggested that Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty should carve a stone in the imperial letter to punish the stoner. . Huizong of the Song Dynasty was so happy that he wrote the five characters "Stele of Party Membership of the Yuan Dynasty" with a flourish, and ordered a stonemason to carve it on the forehead of the stele and erect it at the Duanli Gate of Wende Hall. Later, Cai Jing felt that it was not enough, so he asked Huizong of the Song Dynasty to inscribe another inscription, and ordered all roads, prefectures, prefectures and armies all over the world to engrave the "Yuanyou Party Membership Monument". This time it was Cai Jing who showed off his calligraphy power to the world. Cai Jing also petitioned to destroy the collected works of "Three Sus" (Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Che), Huang Tingjian, Zhang Mo, Chao Buzhi, Qin Guan, Ma Juan and others, as well as Fan Zuyu's "Tangjian" and Fan Zhen's "Dongzhai Chronicles" ", Liu Ban's "Shihua", Wen Ying's "Xiangshan Wild Records" and other books that have a great influence on society. Song Huizong, an emperor who was obsessed with literary and artistic creation, actually agreed with this unpopular "literary prison". It makes no sense for Song Huizong to expel Han Zhongyan, Li Qingchen and other loyal and upright people who were highly valued in the early stage under the instigation of Cai Jing.
Song Huizong appointed evildoers, Cai Jing was at the top. There are 5 other people, they are: Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, and Zhu Li. Because Cai Jing and the other six people committed many evil deeds, the people called them the "Six Thieves".
Besides the "six thieves", there was another person who was favored by Zong Huizong. This is Cai You, Cai Jing's son. This Cai You, compared with Nai's father, was more popular with the emperor, so he was awarded the title of bachelor and became an imperial scholar. Once, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty hosted a banquet for his ministers in the palace, and Cai You was among them. After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Song Huizong came up with a couplet and asked Cai You to read the second couplet. The first couplet is: "My father-in-law and your son." Cai You was smart and immediately replied: "The master is the master." This is really a combination of artistic and ideological qualities. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was very pleased with Long Yan and gave Cai You a large bowl of royal wine. All the ministers in the room fawned over Cai You and congratulated him. Song Huizong became very playful and poured Cai You several large cups of royal wine. Cai You drank so much that he collapsed to the ground. Cai You struggled to get up from the ground without forgetting to make Song Huizong happy, saying: "Your Majesty, I am so exhausted that I fell down. I hope your Majesty will have mercy on you." Song Huizong liked this kind of fun the most. He said: "If your Majesty dies, I will kill another Sima Guang." At this time, Sima Guang had been beaten as the leader of the Yuan Right Party. Song Huizong actually made such a political joke, which was a great loss of character for a king. .
If a king does not respect himself, a minister will be careless. For a time, the court became a joke club. Because Zong Huizong liked Cai You, he would welcome him and appointed him as the commander-in-chief to fight against the powerful enemy Liao. Before Cai You left the army, he actually said: "On the day of my triumphant return, I beg your Majesty to reward me with Nianwudu." Niansi and Nianwu were the two favorite concubines of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. Wanting to seize the emperor's favorite concubine as his own is a crime of treason, but Song Huizong not only was not angry, but also said to Cai Jing: "The son of the grand master is so heroic." He became a shameless emperor!