Accurately speaking, the Fang La Uprising broke out in October of the second year of Huizong Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty (1 120) and ended in April of the following year (1 12 1). It took less than seven months to make full preparations, just like a storm in summer. But in the Northern Song Dynasty, * * * made great efforts to quell the chaos, because the scale, number and influence of the uprising were really many, and the whole southeast was shocked. Speaking of which, we have to ask another question. Why did Fang La rebel and make trouble?
If we have to use the simplest language to summarize the direct cause of the Fang La uprising, the word "six thieves" is more appropriate. "Six Thieves" refers to the six traitors in the Northern Song Dynasty, namely Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan and Zhu Yao. If you look through the history of Song Dynasty, you will find that except Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan, the other four buddies are all included in the biography of treacherous court official, and they can all leave their names in this capacity. It can be said that the rule of Song Huizong for more than 20 years has been dominated by the "six thieves". Emperor Hui Zong favored these six men, and their henchmen and minions were all over the government. They are like a huge black net, covered by the already weak Northern Song Dynasty. Now let's focus on what Cai Jing and Zhu Ye have done.
Cai Jing has been a scholar in Xining for three years. During Hui Zong's reign, he visited China four times. He was not only a big official, but also talented, especially good at calligraphy. Now in our history textbooks, the word "Cai" in the calligraphy "Su Huang" originally refers to this Mr. Cai Jing, but because this guy has done a lot of bad things, his character is really poor and he is looked down upon, so later generations changed "Cai" to Cai Jing's cousin Cai Xiang. It can be seen that no matter how talented a person is, how great his skills are and how unclean his character is, others will not recognize you. For our descendants, although the truth of history seems a little vague, at least the standard of right and wrong is clear.
Cai Jing followed the reformists in his early years, but in the early years of Yuan Dynasty, the reformists collapsed and he turned to the conservatives headed by Sima Guang. At this time, Mr. Cai, as the magistrate of Kaifeng, changed the recruitment method to the servant method within five days. Sima Guang, the conservative leader at that time, praised him with a smile: "If everyone is as capable as your boy, what else can't be done?" However, Sima Guang may not have thought at that time that he was wrong.
In his early years, Zhezong resumed the new law and started the reformists again. At this time, Mr. Cai changed himself and took refuge in reforming the school. When Zhang wanted to change the servant law to the recruitment law, he did not see any progress. Mr. Cai stood up again, patted his chest and said, "This incident is our sigh, and we promise to restore the conscription method in Ning period!" "Such a fickle person can be compared with the chameleon written by Chekhov, a Russian short story master.
Through the above, the reader estimates that he has seen through the true face of this person, that is, a have it both ways speculator and fence sitter. Once such a person is in power, it will be really fun. During Hui Zong's administration, Cai Jing didn't do anything in line with the principle of Xining's political reform under the banner of political reform. The so-called "new law" has completely become a tool for them to crack down on political enemies and exclude dissidents. Not only that, buying and selling officials is even more unscrupulous. "Three thousand penetration, straight secret pavilion, five hundred penetration, there is a" Cai Jing and others said.
Among the emperors of the Song Dynasty, Evonne of Hui Zong was one of the most extravagant and wasteful emperors. In order to satisfy their own selfish desires, a group of sycophants and sycophants under his command successively set up several organizations specially for their fun, such as Xicheng Bureau, Chineydy Bureau, Yingfeng Bureau and Suzhou-Hangzhou Artificial Bureau.
Xicheng Courtyard was originally presided over by eunuch Emperor Wen of Sui. The main task of this institution is to extort land ownership from the people by formulating relevant laws and regulations, and then increase taxes. This exploitation began to spread in Ruzhou, and gradually spread to JD.COM, Jingxi and Huainan. In barren hills, abandoned dikes, abandoned weirs and other places where it is impossible to cultivate, people are forced to rent seeds, and then rent is charged at a fixed rate. No matter what kind of disaster happens, the rent is not allowed to be reduced. After Emperor Wen of Sui's death, Li Yan took over and the degree of exploitation increased.
Yingfeng Bureau and Construction Bureau are located in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and all kinds of flowers, stones, bamboo and bamboo are mainly demanded by Zhu Yizhong and Zheng Zheng, hence the word "flowers and stones". They transported exotic flowers, stones and bamboos from Suzhou and Hangzhou to Kaifeng for Hui Zong and Cai Jing to enjoy. The steel boat carrying flowers and stones was called "Flower Stone Class".
Under Zhu Ye's thumb collar, once he found a strange flower stone bamboo, the sergeant went straight into his house and didn't take it away immediately. Instead, cover it with a yellow cloth and let the family take care of it. If something goes wrong, they are accused of "disrespect" and then take the opportunity to blackmail. When they were transported away, they knocked down the walls, demolished houses and forced people to sell their wives and children. Families were destroyed and people died everywhere. Moreover, on the way to Kaifeng, in order to pass smoothly, it is not uncommon to tear down bridges, doors and houses. When there are not enough ships, grain ships and merchant ships will intercept them at will, regardless of the impact on the people. In a word, these institutions waste people and money and do all kinds of evil. If there is any benefit to Hua Shigang, it is that in the first year of Jingkang (1 126), when the Jin army invaded the Song Dynasty for the first time, a boulder of Cai Jingjia was pulled out by Li Gang to resist the city gate, which made a modest contribution to preventing the Jin army from breaking the city.
Now it's Fang La's turn to play. Fang La, a native of Bangyuandong, Qingxi County, Zhou Mu, is rich in lacquer bamboo, and Fang La's occupation is also related to lacquer bamboo. There are two different records about Fang La's identity in historical materials. Some people say that Fang La has a lacquer garden at home, and he is the owner of it. Another way of saying it is that he is a regular helper to help Yuanyuan protect the square. There is no way to prove who is right or wrong, but what is certain is that Hua Shigang's influence in this area is quite serious, and Fang La is one of the direct victims. As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance. It was the double oppression of economy and spirit that led to the later uprising. Although it took less than seven months, it also dealt a heavy blow to the dying Northern Song Dynasty.