Teacher Liang grew up honest, taciturn and inarticulate, which may be one of the reasons for trusting him.
Biting dogs don't bark. Such a seemingly upright man, what he did, what he said and did, made people shudder, and courtiers were afraid of him.
Hui Zong was too busy playing things to deal with chores, leaving many things to his trusted eunuch to take care of.
Eunuchs such as Liang Shicheng also became the masters of the actual power in the Song Dynasty. Liang Shicheng's strength is particularly great. His words often represent the sacred will, and his power is big enough to decide a person's life and death. This is the only reason why courtiers are afraid of him.
As soon as Wang Fu recognized Liang Shicheng as his father, he took advantage of Liang Shicheng's notoriety and michel platini's influence to rob Xu Jiang, a retired official.
Even though Xu Jiang is not afraid of Wang Fu, he is still afraid of the unscrupulous michel platini behind him. He is safe for his children and grandchildren, so he must avoid it.
It can be seen that Master Liang has become unscrupulous, and it is clear why Wang Fu, who is obsessed with empleomania, is willing to be an adopted son for eunuchs. It's just a dog fighting with a man.
Since ancient times, power and money have always been inseparable. Liang Shicheng entered the rich list of the Great Song Dynasty with his normal personal income, but after he took power, he was also keen on collecting money.
An uneducated man wanted to be famous, so he gave Liang Shicheng millions to help him.
Knowing that the emperor likes flattery, Liang Shicheng gave him advice, saying that it is definitely not possible not to take the palace exam, but it is definitely not possible to do proposition articles on the spot. How's this? You can write an article praising the holy book in advance, and I'll take action then.
On the day when the exam results were announced, Liang Shicheng stood beside the emperor and talked with Hui Zong about his feelings from time to time, which article was well written and which article made sense. He even made it clear that it was very in line with the emperor's mind. In fact, Liang Shicheng is privately controlling someone's rise and fall in this way, and the guy who flatters Hui Zong's calligraphy is thus elected to the ranks of officials.
All the candidates who bribed Liang Shicheng were selected. Such an important job of selecting talents in the imperial court has turned into a tool for Liang Shicheng to collect money, and his greed can be seen.
Liang Shicheng didn't even look at those officials who didn't give money. He has a small clerk named Chu Hong, who is a well-trained person. Liang Shicheng doesn't arrange corresponding jobs for others according to his ability level and training treatment at all. Because he has no money to give gifts, he has to do the hardest, most tiring and least profitable work like a servant and handyman every day.
Eunuch Li Yan stood on the same front as Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu. Li Yan was arrogant in Ruzhou and other places, embezzling people's land and raising tax standards, which led to the destruction and displacement of countless local people. Local officials are deeply tired, but no one dares to say "no". After a long time, a minister couldn't help it, so he took the opportunity to talk to the emperor about it and sued Li Yan.
It happened that Liang Shi was at the scene. He heard that some people dared to clean up their eunuchs' black materials, so he cut in and said sharply to the complaining minister: "Although the emperor's servant status is humble, he is also above his ministers. Can this be a mistake? "
Liang Shicheng spoke like this in front of Hui Zong, as if he didn't help Li Yan, but beat the minister who advised him with words, telling him not to treat eunuchs as improper people, or you would be prostrate. The words are full of murderous look, scaring the speaker to shut up and dare not mention it again.
At first, Liang Shicheng was opposed to forming an alliance with Jurchen, but he couldn't stand the lobbying of his son Wang Fu, didn't insist on his opinion, agreed, and helped to find a way.
In the appointment and dismissal of court personnel, Liang Shicheng got the benefit of the moon first, and put in a thick stick whenever he had the opportunity. He not only recommended Tan Zhen, who had a good relationship with himself, as an ambassador, but also often nagged at Hui Zong about the outstanding performance of officials at all levels who bribed himself, and deliberately put their resumes where the emperor could see them, so as to get familiar with Hui Zong and get priority and promotion.
It was Liang Shicheng who interfered in the appointment of personnel and put an inappropriate person in an important position. Later, Tan Zhen, the eunuch, surrendered blindly to Zhang Jue, the traitor of the Jin Dynasty, and let the Jin people use this as an excuse to send troops south, which eventually led to the "difficulty of Jingkang" ... Therefore, Liang Shicheng was responsible for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Although Liang Shicheng was confused and greedy for money, he also did something plain. When Wang Fu, Yang Jian and others planned to abolish the Prince, Liang Shicheng did not blindly follow his adopted son, but firmly stood on Zhao Huan's side and supported the Prince.
Although Liang Shicheng stood in the right camp on the issue of abolishing the Prince, and established a good personal relationship with Zhao Huan, it did not protect his peace.
The Jin people are menacing, and they are about to attack Bianjing City. Hui Zong can't cope with this situation. He is afraid of death. The emperor gave up and almost left, fleeing the capital with a group of minions and running to the south to avoid debts. Liang Shicheng is a pawn abandoned by Hui Zong. Nature is not qualified to be escorted by the first emperor and abandoned in the capital.
When Qin Zong succeeded to the throne, he was grateful for Liang Shicheng's contribution and recruited him to his side. He also arranged a job and wanted to reopen it.
It was abolished by the former emperor and enabled by the later emperor, and Liang Shicheng was about to turn over. The news spread like wildfire, the upright officials were filled with indignation, and there were many discussions in the ruling and opposition parties.
Chen Dong, a former student, couldn't hold back his anger and wrote a letter accusing Liang Shicheng of various crimes that brought disaster to the country and the people.
In the article, Zhang Bing directly compared Liang Shicheng to Li, a powerful minister in the Tang Dynasty, and warned Qin Zong that a slave like Liang Shicheng was very unreliable. At the time of national survival, people who only care about money and interests will recognize whoever gives them benefits. If such people are reused, they will cooperate with the gold people and betray the national interests, and unexpected things will happen.
Everyone clamored for the evil and harm of Cat's success, and handed them to the throne one by one, but the emperor didn't respond.
Seeing that Qin Zong was too slow to move, Chen Dong didn't care so much, so he added another handful of firewood. No matter what the truth is, let's say that Liang Shicheng has an infidelity, and it is he who advocates an alliance with the Jin people that attracts the tiger and the wolf. When he supported the emperor, his position was not firm, but in order to please both sides, it just showed his cunning. Such a wicked villain should be punished according to law, and it is a disaster to let him stay with him sooner or later.
In order to bring down Liang Shicheng, Chen Dong used all the evils he could think of, some ideas he didn't think of, and even the ideas that might appear in Liang Shicheng's mind as evidence, and assumed a gesture of not stopping until he killed Liang Shicheng.
These statements by Chen Dong and others have many meanings, but few facts really stand up to scrutiny. It is unfair to say that Liang Shicheng colluded with the Jin people to rebel and did something against the emperor. However, the ruling and opposition parties agreed that Liang Shicheng had done too many evils and could not escape. If he is not severely punished, there will be no justice.
Although there are endless calls to punish Liang Shicheng, it is immoral to kill someone who has made great contributions to himself. As an emperor, Qin Zong didn't want to lose the reputation of killing a meritorious minister, so he has been hesitant.
Liang Shicheng knew that he was not welcome. He saw the emperor's hesitation and the indignation of his courtiers, and he was in constant fear.
Liang Shicheng regarded Qin Zong as the only lifeline, holding his hand tightly, eating and sleeping. Even when the emperor went to the toilet, he waited closely behind him for fear of being dragged out and beheaded carelessly.
Qinzong hesitated. First, because others were kind, he felt that Liang Shicheng had helped himself and could not bear to do it. Second, the decision-making ability is poor and there is no clear idea. This weakness of Qin Zong's character was even more obvious in later diplomatic negotiations with Jin Guo. Swinging from side to side on the issue of peace and war, after agreeing on the armistice terms with the Jin people, they failed to implement them seriously, and missed the opportunity to save the upside down of the Song Dynasty, which led to the situation being out of control.
Character determines fate. In terms of the emperor's character, the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty was determined by the character and ability of its leaders.
However, dealing with Liang Shicheng is not a very complicated matter. Qinzong hesitated for a long time and finally made up his mind. He just needs another chance, because he doesn't want Liang Shicheng to be taken away from him. He is worried that Liang Shicheng will be soft-hearted when he asks for help.
So, in the name of work, Qin Zong sent Liang Shicheng on a business trip and told him to stay away from himself. Then he ordered it to go down, and Liang Shicheng detained him as soon as he got there.
Liang Shicheng arranged palace affairs according to Qin Zong's work. As soon as he got to that place, his freedom was restricted. The imperial edicts came one after another, listing his crimes one by one, reprimanding him for his poor discipline and demoting him to the rank of deputy envoy of Changhua Army.
Liang Shicheng saw that there was no hope this time, and the emperor thanked him for not killing himself. He didn't dare to beg for mercy in silence, and went to the demotion center according to the imperial edict.
At the same time, Liang Shicheng's home was also copied, and the money he worked so hard to save all his life evaporated instantly.
You can't live if you commit a crime. On his way to the relegated mansion, Liang Shicheng was hanged by an official sent by the emperor. Quan Huan's sinful life ended.
Qinzong was kind to Liang Shicheng. After his death, he claimed that he died of a sudden illness, which was somewhat respectable. As for the eunuch who bullied others with Liang Shicheng, Qin Zong was not so polite.