Chapter 286 The Ups and Downs of Officials In May, Shaanxi was once again in chaos. Li Yuanhao invades again! Moreover, we also chose to have the summer harvest in early June when there is a real lean period. Now there is not much food coming from the autumn harvest. Li Yuanhao led about 8,000 troops to besiege Saimen Village. Semenzhai is located in the north of Yanzhou. As the name suggests, it is the gate of the frontier fortress. However, Zhao Zhen, the newly appointed magistrate of Yanzhou at that time, did not know that he was afraid of being killed by the Xixia people, so he returned him just as he said to his scribes. "It is easy to send troops to support Semenzhai, but our army has already been defeated. If this battle fails, the enemy will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue it. Taking Yanzhou is not a problem at all! If Yanzhou falls, Shaanxi will be in danger, and if Shaanxi is in danger, the world will be in turmoil! The most important thing is Just to defend Yanzhou, everything is about stability! " Gao Yande, the leader of Semen Village and the leader of the inner palace, and Wang Jiyuan, the prisoner and left servant, only had more than a thousand soldiers, but he did not express his intention to surrender. When he was besieged in Yue, Later, Zhai was broken and died. Pang Ji, who was the transfer envoy of the capital at that time, was furious and wrote a letter of impeachment. Zhao Zhen was demoted to the training envoy of the Baizhou regiment and knew Jiangzhou. But before they could leave, the families of Gao Yande and Wang Jiyuan had already come to Bianliang City to cry. The guys at Yushitai immediately impeached Zhao Zhen one by one, as if they had been given blood. According to the law, Zhao Zhende was beheaded. Although Zhao Juan felt that Zhao Zhen¡¯s approach was not very good, his choice was not completely wrong. Therefore, when Song Renzong asked the Privy Council for its opinion on the matter, Zhao Jian said: "Although the head should be beheaded according to the law, it is not incomprehensible for Zhao Zhen to do so. The killing is overkill, but it is not enough to not punish. Let¡¯s relegate him to the south!¡± Zhao Yan cleverly used the word ¡°south¡± to describe the place where he was relegated. The south could be the Jiangnan area. It could also be Lingnan. As for where Zhao Zhen wants to go, it depends on Song Renzong's mood. But if Zhao Zhen was not demoted to Lingnan, he would be grateful to Zhao Juan. Just one word won more favors. Song Renzong felt that Zhao Jian's words were reasonable, so he changed the verdict and demoted Zhao Zhenzai to Prince Zuo Qingdao to lead the government and resettled in Tanzhou. But this time Saimenzhai fell. Not only did Yanzhou Zhizhou, the first military general since the Renzong Dynasty, complete his mission in less than a month from being the Zhizhou to being demoted, he was like a meteor. Xia Shouyun and Wang Shouzhong, two trusted ministers of Song Renzong, were also demoted. The Shaanxi capital deployed Xia Shouyun and the governor Wang Shouzhong had already led more than 10,000 troops to be stationed in the Yanzhou area, but this garrison lasted for three months. This was not only because Xia Shouyun was afraid of the enemy, but also because Zhao Jian couldn't laugh or cry when he found out about the situation. In order to show his determination to defend Shaanxi for Song Renzong, Xia Shouyun took his most beloved son Xia Sui to Shaanxi with him. "I didn't expect that this would cost my son's life. Not long after, Xia Sui died of illness in Yanzhou. Xia Shouyun was heartbroken. At that time, he also wrote to the court saying that he wanted to resign. In the face of a powerful enemy, you don't want to focus on repaying the country's kindness to you, but are you still thinking about your own son? Zhao Juan didn¡¯t even know what to say about Xia Shouyun, and Wang Shouzhong didn¡¯t even know how to fight. Naturally, Xia Shouyun did whatever he wanted. This made Han Qi, who was the pacifier of Shaanxi at the time, angry. This guy just says he hates evil as much as he hates his enemies, but he is somewhat sincere in serving the country. He was at his most awesome two years ago. Impeached four prime ministers in one fell swoop and succeeded! As a result, four prime ministers at the time, Wang Sui, Han Yi, Shi Zhongli, and Chen Yaozuo, were demoted, which caused a huge sensation at the time. How could Han Qi sit back and watch this happen without impeaching him? At that moment, Han Qi wrote a thousand-word letter to impeach Xia Shouyun and Wang Shouzhong. What else could they do? Song Renzong also felt that these two guys were really useless, so although he was reluctant, he dismissed Xia Shouyun and Wang Shouzhong from office. Xia Shouyun was demoted, but Wang Shouzhong was still a person close to Song Renzong, although he was disgraced. But fortunately, Song Renzong missed his old friendship and did not punish him, but just transferred him back. This creates another big problem! Who will be the governor of Yanzhou? All right. This issue may be a little more troublesome, but the positions of Shaanxi and Shaanxi Capital Deployment, Shaanxi Economic Strategy and Comfort Envoy, and Shaanxi Capital Military and Horse Administration are vacant. Who will take over? Lu Yijian thought about it for a long time and recommended Xia Song, who was the economic and strategic envoy along the Qinfeng Road at that time, to serve as the Shaanxi capital deployment and economic and strategic envoy, and Fan Zhongyan, who was recommended by Han Qi as the magistrate of Yanzhou. When Lu Yijian heard this name, he immediately felt unhappy. But he still remembered that Lu Yixian's bamboo slips had a picture of hundreds of officials, and it contained a diagram of his relationship with hundreds of officials, which almost made him dismiss from office. Although later Lu Yijian used thunder and thunder toDuan beat Fan Zhongyan down, but this guy was very capable, and Lu Yijian was very afraid of Fan Zhongyan. He originally wanted to obstruct it, but Han Qi wrote in the memorial: "If it involves friends, it will interfere with national affairs and lead the clan!" When Fan Zhongyan was demoted, it was because of shooting at friends. Han Qi basically said, if this happens again, Fan Zhongyan was demoted. The matter has delayed national affairs, so you, Song Renzong, can take it out on me, the Han Qi clan! Although Lu Yijian wanted to stop it, what could he do? Even Han Qi dared to say this. Could it be that Song Renzong said that Fan Zhongyan must be a traitor? I am willing to use my clan as a guarantee. How could Lu Yijian take such a risk? However, Lu Yijian was Lu Yijian. He came up with a way. Although Fan Zhongyan had been confirmed as the magistrate of Yanzhou, this was just a dispatch and did not have an official position or rank. Lu Yijian's gentle suggestion allowed Fan Zhongyan to be promoted. When Song Renzong heard about this, he felt that Lu Yijian knew the basics! He asked someone to tell Fan Zhongyan, who was in Beijing for an audience, that you must settle the feud with Lu Yijian! We are all ministers' ministers, so this is not right! How do you answer Fan Zhongyan? "The minister discussed state affairs with me, so what regrets do I have with the Yijian bamboo slips?" The general idea is that what I, the minister, discussed last night were state affairs, so what grudges do I have with Lu Yijian bamboo slips? The core intention is that I always do things based on the facts, and there is no talk of revenge. Song Renzong suddenly lost his temper and felt resentful in his heart. He was not very happy about Fan Zhongyan's lack of appreciation. Originally, Song Renzong was going to appoint Fan Zhongyan as a concurrent envoy, but now he gave a discount and became the deputy envoy. There is one more word, but the difference is self-evident. And this time Fan Zhongyan's uprightness paved the way for the subsequent failure of the Battle of Sanchuankou.