Two poets, appreciate each other, one of whom was implicated in Pingliang.

After Fan Zhongyan returned to Beijing, he immediately suggested that the court set up an army in Weizhou to take charge of Jingbian, Yangmulong, Cage and Shengli towns outside Liupanshan, so as to enrich the military strength and strengthen border defense. Renzong adopted his suggestion, built a cage-pole city in Weizhou as Deshun Army, and was in charge of four villages such as Jingbian, and promoted Liu Hu and other castellans as the army supervisor of Jingyuan Road, adding 500 soldiers to each village, forming a solid defense line.

In September of the third year of Li Qing, Renzong called ministers of Fuzheng and officials who were familiar with all kinds of emperors' history, met Taizong and Taizong in Tianzhangge, and then asked them about their strategy of governing the country, ordering them to take on the important tasks of today. Soon, Fan Zhongyan, who was full of ambition, wrote the famous New Deal program "Ten Things to Answer Chen" and put forward ten reform suggestions. Han Qi, Fu Bi and other new ministers also put forward many positive reform proposals. Injong greatly appreciated it after reading it. Since October of the third year in Li Qing, it has been released to the whole country in the form of imperial edicts, and a vigorous New Deal in Li Qing has begun.

Moreover, after Jian Zheng presided over the northwest military and political affairs, he continued to follow Fan Zhongyan's strategy of building a city and sticking to it, and controlling summer by uniting Tibet. On the one hand, he built cities and strengthened defense; On the other hand, actively subdue the people in the border areas, form a team of soldiers, and expand their combat effectiveness. Yuan Hao saw that Song Bing had been strengthened.

Defensive, embattled, and later released, stationed troops in Tiandu Mountain, looking for new soldiers.

When Jian Zheng saw that the war had eased, he set out to investigate Teng's misappropriation of military funds. Teng, a native of Luoyang, Henan Province, is the same as Fan Zhongyan, with similar interests and deep friendship. Teng was recommended by Fan Zhongyan, and called for a bachelor's degree. He was transferred from Taizhou Secretariat to Dali Temple, and then moved to remonstrance. He is as outspoken as Fan Zhongyan. He wrote many times to criticize Injong for indulging in womanhood, and his words were very disrespectful. He once said, "Your Majesty lives in the palace every day and lingers in the famine feast, but he is tired when he is near the DPRK. If he decides to do something, he won't hold on to his sacred heart. " Such a sharp accusation was of course hard for Renzong to accept, and he was soon told of Xinzhou because of his untrue words. After the rise of Xixia, Fan Zhongyan recommended Tengzhi Jingzhou. When Ge Huaimin was defeated in Dingchuan village, Teng went to the city to watch a serenade, so he gathered thousands of farmers and stood on the city in unity. Fan Zhongyan led the troops to help, Teng Da greeted him with wine, and went to the Buddhist temple to worship the fallen soldiers in Dingchuan Village, which settled people's hearts. When Fan Zhongyan was transferred from the northwest, he strongly recommended that Teng be deployed in Lu and Qingzhou.

Just when he arrived, it was reported that Teng had rewarded his subordinates and presented them to old friends of tourists when he was in Zhizhou. A * * * spent 6.5438+0.6 million yuan as a minister, of which tens of thousands of yuan was unaccounted for and must have been put into his pocket. Minister's money is actually official money allocated by the imperial court, which is generally used for government hospitality and gifts to past officials, and some border officials are also used to reward soldiers, but they must not be hidden. Jian Zheng was born in poverty and suffered a lot from childhood. He hates corrupt officials most. After entering the official career, he vowed to be honest in politics, truly serve the people, and never bending the law. Because of his strict law enforcement, he offended many ministers and dignitaries. This time, he also knows the relationship between Teng and Fan Zhongyan, but he hates those who are extravagant and abuse the hard-earned money of the people and is determined to trace the matter to the end.

Teng was not alarmed when he learned that he was being investigated in Jingzhou. The reason why he wanted to reward soldiers at that time was really forced by the situation, which really stabilized the morale and prevented the Xixia army from advancing eastward. He believed that the emperor would understand his situation and difficulties at that time. Of course, he also knows that his close friend Fan Zhongyan vigorously promoted the New Deal in North Korea, which harmed the interests of some people in power and attracted many voices of opposition. Others will regard him as a nominal target and secretly point the finger at Fan Zhongyan. In order not to involve more people, Teng Amethyst decided to take all the blame on her back and burn all the accounts at that time, leaving no handle on others.

Jian Zheng was very angry when he heard that Teng Zijing had burned the account books. He immediately played to Renzong, exposing Teng's waste of money in Jingzhou. At this time, Liang Jian, the minister of state supervision, also impeached Tenghe and the two men, saying that they had embezzled and squandered the minister's money. Injong was furious, and immediately ordered Dr. Taichang to go to Yizhou strictly to hear the case, and demoted Teng to Fengxiang House for trial in Yizhou.

At this time, Fan Zhongyan's New Deal was also attacked by Wang, Xia Song and other opposition parties, and he was struggling. When Fan Zhongyan learned that Teng He had been bombed, he immediately defended them regardless of his personal safety, saying: "Teng is in Shaanxi, and all the ministers are there. No one has ever criticized him; As for Zhang Kang's arrogance and injustice, I have made an investigation, and there is no big mistake. If Teng He really invades himself and puts official money into his pocket, I am willing to be demoted together. The reason why I speak so urgently is not because Teng has any power to force me to do so, but because there is no one who has made great contributions to the public. "

Ouyang Xiu, an admonition officer, also wrote: "At present, the border will take effect. Recently, I heard that Yan Dou investigated the Teng case, and the branches and vines were connected until the shackles of Zhangzhou counties were exhausted. Most of them are innocent people and the prisoners are full. When the frontier soldiers and civilians saw the massive attack, everyone complained, even Di Qing and Zhong were disheartened. The court originally said that Teng spent too much money and didn't know the truth, so he sent an investigation. I didn't expect the investigation to be so thorough and shocked the people's hearts. If it is not stopped early, who can serve your majesty? Recently, I also heard that Tian Kuang was in Gyeongju, and I saw that Teng was innocent. I also saw that Yan spent time on the matter of Zhang Daqi and played many times, but I didn't see the reply from the court. Tian Kuang had to write a book and give it to ministers, so that they could convey it to the holy family. The minister avoided suspicion and dared not show up. Tian Kuang is your majesty's retinue minister. He is not a traitor. His words are credible. He is at the border. He witnessed everything with his own eyes. It must be true. " Due to the strong defense of Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu, Renzong reduced Teng to the foreign minister of the ancestral department, knowing Guo's country well, and still waiting for the system, not trying, and serving normally.

As soon as the imperial edict of Renzong came out, Wang immediately said, "Reward and punishment are the tools of the imperial court to command the world. Without this power, it is impossible to encourage good and punish evil. Today, Teng embezzled public funds and didn't wait until the case was closed, which slightly lightened his responsibility. Everyone thinks the handling is too light. After the story was revealed, Amethyst burned all the expenses, but he despised the court. I didn't avoid suspicion because I was afraid that someone would follow suit and your majesty's laws would be abolished. Don't dare to enter the DPRK again tomorrow, ask for demotion and arrange a small county for me to stop my nonsense. "

Then, Jing Li said, "What Teng did in Gyeongju was illegal, but only one official was demoted and transferred. Near Wenxing West County, Teng Youpai 187 soldiers carried 300 boxes of tea with 40 donkeys, so that no matter where they went, they would not be taxed. Teng's position near the serve is too messy. I saw that selling tea was not mentioned in the previous investigation, so I hit it. Please seize its heaven to punish its greed for ink. " Other examiners saw that Wang, the immediate superior, had made up his mind and rushed to play. In order to ease the contradiction, Renzong once again ordered Teng to be removed from the post of Tianzhangge and demoted to knowing Yuezhou.

In fact, after selective investigation, Teng only squandered 3000 yuan of ministerial money to reward and subsidize tourists at banquets. He burned the accounts because he was afraid of implicating more innocent people and was willing to bear it himself. Wang and others must defeat him, but in fact, the drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to shake Fan Zhongyan, thus denying the "Qingli New Deal" that Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others tried their best to promote.

After Teng was relegated to Yuezhou, he rebuilt Yueyang Tower and carved modern Tang poems on it to relieve his depression. Later, Fan Zhongyan was excluded by the opposition because of the implementation of the New Deal and knew nothing about Dengzhou. Teng invited Fan Zhongyan to write an inscription for Yueyang Tower. Knowing that Fan Zhongyan had never been to Yueyang, he attached a picture of Dongting in late autumn to his letter, and said: "It is not obvious that there must be a view of the building in the mountains and rivers, and the reporter will not last long." Fan Zhongyan knows Teng's character is honest, and he has not changed his mind. After receiving the letter, he happily wrote "The Story of Yueyang Tower" and took this opportunity to write it down. He implicitly and tactfully advised him not to be happy about things and not to be sad for himself. He tried to infect this old friend with his feelings of saving the world and the optimistic spirit of "worrying about the world first and enjoying the world later", but inadvertently achieved an eternal macro.

Injong (3) Fan Zhongyan (3) Shi Yu (2)