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During the Xianping years of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, an aggressive and strange thing happened, when two tangtang chancellors openly competed for a widow, and eventually caused a lawsuit, which led to the emperor's direct intervention.
The widow Chai shi was the widow of the left general Xue Weiji. Xue Weiji was the adopted son of Xue Juzheng, a scholar and chancellor in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty.
At that time, Xue Juzheng married a jealous and fierce wife, did not give birth to a son for him, and forbade Xue Juzheng to approach other concubines, and in desperation, Xue Juzheng had to adopt Xue Weiji.
Xue Juzheng is very doting on this adopted son Xue Weiji, who has been pampered since childhood, and has nothing to do all day, so he mixes with some troubled teenagers, playing football, wrestling, drinking, and playing music.
Xue Juzheng died, and Song Taizong personally went to the palace to mourn. Specifically asked: "Isn't Xiao Zi'an there?" Quite a change of course? I'm afraid I can't load the first business, why not? Xue Weiji knelt on the ground, ashamed and frightened, and did not dare to look up.
After that, Xue Weiji once reformed himself, "Can fold corporals, light wealth and good charity, so that there is a voice." But like the adoptive father, the royal family could not, and after his death, the family was unfortunate, and a peach scandal of the "widow's door" was caused, which spread in the capital.
Chai Shi was originally Xue Weiji's wife, and became a widow at a young age, which was originally very sympathetic. The two sons born to Chai and Xue Weiji were at odds, Xue Weiji died, the contradiction intensified, and Chai decided to remarry.
Chai's eye for the current chancellor Zhang Qixian, Zhang Qixian is very strong, it is said that a meal can eat several pounds of pig fat, this body is really enviable.
Through the matchmaker, Chai and Zhang Qixian made a marriage contract, and agreed that the Xiangfu would send a special car to welcome Chai. Xue Weiji's son Xue Anshang disagreed with the marriage, believing that Chai and Zhang Qixian had violated the law, and sued the two to Kaifeng Province on a paper complaint, claiming that his mother Chai had taken away a large amount of family wealth accumulated by his grandfather and father.
Kaifeng Fuyin believed that the case involved the prime minister, and did not dare to rush to the judgment, so he reported it to the emperor. Song Zhenzong did not want to expand the situation, so he sent someone to quietly interrogate Chai, and as a result, the confessions of Chai and Xue Anshang were very different. The emperor was helpless, so he handed over the case to Yushitai for trial.
At this time, the dog blood plot appeared, and Chai Shi did not hesitate to appear, beating drums in the lobby of Kaifeng Province and shouting injustice, suing another prime minister, Xiang Minzhong. It is said that Xiang Minzhong bought the Xue family's old house at a low price, and then sent someone to propose to the Chai family.
Chai shi refused, and Xiang Minzhong became angry and instructed Xue An to falsely accuse Chai shi. The Xue brothers have always been angry, and the emperor had issued an edict prohibiting the Xue brothers from selling their old mansions, and Xiang Minzhong and the Xue brothers obviously violated the holy will.
Another prime minister was involved, and Song Zhenzong had to personally interrogate Xiang Minzhong, who admitted to Minzhong that he had bought the Xue family's old mansion for five million dollars, and he did lose his wife, but he did not want to remarry, let alone propose marriage.
Emperor Zhenzong planned to make a big deal out of a small matter, so he decided not to investigate it in depth, and chai did not forgive it, and once again filed a lawsuit, and the case was transferred to YuShitai. Salt and iron caused Wang Sizong to be at odds with Xiang Minzhong, and took the opportunity to reveal that he was planning to remarry the sister of the late Ma Du wei Wang Chengyan, and that the statement of not marrying was obviously to fool the emperor.
There was a new development in the case, and after investigation, Yu Shitai found that Chai's complaint was actually written with the help of Zhang Qixian's son, the crown prince Zhongshe Zhang Zongjie, and interrogated Chai's confidants and learned that Chai had indeed hidden 20,000 pieces of treasure.
Song Zhenzong once again came forward to inquire, and Yu Shitai reported the results of the trial to the emperor. Xiang Minzhong dismissed Hubu Shilang and demoted him to yongxing army;
Zhang Qixian was demoted to the rank of Taichangqing, and his son Zhang Zongzhi was demoted to Haizhou Beichai; Xue Anshang sold the old mansion in violation of the edict, sentenced him to flogging, and ransomed the old mansion with money, and the opinions were formed into official documents, which were issued in the name of the emperor.
As for the main figure in the case, Chai Shi, it was impossible to marry Zhang Qixian as he wished, and he was ordered to be fined eight pounds of copper and redeem the buried gold and silver treasures for the Xue family. What kind of system does two prime ministers compete for a widow?