Review
Looking at history, the rulers of various dynasties are not soft on corrupt officials, small greed to harm the people, big greed to mislead the country, any saintly monarch should understand this truth. However, due to the restriction of many reasons, the corrupt officials of successive dynasties are as inextricable as the sand of the Yellow River, and even if the law of the officials of the dynasty is too strict, it still cannot curb the greed in people's hearts.
So when it comes to famous corrupt officials in history, who will everyone think of? Zhao Gao of the Qin Dynasty, Cai Jing of the Song Dynasty, Liu Jin of the Ming Dynasty, or he was known as the first greedy Hezhen in ancient and modern times?
In fact, everyone has a common misconception about Hezhen, he is the biggest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, which is true, but if it is said that the first giant greed in ancient and modern times, then this position can not be sat by Hezhen.
It is said that there are strong hands in the strong, I did not expect that the competition between corrupt officials is also so fierce, in the final competition, "he" won the final victory, that is a familiar name, his stage is not in the Qing Dynasty, but the Northern Song Dynasty!
Take the opportunity to get on top
In 1079 AD, Wang Yi was born in a turbulent dynasty, that is, in the last year of the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was obsessed with calligraphy and had no intention of controlling the situation, which also made many traitors and corrupt psychology want to move.
Since he was a child, Wang Yi found that the social knowledge he was in was useless, as long as the family had money, how big the officials in the yamen could sell, even if they were inspectors, as long as there was a way to sit!
Therefore, when those intellectuals are still immersed in hard reading, Wang Yi has already made friends to increase his experience, on the one hand, to exercise the eloquence of making friends, on the other hand, to accumulate contacts for himself to get ahead in the future.
Not to mention, waiting for Wang Yi to become an adult, he can already easily understand people's hearts, whether it is the rivers and lakes or the officialdom, he can mix with the wind and water. He learned that after compiling the Nine Domains Chart Chronicle, the son of the official Shangshu He Zhizhong visited He Zhizhong's son many times, praising him for his profound learning and great deeds, and praising his master as a flower, so Wang Yi was introduced as an official.
Even He Zhizhong was very optimistic about Wang Yi, and began to give him a school secretary with a big stroke, and two years later promoted him to Zuo Sizhi, which had almost touched the center of power in the Song Dynasty.
At this time, Wang Yi keenly found that when the position of the chancellor Zhang Shangying was gradually losing power, and the new forces headed by Cai Jing were rising; Wang Yi was very crisp, and when other ministers in the DPRK were still watching left and right, he unswervingly stood on Cai Jing's side and saddled his horse.
Later, Cai Jing did indeed worship the chancellor, and Wang Yi also took advantage of this shareholder wind to climb to the position of Yushi Zhongcheng.
Wang Yi was a man who did not hesitate to achieve his goals, and Cai Jing clashed with Wang Yi's former nobleman He Zhizhong, who did not remember his old feelings at all and used his status as a royal historian to attack He Zhizhong. But fortunately, Emperor Huizong of Song was not a fool, he only removed He Zhizhong from his official position, did not harm his family, and also gave He Zhizhong a good death.
Since then, Cai Jing has monopolized the government, and Wang Yi has also been using his position to amass wealth. He is very clever, and the money he gets is never swallowed alone, but obediently sends a copy to Cai Jing; we already know who Cai Jing is, so his behavior towards Wang Yi has always been to turn a blind eye, even if sometimes Wang Yi does too much, but as long as Cai Jing is guaranteed to take it, the disaster that broke out of the sky can be easily calmed.
Officials pay homage to the Prime Minister
Later, Cai Jing was executed in 1126 for his many evil deeds, but Wang Yi was able to leave out all the mistakes he had committed.
Later, he actively co-opted the remnants of Cai Jing's forces in the dynasty and prepared for his ascension to the throne. In 1119 A.D., Wang Yiguan paid homage to the chancellor, and he learned the lesson of the removal of the previous two prime ministers, thus obtaining a self-righteous answer: greed must be greedy, but the books must be done beautifully.
Therefore, on the surface, Wang Yi is a sage of the ages.
He vigorously reformed the Song Dynasty's redundant officials and redundant soldiers, and other stubborn diseases, of course, all he was eliminated were his former enemies in the dynasty; Wang Yi was still willing to be charitable, reforming the tax burden and giving favors to the people, of course, the money was drawn from the national treasury, and the national treasury did not wait; there was also the reduction of officials and officials, changing the rotten atmosphere of the official chaos, that is, only allowing himself to be greedy, and other people who were greedy for money was to punch him in the face, because in Wang Yi's view, the money should also be his own.
The unsuspecting people were grateful to Dade and called Wang Yi a generation of sages, and the Great Song was bound to embark on a new glory under his management; but in fact, the roots of the Song Dynasty had completely decayed in the hands of Wang Yi.
Wang Yi also knew how to cater to the holy will, he knew that Song Huizong preferred calligraphy, rather than saying that he was an emperor, it was better to describe him as a literati and scholars; what did the literati and scholars like? Rare treasures!
Therefore, Wang Yi set up the Ying Feng Bureau and used all his strength to search for the world's rare treasures, what Song Huizong did not know was that Wang Yi finally handed over only one-tenth of the treasure, and the rest all fell into his own pocket, which was really a cruel one.
He Yan, who was in power and opposition, did not dare to do this to Qianlong, but Wang Yi not only dared, but also did it, and Emperor Huizong of Song was very happy, and also made Wang Yi the Duke of Chu, which is probably the highest realm of corruption.
What is even more heinous is that in the words of He yan: I am just taking your money to do your business, but Wang Yi this person not only takes money and does not do things, but also reuses traitors to mislead the country, in addition to violating the holy will of Yang, he also attracted Jurchen to lead troops to attack the Song kingdom, and Song Huizong's arrest was completely caused by Wang Yi.
epilogue
However, the time of corruption that belonged to Wang Yi was short-lived after all, and after Emperor Zhao Heng of Song Qinzong succeeded to the throne, he immediately ordered Wang Yi to be arrested and strictly investigated, and to be killed a month later, not to mention how much money Wang Yi had embezzled in his hands, at this time it was difficult to buy his life back.
Not only him, but there are few good ends for corrupt officials in successive dynasties, even if the power of the dynasty is tilted towards the opposition for a while, it will eventually end up with a different head, just like the Qing Dynasty's Hezhen, can't this bloody story still make us wake up? Greed is like a poisonous snake wrapped around its neck, giving us a fatal blow at any moment.