Scheming for a Graveyard Produces a Rebel; A Spring Outing Brings Forth Treachery

Now to tell the story: At the Military Academy, Cai Jing was questioning the official who had not listened attentively to his lecture on military strategy and had been staring up at the corner of the roof. This man's surname was Luo and his given name Jian; his ancestral home was Dazhou in the Yun'an Military Prefecture, and his present office was Instructor of the Military Academy. Cai Jing was in a towering rage and was about to explode when someone announced the emperor's arrival. He had no choice but to suppress the matter, lead the civil and military officials forward to welcome the emperor into the academy, and all knelt and shouted "Long live the Emperor!" After Huizong had finished speaking on military affairs, the Military Academy Instructor Luo Jian, without waiting for Cai Jing to speak, stepped forward, lay prone on the ground, and memorialized: "Your subject Luo Jian, at the risk of death, reports to Your Majesty the true situation of the rebel Wang Qing in Huaixi. Wang Qing has been in rebellion in Huaixi for five years, and the government troops......