[Six Ministers Carrying the Coffin 1]
1 Zhang Wenwei
Zhang Wenwei was born in the Zhang family in Hejian. His grandfather was Zhang Junqing, a Jinshi in the Xianzong Dynasty; and his father needs to be introduced in detail.
His father's name was Zhang Sen. He was a Jinshi in the Wuzong Dynasty and served as a defense judge in Shouzhou at first. When he took office in Shouzhou, he condescended to treat a scholar who was a guest in Shouzhou. Zhang Sen only respected his knowledge and character and treated him favorably. Without any intention, his unintentional act of kindness brought him to the pinnacle of life, because the name of this poor scholar was Yu Cong.
Wu Zong died when he was 32 years old, and his successor was Xuan Zong. In the thirteenth year of Dazhong (859), Xuanzong chose his consort, and Yu Congyong shouldered the heavy responsibility and successfully married Princess Guangde. The prince-in-law turned over in Cong Xianyu, and his official career was smooth, rising steadily until he became the prime minister. After becoming prosperous, Yu Cong did not forget Zhang Sen's kindness, so he strongly recommended him in the court, and Zhang Sen was able to rise through the ranks and enter the central core power circle.
The good times did not last long. In the same year that Yu Congxi proposed Princess Guangde, his father-in-law Xuanzong died, and his successor was Yizong.
In the late Yizong Dynasty, the consort Wei Baoheng first colluded with the prime minister Lu Yan, and the "Baoyan Party" launched a series of bloody and cruel political struggles, as detailed above. The political careers of Yu Cong and Zhang Sen both hit a low point at this time.
After the death of Yizong and the succession of Emperor Xizong, the "Baoyan Party" encountered counterattacks and was reckoned with. Yu Cong, Zhang Fen and others were able to see the light of day and return to the central government. Later, Zhang Sen was sent to another place and went out to control the Tianping Army in Yunzhou.
As soon as Comrade Zhang Sen took office, a small security incident occurred in the territory: a young man named Huang Chao rebelled. When we talked about the "Huang Chao Rebellion" in the previous article, Comrade Zhang Sen had already appeared on the scene. At that time, Huang Chao wrote to Zhang Sen, asking for peace and pretending to surrender. The naive Zhang Sen believed it to be true, so he reported to the court, claiming that the thieves accepted the recruitment and were killed by Huang Chao. A delaying strategy.
Huang Chao deceived Zhang Sen's feelings and caused devastating damage to his innocent heart. Comrade Zhang Sen was filled with anger and died of depression at the age of 64, less than a year after he took office.
Zhang Wenwei, a Jinshi of the Xizong Dynasty, was famous for his integrity and filial piety and became a bachelor of Hanlin. At the end of the Zhaozong Dynasty, Liu Can was tyrannical and cruel, and all the officials in the court were in danger. Only Zhang Wenwei had the courage to fight against Liu Can. More than a dozen high-ranking officials were spared from Liu Can's butcher's knife only because of Zhang Wenwei's hard work. Because of the disaster, Zhang Wenwei became the savior and haven of refuge for the scholars.
After Liu Can's death, Zhang Wenwei gained a very high reputation among the civil servants group, and therefore became one of the important targets of the Zhu Wen Group.
2. Su Xun
Su Xun was a Jinshi in the Yizong Dynasty, an official in the Zhaozong Dynasty, and the Minister of Rites. He has bad conduct and is only interested in profit. He is famous for his proficiency in flattery and flattery. If I had to sum it up in four words in writing, it would be - shameless.
After Zhaozong moved the capital to Luoyang, the old officials of the Tang Dynasty, the descendants of the nobles, and the literati family... As long as their consciences were still intact, as long as they were a little ambitious and ignorant of education, they either lived in seclusion and were not official, or secretly harbored humiliation and resentment. Only Su Xun was happy. He tried his best to cater to Zhu Wen.
In terms of competing to be a dog licker, Liu Can is equally matched with Su Xun, but in terms of professional skills as a dog licker, Su Xun's vertical depth is eighteen miles ahead of Liu Can. Liu Can only has the heart to lick a dog, while Su Xun has the power to lick a dog.
When the imperial court first discussed adding nine tins to Zhu Wen, the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty understood the righteousness and did not want to agree, but they did not dare to take it by force due to the power of others. They all remained silent and silently expressed their opposition. Only Su Xun couldn't wait to get out of the queue, singing praises to Zhu Wen with saliva and saliva. He disobeyed the rebels and directly asked Emperor Ai to abdicate.
The Zhu Wen Group happily accepted Su Xun, who took the initiative to embrace him, and appointed him as the Deputy Envoy of Ceremony to carry the coffin of the Tang Dynasty. As a minister of the Tang Dynasty, it should have been a great shame and humiliation to live in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, but Su Xun did not feel ashamed, but felt proud of it. This became his bragging capital in the future, and he later regarded himself as the founding father of Liang Dynasty.
A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse's son can make holes. I am a hero and my son is a good man, I am a traitor and my son is a bastard.
His son Su Kai perfectly inherited his shameless gene. In his early years, he relied on his father Su Xun's relationship to get into the imperial examination through the back door. Emperor Zhaozong re-examined himself. He took the paper and took a look at it. Emperor Zhaozong was so angry that he was so angry. How could such a waste of academics get into the imperial examination? So an edict was issued to "ban the examination for life." After Zhaozong was murdered, Su Kai published a series of letters to refute his posthumous title, publicly avenged his personal grudges, and vented his hatred towards Zhaozong.
"Su Kai refuted the posthumous title" became a stain on his life.
Su Xun and Su Kai, father and son, finally went down in history as clowns and evil villains, and will remain infamy for thousands of years.
3. Yang She
Yang She, the nephew of former prime minister Yang Shou, has been described in detail in the previous article, so there is no need to repeat it.
When Yang She led the "envoy to escort the national treasure", his son Yang Ningshi said to him: "Father, you are the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. The country has fallen to this point. It cannot be said that you have no responsibility at all. What's more, you are the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. The country has fallen to this point. What's more, you personally hold the emperor's jade seal and hand it over to others. Although you can keep your glory and wealth, how will history judge you? Why not refuse this job? "
Yang She was so frightened by these words that he quickly signaled his son to shut up, "You are going to bring disaster to the family!" Yang She was so frightened that he could not calm down for several days.
4. Chuck
Zhang Ce, whose father is Zhang Tong, was the military envoy of Rongguan (later the military envoy of Guangxi Ningyuan Army, with different names in different eras).
As a "second-generation official", Chuck is intelligent and studious, and has a reputation as a child prodigy. When he was 13 years old, his father Zhang Tong accidentally dug up an antique, which was an ancient tripod with the inscription "In the spring and February of the first year of Wei Huangchu, the craftsman is lucky." Zhang Tong was rejoicing, but Zhang Ce said: "Han In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Gong (Cao Cao) passed away, and the name was changed to Yankang. In October of that year, Emperor Wen (Cao Pi) accepted Zen, and it was changed to Huang Chu. It was not February in the first year of Huang Chu. Why is the inscription so wrong?" Zhang Tong Shocked, I hurried back to the study to get "Three Kingdoms" for checking, and the result was exactly what Chuck said.
Later, Chuck became very interested in Buddhist theory, so he became a monk and practiced at Ci'en Temple in Chang'an. When Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, he was forced to return to secular life. He escaped from the war with his parents and lived in seclusion in a remote rural area for more than ten years.
Later, the imperial court called him to serve as an official, and soon after, Wang Xingyu of Pizhou hired him as his staff. Wang Xingyu participated in the "Three Towns Convict", Hedong Li Keyong went south to serve the king, and Zhang Ce left Wang Xingyu and returned east to Chang'an. On the way back, Zhang Ce and his wife carried a sedan chair (the simplest is two people carrying a small sedan, and the Eight Immortals chair wears two wooden sticks) , the two of them carried his mother on their shoulders in front and back, walking in the thick snow, passers-by marveled at his filial piety.
Zhu Wen was also moved by the deed of "carrying his mother's side and returning eastward in the snow". Zhu Wen reported that he was Zheng Hua's envoy (an official of Huazhou Yicheng Army Jiedushi). Later, his mother died, and Zhang Ce and Ding were dismissed from their posts. After the mourning period expired, he was appointed as a staff member by Han Jian of Huazhou.
Later, Han Jian of Huazhou surrendered to Zhu Wen and moved the Zhongwu Army to Xuzhou. Han Jian sent Zhang Ce as an envoy to Bianzhou. After Zhu Wen saw Zhang Ce, he could not hide his admiration and joy, and couldn't help blurting out: "Zhang Ce The Master is here!"
Calling Chuck "Master" shows Zhu Wen's dual affirmation of his knowledge and character. Later, Zhu Wen kept Zhang Ce by his side as his staff, and reported to the court that he recommended Zhang Ce to be a scholar of Zhongshu, a bachelor of Hanlin, and a compiler of the history library. He would give full play to his expertise in history and compile the history of the country.
5. Xue Yiju
shameless. Described above.
6. Zhao Guangfeng
Zhao Guangfeng's great-grandfather Zhao Zhi was the military envoy of Lingnan East Road; his grandfather Zhao Cunyue was an official in Xingyuan Prefecture (equivalent to the president of the Municipal Intermediate People's Court); his father Zhao Yin was the prime minister of Yizong and Xizong.
Zhao Yin was a low-key and humble person. His family was poor in his early years, and his brothers worked hard to support their family. No matter how hard and tired they were, they would never seek help from relatives and friends. After taking up the position, he did not forget his roots. After he retired from the court and returned home, he took off his court clothes, which symbolized his power and status, and changed into casual clothes.
Zhao Guangfeng was not only smart and studious, but he also inherited his father's low-key, modest and disciplined nature. He was nicknamed "Jade Ruler" to describe his integrity and gentleness, and his words and deeds could set an example for the world.
There was once a female Taoist priest who kept twenty taels of gold in his home. Later, when the world was in turmoil, the female Taoist priest unfortunately died in a foreign country. Twenty years later, Zhao Guangfeng handed over the twenty taels of gold to the local chief executive and asked the government to come forward to return the gold. When it was delivered to the local Taoist temple, people were surprised to find that the seal on the gold from 20 years ago was still intact.
All three generations of the Zhao family can be called moral models.
Zhao Guangfeng became a Jinshi in the Xizong Dynasty, and later became a member of the Imperial Academy. When "Three Towns Conquered the Palace", Zhaozong was lucky to be in Shimen, but Zhao Guangfeng did not follow him. Zhaozong sent an eunuch to order him to come to the palace, but Zhao Guangfeng refused to go forward because he was ill.
Later, due to the political turmoil, Zhao Guangfeng resigned and went into seclusion for five or six years. Later, one of his students was re-employed, and he entered the imperial court and became an official again.
This student was Liu Can, and Zhao Guangfeng was the examiner when Liu Can became a Jinshi.
Zhao Guangfeng was a man of few desires and was not greedy for high-ranking officials and rich salaries. He was even more tired of the dirty and dirty political field. Although he was promoted to prime minister after Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, he repeatedly begged for bones and insisted on retiring, and finally served as the crown prince and Taibao. ; After Zhu Wen's death, his son Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne and appointed him as prime minister again. Zhao Guangfeng went to court seven times, resigned due to illness and begged for his bones, and became a minister; two years later, the emperor found that his bones were still alive, and he was appointed prime minister again; in the Later Tang Dynasty, After destroying the Later Liang Dynasty, Zhao Guangfeng was still reused, and Zhao Guangfeng always resigned due to illness. Finally, during the reign of Mingzong, the second emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, he was granted the title of Taibao and became the Duke of Qi. He died in Luoyang and was given the imperial edict to the Taifu.
Zhao Guangfeng's younger brother Zhao Guangyin also became a minister in the early years of the Later Tang Dynasty. One time, Zhao Guangyin visited his brother Zhao Guangfeng's home and accidentally chatted about current affairs. The next day, Zhao Guangfeng wrote four big characters on the gate: Don't talk about state affairs! Such is his caution.
Zhao Guangfeng served as prime minister in two dynasties (Later Liang and Later Tang). He insisted on retiring four times. He had good conduct and lived up to the elegance of the "Jade Ruler". He was out of vulgar taste. All literati and gentry respected him as a moral model and code of conduct. .
