HISTORY
Everyone knows that he is the "Prime Minister of peace", graceful and elegant, with beautiful scenery; who knows that he has been professionally carrying the pot for fifty years, and he has also jumped like thunder, and he has also been desolate inside. He has to carry the pot that the leader throws; he has to carry the pot thrown by his colleague; he has to carry the pot thrown by the disciple; he has to carry the pot thrown by the disciple. More than nine hundred years later, some say he is "too sleek." Is this pot going to go on all the time? No, today I'm going to let you guys see what it means to be high, high, emotional, and quotient.
At the age of 28, Yan Shu became the prince's teacher and the emperor's chief royal secretary. In the first year of Qianxing (1022), Emperor Zhenzong of Song died, and the 12-year-old crown prince took the throne, and the empress dowager Liu E listened to the government.
After that, Yan Shu continued to ascend on a rocket - as an adviser to the emperor, compiled the Records of the True Sect, became a deputy prime minister (privy councillor), and also served as a waiter in the Punishment Department, and the public prosecution and law departments were all under his control.
At the age of 35, Yan Shu reached the peak of his life. However, one day two years later, Yan Shu was suddenly demoted for a very strange reason: to beat people. Hit? How can it be! This is the real thing, Yan Shu really hit people. He hurried up, but the entourage slowly sent the handboard, and with a wave of his hand, he immediately knocked out a few of the entourage's teeth. I didn't expect this to be a multifunctional prototypion.
Isn't Yan Shu usually very rigorous and low-key? There is another reason for this. Before the beating incident, Empress Liu and Yan Shu were very unhappy because of an incident. The empress dowager wanted to appoint Zhang Qi (qí) as a privy councillor, equivalent to prime minister, and Yan Shu strongly opposed it.
Who is Zhang Qi? It was he who risked being killed by Song Taizong and secretly hid Liu E, the then artist seller, at home, so that the young Song Zhenzong secretly dated her for fifteen years. This gossip is well known to everyone. Zhang Qi is a military general, and this official position is indeed not suitable for him, but who dares to oppose? Yan Shu was irritable, and when he was not careful, he carried a pot of "minister disgrace".
Yan Shu did not expect that the second time he let him carry the pot was actually Fan Zhongyun. Here's what happened: Yan Shu returned to Kaifeng, Kyoto, and the position of the National Librarian (Secretary of the Cabinet) was vacant at the time, and Yan Shu recommended Fan Zhongyan, who was two years older than him. Don't look at this as a petty official, many people are red-eyed, and the chances of promotion from here are great.
Fan Zhongyan was very grateful, and worked hard for thirteen years to get this opportunity, but he had to cherish it. However, only a year after arriving in the capital, he threw a bomb: When will the empress dowager return the government to the emperor? Is Empress Liu so anxious, Empress Liu so annoying? Therefore, he immediately intimidated Fan Zhongdrown: Do you know that you are worried about the country? Others will say you are selling your reputation! Fan Zhongyan was choked up and couldn't speak, so when he went back, he asked himself to be released, patted his ass, and left.
However, he wrote an open letter to Yan Shu ("Shangzi Zheng Yan Shilang Book"), in addition to explaining, he also said a paragraph of passionate words at the end: Thank you for your kindness, if you think that the recommendation will affect you, then this letter can be used as evidence in court. As soon as this letter came out, everyone thought that Yan Shu was "sleek". Yan Shu's back of the pot was suffocating, but he didn't explain. Instead of defending oneself and getting darker and darker, it is better to prove with actions that the cleaner cleans himself.
Ten years later, Fan Zhongyan finally saw what is called "the prime minister can hold a boat in his belly". Yan Shu also secretly admired Fan Zhongyun's extraordinary ability, and he did not look at the wrong person. This pair of good partners who are also teachers and friends is finally going to join forces to do things!
In this year, the Western Xia invaded, and Fan Zhongyan was made commander. Old Fan offered to defend, and Yan Zai supported it. Do you think defense is as simple as building a wall? That would also be too insulting to Old Fan's intelligence.
Old Fan spent 9 months, and unknowingly built a Dashun City under the eyes of Western Xia! (Present-day Huachi County, Qingyang, Gansu) This is simply a knife on the neck of the Western Xia people, ah, too powerful!
Yan Zaixiang was not idle, he wanted to ensure that Lao Fan was all right. Not only did he worry about logistical supplies, but he also had to persuade the emperor to support Lao Fan. You're rampage in front, and I'm backing up in the back. Old Fan was upright all his life and did not understand the dangers of political struggle, he once burned a letter from Xixia and was sued to Renzong by people with ulterior motives. Prime Minister Yan tried his best to turn the danger into a disaster. It doesn't matter, you just, I'm soft. You "long smoke sunset lonely city closed", I "small garden incense path wandering alone".
In the third year of the Qing calendar (1043), they carried out a vigorous educational reform throughout the country, known in history as "QingLi Xingxue". Du Shame Zhu Yan'en did not report, and praised the poetry for Shou. ("Passing Chen Zhou Shangyan Xianggong")
Throughout his life, Fan Zhongyun respectfully called Yan Shu as: Teacher.
In the first year of the Qing calendar (1041), the war between the Great Song And Western Xia entered a white-hot stage. On this day, there was a heavy snowfall, and Yan Shu invited everyone to drink and write poetry at home as usual. Xiao Xiu's classmates were not used to it: the soldiers were fighting desperately on the front line, Teacher Yan, as the prime minister, were you still in the mood to enjoy the snow? I love my teacher, but I love my country even more.
So, with a big stroke of his pen, he wrote a long poem, and the last four words were heartfelt: the master and the country are in solidarity, but the joy will be abundant. The iron armor was cold to the bone, and more than 400,000 soldiers were on the side. A cauldron of "not caring about the soldiers" was immediately buckled on Teacher Yan's head. This is the "West Garden Snow Incident".
Teacher Yan almost spewed out a mouthful of old blood. Well, there's yours, minor repair. You have the ability not to write "the courtyard is deep and deep", ah, why don't you write "people do not sleep, the general white hair Zhengfu tears"? Am I fifty years old and can't even tell the difference between work and life? Hello gangster is also more than thirty years old, why are you still so frank and naïve? Forget it, if you learn the xū yǔ wēi yí in the officialdom, the article will not be able to write a valuable true disposition.
Teacher Yan suppressed his internal injuries, and two years later, under his strong recommendation, Xiao Xiu became a counselor. Immediately after that, it was the "New Deal for Celebrating the Calendar" advocated by Fan Zhongyan. In this reform, the court was divided into two major factions. Supporters: Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Cai Xiang, Han Qi, Yu Jing, Shi Jie, etc.; opponents: Lü Yijian, Xia Chen, Wang Gongchen, Zhang Dexiang, etc. Yan Shu and which faction are inextricably linked. Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu needless to say, Fu Bi was Fan Zhongyan's beloved disciple, and when he was a student, Yan Shu married his daughter to him.
Cai Xiang was Yan Shu's second favorite student, the one who later became a calligrapher. Lü Yijian was an old colleague, although this person was very cunning, and every time he recommended someone to the imperial court, he was inferior to his own, but he was far-sighted and thoughtful, and he also helped himself. It turned out that Yan Shu had written an epitaph to Song Renzong's mother, Concubine Li Chen, and had no choice but to conceal the truth, and if it were not for Lü Yijian's own excuse, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Now, the two factions are about to fight. Every day, they say that they are gentlemen and the other party is a villain. The official family also has a headache. Human nature, where it will be so simple black and white. Whether it is a supporter, an opposition, or a sweet and sour apple faction, shouldn't national stability come first? Xiao Xiu, this guy was still not confused, and actually wrote a "Theory of Friends and Parties." God, are you trying to play dead everyone? Don't you know that the emperor is most taboo about ministers forming parties? Teacher Yan decided to put the minor repair out.
However, Cai Xiang joined forces with Sun Fu and other disciples to directly pull Yan Shu off his horse with a combined punch. You, as a teacher, why don't you maintain minor repairs? Why and (huò) thin mud? Teacher Yan held the cauldron of "He Thin Mud" for ten years, and did not return to the capital until before he died.
In June of the first year of Hehe (1054), Yan Shu became seriously ill and returned to Kaifeng. He died at home on the 28th day of the first month of the following year at the age of 65. Just then, a large cauldron snapped onto his head again.
In this matter, he blamed his student Ouyang Xiu, who was too famous and too cultured. When Yan Shu died, Ouyang Xiu wrote three elegies, one of which was like this: Rich and noble you travel for fifty years, always Wise and wise to protect his health. "Mingzhe to protect himself" Ah, isn't this a satire on Yan Shu's smoothness?
As everyone knows, in the Northern Song Dynasty, this is not a derogatory term at all. It first appeared in the Book of Poetry, Daya (zhēng) Min: both wise and philosophical in order to protect himself. This is a hymn to a zhou dynasty prime minister named Zhongshanfu, who not only faithfully and tirelessly cared about the affairs of the king, but also distinguished between good and evil and protected himself from harm.
So, do you know what Ouyang Xiu meant when he wrote "Mingzhe to protect himself"? People are singing the praises of the teacher! It's cultured, it's scary. Some people even use this as an argument, saying that they are incompatible with teachers and students. Therefore, Yan Shu carried another pot of "Mingzhe to protect himself". What a shame.
You guess, if Yan Shu were still alive, would he defend himself? Absolutely not. He will probably write two poems for you in "flying white body", which is his business card. Helpless flowers fell, and déjà vu returned.
These two sentences are so famous that they have always been praised: Ah, natural oddity! Lingering and subtle! Harmony! In fact, the most important thing is the philosophy it contains: when the flowers fall, the swallows will come, the beautiful things will never disappear, and life will always be full of hope. Yan Shu's death shook the government and the public, and Emperor Renzong of Song ordered him to quit the dynasty for two days, and his former friends came to mourn.
However, all this, Yan Shu could not see. He did not know, because his xiaoxiu classmate's word style was similar to that of "Huajian Word", and he was called "Yan Ou" by later generations.
Yan Shu did not know that he had exhorted Wang Anshi to "be able to tolerate things, and things should also be tolerated", and asked him to follow the current and tolerate the customs, and many years later, Xiao Wang's classmates failed to change the law, and only then did he understand Teacher Yan's words; he did not know that he never fought for his children and grandchildren before he died, and his children and grandchildren were taken care of by the great and good people of the world, Song Renzong; he also did not know that his younger son Yan Jidao had become a lyricist as famous as him, and the father and son were called "Big Yan" and "Little Yan"; he did not know that he would become the founding leader of the Jiangxi School of Words. He is known as the "First Ancestor of the Northern Song Dynasty", and his "Pearl and Jade Words" have been praised by people.