Xie Jin was a minister and literary scholar of the Ming Dynasty.
This man was brilliant since he was a child, when he was 5 years old, his father taught him poetry that he could memorize once he listened to it, he could write articles at the age of 7, he recited articles of a thousand words a day at the age of 10, he won the jinshi at the age of 19, and finally he was promoted to the rank of Hanlin Bachelor, Cabinet First Assistant, Right Chunfang University Scholar, and participated in confidential affairs.
How to solve the clever method? A small example can illustrate this.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very appreciative of Xie Jin's talent, and one day he summoned Xie Jin to him and said, "There was joy in the palace last night, don't you write a poem?" ”
Xie Jin was a wise man, and he immediately thought that there might be a birth of a prince, and immediately said:
The king descended on the golden dragon last night
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "It was a girl who was born." Xie Jin's mind turned sharply, and he immediately chanted the second sentence:
Transform into Chang'e under the nine weights
Zhu Yuanzhang then said, "Unfortunately, he is already dead." Xie Jin did not hesitate to follow up immediately:
It is not expected that the world can not stay
This sentence deals with the misfortune of the royal family as "only when the mortals have gone or ascended to heaven", wonderful.
Zhu Yuanzhang finally said, "I have thrown her into the water." The clever Xie Jin immediately chanted:
Turn over and jump into the Crystal Palace
wonderful! wonderful! wonderful! Only dragon species can do this, and the last sentence and the first sentence actually echo each other, naturally occasional.
Xie Jin, who was so clever, was not accepted by the courtiers because he was too outspoken.
Once, he made irresponsible remarks about the subordinates of the Bingbu, saying that they had neglected their duties, which made Shangshu of the Bingbu very unhappy, and Shangshu shangshu of the Bingbu Washu, and he falsely accused Xie Jin, and the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang also rebuked Xie Jin for "scattering anger" and degraded him as the inspector of Jiangxi Province. Another time, he wrote an article counting the crimes of Yuan Tai, who despised chao gang, perverted the law by embezzlement, and framed Zhongliang. Yuan Tai was punished and resented it.
Zhu Yuanzhang is a person who loves talent, especially a young talent like Xie Jin, and he still has to train him from the perspective of protection.
Judging from the incidents that offended the ministers of the DPRK and the CENTRAL Government, Xie Jin still lacked a little cultivation, and he must cultivate himself and think behind closed doors, otherwise he would become the target of attack by the ministers. Otherwise, I, the emperor, would not be able to protect him. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to summon Xie Jin's father into Beijing and said to him directly: "If the great instrument is late, if Erzi returns, Yi Lingjin, in the next ten years, it will not be too late to use it." Xie Jin had to return to Jishui with his father.
Forgot to explain to everyone, Xie Jin was a native of Jishui, Jiangxi, born on December 6, 1369 (the second year of Hongwu).
In the eight years since he returned to Jishui, Xie Jin was not idle, he devoted himself to studying ancient books, correcting the "History of Yuan", supplementing the "Book of Song", deleting the "Book of Rites", etc., and also writing poems and lyrics, leaving many works for our descendants.
After Emperor Minghui succeeded to the throne, Xie Jin was appointed as the first assistant of the Hanlin Emperor and the cabinet (Wenyuange University). After Zhu Di seized the throne and ascended the throne, Xie Jin was promoted to a bachelor of Hanlin and a scholar of Right Chunfang University, responsible for revising the Yongle Canon.
Xie Jin, who had been practicing at home for eight years, still did not change his outspoken temper, and in the third year of Yongle (1405), he offended the emperor's second son Zhu Gaoxu for the matter of establishing the crown prince, and finally was falsely accused by Zhu Gaoxu of the crime of "no courtesy" and was beaten to death row by Zhu Di. In the thirteenth year of Yongle (1415), he was ordered by Zhu Di to be buried in the snow and froze to death, at the age of 47. Subsequently, his family's property was confiscated, and his wife and children were exiled to Liaodong.
Fortunately, the two later emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen and Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Jianshen, gave Xie Jin and his descendants a good explanation, not only returning the confiscated family property, but also rehabilitating Zhaoxue, reinstating his official position, and giving it to the imperial counselor, Tan Wenyi.
However, the great talent Xie Jin has been buried for many years, and if there is an afterlife, he will also be reborn as a human being.