In our impression, the ancient emperor "spoke goldenly, saying one thing and saying one thing and not two things". The Holy Will of the Emperor cannot be violated. However, there was one man who dared to burn the Holy Will in front of the Emperor's emissaries. This cattle man, named Li Xun, is a native of Hebei.
Li Xun (947-1004), also spelled Taichu, was a native of Feixiang, Puzhou, and a native of present-day Feixiang County, Hebei. Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Li Xun was honest in temperament, had an opinion, had the courage to take responsibility, never blindly obeyed, and even dared to reject the emperor's will. Once, the Song Zhen Sect sent an emissary with his hand edict to see Li Xun and want to make Liu Shi a noble concubine.
Li Xun was also bold enough, and in front of the messenger, he took the holy will and burned it on the candle fire. Then he said to the messenger, "When you go back to the emperor, you will say that Li Xun does not agree." "It didn't work out in the end.
Another time, Shi Baoji, the duke of The Horse, wanted to be an envoy, and Emperor Zhenzong asked Li Xun about it. Li Xun said: "There are rules and regulations for rewarding and punishing appointments and removals, and they must also have sufficient reasons. Shi Baoji was only His Majesty's son-in-law and had no military merits, so I am afraid that it would be inappropriate to hold this official position, which would cause discussion in the imperial court. ”
After a few days, the emperor asked about it again, and asked it several times, but Li Xun insisted on his opinion. This Shi Baoji did not make an emissary in the end.
Li Xun never played secretly to the emperor, and everything was publicly spoken in the court. Song Zhenzong felt very strange, so he asked Li Xun: "Other ministers have secret music, but Ai Qing does not, why is this?" ”
Li Xun replied, "I reluctantly made it difficult for me to be this prime minister, and when I had official business, I openly said, where can I use any secret music?" Those who like to use tantra either give a rumor to others or give a rumor to His Majesty. I am very disgusted by this kind of behavior, how can I imitate them? ”
Li Xun ruled the country with a pure and quiet attitude, paid attention to official affairs, paid special attention to abstaining from the arrogance of the lord of man, and had the reputation of "holy phase", which history called "bright and upright", and Wang Fuzhi called him "the subject of the pillar of the Song Dynasty"
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