In 964, the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin sent troops to attack Hou shu, and in only 66 days, the Later Shu emperor Meng Chang led the people to surrender, and Hou Shu was included in the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin received it together, as well as the Hou Shu talents and people, Yuan Kuo was one of them!
Yuan Kuo was originally a Later Shu jinshi, and it was reasonable to say that he should be reused by Zhao Kuangyin, but Hou Shu was defeated too quickly, so that Zhao Kuangyin was full of contempt for the people in this place, so after following the big man Meng Xu to surrender to the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuan Kuo only mixed a Shuangliu County master book, equivalent to the secretary of the county chief!
According to the normal development trajectory, this kind of petty official does not want to enter the house in this life, but in just a few years, Yuan Kuo's name has spread to Zhao Kuangyin's ears, the reason is very simple, Yuan Kuo found more than 10,000 hidden people, and registered these people, do not underestimate these more than 10,000 people, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of chaos for more than 70 years, the population of the Central Plains decreased sharply, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the population was about 30 million, fighting more than 70 years of war, how much can be left? Therefore, getting more than 10,000 people is undoubtedly a great good thing for Zhao Kuangyin, although there are only 10,000 at present, but after decades of reproduction, it may become 100,000, or even hundreds of thousands, how much tax will be required at that time?
Zhao Kuangyin Yile directly promoted Yuan Kuo to Shangcai Ling, became a county magistrate-level figure, and was promoted by the emperor, this Yuan Kuo can be described as full of energy, in Shangcai for several years as a county magistrate, because the political achievements are very prominent, he was transferred back to the Beijing Division, to the prince as a teacher!
Yuan Kuo this person, ability, but also a big temper, up to the emperor, down to the officials, Yuan Kuo is not much to give face, as long as the political views are different, it will be a fierce spray, therefore, in the dprk, offended a lot of people, although can not be regarded as a lone minister, but there are really not many friends, but many times, the emperor and like this kind of courtier, after all, will not pull gangs and factions, is not it? Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin attached great importance to Yuan Kuo and regarded it as a Qishi!
After Emperor Taizong of Song succeeded to the throne, he attached more importance to Yuan Kuo, first let him serve as the Governor of Chuzhou, and then transferred back to the Beijing Division, serving as the director of the Taxation Bureau, managing taxes, kaifeng tax revenue suddenly increased by tens of thousands of yuan, Zhao Guangyi was very happy, directly rewarded Yuan Kuo with millions of dollars, every banquet, Yuan Kuo set up a separate seat, Yuan Kuo became Zhao Guangyi's favorite!
Later, Yuan Kuo served as a member of the household department, because of his meticulous work, so that the subordinates of the household department were not used to it, these subordinates were used to deducting cards, and when they met such a boss, it was really an old life, and if they were not careful, I was afraid that there would be a prison disaster, so these people summed up, no, must squeeze out Yuan Kuo, otherwise there would be no good life, so they secretly collected Yuan Kuo's mistakes, wrote a letter, and jointly handed it to Zhao Guangyi!
When this kind of thing happened, Yuan Kuo was naturally very angry, so he went to Zhao Pu, the prime minister, and wanted Zhao Pu to give him the master, but unfortunately he did not know that he had already cleaned up Zhao Pu's offense because of the Zhengzhou regimental training to make Hou Mochen take advantage of it, how could Zhao Pu speak for himself? Soon, Yuan Kuo was demoted to Wenzhou, when the governor of Wenzhou went!
Degraded, Yuan Kuo still did not repent, his temper was still so big, there was a man named Yuan Renfu who worked with him, the relationship between the two was usually good, but once there was disagreement, the two would begin to pinch each other, a pinch was fierce, Yuan Renfu could not stand it, so he wrote a letter framing Yuan Kuo, saying that Yuan Kuo was corrupt and perverted the law, and handed it to the Guanglu Temple, and the Guanglu Temple's Beggar Niu Shao received a report and directly sent Yuan Kuo to prison to investigate the matter!
When Zhao Guangyi heard about this, he felt that although Yuan Kuo had a bad temper, he still wouldn't do such a thing as embezzlement, felt that Yuan Kuo had been wronged, and hurriedly sent people to the rescue, but unfortunately, Zhao Guangyi's people still came a step late and rushed to prison, Yuan Kuo's body was already cold!
It turned out that Yuan Kuo was innocently imprisoned, and his heart was already angry, and what was even more infuriating was that the jailer was still yin and yang, and Yuan Kuo, who had been a big man in the DPRK for many years, how could he bear this? Suddenly, anger attacked the heart, burping...
Hearing the news of Yuan Kuo's death, Zhao Guangyi was distraught and ordered a strict investigation of the matter, and as a result, it was found that Yuan Renfu's performance was untrue, and in a fit of rage, he demoted Yuan Renfu to Shang Prefecture as a governor, but still did not understand the hatred, and then cut off Yuan Renfu's official position and assigned Him to Shangzhou!
For Yuan Kuo's family, Zhao Guangyi was also very caring, and named Yuan Kuo's 10-year-old son Yuan Qiuhe as Fengli Lang, however, Yuan Kuo was dead, what was the use of nostalgia?