The Tang Dynasty was able to present such a brilliant and brilliant prosperity, to a large extent, of course, because of the wise kings like Tang Taizong and Tang Gaozong, and there was also no shortage of some virtuous prime ministers, the Tang Dynasty not only had Ming Jun, but also emerged a lot of sages, of which Yao Chong, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruqian, and Song Jing, these four people, were called "the four great sages of the Tang Dynasty" by later generations.
Yao Chong, born in 651, did not like to read when he was young, nothing was just practicing martial arts to maintain his body, until he was 20 years old, he began to study hard, and was very effective, he was able to enter the imperial government as an official, and the official position was promoted very quickly, and by the time of the first year of the Long Live Tongtian (696), he had become the second largest Xia Guanlang after Shangshu.
This was a position in charge of military power, the war reports of the whole country were compiled by Yao Chong to Wu Zetian, at that time due to the rebellion of the Khitans, military affairs were very busy, but Yao Chong, but yao Chong, who handled it very well, was appreciated by Wu Zetian and promoted, and after 3 years he became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, after which he participated in the conspiracy of the "Shenlong Coup", ousted Wu Zetian from the throne, returned the world to the Tang Dynasty, and was therefore given the title of Marquis.
Later, during the reigns of Emperor Ruizong of Tang and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Yao Chong, who also served as chancellor and shangshu of the military department, helped the emperor govern the government, promoted officials with merit and ability, and demeaned those officials who did not have the ability to take office purely by sneaking and patting horses, and reiterated various laws, so that the living standards of the people of the world improved rapidly, and people believed that under his administration, the country showed the appearance of the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang.
Although Yao Chong, who possessed outstanding talents and achieved high results in governing the world, was already considered to be an extremely popular courtier, he was extremely clean as an official, and there was no other income outside of the conventional Feng Lu, so his income was quite meager, even the house in the capital could not be bought, and he could only afford to buy a house in the suburbs.
However, in this case, as long as Yao Chong has the opportunity, he will still collect a lot of rare antiques and other items, although the price is not very high, but it is absolutely extremely rare and precious, but Yao Chong's own daily life is not enthusiastic about this, and his family is very puzzled.
Until the ninth year of the New Century (721), the 72-year-old Yao Chong, who was seriously ill, left a last word before his death: "After I die, the treasures in the family are placed in front of the coffin!" If Zhang said that he saw the joy of his eyes, he would give them all to him and ask him to write an epitaph for me, if not, you should stop being an official, and quickly disguise yourself as a common people and flee for your lives. The son did as planned, and sure enough, Zhang Shu wrote an epitaph, which successfully saved the life of the whole family.
It turned out that this Zhang said that he was Yao Chong's political enemy, and Yao Chong, knowing that after his death, he would definitely go to the emperor to frame himself, and let him write an epitaph for himself in advance (at that time, the epitaph was all for singing praises and praises for virtue), and sent this epitaph to the emperor to see, then Zhang Said would not be able to say bad things about himself in front of the emperor again, so his family would be saved.