Zhuge Liang, in his "Table of Teachers" to Liu Chan, warned Liu Chan that "for the monarch, there is a need to reward and punish clearly", in fact, how to reward the ministers who have contributed to the country is indeed a problem that the emperors need to think about carefully, if there is merit but not rewarded, or if the reward is unfair, then the civilian generals under his command will no longer follow themselves, just like Xiang Yu in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, although he is mighty in the world, but because of "meritorious service is not rewarded", so the generals under his command have turned to Liu Bang, and finally died.
In the twenty-second year of Kangxi (1683), the admiral Shi Lang led a large army to defeat and recruit Ming Zheng, successfully reclaimed the island of Taiwan, and made great achievements.
Meritorious service naturally to reward, the Kangxi Emperor first granted him the real power of the general Of Jinghai official position, and then gave him the honorary title of Marquis of Jinghai, so it was not enough, and asked Shi Lang how the sons and nephews of the family were, whether they needed to be taken care of by the imperial court, that is to say, to let "one person get the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven", let the Shi family be full of honor, and Shi Lang's intention for Kangxi was also clear, and he was grateful and sincerely recommended his 7 sons to Kangxi, and clearly explained the strengths and weaknesses of the sons. So that Kangxi could use this to give his sons office.
However, Shi Lang actually had a total of eight sons, he introduced his 7 sons in front of Kangxi, but deliberately did not mention the second eldest, at that time Kangxi also knew this matter, did not understand Shi Lang's real intentions, and thought that Shi Lang was too thick-skinned, embarrassed to let his sons all get grace, so he left a little leeway, so he did not ask, and after many years, Kangxi finally understood shi Lang's deep meaning at that time.
It was in the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi (1688), a terrible flood broke out in Huai'an, Jiangsu, and the Kangxi Emperor sent the minister of Chincha to supervise the repair of the river embankment, although the minister of Chincha himself was very easy-going, but some of the servants who followed Chincha were fake and powerful, quite arrogant, causing great infestation to the people, many local officials dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and Shi Shilun, as the governor of Taizhou, Jiangsu, was impartial and arbitrary, and severely punished these servants who harassed the people.
As the saying goes, "to beat a dog depends on the owner", Shi Shilun's behavior aroused the anger of the minister of Chincha, so he was accused of going to the Kangxi Emperor. When Kangxi learned the truth, it turned out that the servant of Qin Cha had done no evil in the Jiangsu territory, and even there was a vicious incident of robbing the people's women and almost arousing the people's indignation, and other officials did not dare to take care of it, only Shi Shilun dared to preside over justice, and Shi Shilun himself also managed Taizhou very well, so he praised Shi Shilun greatly, and also specially summoned Shi Shilun to Beijing to meet him.
After meeting Shi Shilun, the Kangxi Emperor was very surprised to find that his appearance and Shi Lang's appearance were very similar, so he inquired about the relationship between the two, only to learn that Shi Shilun was Shi Lang's second son, and after a conversation with him, he said with great emotion: "I only now understand that Zunhou (Shi Lang's word) was that year, why didn't you mention your name to me, with your character and talent, where do you need my care?" ”
In fact, it is true that Shi Shilun's own character and talent made him stand out in the official field, and eventually became the governor of Caoyun from Yipin, and he himself was known as "Shi Qingtian" in the folk, along with Bao Zheng, Hai Rui and others.