The seventh year of the Taiping Revival of the Northern Song Dynasty (982 AD), the beginning of the year. A political storm is already brewing, and this storm is a showdown between the top brass, involving the main people, the prime minister and the prince. This event will affect the ownership of political power in the early Northern Song Dynasty. In addition to the emperor Zhao Kuangyin not to talk about this incident, the other main actors helped Zhao Kuangyin to successfully seize power by the prime minister Zhao Pu, the Qin king Zhao Tingmei, and the second minister Lu Duoxun. Shen Yilun, as another prime minister, had to be forced to participate even if he was reluctant to participate.
The plotter of this battle is still the Zhao Pu who participated in the Chen Qiao Mutiny and the release of the military power with a glass of wine. The former prime minister Shen Yilun gave way to him (after Xue Juzheng's death, Shen Yilun became the prime minister, and Shen Yilun was a later minister than Zhao Pu, who was appointed as prime minister by Song Taizong for fabricating the "Alliance of The Golden Dagger"), and once worked with Zhao Pu as Zhao Kuangyin's staff, and was very aware of Zhao Pu's personality, style of doing things, and naturally knew the key points. How could he, who was already in his twilight years, find a way to escape this fate!
Shen Yilun escaped this disaster, which has a lot to do with his personality.
Shen Yilun (909-987), because of the avoidance of Emperor Taizong's guangyi name, the single name Lun, the character Shunyi, Kaifeng Taikang (now part of Henan) people. Shen Yilun is a cautious person, and it is most appropriate to evaluate him with "Qingjie Mellow".
In the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty, those princes and ministers were building their own gorgeous new homes for themselves, and only Shen Yilun was still living in a simple house that had not been repaired. Even in May of the sixth year of Kaibao, when Song Taizu sent officials and overseers to build a new house for him according to the design plan, he still asked for the construction of a smaller house.
Perhaps his success lies in his prudence, saving him again and again in the official arena. In August of the same year, Zhao Pu, the prime minister who had been re-elected for 10 years, was demoted because of his flying prowess.
From the construction of the house, we can see Shen Yilun's caution. Before Zhao Pu persecuted the King of Qin and the second minister Lu Duoxun, Shen Yilun, who had already noticed the matter, knew that he could not help, so he had to ask the emperor for resignation. However, in the end, he was implicated, and he was accused of noticing that Lu Doxun and others were plotting rebellion, and was deposed. Finally, in July of the same year, he was shot by a left servant.
Some people may say that Shen Yilun is timid and afraid of things or Mingzhe to protect himself. At least in the imperial court, where the companions were like tigers, they were able to retreat completely. Since he can hold the position of prime minister, he is also a responsible official.
The Twenty-third Chronicle of the Song Dynasty says: Shen Lun made Wu Yue pay back, please borrow more than one million yuan from yang and Si jun to the starving people, and it is difficult for the dynasty to discuss it. Lun Yue: "The country helps the people with millet, and when it summons harmony and prosperity, will there be water and drought?" "Please be it.
Once there was a famine in Huainan, it was Shen Yilun who repeatedly asked the imperial court for disaster relief. This incident occurred in the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty (962 AD), Huainan was hungry, and there were many starvations in the Yang and Yang states.
Shen Yilun of Hubu Langzhong returned to the dynasty from Wuyue and wrote to Taizu: "It is recommended that the million stone army grain stored in each county be loaned to the starving people, and in the autumn, the order will be returned to the new millet." ”
Opponents argue: "If there is another flood and drought, the hungry people will not be able to return the millet, who can bear this responsibility?"
Shen Yilun made a generous statement: "I think that the state can open a warehouse to help the people, can inspire harmony, and immediately cause trouble, and do not have to worry about floods and droughts!" ”
Taizu followed Shen Yilun's advice and commanded the officials of Huainan Province to open warehouses to relieve the starving people.
This incident shows that Shen Yilun has a responsibility as an official and thinks about the people's livelihood.
Shen Yilun was cautious and cautious throughout his life, and he was a clean and honest person (, after the song was destroyed, the Song army general Shuai Gonggong was greedy and violent, only the capital supervisor Cao Bin, the transfer made Shen Yilun clean, cao bin returned to the dynasty, "only recommend Yilun can be appointed"), for the sake of the people, is a good official.
Reference: History of the Song Dynasty
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