The author once said that in the ancient imperial dynasties of our country, those who could become prime ministers and manage a matter were either courtiers who committed great treachery and great evil, or they were selfless officials with an iron face, and what we want to talk about today is also related to this. It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, there was a heavy minister who served many emperors, including Wu Zetian, Tang Zhongzong, Tang Ruizong, Tang Yandi, Tang Xuanzong, and so on.
This person is Song Jing, who has been honest and just all his life, has worked for the people and the country for most of his life, and has strong ability, so every emperor relies heavily on him, so he can experience the five dynasties without falling. However, Song Jing's official road is not all the way prosperous, there are depreciations and ups and downs, but his original intention of becoming an official has not changed, and he is dedicated to serving the country and the people.
Song Jing, a young genius, at the age of seventeen, entered high school and began to enter the career of an official in the DPRK, during which he also experienced the dark side of the officialdom, because of personality problems, he was excluded, he was transferred out of the Beijing Division, did the History of the Beizhou Assassination, and was later transferred back to the Beijing Division by Tang Ruizong and promoted to the official Shangshu, who thought that he could show his fists, but the world was uncertain.
At that time, Li Longji was the crown prince, and princess Taiping wanted to monopolize power, so there were many fights in Xiangfang, and Song Jing was also involved in this whirlpool of struggle, and once again deposed from the capital and went to Chuzhou as an assassin. Four years after the beginning of the new century, Song Jing was reused again, and was not only promoted to Shangshu of the Punishment Department, but also replaced Yao Chong.
After Song Jing gained the right to speak in the court, he reformed the bureaucratic atmosphere of the imperial court. For example, at that time, local officials, every time they arrived at a certain time, had to go to Beijing to report to their superiors, and then report to them layer by layer, and finally they would go up to the emperor and the prime minister, so they wanted to be promoted, or leave a good impression on their superiors, this was an opportunity.
As a result, many officials brought gold and silver jewelry into Beijing, one is used for bribery, and the other is that they can also make friends with powerful people by the way. Song Jing was very unpopular about this kind of atmosphere, and for a long time, hundreds of officials did not do practical things, and would only fly all day long, so he played the emperor and persuaded the emperor to agree to the decree to put an end to such incidents.
At the same time, Song Jing is also selfless, and it is said that his uncle Song Yuanchao, who waited for a long time to finally wait for the vacancy, became one of the candidates for this official position. But song Yuanchao, for the sake of safety, spoke out about his relationship and asked the officials to give priority to him, if they did not give him convenience, how...
This matter was a bit big, so Song Jing heard the wind and directly refused to hire Song Yuanchao, and at the same time said to the officials that when encountering such things again, we must abide by the law and not spoil public affairs because of private feelings.
During The period when Song Jing was rectifying the unhealthy tendencies and evil tendencies of the imperial court, the focus was on dealing with the matter of black money, the so-called black money is actually private money, privately minted coins, this matter has a great impact on the people's livelihood, the magnate will flow out a large amount of private money, not only can transfer the people's money away, but also disrupt the social and economic order, resulting in the depreciation of the money in the hands of the people.
For such a thing, Song Jing was very tough to suppress and put an end to it, which hurt the interests of others, so many people threatened Song Jing, but he ignored it and strictly forbade his private money, which forced the magnates of all sides to be anxious, and therefore he was deposed, but Song Jing was calm, seeking his duties in his position and doing his duty.
Song Jing will not solve things because things are difficult, do their duty, and it is difficult to survive to become the prime minister, but he does not care about the risk of being deposed, and only wants to do the facts.
In fact, in Song Jing's life, there are not many such incidents, and the author only briefly explains.
Song Jing not only did a good job as an official in the Beijing Division, he was not bad when he was an assassin, and in the areas under his jurisdiction, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, forming a simple folk style that did not leave the road untouched. However, Tang Xuanzong was grateful for Song Jing's exploits, and after deposing Xiang, he was made a duke and remained in the capital to do things for the emperor, but he had little authority.
Later, Tang Xuanzong promoted Song Jing to the position of Right Chancellor of Shangshu, but only in the past two years, Song Jing asked to return to his hometown on the grounds that he was old and unwell, and Tang Xuanzong could not but agree, and Song Jing returned to the eastern capital Luoyang, and died five years later.
It is said that in the later years of Tang Xuanzong's life, the good political atmosphere that Song Jing painstakingly created had been destroyed, thus triggering the Anshi Rebellion, and Tang Xuanzong, on the way to escape, met an elder and said to Tang Xuanzong: "The minister remembers Song Jing as a picture, counts into the blunt words, and the world depends on peace." In fact, that is to say, when Song Jing was the prime minister, he dared to speak out and put an end to unhealthy tendencies and evil tendencies, so the world was healthy, and this contrast showed that the emperor was very faint, and at the same time praised Song Jing.