Text/Zhao Xinfang
Zhang Jiuling was the first Lingnan man in China's history to serve as prime minister, and in his decades of service, he was diligent in his administration for the people, just and simple, and made immortal contributions to the rule of Kaiyuan. It has been well received and respected by future generations.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > (1)</h1> Is brilliant and intelligent
Zhang Jiuling was a native of Lingnan (present-day Shaoguan, Guangdong), who had been clever and intelligent since childhood, and was able to export poems at the age of five or six when he first entered preschool in modern society, and was proud of the locals. Many of his stories are still circulating in the local area.
When he was 7 years old, he went with his family to visit Baolin Temple, which coincided with the time when Taishou of Shaozhou Prefecture led officials from the main house to the temple to enter the temple. The ordinary people who entered the incense saw so many officials coming, and they were frightened and quickly hid, but Zhang Jiuling was not afraid and stood on the side to watch generously. Tai Shou saw that Zhang Jiuling was very cute, so he teased him and said, I will make a pair of you to come right, right I will give you fruit to eat. After saying that, I casually said a word of uplink. Zhang Jiuling casually said that he was right and the next link, which was completely correct. Tai Shou was taken aback and thought that he had to meet a prodigy today? Try again for a difficult one. Taishou teased shanglian, meaning a boy, to climb the dragon, phoenix, and dangui. Zhang Jiuling looked up and saw that there were exactly three big Buddhas in front of him, so he said the lower link, which means: There are three big Buddhas, sitting lions, elephants and lotuses. TaiShou exclaimed: This doll is not an idle person, and it will definitely be able to become a big instrument when it grows up.
One year there was a severe drought in Shaozhou, the soil was dry and cracked, the grass seedlings withered, and the people went to the temples to ask for rain. Zhang Jiuling didn't believe that The Lord of Heaven had such a great mana, so he told people that it was useless to go to the temple to ask for rain. Many people say that as long as you ask for more than a few times, you can touch The Heavens. Zhang Jiuling said, I have come to ask for rain for everyone. He grinds the ink with ink, and as the ink becomes thicker, the sky becomes darker and darker. Only to see Zhang Jiuling pour the polished ink into the sky, and the heavens began to pour heavy rain. Since then, Zhang Jiuling's name has been deeply imprinted in the minds of generations of Shaozhou people. Although this is a legendary story, it can show that the local people believe that Zhang Jiuling has talent and ability since he was a child.
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When Li Longji wanted to make a difference when he was crown prince, he held an examination in the Eastern Palace to recruit talents. Zhang Jiuling was on the list as soon as he went to take the exam, and was awarded the right pick by Li Longji, and after Li Longji ascended the throne, he was renamed as the left pick.) Later, because of his disagreement with the chancellor Yao Chong's political views, Zhang Jiuling resigned and returned to his hometown. After returning to his hometown in Lingnan, Zhang Jiuling first did a practical thing for his hometown to solve the travel difficulties. From his hometown of Guangdong to Jiangxi, you have to cross a high mountain, and there was previously only one overgrown and rugged path, but due to hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion, coupled with years of disrepair, the path has long become unrecognizable and difficult to walk. Zhang Jiuling wrote to the imperial court to apply for the construction of a new road. After approval, I personally served as the director of road construction, recruited migrant workers to build roads, climbed the steep mountain roads to survey the terrain, and often directed the construction on the front line. After the completion of this road, it promoted economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south, and posterity praised this road as the "ancient Beijing-Guangzhou Line".
Because of his meritorious efforts in road construction, Zhang Jiuling was recalled by the imperial court in 718 and successively appointed as a member of the Ceremonial Department Wailang, a Si Xun member Wailang, and a Zhongshu Sheren. After Zhang Shuo's death, he was promoted to chancellor to assist Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
Meng Haoran was a famous landscape pastoral poet of the Tang Dynasty, with unique achievements in art, but he was repeatedly defeated in scientific expeditions and did not enter the army in his lifetime. Zhang Jiuling cherished talents and once introduced Meng Haoran as an aide to the Jingzhou government. Wang Wei is proficient in poetry, calligraphy and music painting, and his works have the reputation of "painting in poetry, poetry in painting", and is called "Wang Meng" together with Meng Haoran. Wang Wei's personality is lonely and arrogant, and his career is not smooth, Zhang Jiuling has a wise eye and promotes Wang Wei to the right picker. Du Fu also wanted to present his works to him in his early years, but unfortunately he could not do so. When I think about this incident in my later years, I still feel sorry for it, and I record it in the "Eight Lamentations" Written. Wang Wei also has poems praising him.
In 733, the 56-year-old Zhang Jiuling presided over the imperial government after becoming prime minister. At that time, Fan Yang's deputy general An Lushan was defeated in the khitan campaign and was sent to the capital for questioning and beheaded. In the early years, An Lushan had entered Beijing to meet Zhang Jiuling. After observing the color of his words and talking to each other, Zhang Jiuling knew people and realized that An Lushan was a treacherous person, and concluded that he would definitely commit rebellion in the future. This time, An Lushan just happened to break into the muzzle of the gun himself, and Zhang Jiuling did not hesitate to suggest to Tang Xuanzong to kill him.
An Lushan was a very cunning and scheming man, he had already coaxed Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei very well, and there were many stories in it. Tang Xuanzong was momentarily soft-hearted and wanted to exonerate him of his capital crimes, so he specially issued a special decree to pardon An Lushan and let him return to Fanyang.
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In 734, in May of the 22nd year of the new century, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered Li Linfu, Pei Yaoqing, and Zhang Jiuling to be concurrently appointed as prime ministers. Zhang Jiuling's integrity made Li Linfu, who did not learn any techniques, very jealous, and often found forks to attack Zhang Jiuling. Because the governor of Liangzhou, Niu Xianke, was good at saving costs and managing well, Tang Xuanzong planned to promote him to a position in the imperial court, and Zhang Jiuling consulted with Li Linfu, saying that he felt that it was inappropriate and that he would just give him a certain reward. Li Linfu agreed with Zhang Jiuling's opinion. The next day, when Zhang Jiuling expressed his opinion, Tang Xuanzong, who could not listen to different opinions, was very unhappy. Li Linfu, who was present, not only did not open his mouth, but also quietly said Zhang Jiuling's cool words in front of Tang Xuanzong after retiring from the DPRK. As a result, Tang Xuanzong deposed Zhang Jiuling's phase. Soon after the resignation, he angered Tang Xuanzong because of the recommendation of officials, and he was demoted to the history of Jingzhou. After one blow after another, Zhang Jiuling felt very depressed, and whenever he read Han Feizi's "Lonely Anger", he shed tears and was sad, and wrote "Grass and trees have their own hearts, and he asks for beautiful people to fold" ("Twelve Songs of Feelings") to show his heart. It was in this same period that he wrote the famous poem "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan", in which the first link "The sea is born of the bright moon, and the end of the world is at this time", which has become a famous sentence that has been brilliant throughout the ages.
At the end of the text, he added: In 740 AD, Zhang Jiuling returned to Lingnan to visit the tomb, and died of illness shortly after. He died on December 31, 2012 at the age of 6 Not long after Zhang Jiuling's death, An Lushan did indeed start a rebellion, the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline, Tang Xuanzong remembered Zhang Jiuling's foresight, ZhenGe was full of regret, and sent people to Lingnan to pay tribute to Zhang Jiuling and posthumously give him the title of Situ.
【About the author】Zhao Xinfang, pen name Zhao Shi, is a director of the Chongqing Miscellaneous Literature Association and a director of the Chongqing Nan'an District Writers Association.
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