When we were in school, many of us studied the poem "Mercy Nong". In order to educate people to cherish grain, the Tang Dynasty poet Li Shen wrote that "when the day of hoeing is noon, the sweat drops down to the soil." Who knows the plate of Chinese food, the grains are hard. Such an ancient phrase. It is reasonable to say that a poet who can write such a poem must be a good official for the country and the people after becoming an official. But the contrast between Li Shen in history is amazing.
Li Sheng came from a family of officials and eunuchs, and his great-grandfather Li Jingxuan was a attendant of Emperor Gaozong of Tang in the early days, and later became a Zhongshu Ling and was given the title of Duke of Zhao. His father, Li Hui, served as the county commander of Jintan, Wucheng, Jinling and other places. Because Li Shen lost his father at the age of six, he was raised by his mother from an early age. At the age of twenty-seven, Li Sheng entered the high school and became an assistant teacher of Guozijian. Soon, Li Shen gave up this promising post and threw himself into the Zhenhai Festival to make Li Kun account. Later, Li Shen was imprisoned for dissatisfaction with Li Kun's conspiracy to rebel, and he was released after Li Kun was killed, and then returned to Wuxi Huishan Temple to study.
In the fourth year of Yuan He, Li Shen went to Chang'an to serve as a school scribe, and together with Yuan Shu, Bai Juyi and others advocated the poetry style of Xinlefu, and also wrote 20 poems of "New Titles of Lefu". In the fifteenth year of Yuan He, Li Shen was promoted to Hanlin Bachelor and officially became involved in the partisan dispute. One summer, Li Shen returned to his hometown of Bozhou to visit friends, and happened to meet Li Fengji, the envoy of the Zhejiang Eastern Festival, who was playing in the Hui Dynasty. The two are fellow scholars, and they are friends in poetry, so it is inevitable that they will have to reminisce about the past.
At that time, they climbed the viewing platform in the east of Bozhou City. Li Fengji looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance, and the poem was full of hair, and immediately chanted: "He has to go thousands of miles to the wild road, and it is like stepping on the stage after years of relocation." Listening to Li Fengji's beautiful expectations for his career, Li Shen saw a different scene. He also casually chanted: "At noon on the day of hoeing, sweat drops down the soil." Who knows the plate of Chinese food, the grains are hard!" Li Fengji thought to himself, "Isn't he exposing the shortcomings of the imperial court?" So after returning to Beijing, he participated in a copy of Li Sheng's book and accused him of writing anti-poetry to vent his private anger. However, Emperor Dezong made Li Shen the Right Servant of Shangshu because he could perceive the people's feelings, and discussed the state of The State.
After Li Shen became a high-ranking official, the shelf became bigger. Before his departure, he often visited Li Yuanjiang's home and called the other party his uncle. After his promotion, Li Yuan would, in order to seduce him, call himself "brother" and "nephew" since his demotion, but Li Gentry was still not satisfied. Later, it was not until Li Yuan would call himself a "grandson" that Li Sheng's eyebrows would open his eyes and smile. In addition, in order to curry favor with Li Deyu, the boss of the "Li Party," Li Sheng also wrongfully killed Wu Xiang, a lieutenant in Jiangdu County, Yangzhou.
At that time, Li Shen was serving as an envoy to Huainan Jiedushi, and someone reported to him that Wu Xiang, a lieutenant in Jiangdu County, Yangzhou, had perverted the law and robbed the women of the people. After investigation, Li Sheng found that Wu Xiang did have embezzlement, but did not receive much bribes. The robbery of the people's daughter belonged to Liu Qun, the marquis of Yangzhou, who falsely accused her. However, due to wu xiang's uncle Wu Wuling, who had offended Li Deyu's father Li Jifu that year, the two families were feuding. Therefore, in order to seduce Li Deyu, Li Shen executed Wu Xiang on charges of fabrication. Later, the "Wu Xiang case" was rehabilitated, Li Shen was also stripped of his title, and his descendants were not allowed to become officials for generations.