In the second year of the Later Jin Dynasty (937), Qian Yuanhuan was proclaimed the King of Wuyue, and Shen Song, Cao Zhongda, and Pi Guangye were appointed as ministers.
Pi Guangye's story editor has said before, this time to talk about the other two.
Shen Song is old, and of course his debut is early. When he was born, a large snake fell in front of the bed and looked up for a long time before leaving. Seven days later, when Shen Song was about to take a bath, suddenly the wind and rain shook the bathing plate, and people thought these things were unusual.
In the second year of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang 's reign (895), the thirty-three-year-old Shen Song entered the capital to enter the imperial examination, and only twenty-five people were selected at that time, and Shen Song was selected. Zhaozong ordered the re-examination to eliminate ten people, but Shen Song was still selected, that is to say, this re-examination accurately changed Shen Song's level from TOP25 to TOP15.
However, perhaps because of pessimism about the prospects of being a court official in the chaotic world, Shen Song, the top fifteen in the country, did not stay in Chang'an to continue to study the examination, but returned to his hometown in Fuzhou. The Book of Min, the Yuzhitang Tanhui, and the Chunxi Sanshan Zhi (淳熙三山志) are written by Shen Song as the title of Qianning For three years (896), but in fact this is likely to be a gold for celebrities. Qian Ning's second-year title was Zhao Guanwen, and the third-year champion was Cui Chen, and Shen Song had not been a high school champion.
If Shen Song returns to Fuzhou smoothly, then he will make his debut in minguo. He eventually debuted in Wuyue, of course, he was cut off. In fact, because of the route, Shen Song first passed by the territory of Yang Xingmi in Huainan Jiedu, and he was first conquered by Yang Xingmi, and finally chose Wu Yue, which was his own choice.
After Shen Song made his debut, he was used by Qian Wei as the secretary in charge, and in addition to being appointed as the deputy envoy of Yingtian in Western Zhejiang, he was awarded the title of secretary supervisor, shangshu of the inspection and school department, and right servant shooting. Most of Qian's calligraphy and performances were composed by Shen Song. When Qian Wei had just been awarded the zhenhai jiedushi envoy (formerly known as the zhejiang western observation envoy), Shen Song was ordered to express his gratitude and talk about the prosperity and strength of western Zhejiang, and wrote it for Luo Yin to see. As a talented man who did not meet huaicai at that time, Luo Yin said that the prime minister would definitely ask for bribes when he saw it, so the expression was changed to the cold weather in western Zhejiang, the elk often traveled, and the cattle and sheep were not down.
Shen Song and Luo Yin's interaction didn't stop there. Once, Qian Wei summoned a kabuki, and everyone called her beautiful, simply a concubine (嫦娥). Shen Song said, "Sister-in-law is very ugly, how can she be compared?" Qian Wei was shocked: "Does the secretary know Jie'e?" Shen Song replied, "Song has been to the Moon Palace twice, why don't you know?" ”
On the surface, Shen Song was emphasizing that he had "folded the gui in the toad palace" twice, but it was not so much a play as it was a deliberate attempt to tell Luo Yin, who had lost the total defeat of the imperial examination.
However, the relationship between Shen Song and Luo Yin is not a simple literati. Luo Yin was 30 years older than Shen Song. When Luo Yin died, Shen Song, who was already among the Jinbu Lang of the Wuyue State, wrote an epitaph for him.
The state of Wu Yue was located in the southeast and was not very influenced by the Central Plains Liang and Jin hegemony. Li Cunxun, the king of Jin, called himself Emperor of later Tang and changed his name to Yuan Tongguang, and Qian Wei asked Shen Song about the geometry of Tang Guozuo, and Shen Song replied: "The word 'tong' is not as closed as the word 'country', this is 'not done for the country'. Although this did not affect Li Cunxun's continued devotion to Wu Yueguo as a big boss after destroying Liang, he died in a mutiny after only three years as emperor.
Although Qian Wei was called a subject to Zhongyuan, he closed the door and changed his year number to enjoy it. In the seventh year of Baozheng (932), Qian Yuanhuan (錢镠薨) and Zi Qian Chuanhuan succeeded to the throne and changed his name to Qian Yuanwan (錢元瓘). Qian Yuanwan was good at Confucianism, set up the Academy of Selective Competence, selected scribes for recruitment, and ordered Shen Song to take his post. This year, Shen Song was already seventy years old.
In the second year of worship, Shen Song died.
The following is the story of Cao Zhongda, who is 19 years younger than Shen Song.
Cao Zhongda's name seems to be a combination of Cao Cao and Sima Zhongda, but in fact, his family is not so ostentatious. His original name was Cao Hongda. His father Cao Gui was a general of Qian Wei, so he was the second generation of Wu Yueguo's generals. He was also born with a vision, and a purple light appeared in his home. But Cao Gui did not treat this son as a big treasure because of this, usually let him eat the same meal as the servants, was not responsible for providing warm clothes in winter, and even ordered him to move bricks every day. Such a unique method of teaching children is not that Lao Cao does not love his son, but that he intends to hone his son.
After Cao Gui became the Assassin of Suzhou, Cao Hongda served as a guard in Qian's Zhendong Army. Cao Gui wanted Cao Hongda to go to Muzhou and marry Shi Chen's daughter. However, some fortune tellers say that other forces should be found to form relatives in order to develop. When Cao Hongda passed through Hangzhou, he did not know whether it was a relationship that was often "abused" by his father in his childhood, and his appearance attracted the attention of Qian Biao, not only married Qian Wei's second sister, but also had a prosperous career, successively serving as Taizhou and Chuzhou Assassins.
When Qian Yuanwan first succeeded to the throne, because he did not claim the title of king, he could not set up a prime minister, so he used Cao Hongdaquan to know the government affairs. That is to say, as the new master's uncle, Cao Hongda, although he was younger than Shen Song and Pi Guangye, actually worshiped them earlier than them.
Since Qian Yuan's son was called Qian Hongdao, Cao Hongda changed his name to Zhongda in order to avoid secrecy. Cao Zhongda is kind and generous and likes to give away food. Qian Yuanhuan was very attached to him, and usually did not call him by his first name, nor did he call him uncle, but called him Xiang Xiang.
Due to qian hongzuo's early death, he was succeeded by his younger brother Qian Hongzuo. As soon as Qian Hongzuo ascended the throne, he needed to guard the funeral, so Cao Zhongda, who was his grandfather, took charge of the military affairs. At that time, Wu Yueguo was giving a large reward to the army, but the army felt that the reward was uneven and mutinied and refused to give the reward, and the generals could not stop it. Cao Zhongda personally went out to give an edict, and his words were fluent, convincing the soldiers to give up.
This year, Cao Zhongda is already the year of Hua Jia. In the eighth year of Tianfu (943), that is, the year of Pi Guangye's death, Cao Zhongda also died at the end of the year.