Zhao Feng, a native of Youzhou, was known for his Confucianism at a young age. In the third year of Tianyou, Zhu Wen, the King of Liang, led an army to attack Liu Rengong, the King of Yan, and besieged Cangzhou. Liu Rengong and Liu Shouguang's father and son, who had been defeated in many battles and suffered losses, had no choice but to resort to the loss of moves, requisitioning all men over the age of fifteen to under the age of seventy in the territory, and preparing their own weapons and military food to serve in the army. In order to prevent escape, all men, no matter how noble or lowly, were stabbed with thorns. The soldiers were treated better, and the thorn arm was "one heart lord". At that time, the Youyan people also had distinctive characteristics not only in the accent but also in the outer cat.
Ru Sheng swept the ground and scurried away, and Zhao Feng was no exception, and fled to Taiyuan as a monk, and soon defected to Liu Shouqi, the younger brother of the King of Yan, and later with Liu Shouqi surrendered to Liang, and the Liang Dynasty made Zhao Feng the judge of Yun Prefecture. The Jin army captured Yun Prefecture, and the Jin king Li Cunxun heard of Zhao Feng's name for a long time, and after receiving great joy, he made Zhao Feng a scholar of Luan. After Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxun ascended the throne, he worshiped Zhao Feng as a Zhongshu Sheren and a Scholar of Hanlin.
In the fifteenth year of Tianyou, after Emperor Zhuangzong destroyed Liang, Emperor Zhuang and Empress Liu lined the residence of Zhang Quanyi, the king of Henan. When she was drunk, Empress Liu asked Zhuangzong: "Concubines have been in turmoil since childhood, losing their parents, and whenever they see the old man, they think of their parents, Zhang Quanyi is highly respected, and I want to worship Zhang Quanyi as a righteous father." Zhuang Zong agreed, and the old slippery head Zhang Quanyi was very moved. But this daughter is bleeding. The next day, Emperor Zhuang sent a eunuch to order a scholar to write a letter to Zhang Quanyi, calling himself his father, and Zhao Feng wrote to him: "The empress is the mother of all nations, and there has never been such a thing since ancient times." "But it was not adopted. Later, Zhang Quanyi's adopted son Hao Jisun broke the law and died, and the eunuchs and servants coveted money and demanded that Emperor Zhuang confiscate all their family property, and Zhao Feng wrote again: "Hao Jisun is Zhang Quanyi's adopted son and should not involve innocence, and according to the law, Hao Jisun's criminal deeds will not be able to deprive him of family property, kill people, and receive his family wealth, and cannot win the trust of the world." However, at this time, the empress and eunuchs controlled the government, and Zhao Feng's advice was not adopted.
In the first year of Tiancheng (926 AD), Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan ascended the throne, and Li Siyuan immediately won the world, unable to read, and the song needed to be taught and read by the powerful minister An Zhongzhi. An Zhongzhi is also rough and inky, and in the face of Chinese words and quotations, he is also blinded and confused. So Shangqu said: "The subject only serves His Majesty with a loyal heart, and can control the secrets of the court, and the current things are still rough and can be known, but as for the past things, I cannot know." It is hoped that the attendants and attendants of the previous dynasty will follow the example of the ministers of the previous dynasty, and select some cultured ministers to deal with these matters together in preparation for coping. So the Duanming Hall was set up. Recruiting celebrities Feng Dao and Zhao Feng, he specially explained to Emperor Mingzong the strategy of governing the country and the security of the country, so that Emperor Mingzong's ability to handle government affairs was quite improved.
Zhao Feng is outspoken and has a strong personality. The chancellor, Ren Yuan, was in charge of the state finances, but due to disagreements with An Zhongzhi due to political differences, his opinions were not adopted, and he was unhappy, so he resigned on the grounds of illness and retired to Cizhou (cizhou( in present-day Handan, Hebei). There was a prostitute in Ren Yuan's mansion who was born beautifully, and An Zhong wanted to accept her as a concubine, but Ren Yuan refused. Later, Xuanwu Junjie caused Zhu Shouyin to plot a rebellion, and An Zhongzhi sent soldiers to Ren Yuan's house in disguise, falsely accusing Ren Yuan of conspiring with Zhu Shouyin to rebel and forcing him to "drink and die of drinking from the ju clan." When the courtiers were afraid, they were silent, and Zhao Feng cried out to An Zhongjie: "Ren Yuan, the righteous soldiers in the world, how can they rebel, Ling Gong is like this, how to face the world." "Ann is ashamed.
Not only in the big festival, zhao feng also kept the same as before. The Daibei military clique was dominated by the Shatuo people, and especially believed in the power of chaos gods and monsters. When Emperor Mingzong was commanding an envoy to Emperor Mingzong, An Zhongzhi tempted Zhou Xuanbao and sent others to exchange clothes with Emperor Mingzong, and Emperor Mingzong sat in the second position and summoned Zhou Xuanbao to see him. And pointed at Mingzong and said, "This is also!" When Emperor Mingzong ascended the throne, thinking that Zhou Xuanbao was psychic and preparing to summon Jingshi to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, Zhao Feng said, "Likes and dislikes, Your Majesty should be cautious. Now that His Majesty has appointed him because he has magic, the people of the whole country will do what he pleases, study the art of partiality, and if anyone has bad intentions, he will be in trouble. Emperor Mingzong listened to the advice and did not call again.
Another time, a monk returned from the Western Regions and received the Tooth of the Buddha to offer to Mingzong, who was very happy and sent a message to the chancellor. Zhao Feng saw this and said, "As preached in the world, the tooth of the Buddha is sacred, and water and fire cannot be damaged, so please let me test the truth and falsity." So he sent someone to cut it with an axe and smash it with his hands. At this time, the palace had already given thousands of treasures to the monks, and it stopped because Zhao Feng smashed the false Buddha's teeth.
Later, An Zhongzhi was convicted, because An Zhongzhi was flying and the case involved imperial power, no one in the group dared to speak, except zhao Feng, who repeatedly said that An Zhongzhi was loyal. Emperor Mingzong considered Zhao Feng to be a friend of An Zhongzhi and demoted Zhao Feng to the post of envoy of the An Guo Army and expelled him from the capital. When Zhao Feng was in town, he gave all the money he received to the generals and guests below.
In the first year of the Qing Dynasty (934 AD), after the Tang Dynasty deposed emperor Li Congke ascended the throne, he respected Zhao Feng as a person and summoned him as the crown prince Taibao. Soon Zhao Feng lived at home because of illness, and when he was seriously ill, he divination, trigramming, and throwing yarrow sighed: "My ancestors did not live past 50 years old, and they are all poor people, I am now over 50 years old and rich, what else can I ask for!" In the second year of Qing Tai (935 AD), Zhao Feng wandered away at home.
Zhao Feng has an open-minded personality, light on wealth and righteousness, and anyone who comes to sue because of poverty will pour out his money to help, and everyone praises him at the time.