<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > talented and frequently meet nobles</h1>
Zhang Jiuling (678-740), courtesy name Zishou, was a native of Qujiang, Shaozhou (present-day Shaoguan, Guangdong). Intelligent and agile since childhood, he can write articles at the age of nine and attract attention at the age of thirteen. In the second year of Wu Zetian's Chang'an (702), the 24-year-old Zhang Jiuling was admitted to the Jinshi.
Zhang Jiuling is a 24-year-old middle soldier
In the Tang Dynasty, scholars must not only be able to speak well, have good writing, good calligraphy, and be handsome in appearance, in order to be promoted. Zhang Jiuling was fortunate to have a good pair of skin bags, he was full of vigor and dignity, and he could be called the face value of this class of soldiers. Fengge Sheren Zhang said that he set up his own family with him, found out the genealogy of the generations, and praised his articles as "like a light silk practice", which can be "applied in time", and must be "the crown of the later writer".
Zhang Jiuling image
In the fourth year of Jinglong (710), Li Longji launched a coup d'état to suppress the Wei clique, Li Dan was restored to Tang Ruizong, and Li Longji was made crown prince. Subsequently, Li Longji selected the people of the world at the Eastern Palace of the Crown Prince, and Zhang Jiuling participated in the "Daomu Iluke" examination, and the countermeasures were excellent, which made Li Longji very satisfied, and promoted him to the right pick. In the second year of The First Heaven (713), Li Longji took the throne as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and promoted Zhang Jiuling to Zuo Shiyi.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > resigned and returned to his hometown to build the Meiguan Ancient Road</h1>
At this time, Yao Chong, who was in the position of prime minister, held a high position of authority, and no one dared to refute his face. Zhang Jiuling likes to speak bluntly, and has clashed with Yao Chong many times, making Yao Chong's face lose face. Yao Chong, by striking down on Zhang Jiuling, regained his lost face. Zhang Jiuling did not do a good job, and in the autumn of the fourth year of the new century (716), Zuo Shi was full of rank, simply resigned from his post and returned to his hometown of Shaozhou.
Every time he enters and leaves Lingnan, he has to pass through Dayu Ridge, and Zhang Jiuling has a deep feeling for the dangers and obstacles of Meiguan's "people suffering and extremes". When he arrived in his hometown, he suggested to the imperial court to dig the Meiguan Ancient Road to improve the traffic between the north and the south. After receiving the approval of the imperial court, he appointed himself as the head of the road opening, recruited the people's husbands, edged the road, draped in bushes, worked tirelessly, and inspected the construction on the spot. After the ancient road was completed, it was more than ten kilometers long and nearly 17 meters wide, which not only made great contributions to the north-south traffic of the Tang Dynasty, but also benefited future generations.
Meiguan Ancient Road
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > prosperity and coexistence, with The Ups and Downs of Zhang</h1>
In the ninth year of the new century (721), Zhang Said entered the pilgrimage and promoted Zhang Jiuling to be enshrined in the Zhongshu Sheren, and two years later he was promoted to the Zhongshu Sheren. Although this was only a middle-level official position, it was in charge of drafting edicts, attendants, proclamations, labor questions, and acceptance of the upper table, and the matter involved secrets, so the real power was not small.
Tang Dynasty literati doctor
In April of the fourteenth year of the New Century (726), Zhang Shu was impeached and deposed because of the carelessness of the mountaineering officials who planned to serve the emperor, and Zhang Jiuling was also implicated and transferred to Jizhou. Zhang Jiuling said that Jizhou is too far north, and my mother is from the south and is unwilling to go to Jizhou with me, so I applied to resign. This reason seems far-fetched today, but in ancient times it was a well-known reason, "hundred good filial piety first", grasp the mother's prescription, cure all diseases. In March of the following year, the imperial court could not do anything about him, and in March of the following year, he was made the governor of Hongzhou (洪州, in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi Province).
Portrait of Zhang Yue
The vicissitudes of the political situation make it impossible for anyone to guess, and Zhang said the same is true. He did not expect that three years after being "opened", Tang Xuanzong summoned him back again and made him Shang Shu Zuo Cheng Xiang and academician Ji Xian; he could not imagine that just one year after his comeback, his body would not work. Zhang said that he was really good to Zhang Jiuling, and he still thought of his own home when he was dying. He told Tang Xuanzong that he must get Zhang Jiuling back, that is a talent, he can replace me as a scholar of the Jixian Academy!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > repeatedly advised and annoyed Tang Xuanzong</h1>
In the nineteenth year of the new century (731), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang summoned Zhang Jiuling to Beijing and served as a secretary and a scholar of the Jixian Academy. Zhang said that he did not read the wrong person, and when Zhang Jiuling drafted the edict, he did not type the draft, took the pen and wrote it, and it was done in minutes. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was extremely satisfied, and promoted him to Zhongshu Shilang (中書侍郎) and Gongbu Shilang (工部侍郎), and two years later he was awarded zhongshu shilang (中書侍郎) and Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (中書門下平章事), that is, the prime minister, in charge of the imperial government. The 55-year-old Zhang Jiuling embarked on the peak of his life and became the "second in command" under one person and above ten thousand people.
Portrait of Zhang Jiuling
In the twenty-second year of the new century (734), Tang Xuanzong celebrated his 50th birthday, and most of the civil and military officials presented rare treasures to Xuanzong, but Zhang Jiuling presented the "Thousand Autumn Golden Records" as a birthday gift. This book lists the ways of survival and survival of the former dynasty, making Tang Xuanzong feel that "words involve implicit irony", what do you mean? Say I don't understand the way of the emperor? In his heart, he secretly wrote down an account for Zhang Jiuling.
A copy of the Thousand Autumn Golden Records
Zhang Jiuling saw that Fan Yangjiedu's deputy envoy An Lushan was a traitor, believing that "those who mess with the state will do this." In the twenty-fourth year of the new century (736), An Lushan was defeated in a crusade against the Khitans, and Jiedu made Zhang Shoujue ask the imperial court to be beheaded. Zhang Jiuling played Tang Xuanzong: "An Lushan wolf ambition, ask the emperor to kill him according to his crimes, in order to cut off the trouble." Tang Xuanzong said, "Don't mistakenly harm loyal and kind people." "Not only did he not have the sin of securing Lushan, but he was released back to the domain."
Tang Xuanzong image
The subtle changes in the relationship between Zhang Jiuling and Tang Xuanzong were seen through by Vice Chancellor Li Linfu. Li Linfu is a person with a honey-bellied sword and a deep heart, and he thinks that it is time to add a fire and let Zhang Ling get out of the way! He recommended Niu Xianke, whom Tang Xuanzong liked very much, as the governor, and Zhang Jiuling came to dissuade him, but Tang Xuanzong was extremely unhappy and ordered Zhang Jiuling to be removed from his position as prime minister. The following year, zhang Jiuling was also said to have committed the crime of recommending incompetent, and demoted him to the post of governor of Jingzhou.
The image of Li Linfu in film and television dramas
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > in Jingzhou, "even at night to miss each other"</h1>
According to Tang Dynasty custom, officials could not bring their families to their posts during their three-year term. Zhang Jiuling came to Jingzhou alone, and on the night when the moon was rare, sijia could not sleep, so he extinguished the candle and dressed and walked out of the courtyard to hang out. A round of bright moon was so complete, it was so touching that he was even less sleepy. It was late at night, the weather was cooler, and the dew wet his clothes.
He remembered the virtuous, dignified, hard-working and simple lady Tan, if she was there, would she bring him a cloak? He also remembered his concubine Qi Yifen, who climbed mountains and waded all the way, tossed and turned, followed him to Meiguan, and when he encountered difficulties, he stepped forward, and the Meiguan Ancient Road spilled full of painstaking efforts! With such complicated feelings, he chanted a song of five laws:
The sea is born with a bright moon, and the end of the world is at this time.
The lover complained about the night, and even thought of each other at night.
Extinguish the candle and fill the light, and the cloak feel dewy.
Can't afford to give away, but also sleep in the dream of a good period.
The whole poem is naturally insignificant, the affection is lingering and there is no sentimentality, the artistic conception is quiet, the scene is blended, delicate and subtle, and the touching is profound. A bright moon rises on the vast and boundless sea, reminding people of relatives and friends at the end of the world, and at this moment it should be looking at the same round of bright moon. The moonlit nights are long and sleepless all night. I can't give you a beautiful moonlight, I just want to be able to meet you in my sleep. Dreams cannot be customized, and the poet expresses a good wish through dreams.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the Chaos of Anshi, Zhang Jiuling unfortunately said</h1>
Li Linfu monopolized the government, was jealous of Xianxian's ability, cracked down on dissidents, and deceived Tang Xuanzong, hiding many crises. Zhang Jiuling was worried about the court, but he could do nothing, he could only support the words in the poem, he wrote in the first poem of "Twelve Songs of Feelings": "Lan Ye Chun Wei Rui, Gui Hua Qiu Jiao Jie." I am glad that this business is a festival. Who knows the forest perch, smell the wind and sit together. Grass and trees have their own hearts, why ask for beauty to fold? "Orchids in the spring and laurel in the autumn, each showing their leaves or purity. He used Lan Gui as a metaphor for the purity and self-improvement of a wise man and a gentleman, and the cultivation of virtue was only to do his duty, not to win the praise of the outside world. Of course, not seeking knowledge from others is not the same as rejecting others' appreciation; not asking for people to fold is not the same as opposing others' choice. Zhang Jiuling in the face of adversity is looking forward to returning to Chang'an and reshaping the glory of the Tang Dynasty.
Orchid leaf spring leaf
Three years have passed, and there is still no one to break his "dead grass leaves". In the spring of the twenty-eighth year of the new century (740), he asked to return to his hometown to visit the tomb, but just after returning to Qujiang, he fell ill and died on May 7. Tang Xuanzong still admired Zhang Jiuling very much, regarding him as a model for the prime minister, and whenever someone recommended a prime minister, he always had to ask, "Is the demeanor like jiuling?" The "demeanor" here not only refers to Zhang Jiuling's appearance as elegant, but also refers to his cleanliness and self-improvement.
Zhang Jiuling demeanor
In November of the fourteenth year of Tianbao (755), An Lushan raised an army from Fanyang and set off the "Anshi Rebellion". Tang Xuanzong fled to Sichuan, remembering Zhang Jiuling's exhortations, full of guilt and remorse, so he sent emissaries to Qujiang to pay tribute to Zhang Jiuling, and posthumously presented him as a Situ, Zheng Yipin, ranked third duke.
Tomb of Zhang Jiuling