As one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, Su Zhe has another more well-known identity, Su Shi's younger brother, the two brothers have a very good relationship, which is recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty".
Ruts and brothers in and out, all different, in the midst of adversity, friendship and love, no less resentment, rare in ancient times. ”
It means that the relationship between these two brothers is very good, and they share weal and bene, which is really rare in the world, and this short sentence has almost become a portrayal of Su Zhe's life.
At that time, Su Shi and Su Zhe, two brothers, participated in the imperial examination together, and won the first and second places respectively in the hellish difficulty exam.
After Song Renzong read the examination papers of the brothers, he said to the queen, I have two prime ministers for my children and grandchildren today. It can be said that Su Shi and Su Zhe are highly respected.
It stands to reason that he has been favored by the supreme ruler of the country, and the two brothers should have prosperous official luck, Su Zhe is indeed a good official, and he has risen all the way to the height of deputy prime minister in the officialdom, but Su Shi has been repeatedly belittled.
The most famous is the Wutai poetry case, Su Shi was detained for 103 days and was almost dying.
The entire Su family went crazy, went out to borrow money, and looked for relationships to find relationships, especially Su Zhe, who risked being beheaded and pleaded with the emperor to intercede.
He presented a poem written by his brother in prison to the emperor, which read, "Be a brother with the king, and marry the cause of the future life." ”
It means that we have a shallow relationship with brothers in this life, I'm afraid it will end here, I just look forward to being brothers with you in the next life, let's continue the fate of this life.
Su Zhe's face was full of tears, and he cried and stated to the emperor, I am willing to give up all my official positions and be a common man, I just ask you not to kill my brother.
The emperor may have been moved by this flesh and blood affection, coupled with the intercession of the Empress Dowager and Wang Anshi and others, Su Shi was finally spared death and was assigned to Huangzhou, and Su Zhe was also assigned to Jiangxi.
Su Zhe was escorted to Jiangxi first, and before he had time to settle his wife and children, he hurriedly went on the road, what were he doing? My brother is going to be escorted to Huangzhou, and no one can take care of him along the way.
Later, Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou and Hainan successively, and every place he went to did his best for the welfare of the people, taught them to farm, and built dikes for them.
These are all asking for money, but Su Shi is already poor, where does the money come from.
It's Su Zhe again, and he gave everything he had, and even the ** given by the emperor was exchanged for money and sent to his brother.
The two brothers have been adrift for half their lives, and the days they accompany each other day and night may only be to listen to their father Su Xun's lectures together as children.
Su Shi said before he died, "But my son is degraded and returned, and it is not enough to see it, and this pain is embarrassing." "It's just my son, I haven't had time to see him again, this is my most heart-wrenching thing.
In fact, Su Zhe didn't care about his brother, but because of fate, the two couldn't see each other for the last time after all.
After Su Shi's death, Su Zhe took his children to his side to raise, and ten years later, Su Zhe also died peacefully in his sleep, and his last wish was to be buried with his brother.
Su Zhe can be ranked as one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, and naturally has his excellence, and even Su Shi himself said, **Pick and Strategy, and Brother ** is above him.
But for the sake of his brother, he chose to spend his life humbly and introverted, such a brotherhood is rare in ancient and modern times.
If you want me to say, Su Zhe can also be called the first brother in ancient and modern times, do you agree?
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