Zhang Shizhi s donation is an official and he cannot be promoted within ten years, why was he reused

When it comes to the "rule of Wenjing", everyone must be familiar with it, it is the first prosperous era that appeared in the imperial era of our country, and it is also a period of relatively clear politics. This situation is inseparable from the assistance of a group of talented generals, and Zhang Shizhi is one of them.

Zhang Shizhi was a well-known upright minister in the Western Han Dynasty, he was famous for his impartial law enforcement, outspoken and daring to admonish, and had the reputation of "Bao Qingtian" in the Western Han Dynasty, and people praised him at that time".Shi Zhi is the court lieutenant, and there are no wronged people in the worldThe great genius of the Ming Dynasty, Gu Lan, also wrote a poem to praise Zhang Shizhi: ".Although there are countless wise men in the Han court, the four seas are exaggeratedTherefore, Zhang Shizhi is quite accomplished in the construction of the legal system, but Zhang Shizhi, a generation of famous ministers, has had twists and turns in his promotion.

At that time, Emperor Wen of Han was the emperor jointly elected by the meritorious faction and a small number of imperial factions, and it was inevitable that he would be subject to the meritorious group at the beginning of his reign, and Emperor Wen of Han in order to consolidate his imperial power and cultivate his own power, constantly promoted and reused talents, at first Zhang Shizhi was only an attendant officer around Emperor Wen of Han, and he was not promoted for ten years, and finally went through many hardships to be an official Bai Tingwei and was in charge of the country's justice. So what happened to make Emperor Wen change his opinion of Zhang Shizhi and make him a blockbuster and become the right-hand man of Emperor Wen of Han?

Stills from Zhang Shizhi.

Zhang Shizhi, a native of Duyang (now Nanyang, Henan), lived with his second brother Zhang Zhong in his early years, Zhang Zhong's family was rich in food and clothing, and lived a rich life, the Han Dynasty election system was mainly based on the "inspection system" as the main body, in addition to this, it can also be "elected" as an official, "election" is the more important election system of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, as the name suggests, it is to donate money into the dynasty as an official, and it was stipulated that the family capital is more than 100,000 yuan (middle-class family) at that time, and the family can donate money for Lang.

After Zhang Shizhi grew up**, his second brother Zhang Zhong donated 5 million yuan, and he became the attendant officer (Qilang) of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.

However, Zhang Shizhi has not been promoted after ten years of riding, not because he is incompetent, but because Zhang Shizhi has an upright personality and is not good at communicating, so he naturally cannot be recommended by others, so he loses the opportunity to display his talents.

In the Han Dynasty, the horseman's income was not high, and Zhang Shizhi still had to rely on the second brother to support, so he felt that the future was bleak and depressed, and he felt that he had spent the second brother's money in vain, and he could not get the weight, so it was better to resign and go home.

Zhang Shizhi's leader, Zhonglang, told Yuan Ang to Emperor Wen of Han that Zhang Shizhi was very talented, and now he was unwilling to do so, and he was ready to resign and go homeIt is really a loss for the country that such meritocracy is not reused. At the same time, Yuan Ang asked Emperor Wen of Han to promote Zhang Shizhi to be a confidant, and the confessor was also an attendant of the emperor's side, but the rank was higherEmperor Wen of Han adopted Yuan An's suggestion and promoted Zhang Shizhi to a confidant.

Stills of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.

After Zhang Shizhi became a confidant, Emperor Wen of Han, who had always attached great importance to talents, summoned Zhang Shizhi, and after some conversation, Emperor Wen of Han was very dissatisfied with some of Zhang Shizhi's views on politics, and he felt that Zhang Shizhi's views were very general and unrealistic, and asked him to talk about something that could be implemented immediately.

Zhang Shizhi told Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty the way of Qin and Han Xing, and Emperor Wen was very satisfied after hearing this, and immediately promoted Zhang Shizhi from a confessor to a servant of the confessor, and was promoted to four levels at once, which was the beginning of Zhang Shizhi's reuse.

"Don't talk too much, just talk about things that are close to real life and can be implemented immediately. —Historical Records: Zhang Shizhi's Biography of Feng Tang Lie

Zhang Shizhi reminded Emperor Wen of Han from the sideThe selection of talents should pay attention to the examination of their practical ability and moral quality, and the assessment of the best people is good at debating, how can it be done? For example, Zhou Bo, the Marquis of Jiang, and Zhang Xiangru, the Marquis of Dongyang, are both loyal elders, although they are not good at words, but they are loyal to the country and the monarch.

Zhang Shizhi also took the death of Qin as an example, pointing out that the Qin Dynasty used people improperly, reused dance and grammar, and had no compassion for oral arguments, most of them talked about nothing, did not have real talent and real learning, played with the law in the palm of their hands, and concealed the facts of the world, so that Qin II did not know his own mistakes, which led to the death of Qin II. If it is only because the husband can speak and be promoted, I am afraid that the subjects of the world will conform to this social atmosphere, and then go up and down, so that the ** can be promoted and make a fortune by playing tricks, which is very likely to repeat the mistakes of the dead Qin.

Now His Majesty is overtaken by the husband's oral argument, and the ministers are afraid that the world will be swept by the trend, and they will fight for oral argument without truth - "Historical Records: Zhang Shizhi's Biography of Feng Tang Lie".

Later, on the way back to the palace, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty summoned Zhang Shizhi to accompany him, and asked him about the mistakes of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Shizhi answered one by one, Emperor Wen was very satisfied after listening, and immediately promoted Zhang Shizhi to the bus order after he returned to the palace, mainly responsible for the management of Sima Men.

In short, before Emperor Wen ascended the throne, the country and the people experienced a long period of civil strife and turmoil, social and economic depression, and the Han Empire wanted to change this situation, and the rulers needed to use the bad governance of the Qin Dynasty as a negative teaching material, put an end to exaggeration, and advocate an open and pragmatic work style to prevent upward and downward effects. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty set an example and established a good atmosphere for the society, which is this pragmatic spirit that gradually restored the social economy in the early Han Dynasty.

Stills of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.

As the saying goes, the companion is like a tiger, it is not easy to be an errand in the palace, Zhang Shizhi is in charge of the Sima Gate is for the Son of Heaven to use the gallop road, according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, in order to show respect for the Son of Heaven, the civil and military officials drive through the Sima Gate into the palace, all need to get off at the Sima Gate, and then walk into the palace, the violator will be fined four taels.

Soon after Zhang Shizhi was promoted to the bus order, the crown prince Liu Qi and his younger brother Liu Wu, the king of Liang, entered the court in the same car, and did not get off after Sima Gate, the prince violated the palace guard order and committed the crime of disrespect, this matter is not easy to deal with, it is difficult to say that it is difficult to offend the powerful, and it may cause death to himself, but the upright Zhang Shizhi is not afraid of the powerfulHe believes that the law needs to be obeyed by everyone, and the Son of Heaven is no exception, there should be no favoritism, and everyone should be bound by the law.

"The Dharma is the Son of Heaven and the public of the world. This is the case and the law is even more important, because the law does not believe in the people. —Historical Records: Zhang Shizhi's Biography of Feng Tang Lie

The crown prince Liu Qike is the legal **, and Liu Wu, the king of Liang, is the favorite son of Empress Dou, who was later the famous Empress Dowager Dou. Zhang Shizhi dared to offend them, and he really needed courage.

It can be seen that Zhang Shizhi is different from ordinary people, he is selfless and conscientious, regardless of the identity of the offender, he will be prosecuted for violating the law, advocating that the prince break the law and be guilty of the same crime as the common people, so as to maintain the authority of the law and defend the dignity of the law. Zhang Shizhi's uprightness did not surprise Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, so Emperor Wen promoted him to the middle doctor, and soon promoted Zhang Shizhi to the middle general.

Stills from Zhang Shizhi.

The emperors of ancient China attached great importance to their own posthumous affairs, before Emperor Wen, the emperor began to build his own mausoleum as soon as he ascended the throne, the mausoleum was magnificent, and it was often stolen, Emperor Wen was worried about this, afraid that his own mausoleum would be stolen by others after a hundred years.

Emperor Wen has built the Ba Mausoleum since he ascended the throne, and once Zhang Shizhi accompanied Emperor Wen and Mrs. Shen to the Ba Mausoleum, and Emperor Wen said to the ministers: ".Take the north mountain stone as the coffin, cut it with silk wool, paint it in the meantime, how can it be moved! —Historical Records: Zhang Shizhi's Biography of Feng Tang Lie

It means that if the outer coffin is made of stones from Beishan, and then all the gaps are blocked with chopped ramie silk, and then lacquered again, so that the mausoleum will not be opened.

After hearing this, the ministers all echoed it, but Zhang Shizhi had his own unique opinion, he believed: ".so that there are those who can be desired, although there are still those in Nanshan; So that there is nothing to desire, although there is no stone coffin, what is the matter! "That is, there are attractive gold and silver jewelry in the mausoleum, no matter how it is reinforced, it cannot avoid being stolen, even if the entire Nanshan is sealed, as long as there are things in it that make people desire, it will not help, if there is no treasure in the mausoleum that arouses the greed of others, no one will steal it. —Historical Records: Zhang Shizhi's Biography of Feng Tang Lie

Zhang Shizhi's implication is that if he wants not to be stolen, a thin burial is the safest. After hearing this, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty felt that his words were reasonable, so he adopted Zhang Shizhi's suggestion and promoted him to Tingwei, who was the most powerful official in charge of the country's justice.

After investigation by archaeologists, it was found that among the many imperial tombs in Shaanxi, only the tomb of Emperor Wen was the tombThere is no sealed soil to be foundIt can be seen that Zhang Shizhi's exhortation had an impact on Emperor Wen.

Emperor Ba Mausoleum of Han Wen.

On the surface, Zhang Shizhi advocated frugal burial so that the mausoleum could be well preserved, but in fact, there was a deep-seated reason behind the thin burial. Before Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, the country was in a long period of turmoil and political turmoil, first with the dispute of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, followed by the brutal annexation war of Qin Shi Huang to unify the six countries, then to the vigorous peasant uprising, and finally the struggle between Chu and Han. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, it experienced the rebellion of the princes and kings with different surnames and the rebellion of Zhulu, and after Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, the social economy declined, and the history is recorded".Han Xing, after the Qin Dynasty, the princes rose together, and the people lost their jobs and starved. There are five thousand meters of stones, cannibalism, and more than half of the dead. The world is established, the people are dead, and the Son of Heaven cannot have a mellow horse, but will be in a bull cart. "That is, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the disadvantages of Qin, the common people lost their farming and caused a famine, a stone of rice needed 5,000 yuan, people ate people, more than half of the dead, even the Son of Heaven drove to travel, could not find four horses of the same color, and the ministers of civil and military affairs could only take ox carts. ——Hanshu Food and Goods

In this case, the Han Dynasty most needed to learn the lessons of the Qin Dynasty, avoid the expropriation of the people, the construction of large-scale construction, the huge mausoleum project cost the people and money, and the rich funeral goods were all by looting the people's fat and ointment, which would increase the burden on the people and intensify social contradictions.

It can be seen that Zhang Shizhi proposed that the meaning of thin burial is far-reaching, if the emperor is extravagant and flashy, and does not set an example, a large number of ** will follow suit, and the luxurious life of the upper class is supported by the people's fat and ointment, only by advocating frugality, so that the emperor can overcome pleasure, and then go up and down, and form a good social atmosphere, thereby promoting social and economic development.

Portrait of Zhang Shizhi.

The reason why Zhang Shizhi was able to be reused by Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was largely due to their like-mindedness, and they reached a consensus on two aspects.

That. 1. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty is a well-known thrifty emperor in history, his life is very simple, he wears coarse linen clothes, and he does not change new clothes, in one sentence to describe it".Three years of new, three years of old, and another three years of sewing and mendingIn order to save fabrics, Emperor Wen also asked his favorite concubines not to wear floor-length skirts popular with aristocratic women. Emperor Wen's frugality was related to his family growth environment, his mother Empress Dowager Bo was not favored, and after Empress Lu took power, the princes were killed one after another, so that Emperor Wen developed a cautious, low-key, and thrifty character. Therefore, when Zhang Shizhi proposed a thin burial, Emperor Wen not only did not disagree, but praised Zhang Shizhi's idea.

That. Second, how to make the dynasty last for a long time is the topic that the emperors are most concerned about, especially Emperor Wen of Han, who attaches the most importance to summarizing the historical lessons of the death of Qin II among the rulers of the Western Han Dynasty, such as how to avoid the recurrence of the bad governance of the Qin Dynasty, how to let the country that his father worked hard to build down for generations to come, and how to avoid repeating the mistakes of the dead Qin, for Emperor Wen of Han, these are the urgent problems that need to be solved. And Zhang Shizhi just helped the leader solve the doubts in his heart, which impressed Emperor Wen of Han.

Therefore, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty reused Jia Yi, who wrote "On the Passage of Qin", and promoted Zhang Shizhi, who talked about "the death of Qin and the rise of the Han Dynasty", in the final analysis, because Emperor Wen of Han attached great importance to the study of how the Qin Dynasty went to extinction, and how he prevented the recurrence of history, so during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, he tried his best to ** the cause of the fall of the Qin Dynasty, and the ** of the Qin Dynasty went the opposite way, putting the interests of the common people first, how could such a dynasty not prosper?

Zhang Shizhi used his foresight and wisdom to ascend to the ** of one of the Jiuqing "Tingwei", and a topic of "Qin Death and Han Xing" helped him become a generation of famous ministers.

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