During the reign of Song Renzong, the politics were clear and the culture was prosperous, and there were many great masters in the literary world: such as Ouyang Xiu, the leader of the literary circle in the Northern Song Dynasty; The kings of the eight families of the Tang and Song dynasties, An Shi, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, and Zeng Gong; Great poets Yan Shu and Liu Yong; poets Mei Yaochen and Su Shunqin; Historians such as Sima Guang were active in this period.
Renzong was very polite to Shilin, and he was also very open-minded to the intellectuals, and there was no remnant and viciousness of the later Ming and Qing rulers.
There are two anecdotes that best support this:
One of them is that during the Jiayou period, Su Zhe took the Jinshi exam, and wrote in the test paper: "I heard people talk about it on the road, the emperor has thousands of beauties in the palace, and he only knows the song and dance of the warbler and the drunken gold fan all day long." He did not care about the people's livelihood and welfare, nor did he discuss with the ministers the great plan of governing the country and the country. He also said that Renzong "is not afraid if there is nothing to do, and is worried when there is something." The examiners thought that Su Zhe was out of thin air and malicious slander, and opposed the admission of Su Zhe. Renzong smiled and said, "I set up the imperial examination to select loyal and outspoken people. Su Zhe dared to say so bluntly, if I abandon the virtuous today, what will the people of the world think of me? It should be special and famous. When he saw Su Shi's article again, he said happily: "I have two prime ministers for my children and grandchildren today." ”
The second is that during the reign of Renzong, there was an old Xiucai in Sichuan who presented poems to Yizhou Taishou and advocated it"Burn the Broken Sword Gate to the Pavilion, Chengdu is not a mess." Taishou was frightened into a cold sweat when he saw it, thinking that this was a blatant instigation of rebellion, and hurriedly sent someone to bind him to Jingshi for punishment. According to the law, this move is a "conspiracy against the people," and even if they do not "destroy the door and punish the nine clans," they will at least lose their heads. After Renzong saw it, he smiled indifferently and said: "This is Lao Xiucai's eagerness to become an official, and he can't fulfill his request, so he just writes poems to vent his anger." How can he be punished for this? It's better to reward him as an official and let him go! Renzong gave Lao Xiucai a position to join the army and let him take office. Lao Xiucai was blessed by misfortune, as if he was reincarnated, and after thanking him, he went to work happily.
Su Zhe and Lao Xiucai were born at the right time and were fortunate to meet the master, and they were both happy. If the two of them were born in the Ming and Qing dynasties, they would have to "go around without eating"!In the Ming Dynasty, such as Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Bowen was not tolerated, and Chengzu Zhu Di was punished by Fang Xiaoru "Ten Clans"; In the Qing Dynasty, Dai Mingshi was killed because of the anger of Emperor Kangxi in "Nanshan Collection", and Xu Junyin was killed"Qingfeng is illiterate, why do you flip through books. "was hated by Yongzheng and was executed. History: Shunzhi Emperor Xing *** 7 times, Kangxi Emperor Xing *** 12 times, Yongzheng Emperor Xing *** 17 times, Qianlong Emperor Xing *** more than 130 times.
Ming Taizu, Ming Chengzu, "Wenzhi and martial arts" can be described as world-famous, but the government is harsh, unsympathetic to loyal ministers, and cruel scholars, compared with Song Renzong's benevolence and sageming, it is far from the Tao. The Kang, Yong, and Qian's years are known as the prosperous era, but who can know how many shocking and bloody tears there are under this majestic rule? Kangxi is known as the "Emperor of the Ages", and Qianlong boasted of himself"Ten perfect old men", in the face of Song Renzong, would rather be ashamed? It can be seen that the benevolence and tolerance of Renzong, how valuable it is to treat the scholars, compared to the bloody hero, the benevolence of this weak monarch is more worthy of admiration by future generations!
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