Among the prime ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty, Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo were the oldest, Wen Yanbo lived to be 92 years old and Fu Bi lived to be 80 years old. After eight or six decades as an official, Fu Bi's life was magnificent. Here are just a few waves to observe his life.
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When Fu Bi was young, he walked in Luoyang Street. Someone came up and whispered, "So-and-so is calling you behind your back!" " Fu Bi said,' Maybe it's scolding others.' The man said, "People are cursing you!" Fu Bi thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid I'm cursing someone. ".I think someone has the same name as me. Those who scolded him felt "ashamed" and quickly apologized to Fu Bi.
Young Fu Bi obviously pretended to be confused, but he showed his intelligence and wisdom. People who are good at relieving pain never "magnify pain", which reminds people of young scholar Yu Dan. In an exclusive interview with CCTV reporters, she once talked about the topics of "amplifying pain" and "diluting pain". She gave two examples at that time. The first example is: an optimist and a pessimist see half a bottle of wine on the table at the same time, and the pessimist says sadly,' Alas! "There is only half a bottle of wine left!" So I took a sip of menjiu; The optimist was very excited and said, "Good! And half a bottle of wine! " So I drank happily. The second example is about "rejection" on the streets of Luoyang, Fu Bi.
It can be seen from the court that it is here that narrow-minded people are divided into tall people and ordinary people of all ages. Fu Bi lives in an era full of talented stars. Many talents emerged like a blowout in the Great Song Dynasty: Fan Zhongyan, Sima Guang, Ouyang Xiu, Wen Yanbo, Su Dongpo and Wang Anshi. They all passed the imperial examination easily, won the imperial examination and gained fame. Fu Bi's road to imperial examinations was not smooth. At first, he entered the literary world as a scholar, but he was not discouraged and interacted with the' big shots' leisurely. At that time, literati often set up literary salons and gathered in restaurants to recite poems. Everyone saw a handsome, steady and generous young man, but he was still in his early 20 s, and everyone felt sorry for him. This young man is neither supercilious nor supercilious. When he came, he sat in a corner and quietly listened to others recite poems. Finally, he stood up firmly and read his work to everyone. His articles are so good that they often become the finale of poetry meetings. Finally, everyone summed up and judged that this Luoyang young man's article is good.
This young man is Fu Bi, who is called "Luoyang gifted scholar". At that time, Fan Zhongyan was already quite famous. After meeting with Fu Bi, he praised Fu Bi for Wang Zuo's talent and recommended his article to the then Prime Minister Yan Shu. Yan Shu is a genius. When he was less than 20 years old, he was admitted to the Jinshi. He wrote the words "omnipotent, only knowing how to go home". As soon as he saw Fu Bi's bright future, he asked Fan Zhongyan, "Has this Luoyang gifted scholar ever been married?" Fan Zhongyan replied,' I'm not married.' Yan Shu nodded with satisfaction. At that time, Yan Shu had another woman who wanted to be a best friend. She is asking Chen Xiang to help her choose a husband. Sean said to Yan Shu: I think Fu Bi's article is very generous. He is the prime minister. When Fan Zhongyan saw that Yan Shu liked Fu Bi, he made an official appearance, and Fu Bi eventually became Yan Shu's son-in-law.
Fu Bi was admitted to Jinshi in Tiansheng eight years, at the age of 27, and he was in a different class. After entering the official career, he served as our ambassador in Heyang, and later served as an official in Jiangzhou and Yunzhou. A few years later, there were many mutinies in Shandong, and some county chiefs saw that bandits were strong and weak, but instead of suppressing them.
Fan Zhongyan is in charge of these affairs. Fu Bi said to Fan Zhongyan, "These chiefs who receive the imperial salary tolerate rape. They are simply robbers. Everyone should be sentenced to death, otherwise no one will fight bandits in the future. " Fan Zhongyan said,' You don't know. Bandits are very strong, far away in the mountains, and it is difficult to encircle them. The local government is not strong enough, and rashly encirclement and suppression can only make the people suffer in vain. They stayed put and tried to slow down the repression, which may be an expedient measure to protect the people. Fu Bi disagreed with Fan Zhongyan, blushed and argued with the teacher. Someone suggested to Fu Bi, "You have gone too far. Have you forgotten how good Teacher Fan is to you? It turned out that after Fu Bi was admitted to the Jinshi, it was the time when the emperor sent a letter seeking talents and personally inspected the scholars in the world. When Fan Zhongyan heard the news, he immediately sent for Fu Bi, prepared his study and books, and asked him to concentrate on writing his views on political affairs, so that Fu Bi was appreciated by the emperor.
Teacher Fan and I are friends of gentlemen. The teacher recommended me, not because I always agreed with him, but because I dared to express my views when I met something. "How can I give up my request because I want to repay him?" Fan Zhongyan said afterwards: "Fu Bi is different from the secular. I admire him for this.
Fu Bi has independent thoughts, does not blindly follow others' advice, even to the son of heaven.
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At that time, Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong saw the disadvantages of the DaSong policy and wanted to carry out some reforms. Among the proposals submitted by the minister, he took a fancy to those of Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi, and then carried out their ten reform measures throughout the country. Historically, this reform was called "Celebrating the New Deal".
In order to carry out the New Deal, Fan Zhongyan took Han Qi and other ministers to screen inspectors everywhere. Once, when Fan Zhongyan was examining a list of supervisors, he found that there were corrupt officials, so he took a pen and ticked off the names of these people one by one, ready to choose another one. Fu Bi saw it and felt a little unbearable. He said to Fan Zhongyan,' Gong Fan, your hook can make the whole family cry.' Fan Zhongyan said seriously:' Guo Yan, if I don't let the families of these officials cry, I will make everyone cry. This time, Fu Bi stopped arguing with Fan Zhongyan. He thinks that Fan Zhongyan is right. Since then, he has become more realistic.
In the second year of the Qing Dynasty, Fu Bi was promoted to an imperial envoy and put in a prison in Beijing. In the spring of 2008, the Khitan soldiers threatened to destroy the Central Plains by force, demanding that Dasong cede land for compensation before the truce. In Song Dynasty, the royal family panicked and quickly discussed sending ministers to Khitan for peace, but the ministers in the DPRK were too dangerous to go. It was suggested that Fu Bi and Fu Bi should be appointed as crisis ambassadors, and they should be appointed as bachelor of Khitan.
When he met Liao Xingzong, the Emperor of Qidan, Fu Bi asked, "Why did you send troops to attack the Song Dynasty?" Liao Xingzong replied,' You break the contract first, block the customs, and we have to attack. If you give up the land for peace, we can withdraw our troops. Fu Bi said seriously, "I know you don't want to send troops, but your officials are clamoring for war. Do you know that they are all for their own benefit? Manager Liao asked in surprise, "How do you say this?" Fu Bi said, "My great Song Dynasty unified Wan Li with millions of soldiers. If you want to fight, can you guarantee victory? Even if you win by luck, you will suffer more than half of the losses. Can your belligerent minister make up for these losses? If we remain friendly as always, shouldn't it be up to you to decide the money and silk that Da Song gives you every year?'
Liao always wanted to think, nodded and said yes. Fu Bi added: "As for blocking the pass of our country, it is to guard against insurgents, not to attack others. If we want to attack, we won't block the pass, but we must get through the attack! Liao Xingzong felt that Fu Bi was telling the truth and invited Fu Bi to hunt with him the next day, but he made a condition:' If the land can be ceded to Qidan, the two countries can be repaired for a long time.' Fu Bi asked, "Why?" Liao Xingzong said: "We are all ashamed of rec.
Faced with this eloquent and tough envoy, Liao Xingzong felt helpless and finally stopped asking for land division. In this way, Fu Bi did not avoid life and death, nor did he disgrace his mission. Just a few words shattered Liao's aggressive plot and made the two countries bury the hatchet. Since then, the two countries have lived in peace for decades.
Later, Fu Bi sent a special envoy to Qidan, which also achieved great success, showing his superhuman courage and diplomatic talent. The first time I went to Qidan, my family reported that my daughter had died, but he ignored it. Before going to Qidan for the second time, my wife gave birth to a boy. He set off before he could see it. When I arrived in Qidan, I received a letter from home, and I didn't even open it. The waiter asked incredulously, "This is a letter from home. Why not open it? " He replied,' tear it down, it's useless!'
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Fu Bi has dedicated himself to his country and won a commendation from Song Renzong. He wants to promote him to protocol officer of the committee. He refused to accept his resignation, so he said to Injong,' It's good to re-align with the Khitan now, and the ministers are at ease. If the Khitan breaks the contract and attacks again, I deserve to die! Ah, your majesty, as long as you are diligent, don't forget to suffer from border troubles and worry about national affairs, you don't have to consider my position.' After a while, Renzong wanted to promote him again and sent a prime minister to persuade him:' This appointment has another purpose, not because you have made contributions in Qidan. Please accept it. Only then did he accept the position of assistant to the Committee.
In June of Qing Dynasty, a war broke out between Qidan and Xixia. Qidan sent 100,000 troops to the Western Expedition and sent them to the Song Dynasty, demanding that Dasong break diplomatic relations with Xixia. Fan Zhongyan suspected that Qidan was a diversion and might attack the Song Dynasty with Xixia. He suggested that the imperial court immediately send more troops to help the western frontier. After calm observation, Fu Bi thought that the Khitan would not unite with Xixia, kill a comeback and attack DaSong again. At that time, the imperial court was very worried, and there were many discussions: If Dasong was attacked, would you Fu Bi take your head to apologize? Fu Bi said quietly, "Don't worry, it won't happen." As a result, as Fu Bi expected, the Khitan didn't invade the border of Dasong.
In the second year, Fu Bi gave a bachelor's degree in Zhongshu Pingzhang Room and Jixian Hall, and paid a visit to Wen Yanbo on the same day. One day two years later, Renzong went to court, suddenly fainted and was taken to the palace for treatment. The ministers in the DPRK were very alarmed and talked about it in succession. Fu Bi above the temple is very calm. He stayed in the palace with Wen Yanbo to prevent accidents, and asked about Injong's illness at any time, so that the order in the palace was quickly restored. Later, Fu Bi and North Korean ministers suggested that Injong establish an heir as soon as possible, so as to calm people's hearts.
After Song Shenzong ascended the throne, in order to enrich Qiang Bing, in April of the first year of Xining, Wang Anshi was called to Beijing for political reform. God wants to ask Fu Bi about the political reform, because Fu Bi is a veteran of the three dynasties, so he can walk side by side to the temple and sit down and talk without kowtowing. As a result, Fu Bi saw Shinto and said,' I am opposed to political reform.' Zongshen asked about border defense and said, "Your Majesty is about to take power, so he should be benign. I hope he can keep his mouth shut for twenty years. Hearing this, Zongshen was very disappointed and changed his face.
Fu Bi saw Song Shenzong reuse Wang Anshi, knowing that he could not compete with him, so he retired and wanted to go back to Luoyang. He was only allowed to go to Luoyang dozens of times. Before he left, he told Zongshen that Wang Anshi's political reform now employed many villains, and the country was worried about the earthquake and drought. After God asked him who could replace him, he recommended Wen Yanbo. God asked again,' where is Wang Anshi?' Fu Bi was silent.
As a result, Wang Kan, Wang Anshi's son, hated Fu Bi's guts and said privately,' If Fu Bi the owl is the first in the city, then the law will do.' So Fu Bi retired to Luoyang, and together with Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang and others 13, he formed the "Luoyang Senate Association". He buys wine, writes poems and sings at home every day, but he still makes suggestions and speaks freely about every national event.
In August of the Yuan Dynasty, I was eighty years old.