In the first year of Xiangfu (1008), when his father died, he returned to Linchuan (now Fuzhou, Jiangxi) to pay his respects. Before the end of the mourning period, he was recalled to his post and followed the emperor to offer sacrifices to Taiqing officials. The emperor ordered him to make up a sermon and stand with the DPRK. Soon after, his mother died, and he asked to wait until the end of his service. The emperor won't allow it. He was transferred to Taichang Temple, promoted to Zuohe Zhishi Hall, and became a clerk in the palace, joined the army and wrote notes. In the middle of the year, he was promoted to Foreign Minister of the Ministry of Housing, and he became the residence of the prince. Soon, he was appointed magistrate and sentenced to Jixian Hospital. After a long time, I became a bachelor of Hanlin and moved to Beijing. Every time the emperor asked Yan Shu what it was, he wrote what he asked on a small piece of paper in small print. Yan Shu wrote his own suggestion and presented it to the emperor together with the little note. The emperor appreciated his caution.
In the first year of Ganxing (1022), Renzong, who was only 12 years old, succeeded to the throne, and Empress Liu listened to politics. Ding Wei, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and Cao Liyong of the Tang Dynasty both wanted to monopolize power, but the officials in the DPRK talked about it and were at a loss. Yan Shu's suggestion of "listening to politics behind the scenes" was supported by ministers. To this end, he moved the idea of persuading doctors to go to bachelor's degree and added it to this matter. Later, he served as assistant minister of rites, official court, suburban etiquette envoy and deputy envoy. Because he opposed Zhang Yi's promotion to the Tang Dynasty, he violated the will of Empress Dowager Liu. In addition, in Yuqing Palace, he broke the front teeth of his attendants in a rage and was impeached by the suggestion.
The education was established for five years (1027), and the assistant minister of punishments studied Xuanzhou, and then he studied Tianfu. During this period, he attached great importance to the development of the academy, strongly supported Yingtianfu Academy, and invited Fan Zhongyan to give lectures in the academy, thus cultivating a large number of talents. This academy (also called Suiyang Academy), together with Bailudong, Shigu and Yuelu, is called the four academies in the early Song Dynasty. This is the first time that Yan Shu has carried out education on a large scale since the Five Dynasties. In the third year of becoming prime minister, Li Qing, together with Tang Dynasty envoy Fan Zhongyan, advocated the establishment of state and county schools, the reform of teaching content and the establishment of professors in official schools. Since then, there have been official schools from the capital to all counties. This is the famous "Celebrating the Calendar and Promoting Learning".
In the first year of Ming Dow (1032), Yan Shu was promoted to assistant minister (deputy prime minister) and minister Zuo Cheng. Second year
Because of remonstrance, Empress Dowager Cixi paid tribute to the ancestral temple and was demoted to Bozhou and Chen Zhou. Five years later, he was appointed as the minister of punishments and an imperial adviser, and was restored as the third secretary. At that time, he proclaimed himself emperor, established Xixia kingdom, and sent troops to Shaanxi area, but the Song Dynasty suffered repeated defeats and wars. Yan Shu comprehensively analyzed the military situation at that time, looked for the reasons from the defeat, and in view of the existing problems, after inviting Injong, he did four major things to strengthen the armament: abolishing the supervision of the internal minister over the army and giving the army commander the power to decide military events; Recruit and train archers for combat purposes; Clean up the long-term backlog of property in the palace and subsidize border crossings; Recover the materials occupied by various departments and enrich the national treasury. As a result, Song Jun soon put down the invasion of Xixia. In the second year of her old age (1042), Yan Shu paid homage to the Prime Minister and made an appointment with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty. In the second year, I checked the history of punishments with Pingzhang, Jinzhong Shumen Pingzhang, the bachelor of Jixian Hall and the envoys of the Tang Dynasty. In the fourth year of Li Qing, Sun Fu and Cai Xiang impeached him to compile Li Chenfei's epitaph, and he was demoted as the minister of the Ministry of Industry of Zhiying State. Later, Chen Zhou and Xuzhou were called ministers of rites. At the age of 60, he learned about Yongxing Army (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi) through Shangshu and Guan Wendian. After being transferred to Henan Province, the official title was transferred to the Ministry of War. Due to illness, Yan Shu requested to go back to Beijing for medical treatment. After his illness, he asked to work in Beijing again. The emperor deliberately left him here to explain the scriptures to himself, and let him come to himself once every five days to treat him according to the specifications of the Prime Minister. After a year, Yan Shu's illness became worse, and the emperor wanted to see him. Yan Shu sent a message to the emperor immediately after she knew it. The letter said: "I am old and very ill, and I can't do anything. It is not worthy of your majesty's concern. " He passed away soon. Although the emperor personally went to mourn, he still felt very sorry that he could not visit when he was sick and did not go to court for two days. Yan Shu (one of the three fairs) and Fuzhong (official name, governor) were given titles, and posthumous title was "Yuan Xian", and the words "Monument to Old Learning" were written on the first seal of the inscription.
Although Yan Shu has held an important position for many years, she is approachable. He was meritocratic, and Fan Zhongyan, Daofu Kong and Wang Anshi all came from his door. Han Qi, Fu Bi and Ouyang Xiu were all trained and recommended by him, and they were all reused. Han Qi was re-elected as prime minister of Renzong, Yingzong and Zongshen; Fu Bi, as Yan Shu's son-in-law, was particularly virtuous and didn't avoid his relatives. Yan Shu was the prime minister, Fu Bi was the deputy envoy of a council, and then he formally worshipped the prime minister.
The main achievement was the death of Zhenzong, who put Xianming Zhang in charge of the affairs of the Empress Dowager. Ding Wei and Tang Tang Cao Liyong, prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, both wanted to see Empress Dowager Cixi alone, but they were at loggerheads for some time. Yan Shu came forward to suggest that the queen mother listen to politics, but Ding and Cao couldn't see it and decided to discuss it. This proposal played an important role in stabilizing the political situation at that time.
Renzong dynasty, Xixia Yuanhao rebelled, and the world was inferior to soldiers. Yan Shu, then prime minister and envoy of the Tang Dynasty, suggested that Renzong stop supervising the army, stop giving orders to the generals, and let them assess the situation and adapt to the situation. He also suggested rectifying the financial system. These suggestions were adopted by Renzong and achieved good results, which finally made Yuan Hao obey.
Yan Shu is a simple, brave and sincere person. Although he is rich, his life is quite simple, and he is willing to reward talents. Contemporary celebrities, such as Fan Zhongyan, Daofu Kong, Ouyang Xiu, etc., all went out of their homes to know that Fu Bi was poor and married his daughter. When Yan Shu was in power, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and Fu Bi were highly valued, and Taige was virtuous for a while. They have done many great things that are beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood. What historians dubbed the "Qingli New Deal" was actually led by Yan Shu. Yan Shu was dismissed, Fan, Han and Fu were demoted, and the "Qingli New Deal" failed. When he was a local official, he set up a large school to train talents. Ouyang Xiu's statement that "since the Five Dynasties, learning in the world has been abolished and prospered in the public" is not a hollow reputation.
Literary Achievement Yan Shu wrote more than 10,000 poems in his life, most of which have been lost, leaving only 136 poems wishing rain.
Yan Shu collected 160 poems, 59 residual sentences and 3 bibliographies in his book "Complete Song Poetry". There are only 53 articles left in the whole Song Dynasty. Du Donglue said that he had 240 volumes of collected works, 94 volumes of Zhongxing Bibliography and 30 volumes of Linchuan Collection of Literature General Examination, none of which was handed down from generation to generation. The only biography is the three-volume version of Zhu Yu's Ci. Chicken Bone Pavilion is the first collection of sixty nouns in Song Dynasty, with the word 13 1. There is the legacy of Yan compiled by Qing people. Known as "Fuzhou Eight Colours" (Yan Shu, Yan Dao Ji, Yan Ying, Yan Fu, Jin Yan, Yan Song, Zhao Yan and Yan Fang).
Yan Shu has made many achievements and contributions in literature. He is good at poetry, ci, beautiful articles and skillful calligraphy, among which ci is the most prominent, and he is known as the "prime minister poet". His ci absorbed the graceful and elegant ci style of "Huajian School" in the Southern Tang Dynasty and Feng Yansi, and created the graceful and graceful ci style in the Northern Song Dynasty, so he was called "the originator of ci circles in the Northern Song Dynasty". His ci has beautiful language, harmonious tone, elegant artistic conception, broad-minded, rich but not vulgar, amorous feelings but not delicate, scenery-oriented, life-oriented natural objects, rational thinking in lyrical narration, rational reflection and control in the sadness of spring, and a gentleness and sharpness. Its "helpless flowers fall, it seems familiar to Yan Gui" ("Huanxisha"), "The west wind withered the green trees last night. There are many famous sayings, such as "Climbing the stairs alone, looking all the way to the horizon" ("Butterfly Loves Flowers"), "I miss the red candle in Lanting, but my heart is long and my flame is short, and I cry to people" ("Shake Qiu Ting"). He is not only synonymous with Song Ci, the leader of Jiangxi Ci School, but also a prolific poet in the history of China's poetry. There is the legacy of Yan compiled by Qing people.
The overall evaluation of Yan Shu's character is resolute and straightforward, and his life is simple. He has served as a state official for many times, and officials and people are afraid of his impatient personality. He is good at understanding others, and Fu Bi and Yang Cha have become his son-in-law. Yan Shu was the prime minister and envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and Fu Bi was the envoy of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Yan Shu asked to resign as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, but the emperor refused, so she was trusted and loved by the emperor. Yan Shu's articles are rich in content and flowery in rhetoric. He can write all kinds of articles, especially poems, with elegant taste and passionate thoughts. In his later years, he still studied hard and worked tirelessly.
The celebrity commented on Ouyang Xiu's Biography of Song History and Yan Shu, saying that other officials "went to the cabinet, took charge of books, and took literature as the master of the world." Later, "by Wang Guan courtiers, prime minister. All those who have helped the road of virtue and cared about the country have been working hard for more than 50 years. "
Gong Yan Tombstone called him "harmonious, beneficial and talented". Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and Fu Bi all used it when the public lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion. As for Taige, there are many sages. "
Song Qi's Notes said: "Yan Zhigong is also a poet's life. At the end of the year, more than 10,000 articles were compiled, which was unprecedented since the Tang Dynasty. "
In the History of the Song Dynasty, he said that "the articles are rich, the applications are endless, and the poems are especially refined, elegant and affectionate".
Liu Xizai's "Outline of Art, Ci and Qu" said: "In the ci, Yan is handsome and Ouyang Yongshu is deep."
Feng Xu, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, said that Schumann and Ouyang Xiu were both influenced by Feng Yansi, and they both started schools in Jiangxi.
Wang Guowei praised "great undertakings and university questioners in ancient and modern times must pass through three realms" in "The Thorn on Earth".
Anecdotal allusion: After Yan Shu entered the DPRK to handle affairs, there was nothing in the world at that time, and officials were allowed to choose their own scenic spots for banquets. At that time, courtiers and literati held separate banquets and parties, so that the pubs on the rostrum set up door curtains to facilitate banquets and entertainment. Yan Shu was very poor at that time, and had no money to go out to play or go to banquets, so she taught poetry at home with her brothers. One day, in the palace, the prince was elected as a lecturer. Suddenly, the emperor Yan Shu took office. I don't know why the ruling minister chose the banquet, but he went to heaven to report his life. The emperor said, "Recently, I heard that all cabinet ministers are enjoying drinking, and only Yan Shu and his younger brother are studying behind closed doors. Such a cautious and honest person can teach * * * to learn. " After Yan Shu took office, he had the opportunity to be a saint. The emperor told him the reason for his appointment in person. Yan Shu's language is simple and informal, and she said, "It's not that I don't like feasting, but that my family is poor and I have no money to go out to play. If I have money, I will go to the party, just because I can't go out without money. " Therefore, the emperor appreciated his honesty more, knew how to serve the king in general, and cherished him more. After Injong ascended the throne, he was of great use (from official to prime minister).
Family member Yan Ying (994- 1055) gave a gift. Shahe people from Wengang, Linchuan, Fuzhou. The younger brother of Yan Shu, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, was passed down as a fairy. A young genius, when he is a true Sect, is a scholar.
Yan (1038-110) was born in Linchuan, Fuzhou (now Jiangxi). The seventh son of Yan Shu, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, served as supervisor of Xutian Town in Yingchang Prefecture, judge of Ganning County and judge of Kaifeng Prefecture.
Personal Works: butterfly lovers, Silkworm Chrysanthemum, Tears and Dewdrops, Magnolia and Queen Hong Yan, The Return of Yingying, Magnolia and Lou Yu, Zhuge, Hengjinsuo, Treading on the Sand, Leaving Songs for Ancestors, Huanxisha, New Songs and a Glass of Wine, News Agency when Swallows Come, Complaining, and Lotus Lantern only relieves people's aging.