Chapter 20 Six, it's over
Sima Guang's thorn in Zhang Dun's eyes is Su Shi's friend.
Zhang Dun was born in Pucheng, Jianzhou, Fujian.Like all the ministers in the Song Dynasty, he was also a Jinshi when he later became a prime minister, but he only passed the exam twice.For the first time, because he was ranked below his nephew Zhang Heng, Zhang Dun returned the imperial edict in the palace, and then walked away.It wasn't until the second exam that he came out on top that he became the magistrate of Shangluo County.
Su Shi came to play with him.
Two young men in their prime came to Xianyou Lake.It is an excellent scenic spot in Zhongnan Mountain, with steep rock walls on the top of the pool, and a huge cliff below the pool, with a trembling log lying in the middle.Zhang Dun said: "Brother Su, let's write a few words on the opposite stone wall!"
Of course Su Shi didn't dare.Zhang Dun tightened his robe sleeves, walked across the single-plank bridge nonchalantly, jumped down from the trees like an ape, and then wrote five large characters on the stone wall with a pen dipped in lacquer: Su Shi, Zhang Dunlai.
After finishing writing, Zhang Dun returned the same way, without changing his face.
Su Shi said: You guy will be able to kill people in the future.
Zhang Dun asked: Why?
Su Shi said: You are so cruel to yourself, let alone others?
Zhang Dun laughed.
In fact, it was this strength that made Zhang Dun the last Dharma protector.In fact, as early as the early years of Xining, he participated in the work of establishing the Three Divisions and Regulations Division, but his contribution and influence were under Lu Huiqing's.On September 17th, the seventh year of Xining, a fire broke out in the third division of the National Finance Committee, and thousands of houses were on fire.Shenzong boarded the west corner tower to look over, and saw an official leading the soldiers from his headquarters rushing to the scene to fight the fire.The emperor asked who this person was, and he replied Zhang Dun.The next day, he acted as the third envoy.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long.In October of the eighth year of Xining, Lu Huiqing was demoted, and Zhang Dun was also accused by Deng Wan of being a fellow villain, and he was demoted to another place.Since then, he has had ups and downs, and also served as a Hanlin scholar and a political adviser.But in April of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Zhang Dun became the leader and mainstay of the new generation of the reform camp.Therefore, after Shenzong's death, he had to fight Sima Guang and the Empress Dowager.
The confrontation also started soon.
In May of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, the first prime minister Wang Gui passed away, and the second prime minister Cai Que succeeded Wang Gui, but the position left was not taken by the first deputy minister Zhang Dun in sequence, but was given to the Privy Council official Han careful.Zhang Dun left the prime minister's mansion and became a member of the Privy Council, and Sima Guang became the first deputy prime minister.
One and a half months later, Lu Gongshu also served as the third vice chancellor, Zuo Cheng.
Obviously, this is the Empress Dowager shuffling the cards.Zhang Dun is also ready to fight, and the opportunity will come when he says it.In October, the palace issued a decree to appoint five admonishers.Zhang Dun said when he was in court: According to the usual practice, the appointment of admonishers should be nominated by officials above the Hanlin bachelor level, and then reported by the prime minister and deputy prime minister.It is unprecedented in history to issue a decree from the palace to designate names and surnames, and it does not conform to the family law of the ancestors.Besides, I am also surprised, how could His Majesty know these people, could it be that the eunuch recommended them?This case cannot be opened.
The Empress Dowager hurriedly said: No, no, not eunuchs but ministers.
Zhang Dun said: The recommendation of the minister should be made public, why should it be recommended secretly?Taiwan officials say that officials must be fair, how can they use people who are closely related to the prime minister and deputy minister?Of course, I believe that Sima Guang and Lu Gong are selfless, and I am afraid that the treacherous officials will take advantage of the loopholes in the future.
Political rules cannot be broken, so the Empress Dowager had no choice but to make concessions.
Liang Zi also tied the knot, not to mention Zhang Dun had to defend the new law to the death.At the beginning of the first year of Yuanyou, Zhang Dun and Sima Guang had a debate on the immunity law, and Sima Guang was almost completely refuted.Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, Sima Guang's team quickly counterattacked.They first overthrew the Prime Minister Cai Que from Jinjiang, Fujian, and at the same time mobilized to encircle and suppress Zhang Dun. One of the charges they gave was that the southerners, especially the Fujianese, would surely bring disaster to the country.
Zhang Dun was finally demoted, and he went there for eight years.
Even during these eight years, his opponents did not let him go. Zhang Dun was finally sent to Hangzhou to guard the Taoist temple, and his official name was promoted to Dongxiao Palace.Although in the Song Dynasty, Dongxiao Palace was the leader of Taoist temples all over the world, such a position was obviously not what Zhang Dun wanted.
Therefore, when he returned to the court, he began to counterattack and count.
In fact, Zhang Dun was able to return to the center this time, which has nothing to do with whether his doctrine is correct or not. The fundamental reason is that the Empress Dowager died on the third day of September in the eighth year of Yuanyou (1093). I'm going to be out of my wits again.This must make a clean break with the curtain era.Of course, the best way to draw a clear line is to restart the Xining New Law, and the best person to complete this task is Zhang Dun.
Therefore, on April 12 of the second year, Zhezong announced the change of Yuan Shaosheng, which meant inheriting the sacred will of the first emperor.Nine days later, Zhang Dun was directly appointed by the administrator of Dongxiao Palace as the Prime Minister Zuo Pushe and his servant.Everyone can see that this extraordinary personnel change means that the emperor's determination is also extraordinary.
Zhang Dun left immediately after receiving the appointment, and there were many people who saw him off.However, Zhang Dun only invited Chen Guan (read Ruguan), a famous scholar from Shaxian County, Fujian Province, to the boat, and humbly asked for advice.
Chen Guan said: "Dare you ask me what should be the first thing to live up to the emperor's high expectations?"
Zhang Dun thought for a long time, and then said: Sima Guang is treacherous, let him be dealt with first!
Chen Guan said: Mr. Xiang is wrong.
Zhang Dun said sternly: Sima Guang was in power alone, acted recklessly, slandered the late emperor, changed laws without authorization, and harmed the country and the people. How could he not be evil?
Chen Guan said: "Who is innocent if you only look at deeds but not heart?"There are many differences from Xining to Yuanfeng. Didn't the late emperor make adjustments?In fact, Wen Gong (Sima Guang) made a mistake in acting too hastily and with too much force.Just like a boat, which side is heavier and which side is lighter, right?
Zhang Dun was very surprised, and left Chen Guan to eat, then bowed away.
This is the last chance given by history, the previous two were missed by Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.In fact, in all fairness, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything. I am afraid that both the new law and the old regulations have problems. Therefore, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang are also reasonable. The common mistake is that they act too quickly and use too much force.If Zhang Dun can accept Chen Guan's opinion, learn from the lessons of his predecessors, abandon sectarianism, stick to the doctrine of the mean, and unite all forces to make steady adjustments, things may be saved.
Unfortunately, this is not possible.
When Zhang Dun returned to Kaifeng, just like Sima Guang back then, he was coerced by the boiling public opinion and emotions, and the ruthlessness of his youth also emerged.In order to completely negate the politics before Zhezong's personal administration, the words "the old treacherous and good at the country" appeared in the official documents.Cursing the Empress Dowager like this can be called a ferocious face.
They were even less merciful towards Sima Guang and the others. Generally speaking, all the living were dismissed from office, and the dead sought posthumous posthumous titles.This was too much, Zhezong couldn't bear it, and others couldn't stand it either.Xu Jiang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, thought that doing so would be detrimental to holiness, and Zeng Bu, a member of the Privy Council, secretly wrote a letter, asking not to destroy the tombstone written by Lu Gong.
At this time, Zhang Dun was completely against himself.
That's right, when Sima Guang was restored, Zhang Dun was calm and objective, and he also sought truth from facts when looking at the new law.He said that if the Baojia law is not eradicated for a day, it will be harmed for a day.However, there is nothing wrong with the immunity method, and the disadvantages are just "going too fast".But what about now?Zhang Dun is not only overcorrecting, he is simply crazy.
What's even crazier is the Daxing Unjust Prison.As we said in the volume "Great Song Revolution", when Emperor Shenzong wanted to assign a small official to the military state, Zhang Dun, as the deputy prime minister, resolutely resisted, claiming that a soldier can be killed but not humiliated.At this moment, he almost killed all the opposition who were exiled to Lingnan.Fortunately, Zhezong was sober-minded and made it clear that he would not dare to violate the family law of his ancestors.Otherwise, wouldn't blood flow like a river?
It seems that what Chen Guan said was all in vain.
Zhang Dun became the turning point.If it is said that the irreconcilable relationship between Sima Guang and Wang Anshi was due to the debate over doctrines combined with sentimentalism, then after Zhang Dun and him, it was a power struggle and a life-and-death relationship.A typical manifestation is the crazy liquidation of Sima Guang and others by Cai Jing, the prime minister of Huizong's time.It was this kind of misconduct that completely destroyed the political civilization since Renzong, and finally led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Of course, this is only one of the reasons for the subjugation of the country, and it is a later story.
Now, the story of Wang Anshi's reform has been told, leaving behind infinite melancholy and painful lessons.It may be the work that we should do more to understand the problems of this period of history.It's just that the matter may have to start with a mutual friend of Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and Zhang Dun.His rough fate and misfortune are very thought-provoking and explain the problem.
That's right, this person is Su Shi.
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