Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"A small official, who was rude and arrogant to the minister of the Ministry, was dissatisfied with being punished with a stick. Although hitting the Dengwen drum did not violate the criminal law, it made my Great Song Dynasty lose a virtuous official. And this I can't bear the fact that the petty official is so proud of this, and refuses to admit that he has offended his superiors, and I have decided to let him go to the town and state capital in the northwest to write a pen, and never return to Beijing."

"It's hard for such a small official to convince the public if he doesn't punish him, Your Majesty is wise."

[Chai Chengwu, courtesy name Baochen, was born in Jiyin, Caozhou.His father was a herdsman himself, promoted as a Jinshi, capable of poetry, and became a member of the Ministry of War.In the sixth year of Taizu Qiande, Wuchenke, 35-year-old Chai Chengwu was the number one scholar, and he was the ninth number one scholar since the founding of the Song Dynasty.Chai Chengwu is erudite and talented, good at literature, especially poetry, and has written 20 volumes of anthology.In March of the second year of Chunhua, Chai Chengwu was ordered by Emperor Taizong to go to Korea as a doctor of the household department.In the chaos of Sichuan and Shu, Chai Chengwu served as a pacifier, and changed his left admonishment to the doctor, knowing Hezhong Mansion.Fengzhao and Qian Ruoshui compiled "Records of Emperor Taizong".Later, he was summoned to the Ministry of Sentencing, and was in charge of the review of all capital crimes and Zhaoxue of officials' unjust cases.Because of his arrogance and whipping, he was accused by him of beating Dengwen drums. Chai Chengwu was suspended and returned to the field. He died of illness a few months later (the first year of Jingde) at the age of 71.Posthumously "Zhongwen", Chai Chengwu began to have a son in 66 years, and was cut off at the age of six. He was awarded Feng Lilang, named Yifan, and later became a doctor of Guozi. 】

"Emperor brother" Shinzong said, "I happen to have something to discuss with the emperor."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Chen Shu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, suffered from aggravated bedtime illness, and today's book was written."

"Oh? Chen Shangshu hasn't left the mansion for more than a month. What's the important matter to report today?"

Shinzong shook his head, "Chen Shangshu is saying that his eldest son, Taizhu Chun, does not lead the teaching, and spends most of his time with non-human beings. He only learns martial arts in his daily life. He is willing to be deposed as a military academy in other states."

"Your Majesty, Chen Shangshu's eldest son, Chen Chun, has been Taizhu of Taichang Temple for many years. Although he is only a ninth-rank official, he is also very important in charge of sacrificial affairs. However, he is not busy on weekdays. Chen Chun himself is mediocre in learning and has no strengths. He The reason why he was able to become this official was because of Chen Shangshu's talented family. Besides, Chen Shangshu never favored others. It stands to reason that Chen Chun should be content with this official position. How could he suddenly ask his eldest son to go to another state? ?”

"I didn't understand at first, but just now Wang Sizong explained the reason."

"Master Wang? Then why is Chen Shangshu like this?"

"Wang Sizong said that what happened to Chen Chun did not cause trouble, nor did he behave improperly. There is nothing wrong with it. It is just that Chen Shangshu is stingy, extremely frugal on weekdays, and likes to give alms to the poor, and his eldest son Chen Chun often uses money for himself. Chen Shangshu has repeatedly done this. I reprimanded him, but he didn't make amends, so Chen Shangshu decided to expel Chen Chun from the Chen residence, and Chen Chun himself liked martial arts, so Chen Shangshu wrote a letter to me, praying for Chen Chun to go to the border and work hard as a military academy."

"Although the rank of the military academy is not high, it is indeed an important position in the border areas. Chen Chun has been an official in Taichang Temple all year round. He is not familiar with military affairs. If he really takes up the position, he may find it difficult to adapt."

"What the emperor said is reasonable, does the emperor think that he should reject this matter like this?"

"Your Majesty, after all, Chen Chun is Chen Shangshu's eldest son. There is nothing wrong with him. Chen Shangshu must have been angry for a while. The frontier town is hard. If Chen Chun is really suffering outside, Chen Shangshu will feel sorry for his parents and children. I think that since Chen Chun practices martial arts, it is better Let him go to the south near the state capital to serve as Sima, so it will give you both."

Zhenzong thought for a while, "Well, it's very good. The military school is in charge of the town soldiers, which is not the job of the Chenglang family's children. How about this, let Chen Chun be the Sima of Chuzhou, with a bronze seal and ink ribbon, Jiang Dynasty uniform, Wuguan, and so on It can be regarded as letting his only strengths be brought into play, and Chen Shangshu can feel at ease."

"Yes, Your Majesty"