In the Tang Dynasty, Prime Minister Liu Yan behaved inappropriately because he ate biscuits from a roadside stall. However, he was lucky and was not as unlucky as Zhang Heng. It's such a pity that Zhang Heng lost his position as prime minister because he was greedy for food from a roadside stall. So why did Zhang Heng miss out on the position of prime minister because of the delicious food at a roadside stall? This also involves such a story. ?

Zhang Heng held a fourth-rank official position in the Tang Dynasty, but because of his duty and caution in doing things, he was appreciated by his superiors, who were prepared to promote him to the position of third-rank prime minister. But he didn't expect that on his way home from get off work, he couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food, so he ate food from a roadside stall, which affected his official career. Zhang Heng had to pass through the commercial district of Chang'an City on his way to get off work because he was very hungry, and the bakery on the street kept emitting aroma. After Zhang Heng went through some psychological struggle, it was more important to pay homage to the Five Zang Temple first.

So Zhang Heng got off his horse and went to the cake shop to buy some fragrant steamed cakes. He sat on his horse and ate them happily. However, he did not expect that Zhang Heng's actions would be reported to the ears that were responsible for supervising the words and deeds of the ministers. middle. You must know that a minister who was about to occupy a high position actually ate steamed cakes in public without caring about his image. This had a huge impact at the time. So the official went to Wu Zetian and mixed up a book saying that Zhang Heng, as an official of the imperial court, actually ignored his identity and ate cakes without any image in public. This completely insulted the country's love for him and lost it. the dignity of the country.

After reading it, Wu Zetian said that what she said was very reasonable, so she immediately ordered Zhang Heng to be removed from his position as prime minister. Poor Zhang Heng ruined his bright future because of a few cakes.