Big traitors usually end badly. It is happy to be hacked to death with a knife. Cutting into pieces is very common.
However, Pan Renmei still ranks lower than Chen Ping, Zhang Bangchang, Qin Gui and others in my childhood treacherous court official list. Of course, putting these bad guys together is not as important as Pang Taishi, the ultimate villain of the Song Dynasty.
Pang Taishi is sometimes called Ponzi, sometimes called Ponzi. Most of the time, he just made his debut with the title of "Pang Taishi"-as long as there was a loyal person in the Song Dynasty, he framed one, which was definitely a mistake. What is even more surprising is that from Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu to Zhao Zhen, Song Renzong, Pang Taishi spanned four dynasties and devoted himself to doing bad things for more than 100 years. He is never old or tired, and he plays tricks everywhere-Pang Taishi opposes (his great-grandson Yang was framed in one breath) and Pang Taishi opposes Hu Jiajiang; Pang Taishi played against young Bao Qingtian, Pang Taishi played against adult Bao Qingtian, and Pang Taishi played against young and combative old Bao Qingtian.
Of course, occasionally Pang Taishi will put down his airs, go deep into the grassroots, and learn a few things from Jianghu heroes such as Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to reflect his spirit of being close to the people; And Pang Taishi did not relax the cultivation of successors. For example, his daughter Pang Fei didn't know how many emperors she had married. She won her true story, killed more than 300 people and helped her father fight Bao Zheng (not Pang Yanfei) all day. But Pang Taishi's son is even worse. Basically, just like "General Pan Feng" in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, they are all goods that should be slaughtered. Pang Yu, Pang Black Tiger and Ponzi Four Tigers were all invited by the Eight Immortals and Bao Qingtian to sacrifice knives.
Pang Taishi and the Eight Immortals-Does this remind you of your youth?
Speaking of the Eight Immortals, this is also a magical figure-as long as there is Pang Taishi, there will be a just figure against the Eight Immortals, and there are more scenes than those in Bao Qingtian. As far as life expectancy is concerned, he must live to at least 150 years old. ...
"Pang Taishi" is of course a fictional character, and novelists don't have to take it seriously. But in the real history, Pang Taishi does have its prototype, and it is also a muddled account.
The prototype of "Pang Taishi" is not a celebrity, but also a competent official. Anyway, it's not a bad guy. Now people always say that the prototype of "Pang Taishi" is Zhang Yaozuo. In fact, it is really unfair to Lao Zhang.
Zhang Yaozuo's bad luck lies in his status as a consort. In fact, he didn't do anything too bad.
Zhang Yaozuo is a real famous scholar. In his early years, he was an official in counties and counties, and he was also a "small expert in solving crimes." He has made outstanding achievements in local governance, and he is a minor celebrity:
"For jinshi, calendar xian state, narration state push officer. In Jizhou, a Taoist priest and a businessman were drinking at night, and the businessman suddenly died. The Taoist priest fled in fear ... The transshipment task was cured by Yao Zuo, and they got their grievances ... Knowing that xipu County and xipu were a narrow place with a large population, they filed a lawsuit in Tada. Everyone knows that Yao Zuo is on the right side, so the lawsuit is very simple. " ("History of the Song Dynasty, Volume 463, Biography, No.222")
Lao Zhang's reputation deteriorated after his niece, later Empress Wencheng, was favored by Zhao Zhen in Song Renzong. Zhao Zhen loves me, loves my dog, and gives Lao Zhang a rocket-like promotion, which arouses the vigilance (or jealousy) of the literati who hate consorts very much. As a result, famous officials such as Yu Jing, Chen Shengzhi and Bao Zheng used Yao Zhang as a cotton bomb all day and impeached Lao Zhang with holes all over his body, so that Zhao Zhen often failed to protect him. Therefore, when he was in Renzong, Lao Zhang's official position fluctuated, wandering back and forth between the central and local governments. It was not until his death that he was posthumously awarded as a teacher.
Impeachment of consorts, whether it can be done or not, is a good thing for officials. Why not?
Zhang Yaozuo is a capable official. As for his character, there must be some stains such as making money for power and appointing private people. But compared with most officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is not necessarily better than them, but it is not so bad. Compared with the evil "Pang Taishi", it is absolutely kind and upright ... For example, the relationship between Lao Zhang and those "famous ministers" who have nothing to do is definitely not harmonious, but it is purely false to say who he framed. As for the story of Lao Zhang colluding with his favorite niece to murder Zhongliang, I searched for a long time and didn't find a pile-saying that Queen Wencheng had a good reputation.
Apart from the wronged Zhang Yaozuo, who can the prototype of "Pang Taishi" be associated with?
Of course, only Ponzi-as long as you see the name "Ponzi" or "Ponzi", you will know how naked this hint is.
But compared with Zhang Yaozuo, Pang Ji is more wronged. He has no daughter or niece to marry the emperor, so he has nothing to do with his consorts, and he never went to a surname before and after his death. More importantly, Pang Ji was not a big traitor, but his talent, behavior and morality were outstanding among civil servants in Starlight Glimmer in the Northern Song Dynasty.
I think Pang Ji is one of the most competent prime ministers in the Northern Song Dynasty. He is good at coordinating contradictions, promoting talents and stabilizing the situation.
Pang Ji, whose real name is Chun Zhi, was born in Chengwu, Shanzhou (now Chengwu, Shandong), and was born in an official family. In the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (A.D. 10 15), Pang Ji was awarded the position of general manager of Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei) and joined the army, officially entering his official career.
Pang Ji soon showed his outstanding talents in Huangzhou, and was deeply appreciated by Xia Song, who was then the magistrate and later became the prime minister. "He thought that (Pang Ji) had the weapon of the prime minister" ("Song History Volume Trinity Biography Seventy"). Therefore, under Xia Song's recommendation, Pang Ji was soon able to enter Beijing as an official and served as a soldier in Kaifeng Prefecture and Cao Can Military Region. Since then, the talented Pang Ji was favored by Xue Kui, a famous official of Kaifeng Prefecture at that time, and was promoted to Chenghe Magistrate of Dali Temple. From then on, he embarked on the fast track of his career and became another star in Ran Ran in the Northern Song Dynasty.
It is said that although Xia Song and Xue Kui are both great men, their political views, virtues and personalities are not the same, or even completely different. Ponzi can be appreciated by both people at the same time. In addition to his outstanding talent, it also proves that he has unique wisdom in dealing with interpersonal relationships, and this is actually a real "prime minister."
As a prime minister, you must assist Yin and Yang, adjust everything, help the emperor grasp the major policies and straighten out personnel relations, and require more emotional intelligence than IQ.
However, many people with outstanding IQ and EQ eventually become officialdom veterans and even courtiers. On the other hand, Ponzi is not such a person. In the face of the principles and righteousness that must be adhered to, he is willing to take risks and never budge, showing the integrity that a scholar-bureaucrat should have.
In the first year of Ganxing (A.D. 1022), Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng died, and Prince Zhao Zhen, who was only 13 years old, ascended the throne. However, later Song Renzong was underage, so she was appointed by the Empress Dowager Liu E.. In the last few years of Zhenzong's reign, Empress Liu took advantage of the latter's illness to gradually take over the power of North Korea. After becoming the empress dowager, she became stronger and no one could control her. At the meeting, she not only sat with the little emperor (Zhao Zhen sat on the left, Liu E sat on the right), but also gave herself an honorific title, and publicly put on Yan clothes that only emperors are qualified to wear to worship the ancestral temple. At the same time, she also plans to build a temple for herself and compare it with Wu Zetian everywhere, which is only one step away from driving out Zhao Zhen and becoming a female emperor alone.
Unfortunately, Liu E's self-reliance was resolutely resisted by the whole civil service group, and she soon died of illness and depression. But before she died, Liu E didn't give up. This testamentary edict was made by Zhang Hui, the Empress Dowager Yang, when she was discussing military matters, but she just didn't want Zhao Zhen to lead the country. At this critical moment, Pang Ji, then an imperial envoy, stepped forward and demanded that Ge Men (the institution responsible for officials attending court and etiquette in the Northern Song Dynasty) burn all the etiquette systems of the Empress Dowager and insist that Zhao Zhen lead the country. Pang Ji's move made him famous, and he was praised as "the official words pay more attention to the prime minister's intention, and he is immune to it, and the son of heaven makes suggestions."
In fact, Queen Liu, like Master Pang, is also a villain in folk stories.
Ming Dow two years (AD 1033), 24-year-old Zhao Zhen finally came to power. It can be said that he was finally able to really take power, and set a later "Ren Zongsheng Zhi", and the civilian group including Pang Ji made great contributions:
Fu Bi said, "Yesterday, when Zhuang Xian (Liu E) came to the DPRK, Your Majesty restrained himself. Things were too weak. However, if Zhuang Xian doesn't dare to tell the story of Wuhou, he will rely on one or two loyal ministers to rescue him, so Zhuang Xian can't indulge his desires. Your majesty can protect his position and be a loyal minister. " ("Zi Zhi Tong Jian, Volume 113, Two Years of Ming Dow")
Since then, Pang Ji has been working in the central government, from the official to the minister of punishments, knowing chores and ordering Dali Temple and Tianzhang Pavilion. You Jing five years (AD 1038), Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was named Xixia. The situation in the northwest frontier of the Northern Song Dynasty suddenly became tense. Especially after Song Jun's fiasco in Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuanzhai, the contradiction between Song and Xia has surpassed that of Song and Liao, becoming the biggest foreign invasion in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The war between the Northern Song Dynasty and Liao and Jin Dynasties didn't last long, only the war with Xixia lasted for nearly a hundred years.
In this case, Zhao Zhen had to use Ponzi to settle the northwest. In the first year of Li Qing (A.D. 104 1), Pang Ji was awarded a bachelor's degree in Longtuge, knowing Yanzhou, and soon became the general manager of Du Yan, settling the border slightly and becoming the envoy to the northwest. After he took office, Pang Ji was not in a hurry to counterattack, but focused on reorganizing the army and governing the people: in view of Song Jun's corrupt military discipline and fear of the enemy like a tiger, which was no less harmful to the people than western thieves, he adopted a calm method in the army and said, "The army is guilty, or beheaded, or exhausted" ("Song History Volume 31 Biography 70"). At the same time, he took measures such as streamlining the army and reducing the burden on the people, and gained a high reputation.
Pang Ji served in the northwest for five years, and his achievements were remarkable, which gradually stabilized the situation after the losing streak in the Northern Song Dynasty and resumed the confrontation with Xixia. Therefore, in the fifth year of Li Qing (A.D. 1045), Pang Ji was recalled to the central government, and successively served as counsellor and special envoy of the Tang Dynasty. Six years later, Zhao Zhen worshipped Pang Ji as a scholar of bronze bell and Zhao Wen Museum, and supervised the revision of national history-that is to say, Pang Ji finally became prime minister.
But Prime Minister Ponzi is not ordinary!
The relative power of the Northern Song Dynasty was divided up by the emperor, so it seems that everyone has the final say, and everyone has no right to speak, which is extremely inefficient.
The prime minister's phase power in the Northern Song Dynasty was severely reduced by the emperor. Not only did the decentralized "two governments and three departments" appear, but the implementation of the polyphase system led to a large number of phase makers (even if the secondary phases were not calculated, such as the political governor and the assistant minister, 93 phases were created during the period of 165 in the Northern Song Dynasty). At the same time, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty especially liked to play a game called "nothing to change into a prime minister". It is common for a new prime minister to be ousted before taking office. Anyone who can sit in the phase for a whole year can be called a senior.
In addition, Zhao Wenguan, Guan Shi and Ji Xian Dian Academy were built in the Song Dynasty, and they were called "Three Pavilions" together with the Tang Dynasty. Usually, the prime minister is a college student in Guan, followed by the national history supervisor, and finally the college student in Jixian Hall. What does it mean for Pang Ji to be a college student to supervise the national history? That is the only stage, and this "independence" is three years.
There are only eleven prime ministers in the Northern Song Dynasty who can enjoy this treatment. They are Zhao Pu, Lv Yijian, Wang Anshi, Zhang Dun, Cai Jing and Wang Fu, all of whom are famous for their loyalty and treachery. More importantly, Zhao Zhen has changed 23 prime ministers in 42 years, and Ponzi is the only one who enjoys this treatment.
The emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty was frightened by the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, so he dared not let anyone be friends for a long time.
In the 5th year (A.D. 1053), Zhao Zhen's hobby of changing prime ministers was committed again, so he instructed Han Jiang and others to grab the old man's pigtails and fight hard. Therefore, Zhao Zhen took advantage of the situation to demote Pang Ji to Yunzhou Zhizhou, and still served as a university student in Guan Wendian. Soon after, he was appointed as Zhao Dejun's ambassador to our province, knowing Yongxing Army, and was appointed as a soldier-first demoted and then praised, and became a local official. This is the routine operation of dealing with the former prime minister in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Since then, Ponzi has been wasting his time in the local area until he was recalled to Beijing in the fifth year of Jiayou (1060). He wrote a letter to be an official on the grounds of illness, and he became the prince of the State of Jin. Three years later, Pang Ji died at the age of 76, and was posthumously awarded the loyalty of posthumous title to Sikong and Zhuang Minjia.