There is no doubt that Zhao Pu, Fan Zhen, Kou Zhun, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, and Wang Anshi are all famous ministers, but it is Li Xin who has won the reputation of "holy appearance".

Li Xin was Zhao Heng's teacher, and the prince's teacher in the Song Dynasty was called Yishan.

The explanation of Yi Shan is: the good deeds of the auxiliary wing people.

In the Tang Dynasty, the crown prince's official subordinate had Zanshan Doctor, and the Northern Song Dynasty changed it to Yishan Prince's Mansion; The squire teaches.

The famous Yishan of the Northern Song Dynasty is probably Li Xin and Yao Tan, Li Xin is the Yishan of Zhao Heng, the king of Xiang, and Yao Tan is the Yishan of Zhao Yuanjie, the king of Yi.

Yao Tan has a strong and stubborn personality, and Yiwang Zhao Yuanjie once spent more than one million dollars on building a rockery in the courtyard.

On the day of its completion, the guests and staff were called to celebrate, and the banquet and wine were watched.

Only Yao Tan bowed his head and didn't look at it, King Yi forced him to look, Yao Tan said: "What I saw was the Flesh Mountain!" It's a rockery!"

Yiwang Zhao Yuanjie was shocked and asked why, Yao Tan said: "When I was in the field, I saw the state and county urging the department, arresting the civilians, fathers and sons, and sending them to the county government to be whipped and bleeding all over their bodies; This rockery was built by the peasants' taxes, so what is it if it is not a mountain of blood?"

At that time, Song Taizong was also building a rockery, and after hearing about it, he stopped building and destroyed the rockery.

Yiwang Zhao Yuanjie made a slight mistake, and Yao Tan slandered him, so the prince despised him very much.

Song Taizong once warned Yao Tan: "Yuan Jie is knowledgeable and courteous, and he is also a virtuous king." It is not a good thing to be sarcastic, and to slander it for no great reason, how can it be praised?"

The people around King Yi also taught King Yi to pretend to be sick and not go to the court to discuss matters.

Taizong sent people to visit the sick, but they all said that the disease had not been cured; It has been more than a month since King Yi's condition has not improved, and Taizong is very worried.

So, he summoned Yiwang's nurse to ask for details; The nurse replied: "Yiwang himself is not sick, but because of Yao Tan's strict discipline, Yiwang is always not allowed to move freely and is depressed, so he is called sick." ”

After hearing this, Taizong was very angry and said, "I choose Duanshi and assist the king for good." The king cannot use rules and regulations, and he is deceitful, and wants to make me go away with righteous people for his own convenience, how can he get it? And the king is young, and he will seek his ears for it. ”

He ordered someone to pull King Yi to the back garden and punish him with dozens of rods.

Taizong personally summoned Yao Tan for this matter and comforted him: "It is not easy for Qingju to live in the palace and be sick for the small group. But if so, don't worry about slander, I won't listen. ”

Song Taizong's "candlelight axe shadow" is vicious, and he can choose a good teacher in educating his children, and his respect for a good teacher is still commendable.

Li Xin and Yao Tan had the same character, and Song Taizong selected Li Xin as the attendant of the Ministry of Rites and the guest of the prince; and clearly asked the crown prince Zhao Heng to give Li Xin the gift of his disciple.

After Song Zhenzong ascended the throne, he appointed Li Xin as the head of the household department and the governor of the government, and Li Xin became the prime minister.

After Song Zhenzong succeeded to the throne, the Northern Song Dynasty was an era of internal and external troubles; There is the constant invasion of the Khitan Liao State in the north, the fierce eye of the party people in the west, and the rebellion of Wang Jun of the beneficial state inside.

In the face of the complicated situation, Li Xin conscientiously studied the strategies for external defense and internal stability; I am so focused on my work that I forget about it.

After Li Xin became the prime minister, he was strict and cautious with himself and others; I especially don't like those who are close to their own tricks.

Hu Dan, who had been a colleague with Li Xin, was demoted to Fangzhou as the deputy envoy of the regiment for some reason, and Hu Dan wrote a congratulatory letter after learning that Li Xin became the prime minister; In addition to congratulations, the letter also counted the previous prime ministers, and finally touted that only Li Xin as the prime minister was expected by everyone.

After reading the letter, Li Xin said very unhappily: "Am I really that good? It's just an opportunity, and I won't do this if I say bad things about others behind my back! ”

During Li Xin's tenure as prime minister, Hu Dan never received any promotion and reuse.

Li Xin also has one of the biggest characteristics, that is, he is good at persuading the emperor not to do things that go beyond the etiquette system.

Song Zhenzong always wanted to canonize Liu Min as a concubine, and sent an edict to Li Xin for him to handle; Li Xin saw that this was not in line with the etiquette system, so he burned the emperor's edict in front of the attendants.

And asked him to tell the emperor: "Just say that I, Li Xin, think it is inappropriate to do this." Song Zhenzong had no choice but to cancel this decision.

At that time, the scholars and doctors of the Northern Song Dynasty were still popular to play to the emperor to see if anyone was not pleasing to the eye, and they would secretly play to the emperor to participate in him, and the participants did not know anyway; But Li Xin never did.

Song Zhenzong saw that his teacher never played secrets, so he asked strangely: "The ministers all write secret music, why don't you write it?" ”

Li Xin replied: "I am the prime minister, and I can be open and honest in official affairs, so why use secret music? Those who play to you are either sowing discord or rhetoric, and I hate this kind of behavior very much, how can I follow it? ”

At that time, there were frequent wars in the Northern Song Dynasty, and another prime minister, Wang Dan, also partnered with Li Xin to serve as the governor, and their work was very hard at that time.

One day, Wang Dan said to Li Xin: "When will we be able to sit back and enjoy peace and live leisurely?" ”

Li Xin replied: "Some worries and hardships are a good thing, which can make people vigilant at all times, even if the Quartet is really safe one day, the court may not be able to sit back and relax." ”

Li Xin chose to report to Song Zhenzong every day about the various disasters in the Northern Song Dynasty, but Wang Dan thought that there was no need to bother the emperor with these trivial things, and Li Xin thought that the emperor was still young and should make him understand the hardships of the world and the suffering of the people.

In July of the first year of Jingde (1004), Li Xin died of illness due to overwork at the age of 58.

Song Zhenzong also went to visit Li Xin in person when he was seriously ill, and after he died of illness, he went to worship the spirit and wept bitterly: "Xin is loyal and pure, consistent, how can he not enjoy his old age!" Song Zhenzong also posthumously presented Taiwei and Zhongshu Ling to Li Xin for the fifth day of his dropout, and was nicknamed Wenjing.

In the autumn of the same year, the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Great Liao and Yelu Longxu of the Liao Shengzong led an army of 200,000 to the south and fought a decisive battle with the Song army in Shanzhou on the north bank of the Yellow River. After visiting Lanzhou, the morale of the Song army was greatly boosted, and finally in the winter of the first year of Jingde, Liao and the Song signed the "Lanyuan Alliance", and the border between the two countries remained peaceful for more than 100 years.

However, after Li Xin's death, no one in the court dared to insist on principles in front of Song Zhenzong; persuaded him to be diligent.

After the Northern Song Dynasty signed a peace agreement with the Liao State, the border was quiet and the domestic situation was also very good; Song Zhenzong was complacent and a little fluttering, and decided to follow the example of Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wu Zetian and other ancient emperors who had great achievements to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen.

As a result, activities such as sacrificing heaven and earth for the people and money were greatly engaged, and Wang Dan's repeated persuasion was to no avail; When he was helpless, he recalled what Li Xin said back then, and he was extremely admired, and said with a sigh: "Li Wenjing (Li Xin's name) is really a saint!" ”

Zhao Heng said that his teacher was Li Xin, and said that he had not heard the teacher talk about the Qingshichuan Racecourse.

Liu Min laughed and said: "That means that your teacher Li Xin is old and incompetent, and he doesn't even know such an important horse herding supervisor in Shudi; I don't know how to be the prime minister in the future! ”

Liu Min knew that Li Xin would be the prime minister after Zhenzong became the emperor, and it was Li Xin, the prime minister, and that Kou Lao Xi Kou Zhun caused a lot of inconvenience to her future palace career, so she made such a voice.

In all fairness, Liu Min is a female politician who is not inferior to Wu Zetian and is open-minded; But no matter how open-minded people are, they also have a lot of criticism about their political opponents.

Liu Min didn't want to talk to Zhao Heng about the future, and then told about the Qingshichuan Horse Husbandry.

"The Qingshichuan Horse Husbandry Supervisor has thousands of horses, and the supervisor's surname is Qin, and the word Feng is an official who has returned from Houshu!" Liu Min chattered: "There are two deputy supervisors, one is named Wei Qingming, who is called Wei Baimao because of his white hair; A man named Stirrup Shape, blind with one eye, nicknamed Horse One-Eyed! ”

After a pause, he said excitedly: "Wei Baimao and Ma One-Eyed are the people that Wang Quanbin planted in the horse herding prison!" ”

"Wang Quanbin, is it the general of the court who conquered Houshu!" Zhao Henghu, the king of Xiang, looked at Liu Min suspiciously and asked, "Why did Wang Quanbin place these two people in the horse herding prison!" ”

"That's a bit famous!" Liu Min said impassionedly: "Wang Quanbin is the general of the expedition against Hou Shu, but this guy instigated Wei Baimao and Ma One-Eye to kill 20,000 Hou Shu soldiers in Chengdu, provoking the Shu soldiers to rebel; The edict of the great grandfather immediately beheaded Wei Baimao and Ma One-eyed to set an example, but Wang Quanbin cheated; He shielded Wei Baimao and Ma One-Eyed and did not kill them, but deceived his grandfather and said that the two were dead! ”。

"And this thing! Wang Quanbin is guilty of bullying the king and should be beheaded! Zhao Heng said a little angrily.

"Wang Quanbin is grandpa's buddy, he won't die!" Liu Minyang said: "But the two time bombs that Wang Quanbin buried in the horse herding prison brought immeasurable losses to Ma Zheng in the imperial court......