Idle in the countryside to teach young children

The envoy Jin Bangzhi was unyielding

Walking into the study, my father was filling in the poem "Huanxi Sand". After a while, beckoned him to sit in front of him. Said in a slow voice:

"Liang'er, I've been an official in the county government for a year, what do you think?"

"The child feels that Enyin is a scholar and is despised by many scholars, so the child must devote himself to studying and strive to win the high list."

This dynasty is known as the rule of virtue and morality, and has always emphasized literature and light on martial arts, so the officialdom is the most important imperial examination, so that the official is the right way to enter the class, and the ministers are almost all out of this, and the children of the common people can also be promoted to the prime minister, and other ways such as the children of the official eunuchs, the officials and the military merits, are called miscellaneous classes, no background, and their promotion speed is far less than that of those born in the imperial examination.

Fan Cheng laughed. Very good, ambitious, with your talent and intelligence, you will definitely go to high school in less than five years, this is something that my father firmly believes. Today, I called you to talk to you about how to be a human being.

I respectfully ask my father to teach.

Don't look at the current Heqinghai banquet, singing and dancing, this is unreliable, on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly. There is a tiger wolf in the north, and if you don't fight it, it will eat you. In less than twenty years, there will be war. Either the Jin people invaded the south, or the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, and the soldiers met each other, which was bloody and bloody.

In this turbulent era, it is especially difficult to be an honest and promising doctor. I won't say much else, but there are three things that must be done:

First of all, whether you are an official or a businessman, you must do something useful for the country and the people as much as possible, and do not fight with others for official positions and private interests.

Secondly, we should protect our family members at all times and in all places, so as not to let them be wronged as much as possible and alleviate their suffering.

Thirdly, read more books, read good books, and in addition to utilitarianism, we must cultivate good pursuits and leave some beneficial things for future generations.

On that day, my father told him a lot, gave some examples, and told him why he resigned and went into hiding.

Ten days later, the old man collapsed and never woke up.

At two o'clock, Fan Zuliang woke up. The wine at noon was very enjoyable, and there were beautiful people singing and dancing, feeling the joy and relaxation that I had never had, I returned to Dongsheng Zhengdian, climbed into bed, and slept for more than two hours.

Things are like grass growing in spring, and people are like floating clouds and shadows.

He clearly remembered that he had dreamed of his father just now.

Fan Zuliang knew that his father's words were his personal experience.

The old man's family was poor in his early years, and sometimes, he didn't eat a meal, and his grandfather died early, as the eldest son in the family, he resolutely took on the burden of the family. In order to take care of his younger siblings, he put down his books and cultivated the fields until his sister got married.

In the twenty-fourth year of Shaoxing (1154), he was admitted to the Jinshi, appointed as the secretary of Huizhou to join the army, and was a member of the Ministry of Rites.

In the first year of Longxing (1163), Emperor Xiaozong was determined to recover the lost territory and launched a large-scale northern expedition, but due to the discord between the generals, he was defeated in Fuli (now Suxian County, Anhui) and was forced to negotiate peace with Jin. At the time of the peace negotiations, Song was at a disadvantage, and the terms were too harsh on Song. Afterwards, Xiaozong regretted it very much, and repeatedly thought of changing, and because of the matter of the Henan royal mausoleum, he needed to negotiate with Jin Guo. In the sixth year of Gandao (1170), he appointed Lang Fan Chengda as a scholar of the Senior Minister's Palace, and asked for the messenger of the country to send an envoy to the country. The main theme of the envoy was to ask Kim to return the place where the royal tomb was rested, and Hyojong also explained that the etiquette for receiving the edict of Kim was changed. Fan Chengda hoped that the imperial court would write these two articles into the national letter, but because the Jin State was too powerful and afraid of affecting the relationship, Xiaozong did not agree and only allowed oral requests.

The tombs of the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were in Fengxian, Gongxian County, Henan, and Xiaozong hoped that the Jin Dynasty would return Fengxian in order to worship their ancestors; In the past, when the Jin envoy came to the Song Dynasty and submitted the credentials, Jin asked the Song Emperor to kneel and bow as he did with the Jin Emperor, and raise his hands above his head to accept.

Obviously, these two requirements are extremely difficult, the enemy is strong and I am weak, the Jin people have always behaved domineeringly, and if they can't get it right, they can't meet one of the requirements, maybe they will turn their faces on the spot, and it is possible to lose their lives if they can't be repressed. Weak countries have no diplomacy. Therefore, this messenger of the praying country is a dangerous messenger, and no one dares to go to the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Fan Cheng dares to do it, since the court trusts it, the sea of fire and sword mountain must also break through. On the way, he wrote the matter into a book, sandwiched it into a national letter, and waited for an opportunity to state it to the Emperor of Jin.

Fan Cheng Daxiao stayed overnight, and it was extremely hard. When he arrived at the Baigou River in Baozhou, he saw that the border pass was desolate and miserable, and the land of the Great Song Dynasty had belonged to the Jin State. The river is still flowing quietly, but things are not people, hanging the past and touching the present, so he made a quatrain.

Baozhou (now Baoding, Hebei) is located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, in the western part of the Central Hebei Plain. There is a Baigou River running through the north and south in Xincheng County, which is the boundary between Song and Liao in those years.

Trekking through mountains and rivers, arriving at Yanjing, the capital of the Jin Kingdom, Jin Ting sent envoys to receive him.

When meeting Jin Shizong, Fan Chengda first took out the national letter and made a generous statement, and the monarchs and ministers of Jin listened carefully, and suddenly, his tone changed, and he played loudly: "Since the two countries are uncles and nephews, there is still a place for collegiality in receiving the book, and the foreign ministers have rules and regulations. So, he took out the draft chapter from his bosom and handed it to the gold owner.

Jin Shizong was shocked when he saw this, and asked in amazement: "Who are you, is this the place where the foreign ministers are sparse?" After that, he threw the book on the ground, Fan Chengda was not in a hurry, he calmly picked it up and then entered, Jin Shizong threw it again, Fan Chengda was not afraid, and continued to say.

His Royal Highness's Jin Chen was also surprised, and there were many discussions. The crown prince stood on his side, angry, and drew his sword to point at Fan Chengda, "Father doesn't accept it, why don't you listen to the holy judgment." ”

Fan Cheng was righteous and stern: "Is this how you Jin Guo treats foreign envoys?" If I'm afraid of death, will I dare to come? ”

The two sides competed against each other, and the atmosphere was quite tense. Jin Shizong dismissed the prince and sent someone to send Fan Chengda back to the post house, and then, Jin sent an envoy to take Zhang Shu away.

Fan Cheng returned from the festival, although he did not want to return to the imperial mausoleum, Jin agreed to return the coffin of Zhao Huan of Qinzong, about the acceptance ceremony, Jin also made concessions, agreed to be accepted by the prime minister, but must first kneel to the north to salute, it can be said that although the goal was not achieved, but there was something to gain, and won dignity for the Song Dynasty. After returning to China, he was named a scholar in the middle school, and later became a governor of political affairs. Because of Xiaozong's use of his relative Zhang, Fan Chengda refused to write a book, dismissed the official and left the court, and two months later, on the grounds of old age and infirmity, he asked to return to his hometown to recuperate.

Fan Zuliang knew that in fact, his father's health was a little sick, but it was not to the point where he could not participate in the political council, mainly because he was disgusted with the muddled and pretentious officialdom.

After becoming an adult, his father didn't communicate much with him, but there was never that day, and those words, Fan Zuliang will never forget.