However, it is said that Zhang Tang is a native of Duling, and he has been a kind of official since he was a child. His father was Chang'an Cheng, and he went out one day to guard the house, and Zhang Tang was young and playful, so he didn't have time to pay attention to family affairs.

When his father came back and checked the situation in the house, he found that the meat hidden in the kitchen was eaten by rats. His father was furious and beat Zhang Tang. Zhang Tang was beaten, thinking that he was harmed by rats, and he was unwilling to seek revenge from rats.

The next day, when his father went out, Zhang Tang closed the door of the room, dug open the rat's hole, and sure enough, he caught a rat and found leftover meat. Zhang Tang was overjoyed, thinking that it was very interesting for my father to try cases and execute criminals on weekdays, and I caught this rat today, just to imitate my father, not only to vent my anger, but also to have fun. So he tied up the rat as a prisoner and became a criminal officer to sit in court to try the case. Lifting the rat and taking out the remaining meat, he asked, "Has this meat been stolen by you?" The rat was just chirping, and Zhang Tang Ben refused to confess, so he drank the order and took the torture, but he used a small stick to knock the rat indiscriminately. The rat was beaten and jumped and screamed. Zhang Tang thought that he had confessed, so he recorded a confession and prepared a sentence to be sentenced to death in accordance with the law. He also pretended to report the case to the imperial court, obtained approval, and the case was decided, and then the rat was put to death in the court, which was regarded as an execution to end the case.

Zhang Tang was playing a game, just when his father came back and asked him what he was doing? Zhang Tang told him about it, and his father asked for Zhang Tang's judgment and read it, and was greatly surprised. It turns out that this sentence is very precise, like an old prison officer, and I have never taught him, so how can he learn it, I think he was born with talent. Since this is the case, he is simply made to be a criminal officer in the future. Since then, his father has handled all the cases and judgments by himself, and handed them over to Zhang Tang to write and practice. Zhang Tang is familiar with the prison day. After his father's death, Zhang Tangchu was a prison official in Chang'an, and he accepted other people's property. He also made friends with Tian Jia, a wealthy businessman in Chang'an, and Uncle Yu Weng, and exchanged money with each other.

At that time, it was in the last years of Emperor Jing, and Empress Wang's mother's brother Tian Sheng committed a crime and was imprisoned in Chang'an. Zhang Tang secretly thought that this person was the queen's brother, and the prince would be the uncle of the country when he ascended the throne in the future, so he took advantage of this time to burn the cold stove first and form a friendship. So he leaned over to take care of Tian Sheng, instructed the jailer to take care of it, and tried to lenient the case committed. Sure enough, soon Emperor Wu ascended the throne, Tian Sheng was released from prison and named Marquis of Zhouyang, and he was very grateful to Zhang Tang in his heart, and led him to meet the nobles in the court. It happened that Ning Cheng was moved from lieutenant to internal history, and Zhang Tang was his subordinate official, who was very appreciated, and recommended him to Prime Minister Wei Juan, who transferred him to Maoling Lieutenant. He Tian Wei worshiped the prime minister, took Zhang Tang as the prime minister's history, and recommended the imperial history. Since the incident of Empress Chen's witch incident, Emperor Wu sent it to Zhang Tang for trial, and Zhang Tang investigated the party members exhaustively, and more than 300 people died. Emperor Wu took Tang as his ability and promoted him to the Taizhong doctor, and ordered him to make laws and orders with Zhao Yu. The two have the same opinion and are familiar with each other at first sight.

Zhao Yu is older, and Zhang Tang is a brother. The laws and regulations are harsh. It is also the law of seeing and knowing that others are violating the law, and if an official sees that another person has violated the law, he will not immediately come forward to denounce it, but he will do it for the sake of doing it, and he will be guilty of the same crime as the offender.

After Li Cai's death, Zhang Tang was full of hope that he would be promoted to the phase, but Emperor Wu did not make him the prime minister, and ordered the crown prince and young master Zhuang Qingzhai to succeed Li Cai. Zhang Tang was reluctant to accept Zhuang Qingzhai because of Zhuang Qingzhai and did not give in, so he had a suspicion with Zhuang Qingzhai and wanted to try to frame him, but because he had no choice but to do it for a while, he waited patiently.

However, it was said that in the area of Chu, profiteers privately minted copper coins, and Emperor Wu specially summoned the old history Ji Huang to enter the court, worship Huaiyang Taishou, so that the people of Chu could not be resigned, but entered the Emperor Wu and said: "The minister has decayed, and he thinks that he will fill the ravine, and he can no longer see His Majesty. The minister is sick and unbearable to serve as a county magistrate, and he is willing to beg for a lieutenant, go in and out of the forbidden city to make up for the legacy, or have to be loyal in case. Emperor Wu smiled and said, "I will soon be the king." Now because the officials and people in Huaiyang are not at peace, they borrow the name of the monarch to go to the prison. Ji Di had no choice but to obey the order, and Xie Bei went out of the court. When a group of old friends came to eat, they couldn't draw away the darkness and whirlwind. Seeing the arrival of the big luggage, I didn't feel that I was touching a matter of heart, but because of the inconvenience of the public here. After Li Xi went, he went to his house to pay homage, and said: "The emperor was moved to other counties, and he was not allowed to pre-discuss the government, but he thought of the imperial historian Zhang Tang, who was treacherous and deceived the king, and coerced the thieves to form a party and form a party outside, and the public was ranked in the ninth secretary. "Li Xiben is an ambiguous figure, how dare he come forward to impeach Tang? However, on the surface, I am happy to admit it, and it is perfunctory to say that I have learned. He resigned and went to take office. Li Xi never dared to speak, but Zhang Tang took power and slumped the momentum, and he had the momentum that those who follow me will live, and those who oppose me will die.

Li Wen in the imperial history, and Zhang Tangxiang have a suspicion, Li Wen is now the official in the imperial history, often in the palace Lantai, in charge of the clerk, impeachment of lawlessness. Just because he complained about Zhang Tang, when there was something official that could hurt Zhang Tang, Li Wen tried his best to be picky and did not leave any room for Zhang Tang. Zhang Tang hated him because of this, and was trying to calculate and harm him, but Zhang Tang loved the official Lu Yuju and did not wait for Zhang Tang's instructions, and even made people write a letter and falsely accuse Li Wen of many treachery. Emperor Wu sent the original book to Zhang Tang for questioning, and Zhang Tang referred Li Wen to interrogation and tortured him to extract a confession. Zhang Tang recorded his confession and repeated Emperor Wu, saying that everything he had told was true, and Li Wen should be sentenced to death. Approved by Emperor Wu. Within a few days, Li Wen took his life. Zhang Tang was proud, but Emperor Wu suddenly remembered the case, thinking that since Li Wen's crime was true, the person who reported it might as well give his own name, so why bother to write anonymously? The plot is suspicious. He summoned Zhang Tang and asked: "Li Wen is changing, who is telling him?" The name is not in the original book, have you ever found out? Zhang Tang was secretly taken aback by the question, although he knew that it was the government official Lu Yuju who reported Li Wen, but it was inconvenient to tell the truth at this time, so he had to pretend to be suspicious, and only replied after a while: "This should be because Li Wen's old man has a grudge with Wen, so he reported the hidden feelings." Emperor Wu was silent when he heard this. Zhang Tang went out and returned to the house, and was about to summon him to talk with him secretly, but left and right reported that he was sick and could not come in. Zhang Tang hurriedly went to inquire in person, and saw Yuju lying on the couch, saying that his feet were in pain. Zhang Tang Qishu saw that his feet were red and swollen. Zhang Tang saw that he was seriously ill and had no one to serve, so he didn't care, so he stroked his feet for him himself. Readers try to imagine that Zhang Tang and Lu Yuju are not relatives, and it is really strange that a third prince actually descended to serve the illness of a small official. Helplessly, Lu Yuju couldn't stand it, and after ten months, he gave up his life. He has no children, only one brother lives in Chang'an, and there is no savings at home. Suddenly, from Zhao Guozuo's book, it was said that Zhang Tang, as a minister, actually rubbed his feet for the government official Lu Yu's relatives, if it was not a big traitor, how could he be so ruthless, and he should be strictly investigated. This letter is famous for Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao. Liu Pengzu is insidious and unpredictable. He is the brother of Emperor Wu, and since Emperor Jing was entitled, he has been in the country for a long time. In the past, the master father Yan was also impeached by him and ambushed.

It turned out that most of the people of Zhao were engaged in smelting cast iron, and Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao, took this opportunity to draw a large amount of income. Since Zhang Tang suggested that iron tools should be monopolized by officials, iron officials were set up in various places to prohibit people from privately casting. King Zhao lost this benefit, and was unwilling in his heart, so he used the excuse to argue with the iron official. The matter was handled by Zhang Tang, and Zhang Tang favored the iron official, judging that King Zhao was unreasonable. King Zhao was furious in his heart. Zhang Tang also asked Lu Yuju to investigate and deal with King Zhao, and King Zhao also complained about Lu Yuju, so he secretly sent his confidants to secretly investigate Zhang Tang's evil. The person who came was ordered to Chang'an, and reconnoitred Zhang Tang's actions all day long, but it happened that Lu Yuju was sick, Zhang Tang rubbed his feet for him, and the detective heard about it, and reported it to Liu Pengzu. Liu Pengzu took advantage of the gap to play, and corrected the words strictly. Emperor Wu was involved in Zhang Tang, and it was inconvenient for him to make the soup and smell, so he sent the book to Tingwei. The court lieutenant took his brother to the court. The younger brother refused to confess, and the case was unresolved for a while, but there were many sinners at that time, and the prisoners were full, so the younger brother was detained and detained. One day, Zhang Tang was handling other cases and went to the guide to see his brother. Brother Yu hurriedly shouted for help. Zhang Tang felt pity and wanted to try to get out for him, but because he was now accused of being suspected by King Zhao, it was inconvenient to show his traces in front of everyone, so he had to pretend that he didn't know how to go with his head held high. The younger brother of the house was innocently tied up because of his brother's involvement, and he was filled with indignation, and he hoped that Zhang Tang would help to relieve him. Now that he saw Zhang Tang, he wanted to come forward to complain, but Zhang Tang walked away, like a stranger. He is a rough person, how can he pay attention to Zhang Tang's deep meaning, he thought that Zhang Tang wiped his face ruthlessly, and he was very hateful, even if he was in the book, it was said that Zhang Tang had conspired with Lu Yuju to frame Li Wen.

What's wrong with the fact that people are willing to help him? Framing Li Wenshi is big! Emperor Wu was suspected of Li Wen's case, and when he saw this book, he ordered the imperial history to be investigated and investigated.

Since he was recommended by Wei Qing as a stableman, he has made great achievements. Emperor Wu was promoted to the middle of the imperial history, and ordered him to help Zhang Tangxun handle the counter-case of the master father Yan and Huainan, and he framed countless people to death. On that day, a group of cool officials praised him for daring to solve the case. This time, he was ordered to investigate Zhang Tang, and he secretly rejoiced. It turned out that Jian Xuan also had a grudge with Zhang Tang, and now that it is in his hands, how can he let it go easily? It is good to teach Zhang Tang to die for his crimes.

The investigation of Zhang Tang and Lu Yuju's framing of Li Wen is conclusive, and it has not yet been repeated. Who knows that a wave of unevenness and a wave of resurgence. At this time, Prime Minister Li Cai committed suicide in prison, and Emperor Wu worshiped Zhuang Qingzhai as prime minister. One day, it was reported that someone had stolen the money buried in Emperor Xiaowen's garden, and Zhuang Qingzhai asked Zhang Tangtong to apologize to Emperor Wu, and Zhang Tang promised. When he arrived in front of Emperor Wu, Zhuang Qingzhai stepped forward to kowtow and apologize. Zhang Tang stood still. When Emperor Wu saw it, he immediately ordered the imperial history to investigate the case. Zhang Tang wanted to take advantage of this to frame Zhuang Qingzhai and take away his position. The official tried to imagine that Zhang Tang was being investigated, and he didn't know how to be extra cautious; On the contrary, it is extremely bold to try to harm people.

Zhang Tang is a doctor of imperial history, all imperial histories belong to the system, Zhang Tang said that the prime minister knows that the thief is not able to raise it, and he should sit down and see the crime of knowing the reason. Zhang Tang thought that Zhuang Qingzhai was exempt from sin, and of course he had to take his place. Who knew that someone was in a hurry to report to Zhuang Qingzhai. Zhuang Qingzhai was very worried after hearing this, so he secretly discussed with Changshi. Changshi Zhu Maichen, Shou Changshi Dynasty, and Bian Tong were furious when they heard this, and they all offered advice to Zhuang Qingzhai.

It turned out that Zhu Maichen and Yan Zhu were both servants, and they were noble and useful. At that time, Zhang Tangfang was a small official, and he listened to his orders before leaving the buyers. Later, the buyer lost his official position due to an accident, and he was reinstated as the prime minister. Zhang Tang has become a royal doctor, and Emperor Wu is very pampered. Whenever the prime minister is vacant or on leave, Zhang Tang is often ordered to act as the prime minister. Zhu Maichen saw that Zhang Tang was actually his chief, although he was not convinced, he had to bow his head and endure it. However, whenever Zhang Tang saw Zhu Maichen coming, he sat on the bed and refused to be polite. The buyer hated Zhang Tang deeply. The dynasty and Bian Tong used to have official positions above Zhang Tang, the dynasty used to be the right internal history, and Bian Tong was the prime minister of Jinan, and now he is derelict in his duties to do the prime minister's long history, and Zhang Tang also treats them as Zhu Maichen.

So the three of them thought about it, and said to Zhuang Qingzhai together: "Zhang Tang promised to apologize with you, but later dared to break the contract. Now he will impeach the king, and he intends to take the throne of the king. We have known for a long time that Zhang Tang has been secretly evil, and the matter has come to this point, so it is better to strike first. Zhuang Qingzhai nodded in agreement.

Zhu Maichen and others then arrested Tian Xin and other businessmen and ordered Zhang Tang to be proved guilty, saying that he had engaged in personal fraud and that the case was of great importance. At this time, Emperor Wu was furious and sent envoys to ask Zhang Tang, but Zhang Tang denied it and did not admit it. Emperor Wu even ordered Zhao Yu, the court commander, to ask Tang Jie, but Zhang Tang was still unconvinced. Jian Xuan sneered: "You don't know the weight! Imagine how many people have been killed since Jun was released from prison? Extermination? Jinjun was criticized, and everything is well-founded. You might as well make your own decisions and save your family! Zhang Tang knew that he couldn't avoid it, so he took the sword and waved it in his hand, and the throat was immediately killed.

Zhang Tang is dead, and his mother, brothers, nephews and nephews are gathering grief, and they want to bury Zhang Tang. Zhang Tang has no money to spare, and his family property is only 500 gold, all of which are gifts, and there is nothing else left. Tang's mother instructed her family: "Zhang Tang, as a minister, committed suicide by being badly spoken, so what kind of burial should he use?" "The family is hastily buried in a coffin, and the coffin is not buried in an ox cart, and there is no coffin outside the coffin. The family is fortunate to be preserved. When Emperor Wu heard that Tang had no money to spare, Tang's mother forbade a generous burial, and Yijia sighed: "If it weren't for this mother, she wouldn't give birth to this son!" Later generations have a poem that sighs:

The origin of heaven is good life,

After all, killing is less fair,

Try to see how many cool officials are killed,

Only then can the sky be balanced.