Li Shen, who wrote "Who knows every meal is hard", turned out to be a corrupt official?

In fact, Li Shen did eventually become a corrupt official who abused his power and endangered the people. When you become an official, you have great power and desire, and you become greedy and out of control.

Li Shen

"Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard?" We often hear this poem, but we don't necessarily know its creator, Li Shen. Li Shen was born in an official family and wrote such a poem, which made people cherish food and sympathize with farmers. In the eyes of many people, a poet should be an upright and honest person. But beyond many people's imagination, he is a famous corrupt official in some real chronicles.

Speaking of this poem, we have to talk about its creative background. This poem comes from the well-known "compassion for farmers" and is a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. I met my friend Li on the rice viewing platform and watched the farmers working hard in the fields. They felt something in their hearts and announced it in their mouths.

Farmers' farming

This poem was written in the east of Bozhou. At that time, after they set foot on the observation deck, Li looked far away and was very moved. He improvised a poem. The last two sentences of the poem are "How did you move in and out for thousands of miles?" The meaning of this poem is that if only promotion was as simple as on stage. When Li Shen saw the busy farmers in the field, he felt that he was sweating profusely, plowing the crops hard, and his heart was about to gush out, which made it convenient for him to recite two poems of "Compassion for Farmers" that have been passed down through the ages.

Farmers water crops.

In Li's eyes, these two poems became court satires. Li entered the palace to visit the holy family, and slandered for fame and fortune, but the result was. Shen Lijin entered the emperor's sight and became a red man in the imperial court. After Li Shen stepped into the officialdom, his pure heart has been corroded by fame and fortune.

After living in the court, Shen Li's historical facts and legendary records are all flogging words. For example, if you go your own way and kill others, you will use other people's lives to pave the way for your political future. What's more, Shen Li keeps a private prostitute at home. This is not a legend, but a historical record. When he was an official, Li Shen was extremely cruel to the people, and all the people under his jurisdiction were afraid. Even many people fled abroad across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River.

When Li Shen was an official, he had a banquet with the ministers of the DPRK.

The most unpredictable thing in the world is the human heart. There are too many temptations in the outside world, and only those who keep their original heart can resist the temptation; People who lose their sincerity will be swallowed up by greed and become "unrecognizable".