Anecdotes of Han Yun, Prime Minister of Tang Dynasty and His Representative Poets

Han Yun, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was born in 723 AD, the son of Prince Shao Shi Han Xiu, and his name was Taichong, a native of Chang 'an. Han Yun not only occupies an important position in the political history of Tang Dynasty, but also is an indispensable famous figure in the history of painting. Han Yun was a famous painter in Tang Dynasty, and his paintings were treasured by later generations. Although most of them have been lost, The Picture of Five Cows has been handed down to this day and is still called one of the top ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation in China.

Because of the achievements of his ancestors, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Han Yun worked as an official in one office, and later entered the imperial court as an imperial envoy, and moved to Shangshuyou. He served as an assistant minister in the Ministry of the Interior for six years and was awarded various wealth taxes together with Ada. Fourteen years, Han Yun as Jinzhou secretariat.

At that time, the situation was unstable and mutinies and mutinies occurred from time to time. Han Yun participated in the fight to quell the rebellion in the buffer region, so he was trusted by the imperial court. In the first year of Zhenyuan, he cooperated with Pingzhang and Jianghuai, and the following year he was named Duke Jin.

Han Yun is an honest official and is not afraid of power. When Han Hao was in the official department, thieves killed Dang Wei, the magistrate of Fuping County. The magistrate caught the prisoner, only to find that the prisoner was an imperial army belonging to the northern army. Yu Chaoen, the supervisor, intervened, and Tang Daizong also issued a pardon order. Other officials decided to release the man. However, Han Yun disagreed. He insisted on sentencing the prisoner according to law so that he could get the punishment he deserved. He insisted on fighting and refuting, and finally the prisoner was successfully brought to justice.

At first, when Han Yun and Ada shared wealth and taxes, they were famous for their strictness. Under his harsh governance, the national treasury was full, and officials dared not die for him. But he was so strict that many people were very dissatisfied with him later.

Han Lian was not only harsh, but also grumpy, so he was reused by Tang Dezong in the position of prime minister, so that he monopolized the power, and other prime ministers were only auxiliary. Even Han Yun's hand-picked prime minister, Liu Hun, accused him: Mr. "Xianggong" was dismissed because he was narrow-minded and critical, and now you have made it worse. How can you torture officials or even kill people in a place where you listen to politics! Self-esteem, abuse of power, this is what people should do! Fortunately, Han Yun is very wise. After Liu Hun pointed out his shortcomings, he began to pay more attention to it.

It is said that once an official came to see him and was whipped by an angry Han Lian because he didn't arrive on time. The man pleaded, I still belong, so I can't come on time and ask for forgiveness. Han Yun said angrily, "You work for the Prime Minister. Who else is responsible? " The official replied, I am still in charge of the underworld.

Han Yun thought this man was lying to him, so he said, since the underworld is in charge, what do you care? The man replied, I am in charge of the diet of officials above level 3, so Han Yun asked the man to write down what he would eat tomorrow, and then locked him up.

The next day, the emperor summoned Koryo and met an official who delivered food to the emperor. Because of the reuse of the emperor, South Korea got one of the cakes as a reward. Han Lian ate it and it was delicious. But when I got home after eating, I felt unbearable abdominal pain, so I ordered a doctor. The doctor said that he ate too much and couldn't digest well, so he was asked to drink a small amount of orange peel soup. Han Yun did it one by one, and that night he drank porridge according to the doctor's instructions.

After dawn, Han Da remembered the painting that the man said the day before yesterday and ordered it to be sent up. When I opened the paper written by that man, I was surprised to find that it was exactly the same as what he ate yesterday. The man went on to say: for officials above the third level, their diet is arranged every day; Officials with more than five titles and positions of power are scheduled for 10/month 1 day; Six to nine officials, arranged once a quarter; If ordinary people can't get paid,