My parents taught us to save food with "compassion for farmers" since childhood, and I often saw these poems when I was a child. I always feel that this must be a person who cares about the country and the people and can sympathize with the people's sufferings. Even the canteens in many places hang such slogans. Remind people to save food.
Of course, there is no denying that Shen Li is really talented academically. He was easily admitted to Jinshi and finally became prime minister. But perhaps, like most people, after he became prime minister, he gained more and more rights and basically became a person who only knew pleasure. It can be said that Li Shen is a gourmet.
For example, when he was an official, he was very harsh on politics, because many villagers had no food and had to flee their hometown. It stands to reason that Li Shen, as an official, should put people's sufferings first and treat them as treasures in his own hands, but he called the people under his rule wheat, the people who fled as chaff, and the people who left behind as full wheat. It can be said that it is quite cruel and does not treat one's own people as human beings. Although he has achieved the position of prime minister, his character is not equal to the character that this position should have.
Moreover, after he made a fortune, he was very unreasonable to his friends. Shen Li had a good relationship with Ethan before he became rich. He called Li Yuan his uncle, but after Li Shen made a fortune, he asked Li Yuan to call himself his grandson. Although he was Li Yuan, he claimed to be Li Shen's grandson, but Li Shen didn't refuse. Moreover, it is precisely because of his exquisite food that he can be said to be extremely luxurious. According to historical records, he likes to eat chicken tongue, and he eats a plate of chicken tongue every meal. After all, chickens have only one tongue. It can be said that it is wasted.
When I was poor, it was difficult to write every grain, but when I got rich, I was so extravagant that I wasted food. It's embarrassing. Of course, it's not over. When Huainan Road came to power in his town (now Yangzhou), Li Shen was harsh. At that time, students had to take the imperial examination by boat, but often the boatman wanted to raise some money at this time. After all, most candidates are in a hurry, and it doesn't matter if they raise any money. But this time they met Li Shen, probably because Shen Li was bullied by these boatmen in those years. It happens that the new account and the old account have just been counted together. The boatmen didn't expect that this price increase would throw their lives into the Yangtze River for no apparent reason. Even if you sit on the ground, you don't need to use human life to compensate. From then on, I also saw Li Shen's fierce personality.
Although there are many stubborn deeds in Li Shen's later period, although eating chicken tongue can't be verified, Liu Yuxi once wrote a poem which means that Li Shen is used to things, but Liu Yuxi doesn't like it. This is about Li Shen. He is no longer Li Shen, and he is no longer a good youth of the poor people. Besides, Shen Li collects clams in winter to satisfy his appetite, which is no different from catching them in water in winter. His people say that our life is also life, and Li Shen is ashamed to give it up.
Shen Li later framed Wu Xiang, the county commandant of Jiangdu, Yangzhou, and found a reason to kill him. It can be said that Li Shen was a cruel man after he made his fortune. Although his poems can be close to nature and have social characteristics, they can reflect the social reality through a few lines, and the selection of classics can only give people an immersive feeling and hide the connotation in their own poems. It can be said that Li Shen's most brilliant moment was before he made his fortune, but compared with before, there is a world of difference.
It can be said that Li Shen was misunderstood by most people. Most people probably understand him because of the influence of this poem, and think that he is a good official who can sympathize with the people's feelings and enjoy the people. But in fact, in history, he treated people like fish and didn't regard them as his parents. It can be said that he is a two-faced man with serious polarization. But it also gives us an opportunity to educate children from the side, not only to save, but also to be kind.