Zhao Mengfu was very clever when he was young. He can recite it at a glance when reading, and he can finish an article at once when he picks up a pen. At the age of fourteen, relying on his father's shadow as an alternate official, he passed the civil service law examination of the official department and was transferred to Zhou Zhen to join the army. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu stayed at home and worked harder to increase his knowledge. In the 23rd year of Yuan Dynasty, Cheng Jufu, an imperial envoy, went to the south of the Yangtze River by imperial edict to collect talents from past dynasties. When he found Zhao Mengfu, he was taken to court. Zhao Mengfu is brilliant and radiant, just like a character among fairies. I was very happy to see it, and ordered him to sit with you, Li. Yuan Shizu was told that Zhao Mengfu was a descendant of the imperial clan of the Song Dynasty, so it was not convenient for him to appear beside the emperor, and sai-jo refused to listen. At that time, Shangshu Province had just been established, and sai-jo ordered Zhao Mengfu to write cursive script. Sai-jo said happily after reading it, "(Zhao Mengfu's imperial edict) is exactly what I want to say." The imperial edict summoned hundreds of officials to discuss the laws and regulations of the Ministry of Justice. Ministers want to execute those whose money reaches 200 yuan. Zhao Mengfu said: "At the beginning of printing money, it should be based on silver, so that the virtual (money) and the real (money) complement each other. Now, in the past twenty years, the exchange rate between paper money and silver has doubled (compared with the beginning). Therefore, it seems too heavy to replace the banknotes in the central system with renminbi banknotes, and in another 20 years, renminbi banknotes will definitely be the same as those in the central system, so it is too heavy for people to use banknotes as a unit to measure crime. Since ancient times, rice and silk, two necessities of people's livelihood, have been called twenty. Compared with these two things, silver and paper money are called two Xu. The value of these four things, that is, when they rise and fall, will not be too far apart after all. Therefore, it is most appropriate to measure the stolen money in silk. What's more, paper money was originally made in the Song Dynasty and implemented at the border. The attack of the Jin people was forced. Now (the minister) wants to use banknotes as the basis for sentencing people to death. It seems that it is not worth adopting. " Some people, because Zhao Mengfu is young, just came from the south (also referring to the former Southern Song Dynasty) and laughed at the inconvenience of the country. They were very angry. They accused Zhao Mengfu, saying, "Now the imperial court carries out yuan notes, so the offenders are convicted according to the amount of stolen money. You don't think this is right. Do you want to stop the use of dollar bills? " Zhao Mengfu said: "Law is related to human life. If the sentence was lighter, that person would not be sentenced to death. I was ordered to take part in the discussion and dare not say what I thought. Now the central bank's paper money has depreciated and replaced it with RMB paper money. If you think that the RMB hasn't depreciated, it's too far off the mark! You don't take reason as the criterion, but you want to use power to suppress others. Is that all right? " The man's face has a color of shame. Sai-jo wanted to reuse Zhao Mengfu at first, but all the ministers who talked about it criticized him. In June 24, sai-jo named Zhao Mengfu as a doctor of the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War is in charge of all the post stations in the world. At that time, the food expenses of the messengers in the post station were dozens of times higher than before. The postman had no supply, so he had to extort money from the people, and the people could not bear this disturbance. Zhao Mengfu implored Zhongshu Province to increase the funds for the post office. The issue of Zhiyuan banknotes was sluggish and impassable. The court ordered the minister and Zhao Mengfu to fly to the south of the Yangtze River, and interrogated the provincial prime minister for contempt of laws. Officials from all walks of life were directly flogged. Zhao Mengfu was taken away and came back without whipping anyone. Prime Minister Sanger reprimanded him for this.
At that time, there was a minister named Wang Huchen who bluntly said that Zhao Quan, the manager of Pingjiang Road, was not law-abiding. The court immediately ordered Wang Huchen to inspect Pingjiang Road. Ye Li said it was inappropriate to send Wang Huchen, but the emperor didn't listen. Zhao Mengfu urged, "Zhao Quan should be questioned, but when Wang Huchen was in charge of this county, he repeatedly bought other people's fields by force, conniving at his guests to make profits by cunning. Zhao Quan quarreled with him several times, and Wang Huchen hated him. Now Wang Huchen is going to Pingjiang Road, and it is bound to frame Zhao Quan. Even if Zhao Quan broke the law is a fact, the person who interrogated him (Wang Huchen) can't help but doubt it. " As soon as the emperor woke up, he sent someone else as an envoy. When the bell just struck, Sanger was sitting in the office of Zhongshu Province, and six officials of Cao were whipped for being late. Zhao Mengfu was unexpectedly late, and the judge took Zhao Mengfu to be flogged. Zhao Mengfu complained to the governor, You Cheng Ye Li, and said, "Since ancient times, doctors have been unpunished to accumulate their sense of shame and teach them the journey of chastity. Besides, insulting the literati is also insulting the court. " Sanger immediately went to comfort Zhao Mengfu. From then on, only people with official positions below Cao Li can be whipped. One day, Zhao Mengfu passed the East Emperor Wall, and Zhao Mengfu's horse fell into the river because of the bad road. When Sanger knew it, he explained to the emperor that the imperial wall moved westward and built more than twenty feet. The emperor heard that Zhao Mengfu had been poor and gave him fifty dollars.
Twenty-seven years, Zhao Mengfu was promoted to Jixian straight bachelor. There was an earthquake this year, especially in Beijing. The earth sank, and black sand and mud gushed out from it, killing hundreds of thousands of people. The emperor was deeply worried about this. At that time, the emperor stationed in Longhutai, ordered Allahansari to fly home, and summoned officials from Jixian and Hanlin to ask about the cause of the disaster. The ministers are all afraid of Sanger. They only vaguely quoted the Book of Changes, the Book of Changes and the five elements of disasters, and took measures to save individuals and deal with sudden changes. At that time, they dared not talk about politics. Before Sanger sent Xindu and Ji Wang to clean up and calculate the world's money and grain, he had collected millions and confiscated tens of millions. The harm to the people is extremely serious, people are in dire straits and people commit suicide one after another. When the imperial court learned that someone had escaped into the forest, it sent troops to arrest him, and ministers did not dare to obstruct Sanger's decision. Zhao Mengfu and Allahansari have a very good relationship. They wrote to suggest that the emperor grant amnesty to the whole world and write off their crimes, which may eliminate natural disasters. Allahan Sari played what Zhao Mengfu said to the emperor, and the emperor obeyed. As soon as the imperial edict was written, Sanger said angrily, this must not be the emperor's idea. Zhao Mengfu said: "Where is the money, the owner will die or escape, where is the money?" ? If we don't get rid of it in time now, we can talk about it in the future. If we use the mouth that lost tens of millions of money to accuse Shangshu Province, wouldn't it be too much trouble for the Prime Minister! "Sanger realized this, and people were able to recuperate at this time.
The emperor once asked Zhao Mengfu about the advantages and disadvantages of Ye Li and Liu. Zhao Mengfu replied, "Liu is my father's friend. This person is honest, confident, good at planning and judging, and has the quality of a minister; I have read all the books that Ye Li has read, and I know what he knows and can do it. " The emperor said, "Do you think Liu is more talented than Ye Li? Liu was the top scholar in the Song Dynasty, and when he became prime minister, Liu buttered up Jia Sidao, delaying the demise of his country. Ye Li is just a commoner, but he also writes frankly, so he is more talented than Liu. Because Liu is your father's friend, you dare not scold him for his mistakes. You can write poems to ridicule him. " In Zhao Mengfu's poem (written for this purpose), there is a saying that "the past is a cinch, loyalty and righteousness are reported to the emperor directly", and the emperor lamented and appreciated it. After retiring, Zhao Mengfu said to Feng Yuche, "The emperor criticized Jia Sidao for delaying the country and blamed Liu for not daring to remonstrate. Now Sanger's crime is greater than Jia Sidao's, but we dare not remonstrate. What will be used to shirk reprimand in the future! However, our alienated ministers will not listen. None of the courtiers who have read books, know justice, are generous and honest, and are trusted by the emperor can surpass you. It is a matter of benevolence and righteousness to hurt one's own life and eliminate rape for thousands of families. You must try your best to do it! " Soon, Cherie came to the emperor and told the story of Sanger's crime. The emperor was furious and ordered the guards to slap Cherie on the cheek, and the blood flowed, and he collapsed to the ground. Soon, the emperor ordered the hostages to ask him again, and Cherie's answer was the same as before. At this time, other ministers also spoke in succession to impeach Sanger, so the emperor killed Sanger and dismissed Shangshu Province. Most ministers in this province were dismissed for crimes.
The emperor wanted Zhao Mengfu to participate in discussing the politics of Zhongshu Province, but Zhao Mengfu refused. At that time, it was decreed that Zhao Mengfu could enter and leave the palace gate without being prohibited. Every time Zhao Mengfu appeared in front of the audience, he would talk calmly about the art of governing the country, which inspired the emperor deeply. The emperor asked, "Are you the grandson of Song Zhao Taizong or the grandson of Taizong?" Zhao Mengfu replied, "The bedroom is Mao's eleventh grandson." The emperor said, "Do you know Song Taizu?" Zhao Mengfu argued that he didn't know. The emperor said, "I know there are many things that Song Taizu can learn from." Zhao Mengfu estimated that he must be afraid of being around the emperor for a long time, so he tried his best to apply for being an official. Twenty-nine years, Ren Tongzhi, in charge of Jinan Road. At that time, there was a lack of a general manager, and Zhao Mengfu was in charge of the affairs of a government alone, keeping officials clean. There was a man named Yuan Tyre who served in the saltworks. He couldn't stand the hardships and ran away. His father found someone else's body, so he falsely accused the people who served with him of killing Yuan Zaier. Zhao Mengfu suspected that there was a grudge and left the case unresolved. After a month, Yuan Xier came back by himself, and Zhao Mengfu was regarded as a god in the county. Lianlian visited Siwei Hara Hassan, who has always been harsh and tyrannical, because Zhao Mengfu couldn't obey his wishes, picked on him and framed him. It happened that the court revised the Records of the Sai-jo and ordered Zhao Mengfu to return to Beijing, so the matter was solved. After a long time, Zhao Mengfu was promoted to manage Fenzhou, but did not take office. An imperial edict ordered him to write Tibetan classics in gold. After the completion, he was recommended by Confucianism in Jixian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and was promoted to Taizhou magistrate, but he did not take office.
In his junior year, Zhao Mengfu was called to the capital. As a bachelor of Hanlin, he wrote the article "Sacrifice to the Southern Suburb" with other bachelors. When the name of the temple was drawn up, he disagreed with others and left. When Injong was the Prince of the Eastern Palace, he heard a lot about Zhao Mengfu's reputation. After he acceded to the throne, he was appointed as a bachelor in Jixian County and a doctor in Zhongfeng. In the first year of Yanchou, he served as a bachelor of Hanlin and was promoted to a bachelor of Jixian and a doctor of Zide. For three years, he served as a bachelor of Hanlin and a doctor of Rong Lu. The emperor was very kind to him and called him by his first name, not by his first name. The emperor once talked with courtiers about literature and compared Zhao Mengfu to Li Bai in Tang Dynasty and Su Shi in Song Dynasty. He once said that Zhao Mengfu's pure character, extensive reading, superb calligraphy and painting, and deep understanding of the essence of Buddhism and Taoism are unmatched by others. Some people were very unhappy and alienated the emperor and Zhao Mengfu. At first, the emperor didn't seem to hear. Others write records of national history that are not good for Zhao Mengfu. The emperor only said, "Zhao Ziang was promoted by the sai-jo emperor. Out of courtesy, I gave him special treatment and put him in a pavilion. Historians' account of this will definitely make me a celebrity in later generations. What are you talking about? " Then he gave him 500-ingot banknotes and said to the courtiers, "China always said that the country's financial resources are insufficient, and I will definitely not give it to him. I'd better give him the money stored in Puqing Temple. " Zhao Mengfu didn't enter the palace for several months. The emperor asked about it and said that he was afraid of the cold in his later years. The emperor ordered the court to give him mink fur.
At the beginning, Zhao Mengfu started as an assistant minister of the Ministry of War on the recommendation of Cheng Jufu. When Cheng Jufu asked to resign, Zhao Mengfu took his place, went to see him first, and then went to the hospital. At that time, everyone regarded this as a major event. In six years, Zhao Mengfu requested to return to the south, and the emperor sent messengers to give him clothes and coins, urging him to return to the court quickly. Zhao Mengfu didn't start at once because of illness. In his first year in Zhi Zhi, the English Sect sent him the Book of Filial Piety. Two years, give him wine and two clothes. Zhao Mengfu died in June this year at the age of 69. The court named him Duke Wei and posthumous title Wenmin.
Zhao Mengfu's books, including Notes on Shangshu, Notes on Qinyuan and Notes on Leyuan, all have the beauty of secrecy. His poems are elegant and profound, and everyone who has read them has the idea of floating out of the world. Seal cutting, brush, calligraphy, calligraphy, truth, calligraphy and cursive script are outstanding in ancient and modern times, so they are spread in the world in the name of calligraphy. A monk from Tianzhu, not far from Wan Li, brought his calligraphy back to China, and all middle schools regarded it as a treasure. The landscapes, wood and stones, flowers, bamboo and horses painted by Zhao Mengfu are particularly exquisite. Yang Zai, a former historian, said that Zhao Mengfu's talent was largely concealed by calligraphy and painting. Those who know his paintings and calligraphy don't know his articles, and those who know his articles don't know his economic skills. Everyone takes this as the correct statement.
Well, I found it online. I can't translate it myself, but I hope I can adopt it.