Hou Meng

Hou Meng

Hou Meng (1054-1121), with the character Yuangong, was born in Gaomi (now Shandong) of Mizhou. He was the Minister of the Ministry of household in the Chongning period of Huizong in the Northern Song Dynasty and was posthumously named wenmu.

Life of the characters

Hou Meng (1054-1121) was born in Gaomi, Mizhou (now Shandong). Jinshi and, transferred Baoji Wei, Zhibai County, moved to Xiangyi. He was promoted to supervise the censor and served in the palace. During the reign of Chongning Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he discussed ten issues, moved to serve the censor and changed the Secretary of the Ministry of household. In the fourth year of Daguan period, he was appointed to minister Zuo Cheng, except for knowing the affairs of Privy Council (Volume 1 and 2 of Chronicles of song Zaifu). In the sixth year of Zhenghe, he was the Minister of Zhongshu. In October of the next year, he went to Bozhou and moved to Dongping mansion. He died before leaving. He was 68 years old and was named wenmu. When Hou Meng was over 30 years old, he began to ascend the throne. There was a light thin son who painted his figure in Zhiyuan to play with. He wrote a poem "Linjiang Fairy" to answer the question. The first volume of Quan Song Ci contains one of his poems. There are four chapters in volume 2704 of Quan Song Wen. His deeds can be found in the 351 biography of the history of the Song Dynasty.

Historical records

Biography of Hou Meng

(from the history of Song Dynasty)

Hou Meng, a character of Yuan Gong, was born in Gaomi, Mizhou. Not crown, there is a handsome voice, urgent righteousness good giving, or a day to spend thousands of gold. Jinshi Ji, Diao Baoji Wei, Zhibai county. People's lawsuits are decided in court, and those who are punished will not complain. When Huang Shi heard of his name, he called him to do the white business in Taiwan and refused to cross the border. When he was angry, he would travel to the county one day, read the official documents, and want to turn over his crime. Even though there was no defect to point to, he began to see him with a courtesy, saying, "you really can be an official." He led the messengers to recommend it. He moved to Xiangyi County, promoted the censor and served him in the palace.

In Chongning, there are ten things to be done: to remove redundant officials, to admonish ministers, to know whether they are virtuous or not, to be lucky or not, to abstain from excessive kindness, to relieve the fatigue of the people, to save money, to keep Qi Li out of the way, and to keep the temple in power. Huizong listened to it with great intention. He moved to serve the censor.

Gao Yongnian, the general of the west, died in the anger of the emperor. He personally wrote the names of 18 people, such as Liu Zhongwu, the general of the fifth route, and sent him to Qinzhou to arrest him. When you do it, do it. In the Qin Dynasty, Zhongwu and other prisoners obeyed orders. Meng Xiaozhi said, "you are all Hou Bo. There is no need to humiliate you by prison officials. You should be honest." Before the case, he paid homage to the censor Zhongcheng. Meng Zou said: "Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty killed Wang Hui, not as good as emperor Miao of Qin Dynasty pardoned Meng Ming; Ziyu was hanged and the Marquis of Jin Dynasty was pleased, while Kongming was killed and the kingdom of Shu was light. Today, Qiang killed one of my capital and killed 18 generals Yao, which is the support of ziai. If you want to be healthy, how can you get it? " Emperor Wu, Shi Buwen.

He was transferred to the Ministry of punishment and changed to the Ministry of household. In the early days of the festival, the minister was in power. To be sure, the emperor told it in secret. He said to him, "it's not up to my ministers to advance with wealth and profit." When his mother died, he was removed and returned to the old official, so he knew the Privy Council. Zuo Cheng, the Minister of Jin Dynasty, and the Minister of Zhong Dynasty. First of all, Cai Jue, the censor Zhongcheng, slandered Zhang Shangying for his private affairs and ordered the court to argue. Meng said: "although Shang Ying is guilty, the prime minister is also guilty; although Cai Juan is an official, he is a subordinate. Will it not hurt the state to make the court debate? " The emperor thought so. One day, the emperor calmly asked, "who is Cai Jing?" He said to him, "if we can make Beijing correct its mind, how can we add ancient sages to it?" The emperor nodded his head and made the secret service to the capital. I heard about it in Beijing.

When the imperial court proposed that the law of big money should be changed from ten to three, the chief Tibetan official came to tell him: "all the prefectures are aware of the big money market, and they all doubt that the law should be changed." Meng said, "what is the accumulation of my house?" Said: "eight thousand." Meng chide said: "an you Geng Ge, but I don't know!" Tomorrow, make it. There are also some things that the Mongolians only accept orders, and the capital does not know. The capital investigates them, and the emperor says, "is Hou Meng also evil?" I know Bozhou. Xuanjia Zizheng palace bachelor.

Song Jiang, Kou Jingdong, wrote in a letter: "Jiang is a thirty-six man who runs across Qi and Wei dynasties. Only if there are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who dare not resist, can he surpass others. Now Qingxi has been stolen. It is not like pardoning the river, but asking fangla to redeem himself. " The emperor said, "if you live outside, you will not forget your monarch, so will your loyal ministers." He was ordered to know Dongping mansion and died before leaving. He was sixty-eight years old. As a gift to Kaifu Yi Tong San Si, posthumous wenmu.

Literary image

Hou Meng was closely related to the Song Jiang uprising in history. Therefore, Hou Meng is one of the characters in the hundred and twenty chapters of outlaws of the marsh and Dangkou Zhi.

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