Twenty-one-year-old Wen Tianxiang won the first prize in one fell swoop by adopting the measure of "Heaven never shuts one door but he opens another". At this time, the Song Dynasty entered an era of sharp intensification of class contradictions and unprecedented national crisis. Wen Tianxiang's ideal of political and military reform could not be realized when the powerful ministers and traitors controlled the state affairs. He was demoted and deposed many times, but his concern for the country and the people remained unchanged. He carried out reform practice in local posts, tried his best to heal the wounds of war, cared about the people's sufferings, let them recuperate, and was sincerely loved by the people.
A true patriot should be concerned about people's livelihood. Those who don't care about people's sufferings, don't care about people's sufferings, like people's happiness, and don't work for people sincerely, no matter how "patriotic" they boast, they are all fakes. Such people, once they have both fame and fortune, often take it for their own selfish interests, disturb the people and harm the people, stand on the opposite side of the people, and will eventually be spurned by the people.
Wen Tianxiang is a true patriot. Starting from the philosophical view of "law and heaven are endless", he put forward a series of thoughts on reforming the rule of law; At the critical moment when the Yuan army invaded and the country was destroyed, he resolutely opposed surrender, actively recruited soldiers and went to the front to direct the war of resistance. After failing to resist Yuan and being imprisoned, he never gave in and died. His patriotic performance stems from his consistent people-oriented thought of loving the people and being close to the people.
People-oriented thought is an important part of Wen Tianxiang's political thought. He had a rough life and a lot of fate. Before becoming an official, he made the ambition of "making a heart for heaven and earth and making a life for the people"; When the champion arrived, he also said, "Let the people see it too well"; When I was an official, I thought of "a naturally talented person. I didn't do anything at first." People's cells are all the same, why are they tired? "When he left office, he shouted:" The relationship between people and food can be accommodation and love "; When he saw the tragic situation of being slaughtered by the Yuan army, "there were no magpies in the pigeon family" and "no species were killed", he sighed in the sky: "If Heaven can ask, what is the fruit?" He saw "corpses everywhere" on the battlefield, and the countryside was "endless, overgrown with weeds and green grass". Not only the people in the south, but also the people in the north are worried about the tragic situation brought by the unjust war of the Yuan Army and when the war will end. Even though he was imprisoned and tortured, he never forgot the suffering of the people. In the 18th year of Zhiyuan (128 1), Wen Tianxiang was in prison for the third year. It rained cats and dogs that night and his cell was flooded. I was in trouble, but I thought, "I hope everyone in the world has enough to eat and life is trivial, so I will die." "
"The people are the foundation of the country." "The people are the country and the country is better." "The people are precious, the country is second, and the monarch is light." Philosophers and sages all regard people's livelihood as the primary issue of national survival, which has been verified again and again in the history of the rise and fall of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. This naturally had a positive impact on the formation of Wen Tianxiang's people-oriented thought. But it has something to do with his personal experience. Wen Tianxiang lived in his hometown of Jizhou for 23 years before becoming an official. After becoming an official, he was demoted to his hometown again and again for more than six years. Living at the bottom for a long time has given him many opportunities to get in touch with the people, and he is worried about them. In the imperial examination countermeasures, he spent a lot of space on people's livelihood issues and difficult issues. These materials are either obtained from discussions with teachers and friends at school or directly from what he saw and heard in real life. On the basis of mastering a lot of first-hand information, he can boldly put forward solutions to the people's difficulties in countermeasures and sincerely persuade the emperor to "persevere and seek ways to comfort the people." After mining, he never forgot to visit the people and ask about politics, whether in the imperial court or in a different place. For example, when I learned about the state capital of Switzerland, I saw that the county capital was devastated after the fire, and the county soldiers were arrogant and unscrupulous, killing people indiscriminately. So I first punished the bad guys who harmed the people, adopted a lenient policy towards the people, created a convenience store, and supported the people to develop production. Because he "left his love among the people", the people also "remembered him for a long time". For another example, during my understanding of Ningguo House, I saw "extreme depression in the house". In the past, "if you don't take taxes, it will harm the people." On the one hand, he no longer plays this method, on the other hand, "don't make up lessons in the county." After only one month in Ningguo Mansion, when he was about to leave office, he also specially called the elders of farmers and published the book "Advise Farmers" to encourage people to work hard, be filial to their parents and abide by the law, so as to achieve the goal of social stability.
Observing people's feelings and understanding people's sufferings is only the first step to care about people's livelihood. The key is how to do your duty to save people in hot water. In feudal society, imperial power ruled everything. In order to safeguard their own interests, the sufferings of the people cannot be fundamentally solved. But from the local point of view, some politicians who have people-oriented ideas and are more enlightened; They will also formulate corresponding strategies within their own functions and powers, implement policies that can be accepted by the people, and ease social contradictions. That's exactly what Wen Tianxiang did. He served as the arranger twice, vigorously rehabilitated the unjust case and lifted the detention in prison, which won the hearts of the people. When he has status and power, he tries his best to serve the people; After being dismissed from office, he can still be anxious and plead for the people, which is beyond the reach of ordinary officials. In the eighth year of xianchun (1272), a serious drought occurred in luling county. The early rice harvest is only 20% to 30%, and the late rice harvest is only 50%. "People's food has decreased 10% to 78%." In my hometown of Wen Tianxiang for two years; Seeing that most farmers are short of food and even have nowhere to buy food, they are very anxious. They used their former colleagues to dredge between Ganzhou and Jizhou, asking them to show their territory and let Jizhou people go to Ganzhou, where the harvest was good, to collect a lot of low-priced food and tide over the famine. In his letter to Jiang from Jizhou, he said: "The relationship between people and grain can be accommodating", which is a good thing to "save the people from fire and water".
People will never forget those who have done good things for the people. Wen Tianxiang knew that the relationship between the government and the people was like the relationship between ship and water. He cares about people's sufferings, intercedes for them, and is bent on bringing happiness to people and stability to the country. At the time of national crisis, he raised the banner of anti-Yuan righteousness in Ganzhou, organized an anti-Yuan team, and the people quickly gathered under his command. This rebel has not only grassroots people, but also local tycoons, intellectuals and even ethnic minority brothers. Of course, they are also fighting because of the national peril, but Wen Tianxiang's spirit of being diligent and loving the people, winning the hearts of the people, and breaking the family to solve problems also has a strong appeal. Wen Tianxiang has truly "ignored personal interests and the country". Why don't people "obey his prestige"?
Like many people with lofty ideals in ancient times, Wen Tianxiang could not be free from the limitations of the times and classes. However, under the historical conditions at that time, it was really commendable that he could pay attention to people's livelihood, seek to save the country and democracy, appeal for the people, do things for the people personally, and strive to practice his political ideal of patriotism and saving the country. Today, his people-oriented thought and feelings of loving the people still have guiding significance for us.
Wen Tianxiang Festival is majestic, shining in ancient and modern times. In literature, especially in poetry creation, he inspired the poetic style of the Southern Song Dynasty and swept away the ills of the cowardly literati. His poems since the Anti-Japanese War have been written with tears in their eyes in order to save the country and the people. Wen Tianxiang died more than 700 years ago, and his spirit, character, sentiment and integrity have always been praised by people. People of all ethnic groups commemorate him in various ways, revive Chinese righteousness and increase patriotism. When the dignity of the Chinese nation was endangered, his spirit became a sharp weapon in the hands of hundreds of millions of people and the backbone of our nation. As an outstanding historical figure, it is rare in history to educate dozens of generations with his integrity. Now our people are heroes.