Lv Duan (935- 1000), born in Anci, Youzhou (now Anci District, Langfang), was born in a bureaucratic family. I have been eager to learn and make progress since I was a child. I am handsome, generous and honest, good at making friends, loyal to people and light on money. Emperor Taizong wanted to appoint Lv Duan as prime minister. Some people objected that Lv Duan was "confused", but Emperor Taizong said, "Don't be confused about trifles." After the death of Emperor Taizong, Lv Duan foiled this conspiracy, made Prince Zhenzong ascend to the throne, and helped Zhenzong stabilize the political situation at the beginning of his reign. Later, Lv Duan was seriously ill, and Zhenzong went to see him himself. In the third year of Xianping (1000), Lv Duan died at the age of 66.
When he was in Lv Duan, he was demoted. His brother's house is holding a wedding, and he goes back to hold a wedding reception. When the local county magistrate and the rich family saw Mr. Xiang go home, they all went to pay homage and give gifts. Lv Duan said: "I was dismissed. I am no longer the prime minister." Hearing this, the magistrate immediately turned against him, sneered, picked up the gift and left. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Lv Duan took the order." Lv Duan rushed to his family and knelt down to accept the order: "Lv Duan will return to North Korea and resume his post as prime minister. I admire this! " The magistrate came back, afraid of his behavior as prime minister, kneeling in front of Lv Duan, afraid that he would punish himself and ask his forgiveness!
Lv Duan said angrily, "Bold dog officer, how dare you tease my master and take your job!" The magistrate of a county is busy keeping his job, kowtowing and confessing, and his head is broken! Lv Duan said: Now that I know I'm wrong, I won't punish you. The magistrate of a county felt generous and said, "Mr. Xiang, you are really a prime minister who can hold a boat in his stomach!" " ! "Since then, I have been grateful and respectful to Lv Duan. The phrase "the prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach" has also spread and spread to this day.
Wang Anshi (102 1 year-1086) was born in Linchuan (now Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province), a famous thinker, politician, writer and reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi was one of the "Eight Masters" in Tang and Song Dynasties, and his main works were Wang Linchuan Collection and Linchuan Collection. Wang Anshi's political reform changed the situation of poverty and weakness in the Northern Song Dynasty, strengthened the ability of external defense and internal pressure, and consolidated and strengthened feudal rule.
Wang Anshi was a prime minister, but he lost his wife in middle age. Later, he married a beautiful concubine named Jiao Niang, who was eighteen years old. Jiao Niang is young and beautiful. Wang Anshi is a prime minister and is busy with state affairs, so Jiao Niang is lonely and has an affair with servants. The rumor reached Wang Anshi's ears. One night, he came home quietly, and sure enough, he saw the servant having an affair with Jiao Niang. He wanted to break into houses and clean up the charming mother and the maid, but he thought for a moment: after all, he is an open prime minister. How could he lose his manners and ruin his reputation as prime minister for a woman? So I felt something was wrong and turned around and left.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wang Anshi and Jiao Niang enjoyed the moon together in the evening, cleverly expressing in verse that she knew her affair with the servant girl. Hearing this, Jiao Niang fell on her knees in fear and said, "You've been saying this all year. Adults don't see villains, and the prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach. " After listening to this, Wang Anshi thought he was old, but his beautiful mother was still in full bloom and could not give her romantic love. Why not be as beautiful as adults? So Wang Anshi not only didn't blame them, but gave them 1200 pieces of silver, which made the servant and Jiao Niang become relatives. From then on, they were grateful. After the news spread, everyone admired Wang Anshi's generosity, and since then, "the prime minister can punt in his stomach" has become an eternal beauty talk, which has been passed down to this day.