Kou Zhun became a talent earlier and became famous earlier. Before he was confused, he was regarded as the prime minister by Song Zhenzong, and he was very famous in the government and the public. Zhang Yong, like Kou Zhun, was also a famous minister in the Zhenzong period, with elegant personality and integrity. Zhang Yong is more than ten years older than Kou Zhun, a senior and a senior. When Zhang Yong was appointed as Yizhou Zhiming (governing Chengdu), he heard that Kou Zhun was the prime minister and told people around him that Kou Zhun was a wizard, but he was "unlearned".
Shortly after Kou Zhun became prime minister, under the attack of his colleagues, he was demoted to Shaanxi Zhizhou (now Sanmenxia City, Henan Province). When Zhang Yong was transferred from Chengdu to Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan), he passed by Shaanxi and visited Kou Zhun. How happy we are, to meet friends from afar! Although Kou Zhun was depressed at this time, the arrival of Zhang Yong brought happiness.
Therefore, a banquet was held as the guest of honor. Zhang Yong stayed for a few days and went home as a speech. Before he left, Kou Zhun sincerely asked Zhang Yong for advice. After a moment of meditation, Zhang Yong also sincerely replied: "The Biography of Hanshu Huo Guang is a must-read." Zhang Er, a monk in Kou Zhun, was puzzled and sent Zhang Yong away. The first thing he did when he came home was to open the Biography of Huo Guang. When he read this sentence: "However, (Huo) is ignorance and ignorance," Kou Zhun suddenly realized, and Ha smiled and said to himself: "Zhang Yonggong means that I am ignorant and ignorant!"
Because being unlearned in today's world means that a person has no knowledge and skills, so later generations laugh at Kou Zhun for being unlearned and incompetent. Kou Zhun also admitted that Zhang Yong taught him by "being unlearned", so he concluded that Kou Zhun was really an unlearned person.
Did Zhang Yong really laugh at Kou Zhun's lack of knowledge and skills? To put it simply, if Zhang Yong really laughs at Kou Zhun's illiteracy, will Kou Zhun "laugh"? And shameless, smile? Obviously not. The reason why Zhang Yong didn't laugh at Kou Zhun is actually very simple. The so-called "unlearned and unlearned" of Huo Guang in Han Huo Guang Biography does not mean that Huo Guang has no knowledge and skills, but that Huo Guang does not understand the politics of officialdom. And Zhang Yong's so-called "unlearned" means that Kou Zhun doesn't know how to compromise. In the end, he was driven out of North Korea by those inner conspirators, dismissed as prime minister, and exiled to a remote place to know the state. This is Zhang Yong's kind reminder to his friends in Kou Zhun, not cynicism.
In fact, it is indeed true. Kou Zhun is honest and clean, and never flatters his colleagues or the emperor. At that time, Song Taizong said with emotion because Kou Zhun dared to speak: "I won Kou Zhun, and the Emperor of Judah won Wei Zhi." Comparing Kou Zhun with Wei Zhi, an ancient celebrity who dared to be brave in the period of Emperor Taizong, we can see not only his position in Song Taizong's mind, but also his honest and straightforward character.