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Liuzhou followed a cruel custom, "If you use men and women to pay for money, you will redeem it from time to time. If your son is in charge, you will become a slave." Liu Zongyuan issued a government decree, "revolution of the law of the countryside" so that those who have become slaves can still pay for redemption. The government decree formulated a set of methods to release slaves, stipulating that those who have become slaves can convert their wages according to their working hours during their service as creditors. After the wages are paid off, they will immediately restore their freedom of life and go home to reunite with their relatives. This move was welcomed by the poor people and was later promoted to prefectures and counties outside Liuzhou. [35]

Establish a school

After Liu Zongyuan took office, he personally founded many schools and adopted various methods to encourage children to actively study and fundamentally improve the quality of the nation. In addition to political affairs, Liu Zongyuan also patiently accepted visits from young students and guided them in a row. In response to the local people's superstitious and backward customs, Liu Zongyuan strictly prohibited witch doctors from cheating money and harming people. At the same time, he promoted medicine and cultivated local doctors to serve the people. [36]

Digging a well

Liu Zongyuan was not only satisfied with the dissemination of knowledge, but also committed to changing his old ideas and thinking methods. He made Liuzhou, which never dared to dig wells, dig several wells in succession. The people of Liuzhou, who have been relying on the weather for generations to make a living, and have grown up by drinking rain and river water, have since drunk clean and sweet groundwater. This is a major event in the lives of the people of Liuzhou. Changes in drinking water are a reflection of changes in lifestyles, which has also led to the renewal of people's thinking methods. [37]

Land reclamation construction

There are large areas of wasteland outside Liuzhou City. As his parents' official, Liu Zongyuan called on the organization of idle labor in the countryside, open up wastelands, plant trees and vegetables, and encourage the development of production. With enough land to produce enough grain and vegetables, people's lives can get out of hunger and poverty. With Liu Zongyuan's efforts, the area of ​​arable land in Liuzhou has increased significantly. Liu Zongyuan also attached importance to tree planting and participated in tree planting activities himself. During Liu Zongyuan's reign, he rectified streets and alleys, built temples, and developed many natural landscapes. [35]

The road to imperial examinations

In the second year of Zhenyuan (786), Han Yu left Xuancheng and went to Chang'an alone. During this period, Han Yu went to Hezhong Prefecture (i.e. Puzhou, now Yongji, Shanxi) to join his clan brother Han Yan to get the recommendation of Hun Yu, the governor of Hezhong, but he gained nothing.[6]

In the autumn of the third year of Zhenyuan (787), Han Yu obtained the qualification for a tribute in the countryside and went to Chang'an again. In that year, Han Yu failed in Chang'an and had no support for his life. The bad news came that his elder brother Han Yan died in a bad life. Around the end of this year, Han Yu was able to pay a visit to the King of Peking by chance and get his help. Han Yu later wrote "Cat Love Breasts" to express his virtue. [6]

From the third to the fifth year of Zhenyuan (787-789), Han Yu took the imperial examination three times, but all failed. In the fifth year of Zhenyuan (789), Han Yu returned to Xuancheng.

In the eighth year of Zhenyuan (792), Han Yu took the Jinshi exam for the fourth time and finally passed the Jinshi exam. [7] The following year, he participated in the Boxue Hongci examination of the Ministry of Personnel and failed. In the same year, Han Yu's sister-in-law Mrs. Zheng passed away. He returned to Heyang and mourned him for five months.

In the tenth year of Zhenyuan (794), he went to Chang'an again to take the Boxue Hongci examination, but failed again.

In the 11th year of Zhenyuan (795), he took the Boxue Hongci examination for the third time, but still failed. During this period, he wrote letters to the prime minister three times, but no reply was received. In the same year, he left Chang'an, returned to Heyang County through Tongguan, and then went to the eastern capital Luoyang.[7]

In the eighth year of Yuanhe (813), Han Yu thought he was well-educated, but he was repeatedly deposed, so he created the "Jingxue Interpretation" for metaphors. After reading it, the prime minister sympathized with Han Yu very much and believed that he had talent in history, so he transferred Han Yu to the doctor of the Bi tribe and compiled the History Museum [7], [14] and was ordered to compile the "Shunzong Records".

In October of the ninth year of Yuanhe (814), Han Yu was appointed as the chief physician of the examination and the editor of the History Museum. In December of the same year, he was appointed as the chief edict.[7]

In the first month of the tenth year of Yuanhe (815), he was promoted to the Secretariat of the Secretariat and was given a bag of red fish. [15] Soon, those who disliked Han Yu said that when he was the former deputy of Jiangling, Pei Jun, the governor of Jingnan, kept him in a lodging and was treated with great courtesy. Pei E, the son of Pei Jun, was a mediocre person. When Pei E visited his father, Han Yu still called Pei E's name in the preface to send Pei E off. This statement caused great repercussions among the court officials, and Han Yu was therefore re-appointed as the right son of the crown prince. [7][16]

Follow Huaixi

In August of the 12th year of Yuanhe (817), Prime Minister Pei Du served as the commander of Huaixi Xuanwei and the governor of the Zhangyi Army. He hired Han Yu as the marching silo and gave him a purple suit and goldfish bag. [17] Han Yu once suggested that Pei Du sent a thousand elite soldiers to enter Caizhou from a small road, and he would definitely be able to capture Wu Yuanji. Before Pei Du could take the lead, Li Xu had already recruited troops from Wencheng (now Tanghe, Henan) to enter Caizhou at night, and indeed captured Wu Yuanji. The strategic people of the three armies all regretted Han Yu (about the "Han Yu Shidao Monument"

There are doubts about Han Yu's proposal to pacify Huaixi in this paragraph, so it is temporarily placed here). [18] Han Yu said to Pei Du again: "Now with the momentum of pacifying Huaixi, Wang Chengzong of Zhenzhou can persuade him with words and do not need to use troops." He then found Bai Qi and dictated the letter to Wang Chengzong, the governor of Chengde. After Bai Qi wrote it on his pen, he brought the letter to Zhenzhou to see Wang Chengzong. Wang Chengzong took the military power and presented the words to the two states of De and Di, indicating that he obeyed the court.[19]

In December of the same year, after the pacification of Huaixi, Han Yu returned to the court with Pei Du. He was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice for his merits. Emperor Xianzong ordered him to write the "Ping Huaixi Stele", which was a large part of which described Pei Du's deeds. At that time, Li Yan took the lead in Caizhou to capture Wu Yuanji alive, and made the greatest contribution. He was indignant about what Han Yu wrote. Li Yan's wife entered the palace to ban the inscription and told the inscription that the inscription was inconsistent with the facts. Emperor Xianzong ordered the inscription written by Han Yu to be worn away and ordered Hanlin scholar Duan Wenchang to re-write the stone carving as a stele. [20]

In April of the 13th year of Yuanhe (818), the Secretary of State Zuo Pushe Zheng Yuqing was appointed as the detailed envoy because he was familiar with the rules and regulations, and revised the court's rituals and the five rituals of good and bad fortune. Han Yu was named as the deputy envoy and participated in the revision of the work. [21]

Xianzong wanted to re-appoint Han Yu, so he talked about this matter first and observed the prime minister's attitude. However, Huangfu Jing, the Tong Pingzhangshi, hated Han Yu for being outspoken and was afraid that he would be appointed again, so he answered first: "Han Yu was too wild and rough after all, so he can consider transferring to another county for the time being." As soon as the general amnesty, Xianzong moved Han Yu to the governor of Yuanzhou (now Yichun, Jiangxi) in October of the same year.[7][24]

In the spring of the 15th year of Yuanhe (820), Han Yu arrived in Yuanzhou. According to Yuanzhou customs, the daughter of a commoner was mortgaged to others as slaves. After exceeding the contract period and not redeem it, the family paid for the money and did not serve as slaves. After Han Yu arrived, he tried to redeem the men and women who were not slaves and let them return to their parents. Therefore, this custom was prohibited and no one was allowed to buy them as slaves. [25]

In September of this year, Han Yu entered the North Korea as the Imperial College and returned to Chang'an in winter.[7][26]

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