The Taifu's entourage shouted: "Taifu is here, why don't you give way?" "Taifu? The emperor's teacher is here?" Dong Huai pretended to be surprised and said, "I have something to ask you!" The Taifu smiled.

Said: "Oh, what problem are you encountering?" Dong Huai stood up, cupped his hands and asked: "What kind of water has no fish? What kind of fire has no smoke? What kind of tree has no leaves? What kind of flower has no branches?" Taifu was startled.

The boy asked a strange question. If there is water in rivers, lakes and seas, there will be fish; if there is firewood and candles, there will be smoke; if there are hundreds of tall buildings and trees, they must have leaves; if there are flowers in all seasons, they must have branches. He still replied: "Boil."

The water has no fish, the angry man has no smoke, the bare tree has no leaves, the river is full of flowers but no branches.”

Dong Huai nodded and shook his head and said: "You are worthy of being a teacher in the palace. You answered 'fish' and 'branch' correctly, but you did not answer 'smoke' and 'leaf' correctly." Taifu had to ask Dong.

Huai replied. Dong Huai stroked his sleeves and replied: "There are no fish in the well, no smoke from the fireflies, no leaves from the dead trees, and no branches from the snowflakes." The onlookers all applauded after hearing this. The Taifu also raised his hands in praise.

Said: "Young boy, you have a lot of talent and learning."

His father, Dong Yong, was very strict with Dong Huai. I heard that he compared himself to Zhuge Liang and Yong Yu.

He sighed angrily and said, "If you don't study hard and like to brag about yourself, you are just an arrogant scholar, which is not what I want." After hearing this, Dong Huai felt ashamed in his heart, so he studied with Ye Shiyong in Yongjia.

In the sixth year of Jiading, he passed the Jinshi examination. In the fourteenth year of Jiading, Dong Huai served as a military official in Guangde and joined the army. At that time, someone reported that the rich man Li Jue was secretly forging weapons and making friends with heroes to respond to the traitor Li Quan.

The county guard arrested Li Jue and put him in prison. Dong Huai investigated and found out that he had a grievance, so he reported it to the county guard. The county guard said: "Intercede for the liberation of the rebels. They want to exterminate the clan." Dong Huai said:

"The officials knew that the case was unjust, but they put Li Jue to death to show the people the dignity of the law and to maintain the spread of the law. Can they kill the accused regardless of whether he was innocent or not?" County

Shou did not listen to his advice.

Soon after the county magistrate returned home to mourn his relatives, Dong Huai took charge of the political affairs of the state and sighed: "Li Jue is indeed unjust. If we don't exonerate him now, there will be no hope of survival." So he wrote a reversal of the verdict for him.

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It was explained that he had not rebelled. After the documents were submitted, Li Jue was finally released from prison.

In the autumn of the third year of Shaoding's reign, he served as the general magistrate of Zhenjiang Prefecture. When he arrived in the state, he caught up with Li Quan's rebellion and crossed the Huaihe River to approach the Yangtze River. Zhenjiang Prefecture urgently ordered to send troops to meet the enemy. Dong Huai led his troops across the river to attack westward that day.

, and only after Li Quan was defeated and fled did he lead his army back.

In the first year of Jiaxi, he raised the issue of the Hubei prison. Three days later, he was in charge of the prison in Hubei. At this time, the sergeants in Changde made a rebellion and set fire to the scene in the middle of the night. Dong Huai rode to the scene of the fire with only a few people and asked questions.

The reason why the soldiers revolted. The rebellious soldiers said: "General Ma Yanzhi has usurped our annual military pay. We all have to urge him to repay it. We are not causing rebellion." Dong Huai sat on his horse and summoned Ma Yanzhi.

He was immediately beheaded in front of the horse. The next day, the leaders of the rebels were captured and beheaded as a warning.

When Dong Huai became Zuo Silang, he returned to Dingyuan to visit relatives and mediated a civil dispute for his neighbors. On that day, a girl from the He family went to the county government to sue the fortune teller for insulting innocent people. On March 15th, there was a temple fair, and Miss He asked the fortune teller.

Mr. Fang told her fortune. Mr. Fang told her fortune

When she was telling fortunes, she picked up a poem: "The romantic girl is standing by the water, with a willow body and a peach blossom face. The husband predicts that she has no son, and the mother will not be there when the son dies." Hearing this, the county magistrate didn't know what to do for a while. He sat aside.

Dong Huai, who was drinking tea, said: "He is praising you as a lotus! Although the language is indecent, he means it with good intentions." Miss He thought about it carefully and realized that what Dong Huai said was indeed reasonable. She smiled and left.

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In the third year of Jiaxi's reign, he served as the prefect of Jiangzhou. In autumn, more than 100,000 displaced people crossed the river to seek refuge with him. Those who worked with him on the matter believed: "It is the time when troops are being launched for war, and the county is in urgent need of storage."

We don't have time to distribute food to the people now." Dong Huai said: "The people are our people. Why not distribute our food to help them?" He persuaded the officials. So the victims got food and started to work hard.

Return home.

In the second year of Chunyou, he was in charge of the affairs of the Jiangxi Provincial Government. Dong Huai found that the taxes collected there were seriously misappropriated by petty officials, so he taught Xiao Shi: "I am an official in this state, but there are still some of you who are officials.

Those who are unwilling to repent for their banditry will be executed by me!" The subordinates were frightened.

He expressed his willingness to make corrections. The partial general Lu Zhou was treacherous and cunning and refused to accept his orders. Dong Huai beheaded him and showed him to the army, and the whole army was purged.

When the emperor favored Dong Huai, Dong Huai never concealed his true views when discussing political affairs. His intention was to eliminate the bad thoughts in the king's mind.

Instead of acting to please the emperor. The emperor asked him about the construction of Taiyi Temple, and he replied: "Civil engineering is booming again, and the people are exhausted from being recruited and mobilized. This is not a way to serve God."

The emperor asked about border defense, and he replied: "If there are hostile countries outside, we must find ways to strengthen ourselves. After we strengthen ourselves, others will be afraid of us, and we will not be afraid of others." Every time Dong Huai made a correct statement, the emperor expressed his approval.

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In the sixth year of Chunyou's reign, when Dong Huai was serving as a prison judge in Guangxi, incidents of harassment by ethnic minorities often occurred in the Yongzhou area. Dong Huai submitted seven strategies to defend the country, instructing them to be reasonable, treat them with sincerity, and agree to mutual agreement.

Non-infringement. Five treaties were concluded: "One shall not invade the border, the second shall be to return the invaded land, the third shall be to return the plundered population, the fourth shall be Zhengshuo, and the fifth shall be trade." It improved the relations with the ethnic minorities on the border and stabilized the border.

When Dong Huai was appointed Prime Minister You, in order to benefit the country and stabilize the state, it was necessary to appoint people on their merits. He told the emperor that he believed that there were three things that were harmful to the government at the moment: first, the emperor's relatives could not enforce the law; second, the law enforcement officials had been in his official position for a long time.

The third is that the officials in the capital do not restrain their subordinates and allow them to do whatever they want." Zhao Yun was doubtful.

A group of arrogant villains had already heard the news and resented Dong Huai, and regarded Dong Huai as a thorn in his side. Ding Daquan was particularly worried and secretly sent his confidants to the Prime Minister's Mansion to make friends with Dong Huai. Dong Huai said seriously: "Since ancient times, we have no personal friendship with ministers. I only

I know my sincerity and dare not make an appointment privately, so thank you Ding Jun for me!" Ding Daquan learned about it and became angry, so he secretly monitored Dong Huai day and night. Dong Huai impeached Ding Daquan again, saying that he should not be reused.

Zhao Yun said: "Ding Daquan has not slandered you. I hope you will not doubt him!" Dong Huai replied: "I have no personal grudges with Ding Daquan, but it is because Ding Daquan is a treacherous person. If I don't tell you, I will be unworthy of His Majesty's promotion."

"Long En. Now that your majesty trusts Ding Daquan, it is difficult for me to work with him. I would like to beg for the bones to be returned to the fields!" Zhao Yunran was dismayed.

He said: "You are too extreme." Dong Huai resigned. Ding Daquan then impeached Dong Huai, but Zhao Yun had not yet approved it. Ding Daquan used the platform to mobilize more than a hundred troops and surrounded Dong Huai's house with knives. No. 1, and forced him to go to Dali Temple.

When Dong Huai entered the temple, an edict was issued in the palace, deposing Dong Huai from the post of prime minister. There was an uproar in the public opinion, and three students wrote a chapter to remonstrate. Zhao Yun issued an edict to confer Dong Huai as a bachelor of the Guanwen Palace, and promoted the cave. Xiao Palace. Six Tai students, Chen Yizhong, Huang Yong, Lin Zezu, Zeng Wei, Liu Fu, and Chen Zong, jointly attacked Ding Daquan. Ding Daquan instigated the censor Wu Yan to impeach the six people for making false remarks and disrupting the government. As a result, the six people were dismissed He was registered as the editor-in-chief of Yuanzhou. He also erected a monument to the three schools to warn all students not to discuss state affairs arbitrarily. Everyone then called Chen Yizhong the Six Gentlemen, and Ding Daquan was promoted to the official admonishment officer.

The position of Prime Minister on the right was changed to Cheng Yuanfeng. Soon, Zhao Yun ordered Ding Daquan to sign for the Privy Council affairs, and Ma Tianji to sign for the Academy affairs. Cheng Yuanfeng was more cautious than powerful. Ma Tianji and Ding Daquan were associates, and they were reused because of Concubine Yan. In the fifth year of Baoyou's reign, Zhao Yun was appointed as Privy Councilor Jia Sidaozhi. The following year, Cheng Yuanfeng asked for his resignation, and Zhao Yun promoted Ding Daquan to the rank of Right Prime Minister and Privy Council envoy.

Besides, Mongolian brother Meng heard that the envoy Yueli Ma Si died in Changsha, and he had long wanted to raise troops to complain. Also, because Wu Liang joined forces to pacify the southwestern barbarians, conquered Jiaozhi, and Zong Wang Xu Liewu and others briefly controlled more than ten countries in the Western Regions, which was powerful at home and abroad. So he decided to go south on his own, leaving his younger brother Ali Buge to guard Helin. The Mongolian troops were divided into three groups, and he himself rushed to Sanguan from Longzhou. The kings Moge went from Yangzhou to Micang, and Wanhu Lilicha went from Tongguan to Fei Prefecture. Meng Ge also ordered Kublai Khan to lead his army to attack Hubei, ordered Wu Liang to join Taiwan and pay tribute, and led troops back north to rescue Kublai Khan's army.

The Mongols were united from the east to the west, and the Song Dynasty was shaken. At that time, Sichuan envoy Li Zengbo had already returned to the court, and Pu Zezhi took over. Because the Mongols were invading, he hurriedly sent Liu Zheng, the pacification envoy, and others to seize the Suining River's Arrow Beach Crossing to cut off the enemy in the east. On the way, the Mongolian general Niulin arrived with his troops and saw that the Song army had blocked the ferry, so he led his troops to fight. From morning to dusk, Liu Zheng and others could no longer hold on and had to retreat. Niulin drove straight in and reached the capital. Pu Ze ordered Yang Dayuan and others guarded Jianmen and Lingquan Mountain, and then led their troops to the city walls of Chengdu.

However, Niulin turned to attack Lingquan Mountain, defeated Yang Dayuan's army, and surrounded Yunding Mountain City, cutting off Pu Zezhi's return. Pu Zezhi's army was cut off from pay and was immediately defeated. Chengdu, Peng, Han, Huai, Mian and other prefectures, as well as Wei , Mao and other tribes all surrendered to Mongolia. Meng Ge heard that the former army had won, so he crossed the Jialing River and the military governor followed. He walked to Baishui and ordered Commander-in-Chief Wang Dechen to build Fuliang crossing troops and attack Kuzhu Pass. Guard Yang Li died in the battle. , Zhang Shi was captured and killed.

The Mongolian soldiers marched straight into Changning Mountain, and the defenders Wang Zuo and Xu Xin were killed one after another. Edingbao surrendered without a fight. From then on, Qingju, Daliang, Yunshan, Shiquan, Longzhou and other places were invincible and all turned to the Mongols. The army surrendered. Only Shi Zeshan, the envoy of Yunshan, was killed for being unyielding.
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