Let s talk about Yao Chong and Song Jing s characteristics as officials

Yao Chong was born into a family of bureaucrats. When he was young, he liked to have fun, and when he was older, he studied hard and became a late bloomer. He successively served as the prime minister of Wu Zetian, Tang Ruizong, and Tang Xuanzong, and was known as the "prime minister of saving time", and was a famous prime minister in Chinese history.

Yao Chong is not a high-minded theoretician, but a down-to-earth and courageous doer. Throughout Yao Chong's life, it can be said that he is a reformer who takes it as his mission to eliminate the accumulated evils in the world. Yao Chong did not respect God all his life, did not believe in ghosts, did not override his superiors, and did not be domineering with his position.

Although he has been belittled many times, he can still be brave and loyal, dare to speak out, regard the world as his own responsibility, and is deeply admired by future generations.

Song Jing was a young erudite and talented man, and he was good at literature. The weak crown of the Jinshi, Jingwu, Zhongzong, Ruizong, Emperor Xuanzong, five emperors, in office for 52 years. All his life, he worked hard to revitalize the Tang Dynasty, and finally worked together with Yao Chong to transform a Tang Dynasty full of internal and external troubles into a world leader in politics, economy, culture, and military The Tang Empire, known as the "Kaiyuan Prosperous Era".

Song Jing has been in phase for four years, he is not afraid of the powerful, strives to reform the evils of the past, abides by the law, and does not show favoritism.

Rectify the rule of officials, suppress Buddhism, etc. Tang Xuanzong, with the assistance of Yao Chong and Song Jing, rectified the rule of officials, reduced a lot of buying and selling officials, reduced state expenditures, and lightened the burden; He also suppressed Buddhism, inhibited the development of Buddhism, and avoided being threatened by Buddhism to the imperial position.

Some incompetent officials were eliminated, rectification was carried out, many Buddhist temples were built, more attention was paid to the development of agriculture, and taxes were reduced.

Yao Chong was promoted by Wu Zetian.

Song Jing was promoted by Tang Xuanzong.

In the fourth year of Kaiyuan (716), he was summoned as the secretary of the criminal department, and soon Yao Chong was the prime minister. Song Jing occupies the phase, selects people for business, and appoints according to talents, so that all officials are competent for their positions. He rewarded selflessly, dared to commit a straightforward admonition, and was respected by Xuanzong.

In the first year of Long Live Tongtian (696), Khitan Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong rebelled and captured several states in Hebei. At that time, the military affairs were busy, Yao Chong handled it properly, was organized, and was deeply appreciated by Wu Zetian, and was promoted to Xia Guanshilang.

Yao Chong was sentenced because his son was an official mischief, and his subordinates accepted bribes from Hu Ren. Song Jing was framed by the villain because of jealousy and hatred.

Yao Chong is because of two things: first, Yao Chong's two sons are improper, greedy for money and goods, and abuse power for personal gain; Second, Yao Chong's subordinate named Zhao Xu, who accepted bribes from Hu Ren and was sentenced to death by Xuanzong, but Yao Chong came forward to protect people and was suspected of forming a party for personal gain. Song Jing is also because of two things:

First, at that time, bad money (fake money) was rampant, and Song Jing was short-tempered and sent people to confiscate a lot, which caused public anger; Second, Song Jing was jealous and hateful, hated criminals who insisted on appealing, and as a result, good people with grievances had no way to redress their grievances, so they were arranged into satirical sketches and performed in front of Xuanzong.

Because these two people were very arrogant and domineering during their reign as emperors, they caused the emperor's dissatisfaction and finally deposed them.