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Zhang Qixian, courtesy name Shiliang, was born in Caozhou. He moved to Luoyang during the Jin Dynasty and was prime minister in the early Song Dynasty. His life was quite legendary. In the first thirty years, the commoners of Luoyang were tenacious and heroic. In the next thirty years, the officialdom was ups and downs, with "four practices, two palaces, nine residences and eight seats". He successively served as the general magistrate of Hengzhou, the transshipment envoy of Jiangnan West Road, the Zuo Jianyi doctor, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, the deputy privy envoy, the counselor of political affairs, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and the minister of the Ministry of war... In short, Zhang Qixian was able to bring peace to the world with his pen, and he was able to make decisions immediately with his military skills. He could be called an all-powerful minister of the Song Dynasty.

Zhang Qixian, courtesy name Shiliang, was born in Caozhou. He moved to Luoyang during the Jin Dynasty and was prime minister in the early Song Dynasty. His life was quite legendary. In the first thirty years, the commoners of Luoyang were tenacious and heroic. In the next thirty years, the officialdom was ups and downs, with "four practices, two palaces, nine residences and eight seats". He successively served as the general magistrate of Hengzhou, the transshipment envoy of Jiangnan West Road, the Zuo Jianyi doctor, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, the deputy privy envoy, the counselor of political affairs, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and the minister of the Ministry of war... In short, Zhang Qixian was able to bring peace to the world with his pen, and he was able to make decisions immediately with his military skills. He could be called an all-powerful minister of the Song Dynasty.