Powerful Minister Through the Ages

Yongshou County Chronicle records that in the first year of Tianshou's reign, Prime Minister Ning Ze held an imperial examination in Quanzhou's Yongshou County and had a debate with the emperor. The emperor was granted the title of Xian Ma's Assistant Crown Prince, and was later granted the title of Tiance's Zuo General and Chief of the School's Clerk. In Tianshou's fifth year, he repeatedly achieved extraordinary feats on the battlefield against the Xiongnu. The later emperor was promoted to General Tiance and commanded Tiance's army in the Northern Expedition against the Huns. In the eleventh year of Tianshou, he was demoted to a commoner and returned home for his outspoken advice. In the seventeenth year of Tianshou, Emperor Wu Shao died, and the new emperor Zhaoming succeeded him. In the second year of Tianyuan, he was appointed as the prime minister. In the fifth year of Tianyuan, the Huns invaded. The official paid homage to the general. After leading Marshal Tiance to the north, he studied hard for three years. After admonishing the emperor for the new policy, nothing happened inside or outside for fifty years. It was called the prosperous age of Tianyuan. In the twenty-seventh year of Tianyuan's reign, Emperor Zhaoming opposed his ministers to dissuade him from granting the title Wenzheng.