Why can Kou Zhun, who is unlearned, become the "First Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty"?

First of all, it is wrong to describe Kou Zhun as uneducated. At that time, being uneducated was just used by his friends to tease him. Being able to become a prime minister of a country shows that his ability is very strong.

Everyone should understand the meaning of being unlearned, which means that this person has no skills and no knowledge, but it is obviously not appropriate to describe Kou Zhun with this sentence. Kou Zhun was admitted to Jinshi in his teens, and became prime minister when he was less than 4 years old. This kind of education and experience is also very admirable now.

The story about being unlearned was told by his good friend Zhang Yong, and after listening to Zhang Yong's story, Kou Zhun laughed. Obviously, being unlearned here is not laughing at his lack of learning, but that he doesn't know how to be flexible in officialdom. Kou Zhun wouldn't have laughed if he really said he had no knowledge.

It is true that Kou Zhun is particularly upright and sincere, but he is inflexible in officialdom. In a war, he was advised to run away quickly, but he insisted on resisting the enemy and suggested that the emperor personally levy, and finally won the battle. However, after the emperor returned to Korea, some concerned ministers also hinted that Kou Zhun did not put the emperor's life first. In the end, Kou Zhun was dismissed, so when his good friend Zhang Yong said this sentence, he was actually reminding Kou Zhun that the water in officialdom was very deep, not to say that he could face everything with integrity.

No matter what you do, you should think before and after, and you must know how to observe the situation, so that you can never fail.