ning cheng造句

• As a result, Ning Cheng was convicted of an offence.
• Upon Emperor Wu's accession to the throne, he made Ning Cheng prefect of the capital.
• However, the emperor's in-laws took every opportunity to slander Ning Cheng, ultimately resulting in his conviction.
• Despite meeting Yi Zong at the pass and escorting him on his way, Ning Cheng's courtesy was not reciprocated.
• When Yi Zong was travelling from Nanyang to take up a post of governor at the latter, Ning Cheng had retired again and was living in Nanyang.
• Despite it being customary for high officials of the time to commit suicide when charged with a capital offence, Ning Cheng submitted to even the most severe of punishments.
• Later, Emperor Wu took him out of retirement and made him chief commandant of Hangu Pass after Gongsun Hong's protests that he was like a " wolf driving a flock of sheep " had prevented Ning Cheng from becoming a provincial governor.
• Declaring that " An official who can't advance to a salary of 2, 000 piculs or a merchant who can't make at least 10, 000, 000 cash is not fit to be called a man ! ", Ning Cheng borrowed money and bought over 1, 000 qing ( equivalent to about 600 million square feet ) of farmland on which he employed several thousand poor families to work.