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Overview Meng Hu was a general and fiscal commissioner.
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69
Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42
Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8
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Assessments and attributes Assessment reputation declined after monopolizing state revenue · Mode historian-judgmentReferences in the histories
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42 Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69 Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang · 9 passages
孟鵠，魏州人。
Meng Hu was a native of Weizhou.
莊宗初定魏博，選幹吏以計兵賦，以鵠為度支孔目官。
When Zhuangzong first pacified Weibo he selected capable officials to calculate military levies and made Hu a clerical officer in the expenditure section.
及即位，鵠自租庸勾官擢為客省副使、樞密承旨，遷三司副使，出為相州刺史。
When he took the throne, Hu was promoted from transport-and-corvée checking officer to deputy commissioner of the guest bureau and chief drafter of the Bureau of Military Affairs, then transferred to deputy commissioner of the three departments and sent out as prefect of Xiangzhou.
會範延光再遷樞密，乃征鵠為三司使。
When Fan Yanguang was again transferred to the Bureau of Military Affairs, Hu was summoned as commissioner of the three departments.
初，鵠有計畫之能，及專掌邦賦，操割依違，名譽頓減。
At first Hu had the ability to plan; once he monopolized state revenue he manipulated and extorted inconsistently, and his reputation suddenly declined.
謝恩退，帝目送之，顧為侍臣曰：「孟鵠掌三司幾年，得至方鎮？」
After thanking the emperor for grace and withdrawing, the emperor watched him go with his eyes and turned to the attending ministers, saying, "Meng Hu headed the three departments for how many years that he could reach a frontier command?"
範延光奏曰：「鵠於同光世已為三司勾官，天成初為三司副使，出刺相州，入判三司又二年。」
Fan Yanguang memorialized, "In the Tongguang era Hu was already a checking officer of the three departments; at the beginning of Tiancheng he was deputy commissioner, went out as prefect of Xiangzhou, and upon returning to judge the three departments served another two years."
帝曰：「鵠以幹事，遽至方鎮，爭不勉旃。」
The emperor said, "Hu, through capable service, suddenly reached a frontier command—how could he not strive harder?"
鵠與延光俱魏人，厚相結托，暨延光掌樞務，援引判三司，又致節鉞，明宗知之，故以此言譏之。
Hu and Yanguang were both men of Wei and bound themselves closely in mutual support; when Yanguang took charge of military affairs he recommended Hu to judge the three departments and also secured him a military commission. Mingzong knew this, and therefore spoke these words in sarcasm.