Chapter 1294: The Sorrow of Man

Zhao Hao sat quietly for half a night, and finally had an understanding of the beginning and end of the matter, but he did not feel comfortable, but his heart was blocked. I can't figure out if I am such an image in the hearts of important ministers? Let them sweat to escape. But then he was depressed again.

I was a human being twice in my previous life and this life, and although I didn't enter politics in my previous life, I have also been mixed in the workplace for many years, and I have experienced the test of office politics and know the Tao. It's not fatal, but it's exhausting. And as an emperor in this life, he has experienced the hardships, but he also tried his best to avoid misunderstanding the courtiers, but it still happened.

'Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger' is likened to the danger in the court, but in fact it is true. The ministers around the emperor don't look at the high power, in fact, it is also a high-risk profession, if you meet a wonderful emperor, it is more terrible than being by the side of the tiger, it is really to pin your head to the waistband of your trousers, not to mention that your life is in danger at any time, Yang Su, the prime minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, is a typical representative.

As we all know, the Gao Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty was known for his strange and perverted nature. It is said that the unlucky prime minister Yang Su is a fat man, especially with a particularly big belly, a big belly, Gao Yang has nothing to do with his big belly, called "Yang Big Belly", it is common to be beaten by the emperor on weekdays, a prime minister, and sometimes he has to work part-time as a eunuch - to send paper to the emperor.

In addition, Gao Yang also likes to joke. Once, Gao Yang looked at Yang Su's big belly, and suddenly an idea came to him, and he asked Yang Su: Aiqing, your belly is so big, what is in it, why don't we open it and see, what do you think? Yang Su was almost not frightened by Gao Yang's strange idea, and when he didn't know what to do, fortunately, someone broke the siege and was not disemboweled.

Another time, Gao Yang had a whim and played a funeral game. He asked people to prepare a coffin and told Yang Su to lie down in the coffin by himself, while he himself picked up the hammer and prepared to nail the coffin himself after Yang Su lay down. But when Yang Su lay down in the coffin, Gao Yang knocked the coffin a few times with a hammer, and finally stopped, and did not nail the coffin to death, so that Yang Su was helped out.

In fact, Gao Yang teased Yang Su many times, it may be just a joke, but even if it is a false alarm, but thinking about Yang Su lying in the coffin, listening to the knocking sound outside, and watching the emperor take a knife and make a gesture on his stomach, that feeling is really not something that ordinary people can bear. As a result, self-khaning has become a means for officials of all dynasties and generations to protect themselves.

Self-perspiration, also known as self-defilement, disgusting to say, throwing feces on one's face, stinking one's face, ruining one's reputation, and stinking oneself. Rationally speaking, it is to take possession of a large amount of social money or land through illegal means, and to ruin one's own reputation through the way of life. The purpose is to make himself unloved in the hearts of the common people, and to show that he has no ambitions.

In addition, they even tried every means to avoid the scourge of the emperor's suspicion, but sometimes these high-ranking officials could not completely escape the scourge of the emperor's suspicion. But it's not for everyone. At this time, the patents of talented high-ranking officials, middle and lower-level officials, if they use this kind of spell, are very easy to be in different places. The important minister had this idea, and Zhao Yu was also very helpless, because although things were not what he wanted, it was not something he could change, but a system problem.

Everyone knows that the essence of the imperial system is dictatorship. Dictatorship always weakens the trust between the emperor and his officials, and the dictatorship determines that the dictator and his subordinate officials and relatives can only have limited trust and are full of infinite suspicion. Therefore, most of the time, the emperor and his senior officials, including the emperor's family members, imperial relatives and relatives, are in a state of suspicion and suspicion, and it is difficult to establish a lasting or at least trusting relationship with each other.

In the relationship between the emperor and the courtiers, the emperor is generally always in an active position, while the courtiers are mostly in a passive position. It is very easy for the emperor to find fault with you, and most of the ministers who are suspicious are capable and arrogant, have obvious political ranks, and are not in harmony with the emperor. The minister has two lives, one is his own life, and the other is his political life, and once he is suspicious, his political life is facing the end, and it is difficult to guarantee his personal safety.

Therefore, famous generals and ministers are extremely talented, or have heavy troops, or still have potential strength after dismissal; secondly, the famous ministers, who are highly knowledgeable, honest and honest, and have won the support of all levels of society; And then there is the royal family, the roots are red. He is qualified to be a king. To be one of the three, you must be prepared to deal with the adverse consequences of imperial suspicion. Self-sweating is one of the important responses.

There are many ways to avoid disasters, why do high-ranking officials use self-sweating to avoid disasters? Zhao Yu thought that this was because self-sweating was the most cost-effective. Like retirement, it is not in line with people's psychology of joining the WTO as officials, and only a very few people can do it; If you want to be an official in another place, you must get the permission of the emperor or other powerful ministers before you can leave Beijing; Giving up relatives is to kill one or more of their relatives, which is difficult for ordinary people to do; Fools, it is not humane to let their children study more and become officials; Armed resistance is too costly.

In comparison, self-sweat has the greatest advantages, on the one hand, it can continue to be an official; On the other hand, it can avoid the scourge of imperial suspicion. Therefore, many important ministers of the country, after becoming famous, have to learn the self-sweating technique in the way of self-preservation, and show an image of "no ambition". As for how to do it, it depends on everyone's means, but Zhao Yu thought that whoever survived could win an international award if he brought it out. And if you can't get the award, the end will be ruined.

Xiao He of the Han Dynasty was called the greatest founding hero of the Han Dynasty by Liu Bang, but such a person was also suspected by Liu Bang, Liu Bang was personally recruited, afraid that Xiao He would have trouble in the country, Xiao He could only send his family to follow Liu Bang to conquer in person, so that Liu Bang could rest assured! Not only that, Xiao He also encroached on other people's land as his own fertile land, Liu Bang was very happy, because it seemed that Xiao He didn't have much ambition.

There was also a minister named Liang Rui in the Sui Dynasty, because he was both prestigious, the people were pleasing to the people, and his reputation was very high, and Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian was secretly jealous. He himself was extremely shrewd, and he had expected this, so he resigned from his official position and stayed at home due to illness, did not associate with the world, and "received a lot of bribes to defile himself". At this time, someone sued him to the central government, Yang Jian saw that he was so greedy for money, what big could he do? went to heart disease, it's too late to be happy, where to care if he accepts bribes.

In the Song Dynasty, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin turned self-sweat into a national policy, and encouraged his senior officers to put down their positions of power in the way of "releasing military power with a glass of wine". With the encouragement of the emperor, Shi Shouxin and other high-ranking officers boldly plundered wealth, and the monarch and ministers were at peace from then on.

The general Di Qing's performance was not up to par, and after being demoted, the central government sent someone to check it for a few days, but he didn't listen to his defense, and finally had a sore on the side of his mouth, and then died of illness. In his later years, he could only lead a donkey to wander around the West Lake, never talking about military affairs, and refused to meet with his old subordinates.

Zhao Yu thought the same would be true for Jiang Cheng. The Jiang family is a family that has produced three prime ministers, and it can be said that he was born to live in Vanity Fair, even if he has no personal experience, he knows a lot of allusions. Moreover, he also experienced the officialdom of the late Song Dynasty when the country fell, and saw many ups and downs with his own eyes.

Therefore, Zhao Yu believes that Jiang Cheng will not feel nothing, even if he has the idea of being loyal to the country, he will try to protect himself. Especially after the recovery of Jiangnan, the situation in the imperial court improved, and he was the deputy envoy of the privy council and concurrently served as the envoy of the Huguang system, and he was knighted as the prince of the country, which was also regarded as the peak of his life, and his cousin Jiang Xuan was promoted to the governor of the government at this time, and stepped into the Xiangmen, the Jiang family was unique in the court for a while.

In Zhao Yuji's previous life, people often used a Western proverb 'If you want to wear a crown, you must suffer its weight', but there is also a sentence that 'If you want to think about your life in peace, you must avoid its evil'. In the same way, while gaining a high position, you will inevitably encounter the suspicion of the emperor and the jealousy of your colleagues, and if you want to save your life and the glory of your family, someone must retreat bravely.

Therefore, Zhao Yu felt that Jiang Cheng had already had the heart of retreat after recovering Jiangnan and stabilizing the border. But he also knew that in the context of the dynasty's 'promotion of literature and suppression of martial arts', he was more likely to be suspicious of his heavy army, and his withdrawal from the court was more beneficial to the family than his cousin. It is estimated that the idea that being born in a famous family, influenced by Confucianism, and purifying one's name is more important than one's life has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and it is natural that he is unwilling to adopt the methods of corruption and bribery and extensive land and property.

In addition, Jiang Cheng also has to take into account the emperor's face, and doing a pickled thing by himself is tantamount to slapping His Majesty's face in disguise, and it will also make the emperor bear the notoriety of suppressing meritorious heroes. Under the trade-off, Zhao Hao estimated that he deliberately relaxed the control of his subordinates, showing that he had no intention of separating himself, and at the same time, he was also looking for opportunities and excuses to withdraw from the court.

When he arrived in Xiangyang, Jiang Cheng besieged Xiangyang but did not attack, delaying the time for the decisive battle. He went to the city to explore the camp in person, but was severely wounded and wounded, and he thought that His Majesty would definitely come here for the sake of war. In this way, he can use the long-term battle to be fruitless and seriously injured, and the emperor can use the capture of Xiangyang to stabilize his position in the government and the opposition, and also retain the dignity between the monarch and the ministers.

Thinking about things thoroughly, Zhao Hao felt very powerless, thinking about the fact that these meritorious men in order to save their lives and smeared the prestige they had gained over the years, it was really helpless, what kind of feeling should it be in his heart......

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