"Reflecting the ice and snow in the world, the dark fragrance of UFO song is near the river." Knowing the hero road in the world, bowing to the left of the river there is Mei Lang. - "Langya List"
Do you remember the wise and handsome Jiang Zuo Alliance lord Mei Changsu in the TV series "Langya List", as the target of the various forces in the court, the jianghu rumors that Mei Changsu, the talented son of the Qilin Dynasty, can get the world, Mei Changsu appears for revenge, and when the family revenge is repaid, Jiang Zuo Meilang will disappear forever.
Although it is a film and television role, it is not completely fictional, there was really Jiang Zuo Meilang in history, this person was born from a famous family, and there are many similarities with the characters in the play. He is Xie An, the veritable Jiang Zuo Meilang.
First, there is no intention of power
Xie An was born in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Xie family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty belongs to the rich and prestigious family, the Xie family began to prosper since the father Xie Rui's generation, Sima Rui was the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when Sima Rui had not yet established the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie Rui was already a subordinate of Sima Rui, and when Sima Rui successfully became emperor, he would naturally reward Xie Rui for his hard work. As a result, the Xie family has since embarked on the peak of the family.
Sima Rui set the capital at Jiankang, which is now Nanjing, Jiangsu, and Sima Rui gradually found that his subordinates here were not easy to control, and he could only rely on the Xie family for everything. From here, we can see how large the status of the entire Xie family is.
Xie An was born in the Xie family, the attention of all the people he was placed high hopes from childhood, when he was a teenager, Xie An was able to speak the Tao, whether it was writing articles or analyzing the political situation was never weaker than others, and because of the particularity of the family in the court, Xie Fu was more in favor of his sons entering the dynasty as officials to continue the glory of the Xie family.
Xie An was also drawn in by many forces and persuaded him to enter the court. Most of Xie An's brothers followed his father into the career path to become an official, but when he arrived at Xie An, he did not want to pay attention to the disputes in the court, and only wanted to live like a crane in the clouds. Under the repeated persuasion of the crowd, Xie An was unable to deal with the lobbyists anymore, and coupled with the pressure exerted by the imperial court, Xie An was forced to enter the dprk as an official.
Second, return to the official arena
Xie An could not stand such an environment, so he proposed to the imperial court to resign his official position not long after, and the emperor did not want to let Xie An leave, but he resolutely asked to leave many times, and the imperial court could only agree. Away from the chaos of the court, Xie An chose to go into hiding and live a pastoral life of swimming in the mountains and rivers.
The state did not want Xie An to lose such a talent, originally thought that Xie An just wanted to rest temporarily, who knew that when the imperial court went to send someone to invite Xie An back, he resolutely refused, several times and three times, Xie An not only did not live a secluded life, but was more famous above the court, which was angry with many ministers, and viciously discussed Xie An's reputation.
Xie An's retreat ended after his younger brother Xie Wan's mistakes were degraded, and because of his mistakes in the army, Xie Wan was reviled as a Shuren, and for a time the family's status was affected by Xie Wan's mistakes. In order not to let the family's interests be infringed, Xie An took the initiative to agree to return to the court as an official, and this time the first to promote Xie An was Huan Wen, a political enemy he later moved down.
Huan Wen understood Xie An's knowledge, so he arranged for Xie An to serve as the Grand Sima under him, and Xie An's ability to handle problems also satisfied Huan Wen. However, for some reason, Huan Wen gradually became cold to Xie An, and instead of paying as much attention to Xie An as before, Xie An even took the opportunity of his brother's death to go home and run away from Huan Wen's men.
3. Resignation and retreat
As the actual controller of the power of the court, Huan Wen would not be satisfied with just being a high-ranking and powerful courtier, what he wanted more was the supreme power, at this time the emperor Sima Yi was already a veritable puppet, he was just a nominal emperor, and the entire imperial court obeyed Huan Wen's arrangement.
After Huan Wen's guidance of the Northern Expedition was defeated, he was even more resentful when he saw the emperor Sima Yi in the court, so he used his connections to contact his courtiers to replace Sima Yi and make Sima Yu the new emperor.
It was just that Emperor Sima Yu did not take long to die, and Huan Wen supported the young Sima Yao to ascend to the throne. This series of behaviors had long been understood by Xie An, but fortunately, Huan Wen had not yet rebelled, and Xie An decided to watch the changes for the time being.
After Huan Wen carefully planned the palace change, he was originally going to depose the emperor and ascend the throne after this expedition, but Xie An and Wang Tanzhi and others took the lead in exposing Huan Wen's plot and told the emperor all of Huan Wen's thoughts.
Huan Wen learned that his ambitions were exposed, and the loyal general Liang tried to curry favor with him, even if he withdrew his troops back to the dynasty, he did not dare to enter the capital, but spent all day in the camp in fear, and finally he actually scared himself to death, Xie An did not spend a single soldier, and successfully eliminated Huan Wen's huge hidden danger for the emperor.
Xie An's ability and talent were obvious to all, and as Xie An's official position became higher and higher, the emperor began to envy the power in Xie An's hands, fearing that Xie An would become the second Huan Wen. Xie An knew that if he continued to serve the official, it would not be much better than Huan Wen, so Xie An took the initiative to ask the emperor to resign and leave, and the emperor gladly agreed.
epilogue:
After Xie An's death, the emperor remembered his contribution to the imperial court and personally selected Meiling as the burial address for Xie An's remains, from which the title of Xie An Jiang Zuo MeiLang was derived. Compared with the power, he is more intoxicated with the ease and elegance of the landscape and water, choosing to enter the army for the family and the country, money and power are things outside the body, Xie An never values it, he loves only that freedom.
Mei Changsu may be a film and television character based on Xie An, in that materialistic era, not for money and power, not for fame and fortune, the heart is related to the landscape, what a kind of open-minded and transparent realm. Even in today's society, not many people can do it. Perhaps Xie An is meant to tell future generations that the more they compete for fame and profit, the more they will not be able to achieve what they want.