In history, there are many very bullish civilian and military generals, especially those who are around the emperors, and their brains are not to mention how bright they are. It was with the help of these people that a number of founding emperors were able to achieve such brilliant results.
For example, Ji Chang has Jiang Ziya, Gou Jian has Fan Li, Liu Bang has Zhang Liang, Liu Bei has Zhuge Liang, and Zhu Yuanzhang has Liu Bowen. We looked closely at these people, and the only one who really completely achieved success and retired was Fan Li.
Fan Li is a remarkable person, and he has really achieved the slightest drag of mud and water. After assisting King Yue to destroy the State of Wu, Fan Li not only retired himself, but also did not allow his son to enjoy glory and wealth in the Kingdom of Yue. Therefore, Fan Li's ending is also relatively good.
So how do they deal with this problem with the remaining top talents? If you are jealous of the monarch, what should you do?
First, those who held power to death were Jiang Ziya and Zhuge Liang.
This is perhaps the best way for the courtiers to continue to enjoy the fruits of their life's work. If you go one step further, then learn from Cao Cao and Sima Yi, which is a bit unkind, and the risk of establishing an imperial family is not something that everyone can bear. If you take a step further, it is actually not appropriate, because it is very likely to be liquidated.
Jiang Ziya, as a courtier who assisted King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou, did not retire because he was too old. Jiang Ziya took a lot of things, not only assisting King Wu of Zhou in the Zhou royal family until his death, but also winning a fief for his son in the state of Qi.
Eating and taking, this quality is indeed not very good, but this is caused by the limitations of that era. Later courtiers did not dare to do so, and at most they would get a small place for themselves to make food to ensure that they and their children and grandchildren had a source of livelihood.
What was the situation at that time? After Jiang Ziya obtained the fiefdom of Qi, he did not go to office, but continued to serve as a taishi in the Zhou Dynasty's Ho Jing, assisting King Cheng of Zhou and King Kang of Zhou, holding the authority of the world.
In addition, Jiang Ziya's eldest son, Jiang Ling, the Duke of Qiding, held the post of Tiger Ben in Haojing for a long time, holding the military power of the forbidden army in the palace. That is to say, the safety of Zhou Tianzi's big son is all up to Jiang Ziya.
Even after Jiang Ziya's death, his son Jiang Ling, the Duke of Qiding, still held the power of the forbidden army, and became an auxiliary minister second only to Zhao Gongyi, firmly controlling the military and political power of the Zhou Dynasty. This is the survival method of Jiang Ziya's father and son, who have been in power for a long time but have not usurped the throne.
Zhuge Liang's approach is more pure, he always likes to subdue people with virtue. Zhuge Liang's character is really not to be picked, and people from all walks of life in the Three Kingdoms, regardless of the enemy or the enemy, admire him.
After he held the power of Shu Han in his hands, he knew in his heart that the task of man had not yet been completed, but he could not let those who had crooked thoughts destroy the great cause! So he did not give up his power until his death.
Many people are very critical of this, in fact, you must know that people's hearts are sinister, if the power is ceded, Shu Han is estimated to collapse in less than three days, because in addition to Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's hardcore fans, who else is willing to work for Liu Bei's son Liu Chan?
The biggest difference between Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao and Sima Yi is that Zhuge Liang never properly trained his son as a successor. Cao Cao's sons and Sima Yi's sons both successfully took over their power!
Second, there is Zhang Liang who drags mud and water.
Zhang Liang is also very familiar to us, he is the first think tank around Liu Bang. But why is Zhang Liang not the highest merit after the establishment of the Great Han? And only ennobled as a marquis? The reason is that Zhang Liang is not a concubine of Liu Bang.
When Liu Bang first came out to fight in Jiangshan, he was just a mud-legged man, and Zhang Liang was a Korean nobleman, and their ancestors had been the Xiangguo of Korea for generations. If Qin Shi Huang hadn't destroyed Korea, Zhang Liang might have also been a Korean Xiangguo.
After that, Zhang Liang still assisted the King of Han instead of Assisting Liu Bang. It wasn't until Han Wangcheng was killed by Xiang Yu that Zhang Liang completely followed Liu Bang, and at this time Liu Bang had grown bigger and become the King of Han, how good can you say Liu Bang can be to him?
Even if Liu Bang was willing to give Zhang Liang some credit, the other heroes could not agree! Zhang Liang actually didn't care much about these things, of course, he just didn't seem to care much.
Why? Because he dragged mud and water! Since you want to live in seclusion, you should either study Fan Li directly. Not only go by yourself, but also take your own family with you, okay?
As a result, Zhang Liang handled this problem in this way. He always said that he was not in good health, so he often closed the door. But if you want to say that Zhang Liang has completely disappeared, that is not, he occasionally pops up and says two sentences.
For example, at that time, Liu Bang planned to depose the crown prince Liu Ying and establish Liu Ruyi instead. As a result, Lü Hou cried and found Zhang Liang, and Zhang Liang came up with an idea for Lü Hou, asking her to go to Shangshan Sihao to support her, and sure enough, she persuaded Liu Bang to give up Yi Chu.
After Liu Bang's death, Zhang Liang planned to go to Xiu Xian completely. However, under the persuasion of Lü Hou, he actually stayed in Chang'an, which was a bit speechless, this immortal, you still can't repair it?
After that, Zhang Liang's son even inherited the title of Marquis of Liu, and as a result, he committed an offence in Chang'an, killing his head and depriving him of his title. Fortunately, with all the family property to redeem a small life. If his father had been firmer and learned that Fan Li was far away from the world early, he might have had a different ending.
Third, there is Liu Bowen who is nosy.
It is said that Zhuge Liang is divided into three parts of the world, and Liu Bowen is unified in the country. It seems that Liu Bowen is more intelligent than Zhuge Liang? Actually, you can't see it that way. After all, the three divisions of the world are not the credit of Zhuge Liang alone, and the unification of the jiangshan is also not the credit of Liu Bowen alone.
However, Liu Bowen is indeed very skilled, he can assist Zhu Yuanzhang, the living King of Yan, in the end there are still two brushes. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen was only given the title of Sincere Bo.
Why? Because Liu Bowen, like Zhang Liang, is not a concubine of Zhu Yuanzhang. He worked for the Yuan Dynasty in his early years, and later after Zhu Yuanzhang became big, he defected to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Liu Bowen is a man who pretends to be a high-ranking person, and he cannot be a high official at all. Therefore, it is only right to go into hiding early, he himself thinks the same way, and he also plans to retire early.
But the problem is, if your brother wants to retire, just retire well, don't mix things with the DPRK, and the result is that the two things have completely changed Liu Bowen's fate.
First thing: Taste and evaluate Li Shanchang.
Li Shanchang had been the prime minister for a long time, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very uncomfortable, so Zhu Yuanzhang called Liu Bowen and asked him what he thought of Li Shanchang. Liu Bowen said that Li Shanchang was very powerful, and he must not be removed.
This can make Old Zhu's face black, big brother, the emperor has what you think you can see through, even if it is, why do you have to be so broken? Speaking of Li Shanchang's matter, it really has nothing to do with you, so why do you deliberately say this for your own good reputation?
It turned out that Li Shanchang always said bad things about Liu Bowen in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and everyone knew about this. Now Liu Bowen is dead or alive and refuses to say bad things about Li Shanchang, what does this mean? Of course it's a good reputation!
The second thing: the change of prime minister.
When Old Zhu Rang retired, he was definitely going to retire. After Li Shanchang was gloriously laid off, who should sit in the position of prime minister, and Zhu Yuanzhang called Liu Bowen again and asked him again.
Lao Zhu was the first to propose Yang Xian, because Yang Xian had a good relationship with Liu Bowen. But Liu Bowen shook his head repeatedly, saying: Although Yang Xian has talent, he has no measurement.
The second person Lao Zhu proposed was Wang Guangyang, and Liu Bowen shook his head again and again, and said at the same time: The measurement of this goods is not as good as Yang Xian!
Old Zhu again proposed Hu Weiyong as a person. Liu Bowen snorted coldly, saying that Hu Weiyong was too troublesome, and this cargo might cause a big disaster!
This made Old Zhu angry, he had a hard time taking a fancy to these three people, and all of them were rejected by Liu Bowen. So old Juso said: Or you will do a good job!
Liu Bowen also said that he was honest and straight, and he was about to retire and did not work. If you think of a good answer to the leader and don't propose a solution, will such an employee leader like it?
Before living in seclusion, Liu Bowen did these two things, although it can be proved that he is a person with a bright heart. However, the bad problem of being nosy eventually harmed Liu Bowen.
Some people say that Liu Bowen's death was caused by Hu Weiyong, but more people are inclined to Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, Liu Bowen was ill, and Hu Weiyong, under the instructions of Zhu Yuanzhang, took the imperial doctor to see Hu Weiyong.
As a result, after Liu Bowen took the medicine of the imperial doctor, his health was even worse. This matter reached Lao Zhu's ears, and Lao Zhu actually just casually comforted a few words, as if he knew what the situation was. Not long after, Liu Bowen died.
Summary: Either hold the power firmly or turn around cleanly.
Although these are two extremes, they are better than people who drag mud and water and are nosy. Either hold the power and learn from Jiang Ziya and Zhuge Liang, or you will retire from the achievements and go to do other things early, and refer to Fan Li.
If you want to walk like Zhang Liang, it is quite dangerous. Liu Bowen is also very scary, just go away, why do you have so much nonsense? If you say two more words, will the pension given to you by the leader double?
References: "History", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "History of the Ming Dynasty", etc.