In ancient China, there was an idiom that contained the philosophy of life, called "great wisdom is foolish". Literally, people with great wisdom tend to look very stupid and never show off themselves. The so-called gun hits the head bird, and the wise man Hides the Front is this truth. The idiom first came from the famous Song Dynasty lyricist Su Shi's "He Ouyang Shaoshi Zhi Shi qi", the original text is "great courage is cowardly, great wisdom is foolish".
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Han Gaozu naturally wanted to purge a wave of founding heroes, and Xiao He's hard work and high merit, coupled with the high prestige in the minds of the people, naturally became the focus of Liu Bang's attention. However, Xiao He was also a wise man, and in order to protect his position, he deliberately accepted bribes to let Liu Bang know. When Liu Bang learned of this, he found that Xiao He was also a true villain with no great ambitions, and he certainly did not pose a threat to the throne, so he stopped calculating Xiao He.
There are also many cases in the Warring States period, when Sun Bin was framed by Pang Juan, relying on a single hand to pretend to be crazy and stupid in order to sneak a life, and finally escaped to heaven. There was also wang Qi, the founding general of the Qin Dynasty, who at the end of the Warring States period, he went out on a campaign on the orders of the King of Qin, and before leaving, he asked the King of Qin for a good field house. The King of Qin laughed and generously agreed.
The subordinates were puzzled and asked Wang Qi why he wanted to ask the King of Qin for a reward in advance. Wang Qi said, "I am not a person who covets money, but the King of Qin is suspicious by nature, and if I were to hold a heavy army in my hand, I would definitely feel uneasy in my heart." And I did this to let him know that I was running for the reward, not to lead a rebellion, so that he would not be suspicious. ”
It can be seen that the great wisdom and foolishness are the philosophies of life summed up by countless ancients, especially in the case of accompanying the king as a companion tiger, it can often exert its unexpected effect. And Yongzheng has a son, and it is precisely by following this trick that future generations can be blessed continuously.
Because Yongzheng relied on the nine sons to seize the throne and cannibalize each other, several of Yongzheng's princes also learned and learned. However, Yongzheng only had 4 sons to grow up, and the 24 princes behind Kangxi's death were simply incomparable. At that time, Yongzheng's youngest son, Hongzhen, was not yet an adult. Therefore, there are only 3 effective contenders for the throne, namely the Three Brothers Hongshi, the Four Brothers Hongli, and the Five Brothers Hongzhi.
However, Yongzheng did not want to see Hongshi, he and Hongli competed for favor in front of Yongzheng, but Yongzheng was facing Hongli. As a result, Hiroshi was stripped of his imperial title and eventually depressed. Therefore, there are only two people left in the struggle for the throne, one is Hongli and the other is Hongzhi.
Readers familiar with qing history know that Yongzheng naturally prefers Hongli a little more, otherwise he would not have become the later Qianlong Emperor. Then, according to the experience of the Ninth Son's conquest of the concubine, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, none of the eight princes who competed with him for the throne died well. And after Hongli ascended to the throne, what was the end of his younger brother Hongzhi?
After Qianlong ascended the throne, Hongzhi not only was not liquidated by his brother, but also became more and more moist, and even his descendants became the "Iron Hat King". The reason for this is the wisdom of the great wisdom of the day.
A few years before Yongzheng's death, Hongzhi had already seen that the scale in his father's heart had long been inclined to his brother Hongli. Knowing that his competition for the throne was hopeless, he simply began to pretend to be a stupid boy, selling a fool and pretending to be stupid, and did not compete with Hongli. He once wrote a poem "Jin Zhun Yin", which stated that he had no idea about the throne and only wanted to drink and have fun in time, while also implicitly expressing his admiration for his brother. Therefore, it is also jokingly called "life-saving poem" by historians.
Relying on this poem and his acting skills of pretending to be crazy and stupid, Qianlong did not persecute his brother after he ascended to the throne, but instead rewarded Hongzhi with his father's old mansion and all his property during the period when he was still the Prince of Yong. He was also given the best treatment for him to manage the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Library. Later historians also praised Hongzhi: Not pretending to be a fool is a fool.
Besides, how arrogant was Qianlong to Hongzhi? At that time, Hongzhi had a dispute with the military minister Ne Qin because of the incident, and Hongzhi directly beat Ne Qin in front of the Wen and Wu officials in the Upper Dynasty, and Qianlong also turned a blind eye in the court, which showed his connivance with his brother.
It is precisely by relying on the great wisdom of great wisdom and foolishness that Hongzhi not only saved his own life, but also allowed the descendants of the whole family to inherit the title. It can be seen that the great wisdom and foolishness are the first of the best survival skills in the ancient court.