In ancient Chinese history, once the military generals have supreme prestige and long-term military power is a threat to the rulers of the dynasty, so a very special crime "meritorious and high lord" gradually formed, there are many famous ministers in history who have no major mistakes, but they have died, such as Bai Qi, Yue Fei, Han Xin and others, but in the Tang Dynasty, there is such a famous general, after seven dynasties, the emperor is jealous but can end well with high emotional intelligence, this person is the famous Tang Dynasty general Guo Ziyi.
In the Tang Dynasty, which was built with military merit, joining the army is a good choice, but a general has a thousand bones, not every soldier has a day to emerge, countless soldiers fell on the battlefield, and later generations can not even know the name, which Guo Ziyi is lucky.
When the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Guo Ziyi was already 58 years old, and from the average life expectancy at that time, he was an old man who stepped into the coffin with half a foot, and Guo Ziyi's official position was only a too conservative, in the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ziyi wanted Qingshi to stay famous, the odds were too small. But the opportunity existed all the time, the Anshi Rebellion that changed Guo Ziyi's life broke out, Guo Ziyi was ordered to lead the Tang army to recover Hebei, Hedong and other areas occupied by the rebels, and was later named Bingbu Shangshu, which has since become a legend.
Many people think that Guo Ziyi has shined all his life and has not been suspected by the emperor, so he has been able to die well, in fact, it is not, after the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Ziyi served three emperors, and they were full of suspicion about this powerful minister who held military power.
Emperor Suzong of Tang listened to the rumors of the grand eunuch Yu Chao'en and relieved Guo Ziyi of his military powers; Emperor Daizong relieved Guo Ziyi of his military powers; and the first thing Emperor Dezong did after he ascended the throne was to take measures to break down Guo Ziyi's powers. In fact, the contradiction between Guo Ziyi and the imperial power did not happen less, the most famous is the "drunken beating of the golden branch" incident, Guo Ziyi's son Guo Huan beat the princess and threatened, your father is the emperor, because my father does not want to be the emperor, this kind of great rebellion can be asked no matter which dynasty can be cut off, but the emperor laughed and said that this is angry words between husband and wife, which can be taken seriously, and also sent the princess back to the Guo mansion, this matter ended here, becoming a generation of good stories.
But soon after, Guo Ziyi's father's grave was dug up, which was a major event in ancient times, and all the evidence pointed to the great eunuch Yu Chao'en, who was afraid that Guo Ziyi, who was leading the troops, would use this to attack the imperial court, but Guo Ziyi wrote to review that he did not restrain the soldiers. What is this operation? His father's grave was thrown away, and Guo Ziyi's position was not investigated in depth, why was this so? Because Guo Ziyi knows that this matter cannot be pursued, the most suspicious Yu Chao'en continues to be trusted by the emperor like a person who has nothing to do, if he continues to investigate and find the emperor, this matter is not a trivial matter, this is Guo Ziyi's loyalty and emotional intelligence.
The reason why Guo Ziyi was able to die well was that in addition to the high emotional intelligence known to everyone, he had a way to let the emperor know that he was loyal. Once, after Guo Ziyi's military power was taken over, Guo Ziyi's subordinates forced the emperor to restore Guo Ziyi's officials to his position through a mutiny, and after Guo Ziyi regained the military power, the first thing he did was to dispose of the more than 40 generals who had mutinied. After that, the emperor wanted to remove Guo Ziyi's military power, and Guo Ziyi took the initiative to ask the emperor to withdraw the military power; the emperor felt that Guo Ziyi's heavy troops were threatening outside, and Guo Ziyi took the initiative to ask to stay in the Beijing Division, it can be said that Guo Ziyi told the emperor in various ways that I am not in danger, and you can do whatever you want me. History tells us that Guo Ziyi was successful.
At the age of 85, his descendants married the royal family, and the big man of the clan town respected him more than the emperor, enjoyed all the glory and wealth, and after seven dynasties, he could die well, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, only Guo Ziyi.