The feudal dynasty has produced a large number of capable subjects, many military generals with high merit and high power have not had a good ending, and the tragedy of rabbit dead dog cooking has been staged, but there is one person who has avoided this calamity, he is guo Ziyi, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, who has saved the Tang Dynasty with his own strength, and after becoming famous, Guo Ziyi has been able to die well, what did he do?
Judging from Guo Ziyi's life, he lived for more than eighty years, was a rare person with a high life expectancy at that time, and his descendants were full of grandchildren, many sons married royal princesses, which can be regarded as relatives of the emperor and the state, and there were also good fields given by the imperial court in the family, often holding luxurious banquets, and living a luxurious life of spending money.
More importantly, during the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Ziyi's military achievements were promoted to bingbu Shangshu, and then he was appointed by the imperial court as the Grand Marshal of The Terracotta Army, commanding the three important towns of Longyou, Hexi, and Shuofang, and achieving a person under ten thousand people, Guo Ziyi has never lived up to the emperor's expectations since taking office, successfully recovered Chang'an, and successively conquered Hedong, Hexi and other places, when Guo Ziyi returned to the dynasty, the emperor would personally send people to greet him.
Guo Ziyi monopolized power, if he wanted to rebel, it would be easy, but he did not have this kind of mind, and he did not even make Tianzi jealous, how did he do it? After all, there have been outstanding talents in all dynasties and dynasties, but very few have been able to die well, and from this we can also see how rare Guo Ziyi is.
Guo Ziyi himself also knew that he had done a great job of the Lord, and any action was seen by the Son of Heaven, so he tried his best to cover up his own light, first of all, he abided by the rules, and after many great generals made great contributions, they used the emperor's grace as a blessing, but Guo Ziyi was cautious, never interacted too much with people, avoided the suspicion of gangs and factions, and at the same time behaved very well in front of the emperor.
Secondly, Guo Ziyi dared to "insult himself", the ancients, especially the readers, attached great importance to their own reputation, and even willing to die for the sake of reputation innocence, the more high-ranking people valued their reputation, afraid of being caught by others, but Guo Ziyi was just the opposite.
Very jealous of his own good reputation, trying to demean himself, according to the tradition that frugality is a virtue, but Guo Ziyi is extravagant and wasteful on weekdays, ordering the family to search around for rare treasures, according to statistics, there are thousands of slaves in the Guo Mansion, these servants usually wear silk silk, and the Guo Mansion from time to time holds a grand banquet, spending countless things.
In addition, Guo Ziyi is also very "lustful", even more than 80 years old, surrounded by wives and concubines, when feasting on guests on weekdays, he will always let these concubines dress up as fancy servants around, and for a long time privately talk about Guo Ziyi as old and disrespectful.
The most fatal thing is that Guo Ziyi also carried the insult of "no filial piety", when Guo Ziyi was born on the battlefield and died, his ancestral grave was dug up, all of them were the generals of the serum Fang Gang, and others had long been annoyed and angry, after all, the ancients valued filial piety the most, in terms of Guo Ziyi's power at that time, it was easy to take revenge, but he did not find trouble with the enemy, but called him a brother and a brother, and had close contacts, in the eyes of outsiders, Guo Ziyi's ancestors did not recognize, it was shameful.
Also as a general in the army, Guo Ziyi connived at his subordinates, and sat idly by for the illegal and disorderly behavior of his subordinates, and the officials talked a lot about what Guo Ziyi did, and even the old subordinates repeatedly persuaded him to cherish his reputation, after all, he was still in the era of war and chaos, and it was not a matter of letting people grasp the handle by living such a dashing life.
Guo Ziyi did not think so, saying that he was doing this in order to let His Majesty let down his guard, in fact, Guo Ziyi had already seen clearly the shortcomings of the bureaucratic system, and even more saw through the mind of the monarch, they were not afraid of Guo Ziyi's greed for pleasure, but they were afraid of his conscientious work, if he did his best to do things for the imperial court, there was no trace of stain, and he became a righteous gentleman praised by everyone, wouldn't he be more suitable for ruling the country than the emperor? Meritorious lords, too capable subordinates, are bound to arouse the suspicion of the emperor, and many of the famous ministers and generals in history are like this.
The Qin general Wang Qi led the troops to battle, and almost took away all the elite soldiers of the Qin State, so how to reassure Qin Shi Huang could only be asked for fiefdom three or four times before leaving, showing a greedy look, in order to eliminate Qin Shi Huang's vigilance, only the courtiers indulged in pleasure and tried everything in order to get the emperor's reward, the emperor could sit back and relax, Guo Ziyi was also out of this idea.
In order to make themselves worthless, many times encouraged the people to ridicule themselves, and even spent a lot of money to build the manor open to the public, the crowd of people came and went, many people wanted to spy on Guo Ziyi's life, it is said that Guo Ziyi often served the lady at home, the original people did all the things in a big package, after being bumped into, soon spread throughout Chang'an City, everyone said that Guo Ziyi was like a slave in front of the lady, several sons were angry after hearing it, several times to talk to their father, Guo Ziyi is still going his own way, Without any regard for the eyes of others.
Later, under the questioning of the sons, Guo Ziyi said the reason, he opened the door, every move was under the eyes of the emperor, if the door was closed, it was inevitable that the villain would catch the handle and frame himself, and then he would suffer, Guo Ziyi did nothing more than to show the imperial court that he had no second heart.
Once a general who fought in the southern expedition to the north and swept away the rebellion, after becoming famous, he changed his skin bag and became a bad old man who only cared about pleasure, and only in this way escaped the emperor's sanctions, and even saw Guo Ziyi so unbearable, the imperial court repeatedly rewarded and rewarded Tian Zhao, Guo Ziyi lived a good life, lived for eighty-five years, and was able to die well, it is difficult to say that if Guo Ziyi continues to maintain a righteous style, it is inevitable that he will not repeat the mistakes of his ancestors and become a wisp of wronged soul under the butcher's knife.