In ancient Chinese society, although the historical trend was mighty, as long as in the feudal officialdom, everyone would sum up their own experience as an official, and these experiences slowly accumulated, so a large number of clever old bureaucrats were cultivated.
It should be said that these old bureaucrats are good and bad, and they are all very clever and alert people. For example, the famous official official old fritters in history, Feng Dao, after more than a dozen dynasties, can be called an official tumbler. His wisdom as an official can really be said to be admired by posterity, and when he dodges and moves, the open gun and dark arrows cannot make him.
Of course, people like Feng Dao still fell into a notoriety after all. But there are also some people who have left a good reputation, such as Yao Chong, who was a really clever old bureaucrat during the Tang Xuanzong period, but at the same time left a good reputation. So how did he do it?
When watching TV, we should all understand that the official struggle is very fierce, no matter what your intentions are, you will eventually need to face the open guns and dark arrows. For example, when looking at those things in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng was such a good person, and as a result, the leaders above wanted to suppress his colleagues below him and attack him, and there was a bunch of officials in the middle who frantically impeached him. When he stumbled, he tossed this gestapo to death, and even his family could not escape the disaster.
So as long as most people enter the official arena, it is difficult to remain pure, and in the feudal bureaucracy, the big dye vat will force everyone to go to the other side. It should be said that from a whiteboard teenager to a senior old bureaucrat, this change is not to be talked about, after all, the ancient officialdom was like that. Only by surviving can we muster the strength to reform society.
However, some people are directly involved in it and completely lose their minds, such as Yan Song in the Ming Dynasty, who was a good teenager at that time, but he became an old thief of Yan Song, which caused the world to spit on him.
Of course, there are also some who have done very well, although they have gradually learned about the conspiracies and tricks in the bureaucracy, but have always maintained their original intentions, and they can resist in the right way, and the representative of this is Tang Xuanzong's top pillar, Yao Chong.
According to historical records, Tang Xuanzong was quite accomplished in his youth, but he was also constrained by many old forces, but the emperor was very bold, he dared to use coup d'état with his aunt to divide the victory and defeat, and also dared to take advantage of the opportunity of the military parade to directly let Yao Chong come to power, and his courage was extraordinary.
It was under the emperor's keen innovation that Yao Chong was able to stand out and boldly work with the emperor to innovate the whole society.
In this process, Yao Chong, after all, is a rising star, although he is not young, but he is still a bit old-fashioned above the official. Therefore, he has been hit by traditional forces, and he has been madly slandered by many people.
But Yao Chong was a very powerful person, he not only had a unique insight into administration, but also with the rich experience of being an official, he turned himself into an old fritter.
Like most bureaucrats, he began to know which people hid knives in their laughter, who buried mines in good deeds, and who superficially recommended themselves but actually seriously injured themselves at the emperor.
If it is an ordinary person, it must directly become a villain like Yan Song, and if the other party cannot beat it, he will directly join the other party. Yao Chong has always been firm and hard at work, and at the same time has not used the emperor's trust to maliciously slander others, but this old official is also very clever, when others have been killing him, he will also sanction the other party, but his sanctions are always upright, and the point is over.
For example, in history, Yao Chong did two things, according to historical records, Aphid was very talented, and also promoted many talents to Tang Xuanzong, including the deputy prime minister Wei Zhigu. It is reasonable to say that this guy once got Yao Chong's promotion, and he should be grateful for tu, so Yao Chong's two sons want to find this deputy prime minister and want to get an official position.
However, this person did not agree to the two people's request at all, and turned his head and told Tang Xuanzong. Tang Xuanzong was naturally upset when he heard about this matter, after all, all the affairs of the whole world were entrusted to Yao Chong, and as a result, his son wanted to use his power for personal gain. But Tang Xuanzong was a scheming man, so when he pretended to chat with the other party, he suddenly asked him a question.
Tang Xuanzong asked, Yao Aiqing, I don't know what position your two sons hold now? Because it is a sudden question when chatting, the average person will definitely answer casually without thinking about it. But what kind of person Yao Chong, who has experienced so many open guns and dark arrows, has long been an old fritter, only 0.01 seconds of thinking, immediately realized that this must be someone behind their own calculations, and most likely want to replace their own second elder Wei Zhigu.
Therefore, Yao Chong did not directly answer the emperor's words, but scolded his two sons for not being a tool at all, simply because they should not be officials. He even used a tone of hatred for iron and steel, saying that his two sons went to Wei Zhigu to seek official positions, and as a result, they were rejected, and after saying that, he did not forget to say that his son was a waste, how could he take favor and seek profit.
On the surface, in the face of Tang Xuanzong's doubts, Yao Chong seemed to be very passive, and he directly chose to surrender to Tang Xuanzong, and confessed that his son was incompetent and did stupid things. But in fact, every sentence contains a killing machine, why? It turned out that although Tang Xuanzong was very clever, he attached great importance to the grace of promotion, because he often promoted ministers out of the box, and naturally hoped that the ministers would remember this kindness. As a result, Yao Chong promoted Wei Zhigu that year, but he was sold, not to mention whether Yao Chong's son had favoritism and fraud, but in this matter, Wei Zhigu deserved to die.
Sure enough, Tang Xuanzong did not accuse Yao Chong, but was very angry with Wei Zhigu, and the next day he dismissed his prime minister. In this way, Yao Chongbing killed himself without bloodshed, and he was upright, and he could only compromise with the other party without a trace of conspiracy.
Of course, Yao Chong's was really too powerful back then, so he offended many people by reforming and rectifying politics. It is certainly not enough to get one white-eyed wolf that he has promoted, and after death, he will also face the blow of another opponent, and this person is the prime minister Zhang Said.
If it is an ordinary person, it will definitely be crazy with the other party, and even take his life to use the conspiracy to pull down the other party and save the family. But Yao Chong's approach was simple, directly asking the children to give each other all the gold and silver jewelry and asking the other party to write an inscription.
The other party was more greedy for money, so after getting the gold and silver jewelry, he exaggerated Yao Chong, but he had just written the inscription, and Yao Chong's children handed the inscription to the emperor.
At this time, Zhang said that he had been caught in the trap, because the emperor saw the inscription that he praised Yao Chong, and if he went to retaliate against his family, it would be equivalent to smoking his own face, which would not only humiliate people, but also make the emperor dislike him. So Yao Chong's family finally escaped the blow safely.
Therefore, when I look at Yao Chong's history, we will find that although he is also an old bureaucrat, he is really unique in micro-intelligence. There are no good people in the official field, but Yao Chong has done it, I don't harm you, but I also guard against you, and it is no wonder that he left such a good reputation in the future generations.
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