As the saying goes, wealth is only three generations, whether ancient or modern. Many wealthy families declined by the third generation, such as Yao Chong, the famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, because he had two sons who did not become instruments, which led to the rapid decline of the family after his death. There are many others, and Naran Pearl is also a very typical example, who did not catch up with the family's prosperity period after his birth.
Nalan Mingzhu was a very famous minister during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, he was originally from a family, but because of the decline of the family, he had to start from a small official, but because of his own efforts, he successfully went to the peak of power step by step. At that time, because Kangxi was suspicious of the people in the imperial court, he planned to get rid of the traitors. Naran hurriedly told his wife to impeach me for rebellion, so that he could save his life.
During the Qing Dynasty, a dynasty that paid special attention to Manchu ancestry, only the manchu family could become a close minister around the emperor, and if it were not for the Manchu origin, it would be difficult to become a pillar of the imperial court even if it was very capable. Nalan's family was originally a big family, but when he was born, the family fell, and when he grew up, he inherited a small official from his father, and there was no development.
But Nalan himself was a very ambitious man, and of course he could not be content with such a large petty official, so he tried his best to seize every opportunity that could be promoted. The thing Naran is best at is mind reading, he can understand the truest thoughts in a person's heart, so he also relies on this ability to promote all the way to the emperor's side.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs was a department that handled the basic life of the Emperor, he was originally a small guard officer, and then gradually became the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, because he was familiar with the emperor's preferences and could guess the emperor's thoughts, he quickly walked to Kangxi's side, and later got Kangxi's favor and became the Bingbu Shangshu, but Nalan would not be satisfied with this.
He wanted to find an opportunity to impress Kangxi again, so he was always preparing to show himself. Until one time Kangxi wanted to inspect the training of troops, Nalan knew that his good opportunity had come, so he trained his soldiers in advance with extremely high quality, the troops were very neat, Kangxi couldn't help but show a satisfied expression, Nalan felt that he had once again grasped the emperor's preferences.
This incident became a stepping stone for Nalan's subsequent promotion, Kangxi expressed great approval of his ability, coupled with Nalan's ability to read minds very strongly, often able to guess Kangxi's thoughts, so Kangxi liked him very much, and Nalan also rose all the way to the position of prime minister and became a person with power and opposition.
The emperors of successive dynasties know best the strategy of checks and balances, and if you want to make the imperial court stable, you must know how to let the people with high power check and balance between each other. This can not only promote each other in favor of the development of the court, but also check and balance each other to prevent one side from being too powerful and leading to a threat to the emperor's rights. At that time, it was Soetu who reached a balance with Naran.
Suo Etu was one of the most valued courtiers during the Kangxi Dynasty, because he was from a famous family, and his father was once the founding father of the Qing Dynasty, so his family's roots in the court were still very deep. Naran Mingzhu is slightly inferior to Soltu's family, and his advantage is to be loved by Kangxi.
The two men formed a two-legged position in the court, and naturally it was inevitable that there would be fierce battles between them, and this situation was exactly what Kangxi wanted to see, and the two tigers competed for Kangxi's gain. After the two people both ascended to the position of prime minister, on the one hand, they wanted to win over the court, and on the other hand, they had to choose a correct prince to support, so that the court was naturally divided into two factions.
Both men had a prince who supported each other, while Soltu supported the crown prince at the time, taking some innate advantage. And Nalan did not want to fall behind, looking for an opportunity to impeach the crown prince, hoping that the emperor could depose the prince and establish the prince he supported as the crown prince. But this angered Soltu, who tried his best to kill Naran's party, and before that, he had collected a lot of evidence and took the opportunity to present it all to Kangxi.
As a prime minister, corruption and bribery can certainly not be avoided, so Naran also has many handles that Aretu has caught. Kangxi was very angry when he saw that Nalan was corrupt, and coupled with his alliance in the court for personal gain, Kangxi arrested Nalan in a fit of anger. Unexpectedly, the prime minister became a prisoner in the middle of the night, and the officials of the Naran faction also tried their best to rescue Naran.
Captured in prison, Naran began to find a way to save himself, and he carefully analyzed the situation. Considering that Kangxi did not want to break the current two-legged situation, the greater the crime he committed, the better, and the person who was big enough to involve his own faction was the best, so that Kangxi could consider the imbalance in the strength of the two gangs in the court, and then alleviate Nalan's guilt.
When Naran was in prison, his wife came to visit, and Naran relied on his wife to pass on the news. Naran told his wife to go back and call on the ministers who supported him to write a letter to impeach him for rebellion, but his wife did not understand very much, rebellion was a major crime of the Nine Tribes, and if the people around him would be involved.
Naran told his wife that he was going to do it, and the bigger the crime, the better, and when his wife returned, she began to arrange according to his instructions. It didn't take long for Naran's supporters to impeach Naran for colluding with the prince in court. The voice of impeachment intensified, and Kangxi had to punish him, and Soltu demanded that Kangxi punish him for the crimes of the Nine Tribes.
The emperor thought carefully that if he wanted to completely eliminate the Naran clan, the strength of the court would be tilted towards Soltu, which Kangxi did not want to see, so Kangxi ordered Naran to be released, which was also because Kangxi also knew that Nalan had no intention of rebellion at all.
Although Naran saved his life by relying on this method, it also confirmed Naran's name of corruption. Kangxi hated corrupt people the most, so his forgiveness of Nalan was also a temporary delaying tactic, and when the court was stable, he continued to promote a person to share Nalan's rights to ensure the balance of the court.
Kangxi gradually completed the great change of blood in the court, and Nalan was no longer reused by Kangxi, after all, the two people had a lot of mustard in their hearts since that incident. Nalan was a person who could read people's hearts, he knew that Kangxi had increased a little disgust with himself, and he could not continue to please Kangxi, and then he did not get much use until he unloaded his armor and returned to the field.