Fan Wuzi led the Jin army to defeat Chi Di, and the Duke of Jin Jing took the opportunity to offer prisoners to the Zhou royal family.
This time, the representative of the Jin State's "captivity" was not an ordinary doctor, but a "Chinese general" Fan Wuzi. So, why did the Jinjing Guild send such a powerful person to go personally?
In the author's opinion, the purpose of Jin Jinggong sending Fan Wuzi to the Zhou royal family, in addition to asking him to hold an important position in the work of consecration of prisoners, was mainly to let him obtain the title of King ding of Zhou. It can be seen that the relationship between Fan Wuzi and Jin Jinggong is very close, and Jin Jinggong also has a preference for Fan Wuzi.
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Since the Duke of Jinjing was the only prince of a great power for more than a decade, King Ding of Zhou was bound to agree to the request of the Duke of Jinjing: he gave Fan Wuzi a hat and dress. Not only that, King Ding of Zhou gave the Duke of Jin Jing enough face, and additionally crowned Fan Wuzi as Taifu and the "General of the Middle Army" of the Jin State.
Because of this, Fan Wuzi became the only "Chinese general" officially appointed by the King of Zhou among all the commanders of the Jin Dynasty.
However, unexpectedly, after Fan Wuzi received the honor of being crowned king of Zhouding, he returned to the Jin Dynasty and immediately returned to his hometown and handed over the position of "General of the Chinese Army" to Hao Ke.
At this time, Fan Wuzi held the two positions of Taifu the King of Zhou and the "General of the Chinese Army" of the Jin Dynasty, and it can be said that this was the peak of Fan Wuzi's political career. Logically, Fan Wuzi was personally appointed by the King of Zhou, and his position as a "General of the Chinese Army" was more stable, which should have been the time for Fan Wuzi to show his ambitions.
We all know that the "Chinese generals" before Fan Wuzi died during their term of office. Therefore, even if Fan Wuzi does not return to his hometown, others will not accuse him, and he does not have any moral "deficiency". However, after Fan Wuzi returned to China, he immediately returned to his hometown. Why is that?
Fan Wuzi's behavior is so abnormal that we can only try to find the answer to the question by analyzing his daily words and deeds. Finally, through his dialogue with his son Fan Wenzi, he learned the truth of the matter - it turned out that the main reason for Fan Wuzi to die was to save the life of the family, and because of this, he gave up the position of "General of the Chinese Army" to Hao Ke.
From Fan Wuzi's words, it can be seen that Hao Ke has actually coveted the position of "General of the Chinese Army" for a long time, and the fierceness of his means is no less than that of Zhao Dun, so if Fan Wuzi does not avoid his sharp edge, his family members are afraid that they will suffer. This can be seen from the fact that after Fan Wuzi resigned from the government, he repeatedly reminded Fan Wenzi to keep a low profile at all times in the imperial court.
One day, Fan Wenzi returned home very late. Fan Wuzi felt that this matter was not normal, so he asked Fan Wenzi the reason for his late return. Fan Wenzi explained to his father that there was an emissary of the Qin state in the imperial court today, and he spoke very cryptically, and no Jin guo doctor could understand his meaning and answer his questions. When Fan Wenzi saw this scene, he explained three of them clearly.
According to common sense, Fan Wuzi should praise his son. Unexpectedly, Fan Wuzi was furious after hearing this, and he rebuked Fan Wenzi heavily and explained the reasons for this--in fact, the senior doctors of the Jin Kingdom were not unable to answer, but out of humility to the elders, they did not say it. Fan Wenzi was young and vigorous, he had answered three times in a row in the middle of the dynasty, making a big splash, if it were not for the fact that his father Fan Wuzi's Yu Wei was still there, Fan Wenzi would definitely be hated by others, and it was also possible that disasters would occur.
Fan Wuzi picked up his cane and beat Fan Wenzi, even the hairpin on the crown of his head was broken. From Fan Wuzi's fierce reaction, it can be known that Fan Wuzi not only protected himself, but also tried his best to avoid the family members being too aggressive. Because Fan Wenzi knew quite well that once someone in the family was jealous, after his death, the opponent would definitely create an opportunity to eliminate his family. In the history of the Jin Dynasty, there is no shortage of such "lessons from the past", such as the Fox Family and the Xian Family. And Fan Wuzi's jealous object, Hao Ke, is also looking at the tiger at this time, looking for an excuse to eliminate his opponent.
After Fan Wenzi was pointed out and strictly taught by his father, he must have understood what kind of danger he was in, and since then his words and deeds have become more cautious.
In the same year, the State of Jin defeated the State of Qi in the Battle of the Saddle. When the Jin army triumphantly returned to China, Fan Wenzi unusually walked behind the team. Fan Wenzi pretended not to know anything, and deliberately asked Fan Wenzi why he was like this, fan wenzi replied: "The army has made a meritorious contribution, and the people of the country are happy to welcome them." If I had been the first to enter the capital, I would have received much attention, and such an act would have been to receive praise in place of the marshal. This move is absolutely inappropriate, so I dare not lead the city."
Fan Wuzi was very satisfied after hearing this, and he said with great satisfaction: "I know that you will be able to avoid disasters in the future."
The marshal mentioned in Fan Wenzi's mouth naturally refers to the "Chinese army general" Hao Ke. Therefore, the real purpose of exploring fan wuzi's dialogue with fanwenzi is actually to test whether fanwenzi has already grasped the previous lessons. Fortunately, Fan Wenzi had already experienced his father's good intentions, and he was always and everywhere paying attention to whether his sharp edge was higher than that of "General of the Chinese Army" Hao Ke, so as not to cause trouble. Even when jin jinggong summoned and comforted the generals who had returned from victory, Fan Wenzi was still very modest in assigning all the credit to Hao Ke and Xun Geng—"Geng's order is also, Ke's system is also, and Xie He Li has it."
Fan Wenzi's humble and low-key attitude highlights the political philosophy and family education of his father, Fan Wuzi, which can be said to be quite successful.