Since the change of ancient dynasties, many well-known virtuous emperors have been born, and at the same time, there have also been many praiseworthy and talented people. The Ming Dynasty is one of these talented dynasties.
When Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang fought the world, it was the time when the talents gathered. Liu Bowen, who can pinch and calculate, Yu Qian, who is both literate and martial, and Wang Yangming, the originator of the heart study, each of them is a talent of Wang Zuo who shows his sharp edge. Of course, among the many capable people, there are also many people who are wise and foolish, and who are wise and seek progress.
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended to the throne, he rewarded the meritorious ministers one by one and added officials to the knighthood. At this time, a minister with outstanding military achievements took the initiative to ask for a request that he not be entrusted with a heavy responsibility because of a problem with himself. The emperor could only laugh and agree, who is this?
1. Ming Taizu and Guo Decheng
After Ming Taizu ascended the throne, he rewarded all meritorious ministers. Guo Decheng accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to the battlefield in the late Yuan Uprising, and made many military achievements, and it should be natural to receive a heavy reward. However, in the end, he was only given such an ordinary official position as a horse rider, and there must be another reason for this.
When Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Guo Decheng once, he remembered that his merits were greater, and he wanted to add officials to Guo Decheng and share the glory and wealth. Guo Decheng thought for a moment, and immediately showed that he had a big problem, so he could not be a high official, and Taizu couldn't help but laugh when he heard it. Doubts arose in my heart, is there really anyone in this world who is not moved by the powerful?
It should be known that Guo Decheng and his brother Guo Xing, together with Zhu Yuanzhang in the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, turned to the battlefield together. With his keen and open-mindedness and courage and good fighting, he laid a solid foundation for his future life as a magnate. How can you give up a better life and not be willing to share the peace and prosperity with such desperation?
Guo Decheng knows that he has a small problem of loving drinking, and he is afraid that this small problem will bring unnecessary trouble when he sits in the prosperous world. But Zhu Yuanzhang did not care about these, and after knowing that this love would have such a "Yaxing", he pushed the cup with him and shared the song and dance.
Under such treatment, Guo Decheng naturally became closer and closer to Ming Taizu. What followed was a more relaxed exchange at the wine table. It is often said that after drinking, more words will cause trouble. In a drunken and unintentional drunken conversation, Guo De became a deep safety hazard for himself, but fortunately he escaped with his astute personality.
2. Drunken gaffe
One day, Emperor Taizu summoned Guo Decheng to his back garden to enjoy flowers and drink together. Guo Decheng naturally rushed to accompany him. Surrounded by flowers and the aroma of wine on the table. Guo Decheng's open-minded personality was instantly revealed. A few glasses of wine went down to the stomach, and successively praised the wine as very good. And happily drank, after drinking Guo Decheng was even more grateful to Emperor Taizu.
Taizu looked at Guo Decheng, who was hesitant, with a messy hairstyle and disheveled clothes due to greed. Instead of blaming him for his gaffe behavior, he pampered Guo Decheng with the nickname of a drunkard.
Guo De stereotyped that Taizu was so fond of himself that he said the words he regretted the most in his life through drunkenness. He touched his messy hair, and even blurted out that he hated this mess of hair the most, and he wanted to shave his head many times, thinking that it was a very painful thing.
I didn't expect this unintentional drunken remark, but I stepped on the pain point of Emperor Taizu. It should be known that Emperor Taizu had been a monk for several years because of his life when he was young, and Taizu was particularly taboo about the words "light" and "monk". But such a word actually came out of the mouth of his own beloved subjects, how should Emperor Taizu deal with it?
Taizu was first so angry that his face turned red with such words, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, how could this boy dare to utter such words to humiliate the king. At the same time that Taizu was dissatisfied, he looked at Guo Decheng, who was still sinking in drunkenness, and then fell silent. It is believed that he is a drunken gaffe, and after he wakes up, he will observe his words and deeds for further processing. Taizu raised his noble hand and let Guo Decheng go home to sober up.
3. Shave your hair to hide from the scourge of the monk
After Guo Decheng returned home, as the effect of alcohol faded, he was deeply afraid of his words and deeds in front of Taizu. You must know that such a rebellious word from the mouth has deeply touched the bottom line of Taizu. With Guo Decheng's understanding of Emperor Taizu, it is not difficult to predict that he will definitely suffer a killing disaster in the future. Thinking of this, he was even more remorseful.
Guo Decheng knew that Taizu would never let go of this matter easily, and he regretted the mistake he had made when he thought that his life was not in danger. He wanted to explain it clearly to Taizu as soon as possible, but he was afraid that Taizu would be even more jealous. If you don't explain, you will be doomed. Guo Decheng was embarrassed and did not know how to save himself.
Guo Decheng, who was haunted by clouds, could only calm himself down in the form of drinking to dispel his sorrows, so that Emperor Taizu thought that he was just a drunken gaffe, not intentional. Perhaps through the effect of alcohol, or because of his bohemian personality, Guo Decheng really entered the temple and became a monk.
After Guo Decheng shaved, he wore a robe all day, held Buddha beads, and read Buddhist scriptures. There really is a feeling of being beyond the world, insulated and in the red dust. However, his bohemian personality is still preserved.
Taizu learned of this and saw that Guo Decheng had really become a monk. The suspicion and hatred of him in my heart disappeared completely. Taizu also praised Guo Decheng as a strange man to his people, thinking that he hated that his hair was fake, and secretly mocked that it was true. Unexpectedly, he actually became a drunken monk.
Guo Decheng not only successfully resolved the disaster of this killing because of his astute move of being a monk. In the later years of Taizu's suspicion and suppression of meritorious ministers, he was able to save his own life.
IV. Summary
Guo Decheng is a person who knows how to protect himself and can observe things with a long-term perspective. Through small evils, see the development of events after the event. Using his astute and open-minded personality, he prepared in advance and finally escaped the disaster of killing again and again.
As the saying goes, since ancient times, companions are like companions of tigers, regardless of intelligence and good martial arts. Push the cup for the king and the courtier, and after drinking, he lost his word and provoked himself. Strategize and observe the situation, be astute and open-minded, and turn false into true. Shaving his hair and shaving the monk's clothes, Taizu laughed and talked about no trouble.
People with a long-term vision are often open-minded and quick-witted. Guo Decheng, who was able to retreat into advance, took the initiative to inform himself of his own small problems in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, thus winning the monarch a smile and avoiding many disasters. It has to be said that it is a model of great wisdom and foolishness.