Ancient people repeat their promises, and ordinary people often say that "a gentleman's word is difficult to chase." The emperor, as the ninth and fifth emperor, is even more golden-mouthed, and the decisions made cannot be changed. The emperor's golden words guaranteed the supremacy of his imperial power, but there were also some accidents, such as the backfire if he accidentally expressed a mistake.
King Cheng of Zhou has a famous story of Tong Ye Fengdi. The story goes like this, he likes his younger brother Shu Yu very much, and when he is playing, he jokes with a leaf to give him a piece of land, and the leaf falls on the boundary of the Tang Kingdom. It was originally a joke of the two brothers, but the historian and the minister became serious, thinking that the king could not change his words. King Cheng could only endure the pain of letting his beloved brother go to the Tang Kingdom. In ancient times, such examples abounded.
The true story to be told below is even more terrifying, the emperor's hand shaking made an incompetent soldier become a marshal, and there was no one left. This was an incident that happened during the reign of the Tongzhi Emperor. We all know what a situation was in the late Qing Dynasty, when peasant uprisings were frequent and the great powers were eyeing the tigers, and even if we made the marshals the most capable of fighting, we might not be able to win the war, and the Tongzhi Emperor even accidentally let a small soldier take the position.
At that time, the Xiang army in charge of fighting the Taiping Army was Zuo Zongtang's Xiang Army. Under the leadership of Zuo Zongtang, there were many good soldiers in the Xiang army who fought bravely. There was a small soldier named Chen Wanchun who was promoted to a small officer similar to a battalion commander because of his bravery. In fact, his ability is limited to this, and there is no strategy. But this boy was lucky and accidentally picked up a leak and became a big handsome.
The fact is that at that time, the Tongzhi Emperor wanted to hand-pick the marshal of Hunan Province. But I don't know whether the ink was dipped or the hand was shaking, and the ink was sprinkled before it was pointed, and the ink spot just fell on Chen Wanchun's name. This was embarrassing, because he was holding the imperial pen and the approval was Zhu Pi. As soon as the pen falls, it is equivalent to making a decision, and it cannot be changed. Of course, you can also change it, as long as you are willing to punch yourself in the face.
Although the Tongzhi Emperor's ability was not very good, he was very face-saving. He decided to respect himself and said helplessly, "That's it, let Chen Wanchun be the grand marshal!" "After saying this, he made a holy decree, so that this matter became a real hammer." I have to say that the emperor is willful!
Chen Wanchun was stunned after receiving the Holy Will, it was simply a pie in the sky, he didn't know what luck he had taken, he could actually be a marshal. With a confused face, he even doubted whether there was a person with the same name, and whether everyone was mistaken. However, the eunuch was very determined, saying that it was chen Wanchun who was hand-picked by the emperor.
Zuo Zongtang was also confused, and it was reasonable to say that he should feel honored to have a big marshal under him. But Chen Wanchun knew it, he was indeed brave, and he was also very willing to sell his life, but Wen Mo was different, and he had no wisdom, so how could he command others? What did he become with his troops? Do they all know how to rush forward like him?
There was no way, the Holy Will was there, and Zuo Zongtang could only recognize it. But he knew that Chen Wanchun would not last long. Sure enough, as soon as Chen Wanchun took office, he made all kinds of nonsense and made a mess of the army. There were also a lot of jokes and a lot of defeats. At this time, Zuo Zongtang had something to do, and he immediately played various games and asked the emperor to depose Chen Wanchun.
The Tongzhi Emperor was also very happy to know chen Wanchun's deeds, and he was also worried that there was no step down, so that he could be legitimately deposed. As a result, Chen Wanchun was deposed shortly after becoming a marshal. So there is still no pie in the sky to fall off, and it is not necessarily what hits you! Chen Wanchun's experience is a good interpretation of this!