Zhuge Liang's wisdom is well known, and before he died, he left a brilliant plan to save his young son. The Tang Dynasty also had a chancellor who resembled Zhuge Liang, and before he died, he also thought of a plan to save the lives of his entire family and make political enemies dare not retaliate against him. This extremely wise prime minister was Yao Chong.
Speaking of Yao Chong, he was one of the most famous prime ministers during the Tang Dynasty, and he happened to be born in the Kaiyuan dynasty of the Tang Dynasty and experienced four generations of emperors. At first, he was only a minor official, but later, he was appreciated by Wu Zetian and promoted him to prime minister. During Yao Chong's tenure, he was outspoken and dared to advise, which was highly used by Wu Zetian.
Such a person would inevitably be jealous of the villain, and later, Yao Chong, who was slandered by Zhang Yizhi, was deposed by Wu Zetian from the post of prime minister. During the reign of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Yao Chong, again angered Princess Taiping, and was relegated to the title of Yangzhou Assassin. After Tang Xuanzong ascended the throne, the political affairs in the DPRK and China were in chaos, and he remembered Yao Chong, so he immediately recalled him to the imperial court and appointed him as prime minister. In the early days of Tang Xuanzong, Yao Chong assisted Tang Xuanzong in managing the government and governing the country in an orderly manner, so the "Kaiyuan Prosperous Era" during the Tang Xuanzong period was inseparable from Yao Chong's contribution.
Historically, Yao Chong's contributions to the Tang Dynasty were highly praised by posterity, calling him a great statesman. Yao Chong's life was honest and incorruptible, and although he never participated in the intrigues and battles in the imperial court, his ability would indeed make him an enemy in the court.
During the tang xuanzong period, there was also a talented prime minister named Zhang, who worked hard when he was a teenager, passed the imperial examination and entered the imperial court, and went through four generations of emperors of the Tang Dynasty, and was appreciated by each emperor. The same was true during the tang xuanzong period, his talent was almost the same as Yao Chong's, and he was also a high-ranking and powerful prime minister in the imperial court at that time.
However, Yao Chong, who are also prime ministers, and Zhang Shu, have many contradictions in private. On the eve of Yao Chong's appointment as prime minister, Zhang Said had vigorously opposed it, but Tang Xuanzong was a reasonable person, so how could he listen to Zhang's remarks at will? Insist on appointing Yao Chong as prime minister. However, Zhang said that he also proved his ability to Tang Xuanzong step by step, and only then was he reused by Tang Xuanzong and was also appointed as the prime minister. But when Zhang said that when he was the prime minister, Yao Chong was already an old man who was more than an old man, and he also knew that his time was short, so he left a back road for his family early.
The contradiction between Zhang said and Yao Chong was already deeply rooted, and if there was no Yao Chong's patron, Zhang said that he would definitely attack his family. Therefore, Yao Chong called his son and told him some aftermath.
He told his son that after his death, Zhang said that he would definitely plot against his family. He asked his son to wait until after his death, to put the family's precious items or rare treasures in front of the coffin, and when Zhang said that when he came to worship, if he saw these things, he would let him take away what he liked. Because Zhang said that he is a person who loves to collect, if he is indifferent to seeing these treasures, then his family is likely to suffer.
In addition, let his son ask Zhang To write an inscription for himself, and Zhang said that he would be very willing. After he finished writing the inscription, he immediately submitted it to the emperor, so that Zhang said that it was too late to regret it after writing it, and the inscription had already been handed over to the emperor. In this way, the lives of Yao Chong's family were also saved.
Sure enough, as Yao Chong's expectation, after Yao Chong's death, Zhang said that he came to worship. He took some of Yao Chong's treasures and wrote an inscription for him. By the time Zhang said that he knew that he had fallen under Yao Chong's charge, it was too late. He couldn't take revenge on Yao Chong's family anymore.
I have to say that Yao Chong is really a person with great wisdom!