In the Ming Dynasty novel "Water Margin", Wang Po told Ximen Qing about the five criteria for "successful people", namely "Pan, donkey, Deng, small, idle". And this "Deng" refers to Deng Tong, the most popular currencies in the Han Dynasty is the Wu Wang coin and The Deng Tong coin, because these two currencies are the most positive and most popular among the people, and Deng Tong also became one of the richest people in the Han Dynasty at that time. However, Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty was a model of ming emperor in Chinese history, and even as an emperor, he was very hard and simple in his daily life, but he was very tolerant and fond of Deng Tong.
First, look for him in a dream
To talk about the story of Deng Tong and Emperor Wen of Han, everything originated from a strange dream of Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of Han. In the dream, Emperor Han Wen was able to fly up to the Immortal Realm, which was a dream thing for everyone in ancient China, but just the last point, Emperor Han Wendi could not climb up, and when Emperor Han Wen was anxious, a "yellow head" appeared behind Emperor Han Wen, gave Emperor Han Wen the last strength, let him successfully ascend to the Immortal Realm, when he was sleepy, Emperor Han Wen did not see the appearance of this nobleman, only remembered that this noble man had a hole in his clothes, but since then this matter has left a place in Emperor Han Wen's heart.
By chance, when Emperor Wendi of Han was playing in Wantai, he happened to meet a guard with a hole in the back of his clothes, and Emperor Wendi of Han hurriedly brought him to interrogate him, and the person who came answered with a name called "Deng Tong". Emperor Wendi of Han was even happier when he heard this name, "Deng" and "Deng" are harmonic words, "Tong" refers to the straight to the Immortal Realm, Deng Tong's name is very consistent with his dreams, plus there is a hole in the back of his clothes, isn't this exactly the "Yellow Head Lang" he thinks about day and night! From then on, Deng Tong became the favorite of Emperor Wen of Han.
Second, spoil Deng Tong - Emperor Wen's selfishness and overall situation
In the history of China, the personality of Emperor Wen of Han has always been a good emperor who is hard-working, simple, diligent and thrifty, and has been set up as a model by later generations, and Zhu Guozhen, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty Wanli, once said: "Three generations or less, can be called a sage, Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Renzong of Song, and I am filial piety!" "The Jiajing Emperor also took Emperor Wen of Han as his own example to learn, but such a person-made emperor was very fond of Deng Tong, who did not learn and had no skills, which undoubtedly made people very puzzling, in fact, in my opinion, favoring Deng Tong, on the one hand, is the selfishness of Emperor Wen of Han, on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also for the sake of the overall situation.
1. Emperor Wen's selfish heart - I want to become an immortal
As mentioned earlier, Deng Tong's origins originated from a strange dream of Emperor Wen of Han, although Emperor Wen of Han was a good emperor, but he was also a mortal, but all people always have a selfish and desired side, and Deng Tong embodied this side of Emperor Wen of Han.
In the eyes of Emperor Wen of Han, it was Deng Tong who pushed himself in the dream to allow himself to ascend to the Immortal Realm, which means immortality, people are afraid of death, Emperor Wen of Han is no exception, and it just so happens that Emperor Wen of Han discovered the yellow-headed Lang Deng Tong in his dream, which was good for Deng Tong, and Emperor Han Wen also hoped that he could one day really ascend to the Immortal Realm like in his dream.
2. Emperor Wen of Han's power technique - balancing courtiers
We know that the most important problem in the early Han Dynasty was the problem of princes and kings, but during the period of Emperor Wen of Han, the problem of princes was not very obvious, and the main problem of Emperor Wen in strengthening the centralization of power was the struggle with the meritorious faction, that is, the struggle for great power in the dynasty.
In order to seize power from the ministers, Emperor Wen of Han cultivated Deng Tong, and Deng Tong's lack of learning and no techniques just happened to be the greatest advantage in Emperor Wen of Han, because his lack of learning and no skills was good for Emperor Wen of Han to control, and he used Deng Tong to compete with the important ministers in the court to strengthen his own power, and Deng Tong was just a gun in the hands of Emperor Wen of Han.
By the time of Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wu of Han fully carried forward this practice of his grandfather Emperor Wen of Han and established a system of internal and external dynasties, and what he wanted was to use internal ministers to restrain foreign ministers, as strong as Gongsun Hong, who was in charge of the position of chancellor, and did not dare to argue with the small official Zhu Maichen, and once he argued, he happened to fall into the trap set by the emperor, Deng Tong, who was the first crab, and Emperor Wen was the first person to eat crabs.
3. The overall situation of Emperor Wen of Han - left to his son Liwei
Emperor Wen of Han's life was not long, he only lived forty-six years and died young, and he was obviously uneasy about leaving Jiangshan to his son Liu Qi, who was only more than ten years old at the time, for the sake of his son, for the sake of the overall situation of the Han Dynasty, Deng Tong was the best gift that Emperor Wen of Han left to his son Emperor Jing of Han.
Zhizi Moruo's father, Emperor Wen of Han knew Emperor Jing of Han very well, when Deng Tong was angry with Emperor Jing of Han, who was still the crown prince, Emperor Wen of Han did not make any protective measures against Deng Tong, if he really favored Deng Tong, he would never watch his favorite subjects have an accident after his death, indicating that at that time, Han, Emperor Wen had already thought of a way to deal with Deng Tong.
At that time, Emperor Wen of Han was already suffering from a deep condition, he knew that his time was short, in order to let his son establish his prestige as soon as possible to support the Great Han Dynasty, he must establish his prestige, and Deng Tong was the best tool, two thousand years ago, Emperor Wen of Han left Deng Tong to Emperor Jing of Han; two thousand years later, Qianlong left Hezhen to Jiaqing, these two stories, almost the same!
Summary of history:
Therefore, we must take Deng Tong as a warning, our luck is not as good as Deng Tong, we must be sensitive to our actions, be satisfied with words, be low-key when we are people, and be high-profile when doing things, in order to stand in an invincible position in this society. On the contrary, if you are too ostentatious like Deng Tong, you will be punished accordingly one day!