In 693, Wu Zetian said to Lou Shide, the chancellor: "Your brother is a malleable talent, and Shuo is preparing to make him the Assassin of Dai Prefecture." Lou Shide's younger brother received the edict and prepared to take up his post, but he saw that Lou Shide frowned and looked solemn.
This brother of his own family was reused, and Lou Shide should have been happy, so why was he still worried? This matter is actually related to the general pattern of Lou Shide.
Lou Shide, at the age of twenty, passed the jinshi examination, was appointed as a lieutenant of Jiangdu County, and was later promoted all the way to the inspector of imperial history. In the third year of Yifeng, Emperor Gaozong of Tang ordered Li Jingxuan to recruit brave soldiers in Henan, Hebei and other places.
Although Lou Shide was a courtier, after he heard the news of recruiting warriors, he immediately wore a red plaster on his head and went to recruit. Wen Chen was actually not afraid of life and death, and wanted to fight on the battlefield, which really surprised people. Emperor Gaozong of Tang listened to Lou Shide's affairs, smiled happily, and appointed him as the Grand Master of Chaoshan and accompanied the army on the expedition.
Li Jingxuan led the Tang army to conquest Tubo, and he first ordered Liu Zhenli to lead a small number of Tang army pioneers to confront Tubo and serve as his own reinforcements. After Liu Jingli and Tubo engaged in a head-on confrontation, the enemy was outnumbered and asked Li Jingxuan for support several times, but Li Jingxuan turned a blind eye, and Liu Jingli was defeated.
After Tubo achieved a small victory, it was somewhat relaxed, and the Tang general Black Tooth Changzhi led an army to attack the Tubo camp at night, killing the Tubo army by surprise and causing chaos to the Tubo army. After that, Li Jingxuan returned to Yanzhou with a main force of more than 100,000 troops.
Lou Shide, who was on the expedition with the army, was ordered by Emperor Gaozong of Tang to collect the scattered troops, and soon Lou Shide pulled up a well-trained team. In addition, Lou Shide was also ordered to send an envoy to Tubo, and after he met with the Tubo generals, he first publicized the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and then stated the advantages and disadvantages of the two armies fighting, saying that the head was the Tao, which was reasonable and well-founded, so that the Tubo generals were satisfied and convinced.
In 682, Tubo invaded the Heyuan army, Lou Shide led an army to meet the battle, the two sides fought eight times, Lou Shide eight battles and eight victories. Lou Shide, who had won the battle merits, was considered by Emperor Gaozong of Tang to be an all-rounder of literature and martial arts, and promoted him to the rank of Wailang (外郎), a general of Zuo Xiao WeiLang (左骁衛郎), and a deputy envoy of the Heyuan Army.
In 690, Lou Shide was promoted to the post of general Zuo Jinwu (左金吾), the governor of Fengzhou (丰州都督), and presided over the affairs of Tuntian. During Lou Shide's tenure, he took the lead in reclaiming wasteland and storing millions of grain, and the grain reserves of the border army were very sufficient, and he was rewarded by Wu Zetian.
In 692, Lou Shide was recalled to the capital and served as a Xia official attendant and judge Shangshu Shishi, and the following year he was promoted to chancellor. In 696, Lou Shide and the Xia official Shangshu Wang Xiaojie jointly attacked Tubo, and the Tang army was defeated, Wang Xiaojie was demoted to the people, and Lou Shide was demoted to the position of Former Governor Wai Sima (外司馬).
In 697, Lou Shide was promoted to Fengge Shilang (凤阁侍郎) and again served as chancellor. Lou Shide, who sat in the position of prime minister twice, was not only diligent in his work, but also a courtier who devoted himself to the imperial court and was quite favored by the emperor.
One day, Wu Zetian summoned Lou Shide and said that his brother was a malleable talent and was ready to promote him to the position of Dai Zhou Assassin. Lou Shide's younger brother was promoted, in a good mood, packed up and ready to take up his post, but before leaving, his brother who was the prime minister was actually worried.
This made my brother wonder. It was a great joy to be promoted, so why did my brother frown? Only to see his brother deliberately pull Lou Shi aside and ask him why?
When Lou Shide saw his brother observing his emotions, he said to his brother with a serious face: "Now the Lou family is extremely honored, I am serving as the prime minister, and now you are serving as the history of the Daizhou Assassin, others think that the Lou family is the same, but in my eyes, this is a crisis." ”
After the younger brother listened, he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat and asked busily: "Why is there such a crisis?" Lou Shide replied, "It is good to be pampered, but it is also more likely to attract the jealousy of villains." Nowadays, how to save lives is the most important thing. ”
After the younger brother listened, he packed a ticket for Lou Shide and said, "In the future, if someone spits on my face, I will certainly not return my mouth, only wipe the saliva away, and I will certainly not cause trouble for your brother." ”
After hearing this, Lou Shide smiled bitterly and said, "The way you handle it is exactly what worries me the most." People spit on your face, that is jealousy of you, or jealousy of the Lou family, others are meant to provoke you. But you wipe the saliva away, which means that you are reacting, and your reaction is to express dissatisfaction with the behavior of others, which will not only not calm the anger of others, but make others more angry. ”
After the younger brother listened, he seriously asked Lou Shide how to deal with it. Lou Shide pointed at his brother and said, "Others spit on your face to show that he is resentful of you, if you let go of the saliva on your face, let him do it himself, and accept this matter with a smile, then others will not be able to continue to provoke trouble against you." ”
The younger brother suddenly realized that the focus of avoiding disasters is to stay awake, and to perfectly keep disasters out and keep themselves out of things, which is the ultimate learning in the world.
After Lou Shide made some suggestions to his brother, he saw that his brother had experienced his essence, and he sent his brother to take up his post with peace of mind. Lou Shide's high-level trick of educating his younger brother to turn the enemy into invisible is actually a condensation of Lou Shide's wisdom for many years as an official.
Although serving as an official in the dynasty, although they work together as one master, the crowd of ministers only see each other excluding each other, and it is not uncommon to frame them. Lou Shi Dewenchen was born, also had a career in the horse, in the dynasty as an official for many years, he experienced a higher vision, a broader pattern of his own, in order to save the Lou family, he also added more points to the promotion of his brother, from the overall situation, the subtleties are also cautiously handled.