What would be the assessment of a person who was once living on the streets and being homeless, but eventually becoming the prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people? What would he think was the secret of his victory? Is capital outside of talent equal to zero after all?
Let's first look at the protagonist who invented the wonders of life- Lu Mengzheng.
Lü Mengzheng, a native of Luoyang, Henan, was born in 944. In that year, the Northern Song Dynasty had not yet been established, and Zhao Kuangyin was still a hairless young man with a hairless mouth and a firm job, enjoying the care of his parents at home.
Lü Mengzheng's father, Lü Guitu, had many wives and concubines, and the wives and concubines became deceitful. Although Lü Mengzheng's mother was a proper wife, she had a strong temperament, so she was hostile to the concubines.
When Lü Mengzheng was still a minor, this group of concubines blew a pillow wind to Lü Guitu, saying bad things about Lü Mengzheng's mother and son all day. Lü Guitu'er was soft at the root, and without hesitation, he drove Lü Mengzheng's mother and son out of the house.
Lu Mengzheng's mother and son, who were expelled from the house, suddenly fell into a dilemma in their lives, had no money to dress and eat, and did not even have a central place to stay at night.
In the face of the dilemma, Lü Mengzheng's mother, Liu Shi, was extremely strong, gambling that she was no longer in the family, and lü Mengzheng was dependent on each other for her life.
Lü Meng was looking for an abandoned and dilapidated cave to inhabit, reading in the temple during the day, and when he arrived at the meal point, he cheekily mixed with the temple to eat the fasting food in the temple. Not long after, the monks in the temple were not happy, and they were very disgusted with Lü Mengzheng, a guy who had been mixing meals for a long time, and unceremoniously bombed Lü Mengzheng in, causing Yu Mengzheng to be reduced to begging people to live.
If anyone at this time said that Lü Mengzheng would prosper in the future, it was tantamount to laughing at Lü Mengzheng nakedly.
But as the saying goes, "It is better to deceive the white-headed man than to deceive the poor young man", and this saying is most suitable for Lu Mengzheng.
In the second year of the Reign of The Ming Dynasty (977 AD), Lü Mengzheng went to participate in the imperial examination. In this year, the Northern Song Dynasty was established for 17 years, Zhao Kuangyin also died inexplicably, sitting on the dragon chair was Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Guangyi, known as Song Taizong.
It is really god's eyes, Lü Mengzheng actually entered the high school, but also the first place, that is, commonly known as the champion, this year, Lü Mengzheng was 33 years old, once passed the year of establishment, and finally denied the extreme Tailai.
I am convinced that Lü Mengzheng is not catty, a poor student who can't eat a poor meal and shelters himself from the wind and rain in a broken kiln at night, if anyone says that he goes through the back door and pulls relations, no one will believe it.
Chao Wei Tian Shelang, Twilight Tianzi Hall, the plot of the poor scholar high school champion in the play text, in the ideal of the real performance, became the official Lu Mengzheng, life immediately had a drastic change.
After becoming an official, Lü Mengzheng brought his parents to live with him, but due to his unhappy experience in the past, his parents lived in a room, but in different rooms, Lü Mengzheng served them very thoughtfully.
Perhaps feeling guilty, Lu Mengzheng's father died soon after.
However, Lü Mengzheng was prosperous in official fortunes, ascended to the heavens one step at a time, and constantly rose to the high position of prime minister. The theory shows that even if you do not marry a teacher, you can become an official, and you can still be a high official.
Although the political arena was full of twists and turns, Lü Mengzheng was also deposed, but he was soon reinstated. Lü Mengzheng was appointed as the prime minister three times in his lifetime, and in the history of the Song Dynasty, those who had this experience only had the founding prime minister Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu was the one who advised Zhao Kuangyin, initiated the Chen Qiao Mutiny, and let Zhao Kuangyin add his yellow robe, that is to say, the one who "ruled the world in half of the Analects".
Lü Mengzheng had a remarkable performance as an official and was very clean. In order to pursue promotion, a courtier gave Lü Mengzheng an ancient mirror, claiming that this mirror could illuminate the scenery within a range of two hundred miles. Lu Mengzheng smiled and said, "My face is only the size of a saucer, where can I use a mirror that looks at two hundred miles?" The courtiers who had accepted bribes were ashamed, and those who heard about it were also impressed by Lü Mengzheng's incorruptibility and wit.
Some people also gave Lü Mengzheng an ancient stone, saying that this stone would be moistened as soon as it was heaved, and there was no need to inject water. Lü Meng was looking at Gu Yan and smiled and said that even if he used a load of water to study ink a day, it would only be worth ten yuan.
Lü Mengzheng was upright all his life, had the courage to advise, was honest and honest as an official, and measured people well, and even Song Taizong sighed and said: "I can't compare with Lü Mengzheng's strength."
Lü Mengzheng, a very popular courtier, had insight into the cold and warm time, lamented his own life experience, and wrote "Cold Kiln Endowment", which spread for thousands of years without fading.
In order to facilitate everyone's reading, I directly sent the text, interested friends can Baidu original text.
Cold kiln endowment
There are unpredictable winds and clouds in the sky, and people will encounter disasters and happy events sooner or later. Centipedes have hundreds of feet, but they don't walk as well as snakes. Chicken wings are large, but they can't fly like birds. Horses can walk thousands of miles, but no one can ride them, nor can they reach their destinations by themselves.
People have lofty ideals, but they cannot be accomplished without opportunities. Confucius's writings are unparalleled in the world, but they are besieged in the State of Chen. Jiang Ziya, who has a martial strategy of Wen Tao, was also forced to fish in Weishui for his livelihood. And the thief is short-lived, but he is not a benevolent good person. Confucius's student Yan Hui died early, but he was not a good and bad person.
Although Yao and Shun were wise, they gave birth to a bad son. Shun's father, Qiu Shu, was stubborn and stupid, and instead gave birth to a sage's son like Shun. Zhang Liang was originally just a commoner, and Xiao He was only a small official in the county. Yan Zi was not five feet tall, but he was given the title of Chancellor of the State of Qi. Kong Ming lived in a thatched hut, but served as a military master of the Shu state.
Han Xin had no power to bind the chicken, but he was named a general of the Han Dynasty. Although Feng Tang had the ability to govern the country and secure the country, he did not have the opportunity to become an official until he was old. Although the Han general Li Guang had the prestige of shooting tigers, he never obtained the title of Marquis in his lifetime. Although Xiang Yu was strong, he eventually committed suicide at Wujiang; Liu Bang, although weak, eventually became emperor.
People with profound learning are not appointed when their hair is gray; people with poor talent and shallow learning are appointed to important official positions at a very young age. Some people get rich first and then get poor, and some people get poor first and then get rich.
The dragon did not get the opportunity, and could only hide between the fish and shrimp. When the upright person has no time, he can only succumb to the villain. When the weather is bad, the sun and the moon cannot be seen; when the land is not suitable for climatic conditions, grass and trees will not grow.
When the water is not properly equipped, it will set off storms and waves; if people do not have the opportunity, the interests and luck will not flow.
Before, I was in Luoyang, going to the temple during the day to eat iftar and living in the cold cave at night. The clothes they wear cannot avoid the cold, and the porridge they eat cannot resist hunger. The superiors hate me, the inferiors hate me, and they say that I am a. I said: It's not that I'm mean, it's that I don't have a chance!
When I attained the title of meritorious official, the highest official, and the position reached the three dukes (丞相, 御史大夫, and 太尉), I had the ability to limit the talents of hundreds of officials, and I also had the right to punish despicable and miserly.
When you go out, you hug back and forth, and when you return home, there are beautiful women serving. Dressed in Aya brocade, eating coarse tea and light rice, the emperor doted on me, the people below me admonished me, all the people respected and envied me, and said that I was a nobleman. I said: It's not that I'm expensive, it's because I've got good opportunities!
Therefore, when a person lives in the world, do not pursue the rich man, and do not insult the poor man. This is the law of the cycle of human beings.
Why did Lu Mengzheng write this ancient and strange article?
I heard that after Lü Meng was appointed as the best official, he was appointed as the prince's teacher, and if there was no one around the prince and was arrogant, all the teachers did not dare to criticize him.
After Lü Mengzheng became the prince's teacher, he wrote this "Cold Kiln Endowment" to the prince, and after the prince read it, he realized the true meaning of it, and gradually received his arrogance and treated people peacefully.