"Kangxi Dynasty" has a lot of wonderful stories, let people reflect a lot after watching it, although this work has been deeply processed on history, many places are different from real history, but I have to say that this work shows the personality characteristics of historical figures more colorfully.
Among them, there is a particularly thought-provoking character, that is, Zhang Wuge, who was originally a "death prisoner" who paid for his life, and later when his sister was looking for the help of the thirteenth master, he was left under Kangxi's sword, and finally avoided death, but why did Kangxi leave him around to become his bodyguard?
Zhang Wuge as a "scapegoat"
Kangxi planned to train Crown Prince Yinrong as his successor, and the most important exercise was to let Yin Rong take charge of the Punishment Department, so that Kangxi could achieve the purpose of exercising Yin Rong through some large and small cases in normal times, and at the same time, he could also test Yin Rong.
But no one expected that during the period when Yin Rong was in charge of the Punishment Department, there was actually a case of Zhang Wuge as a "scapegoat", which disappointed Kangxi greatly. Zhang Wuge was originally an ordinary person, because his father Zhang Laohan had received the favor of Liu Banu, and he had never had the opportunity to repay, and now Liu Banu went to find Zhang Laohan in order to help Ren Ji'an, who committed the capital crime, hoping that he would help him, Zhang Laohan was a man of temperament, and soon let his son Zhang Wuge become a scapegoat.
At the beginning, Zhang Wuge did not know that the scapegoat he was actually going to beheaded, and was coaxed and deceived by Liu Banu and others, and when Zhang Wuge suddenly realized later, everything was already too late, after all, Ren Ji'an's brother had been following Lao Ba and Lao Jiu, they were so powerful that they could steal the sky and change the day.
After Zhang Wuge understood that he was about to die, he had no way to struggle, and could only obediently admit his fate, but Zhang Wuge's sister was resolutely unwilling to watch her brother give up a life in vain, so she went thousands of miles to the capital. She had originally had some friendship with the thirteenth master Yin Xiang, so she went directly to the capital to find Yin Xiang for help.
Yin Xiang has always been a man of temperament, and when he heard that there was such a lawless thing happening, he went directly to find his father Kangxi and explained the situation to Kangxi, who directly followed Yin Xiang to the court and saved Zhang Wuge, who was about to be beheaded.
After Zhang Wuge was saved, Kangxi began to strictly investigate the case, the Punishment Department was now panicked, after careful examination, it was found that the final point of the case was actually Lao Ba Yin Yu and Lao Jiu, Kangxi was very angry, but it was not good to directly question them, because once the matter was opened, the crown prince Yin Rong in charge of the Punishment Department could not escape the interference, and the palms of his hands and the backs of his hands were all meat, and Kangxi was very embarrassed.
After much deliberation, Kangxi did not continue to expand the matter in the end, but he was very disappointed in the crown prince Yinrong, and he was also very disappointed in the old eight Yinchen and others, from then on, these people in Kangxi's heart, they were basically isolated from the position of prince, and in this incident, the thirteenth master Yinxiang and the old fourth Yinchen, who showed integrity, were appreciated by Kangxi.
After Zhang Wuge was rescued, Kangxi arranged for him to stay by his side and become his personal bodyguard, it can be said that Zhang Wuge escaped from death this time, met a nobleman in an instant, and achieved a leap in life, which is simply a blessing in disguise, so the question is, why did Kangxi leave Zhang Wuge as his personal bodyguard?
Why did Kangxi leave Zhang Wuge as a bodyguard
I think that through the above incident of Zhang Wuge as a scapegoat, we can see where The spiritual quality of Zhang Wuge lies, obviously this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Wuge, but in order to repay his father's favor, he would rather become a scapegoat, and even finally learn that he is going to be beheaded, he can only admit it.
Willing to be born for his father into death of the "filial piety", let Kangxi is very moved, plus there is no contrast without harm, at this time Kangxi's sons, are fighting for the position of prince, behind the back of the deception, Kangxi are deeply understood, these behaviors let Kangxi heartbreak, and Zhang Wuge this kind of loyalty and filial piety in stark contrast, so Kangxi more appreciated people like Zhang Wuge.
Since Zhang Wuge was so loyal and filial, kangxi left him around as a bodyguard, of course, it was a good thing, after all, such a loyal and filial person, staying around must be loyal enough to himself, as an emperor, the most need for a loyal enough person to protect himself, and at that time, Kangxi's situation was still very dangerous, of course, he needed someone like Zhang Wuge.
It can be said that for his own safety, Kangxi needed loyal people like Zhang Wuge, and out of the consideration of taking the lead, Kangxi also needed such people to set an example for his sons. As mentioned earlier, Kangxi's sons were all trying to find ways to take the position of prince at that time, and for Kangxi, the father, it seems that they have long forgotten the so-called loyalty and filial piety, so Kangxi urgently needs to find an example for them to learn.
It just so happens that Zhang Wuge is such a typical example, so Kangxi left Zhang Wuge around, the purpose is to hope that through Zhang Wuge's behavior, it will have a certain impact on his sons, let them understand the profound meaning of loyalty and filial piety, and thus change some of their own behavior in a subtle way.
I have to say that Kangxi is indeed well-intentioned, but for his sons, in fact, few people will deliberately care about a bodyguard, let alone affect them because of Zhang Wuge's loyalty and filial piety, since the effect of this is minimal, Kangxi naturally has a more important purpose.
Below, we will continue to analyze the most important purpose of Kangxi leaving Zhang Wuge, that is, Kangxi intends to pave the way for Yin Chan to become a prince in the future. Zhang Wuge was made a scapegoat by the Eight Ye Party and others, and the head of the Punishment Department was the prince Yinrong, after this incident, Zhang Wuge was very disgusted with these people, and Yin Xiang always stepped forward to help Zhang Wuge throughout the process, and Zhang Wuge naturally thanked Yin Xiang for Dade.
Yin Xiang and the old fourth Yin Chan have a very good relationship, as long as Zhang WuGe and Yin Xiang are close, it means that Zhang Wu Brother will support Yin Chan, so that Kangxi can pave the way for Yin Chan to become the prince in the future through Zhang Wu Brother, after all, Zhang Wu Brother will definitely not walk with the Eight Ye Party, Kangxi usually arranges something, with Zhang Wu Brother around, he is also assured, if the rest of the guards, Kangxi is still worried about being bought by the Eight Ye Party, and does not dare to arrange important things for them.
This is enough to see from the events before Kangxi's death later, when Kangxi was parting, he specially arranged for Zhang Wuge to deal with some things, Zhang Wuge also understood Kangxi's meaning, and went to prison with Kangxi's handprint to release Yin Xiang, and Yin Xiang went to the Fengtai camp to get those who originally supported the Eight Ye Party, so that the Eight Ye Party had no ability to compete for the throne.
From this matter, we can also basically see that in the "Kangxi Dynasty", in fact, Kangxi has long decided to make Yin Chan the prince, and Zhang Wuge stayed by his side as a bodyguard, which is to pave the way for future events.
epilogue
In fact, there is no such figure as Zhang Wuge in history, just a foreshadowing role that appears in the "Kangxi Dynasty" for the development of things, but these qualities embodied in Zhang Wuge are indeed enough to move everyone, even if Kangxi does not consider those big things behind, purely from the perspective of Zhang Wuge's personality, he will also leave Zhang Wuge!
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