Although many of the characters in history are relatively far away from us, the stories of these characters and some of the lessons they have left behind in their lives and the principles of their dealings with the world are still very worthy of our study, for example, during the Qing Dynasty, there was a particularly powerful minister Li Wei, who was very worthy of our study.
Relying on his own wisdom and smooth attitude toward the world, Li Wei mixed well in the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, and eventually became a feudal official of the Qing Dynasty, and was deeply favored by Yongzheng and Qianlong.
Li Wei in the Yongzheng Dynasty
Presumably, many people's understanding of Li Wei comes from the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" or "Li Wei as an Official", in fact, no matter which work it is, the character of Li Wei depicted in it is similar to some ways of dealing with the world.
Especially in the "Yongzheng Dynasty", there is a detailed description that portrays Li Wei's philosophy of human life to the extreme, and this detail is some of Li Wei's behavior after Zeng Jing offended Yongzheng and went to prison. Zeng Jing was a bold literati who dared to openly write something to scold Yongzheng and make Yongzheng angry, so he arrested him and imprisoned him, wanting to teach him a lesson, but at this time, Yongzheng did not want to kill Zeng Jing, but only wanted to make Zeng Jing honest through some punishment.
Soon Li Wei understood what Yongzheng meant, so when others were guarding Zeng Jing, Li Wei secretly went alone, used his authority to take away the key to Zeng Jing's prison, rushed in and squashed Zeng Jing, causing many officials to watch, these officials watched Li Wei clean up Zeng Jing, gathered around and laughed, in their hearts, they may think that Li Wei will inevitably be picked up by Yongzheng.
Who ever thought that when Yongzheng really came, the first thing he said was not to scold Li Wei, but to scold the officials who were watching, saying that they "as ministers of the Punishment Department, they did not have the slightest indignation at this kind of person who had no king and no father, and actually watched for fun." ”
On the surface, Yongzheng was cursing the ministers who were watching, but in fact Yongzheng was also praising Li Wei, saying that Li Wei had a king in his heart and was loyal enough to himself. After scolding the onlookers and evacuating them, Yongzheng went to Li Wei and Zeng Jing's side, and as soon as his words turned, he began to scold Li Wei: "As a feudal official, you actually disregard the official body."
This sentence is also very worth studying, Yongzheng said that Li Wei disregarded the official body, in fact, it is to remind Li Wei from the side, as a feudal official, you still have to pay attention to ways and methods of doing things. After saying this, Yongzheng stopped Li Wei for a year.
Of course, Yongzheng stopped Li Wei for a year, in fact, there was no impact, all these things were just to perform a play in front of Zeng Jing, Li Wei cooperated with Yongzheng to sing blackface throughout the whole process, after Yongzheng punished Li Wei, he immediately served food to Zeng Jing, Zeng Jing was immediately moved, and no longer dared to scold Yongzheng, just like this, Yongzheng achieved his goal, and the price paid was very small.
In the whole process, Li Wei's divine assistance is something we cannot ignore, it is because of Li Wei's clever courtiers, the emperor will not be embarrassed when he encounters some difficult things to deal with, if Li Wei does not understand things, this matter Yongzheng estimates that it will cost a greater price, for the emperor, the heart of a minister like Yongzheng is naturally more like, so Yongzheng will always reuse Li Wei.
At that time, Qianlong, who was the Prince of Bao, also followed Yongzheng, it was such a small thing, Qianlong's understanding of Li Wei was also more thorough, and after Qianlong succeeded to the throne, his attitude towards Li Wei was naturally very good, and Li Wei was able to gain trust in both the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, and the ending was perfect.
Li Wei in history
The real history of Li Wei, and the film and television drama of Li Wei, in the world of the kind of intelligence and smoothness, in fact, is basically the same, the difference is that in the film and television drama, Li Wei is poor, and a gangster, just like a small, and the real history of Li Wei is born in the family of rich businessmen, and even he entered the official field by donating money to buy official positions.
However, it is such a rich family's son, after entering the official field, from an idle post gradually get Yongzheng reused, while earning money for Yongzheng, but also to yongzheng to share worries, at the beginning of Yongzheng's succession, want to reform some systems, especially the implementation of their own new policy "into acres", but at that time many people did not support, only Li Wei and Tian Wenjing, Ortai and other people dared to stand up to support Yongzheng, and in their own territory in-depth implementation, achieved good results, won the trust of Yongzheng.
Although at the critical moment, all three of them became Yongzheng's right-hand man, in reality, Tian Wenjing was an ordinary person, often impeached, and the impeachment of Tian Wenjing was almost piled up on the Yongzheng table, if it were not for Yongzheng enough trust in Tian Wenjing, it is estimated that Tian Wenjing would have been beheaded long ago, and Ortai was not cautious enough and low-key enough, and was finally cleaned up after Qianlong succeeded to the throne.
Only Li Wei, a person who has been smart and sleek all his life, treats officials in the official field, Li Wei is informal, broad-minded, gets everyone's support, treats the emperor, Li Wei can always send assists at key moments, and is deeply pleased with the emperor, so whether it is Yongzheng or later Qianlong, they all trust Li Wei very much, and he finally died well, and died in Qianlong three years later, at the age of 52, and Qianlong evaluated him after Li Wei's death:
Li Weicai is capable, does things in a down-to-earth manner, declares the strength to seal the territory, has no less attention, has a heavy foundation, and is a proper data reason... I mourn the passing away today.
It is worth mentioning that after Li Wei's death, the peasants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were very nostalgic for him, so they specially built a temple for him to worship him, originally this matter was not a big deal, as a result, in the forty-third year of Qianlong, Qianlong went to the edge of the West Lake, and actually saw the statues of Li Wei and his wife being worshipped in the temple, so Qianlong was a little dissatisfied, he felt that Li Wei must have done something unseemly behind his back, and after he went back, he canceled many of Li Wei's rewards, and also evaluated Li Wei:
Relying on the Emperor Kao En,, he is willful and indulgent, and he is not an impartial and pure subject at first. The temple is very different.
I have to say that fortunately Li Wei died in Qianlong in three years, otherwise with Qianlong's urine nature, I think Li Wei's end would not be so lucky, especially in his later years, Qianlong, who was seriously suspicious, even when he saw others repairing the temple for Li Wei, he was so jealous, if Li Wei was still alive, the consequences would be unimaginable.
epilogue
Although Li Wei was scolded by Qianlong many years after his death, but in Li Wei's lifetime, it can also be regarded as a good death, whether it is Yongzheng or Qianlong, they all have a lot of trust in Li Wei, of course, Li Wei can get the trust of the two emperors, but also he won step by step, if Li Wei was not so smart and smooth, not so good at observing the color, it is estimated that he would have died a long time ago!
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