Dongfang Shuo, who was deeply loved by Emperor Wu of Han, often received rewards. Once, Emperor Wudi of Han asked him curiously, "You have given you so many rewards, where have you spent them?" Dongfang Shuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen has to change a new concubine every year, and the reward you give me will not be enough flowers!" ”
Dongfang Shuo can be called an odd man, although he is erudite and talented, he never cares about his reputation, and his work is informal, which is elusive.
In that year, Emperor Wu of Han issued an edict to recruit talents from all over the world. Dongfang Shuo, who had always had great ambitions, but was suffering from not being able to find a way to enter the imperial court, thought that he had ushered in an opportunity. He firmly believed that with his talent, he would be able to impress Emperor Wu of Han and be highly valued by the imperial court.
In order to stand out from the crowd, Dongfang Shuo has put a lot of thought into it. Just as a job search "resume", he wrote a total of 3,000 pieces of bamboo Jane. Because the bamboo tube was too heavy, it needed two people to be together to barely lift it up and send it into the palace. This trick did arouse the interest of Emperor Wu of Han. He really spent three days conscientiously and read all the bamboo jian written by Dongfang Shuo without falling word.
Dongfang Shuo not only introduced his own talents, but even his height and appearance were introduced in detail. After reading this, Emperor Wu of Han thought that he really had real talent and practical learning, so he made him a bus order and asked him to wait for the emperor's summons at the bus office. At first, Dongfang Shuo was very excited, which meant that he had already attracted the attention of Emperor Wu of Han, and as long as he could enter the dprk, he would then be able to rely on his true ability to be called the humerus minister of the dprk. But in fact, Dongfang Shuo thought too much.
Emperor Wudi of han read a lot of talent "resumes" every day, coupled with busy government affairs, it did not take long to completely forget the Oriental Shuo who was waiting for the summons. Dongfang Shuo waited for a long time, without waiting for the summons of Emperor Wu of Han, coupled with the meager qilu of the bus order, he was not happy in his heart. In order to meet Emperor Wudi of Han, Dongfang Shuo thought of another way, and the people who raised horses for Emperor Wudi of Han at that time were all a group of dwarfs.
Dongfang Shuo told them, "You are about to be in great trouble!" The emperor thinks that you can neither cultivate the land nor fight wars, that you are of no use at all, that you will only waste grain, and that you are planning to be executed! If you want to live, go to the emperor and kneel down and beg for forgiveness. The dwarfs who raised horses listened, their faces changed greatly, and they hurried to collectively ask Emperor Wu of Han to go to ask for their sins, and Emperor Wu of Han saw that a bunch of dwarfs had been prostrating on their knees, and they were very confused in their hearts.
After calming down the gnomes, Emperor Wu of Han summoned Dongfang Shuo and asked him in person why he had deceived them. Dongfang Shuo replied unashamedly, "Your Majesty, I am nine feet tall, but Feng Lu is like a dwarf who raises horses, if you don't plan to use me, it is better to let me go home and save the food of the imperial court." When Emperor Wu of Han heard this, Dongfang Shuo was in a mood, which promoted him to chang shilang. Because he could speak the Tao, Dongfang Shuo was left behind by Emperor Wu of Han.
For Dongfang Shuo, Emperor Wudi of Han did not entrust him with heavy responsibilities, but he was very fond of him and tolerated his indulgent behavior. Dongfang Shuo had done a lot of unusual things, such as attending a banquet in the palace, and after the end, he directly took his own clothes and wrapped up the delicacies that had not been eaten, and did not care about the strange eyes of other ministers. And he did this just to let his wife at home also taste the delicacies of the palace.
Not only that, once Dongfang Shuo was drunk as mud, and when he was drunk, he actually broke into the palace where Emperor Wu of Han was located, played a drunken madness, and peed in the palace in public. Ministers, who had always been unaccustomed to Dongfang Shuo, demanded that Emperor Wu of Han severely punish Dongfang Shuo, but in the end Emperor Wu of Han only removed him from his official position. Not long after, Dongfang Shuo used his own mouth to coax Emperor Wu of Han to be happy, and the official was reinstated.
I have to say that the wisdom of Dongfang Shuo is still not to be underestimated.
Princess Guantao, the aunt of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was over fifty years old when she was widowed, but she could not bear the loneliness, and found a handsome eighteen-year-old young student who sold pearls, Dong Yan, as an internal attendant. The princess loves Dong Yan and can not be polite. However, Emperor Wu of Han was inconvenient to say that his aunt was not, and as a result, Dongfang Shuo directly resolved the matter.
One day, Emperor Wu of Han placed wine for Princess Guantao in the Xuan Room, and asked the eunuch to lead Dong Yan into the room to accompany him. Dongfang Shuo, however, did not agree and obstructed: "Dong Yan has three capital crimes and is not allowed to enter, one is to serve the princess privately as a human subject, the second is to defeat the transformation of men and women, and the third is that His Majesty is rich in the Spring and Autumn Period, and yan does not obey the persuasion to study, but instead takes luxury as his business, and does his best to enjoy the dogs and horses, and the great sting of the lord of the people." ”
After Emperor Wu of Han heard this, he had no choice but to set up a banquet in the North Palace, and let the eunuch lead Dong Yan in from the East Sima Gate and reward Dongfang Shuo with thirty catties of gold. At this point, Dong Yan's favor has since declined.
In addition, Dongfang Shuo changed a concubine every year is not just talk, in 45 years, Dongfang Shuo almost married the beauties in the capital, and after the one-year deadline, he gave the concubines some gold and silver and let them find another husband. Dongfang Shuo had done a lot of absurd things, but he was always a close subordinate of Emperor Wu of Han. Perhaps he had long understood the truth that accompanying the king was like accompanying the tiger, so he chose to become a courtier, not only to preserve the glory and wealth, but also not to be suspected by Emperor Wu of Han, and to spend his life peacefully.
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