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Sony should be a scheming old fox in the play.
Before Kangxi was pro-government, he pretended to be sick and pretended to be a handy one.
Because the emperor agreed to Sukhshaha's investigation of Aobai's land enclosure, it caused Aobai to be dissatisfied. At the same time, Aobai did not want Sukhshaha to be the chief examiner, and they both wanted Sonny to speak for themselves.
So, Aobai and Shubilon and Sukhshaha went to Visit Sony's house together.
When Sony saw the three of them, he said something warm, but at the same time, he said something in his words:
The three auxiliary political lords gathered in the cold house, which was really full of brilliance. But you don't want to think about it, if this matter is known to the empress dowager and the emperor, then don't you have much heart?
Since you have come, we must make a rule, in my house, only talk about tea ceremony, medicinal wine, regardless of the government.
Sony knew that when the three of them suddenly came to his house together, there must be something important, and although he said that he was sick at home, he was very clear about the affairs in the court. He didn't want to get mixed up in their fight, so he made it very clear at the beginning.
When Aobai and Sukhshaha forced him to take a stand, he said slickly that they were all good, all good. He asked him which side was better? But he fell ill in time.
Later, When Sukhshaha failed in impeaching Ao Bai at the court, Kangxi wanted to ask him to come out and administer justice, but Soni still left the court on the grounds of illness.
After Xiaozhuang returned to the palace, he said that he was an old fox and did not want to offend people on both sides, in fact, Sonny was really not afraid of offending people, and we can see that he led the hundred officials to die and advise Shunzhi to become a monk, we can see that he is a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty.
He did a lot for Kangxi, and what he said to Kangxi before his death not only left Kangxi with a good strategy for governing the country, but also left a strange army for the emperor.
Revisiting this play, I found that the three last words he left behind were very mysterious. It not only shows his three different identities in front of the emperor, but also reveals his "true face" nakedly.
1 Dare to speak out, and lead the loyal subjects to die to advise Shunzhi
After Princess Dong fell ill, the Shunzhi Emperor had no intention of going to court and stayed at her bedside all day worrying.
At that time, the bandits in northern Xinjiang were in turmoil, and the relief of the victims in Henan, Shandong Province, urgently needed the emperor's decision, in addition to the Kaifeng four-hundred-mile emergency report, the upper reaches of the rainstorm, the Yellow River six executions of the embankment, the five counties of the people displaced.
The emperor did not go to the court, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were anxious. Ao Bai said worriedly that the emperor did not go to the court all day, and only cared about being with the monks every day, and if he went down, I was afraid that it would cause chaos in the DPRK.
Sony knew that if it continued like this, not only would there be chaos in the dprk, but even the whole world would be in chaos. He decided to go to the palace to see him. However, he was persuaded by Xiaozhuang to return.
After Princess Dong's death, Sonny again brought people to see the emperor, but was stopped by the guards, saying that if anyone dared to take the lead in, his knife was ruthless.
Sony laughed and said yes, he immediately took off his official hat, saying that the old man gave up his official belt today, and he did not respect the imperial court king's law, and today he had to break into the palace to see him.
He knew what the consequences of regretting not having the emperor allow him to break into the palace would be, but he did it anyway.
As a result, Sony's knife was knocked out, and Sony shouted outside the palace to let the emperor out.
He cried out in anguish:
Fu Lin, you ascended the throne at the age of six, you were pro-government as a teenager, you split the throne with a sword, you pro-government for thousands of miles to suppress the rebels of the former dynasty, and you illuminated the ancestors and ancestors, now where is your dragon heart and tiger power? Where is the hero's arrogance?
At that time, there were so many ministers in the DPRK, Sonny was the only one who was not afraid of death and dared to speak out, and he was also the first to see that the emperor wanted to become a monk. Therefore, he would ask the empress dowager to find a way to save Daqing. But unfortunately, Shunzhi had already made up his mind, and even if his mother-in-law, Empress Xiaozhuang, knelt down for him, he did not redeem his behavior of renunciation.
2 After being favored, he helped the emperor to govern
Before leaving, Shunzhi assigned four auxiliary ministers to the eight-year-old Xuan Ye. They are Sony, Aobai, Shubilon and Sukhshaha.
Among them, Aobai and Sukhshaha fight for power, and Sonny knows that he does not take sides with either side, but instead says that he is sick at home.
At that time, Ao bai visited Wei Chengmo, Wei Chengmo was transferred, the empress dowager agreed, which in itself is very strange, Wei Chengmo has been pope for many years, the empress dowager and the emperor are very recognized by him, Ao worship a visit, the empress dowager immediately agreed.
When the news reached Sony's house, he instantly understood the Empress's intentions. He said to Soetu:
Ao Bai was busy all day, the empress dowager looked at it coldly, and at this moment you had to remember two words, confused. Who looks the smartest and who looks the most confused. You think, what is the empress dowager most concerned about at this moment? It was safe and secure to let the emperor pro-government, at this time, she did not want the court to add any trouble. Any chaos, a big thing, she had to wait until the emperor was pro-government. That's why she put up with Ao Bai again and again, and let it go again and again, but the emperor was young and vigorous.
Sony's question to his son reveals the truth about his feigned illness. Kangxi was young, and the empress dowager knew about the enclosure and the things she did. The reason why she has been reclusive is that she wants to wait until Kangxi is pro-government before making a decision. Sony knows the empress's thoughts, so he must also cooperate with the empress dowager to preserve his own strength, and once the emperor needs the sony family to contribute, he will inevitably be obliged.
Soetu did not understand his father's behavior and asked him:
But are we so retreating at the moment?
It is reasonable to say that among the four auxiliary ministers left by Shunzhi, Sonny was the first assistant, and now he claimed to be ill at home, and Ao Bai did whatever he wanted in the court, not only using the enclosure to form a party for personal gain to expand his own power, but also attacking Sukshaha in a vain attempt to make a speech hall in the court.
Soetu didn't understand his father's meaning, so why did he keep being patient?
Sony says:
If the empress dowager does not squeak, we will not squeak, and if the empress dowager does not sin against Ao Bai, we will not sin against Ao Bai. You honestly go up to the court and listen to the government in a disciplined manner. You shouldn't take care of it, don't touch it at all. If you should manage it, you will manage three or four points. I'd rather be looked down upon than stand out.
Sony's intentions proved correct. Xiaozhuang personally came to his house, promised his granddaughter Hesheri to be the future empress of the Qing Dynasty, and gave a necklace he had worn for forty years to Hesheli. This was the Empress's greatest favor to the Sony family. The best way for Sony to repay the empress dowager was to help Kangxi pro-government.
On that day in the courtroom, Soetu proposed to let the emperor pro-government, and the ministers all agreed, believing that the emperor was already married and should be pro-government.
However, Aobai openly stood up against it. He said that although the emperor was married, he was still young and weak, and he should continue to sit in the court and listen to the government and continue to study, and the government should let several auxiliary ministers help the emperor share the burden. If everyone returns the tedious government to the emperor and makes the emperor work hard, the ministers themselves are idle, disloyal and unjust.
Ao Bai obviously did not want to hand over power, so he would say such a thing. His henchmen echoed his proposal.
Here's Sony slowly standing up and saying:
The emperor's big marriage has been completed, and just as the king is in the world, he is personally in charge of the government. This is both the duty of the emperor and the blessing of being a courtier. If someone does not want to hand over power and obstruct the emperor's pro-government, the old minister should ask, where is the way of the king? Do we have to rule for the emperor for the rest of our lives?
Sony's remark just refuted the excuse of the Ao Bai party just now, and pointed out sharply that what is the purpose of some people who do not want to hand over power? Sony's words blocked the mouth of Ao Bai Yi Dang, and he took the lead in kneeling down and pleading with the emperor to be pro-government. Sony had been in the court for many years and had a high prestige among the ministers, otherwise the empress dowager would not have married the Sony family. At first, the empress dowager looked up to Herschel's intelligence and beauty, and the most important thing was to look at the forces behind her mother's family. The empress dowager asked the emperor to marry Hesheri in order to win over this strange army under Sony.
With Sony's support, Kangxi was successfully pro-government.
I used to think that Sonny was an old fox with a big treacherous monster, and he remained neutral and could not be offended on either side when the other three auxiliary ministers were fighting for power. It was because he wanted to and thin mud. Now it seems that he is cultivating obscurity in Taoguang, just like Xiaozhuang said to Kangxi, when the time is not right, they must endure. Sonny was also aware of this, the emperor was not yet pro-government, the wings were not yet strong, and if he openly made enemies of Ao, he would only reduce his own power. It didn't help the emperor at all.
Therefore, he only had to temporarily avoid the wind, and when the battle between Ao Bai and them was in full swing, he chose to pretend to be ill, neither mixing with several people, nor helping anyone. He seems to be pretending to be sick, but in fact, he knows everything outside.
Without Sony, Kangxi's pro-government would not have been so smooth. Without Sony, Kangxi's life after pro-government would not be good.
Sony was a tough guy who dared to take off his official hat in order to see Shunzhi. His courage and boldness are above Ao Bai.
Such a shrewd and wise old man gave up the party struggle at home after Kangxi ascended the throne, because he saw Xiaozhuang's thoughts and understood the difficulties of orphans and widows. He did not rush like Ao Bai and others, he chose to compromise and not argue, and waited for Kangxi to grow up. Then, at the right time, Kangxi was pushed to the throne in one fell swoop.
Although he tried to ensure that Kangxi had a reason to love his granddaughter, when we saw what Sonny said before her death, we would know that even if his granddaughter did not become Kangxi's empress, he would still do it.
Because Sony is a fierce and loyal person at his heart.
3 The last words left before his death reveal his three identities before the emperor
The three passages that Sonny said to Kangxi before his death revealed his three identities before the emperor.
1 As an elder, he advised Kangxi to seek stability in all things
Although Kangxi had just gotten married, he was still a teenager. Sony knows that young people are full of hope for the future, and they know that young people do things with a passion. Not long after the establishment of the Great Qing Dynasty, we cannot let the people suffer because of blind expansion, let alone empty the national treasury because of war, in the hearts of the old people, everything is required to be stable, step by step, slowly.
Sonny said this to Kangxi as an elder, after all, his granddaughter Hesheri married Kangxi, and according to folk custom, Kangxi also had to follow Hesheri to call him Grandpa. He let Kangxi seek stability in everything for the good of the Great Qing Dynasty, but also for the good of Kangxi, and even more for the good of his granddaughter.
As Herschel's grandfather, he knew that everything about his granddaughter was about the rise and fall of the Sony family. From the moment he promised to marry Hesheri to Kangxi, it meant that his family was related to Kangxi's interests and destiny, and could no longer be separated.
2 As a courtier, Kangxi was asked to be wary of Aobai
Ao Baigu moved his hands to encircle the land, which seemed to be to occupy the place, but in fact, it was even more to win over the party henchmen and carry out party struggles. Both Hyojo and Sony could see it clearly. Therefore, the second thing he told Kangxi before he died was to make Kangxi wary of Aobai.
He told Kangxi that at present, there are two major hidden dangers in the State of the Great Qing Dynasty, one is that Ao Bai has formed a party for personal gain, and the other is that Wu Sangui is dominant in the southwest and looks at the Great Qing Tiger. At present, the most important thing is not to allow Ao Bai and Wu Sangui to collude inside and outside. For these two factions, we must divide and rule, first get rid of Aobai, and then decompose Wu Sangui. He let the emperor tighten up inside and out, accumulate strength, and wait for the right moment. There is no hurry.
The old minister originally wanted to help the emperor complete the great cause, but unfortunately the day did not leave the year. The old minister was too late.
Before his death, Sony provided Kangxi with the best governing plan, and everything should not be rushed, but must be slowly planned, which is the real good strategy for the country. He wanted to help the emperor accomplish his great cause, but unfortunately his life had come to an end.
At this time, although Kangxi read a lot of books, for the matter of governing the country, after all, there was no old man like Sonny who could see it thoroughly and clearly. Sony was fighting for the last strength before dying to tell him the way to govern the country. Who is a good person, who is a traitor, what to do.
3 Advise the son as the head of the family
Sony's last words were addressed to Soetu, who instructed his son:
You must remember that we Suo Jiasheng are the people of the Great Qing, and death is the soul of the Great Qing, and you must bow down and assist the emperor for life.
Sony left a strange army for Kangxi before his death, and it should be known that the sony family has a great influence in the dprk, and with the help of the Sony family, Kangxi will act much more conveniently in the future.
After Sony finished three last words, he looked at Kangxi, Kangxi helped him up, Sonny shouted "Emperor" twice, and finally left with hatred.
The first time I watched TV, I only cared about shedding tears for Sonny, and did not think deeply about why I arranged for him to die in Kangxi's arms, and the second time I played it back, I knew the deep meaning of letting him die in Kangxi's arms.
Because of his loyalty to Kangxi, because of his loyalty to daqing, when he died, his son Soetu and granddaughter Hesheri were all in front of him, and it is reasonable to say that an old man did not look at his children before he left? But what he looked at from beginning to end was Kangxi, and what he didn't give up was also Kangxi. This is the fierce loyalty of those loyal subjects to the emperor in the past!
Sony's life is lamentable, he once devoted himself to assisting Shunzhi, and he did not hesitate to die when Shunzhi was about to leave home. He is not afraid of power, not of life and death. For the sake of Kangxi's great cause, he did not hesitate to pretend to be ill and was not afraid of other people's rumors. He supported Kangxi's pro-government and vigorously counterattacked Aobai in the court.
He painstakingly taught his granddaughter to be a good queen.
He held his breath and waited for Kangxi to come, and when he said Emperor I have been waiting for you, a tear flowed from his eyes. It was an old man's uneasiness about his juniors, and a courtier's thoughts about the emperor. When he was dying, he did not forget to tell the emperor how to govern the country, and the last two emperors were his reluctance and regret for the emperor. He regretted that he had not been able to help the emperor to cure the world, and he could not see the most prosperous day of the Great Qing Kingdom.
In Sony's heart, he suo family is sacrificed, paid and dedicated for the emperor. He explained to Suo Etu that "he who is born is a person of the Great Qing, and who dies is the soul of the Great Qing." Before he died, he left the entire Suo family to Kangxi.
Someone once said that he was an old fox, and it was not until the moment of his death that we discovered his true face, he was not an old fox who was greedy for life and afraid of death, he was a wise and kind elder, he was like our elders, eagerly looking forward to it, advising, not giving up, not willing, regretting, and Suni left with these emotions.
The teacher who plays Sony has very good acting skills, and every time I watch this paragraph, I inexplicably shed tears. In Sony's mind, a person must first be loyal to the country. That's what he did when he was alive, and he arranged everything before he died.
How can such an old man, such a Sony, not live in the hearts of future generations?