In the fifth year of Yuan Shuo (124 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed 70-year-old Gongsun Hong as the prime minister, and the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, which once became a hot topic in the dynasty.
Gongsun Hong, who was born poor, because he had no money to study, he only began to study Confucian classics in his 40s, so his literary accomplishment was not high. is such an old man who has no ability and no background, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wants to make him prime minister, and it is normal for ministers to be surprised, but the reason why this matter can become a hot search is that he broke the selection criteria for prime ministers of the Han Dynasty.
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You must know that before Gongsun Hong, there were 18 prime ministers in the Han Dynasty, and they all had one common feature: they were all nobles. The prime ministers of the past dynasties are either heroes or descendants of meritorious heroes, or relatives of the emperor, anyway, without exception, they all have titles before becoming prime ministers.
As for Gongsun Hong, at first glance, the two ends are not touched, so what did he do to win the blue eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and let the emperor make an exception for him?
Sima Qian mentioned in the "Historical Records": The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was an emperor, and after all, he was not free from clichés.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Gongsun Hong, in the final analysis, it was just a use, and he wanted to declare to the world: as long as I want to use the person, I can be a marquis and worship the prime minister; as a king with ideals and ambitions, he must strengthen the imperial power, establish authority, and complete his great cause.
01 Cause: The aristocracy is not easy to control, and the personnel changes triggered by the conflict between the nephew and uncle
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he appointed his uncle Tian Wei as the prime minister, Tian Wei did not have any outstanding talent, and he was able to become the prime minister completely by virtue of his identity as a relative of the emperor, and his position as prime minister was completely dependent on Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. But he doesn't, he relies on the old and sells the old, and his demands are more excessive than the other.
According to the "Historical Records", Tian Wei went to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to drink tea if he had nothing to do, sat for a long time, and then put forward some of his own ideas, at first Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty basically adopted, Tian Wei then had to inch in, began to frequently recommend officials to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also accepted it because of family affection. Once, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to arrange his own people, and found that the important members of various departments of the imperial court were Tian Wei's people, and his own people couldn't get in at all, which made him angry enough, so when Tian Wei came to recommend people again, he said with a smile: "Uncle, when will you finish recommending the people you should recommend, tell me, how many people I have are also waiting to be arranged!"
The emperor said so, if Tian Wei had a little brain, he should know to rein in, but he didn't enter and confiscated it, and he intensified it, this time he really angered Emperor Wu of Han!
What's going on?
It is said that Tian Wei's house is going to be expanded, and there is a government yamen next to it, so he ran to ask Emperor Wu of Han for this land, and Emperor Wu of Han blew up on the spot: "Why don't you say that the arsenal will also be changed into your house!"
02 If the emperor wants to break the game, he is the right person to go against the standard
Tian Wei went back, Emperor Wu of Han's heart couldn't calm down for a long time, he pondered, Tian Wei is his uncle, he relies on himself for everything, but he still doesn't unite with himself, thinking about his own interests all day long, not to mention those heroes and their descendants?
In order to firmly grasp the imperial power in his own hands, Emperor Wu of Han knew that he had to make changes, so he chose thousands of times and found Gongsun Hong, the criteria he considered had nothing to do with talent, and it had nothing to do with the background, as long as it was the opposite of the previous prime minister's standards, that was the person he was looking for.
To say that according to this standard, more than 70% of the officials meet the requirements, what is the difference between Gongsun Hong and these people?
03 Gongsun Hong stumbled by mistake, what he wanted was to be old, not stubborn, and sophisticated
If you want to say, those who can observe words and colors, and judge the situation are those who rise quickly.
Gongsun Hong is a person who likes to ponder and review, after experiencing several times when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arranged characters, he went to report to the boss after working diligently, and found that the boss didn't listen, he didn't quite understand, since it was not important, why did he arrange for me to do it?
So he began to ponder Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, thinking about what kind of person Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was, what kind of people he liked, and what words he liked to listen to?
After pondering for a while, he came to the conclusion that Emperor Wu of Han liked people who respected him. So he adjusted the way he reported to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, changed his previous reporting mode of investigation-analysis-conclusion, and changed it to describe the problem-analyze the current situation-solution 123+ The pros and cons of each plan, and asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty after speaking, which plan do you think is better?
Let the bosses do multiple-choice questions, not true/false questions, let alone question and answer questions, this is Gongsun Hong's promotion secret.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's wisdom and martial arts were satisfied in Gongsun Hong, so he was willing to arrange for him to do other things, and the key to making Gongsun Hong popular is that Gongsun Hong has no principles, or he has only one principle: what the boss said is right.
Originally, before the meeting, he and his colleagues discussed how to speak for a while, but when the meeting was held, he found that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought differently from everyone, and everyone else thought about how to argue with the boss. His behavior of defection made everyone look down on him, but it didn't matter, the boss appreciated it, first made him the Marquis of Pingjin, and then made him the prime minister.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used Gongsun Hong to set up a model of wealth and nobility through obedience to the imperial power, expressing his political stance on strengthening the imperial power, and at the same time warning the children of the nobles that the glory and merits of their ancestors could not protect them for a lifetime, and their glory and wealth depended on the emperor.
They are taking what they want and working together for a win-win situation.
If you can't do it, you should ask for yourself.
Gongsun Hong did not respond to the boss in the report, immediately reflected, pondered what the problem was, and then adjusted, such thinking and action are also worth learning now.
References:
"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and His Times" by Jiang Peng