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Ma Qi, an underrated ruthless character in the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty".
I have scolded Kangxi, scolded the prince, and stood in line for the eighth child. But even so, Ma Qi still firmly occupies the position of the second in the study, and like Zhang Tingyu, he avoids the law of a son of heaven and a courtier, and smoothly transitions from the Kangxi Dynasty to the Yongzheng Dynasty.
But no one who can go to the end of the play in the treacherous and dangerous court is given in vain.
And the protagonist I want to talk about today is the workplace of Ma Qi, the "second oldest in ten thousand years".
Leader is a technical job
Unlike Zhang Tingyu, who is well versed in the holy will, always keeps pace with Kangxi, and acts as Kangxi's mouth replacement when necessary, Ma Qi has twice contradicted Kangxi in public.
The first time was when the case of Fifth Brother Zhang's murder was just thunderous.
After rescuing Fifth Brother Zhang from the autumn execution ground, Kangxi convened a meeting of Tong Guowei, Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu, three ministers of the upper study.
The purpose of so-called meetings, especially small-scale high-level meetings, is mostly to unify ideas. After the upper echelons have unified their thinking and pace, they will further convene an enlarged meeting.
In this way, we can ensure that the ideas of the superior can be passed on and implemented without discount, and it is called not the arbitrary power of the leader, but the collective suggestion.
Because the matter involved the criminal department in charge of the prince Yinren, Tong Guowei, who was the boss of the study, in order to test Kangxi's true attitude, said that once the investigation was thorough, he would probably return in vain.
With such a clear temptation, Kangxi naturally couldn't let Tong Guowei succeed easily, so he threw the question back:
"You said that the rat trap, who is this device, the so-called will be in vain, this and, what does this mean. ”
Seeing that Kangxi was pretending to be confused, Tong Guowei also played Tai Chi:
"The holy name is none other than the emperor, and there are some things that cannot be said by the courtiers. ”
didn't think about it, Kangxi didn't play cards according to the routine, and directly buckled the big hat of "inaction", and swept everyone in the study at once:
"I can't say it explicitly, so why does the court set up a prime minister?"
Just when Tong Guowei didn't know how to deal with it, Ma Yi went online:
"The duty of the prime minister is to assist the emperor in commanding a hundred officials, and all the princes above a hundred officials are beyond the control of the prime minister. ”
The meaning of Ma Qi's words is very clear: Leader, we have to be reasonable, is it because we do not act? No, we have no authority and power to act. That's your son, are you sure we're qualified to take charge?
In a word, Kangxi, who directly took his duties to talk about things, was speechless, so he had to find the steps to come down by himself, first saying that what Ma Qi said was reasonable, and then saying that he would investigate it thoroughly.
The second time was at the closing ceremony of the new crown prince.
Before the closing ceremony, Kangxi had reached a consensus with Tong Guowei in private, in exchange for pushing Long Keduo to the throne, and asking Tong Guowei to cooperate with him to crucify Lao Ba on the pillar of "forming a party for personal gain".
At the same time, Kangxi also got the recommendation of the fourth and thirteenth children to promote the abolished prince.
Therefore, as soon as Kangxi, who was well prepared, came up, he fired at Tong Guowei:
"Tong Guowei, Ma Qi, why don't you have a recommendation for the second elder brother Yinren?"
Note that this question Kangxi is aimed at Tong Guowei, after all, Tong Guowei has a script. Unexpectedly, before Tong Guowei could reply, Ma Qi spoke first:
"The emperor doesn't understand this, because the second elder brother is abolished, so he recommends the new prince, how can there be a recommendation for the second elder brother. ”
Although Ma Qi's voice was not expected by Kangxi, it was within Kangxi's "attack range", so Kangxi directly changed the concept and shifted the focus of the question from "should not" to "whether there is":
"I'm not asking you now whether you should nominate the second elder brother, but whether you have anyone nominated the second elder brother. ”
Ma Qi argues that:
"Yes, there are, but most of the people who abolished the prince's party, such as Tuo Heqi, Geng Suotu, Ling Pu, etc., have been arrested, and of course the recommendations they wrote cannot be counted. ”
Kangxi asked rhetorically:
"And what about Wang Zhu? Wang Luo's recommendation can't be counted?"
Mazi went on to refute:
"On November 1, Wang Liang was refuted by the emperor at that time in the rebellion of the Qianqing Palace, so the recommendation seal he wrote cannot be counted. ”
After two rounds, Kangxi was "defeated".
So, Kangxi no longer talked to Ma Qi, but asked the others: "You guys, is there anyone among you who elected the second elder brother?"
It was also at this time that Zhang Tingyu took out the recommendation seal for the abolition of the prince, which resolved the embarrassing scene of Kangxi being scolded, and also brought the situation back to the track set by Kangxi.
There is a question involved here: Ma Qi scolded Kangxi twice, isn't he afraid of displeasing Kangxi and being punished?
Unafraid!
Note that Ma Qi twice stubbornly scolded Kangxi, although he was suspected of refuting the leadership, but he occupied the word "reason" every time. Not only that, every time Ma Qi replied to Kangxi, the scale and proportion were controlled within the rules, and he did not step on a red line, let alone Kangxi's bottom line.
In other words, every time Ma Qi scolded Kangxi, he was very good at proportion. The premise of Kangxi is that it is reasonable and within the rules.
In this way, even if Kangxi is displeased, he has nothing to do with Ma Qi, after all, he is a Ming monarch who claims to be "benevolent", how can he be angry because the courtiers told a few words of truth, which is too damaging to the image.
And afterwards, Kangxi will not blame Ma Qi, but will feel that Ma Qi is a direct minister who dares to tell the truth.
This is the strength of Ma Qi, and it is also the way of Ma Qi's workplace.
In "Ming Dynasty 1566", Jiajing, who played the emperor's mental tricks to the extreme, said that there are only two kinds of people in this world who can be relied on, one is a straight person, and the other is a stupid person.
From this point of view, it is always said that Ma Qi's character for himself is a straight minister, a direct minister who dares to admonish and does not blindly meet him.
Do you say that Kangxi is embarrassed to deal with such a Ma Qi?
And the light and the dust
In the book "The Lychee of Chang'an", Ma Boyong once revealed the essence of being an official: with light and dust, rain and dew are evenly wet, and the sedan chair is carried by everyone.
And Ma Qi can be described as "quite accomplished" in "harmony with light and dust". Nowhere is this more evident than in two things in the play.
First things first: please.
is still discussing the matter of the new prince, when Kangxi disposed of Tong Guowei according to the script, let's take a look at Ma Qi's reaction.
Kangxi didn't open his mouth to ask Ma Qi for his guilt, but just glanced in his direction, and Ma Qi directly knelt down and confessed:
"The minion's sin is as serious as Tong Guowei's, and I beg the emperor to punish him heavily. But the slave thought that among the elder brothers, only the eighth elder brother should be established as the crown prince, and begged the emperor not to abandon the king of sages and sages because of the fault of his ministers. ”
Is Mazzie in his death throes?
No, no, no!
This is extremely clever self-preservation!
This passage of Marzie is clever in two places:
First: said that "the crime of the slave is as serious as Tong Guowei, and he begs the emperor to punish him heavily", which is to cooperate with Kangxi and completely confirm Tong Guowei's crime of forming a party for personal gain.
Originally, Kangxi's reason for dealing with Tong Guowei was a little far-fetched and not very convincing to the public, but now Ma Qi, the second child in the study, took the initiative to admit guilt and accept punishment, who can say that Tong Guowei is innocent, and who can say that the eighth child did not form a party for personal gain? This is clearly supporting Kangxi.
This is also the reason why Ma Kangxi only lowered Ma Qi by two levels, and still let Ma Qi walk to the study, after all, at the critical moment, Ma Qi was on his side.
Second: said that "among the elder brothers, there is indeed only the eighth elder brother who should be established as the crown prince......".
At this time, the Sacred Heart was shining, the defeat of the Eight Masters Party was decided, Ma Qi's insistence was meaningless, and the reason why he knew it was useless and added this sentence was to clear up the charge of forming a party for personal gain-
On the other hand, it is to not offend all the officials who support Lao Ba.
Ma Qi witnessed with his own eyes that the voice of the old eight was high and the power was great. In this case, he pleaded guilty and accepted punishment so quickly, and helped Kangxi to confirm Tong Guowei's crimes, which will inevitably make the Eight Masters feel that he is at both ends of the head and rat and has no responsibility, so he stands on the opposite side of the Eight Masters Party.
But the effect of adding this sentence is different, not only will it not offend the Eight Masters Party, but it will win the favor of the Eighth Master and the entire Eight Masters Party.
Mazie's rank can be seen here.
The second thing: punish kneeling.
After Kangxi took Zhang Tingyu to the southern tour, the newly restored crown prince Yinren asked a group of people who had recommended the eighth child to kneel outside the hall and wait for the fate in order to vent his personal anger.
Soon, Ma Qi appeared with a rush from all over the country.
Seeing the person kneeling on the ground in front of him, Ma Qi asked the reason, and the officials complained one by one. The official kneeling at the front directly threw the problem to Ma Qi:
"Ma Zhongtang, you are the minister of the upper study, you have to be the master for us. ”
Note Marzie's reaction.
After glancing at the group of people, he pondered for a moment and replied with a smile:
"Okay, I see. I'll talk to the prince. ”
What did Marzi understand?
I understand why these people are kneeling here, because they are all people who have recommended the old eight.
In other words, Ma Qi knew that Prince Yinren was taking revenge for personal gain, and he was also standing up.
Let's see what Marzzie did -
As soon as Ma Qi entered the door, although he didn't mention the people kneeling outside, he scolded Prince Yinren for a few rounds on the grounds that the overall situation was important:
Ma Qi: "Prince, these are all important notes sent from all over the country, and they must be approved immediately. ”
Yinren: "I haven't even looked at it, how can I approve it." ”
Ma Qi: "Please watch it now, prince." ”
Yinren: "When I look at the excerpts, I still have you to take care of it." ”
Ma Qi: "Even if the emperor personally manages the government, this kind of twist and turn is also sent and watched." ”
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Ma Qi: "Like the crown prince, why do you explain to the emperor now?"
Yinren: "Speaking of which, you don't obey me as the prince, then it's good, I'll choose some people who obey me to use." Mazie, you should also kneel outside. ”
Ma Qi scolded the crown prince, is it completely out of consideration for the overall situation, worried that the state affairs will be mistaken?
No!
It's simple to think about it that way.
Ma Qi was deliberately provoking the prince to "find kneel".
The reason why I say this is because Prince Yinren has a correct sentence, when to watch the twists and turns, it is indeed not within the scope of Ma Qi's responsibility. Even if the state affairs are really delayed, the accountability cannot be traced back to Ma Qi, he only needs to emphasize the urgency of the matter once.
And he "forced" Prince Yinren to watch it immediately, and even brought out Kangxi, just to anger Prince Yinren, and then was punished to kneel.
After all, there were so many people kneeling outside, but he was the only one who was not punished, what did this make the kneeling people think? Either they thought that Ma Qi "did not save them when he saw death" and did not help them speak up for intercession; or they thought that Ma Qi fell into the well in order to welcome the crown prince, and no matter which one he was, he would inevitably become the "target of attack" of these people and stand on the opposite side of these people.
And now that Ma Qi is also kneeling outside, these people naturally will not have any dissatisfaction with Ma Qi, and will even thank Ma Qi for his righteous words.
Based on the above two things, it can be seen that Ma Qi is practicing the way of being an official with the light and dust, and he easily does not do things that sinner, especially if he does not want to offend most people.
Here's an addition: It is impossible for any character in the court to be without enemies, the key is that the enemy is worth it.
Who's the boss listens to whom
There is another obvious feature of Ma Qi's body - I listen to whoever is the boss.
When Tong Guowei became the leader of the study, Ma Qi listened to Tong Guowei, and the two advanced and retreated together; after Tong Guowei retired and Zhang Tingyu became the boss of the study, Ma Qi followed Zhang Tingyu again, without the slightest dissatisfaction with being overtaken by the latecomers.
This is also where Marzie's cleverness lies.
Ma Qi knew that it was not up to him to decide who would be the boss of the study, and even so, he had nothing to be jealous of or blush, after all, it was useless for him to be unwilling.
Moreover, in his opinion, being the boss is not necessarily a good thing, the higher he stands, the greater the crisis and risk, and the heavier the responsibility he has to bear.
Compared with the boss, it is safer to be the second one, and the status is also above the ministers.
Ma Qi's approach of "whoever is the boss listens to whom" has two benefits:
First: low risk factor.
You don't have to figure out the holy will all the time, as long as you do your job well, if something really happens, it will be a tall one, and the first leader will bear the main responsibility, and his second-in-command will be reprimanded at most.
Of course, the premise is that he himself cannot make a mistake of principle and not touch the red line.
Second: there will be no obvious labels.
Strictly obey the arrangement of the number one, does not belong to the category of standing in line, let alone "friends", there will be no obvious label on the body, it can only show that this person abides by the rules and is conscientious.
In this way, it is less susceptible to the influence of the change of power.
This is also the fundamental reason why Ma Qi was able to smoothly transition from the Kangxi Dynasty to the Yongzheng Dynasty.
epilogue
That's all for Ma Qi's way of working today.
Finally, I would like to emphasize that the way of the workplace mentioned in the article is not a panacea! All the "ways of the workplace" are different from person to person, from time to time, and from situation to situation.
Qingxin Junyue, read other people's stories, and live your own life. Warm you with words, me.