Kangxi has a very special significance for the Qing Dynasty. He ascended the throne at the age of 8 and became a pro-government at the age of 14.
During the reign of Kangxi, the territory of the Qing Dynasty reached an astonishing 13 million, and the cultivated land area more than doubled compared with the Shunzhi period, completely achieving "barrenness without size".
Therefore, later generations have a high evaluation of Kangxi:
Martial arts and martial arts are impressive, and personal cultivation is about to reach its peak;
Kangxi created such a prosperous era and gained a good reputation. is capable and free, and has become the idol of several generations of Qing monarchs.
Qianlong abdicated ahead of schedule in order not to exceed his grandfather Kangxi, so that Kangxi could enjoy the honor of the longest-reigning emperor alone.
Glory is glory, there are many people who are popular, and there are really a lot of "lace news" that happened to Kangxi. Kangxi, Qianlong, and Cixi have become frequent visitors to the stall literature, supporting half of the historical "entertainment circle".
Kangxi's romantic anecdotes
Among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi can be regarded as diligent and loving the people, but this does not affect his "entertainment". Although Kangxi did not leave an affair like Qianlong's "Seven Visits to the South of the Yangtze River", in film and television works, there is not a "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview".
Although this belongs to art, perhaps, Kangxi really liked to go out and wander around when he had nothing to do.
There is a foreigner named Ma Guoxian, who once lived in the Qing court for thirteen years, and after returning to China, he also wrote a book "Thirteen Years of the Qing Court", which recorded that Emperor Kangxi threw a snake to tease the woman who bound her feet.
It stands to reason that this kind of "bad taste" is a game that children like, and Emperor Kangxi should not be like this. This may be the plot that Ma Guoxian made up after returning to China to attract attention.
In addition, the "Qing History Manuscript" also recorded an interesting incident. At that time, Kangxi spent a lot of money on the expedition to the east and west, and saw that the treasury of the Qing Dynasty was about to be tossed empty by him. Emperor Kangxi also self-reflected and actively thought of countermeasures.
He noticed that the internal affairs government spent too much money on food and drink, so he wanted to save some money by eating wowotou and pickles like the common people.
But after implementing it for a period of time, Kangxi found that he did not save money. It took the relevant personnel to ask them to find out. It turned out that the emperor's meals had a mature supply chain, and if the emperor didn't use them, these things would be thrown away. Many of the raw materials were booked in advance.
Therefore, even if these dishes were not provided to the emperor, the royal tribute was not allowed to be enjoyed by others without permission, and many things rotted in the treasury in this way.
Then there are wowotou and small pickles, every meal, the kitchen has to steam hundreds of wowotou, among which the best one is selected, and the one with the best color is served to the emperor. Pickles are the best of the best, so I didn't save a little money, and I spent a lot of money. So Kangxi ordered that no one could change the "recipe" privately in the future.
Kangxi is playing chess with the guards
In ancient times, playing chess was a game of IQ. Emperor Kangxi also loved to play chess, and he liked to play a few games with his ministers when he had nothing to do. You don't need to pay special attention to winning or losing, but you still have to figure out why the emperor wants to play chess with the people around him?
If the emperor is killed in disgrace during the game, is the emperor still having fun? Therefore, playing chess with the emperor, or chess with the leader, must adhere to a principle, that is: the process must be ups and downs, but we must regret defeat.
Emperor Kangxi played chess with his ministers, and none of them were Kangxi's opponents. Kangxi also knew in his heart that the ministers were probably letting him, but he couldn't blame others.
So, he began to openly gather his opponents, and made conditions, if anyone could defeat him, he would be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and promoted to the third rank.
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. A guard named Renfu took the initiative to sign up and play against Kangxi. The newborn calf of the guards was not afraid of tigers, and they killed Kangxi in defeat and retreat, and they were about to be unable to withstand it.
If you want to say that this kid is too, it's hard to grasp the defeat, and it's okay to win by luck. If this form continues, Kangxi will lose a lot of face.
So, the little eunuch next to him hurriedly came out to relieve the siege: "Your Majesty, there is a tiger on the mountain." When Kangxi heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said to Renfu: "You wait here first, wait for me to finish hunting tigers, and then continue to play chess." ”
Ten days later, the guards were in the wilderness
Kangxi killed to the top of the mountain with great interest, but the tiger didn't hit it, and hit a sika deer. Kangxi forgot about playing chess, and no one who accompanied him dared to remind Kangxi about playing chess.
Ten days have passed, Renfu has not appeared by Kangxi's side, and when Kangxi remembered to look for him, the guard was still waiting for him in the same place, starving to death in the same place.
If it was another time, maybe someone would take the initiative to send food to Renfu, or remind Kangxi of it, but this matter was too embarrassing, and no one wanted to go to make up for this bad luck, and Renfu passed away in this way.
Maybe only in this way will Kangxi not be embarrassed, after all, Kangxi never lost that game of chess.
Kangxi understood in his heart that the fundamental reason why Renfu died was still in his own place, so he wrote down the "Edict of Guilt", and said reproachfully: "If you have no faith, why should you be a king?"
From Kangxi's words, it can be carefully tasted that Kangxi did not really forget about playing chess, but he didn't want to bear the consequences of losing. But a game of chess buried a life, Qianlong finally reflected on himself and said these eight characters, which became a famous saying for the ages.
postscript
In feudal society, a life is not as good as winning or losing a game of chess, which is really sad.
Moreover, this incident also tells us that we must see and see clearly when doing things, and we must learn to think from the other party's point of view, and only by combining IQ and EQ will we do things well.