When it comes to officialdom tumblers, we can't help but say Feng Dao. This person went through the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, and the Later Fourth Dynasty, and assisted ten emperors such as Later Tang Mingzong, Later Jin Gaozu, Later Han Gaozu, Later Zhou Taizu, and Later Zhou Shizong, and also served as a courtier of Liao Taizong.
In the troubled times, this person has gone through four dynasties and ten generations of kings, and has always served as a high-ranking official such as the general and the third duke, which is a miracle in the entire bureaucratic history and the big brother in the "officialdom tumbler".
Feng Dao's experience is legendary, but Dalimaru has talked about it before, so I won't repeat it here.
In this episode, let's talk about a few old fritters in officialdom that everyone is not familiar with. These people did not go through ten dynasties like Feng Dao, but they all broke the spell of "one son of heaven and one courtier".
Let's talk about Dou Rong first, he lived in the late Western Han Dynasty, when Wang Mang was in power, he was appreciated by Wang Mang for suppressing uprisings in various places, and later his sister married Wang Mang's cousin, and he became a relative of Wang Mang, and he was even more important.
At that time, their family moved from their hometown of Xianyang, Shaanxi Province to Chang'an, and the scenery was infinite for a while. During this time, Dou Rong also led troops to recruit Liu Xiu, but he didn't fight and fled back to Chang'an.
After Wang Mang stepped down, most of the people he reused were scattered, but these people did not include Dou Rong. When he saw that the old regime had fallen and that the rebels were surging everywhere, he set out to find a home for himself. He took a fancy to Liu Xuan, the first emperor, and after leading the troops to surrender, he became Liu Xuan's captain, and was later named Julu Taishou.
finally became the leader of a party, but Dou Rong did not accept it. The world is too chaotic, Dou Rong is worried that Liu Xuan will not be reliable, and only if he has territory in the troubled times can he have confidence, so he maneuvered in many ways and finally asked Liu Xuan to appoint him as the "Captain of Zhangye's Subordinate State".
The reason why Dou Rong planned like this was because his great-grandfather was Zhangye Taishou, his grandfather was the captain of Huqiang, and his cousin was also Zhangye Taishou, so it can be said that the family's connections and generational accumulation are here. Only when you return here can you have your own territory, and you will have the confidence to stand on your own or negotiate with people from all walks of life in the future.
After becoming the governor of Zhangye, Dou Rong immediately took his family to take up his post, and from then on, he devoted himself to running the Hexi region while sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. Later, Liu Xuan didn't come out until Liu Xiu became emperor, he made his goal clear and decided to submit to Liu Xiu. It just so happened that Liu Xiu also wanted to recruit him at that time, and the two hit it off.
Although Dou Rong got hooked up with Liu Xiu as he wished, what to do to make Liu Xiu trust him was a big problem. In order to reassure the boss, Dou Rong used eighteen kinds of martial arts.
First he played the emotional card. He said to Liu Xiu that his seventh ancestor is Dou Guangguo, the younger brother of Empress Dou, the empress of Emperor Wen of Han, and your Majesty, you are a descendant of Liu Fa, the son of Emperor Jing of Han, and Emperor Jing of Han is the son of Empress Dou, so we are relatives. Of course, this kind of relative who can't be beaten with eight poles, Liu Xiu can't look down on it, and Dou Rong also knows this. In order to gain a firm foothold, he has done a lot of practical things one after another.
The reason why Liu Xiu wanted to recruit him was because at that time, Liu Xiu had to fight Gongsun Shu, the emperor of Yizhou, and Kui Huan, the general of Xizhou in Tianshui. And Dou Rong is in Zhangye, which can contain the hustle and bustle. Dou Rong knew where his role was, and he knew what to do.
Liu Xiu wanted to fight Kui Huan, so Dou Rong wrote a letter to scold Kui Huan for going back on his word, ignoring the people's livelihood, and breaking with Kui Huan with a clear attitude. Liu Xiuqin led a large army to attack, and Dou Rong led the troops to converge until the hustle and bustle were completely defeated. Later, he led his subordinates to break the Qiang army and stabilize the border passes.
Dou Rong can not only fight and climb relationships, but also has a good eye and can give gifts. When he fought the world, Liu Xiu was commensurate with the generals under his account, and later Liu Xiu became the emperor, and these generals did not regard him as the emperor, Liu Xiu felt uncomfortable and embarrassed to say it directly. Dou Rong guessed this and directly helped Liu Xiu solve this problem.
Before Dou Rong entered the Beijing court to meet Liu Xiu, he asked a special person about the etiquette in this regard, and made a series of procedures into a chart and presented it to Liu Xiu, asking if it was okay to do so. Liu Xiu was very happy after receiving the chart, and immediately ordered that future meetings should be carried out according to this step. Dou Rong's move made Liu Xiulong's heart happy, and he was even more appreciated from then on.
After taking up his post in the capital, Dou Rong was cautious everywhere and never disagreed with the emperor. Liu Xiu appointed people with background flaws like Dou Rong, and he didn't worry about them being arrogant, and the monarch and the ministers complemented each other for a while. Later, Dou Rong also became one of the 32 generals of Yuntai and was the undisputed founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
From Wang Mang to Liu Xuan to Liu Xiu, every leader appreciates him and reuses him, and I have to say that this is ability.
Time relationship, let's finally talk about an officialdom tumbler, Feng Deyi.
He was the grandson of Feng Longzhi, the Taibao of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the son of Feng Zixiu, the assassin of Tongzhou in the Sui Dynasty. Let's see, my grandfather and father spanned the two dynasties. Feng Deyi was Yang Su's staff when he was young, and he was valued by the powerful minister Yu Shiji. After the change of Jiangdu, Emperor Yang of Sui was killed, and Feng Deyi followed Yu Wenhua. Later, Yu Wenhua failed, and he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Gaozu Li Yuan thought that Feng Deyi was an old minister of the Sui Dynasty, and he was disloyal and unrighteous by following Yu Wenhua, so he scolded him and wanted to send him away. Who knew that Feng Deyi offered a secret strategy to Li Yuanjin, and now I don't know what the content of this secret strategy is, in short, Li Yuan was very happy to hear it, and since then Feng Deyi has become a close minister of the Son of Heaven.
Feng Deyi was not satisfied with this step, he carried Li Yuan on his back, on the one hand to assist Li Shimin in attacking Luoyang, and on the other hand secretly supported Li Jiancheng. Li Yuan, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng all thought that Feng Deyi was their own person, who knew that this person was stepping on three boats. Li Shimin said that the emperor also named him the right servant of Shangshu, which is equivalent to the prime minister, so it can be seen how much he trusts him?
It wasn't until many years later that someone continued to accuse Li Shimin that he secretly helped Li Jiancheng back then, and persuaded Li Yuan to kill Li Shimin as soon as possible, that Li Shimin really knew Feng Deyi. But at this time, Feng Deyi had already died, and Li Shimin could only reduce his posthumous mourning, and Feng Deyi had been living a very nourishing life before his death.
Emperor Yang of Sui, Yu Wenhua, Li Yuan, and Li Shimin also deceived Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin, and they were not exposed until after their deaths. Feng Deyi can be said to be an alternative among the officialdom tuners.