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Throughout history, many capable people have emerged, such as Hou Xu negative of Mingheiting in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhu Jianping, the "divine operator" of the Wei Wendi period, and Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng in the early Tang Dynasty. Today, let's talk about a legendary figure with a small reputation, but can predict the general trend of the world and identify the dragon among people - Wei Ding.
▲The Chunfeng Ancestral Hall built in honor of Li Chunfeng
Wei Ding, who lived from the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, was born into a family of officials and eunuchs of the Southern Dynasty, and his grandfather was wei Rui, a famous general of Southern Liang. The history books once recorded that "(Wei Ding) Shao Tong, Bo Involved in the History of the Classics, Ming Yin Yang Reverse Thorn, You Shan Xiang Shu." This means that Wei Ding was young and intelligent and knowledgeable, and when he grew up, he was familiar with yin and yang gossip magic, especially in phase art. In the later period of Southern Liang, Wei Ding was married to his father and entered the career path, and the Situ Wang monks were quite important to him, and Wei Ding soon moved to Zhongshu Shilang. At that time, Chen Ba, seeing that Wang Monk was in control of the government and had a monstrous power, he took the initiative to choose to lie dormant.
▲ Wei Ding stills
At a banquet, Wei Ding saw that Chen Baxian had the appearance of an emperor, so he quietly said to him: "Liang Chao's qi will be exhausted, and Wang Monk's brutality will be killed." Two days ago, I watched the heavens and found that the Ming Dynasty and the Heavenly Spirit would surely unify the country and achieve hegemony. Chen Ba, after hearing this, was overjoyed, and felt that he was the one who had returned to the Destiny of Heaven, so he made up his mind to attack and kill Wang Monk and monopolize the power of the Southern Dynasty. In the first year of Yongding (557 AD), Chen Baxian completely stabilized the domestic situation and officially took Liang Jianchen, known as Emperor Wu of Chen.
▲The Forbidden City of Emperor Chenwu
Because Wei Ding had the merit of consorting the dragon, he could be described as an official during the Southern Chen period, and successively held important positions such as Huangmen Shilang, Situ Right Changshi, Ting Weiqing, and Taifu Qing. In the face of the emperor's weight, Wei Ding often felt worried, and he once looked up at the sky and sighed to his friend Mao Biao, saying: "The king of Jiangdong has exhausted his spirit, and I don't know where to die after death." After Northern Zhou destroyed Northern Qi, Emperor Xuan of Chen ordered Wei Ding to send an envoy to Northern Zhou to enhance the friendship between the two countries. Wei Ding was treated unanimously by the Northern Zhou emperors in Chang'an, and when he met with the Northern Zhou chancellor Yang Jian, Wei Ding looked at his strange appearance and unusual from ordinary people, his forehead was prominent, his jaw was slender, his eyes were sharp, and Yang Jian's entire upper body was long, his lower body was short, and he had the appearance of an emperor, so Wei Ding intended to get acquainted with him. At a banquet, Wei Ding secretly said to Yang Jian: "I look at the appearance of the Sui Gong, very human, will be very noble, the whole world will be your family, I hope you cherish the body." ”
▲Portrait of Chen Xuandi Chen
Yang Jian knew that Wei Ding was a southern Chen heavy minister, and this time the envoy was carrying the heavy responsibility of southern Chen, and there was no need to flatter himself, so what he said should come from the heart, and Wei Ding's superb xiangshu was famous in the world, and Yang Jian's belief in being emperor in his heart was even firmer. After Wei Ding returned to Jinling after completing the mission, he immediately "did his best to produce goods and live in the monk's temple". He had already anticipated that Nan Chen, who was about to run out of qi, would be destroyed by Yang Jian's army, so he changed all the fields and houses in his family and moved to the temple to live, away from the government to ensure peace. His friend was puzzled by his behavior, and Wei Ding explained: "I will be buried in Chang'an after I die, this is just a pre-arrangement. ”
▲Portrait of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui
Within a few years, Yang Jian took advantage of the fact that the Northern Zhou lord was suspicious of the state and established the Sui Dynasty. In the ninth year of The Kai Emperor (589 AD), Emperor Yang Jian of Sui ordered Yang Guang, the King of Jin, to lead a 500,000-strong division to attack Southern Chen, and Southern Chen was eventually destroyed by the Sui Dynasty. After pacifying the south, Yang Jian did not forget Wei Ding, and he specially sent someone to take Wei Ding to Chang'an, and Wei Ding was first awarded the post of Shangyi Tongsan Division by Yang Jian, and later served as the Assassin of Gwangju. Wei Ding, who was deeply trusted by Yang Jian, was often summoned to the palace by him to attend royal banquets, and Yang Jian would also listen to Wei Ding's advice when choosing a horse for his beloved princess. In this way, Wei Ding relied on his own vision of people to win high-ranking officials for himself, and also earned glory and wealth for his descendants, which must be admired.
Resources:
Book of Liang, Book of Sui and Biography of Wei Ding
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