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There is a saying in the "Chronicle of the Marquis of Huaiyin": "Those who bravely shake the Lord are in danger, but those who cover the world are not rewarded."
As a courtier, the biggest taboo is that the ability is too strong, the merit is too much, why? Of course it's because you have a monarch above you. When your merits are so great that an emperor can no longer reward or add officials to the knighthood, then "congratulations" you have successfully overshadowed the emperor's light and can "soar" to bliss.
The emperor can never tolerate his courtiers, and when a courtier has threatened his throne, the emperor will surely get rid of it quickly. But there is one person in history who is an exception, and he is the Qing Dynasty general - Ah Gui.
As the first general of the Qing Dynasty, Ah Gui's merits were immeasurable, but even so, the Qianlong Emperor did not get him off his horse, but let him die well. So why didn't the Qianlong Emperor dispose of Ah Gui, who was a high-ranking lord?
Repeated feats
If a country wants guotai and people's security and prosperity and well-being, there must be some meritorious deeds behind it, and the Qianlong period can be so healthy and prosperous, which is part of the credit of Ah Gui.
As a general who has been guarding the northwest frontier for a long time, Ah Gui's battles will not be less, and this credit must be very much. But to talk about this most dazzling merit, it is none other than pingding Jinchuan.
Before pacifying Jinchuan, Ah Gui just suffered from the reprimand of the Qianlong Emperor, and because of his proposal to attack Burma on a large scale, he was repeatedly demoted, and he was very depressed in his heart. At this moment of discouragement, it just so happened that the war in Jinchuan was not going well, and Ah Gui knew that his opportunity had come because he was familiar with Jinchuan, Sichuan.
Sure enough, when Qianlong ordered the chancellor Wen Fu to lead his troops to pacify Jinchuan, Wen Fu proposed to let Ah Gui, who was familiar with Sichuan, go with him, and Qianlong thought about it and agreed. Later, the Qing army was not in a good position, and the Qianlong Emperor ordered Ah Gui to lead the army to pacify Jinchuan.
But what Qianlong did not expect was that within a few days of Ah Gui's inauguration, there were frequent good news to the imperial court, and the war reports said that under the leadership of General Ah Gui, several leading rogue thieves had been killed. Hearing this news, the Qianlong Emperor was very happy and immediately ordered Ah Gui to be made a counselor minister.
Not long after, in the Battle of Guilin, the Qing army was defeated in battle, and the Qianlong Emperor was very shocked, and quickly promoted Ah Gui to the rank of General of Dingxi, hoping that he would recover Xiaojinchuan. Soon, Ah Gui recovered XiaoJinchuan. After two years of bitter fighting, the Qing army successfully recovered Dajinchuan, and the main hero of this battle, Ah Gui, was praised by the Qianlong Emperor and was directly awarded the title of First Class Heroic Duke.
In the following years, Ah Gui not only made great achievements in military and water management, but also continued to make great contributions to the imperial court, and the Qianlong Emperor sealed him again and again, and his status continued to rise, and his merits completely reached the level of meritorious service, and even the title could not be sealed. But even so, the Qianlong Emperor never did anything to him and let him die well.
The Emperor tolerated
Why did the Qianlong Emperor never do anything to Ah Gui, who had made such a meritorious contribution to the Lord? In fact, there are two reasons: one is that the Qianlong Emperor does not dare, and the other is that this Ah Gui is not wrong.
Everyone may find it strange, is there anything that the emperor can't do? Needless to say, there really is, in the face of Ah Gui, who has achieved great feats, the Qianlong Emperor really has no way at all. Let's not say that Ah Gui is a veritable second-generation official, and the family still has some confidence and power; moreover, Ah Gui has been guarding the frontier town for a long time, and the 200,000 iron horses on the frontier only respect Ah Gui's military orders, and they will not listen to Yuxi's orders, which is simply a typical "only recognize the general's order, do not recognize the imperial seal." ”
As the emperor, Qianlong also had no way to take these soldiers, so even if he wanted to dispose of Ah Gui, it was not so easy, under one drag and two delays, Ah Gui's merits were getting higher and higher, and his status was not the same, and this time, the Qianlong Emperor was even less able to handle Ah Gui.
In addition, Ah Gui was loyal and cautious, and made so many achievements without arrogance or making any big mistakes. Not only that, Ah Gui was self-righteous, extremely unaccustomed to He yan's greed, and in the face of He yan's solicitation, Ah Gui clearly expressed disgust, preferring to offend the Qianlong Emperor's favored subjects, but also to maintain his own integrity.
General Ah Gui like this, all the ministers also looked in the eyes, the Qianlong Emperor could not have convicted Ah Gui for a crime for no reason, so for a while the Qianlong Emperor insisted on not disposing of Ah Gui. It dragged it all the way back until Ah Gui resigned himself.
As soon as Qianlong saw that he had resigned, there was no need to be jealous of him, so after Ah Gui's death, he mercifully gave him the title of Wencheng. I have to say that this Ah Gui is also one of the few people who can still get a good death after the merits of the Lord.
First General
Although Ah Guigong was a high lord, he did not act arrogantly with his own merits, but instead cleaned himself and was loyal to Qianlong; in the face of Hezhen's solicitation, Ah Gui did not agree, and even chose to return to his hometown because he was not accustomed to acting greedily, and gave up the position he had gained in his life of hard work. Such a general Ah Gui is really worthy of being the first general of the Qing Dynasty!
From this point of view, the Qianlong Emperor never attacked Ah Gui, perhaps not only because he could not do it, but also because he looked forward to and admired Ah Gui's own character and talent from the bottom of his heart!
Reference: Encyclopedia entry "Agui"