Someone impeached Dongfang Shuo for "being a wife of more years", so why did Emperor Wu of Han still defend him? With the emperor rewarding a year for a wife, the chancellor impeached him, the emperor: he has this qualification!
As the saying goes, "accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger", especially staying at the side of the powerful Emperor Wu of Han to work, if you don't get it right, you will lose your head. However, Dongfang Shuo, who accompanied Emperor Wu of Han for nearly half a century, was able to achieve a good death, which was related to his clever handling of the world. In the eyes of historians, Dongfang Shuo was a comical figure without a straight face, so Sima Qian attributed him to the "Comic Book" when he wrote the "History of History".
How unreliable is Dongfang Shuo's personality? Sima Qian recorded in the "Chronicle of History and Funny Column" that "in vain, he used the money he gave to him to take (marry) a young woman as a good daughter in Chang'an." Whoever takes (marries) a woman at the age of one year abandons it, and takes (marries) a woman even more. The money given goes to the woman. ”
What does this mean? In modern language, he used the money and silk given by the emperor to marry a young and beautiful woman in Chang'an City. After marrying, these women stayed in the family for only one year, and when the period expired, they paid the break-up fee and sent it off. Finish, marry a younger and prettier one. The money the emperor gave him was spent on the matter of changing wives. This is the famous story of "the older woman".
Dongfang Shuo's behavior was so absurd, of course, his colleagues in the DPRK were not accustomed to it, so they took the opportunity to complain about Dongfang Shuo's black form in front of Emperor Wu of Han, saying that he was simply a "madman" and too indebted to the holy grace. Incredibly, The unsympathetic Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty actually said a good word for Dongfang Shuo: "If Dongfang Shuo's official behavior did not have these absurd behaviors, how could you compare with him?" ”
The Lord of Man left and right called out "madmen" half-heartedly. When the Lord of Man heard this, he said, "Ling Shuo is a practitioner who does nothing, if he waits for Peace to be able to reach it!" (Chronicle of History, Funny Chronicles)
In fact, the wealth of Dongfang Shuo was not something that Emperor Wu of Han really wanted to reward him, but he took the opportunity to "cheat" him. Because Dongfang Shuo was the pistachio of Emperor Wu of Han, he made the emperor beautiful, and there was a food reward. After the meal, he packed all the remaining fish and meat into his arms and took them away, deliberately staining his clothes. Seeing that Dongfang Shuo's clothes were dirty, Emperor Wu gave him new silk, but the next time he still repeated the same trick, and then soiled his clothes, he could deceive Emperor Wu's reward. This is how Dongfang Shuo's wife-changing money was "earned".
The food given by the commandment is in front. The meal has been eaten, and the rest of the meat has been carried away, and the clothes are exhausted. Count the veils, and the eaves are removed. (Chronicles of History and Funny Chronicles)
The reason why Liu Che is so protective of Dongfang Shuo is because he feels that Dongfang Shuo is a good person with obedient behavior, has no second thoughts about him, and is not a threat, and staying around can also dispel his worries and relieve his boredom.
It turned out that Dongfang Shuo's first appearance had Liu Che "town". At the beginning of Emperor Wu of Han's succession, he openly recruited talented people from the world, and Dongfang Shuo of Pingyuan County (present-day Lingcheng District, Dezhou City, Shandong Province) also submitted a resume to Liu Che, but Dongfang Shuo's resume was different from others, that is, too conceited - Dongfang Shuo not only introduced all aspects of himself to Emperor Wu of Han in detail, but even rendered his appearance in detail:
"Fanchen Shuogu has recited 440,000 words. He also often obeys the words of zilu. Chen Shuo was twenty-two years old, nine feet three inches long, his eyes were like hanging beads, his teeth were like weaving shells, his courage was like Meng Ben, Jie Ruo Qingji, Lian Ruo Bao's uncle, and Xin Ruo's tail was born. If so, it can be the Minister of Heaven. When chen Shuo died, he would say goodbye to him. (Book of Han, Tale of Oriental Shuo)
Dongfang Shuo's self-bragging resume was very interesting to Emperor Wu of Han, who privately thought he was a great man and ordered him to wait for the edict at the Bus Office. During his time in the Bus House, Dongfang Shuo wrote a recital every day, and a total of three thousand wooden folds were written before and after, and it took two people to lift them. Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty watched it intermittently for two months before reading it.
There was no specific work to be done, that is, to wait for the emperor's temporary summons, so Feng Lu was meager. Dongfang Shuo's "stay" is many, and Emperor Wu of Han seems to have forgotten him as a "strange man". In order to attract Liu Che's attention again, Dongfang Shuo thought of a bad move- to scare the dwarfs who raised horses for the emperor. Dongfang Shuo deliberately frightened the dwarfs into saying that the emperor was going to kill them.
Hearing Dongfang Shuo's words, the dwarfs cried and went to ask Emperor Wu of Han for forgiveness. Emperor Wu of Han asked Ming Yuan, that is, he summoned Dongfang Shuo to ask him why he wanted to scare the dwarfs who raised horses. Dongfang Shuo finally had the opportunity to face the saint directly, and he expressed his dissatisfaction to Liu Che: "The dwarfs are three feet tall, and I am nine feet tall, but I earn as much as the dwarfs, and I can't support them and starve the young minister!" If the saint did not want to reuse me, he would simply let me go home, and I did not want to waste the grain of the capital in vain. Emperor Wu of Han laughed when he heard this, so he ordered him to wait at the Golden Horse Gate.
Summoning Shuo, "Why fear the dwarfs?" "The subject also speaks in life and dies." The dwarf is more than three feet long, and he has a sack of millet and two hundred and forty dollars. Chen Shuo was more than nine feet long, and he also had a bag of millet and two hundred and forty dollars. The dwarfs are hungry to death, and the subjects are hungry to death. The words of the courtiers are available, fortunately they are not polite; they are not available, they are dismissed, and there is no order but Sou Chang'anmi. "Laugh at the lord, because the envoy is waiting for the Golden Horse Gate." (Hanshu Oriental Shuo Biography)
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once played the game of shooting and covering , a Chinese folk guessing game that was close to divination. Covering an object under an ou, a cup, and other utensils, making people guess what was inside), he hid the gecko in the cup, but no one guessed. Dongfang Shuo said that he had studied "Yi Xue", and after some tinkering, he really guessed the gecko under the basin of Emperor Wu of Han and was rewarded.
Later, Emperor Wu asked Dongfang Shuo to guess other things, and Every time Dongfang Shuo guessed, there was a reward. Dongfang Shuo was thus jealous of Emperor Wu of Han's favored servant Guo Sheren. Guo Sheren was not convinced, and said to Dongfang Shuo, if you can guess what I put in the basin, I am willing to be beaten with 100 rods, if you can't guess, I will be rewarded. As a result, Dongfang Shuo guessed again, and Guo Sheren was beaten with 100 rods. After that, Emperor Wu of Han appointed Dongfang Shuo as a constant attendant, and Dongfang Shuo was finally loved and favored by Emperor Wu of Han.
However, Liu Che always regarded him as a haiyou and did not use him seriously, and Dongfang Shuo's highest position was the Taizhong Doctor of one thousand stones. However, as a close attendant, he accompanied Emperor Wu of Han for many years, and also had a certain influence on the behavior and actions of Emperor Wu of Han. After being able to approach the color of the sky, Dongfang Shuo took advantage of his opportunity to approach Emperor Wu of Han to observe the color of his speech and speak bluntly at the first opportunity. In the matter of repairing the Lin Yuan, Emperor Wu was advised to abstain from extravagance and compassion for the people, and in the matter of Zhaoping Jun's murder, Emperor Wu was advised to enforce the law impartially... He was able to achieve in a special way the merits of advice that could not be achieved through normal channels.
People around Emperor Wu of Han thought that Dongfang Shuo was crazy, and Dongfang Shuo himself said: People like me are the so-called people who live in seclusion in the imperial court. In ancient times, people lived in seclusion in the mountains. Dongfang Shuo often sang when he was drinking in the banquet: "Live in seclusion in the world, and hide from the world at the Golden Horse Gate." In the palace, you can live in seclusion and protect yourself, why should you live in seclusion in the mountains, in the huts. This is the extraordinary wisdom of Dongfang Shuo: "The small is hidden in the wild, the middle is hidden in the city, and the big is hidden in the dynasty." "So, he can have a good ending."
In fact, Dongfang Shuo's "no action" is only a means of self-preservation, and his heart is still loyal to the king, protecting the country and loving the people. As the old saying goes, "When a bird dies, his song will mourn; when a man dies, his words will be good." When Dongfang Shuo was dying, he very seriously advised Emperor Wu of Han, saying: "The Book of Poetry says, 'Flies that fly around fall on the fence.' Gentlemen of kindness and kindness, do not listen to rumors. There is no end to the rumors, and there is no tranquility in the neighboring countries of the Quartet. 'May His Majesty stay away from those who speak flattery and rebuff their rumors. ”
Seeing that Dongfang Shuo was so serious, It was difficult for Emperor Wu of Han Tonic Liu Che to adapt at once, but after a while he understood this Dongfang Shuo, who had been a "courtier" by him all his life. Emperor Wu said, "Looking back at Dongfang Shuo now, are you just good at talking?" "Dongfang Shuo is actually wisdom.
When Shuo died, he said: "Shi Yun's camp of green flies, stop at the flies." Gentlemen, no believers in rumors. Slander is reckless, and the four countries are confused'. His Majesty yuan qiao yu and withdrew from the rumors. The emperor said, "How kind is the oriental Shuo today?" (Chronicle of History, Funny Chronicles)
(Image from the Internet)