Cheng Yuanzhen was a eunuch during the Tang Dynasty and had a temporary weight.
According to traditional history books, Cheng Yuanzhen repeatedly acted perversely, causing the emperor's command of the army to fail, and causing the emperor to lose the imperial capital, and almost lost the throne.
However, after the emperor crossed this hurdle, he still regarded Cheng Yuanzhen as the closest person.
In fact, there are too many emperors and traitors in similar relationships in the history books.
All in all, a certain traitor blindly tossed and turned the country into a mess, and even made the emperor follow one after another, and finally almost died on it, but the emperor still trusted this traitor without complaint or regret.
The most classic is Ming Yingzong, because after the Hu toss of the great eunuch Wang Zhen, Ming Yingzong let the Mongols be captured, and later returned to the Central Plains after nine deaths, Ming Yingzong mistakenly regained the throne, and even remembered the good of the great eunuch Wang Zhen.
Therefore, after the restoration of Emperor Yingzong, he built an ancestral hall for the great eunuch Wang Zhen, and the name of the ancestral hall was Jingzhong!
Emperor Yingzong was restored, and Gu Nianzhen did not hesitate. In the words of the eunuch Liu Heng, give Zhen Sacrifice, summon the soul to be buried, and give the temple of Zhihua temple, give the ancestral hall Jingzhong.
In the face of this situation, what else can people say except that Yingzong's head has entered the water? Because how can a normal person be like this?
The most classic thing is that after Yang Guozhong's Hu tossing, An Lushan was forced to turn back, Tongguan also fell, and Tang Xuanzong escaped from Chang'an City, but Tang Xuanzong still continued to trust Yang Guozhong, if it were not for the patriotic soldiers to launch military advice, Tang Xuanzong would probably continue to let Yang Guozhong lead the way.
In fact, similar stories are all political propaganda content, because according to this kind of content, what can the relevant emperor say except that the donkey has been kicked in the head? For I dare say that even a pupil of a school will find it too childish and stupid to see the performance of these emperors; in short, if I had been allowed to sit in their place, I would certainly not have done so.
In fact, looking at The final outcome of Cheng Yuanzhen, we can more easily understand the relationship between the emperor and the traitorous courtiers.
According to traditional history books, because Cheng Yuanzhen acted perversely, all the major military regions saw the emperor's jokes, so the emperor faced the threat of the Tubo people and fled from Chang'an City in fear.
All those who will have great achievements, Yuan Zhen is afraid of disease and harm. Tubo entered the Kou, Yuan Zhen did not play in time, causing shang to be lucky. Shangfa zhao recruited all the Daoist soldiers, Li Guangbi, and others were afraid of Yuan Zhen in the center, and those who did not have the opportunity, and the Chinese and foreign salty teeth did not dare to speak.
If it were not for Guo Zi's continued support for the emperor at a critical time, the emperor would probably retire early, or even die because of it, which is not new.
But the emperor still thought that Cheng Yuanzhen was a great loyalist!
In the face of the emperor's obstinate performance, people are mad, because what is this called?
First, Cheng Yuanzhen, a great traitorous minister, caused the emperor to fall all the way to the head, and even almost fell to his death, and the emperor actually trusted him? Did the emperor let the donkey kick his head?
Second, all the major military regions gritted their teeth at Cheng Yuanzhen and hoped that Cheng Yuanzhen would die, in this context, the emperor continued to trust Cheng Yuanzhen, was it because the front heel fell not cool enough, and wanted to fall on a few more big heels, until the fall to death was not finished?
Do you know, at that time, the emperor was still in exile and had not yet returned to the imperial capital? If you continue to play like this, what does the emperor want to do? People love beautiful women do not love Jiang, although dog blood, but also not bizarre, your hometown love eunuchs do not love Jiangshan, how many tons of dog blood can be rendered?
In this context, it was natural for someone to analyze this stake for the emperor and persuade the emperor to kill Cheng Yuanzhen.
Dr. Taichang Liu Ling Shangshu thought: "Inuyasha violated Guan Dulong, entered the Capital Division without bloodshed, robbed the palace, burned the tomb, and the samurai did not have a human warrior, and this general rebelled against His Majesty." His Majesty neglects Yuangong, entrusts xi, the day leads to the moon, in order to become a great disaster, the group of ministers is in the court, no one offends the face of the people, and this secretary of state rebels against His Majesty. His Majesty began to leave the capital, the people filled in, seized the treasury of the house, killed each other, and these three auxiliaries rebelled against His Majesty. Since October Shuo summoned all the Daoist soldiers, for forty days, not only turned into the customs, but also rebelled against His Majesty. Internal and external rebellion, His Majesty today's situation as a security evil, dangerous evil? If you think it is dangerous, you must sit high and not beg for the sins of the world! When the disease is drunk, the medicine is not good, and the medicine is not good. His Majesty sees the illness of Ling Ri, why is it so far? He will want to save the Temple of the Sect, behead the Head of the Yuan Zhen alone, tell the world, send out the envoys to the states, hold the divine strategy to pay the ministers, and then cut the honorific title, and issue an edict to induce the blame, saying: "If the world is reborn from the new, it is advisable to recruit soldiers to go west to the imperial court; if the evil is not done, then the emperor is a great instrument, dares to hinder the sages, and he listens to the world." 'In this way, and the soldiers do not arrive, the people do not feel it, and the world does not obey, please close the door and cut it down to thank Your Majesty. ”
But the emperor said that death said life, that is, he did not want to kill Cheng Yuanzhen, but just let Cheng Yuanzhen return to his hometown as a rich man.
On the yuan zhen tasted the protective merit, in November, Xin ugly, cut Yuan Zhen official knight, released back to the field.
What is even more divine is that after leaving the central government, Cheng Yuanzhen secretly sneaked back to the capital and was exposed and arrested by officials.
Our question now is, Cheng Yuanzhen secretly sneaked back to the capital, did he get the emperor's secret order? It should have been. Therefore, when the relevant departments exposed and arrested Cheng Yuanzhen, the emperor once again tried to protect Cheng Yuanzhen, in short, for the sake of helping me in the past, do not kill him completely.
In this context, the relevant departments demanded that Cheng Yuanzhen be exiled, but the emperor was bent on finding a good place to continue to resettle Cheng Yuanzhen. Spring, The First Moon, Nong Yin, Cheng Yuanzhen changed his suit and sneaked, and the map was not wrong, and the long stream Qinzhou. Shang Nian Yuan Zhen's merits, seeking to restore the order in Jiangling to settle
In fact, as long as we know the history of Cheng Yuanzhen, we can probably know that the traitors are many times people who are pushed by the emperor in the front row to do dirty work.
Therefore, many times the traitors made a mess of things and made the emperor follow him all the way, but the emperor did not deny them because of this.
Of course, the history books usually always hide this fact, so when we read the history books, we often can only feel that many emperors have let the donkey kick their heads.
Everything is obvious, and everyone knows that it is a traitor, and the emperor thinks that it is a loyal subject; what is more divine is that the traitor has tossed the country worse and worse, but the emperor still trusts this traitor; the most divine thing is that because this traitorous minister tossed and turned, he made the emperor slip away and almost died, and the emperor still trusted this traitor.
In the face of this kind of history, we can say nothing but repeatedly that the heads of these emperors have been kicked by donkeys.
As far as I think, if we always look at history in this way, then looking at history may also satisfy the sense of cheap superiority. Because what can we learn from looking at this kind of history?
Because looking at this kind of history, we will inevitably feel that when a successful emperor, the knowledge learned in kindergarten is enough, and going to primary school is superfluous!
Isn't it a little too far to say, let's go back to the book.
In a sense, what Cheng Yuanzhen did was what the emperor wanted to do, and Cheng Yuanzhen was only the executor pushed by the emperor in the front row.
Therefore, no matter how badly Cheng Yuanzhen did things, the emperor would continue to trust him.
People forced the emperor to kill Cheng Yuanzhen in order to weaken the emperor's murderous spirit.
The emperor was bent on cutting the domain, and Cheng Yuanzhen still jumped in front to help the emperor, and people naturally hoped that Cheng Yuanzhen would die. Cheng Yuanzhen died, although it would not completely dispel the emperor's determination to cut the domain, but it would obviously make those who were bent on being a dog for the emperor afraid. All in all, you must not think that the emperor is great, as long as we form a tacit understanding, the emperor will overturn the ship in minutes, even if the emperor can climb ashore, those of you who are bent on being a dog for the emperor will drown. So, when you decide to be a dog for the emperor, consider the consequences!
Of course, it was also for similar reasons that the emperor was under overwhelming pressure, and a strong death guaranteed that Cheng Yuanzhen would not die.
All in all, everyone in the world said that Cheng Yuanzhen deserved to die, and they all hoped that Cheng Yuanzhen would die, and the emperor would let Cheng Yuanzhen avoid death for various reasons.
But Cheng Yuanzhen was finally unable to die well, after all, a notorious dead eunuch, far from the protection of the emperor, suddenly died and died.
Emperor Huan, Yuan Zhen from the three original women's clothes into the Beijing Division, Shesi Nongqing Chen Jingyi's family, the plot is not wrong. Yushi impeached, Changliu Yin played the state, and Jingyi degraded the new lieutenant. Yuan Zhenxing died in Gangneung.
At that time, Chao mistakenly helped Emperor Jing of Han to cut the domain, so everyone rebelled under the banner of the Qing Emperor's side, and in this context, Emperor Jing of Han killed Chao wrongly.
Now Cheng Yuanzhen helped Emperor Tang Dynasty to cut the domain, and the basket he poked out was bigger than it was then. You know, the Tang Empire has lost all the imperial capitals, and they are all in exile, and whether they can go back is unknown. But even so, the Tang Emperor did not order the killing of Cheng Yuanzhen!
Because eunuchs could not control the right to speak, eunuch politics has always appeared in history as a notorious image. Therefore, the emperor was so bent on protecting Cheng Yuanzhen, and he could not give Cheng Yuanzhen's behavior a little whitewashing, on the contrary, he would only let the emperor wear a faint hat.
But one thing is for sure, if Cheng Yuanzhen had the opportunity to write history, he would definitely portray himself as a loyal subject who served the fundamental interests of the Tang Empire, regardless of his own life and death. All in all, what Cheng Yuanzhen did was to help the emperor cut the domain, but the means were a little hurried, and they had terrible consequences.
Of course, if the emperor closed the door, he would definitely think that the reason why Cheng Yuanzhen would provoke everyone in the world to be killed was because he unreservedly carried out his orders. In other words, this matter was bad, and the emperor did not think that there was anything wrong with Cheng Yuanzhen's operation, but that his strategy was somewhat hasty.
In terms of the control of power, there are two levels.
One level is the content on the table, and on this level, controlling people is very simple, in short, convincing people with virtue.
Another level is content under the table, and at this level, controlling people is also very simple, in short, building a variety of stakes that make people have to obey themselves.
Which view is correct? It's hard to say.
But one thing is for sure, it is very dangerous for a power-holder to believe in every level.
Therefore, those in power are usually surrounded by loyal and traitorous subjects.
Loyal subjects always tell the emperor what is on the table and tell the emperor how to subdue people with virtue; while the traitors always tell the emperor what is under the table, telling the emperor how to prevent and control others.
If you were an emperor, would you believe more and be close to your loyalists, or would you be a traitor?
To put it simply, if you are a company owner, what level do you think more about when you think about company management?
I believe that whoever is the boss of the company will also think more about the content under the desktop. If a person really believes in what is used to subdue people with virtue, or simply divides society into good people and bad people, it is difficult to call a qualified manager.
However, if a company owner is too superstitious about the content under the desktop, it will be biased. Because although people may not have much value in serving people with virtue, if you really put aside this kind of content, it is estimated that it will be difficult to manage the company.
Sometimes, we think that the emperor is very stupid, nothing more than because we really believe that people are invincible with virtue and benevolence, or that people are simply divided into good people and bad people.
When we look at society as such a simple thing, when we look at what the emperors do, we naturally feel that they are very stupid. Because as long as you are close to the good people and away from the bad people; you only need to trust others, understand others, and care for others to govern the country well.
The question is, as long as a person is in society for a while, and is willing to look at society with his eyes open, who will believe that society is so simple?