Li Daliang was patrolled by Jiannan Road in the eighth year of Tang Zhenguan, and he found a man named Li Yifu, who was outstanding in talent. So I recommend my talents, the first of the countermeasures, and make up the door ceremony. So Li Yifu became a member of the imperial court. During this period, he was appreciated by Liu Yue, assistant minister of Huangmen, and Ma Zhou, an imperial envoy. They jointly recommended him to Emperor Taizong. Emperor Taizong summoned him and asked him to write a poem on the spot on the topic of "singing birds". Li Yifu blurted out: "In the sun, the sun shines, in the harp, the night cries. The forest is like a tree, you don't need to borrow a branch to live. " Li Yifu's poems about birds fully show his desire to be an official. After hearing this, Emperor Taizong loved talents and said, "You are more than a tree with Qing!" He was granted the right to supervise the censor and serve Wang Lizhi. The king of Jin was a prince and named him Prince Scheeren. Because of its outstanding style of writing, it is also called "Lai and Li" with Prince Ichiro.
Li Yifu once wrote "Proverbs of Chenghua", in which he advised the prince "Don't underestimate the small goodness, but make a small fortune." . Don't be frivolous, don't be tired, and don't be self-righteous. He also said, "There are many kinds of evil, and evil is smart in many ways. If it is endless, its harm will be obvious. "
Li Yifu seems to be a master of rough and tumble, but he is a villain himself. However, he can publish a macro theory righteously, which is precisely the way to cover up his "dirty heart" with a layer of benevolence and morality. The prince played this proverb and was praised by Taizong. He gave Li Yifu 40 silks to participate in the writing of the Book of Jin. In fact, this is a kind of "admiration" and "respect" because there is such a logic hidden here. I am a gentleman, and my master respects a gentleman like me very much. Then, your moral cultivation will naturally be high.
Prince Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, and Li Yifu was promoted to the position of Zhongshu Sheren. After that, he attended a part-time national history course and added a bachelor's degree in Hong Wen Pavilion. Li Yifu's rise and development attracted the attention of courtiers, especially those introduced by Jing, Ma Zhou and others, and was associated with Xu and others. , and false beauty leads to evil, Sun Chang Wuji invited the emperor to be demoted to Bizhou Sima. Before the release of the imperial edict, Li Yifu had heard about it, so he quickly asked Wang Dejian, an official in China. It's Xu's nephew. He is ugly, scheming and understanding. He made a suggestion to Li Yifu, saying, "Wu has won the favor and wants to be a queen, but he is afraid of the Prime Minister's suggestion and doesn't make a fuss. If you can build a white one, you will be happy. "
So, Li Yifu acted immediately. When Wang Dejian spent the night in Zhongshu Province, Li Yifu took the place of Wang Dejian and immediately went to the emperor's desk, falsely claiming that Wu was the queen. Please abolish the queen and make Wu the queen. When the emperor heard this, he immediately summoned Li Yifu, not only gave him a treasure, but also stopped the imperial edicts that had been demoted to the wall state and stayed in his original post. Wu also secretly sent someone to thank him. Soon, Li Yifu and Xu, Cui and others became Wu's confidants. In July of that year, Li Yifu was promoted to assistant minister of Zhongshu; In October, Queen Wang was abolished and Wu was appointed as the queen. In November, Li Yifu was honored as the third product of Zhongshu from Zhongshu Assistant Minister, overseer of national history, and awarded Guangping County Baron.
Reporting to the emperor that "it is generally expected that Wu will be the queen", this "high hat" was delivered at the right time. This is really a coup and immediately rises to the top.
The leader of Jorge Posada once said that you should never just hear the word "Jorge Posada" and carry it out, because it will hurt your brain. It is better to be a king. The most important thing here is to look at the thickness of your face, because flattery really insults your personality, so many people can't persist. It seems that whether this strategy can work depends on whether you can completely achieve "thick skin and black heart" At first, eunuchs were forbidden to interfere in politics in the Tang Dynasty, but when they arrived in Tang Zhongzong, the number of eunuchs increased sharply, reaching thousands. Because of Zhongzong's incompetence and Wei Hou's interference in politics, powerful people began to appear among eunuchs, and big eunuchs began to interfere in politics. By the end of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, there were as many as 3,000 eunuchs in the palace, including five eunuchs 1000, and some were appointed as three generals. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was a wise SHEN WOO in his early years. In his later years, he was fatuous and overbearing, seeking only pleasure, not progress, appointing eunuchs to hold real power, and his politics became increasingly corrupt.
Gao Lishi, in particular, had a friendship with Tang Xuanzong since he was a child, and later he was able to personally serve Tang Xuanzong. In addition, he was very clever and highly valued by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, so he never left for a moment and obeyed his orders. After the end of Kaiyuan, the memorials of officials were read by Gao Lishi, and the minor matters in the DPRK were handled by Gao Lishi, only the major events were known by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Li, An Lushan, Gao Xianzhi and others were all recommended by Gao Lishi. Gao Lishi became the embodiment of the power of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty. The prince called him "the second brother", the princes called him "Weng" and Xu called him "grandpa". Gao Lishi's wealth is amazing. Almost half of the best fields and houses in and outside Beijing are privately owned by Gao Lishi. Don't say that even the prince can't compare with him.
Although Gao Lishi was a eunuch, she insisted on getting a wife. On one occasion, he saw that the daughter of Xuan Lu, a small official in Beijing, was particularly beautiful, and he wanted to "marry her" as his wife. Hearing this, Lu Xuan was a godsend. After being Gao Lishi's "father-in-law", Xuanluhu was really lucky, prosperous, promoted to be a big official, and his sons were all touched by the light, occupying a profitable position. It's just that his daughter was in pain and died soon under humiliation and depression.
The news of the death of "Linda Gao" is really like that we lost our mother, and the whole country was moved by it. People who arrived at the memorial service looked across the road. On the day of the funeral, the road from Gao Lishi's home to the cemetery was crowded with people. What a historic scene!
Gao Lishi is in power in one's hand and in one's hand, and people who curry favor with him emerge in endlessly. But because there are too many people who want to take refuge in him, it is difficult for ordinary people to attract Gao Lishi's attention. So, a general named Cheng Boxian of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty came up with a brilliant plan. When Gao Lishi's biological mother died, he was dressed in linen and Dai Xiao, crying. His grief-stricken appearance really made the whole world cry. Gao Lishi was moved by the flying "dutiful son" and soon became his official.
"Give more hats" is not without risks: Is the timing right? Is the "hat" suitable? And so on, will lead to unpredictable consequences. As the saying goes, company is like a tiger. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Keyong, chief of the Shatuo tribe, was born blind in one eye. He is cruel by nature and is called "Cyclops". One day, he asked a painter named Sun Yuan to paint a portrait for him. The painter thought about it and drew a picture of his right arm holding a bow, his left hand twisting an arrow, his head tilted and one eye closed, as if to check whether the shaft was bent straight. On the one hand, this painting shows his powerful expression, on the other hand, it also covers up his blindness. It can be seen that people living in a dark society must be smart, learn to think quickly and have adaptability.
Gao Shiqi, a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang Province in the early Qing Dynasty, was born humble, intelligent and knowledgeable. He is not proud in the examination room, but a scholar. Because of his excellent performance, he later won the title of Guo Jianzi. However, he was neither admitted to Juren nor admitted to Jinshi, and no relatives and friends signed up for him as a big official. In this case, it is difficult, even impossible, for him to succeed in feudal officialdom. However, it was he who later became the favorite of Emperor Kangxi, courting the ruling and opposition parties, taking bribes and accumulating rich furniture. His success depends on opportunity and knowledge, but the most important thing is his cleverness.
In the early years of Kangxi, Gao Shiqi, a poor Guo-zi-jian diploma, went to Beijing carrying luggage. He wants to find a tutor to make a living. But he couldn't get close to the dignitaries, so he thought of a way. I wrote dozens of couplets and distributed them to the servants of dignitaries. This move really worked. At that time, there was a Manchu nobleman named Nalan, a famous pearl, who served as the chief minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Gao Shiqi wrote a couplet for Pearl's concierge. The porter saw that Gao Shiqi's handwriting was very good and he was a poor Guo-zi-jian diploma, so he asked Gao Shiqi to tutor his son. On one occasion, Pearl wanted to write some letters to officials from other provinces, but she was in a hurry and there was no ghostwriter, so the porter introduced Gao Shiqi to Pearl. Pearl admired Gao Shiqi's writing style very much, so she asked Gao Shiqi to be a writer in the Ministry of the Interior. In the next twenty years, Pearl's official position will be from general manager to minister, from minister to assistant cabinet minister; Gao Shiqi was also promoted with the promotion of Mingzhu, from writing affairs to formally contributing to the Imperial Palace, from which he was appointed as the clerk of Zhan Shifu, and from which he was promoted to the main cabinet book. He is not a scholar, but he was approved by Kangxi to give extra lectures in imperial academy, and then transferred to the official school imperial academy to give a bachelor's degree in lectures, and entered the south study room, where he also served as the deputy editor-in-chief of The History of the Unified Qing Dynasty.
Kangxi especially liked Gao Shiqi's quick thinking and understanding. On one occasion, Gao Shiqi made a southern tour and followed Kangxi to Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou West Lake. The monk of Lingyin Temple asked Kangxi to inscribe the name of Lingyin Temple. Kangxi began to write the word "spirit".
There is a prefix "rain" on the "spirit" in traditional Chinese characters. Kangxi wrote the prefix "rain" on it, and there were many strokes below, so it was difficult to write it down. Kangxi is hesitating. Gao Shiqi wrote "Yunlin" on the palm of his hand, pretended to come forward to wipe ink for Kangxi, and secretly put his palm toward Kangxi, so Kangxi wrote "Yunlin". There are fewer strokes under the word "cloud", so it's easier to write more. So later Lingyin Temple, also called Yunlin Temple, was actually written by Gao Shiqi and Kangxi, and the plaque is still there today.
Kangxi came to the Great Hall of Lingyin Temple, accompanied by the Prime Minister Pearl. Kangxi smiled and said to Mingzhu and Gao Shiqi, "How are we today?" Pearl blurted out, "Three Officials Bodhisattva". Gao Shiqi immediately knelt down and said, "Brilliant." . Kangxi was satisfied with Gao Shiqi's answer and said to Mingzhu, "You should study more!" "Three Views of Bodhisattva" refers to the three stars of longevity, wealth and longevity. Pearl's answer is very inappropriate, equating herself with the emperor. Gao Shiqi's answer is: "I, Gao Shiqi, him, Mingzhu, * * * accompany you, Tianzi." This is why it is called "Smart Matching Paradise". Gao Shiqi's answer is very clever, very learned, and punning, quick response, flattery to the emperor, of course, not flattering, won the love of Kangxi.
Kangxi came to Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang, and the monks also asked for a plaque. Kangxi thought for a long time, but he didn't come up with a suitable inscription. Gao Shiqi wrote four words on a piece of paper and presented them to Kangxi, who unfolded the paper. It says "Jiang Tianyi is a color". Kangxi nodded in praise and wrote for Gao Shiqi. Later, when Kangxi visited the lion forest in Suzhou, he saw the lion forest with exquisite structure, beautiful scenery, strange rocks, flowing cloisters and pavilions, and he couldn't help saying casually, "That's interesting!" He wanted to write a few more words, but he was too lazy to think about it. He turned to Gao Shiqi and said, "What do you think is a good word here?" Gao Shiqi knelt down and said, "The emperor has already mentioned it, so I dare not draw it up again." Kangxi said, "Where did I ask? It is precisely because there is no problem that you are allowed to draft. " Gao Shiqi said, "Didn't the emperor just say' that's interesting'? It is not good to remove the word' you' in the middle and keep the word' really interesting'. " Kangxi was overjoyed and gave Gao Shiqi Jin Ruyi five hundred and twenty pieces of silver.
Gao Shiqi was favored by Kangxi, not only because of his knowledge and cleverness, but also because of his cunning flattery. On one occasion, he accompanied Kangxi to hunt in Nanyuan. Kangxi's mount suddenly jumped and almost fell off his horse. Guards quickly stepped forward to rein in the horse, helped Kangxi down, and returned to the palace to rest. Kangxi was full of unhappiness and a sad face. Gao Shiqi knew, deliberately put his clothes on a lot of mud, a pair of flustered, came to serve Kangxi. Kangxi asked him, "Why are you doing this? Why are the clothes so dirty and not changed? " Gao Shiqi knelt down and said, "I was dumped by a horse just now and fell into the sewer. I still have a lingering fear." Kangxi couldn't help laughing: "You southerners are so weak. My mount jumps around. I didn't fall, but I succeeded! " Gao Shiqi is such an excellent judge. He made Kangxi feel that he was a good rider and didn't fall off by a horse, so he changed from unhappy to happy.
Gao Shiqi has been around Kangxi for more than 30 years. His officials have no real power, but they are very close to the emperor, so he has done nothing bad politically. This shows that Kangxi is still a wise monarch after all. He just likes Gao Shiqi's knowledge and intelligence and regards him as a literary squire. However, Gao Shiqi took advantage of Kangxi's love for him, made friends with ministers, accepted bribes and collected henchmen, and became an independent portal. This naturally aroused the envy of others and the condemnation of the public. As a result, he was impeached by officials of Zuodu court. Bullet chapter lists Gao Shiqi's four major crimes, and requests Kangxi to hell to pay. One of them is very convincing: "Gao Shiqi came to the capital alone as a poor supervisor. Now, just ask him how much property he owns, and you can know the fact that he has the right to take bribes. "
Kangxi did ask Gao Shiqi these questions. Gao Shiqi knelt down with his head bare and kowtowed, saying, "I am honored to work in Hong En. Many local governors and court ministers have given me many gifts. After I received these gifts, I never said a word to the giver in front of the emperor. Therefore, these gifts did not play their due role for the giver; As far as I'm concerned, I think these gifts were given by Emperor Hong En, so I deserve them. I hope the emperor can see it clearly. "
So, Kangxi didn't punish him, didn't remove his official, didn't copy his home, just ordered him to retire and let him return to Xixi Villa, a luxury villa in Hangzhou, to enjoy his retirement.