Chapter Ninety-Three: The Cattle Man
Both Monk Zhu and Li Er were misunderstood, Li Er was a man-made saint, and Emperor Zhu was spit on and annihilated in traditional Chinese cultural morality. Li Er has commendable points in terms of cultural governance and martial arts, but he is by no means a saint, and there should be a big gap between the historical image and the folk image.
Even the history books record that he killed wild boars in front of Tang Jian in his later years has been recorded, which shows that the consciousness and level of the historian can no longer be described as ordinary. All in all, no one with a bit of a brain will believe it.
Monk Zhu became the emperor, and his success was completely an inspirational model of struggle, but he still couldn't get out of the limitations of history, and he still went around in the circle.
Who set this curse of history? Thinking of Huang Yanpei's historical cycle theory, the cattle of all generations have not been able to get out, and they still won't. Human nature also. When will the Chinese be able to awaken, from the heart of the real awakening (the kind of awakening that Lu Xun said)?
Which sentence is it, the shamelessness of a few people kidnapped the ignorance of the majority, and directed the scene of Wonderful China! Remembering that when Comrade Shenzong faced the opposition of the minister when Wang Anshi changed the law, Comrade Shenzong did not understand that such a thing that benefited the country and the people was opposed by Shenma, so he asked the minister Wen Yanbo.
Comrade Wen replied to Comrade Shenzong in this way: "In order to rule the world with scholars and doctors, not to rule the world with the people." "This society can't be changed, our power is the same as that of a grasshopper, and the vested interest groups are similar to the hundred-year-old locust, how can we fight? Either obey, be cannon fodder, or dance with wolves. Brothers, keep on your way. Blindfolded!
Obediently, when people ascend to heaven, he is promoted.
Cow, right?
Another point is not greedy.
It's also important.
As the saying goes, if you want to be an official, you must get rich. Then hurry up and prepare the coffin.
At this point, Pei Ju is also quite sober.
According to the history books, in the later period of Emperor Yang's great cause, corruption and bribery of high-ranking officials abounded.
Yu Wenshu, Pei Yun, and Yu Shiji are all big corrupt officials. Only Pei Ju does not participate in factional battles, and this is another point of prudence and integrity.
& Book" records: "Pei Juxue is involved in the history of the scriptures, quite a cadre, as for the diligence and slackness, dreaming of the night in the public, asking the ancients, there is no one." and heard about political affairs, many years and years, although in the midst of chaos. It is not a festival of incorruptibility, and it is beautiful. ”
The second trick that this bull man taught us is not to participate in the struggle between political factions and political parties, to be low-key, not to offend people, and to handle all kinds of relationships as well as possible. Even if it is a subordinate, it is necessary to sell the political capital.
Also, it is to be a clean official.
When it matters, save your life.
In officialdom, Pei Ju's third life-saving trick is to see the wind and rudder. There must be principles, and a flexible way of doing things is even more important. Seeing the wind makes the rudder is a derogatory term and a negative evaluation of a person. The big guys know that. It means that a person is in disobedience to the yin. Act according to the shape shì or look at the eyes of others.
Pei Ju is an orphan who grew up in someone else's home, and if he hadn't had this sensitive sense of smell, he would have hung up a long time ago. If you don't see the wind, make the rudder flexibly adjust your way of doing things. How did Pei Ju, who had no roots, no foundation, no power and no power, dance with these wolf-like people in the Great Sui Imperial Court? What to survive? In the face of a rigid and conceited master like Emperor Yang of Sui, it is very dangerous to admonish, and it is common to lose his life. Here's an example. In the twelfth year of the great cause. The world is in turmoil.
Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty insisted on going his own way and insisted on patrolling the Jiangdu, and there were many ministers who advised him. But Emperor Yang of Sui faced the exhortation, it was one word: kill! Jianjie Wei Ren Zong wrote a great admonition, and was ordered by Yang Guang to take it down on the spot and "kill it with a rod" in the court.
Bongshin Lang Choi Min elephant is full of thieves. Yu Dongdu Jianguomen admonished, Yang Guang was furious, first removed the chin of this Lord Cui, and then beheaded. "First solve its Yi, and then cut it" to the water, Fengxin Lang Wang Airen replied to the table to return Xijing, the emperor "cut it and walked." ”
This emperor is really determined to go south. That's people blocking and killing, and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha. In the face of such leadership, do you stick to your principles or do you see the wind and steer the rudder? Do you want to be famous for your so-called beliefs? Help, we're all mortal. These ministers were killed one by one, did Pei Ju react?
Will he also follow the direct advice and continue to fall like the brothers in front of him? Let's look at the choice of the cow: Pei Ju has not forgotten his own responsibilities. In the face of the emperor's obsession, he also actively advised.
After arriving in Jiangdu, turn around for the New Year. In July of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Li Yuan Jinyang raised troops, and the troops were directed at Chang'an, Xijing, the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty. Seeing that the real crisis is coming, not to mention that the Great Sui Dynasty is really going to end. Pei Ju spoke.
Pei Ju spoke. and the volunteers entered the customs, and the emperor ordered Yu Shiji to ask about the strategy. Ju said: "There is a change in Taiyuan, Gyeonggi is not quiet, and it is a punishment from afar, and I am afraid of a crash." Only if Luan Yu returns as soon as possible can it be calmed. "Pei Jujian yì Emperor Luan drove back to Guanzhong early, stabilized the hearts of the people, and then stabilized the world.
But the point is that the leader didn't listen to him, and he almost annoyed the emperor. Emperor Yang Guangyi was unhappy and sent him on a business trip to Guanzhong, which was almost the same as asking for his life. Pei Ju is so smart that he immediately called him sick. Silence from then on.
What's the solution? If you are obsessed and continue to advise, then the above few are your own role models. Seeing the chaos in the world, I am afraid that it will be a disaster, and its treatment of people is more than it expected, so although it is a servant, it is all pleased.
When the number of fruits from the driving force has escaped, the emperor is worried, and he asks for the moment. Ju replied: "Fang Jinche has been here for two years. If you have no family and no one can match, you can't live in peace for a long time. Listen to the soldiers, and they will be in this room. The emperor was overjoyed and said: "The public is determined to be wise, and this strange plan is also." ”
Because of the order to inspect the school, he married a wife for the soldiers. The widows and unmarried women in Jiangdu were all gathered by the palace eunuchs, and the generals and soldiers were summoned to take whatever they wanted. Because they surrendered themselves, there were first adulterous women, nuns, female crowns, etc., and they were immediately matched.
What do you mean? Xiaoguo is from Guanzhong, his wife and children are all in Shaanxi, I heard that Li Yuan has entered the customs, I don't know how the family is. The officers and men were very uneasy. The emperor doesn't want to go back, what should he do? One word: escape! This has led to a large number of Xiaoguo escapes! The Emperor was worried. The idea given by Pei Ju is very superb.
Let these Guanzhong Xiaoguo marry wives and have children in the local area, let them commit adultery with local women, widows and even nuns and Taoist priests, and then give birth to children and settle down in the local area.
In this way, the military heart is naturally stable. As soon as such a policy was implemented, it was implemented. That must have been a big hit. Then these Guanzhong Xiaoguo will definitely support the imperial court and be grateful to Yang Guangshan for shouting long live. Thank you Emperor Xià for the grace of reconstruction. Is that actually the case? It's paradoxical.
Something weird happened. It solved the physiological needs of Xiaoguo and the problem of the stability of the army's heart, which was originally an edict from the emperor. But what Xiaoguo is grateful for is Master Pei (from Xiaoguo and other pleasures. Xian Xiang said: "Pei Gong's favor is also." ”)。 It's kind of interesting.
What do you mean? This can only show that people Pei will do things, and the result of doing things is that the wicked people have done it by the emperor, and the benefits of people Pei have been fished out, and they have done it without leakage!
The emperor was overjoyed, Xiaoguo was happy, and Master Pei gained a reputation. These reputations seem to be useless if they can't eat or drink, but they saved Master Pei's life during the critical period. This is called horizontal. In any case, Master Pei has great prestige among middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers.
So when it came to the moment of the bloody Jiangdu. Pei Ju did it alone. This is by no means accidental. This is called a real cowman! Yu culture and the rebellion, the moment will rise in the morning. To Fangmen, he met several people who rebelled against the party, and controlled Ma Yi Meng Jingso. The thieves all said: "Don't close Pei Huangmen." ”
What happened later can even see the officialdom wisdom of our master. killed Emperor Yang and a group of ministers, and more than 100,000 Xiaoguo returned to Guanzhong under the leadership of Yu Wenhua and a group of cowards.
The journey passed through Jiangsu, Henan and other places, and by this time the rebel army had occupied most of China. These Xiaoguo were the most elite main force of the Great Sui Dynasty at that time, and they were summoned by their wives and children's families, so they went all the way north to Guanzhong.
Under the baptism of war, others died, and only the official position of Master Pei rose all the way. To Hebei Pei Ju has been the official worship of Shangshu's right servant, plus Guanglu doctor. Feng Cai Guogong is the pacification ambassador of Hebei Province. Good boys. People lose their lives in troubled times, and this guy picks up officials in troubled times.
Later, Yu Wenhua was defeated by Dou Jiande, a Hebei cow, and Pei Ju went to the Dou brothers to be reused. First of all, the Minister of Personnel (Ministry of Officials). Later, he was promoted to Vice Premier of the State Council (Shang Shu's right servant).
What the regime established by these migrant worker brothers lacks is etiquette and institutional norms, and this Pei Ju is like a fish and a dragon entering the sea and has a place to use, and Dou Jiande, the representative of the migrant workers, has a very high opinion of Pei Ju. Under Pei Ju's personal control. This mud-legged regime finally has the appearance of a bit of a government.
& In the middle of the month, the charter is quite ready. Intended to be the king. Jiande Dayue, every consultation visits. "The first battle of Wugaoguan. That Dou Jiande's 100,000 Yan Zhao Xiongshi collapsed under the ravages of the fierce Li Shimin's iron cavalry, Lao Dou was captured, and Pei Ju also followed Wei Zheng, Cao Dan and a group of people to surrender to Tang.
Pei Ju continued his good fortune with his old master. In Li Tangna, it is also a high-ranking official, and Houlu takes it. It's been a smooth ride. The strange thing is that he seems to have changed after he arrived in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the Taizong Dynasty, although he was nearly eighty years old, he was undiminished in his spirit of doing things, and he was active and diligent in his work, especially known for his outspokenness and daring to admonish.
This monarch of the Tang Dynasty is very different from Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, especially Li Yuan's second son, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, who is diligent in listening to politics, humble and discerning, and brave to admonish. Based on this, Pei Ju's behavior in front of Li Shimin and his appearance in front of Yang Guang are really heaven and earth. Let's take an example.
This incident can be called Li Shimin's version of "fishing law enforcement", saying that Li Shimin once asked people to give them bribes in order to test the officials' turbidity, "Simen ordered Shi Guo to receive a silk." Li Shimin was furious and wanted to kill the official. Pei Ju said: Officials accept bribes and should be executed.
However, Majesty is fishing law enforcement, which is not in line with the use of morality to educate people. Li Shimin was very happy to hear this, and greatly praised Pei Ju's spirit of direct advice in front of the courtiers. The minister's courage to give direct advice was a trend in the officialdom during the reign of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
Otherwise, if Taizong was Comrade Yang Guang of Emperor Yang of Sui, then Pei Ju would never take this risk. This shows that Pei Ju is good at being flexible at work, not blindly doing it. It not only abides by the principles, but also adjusts its own working methods and strategies according to the development of the form, and perfectly combines flexibility and principle. But Mr. Sima Guang doesn't think so.
In the Zhitongjian, Sima Guang expressed his views on the changes of Pei Ju in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and he believed: "Pei Ju was loyal to the Sui and Tang dynasties."
It is said that Pei Ju, this kid sees the wind and steers, and he is a flattering minister in the Great Sui, and he did not become a loyal minister until the Tang Dynasty. This kid is against the yang and yin, and he has a problem with his character. Mr. Sima Guang, how dare we not respect it? But I beg on this issue. First of all, I don't think it's appropriate to judge people morally. I can't stand and talk without backache, of course, Mr. Sima's intentions are good.
He figured out Guò's criticism of Pei Ju's behavior and warned those who came after him to learn from better benchmarks and become die-hard fans and loyal fans of feudal etiquette. But if we can consider it from the perspective of human nature, everyone has their own interest function, and Pei Ju is no exception. Must Pei Ju fight to the death with Emperor Yang?
Do you really want to see Pei beheaded or even have his house raided? Is it all happy? Is it the right way to the king?
Yang Guang's death and the destruction of the country have a deeper political background and the limitations of the times, which cannot be simply attributed to the fact that ministers cannot directly advise and observe festivals. On the other hand, even if Pei Ju really dies directly, how much is the meaning?
I think it's just a list of names added to the list of slaughtered ministers. Other than that, what's the point? As an individual, I appreciate Pei Ju's behavior.
Do not blindly follow, do not follow the trend, have principles, and have a bottom line. If you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world. Applaud this officialdom bull! (To be continued......)