Shangguan Wan'er was the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi, the prime minister of the Gaozong period. In the fifth year of Xianqing, Gaozong suffered from a head wind, dizziness, and could not deal with national affairs, so he ordered Empress Wu to act as the government.

After that, Gaozong was very dissatisfied with her every time he was subject to the Empress Wu, so he consulted with the prime minister Shangguanyi in the first year of Linde

, intending to abolish the position of Empress Wu. However, Shangguanyi's edict for the abolition of the queen had not yet been drafted, and the Empress Wu had already received the news. She came directly to Gaozong and asked about it, and Gaozong put the blame on Shangguan Yi. Shangguan Yi was arrested and imprisoned, and soon after, he was beheaded all over the house.

The young Shangguan Wan'er entered the inner court with her mother Zheng, and was accidentally discovered by the Empress Wu at the age of fourteen. Emperor Wu remembered that when he saw Shangguan Wan'er at that time, he was simply stunned by her noble temperament and rare beauty. Could this be Shangguan Yi's granddaughter?

After a little observation and inquiry, the dignified and elegant petite body, and the well-educated speech and demeanor, aren't they a clear portrayal of the noble blood of the Shangguan family? When asked how old she was, Wan'er replied that she had just turned fourteen. Fourteen, what a coincidental age!

It was also this sensitive age that made Emperor Wu have indescribable pity and love for her.

In order to confirm her talent, Emperor Wu asked her to write an essay on the spot. Shangguan Wan'er's writing does not add points, it must be made in a moment, the rhetoric is gorgeous, and the language is beautiful.

Emperor Wu was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately ordered him to be removed from his status as a slave and maid, and let him be in charge of the edict in the palace. So many years have passed in a blink of an eye,

Wan'er in front of her has been transformed from a girl who is ignorant of the world into a mature woman who is capable and well-versed.

When an edict appears in front of a minister or is promulgated in the world. Who would have thought that talented, capable and sophisticated writing. It came from the pen of a weak woman!

looked at Shangguan Wan'er, who was standing in front of him, and thought of his increasingly lost youth. Emperor Wu was inevitably a little sad, and he couldn't help but show a little jealousy.

Seeing this, Wan'er slowly stepped forward and gently massaged Emperor Wu's shoulder and back, just like a daughter's respect and meekness for her mother. Emperor Wu's eyes were slightly closed, enjoying this moment of rest.

Although Emperor Wu's reuse of Shangguan Wan'er was an appreciation for her outstanding talent, it seemed to be just a momentary impulse, but behind that impulse, it actually contained Emperor Wu's good intentions. This is to let her be by her side to assist in dealing with the government,

Use her warm heart to heal the wounds of her soul, and use the actual behavior of dealing with the government to influence her hatred of herself.

Let her understand the hardships of governing the country and see the cruel reality of the court! At the same time, it also provides a good environment for her to display her talents. Shangguan Wan'er fulfilled her mission and fulfilled Emperor Wu's long-cherished wish.

The environment of the court cultivated her, and the law of survival of the fittest educated her and made her forget the past. Forget the hatred of the country and the family, and choose reality without hesitation. What is stealing peace, what is drunk and dreaming of death, in front of the strong and wise. You have to obey, you have to merge your wisdom and talent in the heavens, the earth, the sun and the moon,

Deduce the splendor and brilliance of life. She learned patience from her mother. Adhering to the kindness and meekness of his mother, he also got that wisdom from his mother.

She loved her mother. In her eyes, her mother was simply the embodiment of beauty and wisdom. At the mother's. She enjoyed the warmth that a child can enjoy, and developed the good conduct of everyone's ladies.

I learned more than any other girl in the court. She never forgot her mother's teachings, with her psychic heart and a pair of discerning eyes,

Carefully observe the words and deeds of the master, grasp the master's intentions without revealing a trace, follow the master step by step without losing decency, and help the master deal with big and small things without losing proportion.

In front of Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu could comprehend and make a look and a casual hint

A result that surprised Emperor Wu. She worships Emperor Wu, is always impressed by Emperor Wu's super wisdom, willingly serves Emperor Wu, and silently dedicates her youth to Emperor Wu. Leaving the care of the mother,

The mother's love in her memory was slowly diluted by reality, and in the days of getting along with Emperor Wu, she had already pinned her fate on Emperor Wu's body.

His body and mind have long been integrated into the grand cause of Emperor Wu, experiencing joys, sorrows and sorrows with Emperor Wu, and sharing part of the pressure from the government and the opposition for Emperor Wu.

She used her wisdom and loyalty to win the trust of Emperor Wu, and also used her talent and achievements to win the dignity she deserved.

She knows what can be fought for and what is insurmountable, and in the face of insurmountable facts,

She chose to give up and choose to surrender. She felt satisfied by this, and in the public occasions of the court, she would drink and write poems and express her feelings, a song "Dili Double Ninth Festival, Xiangyuan Wancheng comes."

But the evil is in the pei, offering a birthday chrysanthemum to pass the cup. The tower is full of sky, and the door is suspicious to be opened. The words of the sun and the moon are hung in the sun, and they look up to Zhaohui", which opened the eyes of the ministers. Even if it is a little indulgence, the charm released is enough to make many men fall for it.

It's a pity that there are not many opportunities for this kind of appearance and indulgence, there is always a pair of invisible eyes staring at her behind her, so that she can do her duty in self-control and self-discipline.

You won't get carried away at any time. If Shangguan Wan'er is compared to a poem, then this poem is the superior work created by Emperor Wu with his hard work and wisdom.

Although Wan'er will do things that are contrary to her will or even absurd because of her youth, it is only a momentary impulse, and there is no malicious confrontation, so many times she will always get the understanding of Emperor Wu; When Emperor Wu is happy, he will deliberately encourage her to be pampered for a while, so that her human instinct can be released, and Emperor Wu himself will be infected from it.

Enjoy life's moments. Accompanied by Wan'er's rhythmic massage, Emperor Wu fell asleep on the soft couch and let out a slight snoring sound.

This snoring seems to indicate that the country has entered a period of recuperation, but for Shangguan Wan'er, it is a warning to keep herself sober and cautious at all times, and it is unpredictable to be around Emperor Wu!

Di Ren was outstanding in front of the Martial Emperor. It was already the time when Peng Zeling, who was demoted, was transferred to the assassination history of Weizhou and the governor of Youzhou for the second time. This time he became the prime minister and faced the king again,

Di Renjie inevitably had a lot of emotion. It seems to be expected, and it seems to be unexpected. It's a feeling that I can't help myself.

On the contrary, Emperor Wu at this time was much calmer, and in her mind, using a minister was as handy as using a chess piece on a chessboard, so easy.

What surprised Emperor Wu was that Di Renjie in front of him had aged a lot, his face was full of vicissitudes of life, and what had not changed was his agile and serious temperament.

And the behavior is more sophisticated. This is a minister who keeps quiet regardless of his previous suspicions, whether it is in Peng Ze or in Weizhou and Youzhou. All of them have made extraordinary achievements and enjoy high social prestige.

In order to commend his merits, not long ago, he gave him a purple robe and a turtle belt, and personally inscribed on the purple robe "Applying the government wood, keeping the Qing and diligent, promoting the position, and encouraging the ministers" 12 golden characters to praise and encourage.

To the ministers around him, Emperor Wu has always been condescending. It is majestic, but in front of Di Renjie, there is always a feeling of sincere admiration, an invisible closeness. Emperor Wu admired Di Renjie's extraordinary talent and foresight. There is also a character that combines strength and softness.

Unlike some other ministers, Di Renjie will not invite favor in front of Emperor Wu, nor will he cater to his colleagues or superiors. In the face of major rights and wrongs, he is a person with unique opinions. A man who is capable of turning the tide, but also a very pragmatic man.

To those mediocre, incompetent, and unassertive courtiers. He will be mercilessly sarcastic and even sneering.

In front of such a resourceful and daring minister, Emperor Wu would feel that it was not so much that he was influencing him, but that he was invisibly influencing himself.

Although Emperor Wu had his own views on some issues, or did not agree with Di Renjie's opinions, in many cases he was finally persuaded by him and willingly accepted them, which should be extremely rare for himself.

Perhaps it is the communication of the strong and the wise, or perhaps the communication of the heart, so that they can always reach an effective consensus on some important issues.

Like many other ministers, Emperor Wu punished Di Renjie, but Di Renjie's weight in Emperor Wu's mind was beyond the reach of many ministers around him who had been punished.

With the changes in the world, Emperor Wu's attention to Di Renjie is also increasing day by day, even to the point of indispensability. It is impossible for Di Renjie to have no city government, but he can keep his moral bottom line.

You can also use your own personal dignity to influence others, but you will not use your own moral rights and wrongs to judge and blame others; He is always based on reality and can always make the right choice from the comparison of reality.

play a greater role; Although he is persistent, he is not a person who holds on to the rules, and at the moment of national affairs, he can always be impartial and selfish, reflecting more generosity and open-mindedness. This is exactly what Emperor Wu appreciated.

And the most common thing with Emperor Wu's soul is Di Renjie's avenue governance, the concept of governing the country without ordinary laws. "People are like water, and if it is strong, it is a spring, and if it is sparse, it is a river, and it is congested with the stream, how can it be permanent."

"Those who hold a big country can't be small, those who have a wide board of directors can't be subdivided, and their lives are magnificent and unconventional."

Emperor Wu seemed to feel that this was not what Di Renjie said, but what Emperor Wu did himself! What is the Great Avenue? It is the road to persuade farmers to mulberry, thin and laborious, and labor-saving; The prohibition of fuqiao, Guangyan Road, and Du Weikou are the avenues; Open the department, let go and recruit talents,

Regardless of the door, regardless of qualifications, all the amount of use is the avenue; It is the road to make court laws, promulgate vassal rules, and set up ceremonies; Sweeping away rebellion, pacifying thieves, and removing ministers are the avenues; Heavy Sheji, Shen Dayi, and exterminating old relatives are even more avenues! However, the Great Dao governs the country, and the Great Dao is impermanent. Thinking about the past, when I was determined to govern,

When breaking the door valve, lifting the Shu clan, reforming the old rules, and creating the dynasty, how many people can really understand and help each other! Emperor Wu firmly believes that the world is done by the capable and the wise. She believes in her own wisdom,

However, there is more desire to have more avenues, no prejudices, and heroes in the world who can get rid of the old and the new; I once remembered that before and after assisting the emperor, what I lacked around me was a wise man and a sage who sincerely offered advice for him.

Those old and young who also appeared beside the emperor as assistants, some of them have high-sounding ancient conventions, and some are the upper-class arrogance of the scholar clan; They cling to the cripples and reject the poor,

So much so that he had to change his course and put the road of governing the country above board. becomes a hidden private act,

into a rebellious rebellion. Use extraordinary means and bluff foreshadowing to cover up their helplessness and helplessness, and thus induce criticism and attacks. And these are things that only Di Renjie can know and understand.

Facing Di Renjie in front of him. On the one hand, Emperor Wu wanted to appease this meritorious hero of the imperial court, and on the other hand, he wanted to listen to Di Renjie's opinions and opinions on the selection and appointment of people by the imperial court.

Therefore, after the greetings, Emperor Wu praised Di Renjie: "Di Guolao takes the world as his own responsibility, assists the country and the country, is diligent and wise to the people, and has the credibility of the world, which can be described as a high level of hard work!" Di Renjie replied: "Your Majesty is serious. It is the blessing of the minister to be able to do his best for the country and worry for the king, and it is also the duty of the minister! "I think of Emperor Wu's self

their own reward, and then thanksgiving. "The ministers have done their best, and they are worthy of being rewarded by His Majesty; In order to repay the grace of His Majesty,

To repay the love of the people, the ministers should do their best! Emperor Wu sighed: "I, Wu Zhou, have the full assistance of many ministers such as Di Guolao, and I am not strong enough to ensure that the country is safe and the frontier is fixed!" "When it comes to the topic of governance and security,

Di Renjie sincerely admired Emperor Wu for attaching more importance to the selection and use of talents: "Your Majesty opens the door to enter the office, so that 'there is no doubt about entering and using, and you are tireless in seeking visits'." The department also requires subordinates to recommend talents, and they can recommend themselves, so that a large number of talents can be reused. This is the source of our strong foundation. ”

Emperor Wu said: "Yes, the world is wide, and the affairs are very complicated. It's not just one person who can do it! Di Renjie felt the same way, and continued: "It is the foundation of politics." Personnel must come first. Those who rule the world must have talents,

Those who win talents win the world! Emperor Wu agreed with Di Renjie's opinion: "The ancients said. 'The country has a wise man and does not use it, it is not the fault of the man, and the shame of the country'.

Since I took power, I have regarded the recruitment of talents as the foundation of governing the country and the responsibility of the Son of Heaven, and strive to eliminate the old and cloth the new, create a palace test, set up a military move, and plan to try it, so as to raise the talents of the world and gain the talents of the humerus. However, some ministers said that I was too lenient and indiscriminate, I don't know what Di Guolao's opinion is? ”

With many years of political experience and his familiarity with Emperor Wu's temperament, Di Renjie clearly realized that Emperor Wu was in power, and there was no "Taiyuan Yuan Cong Meritorious Hero" in the era of Taizong Li Shimin.

And he can't justifiably use the old ministers of the court, and the Emperor Wu can only use lowly people who have been pulled up by himself. As an emperor with achievements, Emperor Wu certainly knows that the way to govern the country is to employ people.

After all, the Wu Zhou Dynasty is the hard work of the Wu Emperor all his life, she not only needs the power and title of the king, but also hopes that the Wu Zhou Dynasty can be prosperous and strong, and the eternal prosperity, so she must break the convention, widely select the world's talents, and form a strong talent team suitable for the consolidation and development of the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

Because of this, there is a feat of tens of thousands of candidates gathering in the Shendu in the first year of Zaichu; Only then did Emperor Wu personally issue an edict, personally preside, personally issue advice, directly select talents, and set a precedent for the emperor to try to raise people.

Di Renjie replied after a little consideration: "Your Majesty opens the door to selecting talents, recruits talents from all over the world, and uses talents to move the country and the road of the Son of Heaven, and the world is excited." "Considering that there are indeed redundant officials inside and outside the court, and there is a tendency to intensify,

In addition, he said, "However, the imperial court should appoint people on the basis of affairs, and redundant officials should be eliminated, so as to motivate officials to work diligently, improve the efficiency of deacons, and thus reduce the burden on the state." ”

Emperor Wu said: "Di Guo's old words are reasonable, and I have already started to deal with the matter of reducing staff and cutting redundancy. I have always believed that governing the country and securing the country,

We must learn from the truth, and we must not tolerate indiscriminate filling. In order to show his intention to select and use talents, Emperor Wu further said, "The breadth of the Nine Domains, how can one person be strengthened, and he will be able to form wings."

And some ministers of our dynasty have always had secular prejudices against the selection and employment of people, they regard themselves as wealthy families, and they often criticize the poor families, which is the most intolerable thing for me! Although Di Renjie was born in a family of eunuchs, he has always opposed the practice of only raising and excluding the concubines, so he has a lot of sympathy with Emperor Wu's words.

But he knew that after years of purging and correction by Emperor Wu, this phenomenon and behavior almost no longer existed.

Emperor Wu is just here to vent his dissatisfaction with the past. At the same time, in terms of selection and employment standards, Di Renjie values morality. As early as the first year of Tiaolu, Zuo Shilang Wang Ben Lili was favored by Gaozong,

rampant and domineering, the court officials were afraid of him. Di Renjie, who was serving the imperial history at the time, exposed his crime of committing adultery and violated the law, and requested that he be handed over to justice. Emperor Li Zhi especially forgave him,

Di Renjie did not back down and said to the emperor: "Although the country lacks talents, will there be no people like Wang Benli!" Why does His Majesty cherish a criminal so much and would rather break the law?

Your Majesty must distort the facts to pardon Wang Benli, please exile me to a wilderness without human beings, and be vigilant as a loyal person. ”

Emperor Li Zhi gave in, and Wang Benli was sentenced for this, so the government was solemn. Unlike Di Renjie, Emperor Wu attaches more importance to talent, and even does not distinguish between good and bad, nor does he consider actual needs, so that once the door of material selection is opened,

Some speculators took advantage of the gap to enter, and they did not succeed enough, but they were more than defeated, disrupting the government and corrupting the government.

The views of the ministers were mainly focused on this. It seems that Emperor Wu did not fully see the strictness of the problem, and he was still blindly immersed and intoxicated with his feat of selecting and using talents.

As an important minister in the court, he has the responsibility to show his attitude, so he said: "Your Majesty does not care about the family, does not deceive the nameless, does not avoid hatred, and a large number of useful talents come to the fore, which is really a great blessing for my court."

However, no virtue is not expensive, no is incompetent, no official; A gentleman does not lift people up by his words. For those who vote for His Majesty's favor and sell their reputation, they cannot be accommodated, let alone entrusted with reuse! Emperor Wu disagreed: "If you do it, you will use it, and if you don't do it, you will waste it, which is my consistent practice." Boss Di Guo doesn't have to worry about this. ”

In order to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy of indiscriminate killing that has now occurred, Di Renjie further advised: "Rather than correcting it afterwards, it is better to strictly screen it in advance." "Emperor Wu doesn't want to bother with more words, in reality, some things are easy to say, but difficult to do. While it's good to screen beforehand, it's not too much to clean up after the fact.

Selecting and employing people has always been Emperor Wu's strategy, and it has more far-reaching considerations than Di Renjie.

The reason why she is not afraid of overemploying people is that she believes that only by selecting talents extensively can we select more useful talents.

At the same time, more importantly, she also needs to have a numerical advantage, that is, to reserve more talents for the imperial court to strengthen her own power. That way, as an effective supplement, she can also purge and weed out officials who are useless or against her at any time.

Strength is the foundation of her foothold, the foundation of the country, and her character. This kind of strength is not only due to her own shrewdness and ability, but also to the fact that she has a large number of shrewd and capable people around her who can use it for her own use.

In the final analysis, in addition to wisdom and strategy, strength must be supported by strength; On the foundation of the country, she needs more new forces that can be supported by herself and used for herself.

Although it is inevitable that the general election will be mixed up and those disdainful people who are indiscriminate and full of money will be mixed with the government and the opposition, it is only a temporary phenomenon, and it is not a big deal compared with the grand cause she wants to achieve. Di Renjie saw that Emperor Wu had his own opinions, so he didn't say anything more.

Di Renjie knew that a powerful monarch like Emperor Wu would have some words to say about it, otherwise it would backfire.

Di Renjie's wisdom lies in judging the situation, following the principle of "the wise change with the times, and the wise follow the world", make a wise choice between "can" and "can't", do what you can, and do something.

did not do something, and thus achieved his "great achievement". Even if he treats his old enemy, he can avoid his edge, deal with it skillfully, and even fight back, in a specific environment, he can't defeat his old enemy,

But it can be done without being defeated by an old enemy. Thinking that the task of serving as prime minister this time is to wholeheartedly help Emperor Wu to govern the country's affairs, the top priority is to further gain Emperor Wu's trust. Di Renjie understands that without the true cooperation with Emperor Wu, he will achieve nothing, which is not good for the country and himself.

Therefore, Di Renjie slowed down and said: "For the sake of the country, the minister is willing to recommend the virtuous for His Majesty." After hearing this, Emperor Wu was very pleased,

However, his intention was not exhausted, and he discussed with Di Renjie the way of employing people in the imperial court, talking about the past and the present, and citing from the side, as if he was persuading others and pleasing himself. Di Renjie is well versed in the way of governing the country and employing people,

He also expressed his own opinions from time to time, but he said it very measured and decent, not so much as a play of personal wisdom, but rather a duty as a minister. (To be continued......)