Yao Chong wanted to achieve a similar effect, so he thought that if I could find a figure with an indicative character, and then veto it when he asked for a trivial matter, then everyone would think that the imperial court really wanted to prohibit the entrustment, and only then would this unhealthy trend be put an end to.

At this time, Li Longji's elder brother Li Chengyi, King Shen, asked the emperor to let Yan Chuqi, the record of his palace (from the ninth rank), be promoted to join the army (Zheng Bapin), which was originally a trivial matter, and it was not too unreasonable, so Li Longji agreed on the spot. Li Chengyi called someone to the relevant unit and said that the emperor had agreed to this matter, please help deal with Yunyun, in his mind, this matter is a trivial matter, and there can be no problem.

But luck is really bad, this time it just happened to hit the muzzle, Yao Chong saw the official document, and felt that it was a good opportunity to implement this plan, so he found another prime minister, Lu Huaishen, to go to the emperor to report together:

"The emperor has decreed before that all princes/concubines and others who come to ask for personnel cases must be refused; Moreover, the ministers and others believe that the promotion of officials should be reported and submitted for approval by the relevant departments according to the situation, and Yan Chuqi's promotion does not meet the qualifications, and we will report and reject it in accordance with the regulations."

Li Longji felt very faceless on the spot, but these two old guys used their own will to gag themselves, and they couldn't refute it at once, so they said unhappily: "The two Aiqing can do what they think they should do!" Then he flicked his sleeves and turned around and left.

Yao Chong knew that the emperor was unhappy, so he quickly found an opportunity in private to explain to the emperor why he did this, and Li Longji suddenly realized that he no longer minded this matter.

Did it have any effect? The record in the history books is: "I can't ask for advice", and it still seems to be very effective!!

After setting a negative example and putting an end to the phenomenon of asking for help, Yao Chong was very happy, so he thought that we should go further and set some positive examples for the society and enhance the positive energy of the society. However, although Yao Chong is an ancient. The insights are much higher than those of us modern officials and people, and you don't see that any selection and promotion will be suspected of being internalized, placed, and backstaged. From the selection of officials, to the local beauty contest, to the selection of I am a singer, it is very easy to be suspected of unfairness, insider knowledge, etc. What a character Yao Chong is. Naturally, he didn't make this mistake, so let's see how he did it.

Everyone should still remember Princess Taiping's henchman, Li Jin, the emerging king! He was also arrested and executed because of the incident of Princess Taiping, and all the subordinate bureaucrats ran out, only Si Gong (engaged in official) Li Tuo still stayed in the palace to cry and collect the body, and to help deal with the aftermath. At that time, Yao Chong heard about it. admired this person's courage, so he said: "This person has the spirit of Luan Bu crying Peng Yue."

At this time, Yao Chong became the prime minister and decided to make good use of this matter, so he was promoted to Shang Shulang, so that everyone can see Li Chong's black five background, and those who are avoided by ordinary people can be promoted, so that capable people will come closer, and everyone believes that Yao Chong is selfless and selfless, and it is only when he is appointed to ask.

Yao Chong is not only good at finding opportunities from some small details to achieve the political effect he wants. His insight into people is also commendable, for example, he promoted Zhang Jiuling, and it was this Zhang Jiuling who had every chance to stop the Anshi Rebellion. We'll get to that later.

"One" vs. "One"

Yao Chong has reached the pinnacle of his life, although this is the third time he has become prime minister, but the first two times the power was shared with others, just "one", and this time is different, although nominally he can only be "one". But in fact, Yao Chong is the "one".

"One" and "only" seem to be only one word apart, but often, life is incomprehensible in this word, so the competition is inseparable. For example, splitting legs or having an affair does not mean that you do not love the original object, but that "only" becomes "one", and the beloved becomes fraternity, and once you are qiē, you cannot return to the original point.

Yao Chong is mortal, and he also hopes that this "one" can last. However, those who haven't even touched the "one" will not give up lightly, so no matter whether active or passive, Yao Chong can only stand up and continue to fight!

It's not that the enemies don't get together, Yao Chong's first person to attack is the person who wanted to stop him from becoming the prime minister with all his might, Zhang said!

Zhang said that since the ghost plan did not succeed Yao Chong, he has been sullen, especially after Yao Chong came back, his position as the leader of Zhongshu Province was also replaced by Yao Chong, and the emperor didn't take him seriously.

At the same time, Li Longji's brothers also had some dissatisfaction in their hearts, because Li Longji forbade the princes to "Qiao" things and associate with civil and military officials, so that the princes had nothing else to do except drink, hunt and play with women, among which the elder brother Li Fan (Li Longfan, after Li Longji ascended the throne, the elder brothers automatically changed their names) is typical.

People can't be too idle, if they are too idle, they will make trouble, two people who are too idle will be together, and if they are fine, they will become troublesome, and Zhang Shuo, who is too idle, will naturally not have good things when he gets together with Li Fan, who is too idle. These two people were originally acquainted with each other because they assisted Li Longji to deal with Princess Taiping together, but now they have really become friends to pass the time, and they can't help mentioning their dissatisfaction with Li Longji when they are chattering, venting their depression and the like.

It must be known that Li Longji does not allow the prince to deal with officials, Zhang said that after all, he is a minister of the imperial court, so every time he goes to Li Fan's mansion, he has to sneak around and hide in the car secretly. This news was soon known to Yao Chong, and he decided to take advantage of it.

One day, Yao Chong chatted with Li Longji in the Ben Hall (another hall, the palace where the emperor rested), and when he was about to say goodbye, his feet deliberately limped and limped, and Li Longji asked: "Is there a problem with your feet, how do you walk with a limp, do you want to find an imperial doctor to show you?" “

Yao Chong deliberately replied: "I have a heart problem, and my feet are not sick." “

The emperor naturally thought it was strange, so he asked what was going on? Yao Chong then replied:

"King Qi (Li Fan) is His Majesty's beloved younger brother, Zhang said that he was a minister assisted by His Majesty, but now he is secretly going to King Qi's mansion by car, I am worried that King Qi will be misled (implying that he may incite King Qi to have thoughts that he shouldn't have), very worried, and his henchmen are not happy."

As soon as this statement came out, its effect was like a god, Zhang Shuo was shot and fell to the ground, and was demoted to Xiangzhou Thorn History (Anyang City, Henan Province). Yao Chong got rid of a big competitor, and Zhang said that he had been wandering outside for nearly ten years, and by the time he returned to the central government, Yao Chong was no longer in his position.

Zhang said that after being knocked down by Yao Chongdou. Yao Chong made persistent efforts, and soon the crown prince Shaobao Liu Youqiu, the prince Zhan Shi Zhong Shaojing, Zihui Shilang (that is, Zhongshu Shilang) Wang Ju and other coup heroes were also shot and fell, in the case of "someone" reporting that they had "resentment" words. were all relegated to other places as assassins. For a while, Yao Chong was in the limelight, and no one in the hostile camp dared to argue with him anymore.

But when the enemy falls, it doesn't mean that it's okay, Confucius said: "I'm afraid that the worries of Ji Sun are not in the middle of nowhere, but within the Xiao Wall!" "Next, Yao Chong faced the biggest crisis, and the initiator of the attack came from his former younger brother, Wei Zhigu!

Wei Zhigu was born in 647 AD, three years older than Yao Chong. At the age of twenty, he was promoted to the Shike, so he was also a young man, but after that, his official fortune was mediocre, and he tossed and fell among the small officials.

During the Southern Zhou Dynasty, Yao Chong did a helicopter to board the phase, and concurrently served as the governor of the palace (the head of the palace), Wei Zhigu was the Sima (acting military and political officer) of the Xiangwang Palace, and was Yao Chong's subordinate, because Wei Zhigu's personality was more old-fashioned, and he did things at a glance. It has the taste of an old master, and Yao Chong is unrestrained, so there is a big gap between the personalities of the two, and Yao Chong does not particularly value this subordinate.

But Yao Chong also knew that Wei Zhigu was upright. And Wei Zhigu is also an old minister of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he will be promoted if he has the opportunity.

At the beginning of the second year of Kaiyuan (714 AD), Wei Zhigu had been promoted to the position of Huangmen Jian (the governor of the province under the door), and Yao Chong was the prime minister of the same dynasty. Responsible for the selection and elimination of officials in the Eastern Capital, this is a good thing, Wei Zhigu is also very happy to go, ready to use his abilities, but at this time, Yao Chong did something that made Wei Zhigu resentful. He sent Song Jing, who was then the secretary of the Ministry of Officials (the main position), to conduct another review of the officials who had been selected or dismissed by Wei Zhigu.

Now Wei Zhigu is really angry, Song Jing came over, not only shared his credit, but also Yao Chong did this, it was clear that he didn't trust him Wei Zhigu, Wei Zhigu was a person who was proud of integrity, and the distrust of the former chief made him lose his self-esteem, and Wei Zhigu began to be dissatisfied with Yao Chong.

If this incident made Wei Zhigu's dissatisfaction with Yao Chong rise, the next thing made Wei Zhigu doubt Yao Chong's personality, and finally broke out. Here's the thing, Yao Chong happened to have two sons in the Eastern Capital at this time, these two sons are typical "relying on their fathers", and they usually rely on "My father is Yao Chong" to take power and accept bribes in the Eastern Capital, now Wei Zhigu is here, and he wants to say that Wei Zhigu was promoted by my father, and now you are in charge of selecting officials in the Eastern Capital, so I don't take the opportunity to take advantage of it, I am simply sorry for my father's past struggle, so I keep asking Wei Zhigu.

Wei Zhigu remained silent and fully satisfied the requests of the "second generation of Yao", but secretly recorded the time and place of these requests clearly, and also sent people to inquire about the evidence of Yao Chong's son taking power and accepting bribes in the Eastern Capital, and brought a lot of evidence, and reported it to Li Longji one by one when he returned to Chang'an to restore his life.

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Li Longji was very angry at first after listening to Wei Zhigu's recital, but he was more concerned about whether Yao Chong knew about it and whether he connived at his sons' reckless behavior, so Li Longji decided to stay quiet and find an opportunity to test Yao Chong.

One day, at a moment when the atmosphere was relatively relaxed, Li Longji asked Yao Chong casually:

"Gong Yao, what are the positions of your sons? If you have good moral character, you can bring it up, and I'll help arrange it! “

Ordinary people must be happy when they hear the leader say this, and the usual reaction is to beat the snake with the stick, and start to report his son's birthday, school grades, club activities, which country to study in, which company to intern in and other extraordinary experiences, but Yao Chong is not an ordinary person, he is the prime minister of the three dynasties, he has been refined into a refinement, and he immediately alerted that something was wrong.

Yao Chong thought to himself, how can there be so many good things in the world, unusual is a demon, a few days ago his son also wrote to say how Wei Zhigu covered them, with Wei Zhigu's normal reaction, he should not do this, there must be a ghost in this matter.

After a quick mental calculation, Yao Chong replied:

"I have three sons, two of them are in the Eastern Capital, these two sons have not been very successful since they were young, ** too much, and they don't love themselves, I am also very nerve-wracking, and recently I wrote to me that Wei Zhigu helped them a lot after going to the Eastern Capital, I was very angry, but I didn't have time to ask them, alas! It's all because I didn't teach them well, it's all the sins of Weichen. “

Li Longji initially thought that Yao Chong must protect his son, and even said after the incident: "My son is actually not bad in nature, but he is confused for a while, please forgive him" and something like that, this kind of thing should be familiar to us in modern times, because *** Er Li (Li Gang/Li Tianyi) said so, I didn't expect Yao Chong to be so frank and brave to admit his mistakes, so he was overjoyed:

"How do you know?"

"Wei Zhigu came from a humble background, and I used to carry him like a hen with a chick. My son is ignorant, and judging Wei Zhigu with ordinary people's reasoning, he will know how to repay his kindness, and will cover up some of their bad behaviors, so he dares to trouble Wei Zhigu, this is my dereliction of duty, and I will definitely teach them well when I go back. ”

Li Longji was no longer dissatisfied with Yao Chong in his heart at this time, but thought that Wei Zhigu was ungrateful and very unhappy, so he said that he would reprimand and exile Wei Zhigu.

"My son's misconduct has violated His Majesty's decrees, and His Majesty's failure to pursue their crimes is already an extrajudicial mercy; If I reprimand or exile Wei Zhigu because of my business, the people of the world will think that His Majesty has selfish intentions towards me, and this will severely hurt His Majesty's holy virtue, and I dare not obey my fate! ”

Li Longji was still not satisfied, but Yao Chong was reasonable, so he had to stop the attack for a while, but after a while, he still transferred Wei Zhigu to the Ministry of Industry Shangshu (the least important of the six).

At this point, Wei Zhigu's crisis was lifted, and I think Wei Zhigu probably wanted to break his head and didn't know what was going on! It seems that he, the plaintiff, has been beaten as a defendant, but for Yao Chong, he also knows that he has too many enemies and will inevitably be unable to guard against it, so he doesn't care much about Wei Zhigu, and he has to keep people and keep people. (To be continued.) )