Ji Kang said a total of two sentences on the execution ground, ""Guangling San" is extinct" is a farewell to the people of the world. And another sentence said to his son Ji Shao: "Juyuan is here, and his son is not lonely." "When a father dies, he is most afraid that the orphans and widows will have no one to support them; When a good man dies, he is most afraid that his son, who is not yet an adult, will not be able to understand the life of this father in the future. But Ji Kang didn't have any arrangements for these two points, so he made the ideal martyr in a chic manner, because he knew that someone would do all this for him, and that person was called Shan Juyuan.

Shantao, the word Juyuan.

Shan Tao was eighteen years older than Ji Kang, and he was nearly forty years old when he met Ruan Ji and Ji Kang. It is the most mature and insightful one in the center of the bamboo forest. Pei Kai, a metaphysician of later generations, once worked with Shantao when he was sixty or seventy years old, and Pei Kai, who was also proud, praised Shantao convincingly, he was a "leisurely and far-reaching" person, you look at him and different, but you always don't know what he is thinking.

Because of Ji Kang's famous "Breaking Friendship with Shan Juyuan", Shan Tao, as a rebel against the spirit of "Bamboo Forest Celebrity", a "villain" who was cut off by Ji Kang, will never be treated by countless Ji Kang admirers in future generations. However, a person can entrust you with the heaviest concern in the world when you are dying, what is it if you are not a close friend?

Ji Kang never thought of breaking off friendship with Shantao, looking at the content and time of the letter, the parties all know that Ji Kang is just pulling Shantao to make a scene, and venting his evil anger to the unscrupulous Sima brothers.

In the year when Ji Kang wrote the "Book of Breaking Friendship with Shan Juyuan", Sima Shi and Sima Zhao successively killed Xiahou Xuan and Li Feng, abolished Wang Fang of Qi, and pacified the local rebellion of the famous scholars Biqiu Jian, Wen Qin and Wang Ling, and forced out the fourth emperor of the Cao family, and the last Cao Chao who had the ability to think independently and resist, and attacked the noble townsman of Sima Zhao's mansion. But before Cao Chao left the palace, he was stabbed to death by Jia Chong's little eunuch Cheng Ji, and his success was lost.

From top to bottom, the struggle against the usurpation of power by the Sima clan was basically dealt with, and the celebrities of the bamboo forest, who had been drunk and rendezvous, especially Ji Kang, who was related to the Cao family, were forced to express his political stance. So there is this maverick, wall-standing letter.

Ji Kang said that he himself had seven unbearables:

likes to sleep lazy, sings wherever he walks with the piano, lets him sit upright, doesn't catch lice for him, he will itch to death, how can he be wrapped in a beautiful official uniform and bow to Shangguan at every turn?

Talking chic, writing books hard, he hates writing articles the most, but when he is an official, he has to write a chapter, and all kinds of invitations and invitations on the table have to be answered, he doesn't do it, people want to say that he is derelict in his duties, and if he does it, he will force him to death.

My least favorite thing is mourning. How can you make me cry when I don't know someone? I have to cry and jump according to etiquette. But these are all things that others value very much, and according to their own hearts, others will be unhappy, and according to other people's will, they will suffer.

I hate the laity, such as those who are strict in appearance and abide by the law in their hearts. But if you are an official, you have to work with them, eat and talk about business together, your ears are full of their noise, a smell of human flesh, it's like a live newspaper drama, how can you bear it?

Impatient. But if you are an official, you have to deal with endless official affairs, and you don't have the ability to do this.

2. Don't:

I don't like Cheng Tang and King Wu, and I look down on Zhou Gong and Confucius. Does the church tolerate people like me?

Evil is like hatred, and if you are unhappy, you must say it. Can officialdom tolerate people like me?

Ji Kang made a clear announcement to Sima Shi with the theme of "Non-Tang, Wu, Bo Zhou, and Kong", let me be an official, not an official; Let me say good things and not say them; Let me be like Jia Chong and Zhong Hui, and those hypocritical etiquette people singing praises behind your ass, no. In a hearty way, Ji Kang expressed his political attitude: non-cooperation.

The reason for forcing this letter of renunciation was that Sima Zhao wanted Shantao to work in the organization department. This position is the key position under the organization minister who is actually in charge of the selection, and holding this position occupies the commanding heights in the personnel changes of the entire imperial court. This is a very sincere letter of recruitment thrown by Sima to Shantao.

But Shantao proposed to let Ji Kang replace him. Shantao's meaning is also very clear: he personally stands firmly on the side of the Zhulin Group, and if he wants to cause reconciliation between the two groups, that is, the Zhulin Group represented by Ji Kang accepts it together, and his personal surrender is impossible. Ji Kang strangely wrote this letter of renunciation as if he had suddenly woken up almost two years after this incident. How could Ji Kang not understand the meaning of Shantao's words? It's just that for him personally, Cao's son-in-law's family position and overly arrogant personality make it difficult for him to become the leader of the Baume & Mercier Group and the reconciliation with the authorities. So Ji Kang, who couldn't help it, finally picked up his pen angrily after the Sima brothers killed Cao Chao, and used this reason to show his heart.

Ji Kang's reaction was beyond the limits of what Sima Zhao could tolerate, so Sima Zhao took advantage of the Lu An case to kill Ji Kang. The three thousand students took this opportunity to make trouble again, and for a while, Sima Zhao fell into a sea of verbal criticism.

There are two paths in front of Shantao: first, follow the students who just say that they don't do anything and scold Sima; Second, learn from Ruan's example, drink and drink so much that you can't distinguish between people.

But Shantao chose the most extreme path: at this time, Shantao was appointed as the minister. At a time when the contradictions between Sima Zhao and the Zhulin Group were already tense.

By making this decision, Shantao has pushed himself into a trump of two sides: his betrayal of the Bamboo Forest Group has left him without the support of his old friends and a group of young admirers; Even within Sima Zhao's camp, there is no trust in him as a newcomer from outside - Sima Zhao's in-laws and old friends have already divided the territory: Jia Chong, Xun Miao, and He Zeng, who followed Sima Zhao from the beginning, needless to say, as well as the court bigwigs and their descendants who defected to Sima Zhao after the coup d'état in Gao Pingling, such as Zhong Hui and Wei Qiang. Also supporting Sima Zhao is the Taishan Goat. Taishan Goat's family has been an important minister for many generations, and Yanghu's sister is Sima Shi's wife, and the relationship with Sima Zhao is obviously closer than Shantao.

However, he had to gamble again, the future of the Bamboo Forest Group was in his hands. Shan Tao is different from other famous people in the bamboo forest, he was born in the Han tribe, and has served as the director of the county office and the head of the organization. He understands Ji Kang's lofty pursuits, but he is more cautious and careful than them. Ji Kang knew Shantao well enough to know that he was deep and resolute. Therefore, I scolded him and entrusted my son to him. And Shantao, the only way to repay Ji Kang's confidant and trust is to endure humiliation.

In that era when metaphysicians were persecuted everywhere, he had to shoulder the burden of reality in such a heavy way: above the court, he won back the right to speak for the Baume & Mercier group, which was almost difficult to turn over by the people of etiquette. This is the basis on which their freedom to continue to be maintained and promoted. Literature and thought are always the slaves of politics, there is no one to cover them, and celebrities and celebrities can't go crazy if they want to. In order to maximize the survival of these people, Shantao must bite the bullet to pick up this hot potato.

Dancing on the tip of the knife, Shantao did a great job.

Shortly after he was appointed as a minister, that is, shortly after Ji Kang was killed, Shantao quickly resigned and disappeared from the history books. In the midst of the turmoil of public opinion, he lived a secluded life with nostalgia for his old friend, and temporarily faded out of politics in order to better return: Shantao made a decision that after the inexorable advent of the Chan Dynasty, he would follow the tide of society, but he would be harmonious and different. He wants to choose a suitable partner and draw a clear line between him and Jia Chong and the like.

Shan Tao came out of the mountain again, it was Sima Zhao who personally attacked Deng Ai, who rebelled in Shu, and assigned Shan Tao the task of taking care of the family, adding the title of marching Sima to the position of Zhonglang, giving five hundred soldiers, and letting him go to Yecheng to watch the royal family of the Cao family.

It looks like he is entrusting Shantao with a heavy responsibility, but he is actually testing Shantao's loyalty. Sima Zhao personally conquered Deng Ai, and the pro-Cao faction in the capital may support a puppet from the royal family in Yecheng to come out and carry out an armed coup d'état in the name of setting things right. Sima Zhao's meaning is very clear: give you 500 soldiers, make it convenient for you and those surnamed Cao, or not follow you. In fact, for Shantao's dare, he pinched a stable bottle: Shantao will not be reversed. Five hundred soldiers, it doesn't work at all. Sima Zhao's father and son usurped power by relying on the Royal Praetorian Guard, the leader of the middle army in charge of the army, and the leader of the middle army had five colonels, military guards, and three battalions of the middle base. In the era of Cao Huan, the last minor emperor of Cao Wei, Sima Zhao merged the duties of the central protector and the central leader of the foreign army, and was responsible for placing the little emperor under house arrest and severing his ties with the Yecheng royal family.

At this time, it was Yanghu who served as the leader of the group. Yang Hu is the younger brother of Sima Shi's wife Yang Huiyu. Therefore, it is the Sima family's own people who are really in charge, and Shantao is just for the sake of the Cao family's people who have been sent over to be the mascot. Shantao also understood this in his heart, so he completed the work honestly and orderly. After Sima Zhao came back, he praised Shantao for being honest and did not do anything bad, and asked him for his opinion on the next Lichu matter, marking Shantao's entry into the inner circle of politics.

Soon after Sima Zhao returned from the conquest, he was promoted to the king of Jin, and the last step from king to emperor did not seem to be in a hurry to complete. He was very anxious about the matter of establishing the prince - the focus fell on whether the prince chose his eldest son Sima Yan or Sima You, the second son of Sima Shi. Sima You's popularity is very strong, because Sima Shi once said that my position will be Xiaoyou in the future. Sima You's behavior is very orthodox, gentle and frugal, which is in line with the tastes of scholars. According to his own preferences, Shantao will choose Sima You.

However, thinking about Sima Zhao's thoughts, things are not so simple. Sima You is nominally a son, but in fact he is a nephew, and no one wants to lift his nephew on his shoulders and send him to the emperor's throne, leaving his son to watch below. Sima Shi can pass the seat to his younger brother Sima Zhao on a high wind and bright festival, and Sima Zhao can also carry forward the style to pass the seat to his nephew Sima You, but what about Sima You? It was also passed on to his brother Sima Yan, causing a weird zigzag method of succession? Passed on to his brother, Sima Zhao has so many sons, why should Sima Yan be the emperor and others can't? Passing it on to his son, Sima Yan had to be unbalanced in his heart. The inevitable result is that everyone fights to the death, which is the fundamental reason for the rebellion of the Eight Kings in the era of Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Around Liyan or Liyou, he almost fought upward, He Zeng and Pei Xiu both advocated Liyan. The most intense is He Zeng, who has a determination to go home and farm without standing up. These people are all from Jia Chong's faction, the old stubborn of the Shigong Group, specializing in fighting small celebrities. Shan Tao once again lowered his eyebrows and complied with the party, and his opinions were high-sounding but contained these hidden considerations: standing long is an ancient precept. It seems that the former celebrity Shantao immediately integrated into the sleek and expedient after entering the Sima government, and disappeared. Shantao's "wretched" behavior made the celebrities dissatisfied, but soon, their attention quickly shifted, and the Baume & Mercier Front had a new spokesperson, Yanghu. This Sima Shi's brother-in-law, affectionate and righteous, has good manners, because he was in charge of the forbidden army in the process of Sima's Chan Dynasty and made great contributions, and soon after the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, he rose to the position of Shangshu's left servant, and Jia Chong, who was appointed as Shangshuling at this time, was almost evenly matched. Both of them were originally die-hard loyalists of the Sima clan, but there was a huge disagreement over whether to attack the state of Wu or not. Yanghu fought the main battle, and Jia Chong refused to fight. Therefore, the-for-tat confrontation between Yanghu and Jia Chong made the celebrities who originally pointed at Shantao to be angry for them all transferred to Yanghu's door. Shantao was too "cowardly", they shook their heads, and no longer had any expectations for Shantao.

However, Yanghu's tenure in the center was very short, and Shang Shu's left servant shot was sent to the south to prepare for the Wu military after sitting in the position of the left servant of Shang Shu for less than a year. Sima Yan seemed to be actively preparing to go south to attack Wu, but Jia Chong still did not give up his efforts to persuade him to stop. Jia Chong is close to the water and the building is good at blowing, and Yanghu obviously has no advantage. But something strange happened: during the years of Yanghu's foreign office, the waves of opposition to Jia Chong in the imperial court seemed to be carefully prepared, one after another.

First of all, the Shaanxi and Gansu areas were harassed by the Huns, and Sima Yan was a little nervous. Ren Kai, the head of Menxia Province, suggested at this time that he should choose a smart and prestigious minister to suppress the formation, and by the way, appease the ethnic minorities. Sima Yan thought about it, not bad. asked about the candidates, Ren Kai immediately said that there is no one more suitable than Jia Chong - who made Jia Chong always oppose Yanghu and Wu, and every time he said that Shaanxi and Gansu always suffered defeats, and there was no condition to start a war on both sides. Sima Yan thought for a while, it would be better if Jia Chong could solve this problem, and agreed. So he appointed Jia Chongdu to supervise the military of Qin and Liang and the two states, and to Chang'an in the west. Jia Chong is dumb and eats Coptis chinensis, but he is smart but is harmed by cleverness. But civil servants have to have the professional ethics of civil servants, so you can't say I won't go, right? Hurriedly discussed with his good friend Xun Miao, Xun Miao gave him a cruel trick: Didn't the prince choose a daughter-in-law? Let your daughter go to the election, if you are elected, you can't do a happy event here and go out to fight there, right? Jia Chong put a lot of effort into this matter, and finally sent Jia Nanfeng to the palace smoothly, and also defused his attack by Ren Kai kicked out of the political center.

After that, Ren Kai and Jia Chong secretly pinched each other without stopping, and not long after, at a banquet, a person named Yu Chun suddenly sprinkled drunk and asked Jia Chong: "Where is the noble township?" "The noble townsman" was the little emperor Cao Chao who was instructed by Jia Chong to kill him on the street. This is tantamount to pointing at his nose and scolding him for having no father and no king. Jia Chong was very angry and immediately caught Yu Chun. If it weren't for Sima Yan's little sheep Xiu protecting Yu Chun, Jia Yan would have wanted to cut him down. Later, things got to the point where Yu Chun was forced to resign and go home by Jia Chong, but Sima Yan came out to play a round, saying that Yu Chun was drunk and gaffe, and drunk words can't be counted, so he can be regarded as foolish. But everyone understands in their hearts that Yu Chun's anger is for Ren Kaisa: when Jia Chong instructed the little eunuch Cheng Ji to kill the noble township prince Cao Chao, Ren Kai and Yu Chun both wrote down this pen, and they were always unhappy, just waiting to find an opportunity to get angry.

After this incident passed, Jia Chong began to take revenge. Ren Kai is a servant, and staying by the emperor's side every day is really a big threat. So Jia Chong suggested that Ren Kai be transferred to the Ministry of Officials to engage in personnel work and manage the election. Sima Yan was happy to see them pinching each other, okay, that's all. Soon after, Ren Kai was impeached by Jia Chong for a "extravagant" reason.

After the transition of Lu Qin, whose background is relatively close to Jia Chong, who will be the next minister of the Ministry of Officials has become a big question. The emperor then thought of Shantao. Before Ren Kai was transferred to the Ministry of Officials, Sima Yan was going to leave this position to Shantao, but Shantao ran back to the countryside on the grounds of his mother's death.

Looking at his experience over the years, it is like hiding from the official, for fear of accidentally being put on a black gauze hat: he first went around in other provinces and then did Jizhou Assassin History, and then served as the mayor of Yecheng, the old capital of Cao Wei, so that in the past three years, Shantao was recalled to the capital as a waiter and followed the emperor as a secretary. He was successively appointed as Shangshu and Taichangqing, but he did not arrive, and finally returned to his hometown because of his mother's funeral. These years were the time when Ren Kai and Jia Chong were inextricably fighting, and it was also the time when Yanghu was training on the front line. Originally, the leader of the celebrities, Shantao Yanghu, disappeared collectively as if he had agreed, but it did not prevent the DPRK and China from setting off rounds of political disputes, which made people have to suspect that Shantao had been going around outside all these years, deliberately avoiding suspicion, showing his impartial position, so that Jia Chong, who was in power, could not find a reason to find fault with him.

When Ren Kai was forced to retreat by Jia Chong, Shan Tao finally took up the post of secretary and returned to the administrative center of the empire.

At this time, in addition to the long-debated question of whether to fight Wu or not, a big question emerged about whether to choose Sima Yan's foolish son Sima Zhen as the crown prince, or to let Sima You, who had almost squeezed Sima Yan out of the past, get his wish. But no matter what issue is being debated, it will always be divided into the Jia Chong faction and the anti-Jia Chong faction. On these issues, which should have been discussed on a case-by-case basis, the consistent style of party struggle has been continued: I agree with what you oppose, and I oppose what you agree with. In balancing the balance of power between the two parties, the secretary in charge of the election is a key position. However, Shangshu Shantao of the Ministry of Officials was "instigated" again: as soon as there was a vacancy, he would draw up a list of several people and submit it to His Majesty the Emperor for review, and His Majesty the Emperor would pull Jia Chong to discuss a candidate. He, the long-awaited official of the ministry, had to make the celebrities hate to kick him a few times.

But no one noticed, and quietly, the personnel changes in the court suddenly became lively. Yu Chun, who was dismissed because of a quarrel with Jia Chong, quietly went to Guozijian to make sacrificial wine and took charge of the Royal Bible Reading Academy. Ren Kai, the official who was ousted by Jia Chong, went to Luoyang, where the capital is located, to work as Henan Yin. Everyone slowly figured out a little bit about Shantao's recommendation list, and his recommendation seemed to be aimed at Jia Chong everywhere.

Shantao, who showed weakness everywhere, showed his true colors other than "cowardice" at this time, and achieved his goal without showing the mountains and water. Shan Tao got an inspiration from the experience of his friends in the bamboo forest: we must follow the rules of the political game, oppose the villain, not the emperor, and strive for the greatest freedom of public opinion. Shantao's trick is very clever, when the entire government is occupied by people from the celebrity faction, their pursuit will become the mainstream, and it doesn't matter who the emperor is. In the nine years he was in charge of the ministry, Shan Tao did his best to stuff into the government the celebrities who had been forgotten from the political arena. First Xu Yun's son Xu Qi, and then Ji Kang's son Ji Shao, riding on Sima Yan's policy of redressing unjust, false and wrongful cases, Shantao's just right nomination success rate is very high.

At the same time, Shan Tao inevitably has to beware of Jia Chong's secret arrows and cold guns, for example, in the fourth year of Xianning, Shan Tao nominated Ruan Xian to be the minister.

Before this incident, Shan Tao was promoted all the way, from Shangshu's right servant to the left servant, in charge of the election, and the scenery was just right. In the face of the growing strength of the Baume & Mercier Front in the election matter, Jia Chong decided that a person must be installed in the ministry. When Shan Tao nominated Ruan Xian to be the minister, Jia Chong nominated another person: Lu Liang.

The hot potato was thrown in front of Sima Yan again. At this time, Sima Yan was really a little embarrassed, on the one hand, he had to unite all the forces that could be united, and on the other hand, the preparations for the defeat of Wu were in full swing, and this battle must be fought, so he had to refute Jia Chong's face. But always suppressing Jia Chong inevitably made the celebrities get carried away. Besides, this Ruan Xian is even crazier than his uncle when he drinks, although Shan Tao tries to protect him and says that this person is simple and selfless, but he doesn't know if he can do it well. Let's just sell it to Jia Chong to save face first.

So Lu Liang became a minister.

When Shantao saw this result, he was very unhappy in his heart. For this kind of thing, Shantao has his own preparations: he is ready to resign at any time, Jia Chong provokes Shantao's bottom line, and Shantao asks the emperor to go home. Every time there was a reason why the emperor couldn't refuse. This time, Shan Tao immediately wrote a book, saying that his nephew and daughter-in-law had died and wanted to go back.

Of course, Sima Yan understood what Shantao meant: as long as he didn't want to do it, someone in his family would die and ask him to resign and go home. First the mother, this time the seven aunts and eight aunts even the nephews and daughters-in-law came out. The emperor hurriedly wrote a book, persuaded him, and refused to leave. Shantao refused to sell the emperor's face and insisted on resigning. After more than ten trips back and forth, Prime Minister Bai Bao couldn't stand it: Forget if Shantao doesn't do it, no one wants to force you. Ask the emperor to go home and pull down. But the emperor absolutely couldn't let Shantao go, and as soon as he left, this hard-won balance was broken again. So Sima Yan issued an edict saying that the people of Shanda were old, and it was too hard to encounter such a thing, and their physical strength was not good, so they delayed going to work. Go see him, and if he hasn't recovered, take him to the office in a car.

Although Shantao's resignation and protest were unsuccessful, he also moved back to the emperor for a game, and his loss was not ugly. Moreover, in the next year, the Jin State attacked Wu, and Jia Chong was driven by Sima Yan to be the commander-in-chief among a bunch of ministers who fought the main battle, and everyone won or lost, and there was no shame.

The struggle between the Baume & Mercier Front and the Rite Front continued until Jia Chong's death. After that, almost everyone accepted the life attitude of the metaphysicians, which was leisurely and far-reaching. But they began to slide down into the abyss of nothingness, which was not necessarily the way Ji Kang expected them to live.

For Shantao, who has lived until the fourth year of Taikang, the bloody wind and rain of the first year, and the countless shoals on the road of the Wei, Jin, and Chan dynasties, he stood safely in the right place. He was also able to do some life-saving things for his friends during the Taishi and Xianning years. Thinking about Ji Kang, who died under Sima's knife in the third year of Jing Yuan, he was finally worthy of him.