Some information, including some authoritative one, was very irresponsible and perfunctory, saying that Shi Jingtang's "ant moving" and other tricks successfully deceived Li Congke.
Although Li Congke lost in the subsequent competition, we cannot crudely think that the loser is a worthless fool. In fact, not only Li Congke himself, but also his entire think tank never let go of his wariness against "powerful factions" such as Shi Jingtang and Zhao Dejun, especially Shi Jingtang.
After the "Long Live Xinzhou Oolong Case", Li Congke transferred Zhang Jingda, the military commander of the Wuning Army in Xuzhou, as the deputy commander of the Northern Group Army and led the army to garrison in Daizhou. The purpose was to weaken the military power of Commander-in-Chief Shi Jingtang. Daizhou was located to the north of Taiyuan and south of Yunzhou, an important stronghold for the Khitans heading south to Hedong.
Li Congke regarded Zhang Jingda as a wedge between Shanxi (west of Taihang Mountain) and wedged into the north of Taiyuan. At the same time, he appointed his brother-in-law Liu Yanhao as the governor of Weibo Army in Weizhou, which became a wedge between Hedong and Hebei and blocked the connection between Shi Jingtang in Hedong and Zhao Dejun in Youzhou. connections between.
Suppressing Hedong Shi Jingtang has always been one of the priorities of the Li Congke Group. Let’s use this as an entry point to get a glimpse of Li Congke’s civil service group.
Li Song
A small second-generation official, his father was a clerk in Shenzhou and joined the army. Li Song has been a top student since he was a child, and he can write good articles as a teenager, but his appearance is not good, so he is nicknamed "Big Chou".
At the age of twenty, he also became a member of the army (official title) of his own government and entered an official career.
Zhuangzong entered the Wei Dynasty and promoted the "Heshuo Gang". Li Song was promoted and gradually became Li Jiji's staff. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Li Song is good at writing, but not proficient in politics. The leader's "high regard" for him is more out of the political need to balance the mountains and appease the "Heshuo Gang", but Li Song did not presume to speak bluntly about Li Ji. Li Xun, the chief think tank, is not good at writing.
“Youcanyouup!”
Just go up. Li Song picked up his pen, brushed a few dots, and drafted an article. After seeing it, Lu Zhi, Feng Dao and others at that time exclaimed, "Talent!"
The workplace turmoil turned out to be safe, and Li Song was recognized by his superiors and gradually promoted and re-employed.
When Li Jiji took command to conquer Shu, Li Song had already become Li Jiji's chief think tank.
When Li Jiji followed his mother's order to kill Guo Chongtao and his son, Li Song asked urgently, "Why did the king do such a dangerous thing? Even if he had to kill him, he wouldn't kill him again if he could return to Luoyang. Too late. Now I am hanging alone five thousand miles away from Luoyang with a heavy army. Without the emperor's edict, I am good at killing important ministers. It will shake people's hearts and lead to great disaster!"
Li Jiji was also helpless and had already killed him. Isn't this an afterthought? What can I do?
Li Song remained calm in the face of danger and came up with a dangerous move - forging edicts. He recruited three or four trusted officials with swords and pens, climbed up the stairs, and overnight forged an edict to kill Guo Chongtao, using the imperial seal as a jade seal. It was made public the next day, which stabilized the morale of the army and allowed the army to return eastward safely.
Later, Ding You resigned and returned home, and was later promoted to chief staff officer by Fan Yanguang. Then he entered the imperial court and became a bachelor of Hanlin. After Li Congke ascended the throne, he served as the bachelor of Duanming Palace.
Lu Qi
This person has been introduced in the previous article. His father Lu Yan was involved in the dispute between Liu Shouguang and Liu Shouwen brothers, and Liu Shouguang destroyed his family. Lu Qi, who was only 15 years old at the time, was risked to save him from the execution ground by his father's friend Zhao Yu. He kept his name anonymous all the way. Begging and fleeing into Shanxi.
Later, he was promoted by Zhuangzong Li Cunxu and entered the official career. He was promoted step by step with his solid knowledge; He dared not touch Li Congke because of his lustful teachings, and stayed away like the god of plague. Only Lu Qi often interacted with him, which comforted Li Congke's injured little heart.
After Li Congke came to the throne, he treated Lu Qi with special kindness, and he was worshiped as Zhi Zhi Gao, given to Shi Zhong, a direct bachelor of the Privy Council, and a bachelor of Duan Ming Palace.
Li Song and Lu Qi were honest and loyal, knowledgeable and far-sighted. And they were also reused during the last emperor's reign, which is what Li Song said to Lu Qi, the emperor treated us well.
But there is a common misunderstanding here. Favor or reuse is different from trust. The leader may reuse you, but may not trust you.
Another civil servant who was highly used by Li Congke was Ma Yinsun.
Ma Yinsun was Li Congke's staff when he was in charge of Hezhong. When the capital was under house arrest, Ma Yinsun never left him and accompanied him firmly. Later, he followed Li Congke to Zhenfengxiang. Li Congke was moved by his loyalty and regarded him as his direct confidant.
When Li Conghou's order to move the town came to Fengxiang, Li Congke summoned all his cronies for discussion. Everyone unanimously advised Li Congke to support the army to resist the imperial edict, but Ma Yinsun recited the famous sayings of Confucius and advocated that Li Congke listen to the emperor's words.
Everyone laughed at him for being pedantic. Although Li Congke did not adopt his suggestion, he knew that he was a pure person, an elegant person, a person who had escaped from vulgar taste, and an anti-vulgar person, so he did not punish him.
After Li Congke became emperor, he promoted Ma Yinsun to be a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. He was later promoted to the minister of Zhongshu, Tong Zhongshu's Pingzhangshi, and became the prime minister of the empire.
So Ma Yinsun is a very typical example. I received a good person card from my boss. The leader knows that you are a good person, but he will not treat you as a confidant.
Ma Yinsun was good at writing, pedantic and rigid, and weak and cowardly. He knew that his prime minister was a "good guy" and did not deserve the true trust of the emperor, so he simply "protected himself wisely".
During his short period of time, Ma Yinsun received the nickname "Three Unopened Prime Ministers", which means that he "does not open his mouth to discuss, does not open his seal to act, and does not open the door to entertain the officials."
In a word, occupy the person's seat, do nothing about the person's business, and eat nothing in the corpse's seat.
What about the other prime ministers?
Li Congke appointed Lu Wenji and Yao Wei by drawing lots.
Lu Wenji lived up to his name. He was "in a place of economic power and had no plans to assist the government." His daily job was to find fault with people he disliked and find faults with others. As for Yao Yi, he was also "dirty and did nothing".
Two useless embroidered pillows.
After Li Congke appointed the two men, he felt a little regretful, so he tactfully criticized Lu Wenji in person, to the effect that he had not fulfilled his obligations as prime minister.
Lu Wenji immediately went to Shu and talked back, saying that according to the work regulations, we go to court every five days to greet His Majesty. Not only are all the civil and military officials present, but there are also a large number of guards. There are too many ears and eyes. We have ideas and we can't talk nonsense. .
Later, he petitioned to restore the "Yanying Hall Discussion" system of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the prime minister met with the emperor alone in Yanying Hall, screening away other people, so that he could talk about confidential matters.
Li Congke held the memorial in his hand, his nose was almost crooked with anger, and he immediately issued an edict and reprimanded: "You won't wait until all the civil and military officials have retired, and then stay alone? This is also the old system of the Tang Dynasty! Besides, it's so insignificant. Affairs can be reported in public; if it is really a confidential matter, there is no need to wait for five days. You can report it at any time. I will naturally remove the idle people and receive you in the side hall or other suitable places. Why do you have to wait in Yanying Hall? !”
Through this conversation between the monarch and his ministers, an astonishing fact was revealed: Lu Wenji, the prime minister, had been in name only before this, and had never reported anything to the emperor...
