As for the smooth and sophisticated Feng Dao, he knew how to advance and retreat, and did not dare to claim his support, let alone compete with Jing Yanguang and other powerful figures with military power. Not only did Feng Dao not ask for official rewards from Shi Chonggui, but he took the initiative to retreat. Shangshu asked to resign from his job as Privy Councilor, but was rejected by Shi Chonggui three times in a row.
Shi Chonggui comforted Feng Dao with kind words, "I am young and have little talent and moral integrity, so I can't live without you. Please work longer if you suffer." It happened that Feng Dao's birthday was coming soon, so Shi Chonggui sent someone to give him a heavy birthday gift. Feng Dao refused resolutely on the grounds that his parents died early and he did not celebrate his birthday.
Feng Dao's courageous retreat from the rapids was the secret to his wise preservation. As a result, he was not poisoned by Jing Yanguang or suspected by Shi Chonggui.
2.3 Evenly exposed to rain and dew
Other veterans of the previous dynasty also received varying degrees of rewards after the "Big Three" and "Second Heroes". For example, military generals such as An Yanwei, Gao Xingzhou, Pan Huan, Zhang Yanze, and Huangfu Yu, civil servants such as Zhao Ying, Li Song, and He Ning, and separatist leaders such as Gao Congjie of Jingnan, Ma Xifan of Hunan, Qian Hongzuo of Wuyue, and Wang Yanxi of Fujian, Fengxiang, Li Jizuo and other veteran leaders.
The specific details of the award do not need to be detailed.
2.4 One emperor and one courtier
2.4.1 Suppress old ministers
The old ministers of the previous dynasty need to be appeased, but they often suffer from the suspicion of the new emperor. On the surface, the new emperor wants to thank them for their contribution to the country and the country, and wants to increase their rank and title, but in reality he wants to try his best to reclaim them. real power and weaken their power.
In fact, Liu Zhiyuan was a well-deserved "senator of the former dynasty", the person who threatened Shi Chonggui's throne the most, and the one who Shi Chonggui needed to suppress.
It is said that when Shi Jingtang was seriously ill, he sent people to Hedong to summon Liu Zhiyuan, with the intention of asking him and Feng Dao to assist his own son Shi Chongrui in ascending the throne. Shi Chonggui, who was in the capital at the time, secretly withheld the edict, so Feng Dao could not Instead of looking for the Forbidden Army general Jing Yanguang, he supported Shi Chonggui.
Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan and Shi Chonggui had a feud, and this feud also played a certain role in promoting the demise of the Later Jin Dynasty.
But Liu Zhiyuan was a powerful figure, he was stationed in Taiyuan Prefecture in Hedong Province, he had a large number of troops, and he was an excellent commander who could act independently. Shi Chonggui did not dare to touch him for the time being.
Civil servants without real power are of course a vulnerable group, and Shi Chonggui will not be polite to them. Sometimes he even makes up the reasons carefully, such as Cui Chu (sounds like "table").
Cui Chao is from Boling. Yes, he is the famous Boling Cui family in Chinese history. This book has already given a relatively detailed introduction to this family, so I will not expand on the "Bolingcui Family" here.
Cui Zhuo was a very filial man (a good man). His father Cui Zhuo was ill and refused to seek medical advice. The old man often told people that life and death are determined by destiny, and wealth is in heaven. Birth, old age, illness and death are human nature, so don't seek medical treatment! Cui Chaiyi didn't take off her belt and waited at the bedside 24 hours a day.
Whenever relatives and friends came to visit, Cui Cong would go to the door to greet him, then kneel down to his relatives and friends, crying and begging them to persuade the stubborn old man. Relatives and friends also advised Mr. Cui to take some medicine.
However, no one could persuade him. Mr. Cui just refused to accept treatment. Soon after, Mr. Cui passed away successfully.
During the time when Ding's father was worried, Cui Chao showed grief and grief, and was praised by the world.
However, his father's anti-scientific stubbornness deeply affected Cui Chao, or it caused a great psychological shadow on him.
It is said that Cui Chao once had a strange dream. He dreamed that two people were leading him on the road inexplicably. After walking for a while, one person said, "We have walked thirty miles, stop." The other person said, "This person should still be there." Another thirty-eight miles.” So Cui Tong followed the two of them and continued on their way. After walking another thirty-eight miles, the two stopped and said, “Okay, let’s go here.” Then Cui Tong suddenly woke up.
This strange dream troubled Cui Chu for many years. Later, he had an epiphany and said that it represented the end of his life. It seemed that his life span was sixty-eight years. Later, when he was sixty-seven years old, he resolutely resigned and retired, begging for bones, and used this dream as a reason to ask the emperor to be merciful and allow him to go home and die. The next year, Comrade Cui Chao passed away on time and died at a healthy age, which shocked his relatives and friends.
Cui Chao was born into a distinguished family. He received a good family education since he was a child and had outstanding talents. He was a Jinshi in the Later Liang Dynasty Zhu Youzhen period (917); he was promoted to a Hanlin bachelor's degree in the Later Tang Dynasty;
His articles were so popular that people tried their best to find his manuscripts, copy them and take them home to study. Cui Chao always advises everyone, saying that there are ancient sages in the past and great talents in the future. Why is this? From then on, he developed the habit of burning manuscripts and leaving no copies to prevent others from copying them.
At the beginning of the founding of the country, Shi Jingtang, who knew how to make imperial edicts, drafted the imperial edict, and the then prime minister Sang Weihan made slight changes to the draft. According to the old system of the Tang Dynasty, all Hanlin bachelors whose qualifications were changed would be dismissed from their official positions. Sang Weihan didn't understand this, but Cui Chao, who was born in the "Boling Cui family", was very taboo about this. Although no one in the civil and military circles in the Manchu Dynasty knew this unspoken rule, let alone changing a word or two, even if he changed his draft Even if he completely passed, no one would accuse him or remove him. But Cui Chao wanted to fight for this, so he quoted classics and quoted from other sources to prove that he was right and there was no need to change. Sang Weihan was confused and didn't know why he would There was such a violent reaction.
Afterwards, Cui Chu became the examiner of the imperial examination (Zhigongju) for the second year. There was a candidate named Kong Ying, who was said to have bad conduct and was despised by the world. This man was sophisticated and went to visit Prime Minister Sang Weihan privately.
At that time, Sang Weihan was chatting with Cui Chao about work, so he said meaninglessly to Cui Chao, "Oh, Kong Ying is here (Kong Ying is here)."
Youdao means that the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Listen to the sound of gongs and drums, listen to the sound of speech, what does the big leader's words mean, and what are the connotations of the words? After Cui Chao returned home, he pondered these four words over and over again, "Kong Ying is here, Kong Ying is here." After a night of careful consideration and repeated arguments, Cui Chao finally got the idea. Sang Weihan was clearly implying that he wanted to be promoted. Kong Ying!
Yes, Kong Ying is either a relative of the Sangwehan family, or he paid a heavy bribe in advance.
Low EQ: Kong Ying is my nephew...Kong Ying gave me half a car of gold...
High EQ: Kong Ying is here!
Cui Tong solved the mystery, so he took advantage of his position and directly let Kong Ying's classmate pass the Jinshi without any review. When the news came, the whole court was shocked, and the government and the public were talking a lot, "How come you are qualified as a Jinshi because you have so little talent and poor moral character? Is there only one candidate in the country this year?"
