Yelujin can be considered a highly Sinicized Khitan.
He had been familiar with Confucian classics and studied cultural knowledge under the education of his family since he was a child. He was a high-level intellectual among the Khitan people under the rule of the Jin State, and was completely different from those Khitan people who were driven to herd by the Jin State.
With such an educational background, he was able to discuss Confucian classics with the Han officials when he was in the Jin Kingdom. He was able to debate with them for a long time, which surprised many Han officials.
Therefore, in the Kingdom of Jin, he was responsible for the work of the Ministry of Rites. After the fall of Zhongdu, because of his education and work background, he was assigned by Su Yonglin to work in the first Priest Department and later the Ministry of Rites. After entering the Ming Dynasty, he was directly assigned Promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.
This made him very happy.
At first, he felt that even if he was a Khitan, he should be respected by everyone if he entered the Ministry of Rites with such an educational background and cultural level.
But it turned out that he thought of the word respect too simply.
As a Khitan, his days as a priest were fine, but after he was promoted in the Ministry of Rites, he could be regarded as a rat on the street, not to mention running into obstacles.
In the early days of the Ministry of Rites, it can be said that Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang completely controlled all the power. They decided everything. They directly regarded Yelujin as air and mascot, and did not discuss anything with him at all.
Yelujin, the right minister, could not get anything done. Some things that happened in the Ministry of Rites could only be known from official court documents.
Faced with this situation, at first, he felt that he had not done enough, that he was not a cultural person and gentle enough, so he tried his best to cater to Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang.
He often wore Confucian clothes, scented his clothes, hung a statue of Confucius in his office, and often worshiped Confucius.
Moreover, he kept reading and read whenever he had time. His desk was full of Confucian classics. He often copied Confucius' famous quotes and hung them in his office. He recited and reviewed them every day, trying his best to make himself look more like a Confucian scholar.
However, all this was not only useless, but brought him more humiliation.
He was ridiculed as a monkey, and no matter how much he pretended to be a Confucian scholar, in the end he was just a northern captive, a lost dog.
Are you worthy of worshiping Confucius and reading Confucian classics?
You are simply insulting the saints and blaspheming the classics!
Yelujin was extremely angry and felt that she had already done this, wasn't it enough?
What else can be done to gain their acceptance?
However, he didn't have the confidence to get angry in the Ministry of Etiquette at that time, so he couldn't sleep at night, was restless during the day, and couldn't eat well. He lost more than ten kilograms, which was like losing weight directly.
He complained to Yelu Chenghui, and Yelu Chenghui could only comfort him, because the discord with the Shandong clique was obvious, and the two sides had long since broken up and there was no possibility of reconciliation, so there was no way to counterattack.
Yelu Chenghui could only vent his anger on Yelujin by treating Shandong officials harshly in Shangshu Province.
However, this indirect way of venting anger really didn't make Yelujin feel better. It could only make Yelujin suffer more suppression.
In the end, he couldn't bear the pressure any more and his spirit became weak. He had no choice but to go to Su Yonglin and cry, asking Su Yonglin to change his position.
I really can't stay in the Ministry of Etiquette any longer. I don't want to bully people like this.
As a result, Su Yonglin gave him such a scolding that he could even memorize what Su Yonglin said to him.
There is not much content, it is very simple, it means that I hand over the position to you, but you cannot control the power that comes with your position itself.
As a superior officer, you were bullied by your subordinates, ostracized by your colleagues, and ignored by your superiors. You have really failed as an officer.
I thought that you had a good education and work background and should be able to carry out your own job. But I never expected that you didn't even have the ability to maintain your job.
If this is the case, then no matter where I put you, you will not be able to do well. You will be bullied and ostracized by your colleagues. You will not be able to do anything.
Otherwise, just resign and stop doing this.
Facing the emperor's cynicism, Yelujin cried hoarsely and collapsed on the ground. Her tears wet the cushions in Su Yonglin's palace.
When he was crying until he was about to despair, Su Yonglin stepped down from his seat, helped Yelujin up, and gave him two choices. One was to resign and go home in disgrace, and the other was to continue fighting in the Ministry of Rites to fight for his legal rights. .
"I won't be surprised if you want to resign and go home, and I want to tell you that after you resign, you will not enjoy the retirement benefits of ministry-level officials. You can make a living on your own."
Su Yonglin's cold words aroused the panic and final obsession in Yelujin's heart. He shook his head repeatedly and said that he was unwilling to resign. He wanted to prove himself and he did not want to leave the court with shame.
So Su Yonglin gave him a chance to prove himself.
Su Yonglin gave him the opportunity to lead the Examination Department, and asked him to lead the Examination Department to compete for power with Kong Zheng, Zhou Jiang and others, seize the important power of managing examinations and preparing examinations, and firmly hold on to this vital power of the Ministry of Etiquette. that power.
Try every means to defeat Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang.
"You say you want respect, but let me tell you, respect is not obtained by catering, but by your own hard power. You read Confucian classics, wear Confucian robes, incense, practice calligraphy, and recite the words of saints. This It has no effect. To them, it is just a monkey trick.
You have to know that in their view, what is worthy of respect is not the teachings of saints or Confucian classics, but the people who hold power. Only those who hold power will get their praise when they read Confucian classics. Beggars read Confucian classics. , just humiliating yourself.
understand? What really deserves their praise is not the Confucian classics, but the power and power that the Confucian classics bring to them! When one day Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang find that they are not as powerful as you, they will have to respect you.
How do I gain respect? Because I am strong and because I have power, they respect me. Now that they have bullied you to this point, if you can't fight back against them and give them a good beating to vent your anger, then you really shouldn't be in this position. "
Su Yonglin's "sincere teachings" gave Yelujin an epiphany.
One night later, the brand new Yelujin returned to battle.
For the last chance, Yelujin was very rare. He no longer wore Confucian attire, and only wore official attire at home and outside. His behavior style had lost all the forbearance of the past and became extremely powerful.
During the establishment of the Examination Department, Kong Zheng, Zhou Jiang and others had several disputes with him and argued with him in an attempt to maintain their existing power.
Yelujin changed his usual pandering attitude and confronted him tit for tat. He did not take a step back and even slapped a Shandong official who had verbally offended him to the ground.
The Shandong official became angry and wanted to sue him, but he pointed in the direction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and told him to go and sue him.
"The worst is punishment and punishment. See if I am still the right servant when I come back. And if you dare to go, just wait, I have plenty of ways to make you pack up and go back to your hometown!"
All the officials of the Ministry of Rites were shocked by Yelujin's strength.
From then on, no Shandong official dared to bare his teeth in front of Yelujin, and he was even slightly afraid, for fear of being slapped on the ground by him without being able to reason with him.
Yelujin swept away his previous silence and took the opportunity to loudly scold some Shandong officials who had made mistakes, thereby establishing his authority.
Someone tried to report Yelujin to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for being cruel and ununited with his colleagues. Someone from the Metropolitan Procuratorate asked Yelujin to go drink tea. Yelujin honestly admitted his mistake and stopped beating people, but he still insisted on his words and refused to give in.
His official position remained intact because he had made no mistakes, and he was fined a month's salary as a symbolic punishment.
But this is not the ending Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang wanted to see.
In the following period, people assigned by Su Yonglin continued to enter the Ministry of Rites to form a new Examination Department with him, and there were also non-Shandong officials who were originally from the Ministry of Rites and were transferred to work in the Examination Department.
During this period, Kong Zheng couldn't even enter the Examination Department's office. He blocked him outside without giving him any face.
Kong Zheng was angry and wanted to sue him, but he still pointed to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and asked him to sue.
Kong Zheng wanted to scold him, but he scolded him back harshly, even worse.
Kong Zheng scolded him for being vulgar and ignorant of etiquette. He simply said "I am a barbarian" and showed his fist at him, as if he wanted to compete with him in real life.
Kong Zheng was unable to do anything to him for a while.
In this process, Yelujin felt unprecedented happiness.
Then he began to understand the meaning of what Su Yonglin said, and began to deeply understand how respect was earned.
From this, he became Su Yonglin's die-hard supporter without anyone knowing.
He was grateful to Su Yonglin from the bottom of his heart and expressed that he was willing to do anything for Su Yonglin, even through swords and fire. As long as he could not die, he would continue to work for Su Yonglin.
After a period of investigation, Su Yonglin showed him the existence of the Skynet Army, and introduced Su Yin to him, allowing Su Yin to recruit Yelujin to become a non-staff member of the Skynet Army, a lurker in the Ministry of Rites, and his subordinate in the foreign clan. Secret confidant.
Su Yonglin asked Yelujin to be completely loyal to him and become his true confidant instead of a member of some "foreign clan".
Later, even if he was asked to bite his fellow Khitans, he would have to do so and give everything for Su Yonglin.
And Su Yonglin will give him what he desires most - respect and power.
Yelujin didn't think or hesitate. He threw himself into Su Yonglin's arms almost ecstatically, completely abandoning his position and national stance, and became Su Yonglin's absolute supporter from then on.
Although he is not a revival member and does not understand the affairs of the revival association, as a pure supporter, he can sometimes play an important role.
Such as this moment.
