Chapter 8 3. Politician Wang Dao

Wang Dao led his children and clansmen to wait for the crime outside the palace gate. This was the first month of the first year of Yongchang (322 A.D.), Wang Dun turned against Wuchang in the name of crusade against treacherous officials, and Sima Rui, the emperor of Jin and Yuan Dynasties, also issued a tit-for-tat order to attack Wang Dun himself.The war between the two sides is about to break out, Wang Dao, who is not human inside and out, has no choice but to punish the palace gate. Many people were sweating for him. Sima Rui made a correct decision.He received Director Wang and asked him to put on court clothes.Dao Wang knelt down and kowtowed in fear and apologized, saying: There have been thieves throughout the ages, but I didn't expect them to come out of the minister's family.

Emperor Yuan answered Wang Dao with the highest courtesy.He walked down from the throne with bare feet, held Director Wang's hand and called him: Maohong, what are you talking about!I still want to entrust thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to you! Director Wang overcame the difficulties. Since then, he has become a roly-poly in the officialdom of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.After the death of Emperor Yuan, Dao Wang assisted Emperor Ming and Emperor Cheng. He was an out-and-out veteran of the three dynasties. The reasons are, of course, political in the first place.The Jin Dynasty was originally the regime of the gentry and landlord class, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was partial to the left of the river, had to rely on aristocratic families. Of course, the Langya Wang family represented by Wang Dao should not be underestimated.However, Director Wang's ability to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai cannot but be attributed to the fact that he is especially good at being a man and an official.

Contrary to Wang Dun's domineering, Wang Dao is much more accommodating and considerate.Once, he received hundreds of guests at the same time, but soon found out that a person from Linhai was unhappy with several barbarians.So Director Wang walked up to the man in Linhai and said, "As soon as you come out, there will be no one in Linhai." The man is very happy. Director Wang walked up to the Hu people again, snapped his fingers and greeted them with the Buddhist etiquette they believed in, and said, "Lanja (japan reads like a tongue, Lanja is a Sanskrit transliteration, meaning quiet and trouble-free)!"Ranja!The Hu people all laughed.

As a result, all four are happy. Later, some people even said that anyone who associates with Director Wang, even if it is only the first time, feels like an old friend. Such a public relations master is naturally a master at reconciling contradictions.When Wang Dun rebelled for the second time, Emperor Ming ordered the demolition of the pontoon bridge outside Suzaku Gate.However, Danyang Yin Wenqiao (read Ruming) who was in charge of this matter not only did not execute it, but also refused to apologize after going to the palace, and asked for wine and meat.Emperor Ming Longyan was furious, and the atmosphere in the hall was very tense. Everyone was trembling and did not dare to say a word.

It was Director Wang who smoothed things over again. Director Wang was the last to go to the hall.As soon as he came in, he found that something was wrong, and he immediately found out where the problem was, so he pleaded guilty with bare feet, saying: Tianwei is like thunder, and Wen Qiao has no chance to apologize. This statement made both Wen Qiao and Emperor Ming a step up.Wen Qiao immediately took advantage of the momentum and bowed down to apologize, and Emperor Ming's face also changed from cloudy to sunny.The situation has been reversed in this way, and only Director Wang can do it.

In fact, being good at resolving conflicts was also one of the reasons why the Eastern Jin emperors had to rely heavily on Wang Dao, because their hemiplegic empire was really full of contradictions.Power ministers and power ministers, gentry and gentry, do not stop.Without a peacemaker like Dao Wang to mediate, their throne would not be secure. Director Wang is also very clear about his role, so he puts the stability of the regime first.When he served as the governor of Yangzhou as the prime minister, he once sent people to inspect the counties.After these inspectors returned to Jiankang, they collectively reported to Director Wang the strengths and weaknesses of the various county guards. Only Gu He didn't say a word.

Gu He is a descendant of Gu Rong's clan, so of course Director Wang takes his opinion very seriously. Director Wang asked: What did my brother hear? Gu He said: Ming Gong, as the chief assistant, should be able to use the net to swallow the boat. How can he conduct a discerning government by collecting gossip and gossip? Director Wang suddenly realized that this was the innermost thoughts and political demands of the Jiangdong aristocratic family.He also understands that, as a foreign regime, it is best to turn a blind eye to Jiangdong's local affairs.So he praised Gu He again and again, which made those serious and responsible officials feel very bored.

Since then, Director Wang has adhered to the principle that one thing more is worse than one thing less.In his later years, he didn't even ask questions, just made promises.Director Wang sighed and said: Everyone says I am stupid, and one day you will miss this stupidity. This is not a politician, it can only be called a politician.The difference between a politician and a statesman is that the former is more or less ideal, while the latter has only reality.Then I would like to ask: Does Director Wang have ideals?No. However, Director Wang is not confused about major matters. Once, celebrities from the north gathered by the Yangtze River.At that time, the wind was sunny, the river was surging, and the world was full of poetry and picturesque.At this time, one person in the seat sighed and said: The scenery is still the same, but the Yellow River has been replaced by the Yangtze River.

Everyone burst into tears. Director Wang lowered his face and said righteously: We are just working together to serve the court and recover the Central Plains, how can we cry like prisoners! As soon as this remark came out, everyone stopped crying and apologized. This matter is often regarded as Wang Dao's dazzling stroke, but it is also based on practical considerations.In fact, when the northern gentry first went south, they had neither confidence nor belief; and the only way to stabilize their morale was to hold high the banner of political correctness.Therefore, Director Wang had to shout out the slogan "Go back to your hometown".As for whether the Central Plains can be recovered, it may not be what he really wants to know.

He only knew that the Eastern Jin Dynasty must be preserved. Therefore, when Sima Rui wanted to shake the foundation of the country, he couldn't ignore it. The country is originally the prince, and the prince at this time is Sima Shao.Because Sima Rui loved Concubine Zheng, he wanted to abolish Sima Shao and replace him with Concubine Zheng's son Sima Yu (read Ruyu).He even wrote the edict, but he didn't know how to make it known to the world without any mistakes, because only one person agreed with this plan. The lonely emperor didn't even have the courage to face the powerful opposition.The way he came up with was to ask Wang Dao and others to rest in the side hall of the East Chamber first, then sneakily hand over the edict to the person who agreed, and then let the officials accept the fait accompli.

However, Director Wang saw through Sima Rui's wishful thinking at a glance.He pushed aside the person who guided him to the side hall of the East Chamber, walked straight to the emperor's throne, and asked respectfully and forcefully: "I don't know why Your Majesty summoned the ministers?" Sima Rui's psychological defense completely collapsed.Without saying a word, he took out the imperial edict to replace the prince from his pocket, tore it to pieces and threw it at Director Wang. The candidate for the crown prince was decided in this way. Later, Sima Shao succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jinming. It was not easy for Sima Shao to take the throne, because Wang Dun also wanted to abolish him back then.Therefore, Sima Shao was unavoidably wary, vigilant and even resentful towards the Wang family, even though it was Director Wang who stopped Wang Dun. Therefore, when Sima Shao met Wang Dao and Wen Qiao, he asked Wen Qiao very strangely: How can our family win the world? Wen Qiao didn't expect such a question, so he stood there in a daze. Director Wang was not gentle, courteous or frugal at all.He said unceremoniously: "Wen Qiao is young, let the old minister make a statement for His Majesty." So Director Wang snapped his fingers, starting with Sima Yi, and calmly explained how the Sima family eliminated dissidents, intimidated the royal family, formed cliques for private interests, usurped the throne and seized power.Sima Shao, who was covered in cold sweat, was so dizzy that he put his face on the imperial bed and said weakly: "As my lord said, how can the fortune of the country last forever?" Hehe, Dao Wang, the peacemaker, also has a heroic side. Director Wang's history lesson naturally has the meaning of relying on the old to sell the old, and teaching the Jin and Ming emperors not to do anything wrong.But the problem that Emperor Jinming realized was something that even Wang Dao couldn't think of.That's right, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a fragile dynasty with unknown origins and unknown origins, can the country's fortune last long? Sorry, only God knows.Because of those powerful officials and nobles in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, almost no one was a bodhi tree in the temple. Such as Huan Wen.