Chapter 35 2. There’s an art to “playing dumb”

The most colorful thing surrounding Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne is "the sound of the ax and the shadow of the candle". "Sushui Jiwen" records that on the night of October 19th in the ninth year of Kaibao (976), Zhao Kuangyin called Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi into the palace for a drink, and the two brothers had a drink to recall the past.At that time, Zhao Kuangyin was in poor health and lay down to rest after drinking too much.Zhao Guangyi stepped back and took care of his brother alone.In Russia, the haze was everywhere, and the snow and hail fell suddenly.The two brothers didn't know what they were talking about. From a distance, they could see their shadows projected on the tent, dancing and dancing, but Zhao Kuangyin poked the snow with an iron ax and said, do it well!It means you do a good job!I am going to bed!Then Zhao Kuangyin didn't wake up, and died that night.When the empress of the Song Dynasty saw the death of Taizu, she urgently ordered her confidant eunuch Wang Jien to call the fourth son Zhao Defang, the king of Qin, into the palace to prepare to inherit the throne.Unexpectedly, this Wang Jien was bought by Zhao Guangyi, so he called Zhao Guangyi directly.Empress Song asked, is Defang here?Wang Jien said that King Jin is here!When Empress Song saw that Zhao Guangyi had arrived, she was taken aback. She knew that the whole thing was done, and dying and struggling was useless.

"Official family" is a unique title for the emperor in the Song Dynasty.In many historical dramas of the Song Dynasty, it is wrong to call the emperor "Emperor" at every turn, and it is understandable to call him "Your Majesty".It is also wrong for the emperor to call his ministers "Aiqing".In the Song Dynasty, "Aiqing" was a name for prostitutes. The emperor basically called ministers by adding the word "Qing" after their surnames. For example, Bao Zheng was called "Bao Qing", and there was no such thing as "Bao Aiqing".In addition, there are some special names, such as Song Zhenzong called the old prime minister Lu Hui, not "Lv Qing", but "boy".He himself is the Son of Heaven, and he called Lu Heo a "boy", which shows his respect for Lu Heo.Closer to home, according to "Xiangshan Yelu", Song Zhenzong drank all the officials invincibly, and Li Zhongrong, who was then a servant of the Imperial Academy, could also drink.The small cup is not enough to drink, so just change it to a large wine vessel.Li Zhongrong drank dozens of cups, and after a few rounds, he obviously felt that Song Zhenzong was not his opponent, so let's go!You can't drink Long Live until you're playing monkey punches under the table.Li Zhongrong said that he couldn't drink any more, and the officials should remove the wine vessel!Song Zhenzong suddenly asked, why did Li Qing call the emperor an "official family"?Li Zhongrong served as a servant of the Imperial Academy, equivalent to a royal lecturer, and he couldn't do it without ink in his stomach.Li Zhongrong explained that in the "Ten Thousand Chances" written by Jiang Ji, an important official of the Cao Wei Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, it is said that "the three emperors rule the world, and the five emperors house the world".Song Zhenzong was very satisfied with this explanation and said that it is the so-called meeting of monarchs and ministers for thousands of years.Li Zhongrong said to him, the only thing I can do is to be loyal and filial.Since then, "Guanjia" has been the exclusive title of the Song Dynasty emperors.

Empress Song called Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi an "official family", acknowledging that he was the heir to the throne, and Zhao Guangyi's power in the capital was the same for a while.So Zhao Guangyi replied, don't worry about protecting wealth together.On the morning of the 21st day of the ninth year of Kaibao, Zhao Guangyi took the throne and changed the Yuan to Taiping Xingguo.At that time, no third person was present when Zhao Kuangyin talked with Zhao Guangyi, thus leaving an eternal unsolved case.Sima Guang's "Sushui Jiwen" said so, but in Wenying's "Xiangshan Yelu" it became the statement that Zhao Guangyi was not present.The official history only says that Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne after Zhao Kuangyin's death, but the details are not disclosed, so it is difficult to determine whether it is true or not.

After Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, he quickly eradicated his eldest nephew Teng Wang Zhao Dexiu, his second nephew Yan Wang Zhao Dezhao, and his fourth nephew Qin Wang Zhao Defang who threatened the throne.There is an idiom called trying to cover up, which refers to Zhao Guangyi's situation at that time.The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were skeptical about Fatty Zhao San being the emperor. The three sons of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin died one after another in a short period of time. It is too obvious that there is no silver in this place.In order to save the decline in public opinion, Zhao Guangyi can only do a political show to balance the pressure of public opinion.Zhao Pu, who was dismissed as prime minister at the time, guessed the holy will, saw the opportunity, and gave Zhao Guangyi a trick. The two wrote, directed, and performed a political show full of doubts, which is "The Alliance of the Golden Chamber".In short, it is said that in the second year of Jianlong (961), Empress Dowager Du was seriously ill. Taizu Zhao Kuangyin served decoctions and stayed close to the left and right. , do you know how you got the world?Zhao Kuangyin listened attentively.Empress Dowager Du said that it was all because the Emperor Hou Zhou was too young. If there is an older king who succeeds, do you think you still have a chance?So remember, after you die, you will pass the throne to your third younger brother, first to Guangyi, then to Guangmei, and the older king will rule the world.Only in this way can we ensure the long-term stability of the country.Empress Dowager Du then ordered her most trusted Zhao Pu to write down the content of the conversation just now, write it into an affidavit, and hide it in the golden cabinet.

Later scholars of the Golden Chamber Alliance have many doubts. For example, Song historians Deng Guangming and Zhang Yinlin argued that the Golden Chamber Alliance is a fictional product. Even if there are, there are many loopholes.According to the Alliance of the Golden Chamber, don't pass the throne to the young master. When Zhao Kuangyin died, the King of Yan, Zhao Dezhao, was in the prime of his life, and in his twenties, he was fully capable of inheriting the throne.The authenticity of the Golden Chamber Alliance is not the point. The point is that Zhao Guangyi achieved the purpose of balancing public opinion through this political show and explained the legitimacy of inheriting the throne.As a result, Zhao Pu made a first-class merit and paid homage to the prime minister again soon after.This little story shows that Zhao Guangyi knew the powerful role of acting from the very beginning. Of course, his best acting skill is pretending to be confused.When Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi promoted Lu Duan as Prime Minister, his colleagues said that Lu Duan was confused and incompetent. Zhao Guangyi said that Lu Duan was confused in small matters but not in major ones. In this regard, Song Taizong did a better job.

When Song Taizong first succeeded to the throne, he thought about what he should do to convince the government and the public. This kind of admiration is not simply a relationship of interest, but the kind of people who know from the bottom of their hearts that the new leaders are not easy to fool.It just so happened that there was a vicious beggar on the streets of Kaifeng, a very annoying kind who would stand in front of someone's door and yell at someone if they asked for money, whatever.One day, the evil beggar came out to work and stood in front of a shop asking for money.The owner of the store has a very good attitude, greeted him with a smile, and was convinced. He said that the store is small and the profit is low. It has not opened today, and there is no reason to send money out first, which is unlucky.The villainous beggars will not give up, and they will scold me if they don't give me money.The beggar's commotion attracted many people who didn't know the truth to watch. At this moment, a big man flashed out of the crowd, and it was too late to speak, and there was a flash of cold light, and the head of the beggar fell to the ground.Just as everyone was astonished, the big man dropped the knife and disappeared in an instant.A murder case occurred, and the Kaifeng government began to arrest him, but due to the slow action, he was not caught.Zhao Guangyi inquired about the arrest of the suspect, and the governor of Kaifeng could only say that he was investigating.Due to the pressure from the emperor, the case was quickly solved, and the Kaifeng government reported that "the criminal has been captured, and it was actually the shopkeeper who killed the evil beggar in anger."Zhao Guangyi asked if the interrogation was really over?Fu Yin said with certainty that the case had been solved.Zhao Guangyi threw the scabbard on the ground, and inserted the murder weapon into the scabbard in front of Fu Yin, and it fit perfectly.The governor of Kaifeng panicked immediately, he dared to believe that this was a scene directed and performed by the emperor himself.Zhao Guangyi said in a low voice, if you handle the case like this, don't you want to kill innocent people in vain ("Tieweishan Cong Tan").

The killing of evil beggars directed by the emperor was intended to warn the officials not to deceive the superior and the inferior.This scene has a deep political purpose. First, it made the officials realize the new emperor's insight. Second, it sent a signal to the civil and military officials that the new emperor is not confused, so don't play tricks in future.Compared with Zhao Guangyi's political show of the League of the Golden Chamber, this street drama is far different in terms of difficulty, technology, and actors, but it has achieved the political goal of shaking mountains and shaking tigers.As a leader, you must know how to direct a scene and understand the importance of acting skills.Sometimes I need to do it myself, sometimes I even have to play a guest role, even if I play a trick, as long as I can achieve my goal, it doesn't matter what I play.

"Ding Jin Gong Tan Lu" records that when Song Taizong was in power, the management of the harem was relatively chaotic, and the court ladies often went out over the wall privately, which has not been effectively resolved.An unlucky court lady was caught when she climbed over the wall to go out. Song Taizong hesitated, whether to kill or not?One of the palace guards, Liu Chenggui, said that this person should not be allowed to stay. If the officials let her go, they would be pampering the palace maids, so she must be killed, and Rong Chen will take her heart and soul.Zhao Guangyi thinks so.After a while, Liu Chenggui brought back a pair of darlings, and all the court ladies burst into tears when they saw this, and since then, the palace discipline has been respected.As a result, Liu Chenggui was promoted to the Imperial City Secretary and the captain of the palace security team.Liu Chenggui was the Xiaodi of the Huangmen in the Taizu Dynasty, an ordinary guard of the imperial palace. People in the palace called him Liu Qi. His status was low and his status was humble. They often had chores, such as counting pearls, which were watched by the senior court ladies who served the emperor. It is said that the other Huangmen Xiaodi took advantage of the time when the maid went to the toilet and hid one in his belt, but Liu Chenggui never did it.He has a good eye, and there was a problem with the court discipline during Emperor Taizong's time. He happened to have such an opportunity, so he acted.What Liu Chenggui took was a pig's heart, and he arranged the maid who made a mistake in a nunnery, and then sent her out to marry far away.

Both Liu Chenggui and Song Taizong were actually acting, and it was just a tacit understanding to each other. Liu Chenggui's fake play was clearly performed, and Zhao Guangyi's real play was faked.By "deceiving" the emperor and the court ladies, Liu Chenggui thoroughly cleaned up court discipline issues on the principle of not hurting others.Regardless of the starting point and purpose, this method has achieved satisfactory results.You must know that Zhao Guangyi was born in the army and had killed people on the battlefield. If he couldn't even tell the heart, liver, spleen and lungs of a human and a pig, all these years of swords and swords would be in vain.In addition, when Liu Chenggui suggested, Zhao Guangyi could have dissected the erroneous court lady in front of all the court ladies, and the effect would be even more shocking, so there was no need for Liu Chenggui to do anything extra.The reason why Zhao Guangyi didn't tell the truth and was willing to be taken advantage of was that he and Liu Chenggui and his ministers cooperated in the double play, the purpose of which was to solve the substantive problem of court discipline.It can be seen that it is not important what the leader performs, but whether the problem can be solved with the performance is the key to the problem.

When Song Taizong got along with the ministers, the characteristics of the leadership art embodied were also pretending to be confused.It seems that each emperor's leadership style has his own unique skills, and he does it well and acts realistically.Song Taizu is good at scaring people, Song Taizong is good at pretending to be confused, Song Zhenzong and Song Renzong are good at crying, and they cry every now and then.Let's say that Song Taizong once drank with two ministers Kong Shouzheng and Wang Rong in the Imperial Garden.Kong and Wang drank too much together, and when they drank too much, they didn't keep their mouth shut. This is a common problem of many alcoholics.The two who drank too much focused on the matter because they were fighting over who deserved the most credit, forgetting that the emperor was by their side, and left the boss aside.Zhao Guangyi ate wine alone, watched the two drunks compete for superiority, and did not send them back to the mansion until they were drunk.

At that time, some people couldn't understand it, and suggested to Zhao Guangyi that the two were disrespectful, it was too shameful, and they should be punished.Zhao Guangyi smiled but did not answer.Kong and Wang were afraid after sobering up, and they didn't know what they said after drinking too much. It is certain that they lost their mind after drinking.As soon as the two brothers come together, go and plead guilty, don't wait for the leader to speak, then they will be passive.The two masters, who were dressed in high clothes, came to plead guilty, their faces were livid with fright, and cold sweat was dripping down.Zhao Guangyi pretended to be surprised, what crime are you two asking for inexplicably?Kong and Wang said that yesterday they were too strong to drink, and they lost their morals after drinking, and they were sorry for the emperor's hospitality.Zhao Guangyi suddenly understood and said, I also drank too much last night, what happened? Kong and Wang's hanging hearts suddenly fell to the ground. They were shocked, scared and relieved. With their intelligence, can they not understand that Zhao Guangyi is acting?Of course it is clear.The cleverness of Zhao Guangyi's acting is that when a drinking person doesn't have a five-horse spear, it doesn't count, and it's not clear to break up with a drunkard.Although they are monarchs and ministers, there are friends on the wine table. If you drink a little wine between friends, whoever yells and scolds is irrelevant, so there is no need to delve into it.They are the rulers and ministers after they are sober, and at this time they need to demonstrate the art of leadership.Zhao Guangyi's handling is just right, this matter is over, we tacitly, next time you have a longer memory, there is no need to speak so thoroughly, as long as you can, the monarch and his ministers will be happy.With such an experience and lesson, I believe that the two ministers, Kong and Wang, will be more careful at the next banquet, and no one will be rash.After all, only when the head is present can there be wine.