Chapter 54 6. Character determines official luck

The Liao Kingdom aggressively attacked the Song Dynasty, and quickly advanced to Chanyuan, which was very close to the capital Kaifeng. Song Zhenzong decided to march in person.Song Zhenzong asked the current situation is critical, Beijing Daming Mansion is behind the enemy, who can guard it?Kou Zhun said that the ancients said that a wise general is not as good as a blessed general. I think the deputy governor, Wang Qinruo, is quite blessed, and he can go to guard it.Wang Qinruo was at a loss when he heard the news, Kou Zhun didn't know what to do, and it was obvious that he was going to kill him when he made a move!If Wang Qin didn't want to go, running to the enemy's rear would be tantamount to death. Kou Zhun said that all the officials had been conscripted by themselves, how could a courtier take refuge, and the time had come to be loyal to the country.After such an agitation, Wang Qinruo's blood empowerment, straight mother thief, just go!Kou Zhun poured wine for him, but Wang Qinruo sternly refused, saying that he would have a drink with Kaixuan.At that time there were barbarians all over the place, Wang Qinruo led his troops into the Daming Mansion, he had to stop and squint in the Daming Mansion, not daring to go out to fight, sitting in danger all day long.With the changes in the Song and Liao wars, the Liao Kingdom withdrew its troops seven days later, and Wang Qinruo escaped from death ("Dongxuan Records").After Wang Qinruo returned to the central government, he began to study how to plot against Kou Zhun.

After the Chanyuan Alliance was reached, the Song and Liao peace negotiations were successful, and values ​​at the time believed that the deal was worthwhile.The taxation of the two counties has exchanged the peace of the two countries for 120 years. No one thinks this is a shameful thing.The powerful Han and Tang Dynasties both bribed foreigners, and the Song people regarded the Chanyuan alliance as a major diplomatic victory for them.Kou Zhun himself "respected his merits" because of this, and committed his old mistakes again, so proud that his nostrils were turned upside down.After the political struggle of the Chanyuan League, Kou Zhun offended a group of people. At this time, his ally Bi Shi'an passed away, which was a big blow to him.

One day when he was leaving the court, Kou Zhun left first, and Song Zhenzong watched him go.Wang Qinruo on the side guessed what the leader was thinking and said, Your Majesty fears Kou Zhun so much because of his contributions to the country, right?Song Zhenzong nodded, that is indeed the case.Wang Qinruo also said, His Majesty is not ashamed of the Chanyuan alliance, but thinks it is Kou Zhun's credit, I don't think so.Song Zhenzong suddenly discovered another argument and asked why.Wang Qinruo said: "The alliance under the city, although a small country in the Spring and Autumn Period, was ashamed of it, but now it is an act of Chanyuan with the price of ten thousand vehicles. It is an alliance under the city. How shameful it is!" The small vassal states in the Spring and Autumn Period were beaten by powerful countries and were forced to sign unequal treaties. At that time, it was a shame. Now my Great Song Dynasty has a vast territory of China’s headquarters. No other vassal state in the Spring and Autumn Period can compare. We can be said to be infinite Isn't it shameful for the country of Cheng to enter into such an alliance under the city?Song Zhenzong was taken aback by the question, but he couldn't answer.

Wang Qinruo is an old fritter, and his level is quite high. Every sentence he said hits the weak point in the leader's heart, and he advances layer by layer, and each sentence is more serious.The previous text and the following text are integrated, and in literature, this is a foreshadowing and echo, and finally shakes out the blockbuster sentence.Wang Qinruo continued, Your Majesty has heard of gambling, right?When a gambler loses almost all his money, he will usually take an all-or-nothing approach to save the loss.Now Kou Zhun is taking His Majesty as a bet, desperate.Song Zhenzong thought right, looking at Kou Zhun's official career history, exposing Wang Mian's brother for corruption, fighting with Zhang Xun, and fighting Feng Zheng to the death, most of the methods he used were desperate.Now that it is used on the head of the leader, whoever thinks about it will be angry.In February of the third year of Jingde (1006), Kou Zhun dismissed his acquaintance with Shanzhou and was replaced by Wang Dan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. He returned to the central government as prime minister for more than a year and was kicked out of the capital.

There are three main situations in which the prime minister is dismissed. First, it is the result of various political groups’ struggles; second, the emperor is under the pressure of public opinion caused by the demands of interest groups;In any case, Kou Zhun failed again, and the southern Prime Minister Wang Qinruo won in an all-round way. "Luo Zhijing Containing the Enemy": "The name is false, and the wise don't care about reputation; the profit is the most important, and the fool only seeks goodness." Wang Qinruo gave full play to this article. Once the struggle begins, it is the beginning of the game. Official career and life are two sides. Bet, sometimes it is not even clear whether justice is evil, only interests come first.In the process of struggle, wise people don't care about other people's slander or praise for themselves. No matter what means and methods are used, the key is to fight for interests, and stupid people will care about those good names.

Kou Zhun was about forty-five years old when he left the imperial court, and he was still very young. Everyone had a question, whether he could return to the imperial court and become a prime minister?The answer is yes, the miraculous Kou Zhun came back again, because he finally changed.First, Kou Zhun was an official in the local area, drinking and having fun all day long to relieve his sorrows and relieve the depression of being dismissed.After a while, I finally realized something.At that time, he was prime minister twice, and now the age advantage is still there, and there is still a chance to return to the center.In the fourth year of Jingde (1007) in February Wuyin, the Minister of Criminal Affairs knew that Kou Zhun from Shanzhou was coming to court, and Song Zhenzong extended an olive branch to him.However, Kou Zhun's good luck passed by this time. He stayed in the capital for more than ten days, but in the end he had no choice but to resign.Someone must have said something bad in Song Zhenzong's ear, which instantly shattered Kou Zhun's hopes.History has proved the rules of officialdom countless times: poor popularity, can't get along.Kou Zhun's self-willed personality makes his character so bad that both gentlemen and villains are jealous, and side effects appear at critical moments.In the final analysis, Kou Zhun does not know how to "govern subordinates". When he was in a high position, he did not know how to deal with the relationship with his subordinates. "Luo Zhi Jing · Gu Rong" says: "Prosperity is envied by all, and it also attracts resentment from all. Showing the above is sufficient, showing the bottom to be beneficial, and the resentment will be reduced." When a person is valued by the leader, it is bound to attract the resentment of everyone. , This requires comforting the subordinates, the best way is to give favors, and the resentment will naturally decrease.But Kou Zhun didn't do this much in terms of aspect. Instead, he sharpened his sword and made enemies everywhere, so this time he suffered a loss.Song Zhenzong originally wanted to use Kou Zhun, but he didn't know who said bad things, so the matter fell through.

Frustrated, Kou Zhun left the capital and returned to his post. After reflection, he began to work hard for himself to return to the central government. In six words-grasp political achievements and flatter.Kou Zhun gave full play to his administrative expertise, strengthened local law and order, gave the emperor a satisfactory answer, and invited Feng Chan.Song Zhenzong was instigated by Wang Qinruo, Ding Wei and others to carry out auspicious superstition activities.Kou Zhun cheekily begged to accompany the emperor to Feng Chan, Zhun Zou, from Feng Taishan.Kou Zhun's work this time worked well. After the end of Fengchan, he moved to the Minister of the Household Department and Zhitian Xiongjun.Kou Zhun made a lot of political achievements during his work in the local area. The local roads did not pick up lost things, and the local security effect was good. When it reached the level of "empty prisons", Kou Zhun was able to return to the central government.When Song Zhenzong was fortunate to Bozhou, he stayed behind as a housekeeper in Tokyo. This was a good signal and heralded the re-entry of Commodore Kou.Sure enough, half a year later, Kou Zhun was promoted to be a privy envoy and to work with Ping Zhangshi.

After seven or eight years of hard work, Kou Zhun returned to the central government. This time he was able to enter the decision-making level again, mainly because of the recommendation of Prime Minister Wang Dan.Wang Dan and Kou Zhun were Jinshi in the imperial examination in the same year and in the same session.The official crony network consisted of classmates, colleagues, fellow villagers, same year, teachers and students, relatives, and staff, etc. After the revival of Confucianism in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, academies, academics, and other organizational relationships emerged.In addition to the personal grievances that cannot be tolerated, all the same years will support each other.

Wang Dan, born in Shandong, the son-in-law of Zhao Changyan, the censor Zhongcheng, was kind and good at knowing people. He was posthumously named "Wenzheng" after his death.The posthumous title has existed since ancient times, and it is a title given by the emperor after the death of the emperor, according to the person's behavior in his life, and praised the good and evil.In Chinese history, posthumous names have strict posthumous laws, and they are not added casually.Posthumous posthumous methods can be roughly divided into four types: upper posthumous titles, such as "Wen, Kang, Ping", expressing talents in the world or great morality, etc.; middle posthumous posthumous titles, such as "Huai, Min", expressing concern for the country and people; Such as "Li, Yang, You, Ling, Huang", etc., but when these words appear in the posthumous title, it is not a good posthumous title, such as King Li of Zhou and Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.Among the posthumous titles, "Wen" has the highest generation, and "Wen" is divided into many levels, such as "Wen Cheng, Wen Jing, Wen Wen, Wen Zhen". "Wenzheng" represents the highest honor for officials, so the ruling class does not easily grant officials this posthumous title.In the Song Dynasty, there were more than 140 officials with the posthumous title of "Wen", and only nine of them had the posthumous title of "Wenzheng" (including posthumous changes): Li Fang, Wang Dan, Fan Zhongyan, Sima Guang, Wang Zeng, Cai Bian, Huang Zhongyong, Zheng Juzhong, Cai Chen.Three people from the Yuan Dynasty: Wu Cheng, Yelu Chucai, and Xu Heng.Five members of the Ming Dynasty: Fang Xiaoru, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Sun Chengzong, Ni Yuanlu.Eight members of the Qing Dynasty: Tang Bin, Liu Tongxun, Zhu, Cao Zhenyong, Du Shoutian, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzao, and Sun Jianai.

Wang Dan recommended Kou Zhun, but instead of being grateful, Kou Zhun found fault with him from time to time, and wanted to monopolize power as he did back then.The country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. Kou Zhun still goes his own way, completely forgetting the mental journey of wandering in the local area for seven or eight years, and adopting an attitude of not cooperating with Wang Dan, which is doomed that he will not stay in the central government for long. There is a saying in "Luo Zhijing·Controlling Power": "The one who has power should not be separated from others. It is not easy to obtain it, but it is even more difficult to keep it; if wisdom is not enough, it will be difficult to obtain it, and if you plan to make a mistake, you will suffer." It means that power is an official. indispensable.It is not easy to gain power, and it is even more difficult to keep power.Those with no IQ will not be able to gain power, and those with insufficient IQ will not be able to hold power for a long time, and may even bring disasters. This is a matter of life and death, so it must be investigated.It is obvious that Kou Zhun's behavior is extreme. In the current situation, he should gain the trust of the leaders, unite with colleagues, and re-establish a harmonious order between the superior and the subordinate. These three aspects are the top priority and cannot be dispensed with.Instead of doing this, Kou Zhun launched an attack on Wang Dan who recommended him. This is unreasonable in terms of character, and this way of acting is undoubtedly stupid.

Wang Dan handles the relationship with Kou Zhun very skillfully. No matter how Kou Zhun finds troubles, he just keeps quiet and often recommends and praises Kou Zhun's talents in front of the leaders.Song Zhenzong told Wang Dan that although Qing called him beautiful, he only talked about Qing's evil.Wang Dan said that it should be. I have been in a relationship for a long time, and there are many shortcomings in my work. Kou Zhun is doing his best in his work. This is the reason why I value him.Song Zhenzong expressed his speechless disappointment with Kou Zhun's attitude. He thought that he would be able to change his ways when he was older, but he did not expect that he would be better than before.Wang Dan is not a good person who has been doing his best to the end. Being a good person has to pay a price. He has been a good person, but what he got in return was Kou Zhun's revenge for virtue.Wang Dan listened to what the leader said was wrong, so he followed the emperor's wishes and said that Kou Zhun was self-willed, ministers shunned him, and no leader could stand the self-righteous administrative style.After hearing this, Song Zhenzong issued an order to dismiss Kou Zhun. When Kou Zhun got the news, he panicked and begged Wang Dan, can he give him the title of envoy?That is to say, a local governor who has the title of prime minister but no longer exercises the power of prime minister looks good.Wang Dan flatly refused, and Kou Zhun hated him to the bone.When the order came down from the organization, Kou Zhun let out a sigh of relief. As expected, he was an envoy, and he was sentenced to the Henan government and moved to Yongxing army with the title of Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhang.Kou Zhun cried when he saw the emperor, let me lead you to understand me!Or why so.Song Zhenzong said lightly that it was recommended by Wang Dan.Kou Zhun came out ashamed, and sighed that the Daoist King was not as strong as me in the same year! There is a very interesting pattern in Kou Zhun's typical ups and downs: he is domineering at the center and honest at the local level.After repeated blows in his official career, Kou Zhun should have realized something. After more than ten years of hard work, he returned to the court twice, and the results of each victory did not last long.We can't help but ask: Can Kou Zhun in his later years come back?The answer is still yes, he miraculously returned to the court again, but this time he will meet the strongest opponent - Ding Wei, this man strikes fiercely, and there is no chance for him to stand up again.