Zhao Bing sat quietly for a long time and finally got to know the whole story, but he didn't feel comfortable. Instead, he felt confused. He couldn't figure out whether he was like this in the hearts of important officials? They let them escape without hesitation. But they became discouraged.

I was a man twice in my previous life. Although I did not work in politics in my previous life, I had been in the workplace for many years, and had experienced the test of office politics. I knew the truth. It was not fatal, but it also made you physically and mentally exhausted. In this life, I became the emperor and experienced the sufferings, but he tried his best to avoid misunderstandings from the court officials, but things still happened.

"Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger" is compared to the danger in the court, and in fact it is true. The ministers around the emperor do not regard high positions and power, but are actually a high-risk profession. If you meet a strange emperor, it might be more terrifying than being around a tiger. You really have to put your head on your belt and not be worried, but you will still be in danger of your life at any time. Yang Yan, the prime minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, is a typical representative.

As we all know, the Emperor Gao of Northern Qi was known for his weirdness and perverts. By the way, the unlucky prime minister Yang Yan was a fat man, especially with a big belly. Gao Yang made fun of his big belly when he had something to do, and called it "Yang Dabai". It is a common thing to be beaten by the emperor on weekdays. He is a prime minister and sometimes he has to work as a part-time eunuch - to give the emperor toilet paper.

In addition, Gao Yang also likes to joke. Once, Gao Yang looked at Yang Yan's big belly and suddenly an idea came up. He asked Yang Yan: My dear, your belly is so big, what is it inside? Why don't we cut it open and see what do you think? Yang Yan was almost scared by Gao Yang's strange idea. Just when he didn't know what to do, fortunately someone rescued the situation and was not exposed to his stomach.

Another time, Gao Yang had a sudden idea and started playing a funeral game. He asked someone to prepare a coffin and asked Yang Yan to lie in the coffin himself, while he picked up a hammer and prepared to nail the coffin himself after Yang Yan lies in it. But when Yang Yan lies in the coffin, Gao Yang knocked the coffin with a hammer a few times, but finally stopped and did not nail the coffin to death. He helped Yang Yan out.

In fact, Gao Yang teased Yang Yan many times, which may be a joke, but even if it was a false alarm, thinking about Yang Yan lying in the coffin, listening to the sound of knocking outside, and watching the emperor gesture on his belly with a knife, the feeling was really not something that ordinary people could bear. So spontaneous sweating became a means of protection for officials of all dynasties and generations.

Spontaneous sweating, also known as self-filth, is a bit disgusting, throwing feces on one's face, stinking one's face, stinking one's reputation, and stinking one's own rationality, which means taking up a large amount of social money or land through illegal means, and using a lifestyle of sensuality and sex to corrupt one's reputation. The purpose is to make one's own unloved position in the hearts of the people and show that one has no ambitions.

In addition, he even tried every means to avoid the emperor's suspicion, but these high-ranking officials sometimes could not completely escape the emperor's suspicion. But this was not something that everyone could use. At this time, the patents of talented high-ranking officials, middle and lower-level officials, if they use this magic, would be very easy to have their bodies and heads. Zhao Bing was also helpless when he had this idea, because although things were not what he wanted, they were not something he could change, but a system issue.

Everyone knows that the essence of the emperor system is dictatorship. Dictatorship always weakens the trust between emperors and their officials, and dictatorship determines that dictators, their subordinate officials and relatives can only have limited trust, and are full of infinite suspicion. Therefore, emperors and their senior officials, including members of the imperial family and royal relatives, are mostly in suspicion and suspicion, and it is difficult for them to establish a lasting or minimum trust relationship.

In the relationship between emperors and ministers, emperors are generally in an active position, while ministers are mostly in a passive position. It is easy for the emperor to find your fault. Most of the ministers who are suspicious are outstanding in ability and proud in their own way, have obvious political teams, and are not united with the emperor. The ministers have two lives, one is his own life and the other is his political life. Once suspicious, the political life will face the end, and personal safety is difficult to be guaranteed.

Therefore, famous generals and powerful ministers are extremely talented, or have heavy troops in their hands, or have potential strength after dismissal; secondly, famous ministers are highly talented, knowledgeable, honest and honest, and deeply supported by all walks of life; secondly, the royal family, with a strong roots.

To be qualified to be a king, you must be prepared to deal with the various adverse consequences caused by emperor suspicion. Spontaneous sweating is an important response.

There are many ways to avoid disasters, so why do senior officials use spontaneous sweating more often to avoid disasters? Zhao Bing thought this was because spontaneous sweating was the most cost-effective. For example, retirement was not in line with people's mentality of becoming an official, and only a very small number of people could do it; asking for an official from other places to be allowed to leave the capital by obtaining permission from the emperor or other powerful ministers; sacrificing relatives means killing one or several of the relatives, which is difficult for ordinary people to do; foolish children do not allow their children to study more and become officials, which is unfavorable; armed resistance is too high.

In comparison, spontaneous sweating has the greatest advantages. On the one hand, it can continue to be an official; on the other hand, it can also avoid the disaster of emperor suspicion. Therefore, many important officials in the country, after success and fame, must learn the spontaneous sweating technique in the way of protecting themselves, and show an image of "no big ambition". As for how to do it, it depends on everyone's methods. Zhao Bing thought that anyone who survived would win a big prize internationally. If he couldn't win the prize, his family would be destroyed.

Xiao He of the Han Dynasty was called the biggest founding hero of the Han Dynasty by Liu Bang, but such a person was also suspicious of Liu Bang. Liu Bang was in expeditions, afraid that Xiao He would cause trouble in the country, so Xiao He could only send his family to follow Liu Bang to fight in person, so that Liu Bang would be relieved! Not only that, Xiao He also occupied other people's land as his own fertile land. Liu Bang was very happy, because this made Xiao He not have much ambition.

There was another minister in the Sui Dynasty named Liang Rui. Because he was both powerful and virtuous, the people were convinced and had a high reputation. Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian secretly ignored it. He was extremely smart and had long known this, so he resigned from his post and had a sick life at home, did not interact with the world, and "accepted bribes to be filthy." At this time, someone sued him to the central government. Seeing that he was so greedy for money, what big things could he do? He was so happy that he was too late to worry about whether he accepted bribes.

During the Song Dynasty, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin actually turned spontaneous sweat into a national policy, and used the method of "releasing military power with a cup of wine", to encourage his senior officers to put down their power. In his short life, he was happy and delighted, so that the monarch and ministers had no doubts. With the emperor's encouragement, senior officers such as Shi Shouxin boldly plundered wealth, and their voices were scattered, and from then on, the monarch and ministers were at peace.

General Di Qing failed to perform. After being demoted, the central government sent people to investigate for a few days, but he did not listen to his defense. In the end, he developed a terrible sore on his mouth and died of illness. The better outcome was that Han Shizhong handed over military power in his later years, and only four fingers were left, so he could not move. In his later years, he could only walk around the West Lake with a donkey, never talking about military affairs, and refused to meet his former subordinates. In the end, the army could only live alone in his lifetime. Fortunately, he did not die under the emperor's butcher knife like Yue Fei.

Zhao Bing thought that the same was true for Jiang Jin. The Jiang family had a family of three prime ministers. It can be said that they lived in the world of fame and fortune when they were born. Even if they had not experienced it personally, they knew a lot of allusions. Moreover, he also experienced the officialdom at the end of the Song Dynasty and saw many ups and downs. Before that, he was a minister in the palace, and in a blink of an eye he became a ghost under the sword.

Therefore, Zhao Bing believed that Jiang Jin would not be without feelings. Even though he had the idea of ​​loyalty to the country, he would try to protect himself. Especially after the recovery of Jiangnan, the situation in the court improved. He became the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor and served as the commander-in-chief of Huguang, and was awarded the title of Duke of Guo. He was also at the peak of his life. In addition, his cousin Jiang Jin was promoted to the chief magistrate and entered the prime minister. The Jiang family was in the court for a while.

Zhao Bing remembers that people often use the Western proverb in his previous life, "If you want to wear a crown, you must be respected" and encourage it, but there is another sentence: "If you want to be at peace, you must avoid the evil." This is the same thing. While you have a high position, you will inevitably be suspicious of the emperor and jealous of your colleagues. If you want to save your life and family glory, someone must retreat bravely.

Therefore, Zhao Bing felt that Jiang Jin had already developed the desire to retreat after the border was stabilized. But he also knew that in the environment where the dynasty "promotes literature and suppresses martial arts", he was more suspicious when he held heavy troops. His withdrawal from the court was more beneficial to his family than his cousin. The idea of ​​being from a famous family, influenced by Confucianism, and being more important than his life was probably already deeply rooted in the bones, so he naturally was unwilling to use the despicable method of embezzlement and bribery and widespread land.

In addition, Jiang Jin also had to take into account the emperor's face. If he did something to himself, he would be like slapping His Majesty in the face in disguise, and would also make the emperor have the reputation of suppressing heroes. After weighing the two sides, Zhao Bing estimated that he deliberately relaxed his control over his subordinates, indicating that he had no desire for separatism, while also looking for opportunities and excuses to withdraw from the court.

When he arrived in Xiangyang, Jiang Jin surrounded Xiangyang without attacking, delaying the decisive battle. He also went to the city to explore the camp, but suffered severe injuries and was injured. He determined that His Majesty would come here in person for war. In this way, he could use his long-term battle to fail and seriously injured to retire. The emperor could use the opportunity to attack Xiangyang to consolidate his position in the court and the opposition, and also retain the decentness between the monarch and the ministers.

After thinking through the matter, Zhao Bing felt very powerless. Thinking about the fact that these meritorious ministers personally smeared the reputation they gained from years of hard work in order to save their lives, they were really helpless. How should they feel in their hearts...
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