In terms of culture, he took the lead in appointing a large number of Han officials, reforming the southern study room and building water conservancy projects, all of which benefited future generations. In martial arts, Kangxi captured Ao Bai, pacified the San Francisco rebellion, defeated Russia, recovered Taiwan Province Province, and established the territory of China.
Therefore, Kangxi is a well-deserved monarch throughout the ages.
Even though Kangxi was so outstanding, he was accused of committing a crime by a small bodyguard in his life. Who is this bodyguard, and why did Kangxi order himself because of his crimes?
Hunting, praying for the world.
The establishment of the Qing Dynasty was the second political power in China with ethnic minorities as the main body. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui released the Qing army into the customs, which eventually led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty. From then on, Manchu established the Qing Dynasty and became the last feudal dynasty in China.
Therefore, in the history of China, only two ethnic minorities have established political power (Yuanhe Qing), and both of them have a great feature, that is, they make a living by nomadism.
Nomads and Han people have completely different lifestyles. They were born on horseback and lived by hunting and nomadism. Therefore, the Qing government is a typical example of "winning the world on horseback".
With the establishment of the Qing government and the emperor dominating the world, hunting activities were not needed, but in order not to forget the roots, hunting activities were often held in the Qing Dynasty.
From 65438 to 0698, the Qing Dynasty suffered a drought that never happened in a hundred years. For the people, farming means relying on the sky to eat. After the drought, the people have no basic food rations and can only rely on government relief.
For the government, disasters from heaven are definitely a big problem for the rulers. In order to move heaven, Kangxi held a hunting activity, praying for ancestors to send auspicious signs and help the people.
Of course, these superstitious activities are not desirable for us now, but for the ruling environment at that time, the emperor can only consolidate people's hearts in this way.
According to the secret archives of the Qing Palace, in the autumn of the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi, Kangxi led a group of princes and ministers to hunt in Mobei Hunting Ground.
Hunting is to pray for the people, so Kangxi worked hard and hunted day and night, and Kangxi was very tired. After all, Kangxi is now nearly half a century old, and the era of high spirits on horseback has long passed, so he can only stop and have a rest.
Kangxi looked at the endless grassland and thought about his expedition to Mobei. It seems that he feels that time is running out and he is somewhat disappointed. At this time, the eunuch around Kangxi saw Kangxi's fatigue and quickly took out the chessboard, thinking about letting Kangxi play chess to relieve boredom.
I have to say that in ancient times, the people who knew the emperor best were eunuchs. After this operation, Kangxi really recovered from his grief and was very good at chess, so he wanted to find someone to play two games of chess. At this time, the courtiers were both happy and afraid when they saw the emperor's chess coming up. After all, being with a gentleman is like being with a tiger, and you can have a deep knowledge of chess.
As the ruler, the emperor is naturally a condescending gesture, while the courtiers, as subordinates, should be the "sons" of the emperor in the ancient hierarchical concept. Then after the grade gap, the two sides play chess together, and the courtiers must play the spirit of 120.
There is a simple reason. If you win this chess game, you will hit the emperor in the face. If the water released is too obvious, the emperor's face will hang.
Therefore, this is a test for the courtiers, who can neither lose too clearly nor win the emperor.
In this small chessboard, the game is not just a game of chess, but more importantly, the truth of being a man. Get rich and prosper, just copy a door.
The ministers present knew this truth well, and when they saw the emperor playing chess, they also had a career in their hearts. Finally, the emperor chose Li Guangdi to play chess with him. In this chess game, the game between the two sides is quite wonderful.
The chess game is very exciting.
During the Kangxi period, because of absorbing a lot of Chinese culture, Go was no longer the only pastime, and chess gradually moved towards the royal vision. Playing chess is much easier than playing Go, but it is also difficult to play chess well with the emperor. After all, the rules are simple, and it is even more difficult to release water technically.
As one of the closest ministers around Kangxi, Li Guangdi naturally understood the truth. Before the start of the game, Kangxi to longly say to Li Guangdi:
"It doesn't matter whether you win or lose this game, but he must never let go."
The emperor said this sentence though sparse and common, but Li Guangdi is not stupid, the emperor as the ninth five-year plan supreme, let him lose that is not a refutation of the emperor's face.
Even if Li Guangdi knew he was the emperor's confidant, he would never dare to cross it. After the start of the chess game, Li Guangdi quickly showed signs, and Kangxi pursued the game and immediately killed Li Guangdi unscathed.
As we mentioned just now, the rules of chess are very simple, and it is too difficult to release water technically. Kangxi soon discovered that Li Guangdi was releasing water, and his expression was very unhappy.
Kangxi also knew that Li Guangdi had his own difficulties. He dare not hit himself, but playing chess like this is too boring.
So, Li Guangdi was kicked out by Kangxi, and Kangxi found many ministers to play chess with him. Without exception, these people, like Li Guangdi, sold many flaws in the chess game, and Kangxi won easily.
Although Kangxi knew that courtiers had concerns, he didn't expect these people to release water so badly. I'm just addicted to chess, and I have no feeling about it, so I'm ruined by these people.
However, Kangxi was not easy to attack, and he understood the difficulties of the courtiers, so he asked Nalan Mingzhu to play chess.
It makes sense that Na Lanmingzhu can become an important courtier around Kangxi. He knew that the courtiers put too much water in the previous game of chess, so he must not put too much water if he wants the emperor to be happy.
After the game started, Nalan Mingzhu's chess skills were obviously better than Kangxi's, and he showed a strong sense of oppression in the early stage, which once forced Kangxi to defend.
Na Lanmingzhu certainly won't let the game end. After all, he showed his strength to let Kangxi know that his chess skills are very strong, and he didn't let go. Subsequently, although Na Lanmingzhu was menacing, she always sold flaws behind her back.
Kangxi was very anxious to watch the chess game, and he also thought that Nalan Mingzhu did not release water, but played very seriously.
The hole was finally blocked because Nalan Mingzhu kept selling flaws. Although Kangxi was suppressed in the early stage, he finally turned defeat into victory.
This chess game was very wonderful, and Kangxi was very happy and immediately praised Nalan Mingzhu.
Although Na Lanmingzhu lost the chess game, she won her life.
Therefore, it is most important for you to play chess with the emperor and please him. Obviously, Li Guangdi and others only saw the previous layer, but didn't see the latter layer. They put the water too heavy, which made the game meaningless in the end.
But Li Guangdi and others are still smart people. At least, they lost the game. Even if they aroused the emperor's dissatisfaction, they would not be killed for themselves. However, there was such a bodyguard who lost his life because he didn't understand this truth.
Playing chess in the mountains is fatal.
The game between Nalan Mingzhu and Kangxi increased Kangxi's confidence. At that time, Na Lanmingzhu's chess skills were the best among the ministers present. Kangxi was able to beat him, and naturally felt that he was a profound chess player. In the mood, Kangxi ordered:
"Whoever can beat him in the chess match will be promoted to the third level."
Although the temptation to be promoted to the third level is great, smart ministers know what this is all about. A few days after the order was given, no one dared to accept the challenge. One day, Kangxi was really bored and went for a walk in the nearby mountains. When he reached the top of the mountain, he found a chessboard carved by stone, which was very beautiful. Kangxi came.
But this time I didn't bring Nalan Mingzhu, so Kangxi challenged the guards and princes around me. Among them, a father-in-law around Kangxi quickly said that a little bodyguard around Kangxi came out and said that he could play chess, so he pushed Renfu out to play with Kangxi.
In fact, Renfu is not only a chess player, but also a chess idiot. The reason why he never accepted the orders before Kangxi was mainly because although he was a bodyguard, he rarely had direct contact with Kangxi. This time, Renfu finally seized the opportunity.
This little bodyguard has a low education and doesn't know how to be an official, so he is very serious about this chess game.
Originally Kangxi's chess skill was not very high. The reason why I was able to win the Nalan Pearl before was because the Pearl was completely released. Now, Renfu's chess skills are particularly sharp, even killing Kangxi.
Kangxi's face suddenly darkened. He put all his attention on the chessboard and tried his best to win Renfu. However, Renfu did not give Kangxi a chance.
When Kangxi was about to be defeated, people around him quickly winked at Renfu and told him not to be so desperate, so that we all felt distressed when the emperor lost.
However, Renfu was immersed in the chess game and didn't see the ministers below winking.
With a wave of his hand, Renfu ate all the horses and chariots of Kangxi and watched Kangxi lose. Father-in-law around hurriedly shouted in a surprised tone:
"Your Majesty, look, there is a tiger here!"
When this was said, Kangxi immediately raised eyebrows.
You know, although there are countless prey in hunting grounds, there are very few tigers, not to mention the great prestige of the emperor in killing tigers. So, Kangxi put down the chess game and said to Renfu:
"You wait for me here and continue to play chess with you when I come back from playing tiger."
Later, Kangxi took a large group of people to find the tiger.
In fact, there is no tiger, but my father-in-law is talking nonsense for Kangxi's face. Finally Kangxi caught a sika deer. After catching the deer, Kangxi was exhausted and hurried back to camp, forgetting that Renfu was still waiting for him to play chess.
Later, because Kangxi was busy with government affairs at ordinary times, he had been dealing with government affairs in the palace and completely forgot about Renfu. 15 days later, Kangxi went out hunting after dealing with government affairs, passing by the mountain he walked, and suddenly found that Renfu seemed to be waiting for him.
So Kangxi hurried to the top of the mountain and saw only one body.
Renfu waited for Kangxi 15 days because he obeyed Kangxi's will, and finally starved to death in the mountains.
Seeing this scene, Kangxi blamed himself very much. After all:
"How can you be king if you don't keep your word?"
Because of Kangxi's own negligence, he took a life alive.
So Kangxi ordered Renfu to be buried deeply, and then wrote a poem "Offending Yourself":
"Detained Panasonic pestle, return by tiger life has failed. I don't know the king's promise rashly, and I regret stepping on a horse. " Tell yourself to keep your promise.
Kangxi was able to write this poem, and it can already be seen that Kangxi was very sorry for the accident. But behind this accident, there is a way to be an official.
It contains profound meaning and is the way to be an official.
Actually, this matter has nothing to do with Kangxi. It was purely Renfu's own death. Why do you say that? According to the unwritten rules of the imperial court, generally speaking, there will always be omissions in the emperor's handling of the world's maintenance. Eunuch, as the closest person to the emperor, will remind the emperor what to do today to some extent, and its function is just like that of the current minister.
Therefore, the eunuch will keep everything in mind, but this time, the eunuch did not mention anything about Renfu to the emperor. It's been 15 days. If Kangxi hadn't suddenly discovered it, he might have been rotted in his stomach by these people.
Why didn't they report it? Because people's happiness is too axial. Can you try your best to play chess with the emperor? Although there are no important officials present at this chess game, they are all close friends of the emperor, but if you win the emperor, will the emperor still have face?
Once the emperor was furious, it might not be that he died alone, but that everyone was buried in that place with him.
Therefore, people are too ambitious, just want to win, without considering the interests of others. Or Ren Du Ermai is not a wise man, like Na Lan Mingzhu. His chess skill is definitely higher than Ren Du Ermai's, but his performance makes the emperor very comfortable.
If the eunuchs around Kangxi told the emperor about it, the chess game at that time would be extremely unfavorable to Kangxi. If Kangxi walks over to finish the game, it is watching Kangxi lose. So everyone tacitly forgot about it, and it was worthwhile to sacrifice Renfu for the sake of the emperor's face.
So Kangxi didn't know about it?
Actually, it's not. After all, Kangxi left the chess game at that time because the eunuchs around him found the tiger.
For Kangxi, maybe he didn't hit the tiger at first, and he felt that his luck was very bad. The eunuchs found that the tiger had killed itself, but they didn't hit it.
However, after Renfu's body was discovered, Kangxi should actually respond. There may not be a tiger at that time, only a sika deer.
Although the eunuch committed the crime of deceiving the monarch and called the deer a tiger, he still saved his face.
When Kangxi wanted to understand this matter, he did not do a duty to the eunuch. After all, royal dignity is the greatest. At this time, Renfu had starved to death on the mountain, and Kangxi buried Renfu under the slope. This matter can come to an end, which not only reflects the affection and righteousness of the royal family, but also retains the dignity of the emperor.
It can be seen that Renfu's death was not accidental. From the moment he chose to play with Kangxi, it was doomed that his ending would not be good. Because from that moment on, he put everyone's interests behind him and will not be cared for and taken care of by others.
If he dies, this chess game will no longer exist. This official way of being good to me and everyone will completely kill Renfu. It's a pity that Renfu didn't understand these winding officialdom truths until he died.
Compared with Renfu, Xiao Shenyang in Qianlong period was an out-and-out wise man.
Gan Long claims to be the smartest person in the world. Although Xiao Shenyang has read a lot of classic works, he never shows off his literary talent in front of Gan Long. Perhaps this is the main reason why small Shenyang can be favored.
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People's happiness tells us a truth. Whether an official or a person, there must be a degree, because there are not only winners and losers on the chessboard, but more importantly, the world outside the chess game. As long as you win the world, you can be like a duck to water in officialdom and workplace.