The Twelve Techniques of Climbing the Dragon, the supreme power strategy of the Yongzheng Dynasty
In ancient Chinese official circles, there was a popular "Twelve Techniques of Climbing the Dragon", which refers to those who rose to great heights, became famous and established a family. technique. Specifically, they are: creating disasters and taking advantage of the situation, flooding golden mountains with water, surging waves on the shore, charming the city with a smile, bending a bow on a dangerous cliff, Farewell My Concubine, getting drunk even after drinking rough grass, worshiping Buddha across the mountain, tears streaming down the river, fishing and killing families, and crowding in the rocks. There are twelve styles such as oil, carved bow and Sirius. Each of these names represents a kind of "skill", or "strategy". It is said that if you master these methods well, you can operate freely in the officialdom and have a prosperous official career.
"Yongzheng Dynasty" displays the power of power through the struggle between the emperor and his ministers, the officialdom, and the battle for the heir. The plot is intense and intense, and it is full of suspense. It can be called a "power textbook". In my previous article, I wrote about how Wu Sidao used the "Twelve Techniques of Climbing the Dragon" to help Yongzheng ascend to the throne. In this article, let's take a look at other wonderful clips of using the "Twelve Techniques of Climbing the Dragon" in "Yongzheng Dynasty".
1. The water overflows the golden mountain and puts the blame on others.
The technique of flooding the golden mountain with water refers to deliberately creating trouble so that the boss or opponent can take the blame so that he can replace him.
In the forty-seventh year of Kangxi's reign, Ling Pu, the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, carried with him the prince's troop dispatching instructions and two thousand iron cavalry, and broke into Kangxi's palace. Fortunately, he was caught in time by the bodyguard Zhang Wuge. Only by discovery did a terrible mutiny catastrophe be avoided. Later investigation revealed that the handwriting for mobilizing troops was not written by Prince Yinreng himself. Instead, someone wanted to frame the prince and imitated the prince's handwriting, so that Ling Pu mobilized troops to surround the palace, creating the illusion that the prince was forcing the palace. Emperor Kangxi was furious and ordered to find out who forged the handwriting. Everyone carefully identified the handwriting on the "manuscript" and felt that it seemed very similar to the prince's handwriting. However, from the small Zhongwang script that deliberately imitated the prince's handwriting, it looked very much like the handwriting of the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang. In anger, Kangxi deposed the prince and imprisoned his thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang. In fact, the person who really created this fake "Prince's Handbook" was the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen. He wanted to bring down the prince, but was afraid of being burned himself, so he imitated Yinxiang's handwriting and concocted this "Troop Manuscript", which not only brought down the prince, but also put the blame on the thirteenth brother, killing two birds with one stone and being extremely vicious.
2. Bend your bow over dangerous cliffs and save the country through curves.
The original meaning of "Dangerous Cliff Bengong" is that in the autumn, I took a boat to Cangjiang River to play. When I reached this dangerous cliff, the boat could not sail, so it stopped there. The people on the boat could only climb over the cliff with the help of kudzu vines and grasses on the cliff. It is a metaphor for using people around your boss or opponent to achieve your goals.
In order to get hold of Fourth Master Yinzhen, Eighth Prince Yinzhen and his party tried every possible means to find out the secrets of Fourth Master's house. However, the fourth master's house has an iron door bolt, which cannot be inserted with a needle or splashed with water, so it is difficult for them to succeed. Later, they found an opportunity to win over Kan'er, the book boy next to Yinzhen. They gave him a house outside the house and found a woman. They used all kinds of coercion and inducement, and finally succeeded in dragging Kan'er down. Fortunately, several other servants in Fourth Master's house discovered it in time and reported it, so their plot could not succeed. However, afterwards, Fourth Master cruelly forced Kaner to commit suicide by taking poison.
3. Take advantage of the situation and create trouble.
Creating calamity and taking advantage of the situation is similar to flooding the golden mountain. It also refers to deliberately causing trouble for the boss or opponent in order to take advantage of the situation and replace it.
When Yongzheng took the throne, he kept in mind the dying instructions of the late Emperor Kangxi and treated his brothers well. In order to stabilize people's hearts, he reused the eighth prince Yinsu (after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he changed his name to Yunsu to avoid taboos). , the Jin Dynasty named him Prince Heshuolian, and ordered him to handle the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and the Minister of the vassal academy. However, Yunsu was dissatisfied with Yongzheng's succession. On the surface, he was submissive, but secretly he looked for opportunities to cause trouble for Yongzheng. He instigated Hongshi, the third son of Yongzheng, to compete with Hongli for the reserve position, hoping to create chaos. Hongshi was involved in a fraud case in the examination room and was taken advantage of by Yunshu. He was deeply afraid and obeyed his words. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he twice sent Hongli to perform sacrifices on his father's behalf, and his intention to tacitly appoint Hongli as the prince was very obvious. Seeing that there was no hope for the throne, Hongshi took the risk and resolutely joined the Yunhu group of Yongzheng's political enemies, and also attempted to assassinate Hongli. After the conspiracy failed, Hongshi was expelled from the Forbidden City by Emperor Yongzheng and ordered to become Yunhu's son, declaring that the relationship between father and son was severed.
4. Waves pile up on the shore, causing constant trouble.
To pile up the waves means to create one wave of trouble for the boss or opponent, making them overwhelmed. When the boss's boss sees him doing this, he will definitely punish him or transfer him. In this way, There is a chance to replace it.
After Yongzheng came to the throne, although Yunsi was reused and held an important position in the court, he was not willing to fail in his attempt to seize the throne. He used his selfish motives to stir up troubles, shake the will of officials, and obstruct Yongzheng. policy policies, constantly causing trouble. It is mentioned above that he instigated Hongshi and Hongli to compete for the throne, and also instigated the four iron-hat kings of the Eight Banners outside the customs to come to Beijing, hoping to use the so-called "Eight Kings' Discussion" to attack the New Deal, eclipse Yongzheng, and then overthrow the Yongzheng dynasty. Fortunately, at the court meeting, Zhang Tingyu clearly stated the origin of the so-called "Eight Kings' Discussion of Government" from a historical perspective, and fundamentally denied the theoretical basis of the "Eight Kings' Discussion of Government". This gave the tense one-sided court a chance to reverse the situation and win public support for Yong Zheng. In addition, the Thirteenth Master Yunxiang later worked to cure his illness and regained military power, which fundamentally destroyed the political conspiracy directed by Yunhu.
5. Squeeze oil from the stone and exhaust your energy.
Squeezing oil from the stone means thinking for the boss's sake and thinking more thoughtfully than the boss himself.
In the later years of Kangxi's life, the treasury was in deficit. Kangxi intended to send people to collect the money owed, but no one was willing to do this offending task. At this time, his fourth son Yinzhen stood up bravely and expressed his determination: "I will be a lonely minister at worst"! Kangxi's "sacred heart was greatly comforted". The so-called "being a lonely minister" is the opposite of "making friends". In ancient times, there were two correct ways for ministers to please the king. One was to be a loyal minister, and the other was to be an able minister. The highest state of this "lone minister" was to be both loyal and capable. Yinzhen did not care about personal gains and losses, he only thought about the court and served the emperor, and won the Holy Heart.
Ren Bo'an, a junior official in the Ministry of Cao, took advantage of the opportunity of serving in the Ministry of Personnel to copy down the major and minor faults of officials at all levels, which is called "Hundred Officials Xingshu". Then he used this as a threat and scolded the officials of the six ministries, big and small, like slaves, making everyone in the officials feel in danger and panic. After Yunsu and others obtained this "Acts of Hundred Officials", they felt as if they had obtained a treasure, and wanted to use it as a secret weapon to control all officials in the court. Yinzhen and Yinxiang designed the "Hundred Officials" and then burned it in front of the princes and ministers without anyone looking at it. When Kangxi found out, he became very angry and asked Yinzhen why he decided to burn it. Yinzhen said: "In order to stabilize the minds of the ministers. I thought about it left and right, and pushed my pillow in the middle of the night. This matter must be done safely, without hurting the royal dignity and without disrupting the court situation. The only way is to find out the culprits to deter the traitors and burn them." "Juan Mie" is used to stabilize the hearts of the people above and below. In this way, the panic of the people will be calmed down, the atmosphere of party disputes will not exist, the emperor and his ministers will be at peace, and the junior people will have no chance to take advantage of it. What he said was measured and reasonable, implicit yet unmistakable, showing his sincerity for the country and the people. Kangxi also nodded in acquiescence and couldn't help but give him a high look.
6. The carved bow of Sirius, the spirit of a king.
The eagle bow to Sirius can be understood as using the eagle's bow and arrow to shoot the distant Sirius, which means to have ambition and the domineering power to show off your grand plans.
When Yinzhen was young, he knew how to hide his power and bide his time. He respected Buddhism and Taoism, called himself "the best idler in the world", and flaunted that he had no ambitions for the throne. And secretly make friends with talents, train disciples, and have the ambition to compete in the world. He has a famous saying: If you fight, you won’t fight; if you don’t fight, you will fight. He concealed his ambition to fight with his non-fighting behavior. In the battle for the throne, he carefully concealed his ambitions, figured out the holy will, silently went about his errands, was filial to his father, and kind to his brothers. And once the time comes, he will do his best to strategize and will not give up until he achieves his goal. At the critical moment of Emperor Kangxi's death, he, Wu Sidao, and Thirteenth Master Yinxiang made careful arrangements and successfully seized the military power of Fengtai Camp and Xishan Ruijian Camp, stabilizing the situation; facing the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Masters When questioned, he shouted categorically: "Whoever dares to step out of the palace gate will be locked up immediately!" At the critical moment, he took action when it was time to take action. He was no longer an idler, but a tough-minded king, reaching the pinnacle of supreme power in one fell swoop!