This disobedience to order actually embodies an important point: no matter what order, it has its untenable fragility, and the behavior of the final arbiter of order is not and cannot be controlled by order. Therefore, whether the order can be maintained depends largely on the will of the final arbitrator, not the tension of the order itself.
Of course, order also plays a role. When the arbitrator finally decides to appoint his cronies or capable talents, the promotion path of these people will be restricted by order. However, the power of this restriction is minimal, because the final arbitrator can choose the sentence at any time, make flexible changes, and undermine the stability of order.
This is a game between order and decider, and abnormality. In this multiplayer game, the arbiter of order is the most critical level, and the abnormal promoters are at a level where the arbiter and order jointly affect the development, while order, as a negative force, passively accepts the change of the arbitrator and negatively restricts the development path of the abnormal promoters.
If the referee decides to make an exception and promote a person, even if he has no actual talent or aristocratic background, he will quickly become popular. To put it in a more vivid way, even if you step on a football, he will have great horsepower to send him to the sky like a rocket, because the referee has the magic to turn a football into a rocket.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Gao Qiu, who quickly became an official by playing football, was a very obvious example.
Gao Qiu used to be a junior clerical officer under Su Shi. Su Shi was transferred from Hanlin to Dingzhou, where he received two bachelor's degrees. He wrote to his friend Ceng Bu to recommend Gao Qiu, but Ceng Bu refused, so Su Shi recommended Gao Qiu to his friend Wang Shen.
Wang Shen is Song Shenzong's brother-in-law and Song Huizong's uncle. Although he is a Xu, he is a person who attracts bees and butterflies, but he is a painter's calligraphy master. Before Hui Zong ascended the throne, he often learned from him and maintained a good relationship with him. In the last few years, Gao Qiu's life took a major turn because of an accident, that is, his acquaintance with Duan Wang. Wang Shen and Evonne met while waiting for the trial. Evonne forgot to bring a comb knife (a tool for combing hair, which is recorded in a Dream of Red Mansions, and is used to clean lice and dandruff on her hair), so she borrowed one from Wang Shen and repaired her sideburns. Evonne said to Wang Shen after using it: "The style of grate knife is very novel." Wang Shen replied, "I've made two recently, and one has never been used. I'll send someone to deliver it to you later. " In the evening, Wang Shen sent Gao Qiu to Duan Wangfu to send a perforated strainer knife. It happened that Evonne was kicking the carpet in the garden, and Gao Qiu stood by, looking a little disapproving. Maybe Evonne noticed the boy's expression and asked, "Can you play too?" Gao Qiu is also youthful and agreed. So they kicked each other, and the result was to Evonne's taste. Evonne was overjoyed and immediately sent a message to Wang Shen: "Thank you for the colander knife. I will accept it with the person who sent it." So, Gao Qiu finally became a trusted subordinate of Duan Wang Zhao Ji. Even more coincidentally, Zhezong died soon, and Evonne was chosen as the heir, became Dabao and became the emperor of DaSong. And Gao Qiu, the "veteran" who got on the last bus, was also lucky. He jumped into the officialdom of DaSong Dynasty from an idle report playmate.
After Evonne acceded to the throne, Gao Qiu, the new favorite "veteran", was especially favored and began a helicopter promotion. Huizong first sent Gao Qiu to the grassroots and entrusted him to General Liu Zhong Wu for "gilding", so there was no reason for promotion. During the reign of Huizong Chongning, the war in the west began again. Liu Zhong Wu command properly, win, make Zhao Huaide surrender. In the second year of Daguan (1 108), Tong Guan and Liu Zhong Wu won a great victory in the west. They successfully surrendered the servant brothers of Zangzheng, the king of Qiang, and recovered Jishi County. Hui Zong was very happy about this and personally met with the very kind Liu Zhong Wu. Due to Song Huizong's intentional promotion and coincidence, Gao Qiu got a rapid promotion. After seven years in politics, he served as the commander-in-chief in front of the temple and was promoted to Qiu.
Gao Qiu was in charge of the front desk, but he basically did nothing during his tenure. Although the division of Qian Dian in the late Northern Song Dynasty was not as prominent as that in the early period, it still occupied a high position. Gao Qiu was originally a small official, although he was also gilded in the northwest front, but he had no experience in military exploits, and only increased his promotion capital through his relationship. Obviously, he doesn't know anything about military affairs. Managing the army is nothing more than good training and strict management, but Gao Qiu did a poor job. For military training, Gao Qiu still showed his ability to climb Hui Zong, playing with ostentation and extravagance, just like a child's game.
Training is ostentatious, and Gao Qiu is even worse at running the army. During the Jingkang period, the political situation changed, and a minister wrote to expose Gao Qiu's serious damage to the military and political affairs. It may be a small problem for Gao Qiu to spoil the camp and build private houses. What is serious, however, is that he not only failed to pay his salary on time, but also regarded the Imperial Army as a private server, regardless of training, dedicated to his own self-interest. If you have money, you can not practice; Those who have no money can only find business to make money, but can't practice. So whether you have money or not. Nobody cares about military training.
Of course, such troops are naturally "undisciplined" and "undisciplined", and I am afraid that even ordinary "bandits" can't cope. In a word, there is no record of what Gao Qiu fought in front of the temple. Naturally, the troops he led, when the nomads from the army shouted, "The people don't know the soldiers, and none is available."
No matter what order is, it has its untenable fragility, and the behavior of the final arbiter of order is not and cannot be controlled by order. Therefore, whether the order can be maintained depends largely on the will of the final arbitrator, not the tension of the order itself.
Although Gao Qiu has no real skills, Hui Zong's love for him has never failed for more than 20 years, and he has been promoted constantly. At the peak of Gao Qiu's official career, there are also officials, such as proofreading Taibao, serving our national army, and Jane Duke. It can be seen that it is a great honor, and he is almost an extraordinary officer. As the saying goes: "One person gets the word, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven." Gao Qiu's father, brother and son also followed him for promotion. Gao Qiu's father, Gao Dunfu, became our time, and Gao Qiu's brothers, Gao Shen and Gao You, the former was a scholar, and the official went to Yankang Hall to learn the soil, and the latter also became the general of Sargingowei. Gao Yaoqing, the son of Gao Qiu, is the ambassador of Yueyang, the ambassador of Anguo and the observer of Guizhou. It's full of women In addition to promoting Gao Qiu, Hui Zong has been given all kinds of extra benefits. Hui Zong also personally gave the tablet of "Fengyun Celebration" in the imperial book to Gao Qiu to show his favor and recognition.
In addition, Hui Zong's banquet is naturally indispensable. According to Cai Jing, in March of the second year of Zhenghe, Hui Zong hosted a banquet for his younger brother and his minions in Taiqing Building in the back garden. Present at the banquet were Cai Jing, Cai You, Liu, Wu Juhou, Zheng Zhongzhong, Deng Xunwu, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu. They are "like a family without asking" and are extremely luxurious.
The emperor's excessive love, for Gao Qiu, also inevitably self-expansion. Every time Gao Qiu met the then Prime Minister Wang Fu on the road, he would not give way, but parted ways. Meeting is just to say hello and bow, regardless of the fact that Dian Shuai wants to greet the Prime Minister with gifts from his subordinates.
After Hui Zong's reign, Gao Qiu, an old dragon man, was smooth sailing, promoted to a higher position and made a fortune, and lived a life of "icing on the cake, boiling oil with fire".
Gao Qiu's family can be represented by the following tree diagram:
Ji likes playing football, and Golf likes playing football. He took the opportunity to please Evonne, Song Huizong and Evonne, and reused flowers and cotton from Gao Qiu instead of Gao Qiu in cooking oil. He can also be an ordinary junior official who doesn't like playing football and send a loophole to complete the task. You can be your emperor and I will be my attendant.