Half-Analects of Confucius Governing the World: How Zhao Pu, Prime Minister of Northern Song Dynasty, Ruled the Country (Ⅱ)

But all this has nothing to do with the Analects of Confucius, but is simply a rebellion and satire against the Analects. Confusion is what Confucius hates most. "The Analects of Confucius" begins: "He is also a filial brother, and few people are good at making mistakes; It is not easy to make mistakes, but people who are good at making trouble are not there. " We don't know whether Zhao Pu is filial, but Zhao Kuangyin can be called filial, but Zhao Pu dragged him into trouble. Is this how Zhao Pu studied and used The Analects? It is difficult to start a business, and it is even harder to keep it. It is not too difficult to start a business in the Song Dynasty, but how to keep this family business is a test for the founding monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty. Since Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty (907), there have been many regimes in Kyushu for more than 50 years, including five dynasties and ten countries. Who are the lords who claim to be kings and emperors, not the devil incarnations under the sword? They are ignorant, fearless, unruly, ambitious and have a strong desire for power. They don't care about the father-son inheritance system, they just want to fish in troubled waters and make a fortune for themselves. "Son of heaven, if the soldiers are stronger than Ma Zhuang, why not have balls?" An Chongrong, a traitor at the end of Jin Dynasty, expressed the general mentality of this group of grassroots kings. In the past 50 years, if you count this time in Zhao Kuangyin, it is the fifth time. Who knows if there will be a sixth time? This is Zhao Kuangyin's biggest concern. In the second year after Zhao Kuangyin proclaimed himself emperor, he had a conversation with Zhao Pu: One day, he called Zhao Pu and asked, "Since the Tang Dynasty, the emperor has changed eight names for decades, and has been playing all the time, causing people to destroy their land. What is the reason? " Want to stop the soldiers in the world and seek long-term benefits for the country. What can we do? "Pu said," Your Majesty's words are at this point, and heaven, earth, people and God are blessed. This is not his reason, Fang Zhen is too heavy, and the monarch is weak and the minister is strong. There is no other ingenious way to rule it today, but if we seize its power a little, control its money valley and accept its elite soldiers, the world will be safe. "Before he finished, he said," I have nothing to say. I have already said it. "At that time, Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi, etc. Everyone goes to their old friends, and every code is forbidden. Usually it's on the top, please post it to him, not on the top. When he took the bus, he said, "They won't rebel. What are you worried about? Pu said: "I'm not worried about rebellion either. But those who are familiar with several people are not experts, even they can't be subdued. If you can't subdue them, if there are evildoers in the army, they will not be free for the time being. "When I was enlightened, I told you to keep your promise and wait for a drink ... (The dragon made it into a mirror) So there was the story of" a glass of wine coming home ". Zhao Pu's suggestions, such as "slightly seizing his power, controlling his money valley and accepting his elite soldiers" and "please appoint him", can be handled in two different ways. Literally, it means Zhao Kuangyin's "disarming soldiers with a glass of wine". What about military? I don't know, maybe it's another "rabbit dead dog cooking" Zhu recorded it completely in Zhao Pu's credit book: "Zhao Hanwang (namely Zhao Pu) assisted Taizu District in the world, took over the rights of many buffer regions, and established national security for 200 years. Isn't it a work of benevolence? "But this is a mistake. Judging from the historical records and Zhao Pu's performance in dealing with Mei Ting, the king of Qin, this way of "relieving soldiers with a glass of wine" was not Zhao Pu's idea, but Zhao Kuangyin's arbitrary behavior. And from Zhao Pu's words, we seem to feel a hint of murder. For this matter, Wang Fuzhi has another understanding: "Being a hero in the act, being a favorite of the founding fathers, admiring the soldiers, and being elected on them can't convince their hearts ... The general public has an inherent tendency not to stand aside, but to think about loss every day, not safety. "Those who deeply understand the Lord's knowledge to make leaning a vassal can expect the world to be at peace with Zhao Zai? Just by suppressing Chen Wu, it is impossible to make great contributions to divide the main family. " "Those who oppose universal progress and seek Mao Zedong gain power from themselves by restraining Mao Zedong's old father." It turns out that this is just an old trick of the officialdom to seize power and compete for favor. Wang Fuzhi's conclusion is: "The unkind cannot trust the country". Wang Fuzhi's understanding of Zhao Pu is much deeper than Zhu's. The philosopher Hegel said: "The conversation between Confucius and his disciples (according to The Analects) is a kind of common sense and morality ... only some kind, worldly and moral lessons." Although Hegel's words reveal a very unpleasant arrogance of westerners, we have to admit that The Analects is a moral textbook, its basic content is some moral lessons, and its basic function is nothing more than a moral training. So, what is Zhao Pu's morality, which is regarded as "half-Analects of Confucius ruling the world"? A close reading of Zhao Pu's biography reveals that Zhao Pu is quite greedy for money. One night in the fourth year of Kaibao, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly came to Zhao Pu's house and found ten big bottles lined up on the porch. He asked what was in it. Zhao Pu said it was the seafood of King Qian Chu of wuyue. Zhao Kuangyin said, "It must be delicious." Open it and see where the seafood is. It's full of melon seeds. Embarrassed, Zhao Pu pleaded, "The letter they sent hasn't been opened yet. If I had known it was this, I would have told the holy family and returned it to them. " Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "take it, it doesn't matter. They think that you scholars have the final say in national affairs! " Zhao Kuangyin traveled incognito. He visited Zhao Pu's home many times, and sometimes invited his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi to go with him, so that Zhao Pu sometimes dared not put on his royal clothes after work. Every time Zhao Kuangyin comes, Mrs. Zhao Pu will treat her with roast mutton, which is her specialty. The Zhao Kuangyin brothers always call her sister-in-law, and there is no trace between the monarch and the minister. But Zhao Kuangyin's unexpected arrival at this time is a bit strange. Some things that happened before must have left Zhao Kuangyin with a bad impression on Zhao Pu. For example, when a man named Zhao Xie quarreled with Zhao Pu, he publicly exposed that he had violated the official regulations and sent someone to buy tall timber from Qin and Gansu and sell it in the capital. Zhao Kuangyin was very angry when he learned that he would be punished immediately. Due to the intercession of Prince wang pu, he was exempted from punishment. Since then, Zhao Kuangyin's antipathy to Zhao Pu has deepened. In the words of history books, it means "the emperor doesn't like it" and "there is doubt and there is general meaning". Soon, Lu Duoxun, a bachelor of Hanlin, reported that Zhao Pu had changed the vegetable fields of the Royal Garden into an open space to expand his housing land and build hotels, so as to benefit from the people. This was probably the last straw to crush Zhao Pu, and Zhao Kuangyin's trust in Zhao Pu was completely lost. In the sixth year of Kaibao (973), Zhao Pu's portrait was finally deposed, and he became our envoy in the three cities of Heyang.