There is a legend in the world that is as its name suggests.
Kangxi dynasty Kaoshiqi , that's it. His surname and name are combined together, flamboyant and high-profile, which is not suppressed by ordinary people and cannot match them, but he is different. Throughout his life, he gives people such a strong sense of feeling - this is a master, and corruption can really turn into magic in him. You can question his character, but you have to obey his mind and Taoism.
Gao Shiqi was originally a poor scholar in Qiantang, Zhejiang. He has a high self-awareness, good reading, and profound background, but he just has no chance of being a scholar in the imperial examination. In the third year of Kangxi, in order to seek the way to study and enter the officialdom, the 19-year-old Gao Shiqi followed his father Gao Gusheng to study in the capital.
The prosperous world of the capital opened Gao Shiqi's eyes, but the subsequent young man lost his father, which made him taste the sorrow of the world too early.
In order to survive in the capital, after burying his father, Gao Shiqi came to Baoguo Temple to set up a stall to sell words.
The market contains human feelings and worldly styles, observing words and expressions, and all kinds of knowledge. Gao Shiqi has a very good mentality. He did not lose himself because of the wandering of scholars on the streets. On the contrary, he worked among the three religions every day, and understood the versatility that could not be taught in the classics, and actually felt a great benefit.
The market opportunity is a very mysterious thing.
Gao Shiqi's life suddenly showed a shortcut in Zhongnan, which was the lingering smoke from Baoguo Temple. In "Essays on the Western Expedition of Gao Shiqi", a literati of Gao Shiqi recorded in detail this legendary story of the Kangxi Dynasty -
Gao Shiqi was in the capital and sold his words in front of Baoguo Temple, and met Zu Zeshen. Zu Zeshen was a corrupt official who had a bad reputation in the Kangxi Dynasty. He was cunning and violent, but he was very good at observing things. After meeting Gao Shiqi, Zu Zeshen was surprised and expected that he would be rich and noble, and even if he did not have the position of prime minister in the future, he would have the power of prime minister.
Thinking of the strange goods being lived in, Zu Zeshen took Gao Shiqi away and adopted him at home.
Later, Zu Zeshen was sent to the local government as an official. At this time, a slave from Baohe Palace Soetu wanted to find a scholar who could write and calculate to come to the mansion to cook. Zu Zeshen thought this was an opportunity to show good news, so he recommended Gao Shiqi to Suxiang's slave as a gift to the slave of Suxiang.
At first, Soetu didn't know that there was such a person named "Gao" in the mansion, but Gao Shiqi was very good at creating opportunities.
The slave he came to find, who had the bad habit of bullying others with his power and accepting bribes. Over time, Soetu noticed it and wanted to deal with him.
One day, the slave asked Gao Shiqi how to deal with it?
Gao Shiqi said that if a person who never admits his mistakes takes the initiative to admit his mistakes, most of the resentment of the master's family will be eliminated. Under one roof, it is better to take the blame than to avoid it.
The slave understood and did what he did, and he was indeed generous with Soetu.
Afterwards, Soetu felt strange. Why did the slave who was usually hard-working suddenly become more informative and called him to ask, and it turned out that there was a master's advice.
In this way, Gao Shiqi took the slaves of the Suo Prime Minister's Mansion as a ladder and saw the powerful Soetu. Soetu talked to Gao Shiqi and found that he was not only good at dealing with the world, but also knew how to write, so he accepted him into writing.
After that, in order to place eyeliner around Kangxi, Soetu soon recommended Gao Shiqi to the palace, because this person has excellent calligraphy and articles and can be read by the emperor. What's strange is that when the young Kangxi first read Gao Shiqi's 日本 3 article, he praised him very much. After meeting and talking, he felt that he met too late.
In the official history, the section of Soetu was hidden, but Gao Shiqi's good luck is still legendary. According to historical books, since he came to the capital in the third year of Kangxi, Gao Shiqi wasted five years and finally entered the Imperial College in the eighth year of Kangxi. After dropping out of the Imperial College, Gao Shiqi came up with a bookkeeping job. Soon, the palace was renovated. Gao Shiqi was lucky to be noticed by the young emperor Kangxi who was passing here because of the inscription of a plaque that said "The Emperor is a Reward of Heroes".No matter which statement is true, one thing is consistent and magical. That is, when Kangxi saw Gao Shiqi who had no fame, he admired him very much and regarded him from the bottom of his heart.
"Draft of the Qing Dynasty: The Legend of Gao Shi" records Kangxi's praise: "After learning, one can understand the knowledge of the strange scholars. When he first saw the strange scholars, he learned the poems and essays of ancient people, he knew his era at a glance. He thought it was different. He was not long before, and I could do it. The strange scholars had no achievements in fighting, but I treated him well, and he was very good at helping me with his knowledge."
Gao Shi was nine years old. When the king and his ministers first met, Kangxi was only about fifteen or sixteen years old. As the first young emperor to enter the Central Plains of the Qing Dynasty , Kangxi, facing the profound Han culture, was actually still in a state of ignorance. At this time, what he needed most was the guidance of clearing the clouds and seeing the sun.
Gao Shiqi's luck, that is, luck is here. He met the person he needed most at the most appropriate time, and acted as a guide to Kangxi's culture with once-in-a-lifetime.
Of course, Gao Shiqi's "skills" of talented people and the imperial family should not be underestimated. He knew what Kangxi needed and knew better how to impress Kangxi.
Because of this, in the following years, Kangxi made various preparations for Gao Shiqi. He was first given the qualification for the examination, promoted him to the first place, and ordered him to be worshipped by the Hanlin Academy, and then issued an imperial edict, "In the future, all lecture notes for my lectures at the lecture will be copied by Gao Shiqi."
The 14th year of Kangxi was of iconic significance to Gao Shiqi. This year, Kangxi granted him the official position of the Zhanshi Mansion record. The Zhan Shi Mansion manages housework for the prince, but Gao Shiqi did not follow the prince Yinreng, but was always at Kangxi's side. This is a clear signal, which means that Kangxi is further building a ladder and will inevitably further reuse Gao Shiqi.
Sure enough, two years later, Gao Shiqi set a precedent for low-level Confucian ministers to enter the inner court. He was introduced to the Nanshu by Kangxi with a very high attitude. At that time, Kangxi issued an order to Le Dehong and Mingzhu, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, saying that he liked reading and writing, but the nearby servants around him did not read, so that no one could answer the words. He wanted to choose two knowledgeable and good-looking people in the Hanlin Academy to always accompany him and exchange knowledge.
Kangxi also said that the court will give special preferential treatment to the scholars who are studying with Confucians, and will be allocated to a special residence in the capital by . The Ministry of Internal Affairs . It is guaranteed that as long as you do well, you will be reused in a few years.
Ledehong, the wise master asked tentatively, can the emperor have a suitable candidate?
The special art of Kangxi's answer. He had stated in advance that he wanted to choose two people, but at this time he only ordered Gao Shiqi, and the remaining one was left for the two subordinates to choose from in the Hanlin Academy.
Ledehong and Kangxi made an exception and decided to only receive a sixth rank salary, but actually only had the status of a supervisor, Gao Shiqi also knew how to cooperate. They spent a month selecting an ideal candidate with the qualifications of a virtuous minister from the Hanlin Academy. This person is Zhang Ying . He once created the Liuchi Lane story in his hometown. Later, the father of Zhang Tingyu, the " Qing chief assistant" of Zhang Tingyu.
At that time, because of this special touch, the closer the people in the court were to the inner court and the closer they were to Kangxi, the more they could see that Gao Shiqi had actually become a confidential favorite around Kangxi. Although his rank was low, his actual power was limitless.
Kangxi was almost talented in playing with the imperial skills. Since he officially introduced Gao Shiqi and Zhang Ying to the Nanshu Room, he has shown unfathomable imperial scheming. On the day the two officially joined the company, Kangxi issued a serious warning: "You should be cautious and diligent, and you must use it first and do not interfere with foreign affairs."
Gao Shiqi and Zhang Ying treated this warning with a huge difference in attitude.
Zhang Ying was a cautious and capable person. He abides by Kangxi's warnings, so naturally he was not a problem. Kangxi treated him with great importance and soon appointed him as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. A few years later, he was asked to replace the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy who was missing from Li Guangdi's resignation.
But Gao Shiqi's side was strange. He seemed to ignore Kangxi's warnings, and Kangxi didn't seem to care about it. He kept him in South Study Room and always favored him.
is different, what does this mean?
Kangxi, who was in his twenties, not only had the ability to look at people, but also had a deep sense of control and a very high pattern of employing people. His warning, on the surface, was actually a promise to Zhang Ying.
Second, Gao Shiqi is extremely intelligent. He understood Kangxi's thoughts early on, and what's even more amazing is that he dared to reveal his true colors according to this. To put it bluntly, Kangxi never expected him to be a wise and famous minister, but he himself took the opportunity to speculate and pursue fame and fortune.
In this way, we need to talk about what kind of person Gao Shiqi is in essence.
He is indeed talented, with excellent poetry, calligraphy and painting, but he does not have the ideal of cultivating oneself, managing the family, governing the country, and pacifying the world. Since he entered the inner court and entered Kangxi, he practiced the art of flattery and the path of a slander.
Kangxi is so smart, so smart is here.
Although he appreciated Gao Shiqi's talent, he was not blinded, but had already seen through his essence and regarded him as a treacherous pawn.
Understand this, this wonderful history of the Kangxi Dynasty will be easier to continue -
Throughout the dynasties, the hero always used one or two treacherous ministers. First, the hero's arrogant mentality needs to be flattered; second, the hero's hero's imperial power is safeguarded, engaging in political killing, and the treacherous ministers act as pawns, which is the most tacit understanding.
Historical books record that Gao Shiqi began to secretly accept bribes since he entered the Nanshu Room, and the first use of the money he received was to peek at Kangxi's daily life. Zhao Yi said in " Eaves Miscellaneous Notes " that every day when Gao Shiqi enters the court, he has to bring a bag full of golden beans. Whenever Kangxi's close eunuch reported something, he would reward a golden bean. Over time, he knew what books Kangxi read, what words he said, what people he scolded, what things he did, and even which concubine he slept on one day, and then he knew it very well, naturally flattered and devoted himself to his preferences.
Zongxian Zhaolian said in "Xiaoting Miscellaneous Records" that once, Kangxi rode a horse and shot it, and was very unhappy. Seeing this, Gao Shiqi quickly dredged his clothes with mud, and then stood next to Kangxi without hesitation.
Kangxi asked, why did he get covered in mud?
Gao Shiqi quickly knelt down and said that he had just fallen into the deep pool and had not had time to clean his clothes.
Kangxi heard this and laughed and said, "You are from the southerners, so you are cowardly. When my horse was repeatedly depressed, I didn't fall off my horse."
Another time, Kangxi came to Jinshan for the southern tour, and he was ready to show off his elegance on a whim. But he picked up the pen and dipped it in thick ink, but he didn't know what to write. When Gao Shiqi saw it, he immediately realized that the master was embarrassed. He hurriedly wrote the four words "Jiang Tianyi Lan" on his palm, then pretended to step forward to grind the ink, quietly spread his palm, and deliberately showed it to Kangxi. Kangxi understood it and splashed his pen and ink.
After hearing a lot of these palace anecdotes, Zhao Lian laughed at Gao Shiqi: "The cater to him is like this."
Later, Heshen of the Qianlong Dynasty, his flattery and praise were all experienced by Gao Shiqi.
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Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger. This idiom has too many connotations, but one thing is very important. As long as you serve the king, don’t talk about your conscience.
: In terms of origin, Gao Shiqi was considered a slave of Soetu, and he was kind to him. Soetu should be Gao Shiqi's nobleman in his career. However, when Soetu was suspicious of Kangxi because of his opposition to the reduction of the vassal state, he did not hesitate to suetu's strong rival Mingzhu.
Wang Jingqi said in "Essays on the Western Expedition: The Left of Gao Wenke" that Gao Shiqi betrayed Suo'etu because Suo'etu treated him with a bad attitude, which made him hold a grudge. It is said that every time Suetu summoned Gao Shiqi, "he still knelt down and announced the matter for a long time, and did not allow him to sit down. Moreover, his family was still called Gao Xianggong, so Suo directly denounced his name. If there were any unsatisfactory things, he would kneel in the court and slander him." Sometimes he even "screamed and cursed and insulted his parents and wives."
However, if you look into Gao Shiqi's treacherous nature, you will find that the so-called "betrayal" excuse he deliberately found. Even if Suoetu always treats him well, when he notices the emperor's scheming of Kangxi, he will prepare a knife ungratefully and aim at Suoetu.
Because he knows that being conscience to Suoetu and being kind to repay kindness means not understanding the temple and being unfaithful to Kangxi.
Many people believe that Suoetu was finally banned in sect mansion starved to death. Gao Shiqi played an important role in it. It can even be said that Kangxi wanted to remove Suoetu, and the knife was polished by Gao Shiqi and handed it out. Go.
Gao Shiqi is also very scheming and very powerful.
When he was not yet full of wings, he respected Mingzhu and did many things to serve him. For this reason, Gao Shijian also got quite affordable and gradually became the power of the government.
But when he was more respected by Kangxi and had power in the court, Mingzhu was no longer the master, but became a step to gain fame and fortune.
Gao Shijian was so popular that he could do one thing, selling the news in the palace to all kinds of people in the capital. Historical records show that whenever Gao Shijian returned from the palace, "Nine Lords" The shoulders and the alleys are full, and Mingzhu is also inside.
At this time, Gao Shiqi was very arrogant towards Mingzhu. He knew that his former master was waiting in the hall, but he was not in a hurry and had to come out slowly.
Because of the large-scale sale of palace news, Gao Shiqi became a wealthy in the capital, and the streets and alleys were everywhere, "The treasures from the five directions return to the East China Sea, and the gold and pearls of all countries pay tribute to Dan people." (Dan people are Gao Shiqi's name.)
In addition to attracting wealth, Gao Shiqi also gradually became ambitious in forming cliques and building circles of power.
In the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Xu Qianxue, known as the leader of the Shilin, was ordered to enter the southern study. Gao Shiqi showed his goodwill and quickly became a confidant with him. The two then joined forces and soon formed a Jiangsu-Zhejiang bureaucratic force group led by Kangxi.
At this time, Gao Shiqi was completely the face of a corrupt and powerful minister. Anyone in the court refused to accept bribes would be rejected and cracked down.
Cabinet scholar Guo Fen received help from Gao Shiqi during his promotion, but he was unwilling to join the crowd and was not rewarded after taking office.
After seeing it clearly, Gao Shiqi said to his colleagues in great anger: "Who is the power of Qu Zhi as a bachelor? I will do it all. At this point, he has never seen a piece of satin and a copper cup."
After the speech, Guo Fen was dismissed from his post because of "the talent is mediocre, and his corpse is miserable."
As Gao Shiqi's power further expanded, the number one pearl in the dynasty gradually became the enemy in his eyes. Gao Shiqi's sense of smell in the temple was very sensitive and had a thorough understanding of the emperor's scheming. He knew that Kangxi allowed him to develop, largely to control the pearl. Looking at Mingzhu's power after Soetu's fall, Gao Shiqi knew that he was loyal and acted as a tacit pawn of Kangxi's tacit understanding.
In the winter of the 26th year of Kangxi, the governor of Zhili (Xiao) Yu Chenglong reported Mingzhu and others to be corrupt and abuse the law while accompanying Kangxi to visit the mausoleum. Kangxi pretended to be shocked, what is the basis?
Yu Chenglong said bluntly that as long as the emperor sends his trusted ministers to investigate the formation of the provinces, if there is no loss, it is me who tells lies and is willing to die.
Kangxi listened, took the opportunity and summoned Gao Shiqi to ask.
At first, Gao Shiqi pretended to be twisted and said that he did not dare to reveal the invention beads.
Kangxi asked, why doesn’t there be any words like this?
Gao Shiqi replied, who dares?
Kangxi cooperated and asked again, Manchus dare not, why are Han officials insults?
Gao Shiqi's answer seems simple, but in fact it is a handing over a knife.
Gao Shiqi said, does Han officials want their lives alone?
After hearing this, Kangxi immediately questioned, would he be more powerful than the four auxiliary ministers? If I want to leave it, then I will leave it. What are you afraid of?
As soon as this sentence came out, Gao Shiqi immediately knelt down and said, "What's wrong with the emperor being the one who is in charge!"
Li Guangdi recorded this good show in "Rongcun Continued Quotations" of the king and his ministers joining hands to get rid of Mingzhu - after Gao Shiqi and Kangxi had a secret talk, he found Xu Qianxue overnight after leaving the palace and instructed him to write a memorial to impeach Mingzhu.Xu Qianxue wrote a good chapter and used the new Left Censor Guo Xiu to hand it over. Kangxi saw Mingzhu's eight major crimes and was heartbroken. In anger, he had to dismiss him from his post.
After the pearl lost its power, Gao Shiqi was glorious on the surface, but in fact he was walking on thin ice, because he knew the power of Kangxi's commanders.
This statement is true. Although Kangxi favored Gao Shiqi, he never gave him a high-ranking official position. Throughout his life, he was just an unattended minister of the Ministry of Rites.
In addition, Kangxi knew the right way to use the treacherous ministers as chess pieces for political killing. When the chess pieces are used up, there must be an explanation whether to abandon or keep them.
Gao Shiqi Temple is very mentally conscious, and of course he knows the mystery and danger. For him, after taking greed for personal gain and making a fortune, he must understand the way to advance and retreat and try to pass the Kangxi level.
Sure enough, Mingzhu was dismissed from his post, and Gao Shiqi was in trouble.
It was still the winter of the 26th year of Kangxi. Hubei Governor Zhang Feng was involved in the search for corruption. Kangxi ordered Zhili Governor (Xiao) Yu Chenglong to go for strict trial. As a result, Zhang Feng confessed in court, and he once bribed all ministers in Beijing. Gao Shiqi forced him to become the governor of Hubei and asked him to plunder money.
Kangxi received a confession and did not have a big attack. Instead, he summoned Gao Shiqi into the palace and asked in person.
Gao Shiqi knew that Kangxi was asking him to settle the accounts. If you cannot pass the test smoothly, you may be a deep abyss under your feet.
However, as the name is, the name Gao Shiqi is not given for free.
At this critical moment, the response words he brought out were simply a classic for the slander to come ashore.
Gao Shiqi did not dodge and avoid, but said in an extremely honest and earnest tone: "The governor and governor are the ministers, and they give away many gifts. In fact, the saints and wisdom are not lost. How can I participate in one word? It is useless to be sincere in that way, but in me, the centromere millet is all due to the kindness of grace."
implied that I have made a lot of money, but that is what I have met with the grace of the emperor.
Historical records show that after hearing this, Kangxi not only did not punish Gao Shiqi, but instead laughed.
This situation means that the Gao Shiqi passed by luck and came ashore safely.
Although he was dismissed from office, he still entered the Nan Study Room to manage the book revision.
One wave goes away, and one wave starts again and again.
In the spring of the 28th year of Kangxi, Gao Shiqi followed Kangxi to the south. On February 10, Kangxi wrote a five-character poem at Gao Shiqi's former residence, Xixi Villa, Hangzhou, and gave the word "bamboo window" to the imperial pen. Xu Qianxue, who had previously formed a clique with Gao Shiqi, saw that he was favored and was unwilling to live in a long time, so he became interested in fighting. He secretly colluded with the former Grand Secretary who lived in Nanjing, Xiong Cilu , and criticized the great scholar for taking bribes.
This is another test for Gao Shiqi.
received the bullet stamp. Kangxi hinted that Gao Shiqi during his southern tour, and you should also be prepared. Some people say you are not good.
Gao Shiqi had already known who was attacking him because there was an internal response in the palace, but he still asked him knowingly who it was?
Kangxi simply told him clearly, which is the bear gift that you boast about you in your daily life.
Gao Shiqi heard this and used his extremely high emotional intelligence in the temple to tell himself a classic word of relief: "That is, I can see that I said that people are not good in front of the emperor, nor are they bad in the ministers, nor are they good in the ministers. But others say that the ministers are okay, but Xiong Cilu said that they are not allowed to do so. Although I do not communicate with each other, I often return the letters. He told me that the ministers are of the first-class character of Cheng and Zhu. How could Cheng and Zhu recruit bribes?"
Kangxi was very fond of this, and then asked with interest, where is the letters?
Gao Shiqi presented all Xiong Cilu's letters the next day.
After reading it, Kangxi smiled and kept it.
Xu Qianxue was a little angry when Xiong Cilu's bullet stamp failed to work. Then he instructed his disciples to win over Guo Xiu, who had previously impeached Mingzhu, and made a harsh defeat. In this fierce compromise, Guo Xiu opened his firepower and viciously attacked Gao Shiqi, "the nature of the jackal, the heart of the snake, the body of the ghost", and requested Kangxi to punish him for the serious crime of "deceiving the king and destroying the law, and committing public and private affairs".
At this critical moment of sword light and sword shadow, Gao Shiqi sacrificed the classic movements of the slandered ministers.
Guo Xiu's ruthless seal is still following the process, so he copied the ruthless seal first through his confidant and presented it to Kangxi in advance.
Kangxi was very pleased to see him as "open and honest".
So, Guo Xiu's sword was invisibly confiscated by him.
Gao Shiqi has a profound understanding of the way to advance and retreat. After gaining the upper hand, he did not stop, but instead responded fiercely and launched fierce revenge on Xu Qianxue, Guo Xiu and others with an extremely strong reaction.
For a moment, the court was in chaos and internal strife continued.
Seeing this, Kangxi waved his hand and scolded him angrily, "None of you is clean, don't send them back to your hometown."
Some people say that this is still a wise move by Gao Shiqi. He completed his self-protection by driving himself.
Some people also say that Gao Shiqi's move is intended to act as a pawn of Kangxi again and carry out a new round of cleaning of the court.
No matter what, Gao Shiqi finally returned to Hangzhou safely.
What is meaningful is that since then, Kangxi has never forgotten him, so even though he knew that he was a treacherous minister, he finally gave him the posthumous title of "Wen Ke" after he died of illness.
It is rare to be more sinful than sin in the temple.
Maybe in the end, what Kangxi thought of was the beginning...
