As soon as the domestic conscience drama "Yongzheng Dynasty" was broadcast, it was empty of thousands of people and received rave reviews. At this time, I was in junior high school, and the homeroom teacher and math teacher hated students watching TV, because it would affect students' learning and Xi, but when explaining the trapezoid, I couldn't help but quote the bridge in "Yongzheng Dynasty": "Everyone who has watched "Yongzheng Dynasty" knows that the hat worn in it is trapezoidal," which shows the popularity of this drama.
The main reason why this drama is so popular is that it hits the cultural complex of the Chinese people - the power struggle. Looking at this kind of drama, the most eye-catching thing is the power struggle, whether it is the nine sons in the first half or the Yongzheng New Deal in the second half, all of them are full of hearty struggle scenes, which are addictive and have a long aftertaste.
As the saying goes, there are those who buy and sell, and those who compete for power and profit will inevitably see the wind and steer and speculate. Tong Guowei and Long Keduo are typical opportunistic elements in this play.
Tong Guowei's "secret of speculation": you can't hang yourself from a tree
As a courtier outside the imperial power, Tong Guowei thought very clearly: since ancient times, the loyalty of the lord "advocated" by the sages is nothing but deception, and smart people will not tick this option;As for wanting to leave by sacrificing his family and an arm to show loyalty to King Wu, it is even more undesirable, and it is a manifestation of stupidity and pedantic.
For Tong Guowei, how to stand tall in the whirlpool of officialdom in the depths is the choice of smart people, and it is also a peerless secret to preserve the prosperity of the family. It's just that people's hearts are unpredictable and officialdom is dangerous, and it is really difficult to survive for a long time.
For this reason, the old fox Tong Guowei summed up his years of experience and thought of an excellent "speculation secret": you can't hang yourself from a tree. Because although he has been up and down in the sea for decades, he has accumulated a lot of experience, and he has also practiced Zhuo Ran's vicious discernment.
But the old horse also has a time when he misses the front hoof, and he inevitably has a time when he looks away, and if he bets on the wrong treasure, the position of the officialdom that he has worked hard to manage will be in vain.
It is precisely because Tong Guowei is well versed in the way of survival and speculation, so when he was "dizzy for a while" and mistakenly bet on the eighth child and was "swept away" by Kangxi, Tong Guowei immediately recommended Long Keduo and instructed him to bet on the fourth child and teach the "secret of speculation" in person, so that the Tong family would continue to be brilliant.
Long Keduoqing is better than the blue, and he denounced the sixth uncle and successfully won Kangxi's trust
Long Keduo's appearance was very shabby, he didn't have a proper job and owed a sum of silver taels to the treasury, and he asked his sixth uncle Tong Guowei for an errand, but he was either ridiculed by his sixth uncle coldly, or he only gave a disgraceful errand to take care of prisoners in a prison. For such "care" of the sixth uncle, Long Keduo was very dissatisfied in his heart.
Fortunately, the Tong family has always had a speculative atmosphere, and Long Keduo himself is not a fool, so in the face of the thirteenth master's "visit" to the prison to "experience the hard life", Long Keduo hurriedly seized this golden opportunity to show favor to the thirteenth master, and moved his own furniture to make the thirteenth master live comfortably, which made Tong Guowei, who was secretly observing, very satisfied.
Tong Guowei, who felt that Long Keduo was "almost the same", finally invited Long Keduo into the house, and the uncle and nephew closed the door and chatted about family routines. With the faint light of the oil lamp, the old Tong Guowei finally opened his heart and taught Long Keduo his speculative secrets and encouraged him to stand on his opposite.
Unexpectedly, Long Keduo not only had a "very high understanding", but also ruthless, and sued his sixth uncle the next day, which successfully reassured Kangxi, thinking that Long Keduo was not the eighth **, and he could rest assured to assist the fourth to take the position. This laid the groundwork for Kangxi's deathbed and help Long Keduo become Yongzheng's confidant in one fell swoop.
The sixth uncle's "secret of speculation", Long Keduo misread it as "wall grass", which led him to betray Yongzheng
As the so-called ginger is still old and spicy. Although Tong Guowei was dizzy for a while and was forced to retire early, he still retained his ministerial treatment. Before leaving, he successfully pushed the family members to a high position, which can be described as fame and fortune.
Why does Tong Guowei still enjoy such care even though he has bet on the wrong treasure?The main reason is the operation of his "speculative secret": although you can't hang yourself from a tree, there are prerequisitesThat is, a family cannot hang themselves on a tree, but a person must stand firm and cannot change the court, otherwise it will be an annoying "wall grass".
Therefore, although after Kangxi's beating, Tong Guowei knew that he bet on the wrong treasure and stood on the wrong team, but he believed in speculation and mastery, and he did not see the wind and turn to the camp of the four masters, but retreated bravely in exchange for peace, and at the same time pushed the family to replace the candidate, and drew a clear line with himself, in exchange for the "great shift of the world" where the family re-stood in line.
Tong Guowei's move is very high, very wonderful, and the effect is also very good.
It's a pity that Long Keduo, who is still shallow, didn't understand the deep meaning, thinking that what the sixth uncle said about "can't hang himself on a tree" was to change the door and stop the loss in time. Therefore, when he lost Yongzheng's trust because of Nuo Min's incident, and his unsuccessful son gradually faded out of the core of power, he was speculative by nature and germinated the idea of "changing the court" and betraying Yongzheng.
Therefore, when the eighth master contacted the flag master to use the court meeting to make trouble to the Yongzheng Palace, the Eight Masters found him and wanted him to cooperate with the outside world. Through the flickering shadow of the candlelight, we saw the figure of Long Keduo's "wall grass" who agreed to come down without saying a word.
At the second ** meeting, Long Keduo, who has always been tame, really faced Yongzheng, and privately changed the security personnel of the court, which made the situation very critical for a while, looking at the empty seat of the thirteenth master, Yongzheng was at a loss for a while.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Thirteenth Master rescued the driver, and a few people were escorted over to announce that the situation outside had been controlled, and the Eight Masters who were in trouble inside had lost their temper, and Yongzheng once again turned the corner and controlled the situation. Seeing this, Long Keduo quickly turned around and ran away, and was caught by Tu Lichen.
So, why did Long Keduo betray Yongzheng?The key lies in the sixth uncle's "speculation secret", Tong Guowei means that a family member cannot hang himself from a tree, but a person who chooses a position must stand to the end even if it is wrong, otherwise it will be an annoying "wall grass". It's a pity that Long Keduo completely misunderstood, thinking that he could also change the door and stop the loss in time, and inadvertently became the "wall grass" that everyone shouted and beaten.