Qin Shi Huang wanted a male egg, the minister's grandsondays to find
Ganluo, the grandson of the former famous family, is young but well-known to the world. In the same way, Qin Shi Huang, as the founder of the feudal dynasty, unified writing, weights and measures, and currency, laying a solid foundation for China's more than 2,000-year history of unification.
However, historical evaluations of him are mixed, just as everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and Qin Shi Huang was no exception, and his personal limitations became more and more evident in the later years of his reign.
Qin Shi Huang suffered from a serious illness when he was young, and the imperial physician** was ineffective. A magician did what he liked and said to him, "If you eat the eggs laid by the rooster, you will be cured." So, Qin Shi Huang asked the rooster to lay eggs.
This incident made people see Qin Shi Huang's pursuit of superstitious ideas, as well as his inhumanity to the common people in taxes and servitude. In his later years, his brutality became more apparent, and the people lived in dire straits, the most famous of which was to send Xu Fu and others to the East China Sea to seek the elixir.
Today, we are going to talk about Qin Shi Huang's superstitious ideas and his brutal rule.
We all know that roosters don't lay eggs, and Qin Shi Huang, as the head of a country, naturally understands this. However, his heart was full of superstitious thoughts, and he was deceived like "covering his ears and stealing the bell", and he rushed to the doctor when he was sick.
However, this raises new questions for him: who should be entrusted with this impossible task? The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty cannot be left idle because of this, and someone must be responsible.
At this time, Gan Mao, a virtuous minister of the Qin State, appeared, and he was an important minister of the imperial court, so this task fell on his shoulders. Qin Shi Huang even threatened Gan Mao to kill his entire family if he could not find a male egg within three days.
Gan Mao reluctantly accepted the task and signed a military order. However, this is an unsolvable question, and even if Gan Mao is knowledgeable, he can't find the answer, and he deeply experiences the taste of "accompanying the king like accompanying the tiger".
Gan Mao was physically and mentally exhausted, and for the survival of the whole family, he kept thinking but had no clue. In ancient times, the relationship between the monarch and the minister was like the destiny of heaven, and he could only bear it silently. Even if they consulted the other ministers, they all understood the absurdity of looking for male eggs, but no one dared to stop them.
Gan Mao knew that his fate was a foregone conclusion, so he returned home with a heavy heart, waiting for the unknown future. It just so happened that his grandson, Ganro, observed all this.
Gan Mao's grandson, Gan Luo, is recorded in history as being unusually intelligent. One day, Gan Mao didn't think about tea and rice, and Gan Luo curiously asked why. Gan Mao told Gan Luo about his problem, and Gan Luo laughed and confidently said to his grandfather, "This problem is very simple for me, I will help you solve it." ”
Gan Mao decided to try, and he had prepared for the worst anyway. The next day, Gan Luo took the place of his grandfather to participate in the court meeting, which was also the deadline for Gan Mao to hand in the "male eggs".
The ministers thought that Gan Mao could not find a male egg and did not dare to go to court. Qin Shi Huang was very angry when he heard this, so he asked Ganluo: "What about your grandfather?" Why did you come to the court?
Did he find a male egg? "Ganro, a seven-year-old boy, although young, is very intelligent and brave. For the first time, he went to the court to face the emperor, but there was no trace of nervousness and timidity.
He calmly replied: "My grandfather is already pregnant and should rest at home, but he did not tell you in order to help His Majesty solve the difficulty. Today happens to be the day when my grandfather is about to give birth, so I have to replace him in the court. ”
With tact and courage in dealing with Qin Shi Huang's doubts, Gan Luo succeeded in relieving Gan Mao's predicament.
Although the twelve-year-old prime minister was very superstitious, he understood one truth: a rooster cannot lay eggs. The reason why he asked Gan Mao to find male eggs was not to cure the disease, but to drive Gan Mao away from the court in this way.
Of course, the story exists more to highlight Ganro's ingenuity. There is no record in the official history that Ganluo lived to the time of Qin Shi Huang, which is a common means of improving the status of the protagonist in wild history stories.
Through this, the wisdom of Ganro has been revealed. At the age of seven, he was appreciated by Qin Shi Huang, and the two have formed an indissoluble bond since then. Five years later, at the age of twelve, Ganluo broke into the court as an official.
Ganluo lived up to the expectations of Qin Shi Huang and inherited his grandfather's mantle and became the prime minister of Qin. During his mission to Zhao, he allowed the King of Qin to obtain 5 cities without much effort. In recognition of Ganluo's contributions, Qin Shi Huang rewarded him with his grandfather Gan Mao's farmhouse.
Unfortunately, shortly after receiving the canon, Ganro passed away, and the specific reason is not recorded in the official history. In general, we can see the gains and losses from others, and we can foresee the ups and downs from history.
Although Gan Luo knew that Ying Zheng's idea was wrong, he still pushed to affirm it, and imitated the other party's reasoning method to make Ying Zheng contradict himself.
He skillfully used the example of "grandpa giving birth" to induce King Qin to admit the fact that the rooster could not lay eggs, thus taking the lead in the dialogue. This is not only a historical anecdote, but also a shift in mindset to take control of the situation by attacking them in turn using the other side's point of view.
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