Preface. While the "loyal ministers" and "military generals" are awe-inspiring, there are also many regrettable. It is not false that they are famous, but because of the power in the hands of the emperor, it is not false that they are "jealous". As a result, it seems much more difficult to "retire after success".
If you want to say that between the civil officials and the military attaché, there is no doubt that it is the military general, after all, the founding emperor's world was fought out, and the military attache has a heavy army, and it is not impossible to fight a dozen.
And the Tang Dynasty military general "Guo Ziyi" experienced four emperors in his life, not only did his descendants develop, but he also truly became famous all over the world, and finally lived to be more than eighty years old. How did he go on the road to becoming an official?
1. The development of Guo Ziyi's power.
Guo Ziyi was born in martial arts, although he is famous for "martial arts", but he is different from other generals. During the Middle and Tang Dynasty, the importance of military exploits was indeed not small, but in terms of evaluation, it was not just about military exploits, after all, when it came to military exploits, Guo Ziyi was afraid that he would be slightly inferior to Li Guangbi.
Guo Ziyi's family situation is a ** family, not a big family. This statement also shows that his ancestor's official position was not high, but in ancient society, there was an official and a half-position, and the problem of eating must not be the same as that of the common people.
After all, we often say that the ancients would generally seek an official position through the imperial examination, so as to change their living conditions, and accordingly fulfill their official career wishes.
And here we are talking about Guo Ziyi's ancestors' official position is not high, but it can be regarded as an intermediate**, and the ancestors have a lot of money for several generations, which is undoubtedly enough for their family's life. Under the care of the imperial court, Guo's heart is probably more "imperial grace".
Guo Ziyi, who was born as a military general, was naturally influenced by this kind of thinking, especially in his grandfather's generation, and his learning of culture increased. For some moral ideas, the influence has deepened, and there is no shortage of them "loyalty".
In this way, Guo Ziyi's military exploits are there, and there is no shortage of loyalty on his body. Among the famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ziyi's evaluation is naturally much higher.
Moreover, Guo Ziyi's military achievements were outstanding, and the famous Anshi Rebellion was used during Guo Ziyi's filial piety. What improved was his status in the army, and then he fought hand in hand with Li Guangbi, killing countless rebels, and his military exploits were directly proportional to his strategy, and Guo Ziyi's family power could be said to be growing after his reputation was shaken.
Among them, the ancient "marriage" that we often call is one of the manifestations of the growth of his family's power. It is recorded that Guo Ziyi's family has been closely related to the royal family for three consecutive generations, including those who are concubines, and those who are "mothers of the world" and then the queen mother.
In addition to these, Guo Ziyi's family has not only become a big family, but naturally other marriage partners must also be surnamed big families. For a time, Guo's power grew and covered a wide range, and its political position was also consolidated.
The prestige of the Guo family reached a climax during this period under Guo Ziyi's military exploits. But as the saying goes, "you can't be rich for three generations", so how far can Guo go in his career?
Second, Guo Ziyi's long-term development strategy.
No matter how far he can go, this is really surprising in Guo Ziyi. The status of the "Anshi Rebellion" in the Tang Dynasty is obvious, if there is no Guo Ziyi's hard fighting, how far can the Tang Dynasty go?
And Guo Ziyi's "loyalty" in it can be said to be the key to his prestige in the "Anshi Rebellion". Especially in the early days, Guo Ziyi's power was unstable, and it was not impossible to rush forward, but Guo Ziyi's choice was obviously smarter than Li Guangbi and others, which was also an important point for Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi to differ in their later years.
At that time, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi moved to Hebei, and not only did they block the enemy army. Geshuhan also blocked An Lushan there, and at this time, for the enemy army, they had no way to retreat. But for the Tang Army, the situation is very good, and the pursuit of victory is bound to be rewarded.
However, will court disputes really be won so easily? Then Prime Minister Yang Guozhong had another idea, they were not thinking about the situation of the enemy and me, but were still worried about the power of Ge Shuhan, because there was a relationship between the two of them as political enemies.
Yang Guozhong thought that Ge Shuhan would target him. In this way, Ge Shuhan, who had taken a firm strategy, could only adopt other strategies, not only delaying the opportunity, but also defeating him when attacking. A wrong consideration caused a sudden change in the style of painting, and the situation took a big turn.
I think it's a whole "tired" feeling on many people's bodies, not to mention that the capital has fallen. Through this decision-making, Guo Ziyi has a new understanding of Prime Minister Yang Guozhong, and it can even be said that there is a "disgust" idea.
And then he is more "far away" in front of these people. Even if it is helpful for his official position, Guo Ziyi doesn't care.
It can be said that he can't be like this on many people, and Li Guangbi is the most intuitive one, so that he can only survive in the end.
Guo Ziyi, who looks like this, is not only clever but also a little "disdainful", how do you say this? It's just that for these ministers with intentions, he doesn't know how far they can go, and they can't even become the climate at all.
No matter how Guo goes, Guo Ziyi is quite far-sighted.
3. Guo Ziyi's descendants.
Finally, Guo Ziyi's descendants we also know before, their power has developed greatly, and they are also very good in terms of career through marriage.
But Guo Ziyi's sons also fought on the battlefield with them. First his eldest son and second son, the eldest son Guo Yao finally inherited Guo Ziyi's position as the prince of the country, but before he and Guo Ziyi's second son Guo Yang fought in the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Yao died in battle, and Guo Yao was promoted.
and his third son Guo Xi, his military exploits should not be underestimated, among which the most prominent one has to be the recovery of the two capitals. In any case, his eight sons have each achieved something.
With Guo Ziyi's glory, his daughter naturally married well.
When the time comes to the Qing Dynasty, are there any descendants of Guo Ziyi?
It is rumored that at that time, when the rebellion was pacified, the ** dispatched by the Qing Dynasty was named Shengbao. His subordinates once came to Huayin County, where Guo Ziyi had lived. Doing things is doing things, and he should rest and rest, so he settled here.
Then he found a shaver on the spot to shave his head. After all, they are also from the army, and they still know a little about the story of this famous Tang Dynasty general Guo Ziyi. Then he asked the shaver as if he was chatting about homely things: "Do you know that Guo Ziyi still has descendants?" ”
Coincidentally, he asked the right question, and the shaver replied, "Yes, I am the descendant." ”
After the shaver finished speaking, he did not remain silent, but continued: "In the past, there were more than a dozen Guo families here, but now they are all scattered. There are no officials and no scholars, we are all ordinary people. ”
The crime of rebellion was given to our ancestors, but is this crime really blamed on our ancestor Guo Ziyi? ”
These stories were recorded and handed down at a time when the dynasty had a certain lack of knowledge of history. And the descendants of a generation of famous generals Guo Ziyi have gradually been diluted.
Epilogue. Guo Ziyi has made countless military exploits, and he has been studied by future generations in dealing with people. His abilities were beyond imagination, and his prestige in the Tang Dynasty was far and wide, and his power grew even stronger. He was able to "retire successfully" very well, which made the family's prosperity even more shocking.
With the changes of the times, different dynasties have different evaluations of Guo Ziyi. But he went down in history because of his name, not because he was criticized.