What has history taught us?

History is a textbook, written by countless ancients with their own lives, they never wanted to use it to teach us anything, but we can learn a lot from it.

Jia Xu was a famous strategist during the Three Kingdoms period, and some even compared him to Chen Ping and Zhang Liang in the early days of the Western Han Dynasty.

After Jia Xu surrendered to Cao Cao with Zhang Xiu, he was very low-key, and the door of his house was closed for a long time, and he did not make friends with the ministers of the court. Even when marrying children, they don't look for a big family that is the right person.

The reason why Jia Xu did this was because he joined Cao Cao's camp halfway, not Cao Cao's old minister, especially because he was resourceful and decisive, and gave advice to Cao Cao many times, Cao Cao valued him very much, and also gave him ** Houlu.

But there were too many people who had been following Cao Cao in the early years, and now Jia Xu, a latecomer, was actually treated by Cao Cao so politely, which easily aroused the jealousy of some people. If these people are doing bad things in secret, Jia Xu will have a lot of trouble.

Therefore, Jia Xu hid his edge to the greatest extent.

Even if Cao Cao asked him for advice, Jia Xu would try to answer tactfully according to the stakes involved in Cao Cao's question.

At that time, Cao Cao had a headache because of the establishment of an heir, and his two sons Cao Pi and Cao Zhi had their own strengths, and Cao Cao didn't know how to choose, so he came to consult Jia Xu's opinion. Jia Xu didn't answer, Cao Cao asked him why he didn't answer, Jia Xu said: "I'm thinking about what happened to Yuan Shao and Liu Biao at the beginning!" "Yuan Shao and Liu Biao both failed to choose the best people, which led to the fight between their sons, which eventually led to defeat.

Cao Cao laughed after hearing this, so he made Cao Pi the crown prince that year.

There are negative examples of such things.

During the Battle of Guandu, Xu Yu was able to defeat Yuan Shao and capture Jizhou shortly after.

This Xu You was a good playmate with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao when he was a child, and now Xu You has made immortal achievements, all of which makes Xu You complacent. When Xu You attended the banquet, he called Cao Cao by his nickname, and then said: If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been able to get Yizhou.

Cao Cao replied with a smile: You are right!

Xu Yu was killed by Cao Cao shortly after.

You are proud of your hard work, when you play with Taizu, every time you are at the table, you don't limit yourself, and you can call Taizu in small characters, saying: "A certain Jia, I can't be I, I can't Jizhou." Taizu smiled and said: "You are yes." "Wei Luo".

Here's another example.

When Wang Maozhong was young, he entered the mansion of Li Longji, the king of Linzi, as a slave, because he was good at observing words and feelings, talented and intelligent, and brave and good at riding and shooting, so he gradually became Li Longji's confidant and served as his personal guard.

At that time, Empress Wei and Princess An Le wanted to emulate Wu Zetian with the intention of causing chaos, and a new crisis was brewing in the court. At this time, the elite unit in Beijing was the "Ten Thousand Cavalry", who served as the guard of the imperial palace. Li Longji tried to make friends with the leaders of these "Ten Thousand Cavalry", and this task fell to Wang Maozhong, and he completed this task very well.

After Empress Wei and Princess Anle poisoned Tang Zhongzong, "Wanqi" quickly fell to Li Longji's side, so that Li Longji successfully launched a coup d'état and killed Empress Wei and Princess Anle. Li Longji made his father Li Dan the emperor, that is, Tang Ruizong.

After Tang Ruizong succeeded to the throne, Li Longji was made the crown prince, in charge of ten thousand horses and stables, ten thousand horses were responsible for Ge Fushun and Chen Xuanli, and the horses were managed by Wang Maozhong.

At this time, Princess Taiping was very powerful, and three of the five prime ministers were Princess Taiping's people. There will be a battle between the princesses of Taiping, Li Longji. Li Longji decided to strike first, and sent Wang Mao Zhong to lead more than 300 soldiers and horses to control the Yulin Army, although the Yulin Army was tens of thousands, but did not dare to move, and finally Princess Taiping was killed.

This is the famous congenital coup, Wang Maozhong made great contributions, was awarded the general of Zuolong Wuwei, entered the title of Huo Guogong, and later added the three divisions of Fuyi. In the 15 years since the congenital coup, only four people have this honor: the queen's father, Xuanzong's father-in-law Wang Renjiao, the famous ministers Yao Chong and Song Jing, and then Wang Maozhong.

Wang Maozhong's status can be seen, and Xuanzong called him: house slave.

Wang Maozhong, who belongs to one person and above ten thousand, is naturally quite arrogant. At that time, the eunuchs around Xuanzong were all respectful and bribed. But Wang Maozhong is not like this, not only does he not treat him politely, but also has a lot of arrogance. He treated the eunuchs sent by Xuanzong as if he were a servant of his own family.

Gao Lishi and other eunuchs often suffered insults from him, and they all held grudges, but they all knew Wang Maozhong's power and Xuanzong's trust in him, so they didn't dare to squeak.

How much does Xuanzong favor this Wang Mao Zhong? Once Wang Mao Zhong married his daughter, Xuanzong asked him what gift he wanted. Wang Maozhong replied, I am short of a guest.

When Xuanzong heard this, he immediately understood that the person he was talking about was the famous minister Song Jing.

Song Jing is upright, upright, and unaccustomed to Wang Maozhong's style, and never interacts with him, so the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will go to congratulate Wang Maozhong, but Song Jing will never go.

Xuanzong finally gave a special order for Song Jing to attend Wang Maozhong's wedding banquet.

After Wang Mao Zhongfei Huang Tengda, there were many people who flattered him. He has a very good relationship with Ge Fushun, as we said earlier, this Ge Fushun is also the leader of the ten thousand horsemen, responsible for the security of the capital. Wang Maozhong and Ge Fushun not only have a good relationship, but also become in-laws. The relationship between the two high-ranking generals is very close, which is not a good thing for Xuanzong.

Not only that, Wang Maozhong had a very good relationship with a group of army generals, and Ma Chongday, the general of ten thousand cavalry, killed someone, and Wang Maozhong came forward to protect him. Some middle and high-ranking generals in the army are the only ones who look forward to Wang Mao Zhongma.

Wang Maozhong and Ge Fushun became in-laws, and some people stood up to question it at that time, and Qi Di, the servant of the ministry, expressed his opposition to this marriage to Xuanzong, and after Xuanzong heard it, he also pondered for a long time. But Xuanzong still believed in Wang Maozhong, and instead removed Qi Di from his official position. Qi Di was deposed, and on the surface, Wang Maozhong was victorious, but Xuanzong was already muttering in his heart.

This was quickly verified in one thing.

Wang Maozhong found Xuanzong at this time and asked for the position of secretary of the military department. A general dares to ask the emperor directly for the official position of the secretary of the military department, which shows that Wang Maozhong is bold, and of course, it can also be seen from the side that the relationship between Wang Maozhong and Xuanzong is close.

In view of Wang Mao's great power, Xuanzong befriended the military generals, and obtained the military secretary, so the country's military strength was all in his hands. After careful consideration, Xuanzong did not agree. This Wang Mao Zhong originally thought that a military secretary, with his relationship with Xuanzong, would naturally be captured. Wang Maozhong was very dissatisfied with this unexpected result, and what was more serious was that he directly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Xuanzong had already sent someone to secretly observe Wang Maozhong's reaction, and when the eunuch informed Xuanzong of his performance, Xuanzong was furious.

But Xuanzong still didn't have a seizure.

After a period of time, Wang Maozhong's son was born, and Xuanzong rewarded him with rich gold silks, wine and other things, which Gao Lishi sent and gave Wang Maozhong's newborn son a five-grade official.

Wang Maozhong didn't look down on Gao Lishi at all, Gao Lishi was a third-grade official at this time, Wang Maozhong held the child in his hand and said to Gaolis: Isn't it worth being a three-grade here? ”

Wang Maozhong's words are humiliating Gao Lishi, the original meaning is that my son is not as good as you, a eunuch?

After Gao Lishi returned to the palace, Xuanzong inquired about the situation.

Gao Lishi said to Xuanzong: "Mao Zhong hugged his infant and said: Isn't it worth being a three-pin here? ”

This sentence was indeed said by Wang Maozhong, but when it came to Xuanzong's ears, it meant something else entirely. Xuanzong thought that Wang Maozhong not only did not thank him, but also spoke wildly, so he was naturally furious.

Xuanzong demoted Ge Fushun, Wang Maozhong, and their henchmen to other places, and soon killed Wang Maozhong.

Wang Maozhong's death can be said to be self-inflicted!

Some people say: Wang Maozhong is too flamboyant!

But put yourself in your shoes, with Wang Maozhong's status, there must be many flattering and flattering people around him, and being in such an environment for a long time is almost inevitable. If in his position, how many people can keep a low profile?

History is like this, the answer has been given countless times, and the vast majority of people have not made the right choice!

The sentence from Hegel's "Philosophy of History" can be taken out again: the only lesson that mankind has learned from history is that mankind has not learned any lessons from history.

And our ancients also had a sentence with a similar meaning: the Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, and future generations mourn them; Later generations mourn and do not learn from it, and it also makes future generations mourn for future generations.

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