In the era of Song Renzong, it was recognized that the model official with the highest morality was the state power. He is a moral model, born with a temper that can't rub sand into his eyes. I tried to abolish Li in the early years, but I was immediately persuaded by Guo to chase it, which was a mess. Later, I wanted to change some new bathtubs when I took a shower. I was persuaded by Guo, wiped my tears and smashed the exquisite bathtub.
Why didn't the emperor wipe his tears? In the final analysis, Guo advised him to be too moral. As long as he starts swearing, the slightest thing will inevitably rise to a super-high moral level. He summed up the argument that animals are inferior after standing up and taking a bath. In order not to be an animal, the emperor naturally held his nose and wanted to recognize it.
However, the power of the "moral emperor" was hit on the head by a pie falling from the sky in Yanzhou: Hao Yuan, the leader of the Tangut regime in the Song Dynasty, plotted to rebel against the Song Dynasty. His uncle met with strong opposition in the mountains, surrendered to the powerful in a rage, and denounced all the conspiracies of the rebels in Hao Yuan, and volunteered to become a deep-water bomb for the powerful to attack Hao Yuan.
If the country can assess the situation and use Shan Yu's position and influence in the Tangut regime to pacify the local rebels, he will achieve unparalleled achievements since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, which is not only a personal success, but also of great benefit to the national defense of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, at this critical moment, the powerful country, which has always been virtuous, made a "noble" to absurd decision: he tied his loyal mountain encounter and sent it back to Yuan Hao.
How can Dasong be so immoral and use the contradiction between uncle and nephew to attack others?
Judging from Quan Guo's performance of flaunting morality all his life, it is not surprising that he made such a stupid performance in the army, which can be rewarded morally. The consequences of this "noble" behavior are well known: not only Hao Yuan was shot dead by random arrows on the mountain, but also the pro-Song forces of the whole party regime were all washed away. Unrestricted Yuan Hao swaggered against the Song Dynasty, proclaimed himself the emperor and established Xixia, and the Song and Xia Wars lasted for a hundred years broke out. When the People's Republic of China was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were no hidden clouds in the sixteen states, which made matters worse and faced the dilemma of constant wars in the West. And this huge national defense pit was dug by moral model forces.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, compared with the miserable images of other prime ministers in the Southern Song Dynasty, Shi Hao, a famous figure, was extremely positive: he was born in poverty and was famous for respecting the old and loving his younger brother when he was a teenager; Later, he was appointed as the teacher of Chu Jun, later Song Xiaozong. He educated the future son of heaven with profound knowledge and honest character. After Song Gaozong abdicated, Shi Hao took the spirit of Song Xiaozong, personally presided over Yue Fei's rehabilitation work, and nailed Qin Gui firmly on the historical monument.
If this celebrity can always do a good job in cultural and educational propaganda, his life will be perfect. However, after the status soared, Shi Hao's moral card hit a place that should not be played: the battlefield of Song and Jin Dynasties.
Song Xiaozong acceded to the throne, and Shi Hao was the deputy prime minister, which coincided with Xu Jin's invasion and defeat by the soldiers and civilians in the Southern Song Dynasty. In Shaanxi, there was a major breakthrough.
Unfortunately, at this critical moment, Shi Hao's "moral card" roared out, forcibly suppressing this "dawn": he strongly suggested to Song Xiaozong that we should make peace with Shaoxing, the state of Jin. We can't defend Shaanxi anyway. It is better to let this place out like a chicken rib and eliminate the greed of the golden people. This moral remark made Song Xiaozong feel great. Just as Shi Hao was promoted to Prime Minister, he asked Shi Hao to write letters and send them to the front.
This touching "feeling" has firmly damaged the front line. Yue Fei's wrongful death is a lesson from the past. How dare sensible Wu Lin disobey orders? He can only retreat with hatred, and the land recovered by tens of thousands of soldiers is destroyed.
What's even more frightening is that Shi Hao talks about morality, but Jin Jun doesn't. Shi Hao patting his chest, Yu Jun won't resist again, but when 8 jin j turned against him, he jumped up with malicious intent. Caught off guard, Song Jun suffered heavy casualties, and the 30,000 soldiers in charge of the rear were almost completely annihilated.
Therefore, it was not until the front-line star angrily entered the palace and advocated attacking gold that Song Xiaozong suddenly realized. The famous soldier condemned: Shi Hao has always insisted on making peace with Xu Jin, because he was afraid of winning the battle at the front, and his new prime minister was useless as soon as he took office.
Shi Hao talked about morality but killed tens of thousands of frontline soldiers for his own self-interest, which made Song Xiaozong have mixed feelings and left a tearful comment: "Shi Hao missed me!" But it's too late for him to cry again. The best chance to recover mountains and rivers in the Southern Song Dynasty has disappeared.
Later, when people in the Yuan Dynasty compiled History of the Song Dynasty, they laughed at Shi Hao's "unworthiness to follow his plan", saying that people who took virtue as their signboard were useless!
Worse than Shi Hao is Yan Song.
This treacherous side of the Ming Dynasty was called the high-tech moral emperor in ancient times. During Zheng De's reign, Yan Song, in his prime, simply stayed at home for a few years in the name of filial piety, flaunting that he would never work for the adulterer, and he was the mistresses at the moment. After becoming an elder, the so-called "moral kidnapping" became his weapon to win many wars.
When fighting for power with another minister, Xia Yan, faced with Lao Xiage, who had a superb administrative level and worked hard for the national defense administration of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Song, who liked to throw "moral chains" at work, seized Xia Yan's words and said that Xia Yan did not respect the emperor and had serious moral problems. Finally, he managed to kill Xia Yan. Half a year ago, Yan Song framed the Trilateral General System, solemnly saying that Trilateral General System beat Tatars in order to go looking for trouble, make trouble for the court, deduct his salary, and then kill him.
During Yan Song's decades as an old man, because of his moral reasons, the gold effect was excellent. For a long time, many young officials praised him, thinking that the old man who actually did bad things was extremely noble, and young Zhang was no exception.
It is only when the sea changes that the true colors of heroes are displayed, and sometimes the ugly faces of treacherous court officials are revealed. In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, the "Gengqu Revolution" in which the Tatar cavalry ravaged the suburbs of Beijing finally revealed the true face of Yan Song: Thanks to Yan Song's killing of the trilateral ruler, the Tatars who lost their natural enemies lived well and were killed in a surprise attack at the gates of Beijing, with tens of thousands of casualties and the capital almost falling. At the critical moment when Enemy at the Gates and the imperial court were frightened, the moral "model" always ate, drank and slept. In the face of ministers' anxious inquiries, he easily thundered the audience with one sentence: "This is just a group of evil thieves, who will naturally leave after robbing. Let them go! "
Yan Song left it to future generations because no matter how many moral excuses he made, he didn't seek politics for him after all. He is only responsible for his own interests, not for the country and the people. Such a "moral emperor" will always be a disaster after each performance.