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Everything happens by chance. The reason why Guo Ziyi was able to "make great achievements and be an extremely human minister" and live a long life is not only that Guo Ziyi was born with a good fate, was born with extraordinary talents, wisdom and bravery, the key is that he has many other talents. Extraordinary character that ordinary people can hardly have.

Guo Ziyi's loyalty, bravery and patriotism can be said to be perfect and cannot be picky, as can be seen from the following short stories:
Guo Ziyi, who was successful in countering the "Anshi Rebellion" as soon as he left the army, made great achievements shortly after the "Anshi Rebellion", allowing the decadent Tang Dynasty to regain its foothold and stabilize.

But Tang Suzong, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at that time, was not an enlightened emperor, even though he once defeated the rebels in Guo Ziyi, and when he returned triumphantly, he swore to Guo Ziyi: "Although my country is really rebuilt by you."

Suzong favored the eunuch Yu Chaoen, listened to his slander, and still found a reason to remove Guo Ziyi from military power.

It’s just that the good times of the country didn’t last long. Not long after, there was a rebellion in Hedong. As a last resort, Suzong had to use Guo Ziyi again. Guo Ziyi had no complaints. As always, he served the country bravely and successfully quelled the rebellion again.The Tang Dynasty survived another crisis.

After the Anshi Rebellion was basically suppressed, Daizong came to the throne.

Because of the slander of his confidant Cheng Yuanzhen, secretly fearing that the old general's achievements would be too difficult to control, Guo Ziyi was dismissed from all military positions, and he was only appointed as the envoy to supervise the construction of Suzong's tomb.

It's a pity that the emperor didn't expect that the days of peace were only a few days away, and then the rebel generals of the Tang Dynasty colluded with Tubo to invade. At this time, Tang Daizong, like his grandfather Tang Minghuang, left Beijing to take refuge in Shanzhou.

As a last resort, Guo Ziyi hurriedly worshiped Guo Ziyi as the deputy marshal of Guannei, and he was in Xianyang.At this time, after Guo Ziyi was dismissed from office and returned to Beijing, all the soldiers he usually brought with him were separated, and there were only dozens of knights under his old subordinates.

As soon as he received the edict, he had to improvise and set off, borrowing militiamen to supplement the team, and went all the way south, collecting deserters and defeated generals, and reorganized them. When he arrived at Wuguan, he collected thousands of troops stationed in the pass.

Finally, Zhang Zhijie, the former general, came to meet him, and then expanded the military parade in Luonan.

At this time, Guo Ziyi still disregarded his own safety, accepted orders in the face of danger, and swore to serve the country to the death. Let Huihe and the Tang Dynasty unite and successfully disintegrate Tubo's joint offensive attempt, and the military power was shocked again, causing Tubo to flee at night and regain the two capitals again.

Guo Ziyi also did a very good job in "benevolence and love for the people".

He treats soldiers with the same love and care as his own children, sets an example everywhere, and sets an example for soldiers.And leading troops to fight never violated the interests of the people.At that time, years of wars destroyed the rural economy, farmers had a difficult life and heavy burdens, and it was not easy to raise military rations.

In order to reduce the burden on the people, he cultivated the land himself regardless of his old age and weakness.Under his leadership, officers and soldiers participated in agricultural labor while training during the truce.In times of turmoil, the harvest of his resident crops can be seen everywhere.

His generosity is well documented.

Yan Zhenqing, a minister of the Tang Dynasty, called him "naturally filial, tolerant and benevolent".Shi Chen Pei Ji said that he was "sincere in everything, generous in the next".

"New Tang Book" believes that Guo Ziyi is "generous".

This is indeed a big difference between Guo Ziyi and other Jiujiu warriors.He treats people generously and has the style of an elder, and he is deeply loved by the court and the field, as well as the soldiers and the common people.After Guo Ziyi was dismissed from the military power of Shuofang Jiedushi, Li Baozhen said to Tang Daizong: "Shuofang generals think of Ziyi, just like children think of their father and brother."

Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in the famous poem "Xin'an Officials": "Don't weep blood when you see off, servants (referring to Guo Ziyi) are like fathers and brothers."

His benevolence is also reflected in his ability to treat brothers and nations as equals, reciprocate courtesy, and not discriminate.

It is precisely because of Guo Ziyi's generosity and sincerity that he has won a high prestige both inside and outside the court. In a social atmosphere where the feudal vassals are arrogant and domineering, the court is intriguing, and the world is divided, he is the only one who can balance and restrict various political forces. Anbang stabilizes the country and turns the world around. "The world regards him as a safe person for 20 years."

Guo Ziyi's open-mindedness and prudence are manifested in his attitude of a statesman who considers the overall situation, is frank, generous and tolerant, and wise as if he is stupid.

Guo Ziyi was in a complicated political vortex. The emperor was suspicious of him because of his great achievements and high position, and the eunuchs slandered him because of his power, but he dealt with it calmly with an open-minded heart.

Xiangzhou was defeated, and the imperial court dismissed Guo Ziyi's military power. He heard his orders from the morning, and went to the court in the evening, without any intermediaries. The eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen slandered and divorced. .

The eunuch Yu Chaoen hated Guo Ziyi and sent people to steal his father's tomb. The court feared that Guo Ziyi would retaliate and cause chaos.

Guo Ziyi's magnanimity and broad-minded spirit enabled him to take into account the overall interests of the country and effectively play his political role for a long time.

Guo Ziyi's open-mindedness can be fully demonstrated through the following two stories
During Suzong's period, the eunuch Yu Chaoen, who was favored by the emperor, was always jealous of Guo Ziyi's achievements and always made troubles from time to time. Once Yu Chaoen suddenly invited Guo Ziyi to a banquet. He didn't agree with him to go to the banquet, but Guo Ziyi was open-minded and went to the banquet with only a dozen family children.

Yu Chaoen was very surprised, and asked: "Why did you bring so many people?" Guo Ziyi said a big deal, visiting as guests, there is no need to be so ostentatious, otherwise everyone will think that we are suspicious of each other and secretly be wary of each other. The eunuch was so moved that he wept bitterly, not only did he stop making trouble, but he also spoke for Guo Ziyi everywhere.

Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi were both famous generals in the Tang Dynasty.They used to be generals in Shuofang Town together.

But the relationship between the two is not very good, and they are not convinced by each other.

After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Xuanzong promoted Guo Ziyi to serve as Shuofang Jiedu envoy, ranking above Li Guangbi.Li Guangbi was afraid that Guo Ziyi would make things difficult for him, so he wanted to be transferred to another town.

At this time, the imperial court asked Guo Ziyi to choose a capable general to pacify Hebei.Out of publicity, Guo Ziyi recommended Li Guangbi.Li Guangbi thought that Guo Ziyi was using a knife to kill someone and asked him to die.But the imperial court has to obey.Before leaving, he said to Guo Ziyi: "I am willing to die, but please don't harm my wife and children again, okay?"

After Guo Ziyi heard what he had wronged her, she said to him with tears: "Now that the country is facing a crisis, I value the general so much that I appointed your general. I am willing to go to the battlefield with you to fight against the traitors. How can I remember any personal grievances? " Li Guangbi was very moved when he heard this.The two knelt down and bowed to each other hand in hand, their previous suspicions cleared up.

Although Guo Ziyi has made great achievements, she never takes credit for pride, is honest and honest, strictly disciplines herself, and takes the overall situation into consideration. Her touching stories have been passed down to the world.

This is also an important reason why he was not persecuted all his life, including his descendants, and was able to be dignified and successful.

Guo Ziyi has seven sons and eight sons-in-law, all of whom are officials in the court. One year, Guo Ziyi's 70th birthday, all children and relatives came to congratulate him.Only Princess Shengping (daughter of Emperor Daizong), the wife of Aizi Guo Ai, did not come.

Guo Ai was very angry, thinking that she relied on her father's power, despised her father, and was arrogant, so she beat Princess Shengping.After Guo Ziyi found out about this, she tied her son into the palace without any reason, and pleaded guilty with tears.

Emperor Daizong said after hearing this: "Why worry about the things in the boudoir of your son and daughter?" Ziyi returned home and beat her son violently.This matter has been passed down as a good story in ancient and modern times.This is where the famous traditional opera "Da Jin Zhi" comes from.

Once, the son of Guo Ziyi's wife's nurse violated the military law and was executed by his officers.

Ziyi's sons all came to him crying, saying that the military officer did not give his mother face.After hearing this, Ziyi scolded her son: "You only know how to protect your own family, but you don't respect the soldiers, and put yourself above the law. If this continues, the world will not be in chaos!" Ziyi's virtue of respecting the law and protecting the law is clearly evident.

There is another story about Guo Ziyi's old age. Through this story, it can be seen that he is "cautious". .

One day, Lu Qi came to visit him, and he was talking and laughing with the family singer.As soon as he heard that Lu Qi was coming, he immediately ordered all the female relatives, including the kabuki, to retreat behind the screen in the guest room of the conference, and no one was allowed to come out to meet the guests.

He talked with Lu Qi alone for a long time, and when the guests left, the family members asked him: "You usually meet guests, and you don't shy away from us being there, talking and laughing, why do you have to be so cautious when you meet a scholar today?"

Guo Ziyi said: "You don't know that Lu Qi is very talented, but he is narrow-minded and will repay what he sees. He is not good-looking, and half of his face is blue, like a ghost in a temple. You women love to laugh , Smile if you have nothing to do. If you see Lu Qi's half blue face, you must smile, and he will hold grudges in his heart. Once you succeed, none of you and my children and grandchildren will live a successful life!"

Soon Lu Qi became the prime minister. Anyone who looked down on him and offended him in the past, many of them were punished by murder and ransacking their homes.Only for Guo Ziyi's family, even if there were some slightly illegal things, he still Qu Yuquan, thinking that Guo Linggong attached great importance to him, and he was very grateful for knowing him.

Guo Ziyi has perfectly interpreted the excellent qualities of loyalty, patriotism, generosity and love for the people, and open-mindedness throughout his life. Although he has the merit of "the safety of the world is at stake", he is able to "frustrate its exchange and resolve its disputes" and deal with it with an open mind. It is true that "good people are good, and bad people are good; believers believe in it, and unbelievers also believe in it", because it has this rich "virtuous goodness" and "virtuous faith".That's why in the chaotic period of the middle Tang Dynasty when the monarchy was faint and treacherous ministers were in power, they were able to "be in the front and the people will not be harmed, and be in the top and the people will not be heavy."

The more cautious Guo Ziyi is, the more people respect him.

Tubo and Huihe called him a man of God.The emperor did not call him by his first name directly.Even some Anshi rebels respected him because he had done many favors to many people.Tian Chengsi, the heroic general of the rebel army of the Anshi Rebellion, was arrogant and domineering after occupying Weizhou.

Guo Ziyi sent one of his own generals to meet him.Tian Chengsi was very polite, and looked at Guo Ziyi's direction and kowtowed, pointing to his knees and said to the messenger: "I have not kneeled to others for many years with my knees, and now I want to kneel for Guo Gong."

Dozens of old generals under his command were all princes and dignitaries. Guo Ziyi pointed out that they would advance and retreat. They were like slaves, obeying his arrangements and commands.

Speaking of Li Guang, people always like to compare him with Wei Qing.

So what about the two of them?
General Li Guang was born in Chengji, Longxi.General Wei Qing, a native of Pingyang.

Qing belonged to the Hou family, and when he was young, he belonged to his father, who was entrusted to shepherd the sheep.The first mother's sons were all slaves, and they were not counted as brothers.From Qingchang's entry to Ganquan's room, there was a pincer who said to Qing: "You are also a nobleman, and you are an official to a marquis." Qing laughed and said: "The life of a slave is enough without scolding, and it is a matter of being a marquis! "

Li Guang was born in the general family, a son of a good family, well-known in the army.As for Wei Qing, who came from a low background, he was just a cavalry slave when he was young.In terms of background, Wei Qing is far inferior to Li Guang.

Fighting on the battlefield is not a child's game, it is a scene of real swords and guns. It is undeniable that Li Guang was not lucky enough not to be named Marquis.But in comparison, Wei Qing is said to be "lucky by nature", so how can there be any reason why he can be lucky every time?
People without talent can always regard the achievements of others as luck or due to the current situation, and regard the achievements of others as easy, but dare not face the talents and efforts of others.

There are many foreign relatives in the past dynasties, but there are many dudes and incompetent people.

There is an old saying: "You can't avoid relatives if you raise internally, and you can't avoid enemies if you raise externally", and it also says, "When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people are checked, there will be no disciples." Why can't talented people be entrusted with important tasks?

Most of the scholar-bureaucrats in history have actually jumped from one extreme to another, that is, the people they use must be clean, which is really a bit pedantic.May I ask how many of those boastful Qingliu can achieve the feats of relatives Wei and Huo?

Cheng didn't know why, and together with Li Guang, he was stationed as a frontier prefect.

And to attack Hu, but there are no troops in Guangxing, and Wu Xingchen is good at water and grass.Cheng didn't know the main part, marching in the army camp, fighting with knives, soldiers and officials ruled the army until the Ming Dynasty, the army was not allowed to rest, but he was not killed.

Buzhi said: "Li Guang's army is very simple, but the captives violated it, and there is no way to stop it; but the soldiers also lost their joy, and they died for it. Although our army is disturbing, the captives will not attack me." It was the Han Dynasty. The prefectures Li Guang and Cheng Bushi were all famous generals, but the Xiongnu were afraid of Li Guang's strategy, and their soldiers were more happy to follow Li Guang than Cheng Bushi.

It happened that the general's army had traveled more than a thousand miles, and seeing Shan Yu's soldiers waiting for him, so the general ordered Wu Gang's chariot to form a camp around him, and sent five thousand horses to become the Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu can also ride thousands of horses.As soon as the meeting day entered, a strong wind blew up, sand and gravel hit the face, and the two armies did not meet each other. Han Yi circled around Shanyu with his left and right wings.Shan Yu saw that the Han had many soldiers, but the soldiers and horses were still strong, and the Huns were at a disadvantage in the battle.

It was already dark, and the Han and the Huns took it one after another, killing and injuring them a lot.The left school of the Han army arrested the captive Yan Shan and left before he fainted. The Han army chased him at night because of his light cavalry, and the general army followed behind.The Huns also dispersed.In the late Ming Dynasty, he traveled more than [-] miles, but he was not allowed to be alone. He captured and beheaded more than [-] captives, and then went to Zhaoxin City in Yanyan Mountain, where he won the Xiongnu's grain food army.The army stayed for one day and returned, and burned the rest of the city to return.

Li Guang governed the army, loved soldiers and loosened the law, and he was very lenient in governing soldiers. However, the scouts from far away have not been killed."

But Cheng Bushi commented on him that "Li Guang's army is extremely simple, but the captives violated it, and there is no way to stop it."

And how about Wei Qing governing the army?Through the Battle of Mobei, we can vaguely see the clues: "Seeing that Shan Yu was waiting for the soldiers, the general ordered Wu Gang's chariot to form a camp, and five thousand horses went to be the Huns."

Facing the main cavalry of the Xiongnu, Wei Qing formed a ring of chariots to resist the impact of the cavalry. ", spread out the left and right wings to outflank the main force of Shan Yu, and defeated the main force of Shan Yu in one fell swoop.

After discovering that "Shanyu went away without fainting", Wei Qing followed up and chased the Huns because "the Han army sent Qingqi to chase him at night, and the general army followed behind", causing the Huns to fall into chaos for more than ten days. King Youguli He even thought that Shanyu was killed and became self-reliant.

Compared with Li Guang, Wei Qing has a clear rule of law, calm and calm, and is good at seizing opportunities to outflank the enemy. He is indeed a general who can command thousands of troops.The descriptions of Li Guang's battles in the historical records are mostly his heroic deeds, such as riding and shooting skillfully, escaping danger alone, and shooting stones late at night. Obviously, Li Guang is called a brave general who is good at charging, but he is not. The kind of handsome talent who can dispatch calmly and command calmly

Guangtaste and Wangqi Wang Shuoyan said: "Since the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu, Guang has been among them, but the talents of all the ministries below the school lieutenant are not as good as the middleman. However, dozens of people who took the military merits of attacking the Hu army won the lords, but Guang did not do it." Later generations, what is the reason for those who do not have the merits of size to win the feudal city? Is my appearance not worthy of Hou Xie? How about securing your life?"

Shuo said: "The general thinks to himself, do you really hate it?" Guang said: "I tried to guard Longxi, and the Qiang tried to rebel. I lured them to surrender. More than [-] people surrendered. I cheated and killed them on the same day. So far. Only this ear is hated."

Shuo said: "There is no greater calamity than killing already surrendered. This is the reason why the general is not in charge." This is another stain on Li Guang's killing of Ba Lingwei. In the future, I will also realize that this is an important reason for "not being a Hou Xie".

For this reason, Li Guang also asked Wang Shuo, and Wang Shuo's answer, "There is no greater disaster than killing, this is the general who is not allowed to be the one." It cast a shadow in Li Guang's heart.

As a human being, Wei Qing does not have a flamboyant personality, but is benevolent and kind, with a spirit of concession.

When he and his son were both named marquises, Wei Qing resolutely declined.

Facing Su Jian who came back alone, Zhou Ba persuaded him to kill him to establish his prestige. Wei Qing listened to the opinions of Xiang Jun Zhenghong and Chang Shi'an, and said: "You are lucky to be able to treat crimes with your heart, and you will not suffer from no prestige. Ba said that I use Mingwei, which is very disappointing.

And even though the position of the minister should be beheaded, because of the respect and favor of the minister, he dare not arbitrarily punish him outside the country, but the property belongs to the emperor, and the emperor himself judges him, so it is not okay to see that the minister dare not monopolize power? "

In Wei Qing's capacity, killing a defeated general who returned alone was not considered presumptuous, but he did not do so, but let the emperor handle Su Jian's affairs.One can see a person's character by seeing small things.

"Historical Records" also records that "Since then, the generals have retired every day, and the hussars have become more and more expensive. The old generals of the generals often go to the hussars, and they often get official titles, but Ren An refuses."

Ren An is a good friend of Sima Qian, and the "Reporting to Ren An Book" was written for him. As a good friend of Tai Shigong, his character is generally known (if the way is different, how can he conspire with him), why are everyone going? Only Ren An refuse?

Combined with the fact that Li Gan injured Wei Qing but Wei Qing kept silent, we can understand Wei Qing's character even more.Li Guang's suicide was fundamentally due to the fact that he, as a former general, failed to face the enemy head-on and lost his way as a partial teacher.

Tai Shigong said: Su Jianyu said: "I am responsible for the great general's utmost respect, but the world's virtuous officials are not worthy of praise. I hope that the general will look at the ancient famous generals and choose the sages. Encourage him." The general thanked him and said: "Since Wei Qi , Wu'an's kind guests, the emperor often gnashes his teeth. He is attached to the scholar-bureaucrats, recruiting talented and unworthy people, and he is the handle of the master. The ministers are just obeying the law, so why recruit people!'”

Tai Shigong likes people like Lord Xinling, but Wei Qing is obviously not such a person.

Times have changed. Although the so-called nurturing scholars are admired by Tai Shigong, they are increasingly disliked by those in power.Wei Qing also saw this clearly, and Xie said: "Since Wei Qi and Wu'an are the most honored guests, the Son of Heaven often gnashes his teeth."He is attached to scholar-bureaucrats, and those who are unworthy in recruiting talents are also the handle of the master.It's just that people and ministers follow the law and obey their duties, so what's the point of recruiting! '.

Combined with the above-mentioned things that he is not good at killing generals, these are really wise strategies to protect himself, and they are also clear-headed.For those who are heroes, what the emperor fears most is that they have high meritorious deeds and plots against the Lord, so most of the heroes have no good end.What happened to Dou Yingtian Fen is still vivid in my mind. Wouldn't Wei Qing be asking for trouble if he "attached himself to the scholar-bureaucrats and recruited talented people?"