In ancient officialdom, the relationship between monarchs and ministers has always been particularly delicate. If a minister wants to achieve great things and realize his ambitions, he cannot do without the promotion of the emperor. Therefore, in addition to self-ability, it is also a very necessary ability to observe words and colors.
However, "accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger", the emperor's joys, sorrows and sorrows are also difficult to judge, if the emperor is accidentally angered, the minister may be directly dismissed, and in serious cases, the head may fall to the ground.
In ancient times, there was an emperor who tried to humiliate the prime minister because he was dissatisfied with him. He asked him to marry the empress's 50-year-old nurse, but on the night they got married, the official was overjoyed and thanked the emperor. What's going on?
This official's name is Dou Huaizhen, born in a family of eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty, Dou Huaizhen grew up in the stacks of books and has a wide range of knowledge. When he was young, he was an official in Qinghe County, and he was honest and upright, and he was deeply loved by the people.
According to historical records, before Tang Zhongzong and Empress Wei, he never accepted bribes from anyone. Even if someone secretly left gold and silver at his doorstep, he would have people throw it away so as not to damage his reputation.
Such behavior won unanimous praise from the entire imperial court, and even Di Renjie praised him and personally recommended it to Wu Zetian.
After receiving Di Renjie's recommendation, Wu Zetian immediately summoned Dou Huaizhen and asked him about his experience in civil governance.
Dou Huaizhen talked eloquently and reported all her experience to Wu Zetian, which made her very happy. Therefore, he was appointed as the governor of Yuezhou.
After Dou Huaizhen soared, he did not change his original style of work, but continued to work diligently and honestly for officials. The officials of the imperial court also trained him to be their successor and attached great importance to him.
If his life came to an abrupt end here, then he would be worthy of a generation of famous ministers and would definitely leave his name in the history books. However, it didn't take long for him to show his true colors.
After reigning as a supreme minister, he was not satisfied with what he had so far. He wanted to pursue power and higher status. After Wu Zetian's death, Li Xian ascended the throne. And his queen is also a very ambitious person who wants to emulate Wu Zetian.
Therefore, for her own interests, she has been entrapping officials everywhere in the DPRK and China, and Dou Huaizhen is one of them. But after he tasted power, he could never go back to the beginning.
After Tang Zhongzong Li Xian ascended the throne, Empress Wei gained real power, in order not to conflict with Empress Wei's father's name, Dou Huaizhen took the opportunity to take the initiative to change his name to "Dou Congyi", in order to show the meaning of "from one to the end", in order to show loyalty to Empress Wei.
Since then, he has become a slave to power, flattering to the extreme. Even Li Xian couldn't stand it and decided to teach him a lesson.
So Li Xian started with Dou Huaizhen's marriage to express his dissatisfaction. Li Xian said that he wanted to give Dou Huaizhen a marriage, but he did not issue any holy decree or marriage letter, etc., at the banquet, after Tang Zhongzong drank, he said to Dou Huaizhen: "Your wife has been dead for many years, and now I will give you another marriage, what do you think?" ”
Dou Huaizhen was also difficult to resist in the face of the emperor's marriage, and there were some unspeakable thoughts in his heart, thinking that he would give him a princess, so that he could climb to the royal family, so that he could not find a reason to refuse.
Li Xian said to Dou Huaizhen: "Tomorrow I will send the bride to the house." The emperor didn't tell Dou Huaizhen about the bride's family background, but he didn't mind at all.
The next day, when Dou Huaizhen lifted the bride's hijab, she found that the bride was a nurse in her 50s and a nurse of Queen Wei. Dou Huaizhen was first angry, and then laughed. Think of this as another opportunity for the emperor to give him to climb to power.
After he married his nursing mother, as a husband and wife, he had another identity in the court, that is, the queen's "阿赩 (xì)", and thanked Li Xian for giving him marriage.
Since marrying the nurse Wang, every time he writes a letter to Empress Wei, he will write the words "Queen A" at the end. It can be said that Dou Huaizhen's flattery skills are unmatched.
After Li Longji launched the Tanglong coup, Dou Huaizhen personally killed his wife Wang and went to ask Li Dan for guilt. Because Dou Huaizhen was loyal and timely, Li Dan did not dispose of him, but just demoted him.
However, he climbed the princess of Taiping again, and the east wind rose again. But it didn't take a few years, and after Princess Taiping lost power, his life also came to an end.