100 Historical Stories That Unlock Teenage Wisdom

Chapter 18 Seven

Chapter 27 Emperor Kangxi Wisdom Eliminated Obai
——Those who hide in the deep pool of the giant dragon and who are really capable always know how to hide their strength and bide their time, and accumulate strength silently.On the one hand, you can protect yourself, on the other hand, you can wait for the time to move, and when the time is right, you can achieve your goals in one fell swoop.

Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty had great ambitions and wit since he was a child.His childhood was very unfortunate. He lost his father at the age of eight and his mother at the age of ten.This further honed his strong personality.

Before the death of Emperor Shunzhi, the father of the young Kangxi, four people, Sony, Sukesaha, Ebilong and Aobai, were specially appointed ministers of Gu Ming to assist the young king.Although the four ministers made an oath in front of Emperor Shunzhi, after the event, they acted against Kangxi in everything.Among the four ministers, Oboi was an ambitious and domineering figure. He took bribes, formed cliques for personal gain, and crazily expanded his power and wealth. overthrow one by one.Aobai also bullied Kangxi when he was young, often scolding ministers in front of Kangxi, and even shouted and quarreled with Kangxi until Kangxi gave in.Facing such an aggressive guy, what should Kangxi do?Order an arrest?no.Because this person not only holds great power, but also has a large number of party members, who might cause a big mess.In the sixth year of Kangxi (AD 167), Xuanye (the name of Emperor Kangxi) was 14 years old. According to the regulations, he could start to rule in person.Although he was still a young man at this time, he was talented and witty. In addition, he had worked hard to learn the experience of ruling in the past dynasties, and had accumulated a lot of talents.So, keeping his composure, he quietly started preparations for eradicating Oboi.Xuan Ye used paralyzing tactics to Oboi.He once gave Oboi and his son the titles of "First Class Lord" and "Second Class Lord", and later added the titles of "Grand Master" and "Young Master" respectively.So far, Oboi and his son have really reached the point of being extremely human ministers.However, sealing is only a superficial phenomenon.Xuan Ye was unwilling to be a puppet emperor after taking power, and the conflict between him and Obai became intensified day by day.In the eighth year of Kangxi (AD 1669), Oboi relied on his high position and power, and often excused himself from going to court because of illness.Once Xuanye went to visit Oboi, the imperial guards and Tuo found that Oboi's expression was abnormal, so they quickly walked to Oboi's bed, opened the mat and found a dagger.Seeing this scene, Obai was very nervous.Xuan Ye unexpectedly smiled, and said: "It's a Manchu custom to never leave your body with a sword, so it's not surprising!" He stabilized Oboi on the spot.After returning to the palace, under the pretext of playing chess, Xuanye immediately called the minister Suo'etu into the palace to plan to eradicate Oboi.Before that, he trained a group of strong young men in the name of practicing wrestling, making preparations for capturing Oboi.Now, finally, the time has come to implement his plan.One day, when Obai went to the palace to meet Xuan Ye, he was caught by a group of teenagers practicing wrestling on the spot, and he was thrown into prison immediately.After Xuan Ye imprisoned Obai, he announced thirty major crimes of Obai, and arrested and punished the chief members of the Obai Group.Later, Obai died in prison.After Xuan Ye solved Oboi, he also rehabilitated those who had been persecuted by Oboi before, and ordered the permanent prohibition of enclosing civilian land, restricting the slavery system, and relaxing the escape law.These decisions of his are popular.

After eradicating the power of Oboi and his group, Kangxi's regime was consolidated, and coupled with the aspirations of the people, this provided favorable conditions for him to develop his talents in the future.

Wisdom Interpretation:

If you don't have enough ability or influence to do something, if you act rashly with great fanfare, most of them will fail. The "Book of Changes" says: "Shangjiu, don't use Qianlong." It means that as a real hero, you should temporarily hide and hide, just like a dragon, temporarily hiding in the deep pool until the time is right. Make another shot.When Emperor Kangxi was still young, he seemed to tolerate Oboi everywhere on the surface. In fact, he accumulated strength on the one hand and waited for a good opportunity on the other hand, and finally got rid of him in one fell swoop.

Young friends usually use the knowledge of a glass of water to show the energy of a bucket of water, which is unrealistic. Only by accumulating strength and drawing a bow can we succeed at the moment when we need it most.

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