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Chapter 7
The "No. [-] Old Fried Tiao" among the prime ministers

The prime minister is a profession that connects the past and the future. It is quite special. It is necessary to assist the king at the top and appease the ministers at the bottom. It can be said that the responsibility is heavy and cannot be sloppy.Many people worked hard to climb to the high position of prime minister, but they always made mistakes when they were on the verge of finishing the goal and were sent off.For example, Yan Song, the first treacherous prime minister in the Ming Dynasty, fooled Emperor Jiajing with a top-notch IQ, but in the end he still didn't get a good death and starved to death on the street.

Therefore, to be a prime minister, in addition to being excellent in ability and courage, you must also be able to practice Tai Chi in dealing with people. Soldiers will block you, and water will cover you.In this regard, Feng Dao of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms can be said to be the most outstanding person. He can be regarded as the number one "old fritter" among Chinese prime ministers. After ten emperors, he can advance and retreat properly and maintain his official position forever.

Feng Dao didn't have any great talents, nor did he have the ability to govern the country in Anbang. He was just a mediocre person who was greedy for official position and high salary.He also lacks integrity. Once he sees something wrong, he will immediately climb another branch. One of his poems expresses his way of being a man: "Don't be sad when you are in danger. There is always a reason for the future. The end is because Haiyue returns to the Lord. , It’s not enough to save the universe and trap auspicious people. When did morality die, where can the boats and cars not pass through. But there is no evil in the teaching area, and you can stand among the tigers and wolves.”

From Feng Dao's poems, we can see that he is a man who adapts to the wind and knows current affairs. In the late Tang Dynasty, he served as the staff member of Liu Shouguang in Youzhou.After Liu Shouguang's defeat, he turned to Zhang Chengye, the great eunuch and supervisor of the Hedong Army.When he arrived at Mingzong, he became a scholar of Duanming Palace, and later became a prime minister.

Feng Dao also has his own uniqueness. He is never domineering, and always shows others the appearance of a hardworking and thrifty gentleman.When the Later Jin and Later Liang were fighting across the river, Feng Dao was in the army and lived in a thatched hut. At that time, a soldier snatched a folk woman and gave it to him. Unexpectedly, he placed the woman in another room. Never provoke.

Feng Dao also knows how to treat his superior emperor. Once, the water transport army will get a jade ring in Linhe County. Mingzong.Mingzong liked it very much, and often took it out to play with the ministers.

But when Feng Dao saw it, he did not flatter him like other ministers, but said: "This is a tangible treasure left over from the previous life, it is not surprising; it is rare for your Majesty to have an invisible treasure."

Ming Zong was puzzled and asked him why, and he slowly said: "The one who is benevolent and righteous is the treasure of the emperor. The great treasure is the emperor's throne, and why he keeps the throne is called benevolence." He meant to explain that Zong is the priceless treasure of this country. The fart was extremely clever, which not only made Mingzong feel happy, but also made Feng Dao himself look elegant.

Later, Mingzong died, and he met Emperor Min again.Soon, Lu Wang Li Congke rebelled in Fengxiang, and Emperor Min led his troops to Weizhou.As soon as Emperor Min left, Feng Dao led a hundred officials to welcome King Lu in, and Li Congke continued to use him as his prime minister.Feng Dao has mastered this state of turning faces faster than turning the pages of books.

In 936 AD, Shi Jingtang destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty and established the Later Jin Dynasty.As the prime minister of the later Tang Dynasty, Feng Dao was not afraid, and even found Shi Jingtang to negotiate, and Shi Jingtang finally appointed him as Sikong.After Shi Jingtang's death, Shi Chonggui succeeded to the throne.Feng Dao is still the prime minister, and he is added as a Taiwei and named Duke of Yan.

But this short-lived dynasty only preserved Feng Dao for 11 years. Soon after, the Khitan army came and attacked Kaifeng directly.At this time, the imperial court was in chaos, only Feng Dao was not in chaos, and he was not afraid of Yelu Deguang's reprimand from Khitan Lord.Yelu Deguang reprimanded him for changing masters several times. He is an unfaithful and unfilial person and cannot be trusted. Such a person dares to come to court, it is simply tiresome.

Feng Dao said, "There is no city and no soldiers, how dare you not come?"

Yelu Deguang satirized him again: What kind of old man are you? "

Feng Dao said flatteringly: "I am a foolish old man with no talent and no morals."

After hearing this, Yelu Deguang felt that Feng Dao was interesting, so he asked, "It's pretty cute. Let me ask you again, how can the people in the world be saved?"

Feng Dao replied: "The Buddha cannot be rescued at this time, but the emperor can."

Yelu Deguang was very comfortable with this flattery, so he made Feng Dao a tutor.

Later, after the establishment of the Later Han Dynasty, Feng Dao became attached to the Han Dynasty and was named Grand Master.Four years later, as the Later Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Later Zhou Dynasty, Feng Dao became the Taishi and Zhongshuling of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

It wasn't until after Zhou Shizong Chai Rong came to the throne that Feng Dao's smooth official career was hindered.Chai Rong has a great talent and general strategy. He has always disliked this old guy who has served nine monarchs in four dynasties. Later, he simply found an excuse and dismissed him from the position of Grand Master.Feng Dao's life was full of wind and waves, and finally capsized in a small ditch, shame and annoyed, and died in depression.

In any case, in Feng Dao's life, no matter how right and wrong the world is, and how unpredictable it is, he will always sit on the Diaoyutai. If he doesn't have a few brushes, there is no way to do it.Therefore, he deserves the title of the first "Old Fried Tiao".

(End of this chapter)