In the TV series " Yongzheng Dynasty ", there is such an interesting detail, after the eight master party and a Taoist priest named Zhang Deming staged a farce of "eight kings", eight princes Immediately capture this "demon path" to the palace, and wait for Kangxi's fate.
saw Kangxi smile secretly, and immediately saw through the little tricks of the old man, and pushed the boat along the way, saying that the words of these folk magicians are not surprising, because it also represents a kind of public opinion to some extent.
Kangxi's "cloudy and foggy" remarks immediately made the eighth brother excited and thought he was promising.
As a strong supporter of Brother Eight, Tong Guowei hurriedly held a mobilization meeting, calling on all his disciples and former officials to jointly support Brother Eight to become the prince.
Here, many readers may have doubts, Tong Guowei can serve as the first assistant minister in the study, he must be a person who has read poetry and books and has seen the world. Does he also believe in the flawed "eighth" invented by Taoist Zhang Deming? Does Wang Da's argument stand up? Or did he think that Kangxi really endorsed Zhang Deming's absurd view?
I think if you want to answer this question, you have to understand Tong Guowei's mentality at this time.
What kind of mentality does Tong Guowei have at this time?
Honestly, it's no different from a rabid gambler with a pile of chips waiting to bet.
Moreover, the chips held by Tong Guowei are not only his own, but also those of many former students and officials in his name. These people all followed his lead, and completely handed over the choice to Tong Guowei.
That is to say, if Tong Guowei makes a mistake in his bet, not only will he "step on his feet", but also a group of officials will overturn the car.
can be said to be a prosper and a loss.
At this time, Tong Guowei was already surrounded by the general situation and the fans around him, so he could only move forward, not back.
As an experienced "gambler", Tong Guowei did not rush to make a bet, but collected information quietly. "processing system.
Tong Guowei will focus on collecting information on Kangxi and Eighth Brother.
observed Kangxi, of course, to try to figure out the holy will.
observed the eighth brother because Tong Guowei and the eighth brother have been in contact for a long time.
Previously, Tong Guowei had actively recommended Eighth Brother to undertake the errand of investigating the "unjustified case of the Ministry of Justice". During the hunting period in Rehe, the eighth brother was further canonized as a prince.
In Tong Guowei's view, the key progress of Brother Eight is inseparable from his original guidance.
Now, it's a critical time to "recommend the new prince". If he recommends it properly again, then adding the old and new accounts together, Tong Guowei can undoubtedly get more cash from the eighth brother.
Therefore, Tong Guowei has been sparing no effort to support the eighth brother, hoping that the eighth brother will become the new prince.
Under such a big premise, although Tong Guowei understood that the "Eight Kings Great" incident was purely a farce created by the Eight Lords party, he also knew that these little tricks could not be concealed from the well-informed Kangxi.
However, since Kangxi did not deal with Zhang Deming, and "acquiesced" to Zhang Deming's point of view, this made Tong Guowei more certain that the default prince candidate in Kangxi's heart was very likely to be Eighth Brother.
When a person is eager to achieve a certain goal and has prepared enough for it and paid enough price, then in his heart will not beHe constantly hinted to himself that the goal he was pursuing would definitely be achieved, and even if there were objections, it would be blocked. Even if there are no more absurd factors, he will rationalize them.
This is the nature of people's tendency to seek profit.
Therefore, we can understand that Zhang Deming's absurd claims can't be concealed from Tong Guowei, let alone Kangxi, and he is well aware of these Tong Guowei. However, when all of this is consistent with his own interests and goals, even Tong Guowei himself will "deceive himself" to believe that this is true.
This kind of feeling is a bit like Prince Yinzheng once said something sincere to Yinzhen before he was deposed for the second time:
This position can drive good people crazy!
For the same reason, when a person is deliberately obsessed with a certain goal, he will lose the most basic judgment ability, and his IQ will plummet.
has a ready-made example, Tong Guowei is!
