In the 19th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, when the south of the Yangtze River was in turmoil, a man returned to the capital thousands of miles, went to the Ministry of Personnel to report, canceled his leave, and waited for the candidate official. (eng.com) Then he went to a by-election note presented by Emperor Kangxi to see the man's name, Li Guangdi.

Kangxi was deeply impressed by this person. In the past, the roles of Li Guangdi and Xiong Cilu often appeared in Qing dramas. However, Kangxi did not see these two people in the memorandum of the on-the-job official at his hand. Later, after indirect attacks, he realized that one of them had stayed on duty with a paid position, and the other was fired.

In the ninth year of Kangxi, when Li Guangdi was 28 years old, he passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination and was elected as a Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy, and officially entered the official career. However, the Beijing officials in the Hanlin Academy were extremely poor, and they were often an administrative clerk in the office. Li Guangdi worked for three years and was a little depressed, so he asked for a annual leave to return to his hometown to visit his relatives.

At that time, the "Three Feudal Rebellion" began to riot. Li Guangdi happened to be on vacation in his hometown of Anxi, Fujian. King Geng Jingzhong of Jingnan raised troops in Fuzhou, and Zheng Jing led his troops to occupy Li Quanzhou. These two gangsters sent headhunting to dig the corners of Li Guangdi. Li Guangdi was full of knowledge and was not stupid. How could he let a large state-owned enterprise change jobs without waiting for a random change?

At that time, the situation in Fujian was in chaos, and Li Guangdi hid in the mountains with a family and relatives, but could not escape. After all, Li Guangdi was a registered official in the court. He was afraid that the fact that he was in the enemy war zone would be misunderstood. He quickly wrote a memorial with both emotion and reason and sealed it in a wax ball, and sent a close confidant to present it to the court, solemnly showing the emperor that he was in Cao's camp and had a red heart in Han.

Kangxi also saw those wax balls and sparse when he was looking through the archived materials. He admired Li Guangdi's intelligence very much. Lao Li was not only able to judge the times and have a clear mind, but also had excellent literary talent. The content of the comments was detailed and informative, and every word was gem.

Li Guangdi first said the fact that "the minister resisted death and refused, but fortunately, he has not defiled the Qing Dynasty and humiliated the court" to express his loyalty. Secondly, he described the specific situation in Fujian where "two thieves were ravaged, wars were constantly removed, the vertebrae was peeled off, the people were greatly damaged, and the thieves were also exhausted."

Then Li Guangdi advised the emperor about the strategy of advancing the enemy to win. "... Xianxia Di connects Zhejiang, Quzhou and other places, Shanguan connects Jiangxi, Guangxin and other places, Zhang, Chao connects Huizhou and Guangcheng and other places. These three are local military soldiers, with strong walls hidden deep and bluffing momentum, and are enough to control the control of the troops. As for Ting and Gandao, it is advisable to select more than 10,000 elite soldiers or seven or eight thousand people to pretend to be soldiers entering Guang. The road passed through Ganzhou and then turned to Tingjie. Ganzhou went to Tingzhou for seven or eight days, and Tingzhou went to Fuzhou and Quancheng for more than a month. Compared to the two thieves who heard about it, the army had been in Fujian for a long time. This is what is called avoiding the real and attacking the virtual, and the rapid thunder was not as good as covering the ears...."

The last paragraph is particularly classic. Kangxi was happy after reading it. Li Guangdi once again revealed his thoughts to the emperor and wrote generously, "...I have already been soaking chickens for Fan birds, but Kuihuo's heart is still lucky to see the sun. If there is anything to be picked, I will beg for wisdom to implement the fate in trouble, and I will report to the loss of my body and illuminate it only by the sage."

This is by no means an ordinary flattery. It is a very skillful and high-quality flattery. If Kangxi was also a minister, he would have excerpted this passage from the same as the leader Wei Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, who had become a literary and martial virtue, and was loved by the people for thousands of years....

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After a few years, Li Guangdi stayed in Fujian and Geng Jingzhong's troops and Xu and Weishe, using local connections to convey confidential information to the Qing court, and tried his best to help the troops of General Kang's troops win the war. At that time, Prince Kang wrote a memorial saying, "Guangdi is determined to be a country, and is unswerving, and should be praised."

The emperor praised Li Guangdi's loyalty in the enemy-occupied areas and specially ordered the Ministry of Personnel to discuss the matter. In the summer of the 16th year of the Kangxi reign, when Li Guangdi was still in Fujian, the ministry agreed to be promoted to a bachelor's lecturer. The emperor specially ordered "to be promoted to a bachelor's lecturer" to "each the bachelor's lecturer" about the time of the original administrative clerk jumping to the three poles to the administrative manager. After Li Guangdi entered Beijing and took office, he was favored by the emperor.

Li Guangdi was at thirty years old and his career had reached the level of a manager. When he was in full swing, he had to return to his hometown to obey the system because of his father's death. This delay was another three years. Filial piety was the first, and the ancients attached great importance to this. If officials wanted to be steady in their positions, the health of their parents was very important. Even if they were officials from other places, even if they could not respect their parents themselves, they often sent their wives to serve their parents-in-law. If there were grandchildren, they would leave the third generation to be with their grandparents and grandparents to be happy...

Advocate your parents, and they are all obligations that must be fulfilled in terms of etiquette, humanity, and morality. This is especially true for the court officials. If there is an accident at home and you have to return to your hometown according to the law, the position in the officialdom is really a pit. If you wait for the filial piety period to report, then you will be waiting for the candidates for the outsiders to wait. If there is no way to clear the relationship, it is likely that you will be idle until you are old.

Li Guangdi was in such an embarrassing situation when his career was rising, and he had to return to his hometown, Quanzhou, Anxi, and to guard the system for three years. However, he was really capable and would seize the opportunity. In the 17th year of the Kangxi reign, the White Turban Army invaded Anxi, and Zheng Jing occupied cities around the coastal areas of Fujian and sent troops to siege Quanzhou.

At that time, Li Guangdi had a very high status in his hometown of Anxi, with reputation and connections. He recruited more than 100 local brave men to guard the dangers and tried to protect Anxi. Later, he led his men to defeat the Zheng army and lifted the siege of Quanzhou. His contributions were very reliable. Local officials recommended talents to the court. Li Guangdi was awarded the title of bachelor of the imperial court, and he was given a full salary and he would make up for the situation when he went to Beijing. This was a huge benefit. The order of by-election was high and the selection of officials was a foregone conclusion.

However, Li Guangdi was very politically wise. At that time, he submitted a memorial to the emperor and insisted on accepting the title of a bachelor's title, and was very humble and belittled for his contributions. ** people like humble and cautious virtues, which were probably passed down from ancient times. The upper-level leaders often did not like subordinates to show themselves too much. Even if they were really capable, they could only praise them at most six or seven points. Therefore, the emperor was very fond of Li Guangdi's retreat to advance, and had a particularly good impression of him, and still awarded the title of bachelor's degree from Li Guangdi.

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In August of the 19th year of Kangxi, Li Guangdi went to Beijing to attend the capital. Although Emperor Kangxi had changed his inner core, he was a talented wise ruler who was only suitable. He had once struggled in the modern workplace and was used to looking at the worldly affairs. He also admired his subordinates who were smart, skilled, and shrewd and capable, so he was naturally willing to give Li Guangdi a real job.

However, there were also restrictions on the quota of the cabinet bachelor's degree at that time. The memorandum presented by the Ministry of Personnel was clearly written. Sorry, now that the radish pits are full, and if there are vacancies, he will be given priority to make up for it. But everyone understands the meaning of the secret. Keep healthy without any illness or disaster, flatter the emperor, say less mistakes and stand in a good team, be filial to parents without worry... Who would voluntarily resign and lose money... The old Shangshu Huang Ji is in his seventies and still insists on going to work every day, wait.

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