However, there was also a prime minister who did not make any achievements during his reign. However, this prime minister has always been listed as a celebrity by later generations, and has been recited through the ages after his death. It can be said that he is the most "lazy" and enterprising person among these prime ministers. Some people say that he doesn't deserve to stay in this bright phase. This sentence is wrong. In fact, this man's wisdom is no less than that of former Prime Minister Xiao He, and he is also a talented person with literary talent and martial arts. He is Cao Can, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.
Cao Can, the laziest prime minister.
The founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty was Xiao He. Before the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he made suggestions for Liu Bang and came up with many tricks to help Liu Bang establish the Han Dynasty. After the successful establishment of the Han Dynasty, Xiao He gave full play to his intelligence, established a series of state systems, and consolidated the rule of the Han Dynasty. Among these measures, Xiao He has done its best to recuperate and reduce taxes. It is precisely because of the recuperation policy in the early Han Dynasty that it laid a solid foundation for the prosperous Han Dynasty.
However, people will always be born and die. Xiao He, a great man, finally escaped his fate and passed away. The emperor at this time was Han Huidi. Seeing that his left prime minister was dying, Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty came to Xiao He's bedside and asked who the next prime minister was. At this time, Xiao He was extremely weak, but he still supported his weak body and replied: "Cao Can!"
At that time, Cao Can was not very famous, so Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty was suspicious of this character. However, for the sake of saint Xiao He, Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty called Cao Can into Beijing and appointed Cao Can as Prime Minister.
Follow the established rules
After Cao Can became prime minister, he did not carry out drastic reforms like other prime ministers. He just sits in his own house drinking and eating meat, and he doesn't care about political affairs at all. If someone goes to his house and asks, "What should I do about this?" No matter what this matter is, Cao Can's answer is: "Just follow the rules set by Xiao He before." A famous idiom "Listen to Cao Cao" has been derived here.
After a long time, Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty heard that the new prime minister was acting strangely, so he called Cao Can to his palace to ask what was going on.
Emperor Hui of Han asked Cao Can, "Why does Ai Qing have to follow the system of Xiao He in everything?" Hearing this question, Cao Can already had the answer in his heart. He didn't answer Han's question directly. Instead, he asked Han, "Your Majesty, in your opinion, which of your talents is more outstanding than Gao Emperor?" When Emperor Hui of Han heard this, he naturally replied, "Naturally, the first emperor was more powerful. How can I compare with the first emperor? "
When Cao Can heard this answer, he was secretly pleased and threw another question: "In your majesty's view, who is more outstanding than Xiao He and me?" Han Huidi replied: "Xiao He's talent should be better." Cao Can continued to follow the words of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty: "When Emperor Gaozu and Xiao He settled the world, the law clearly emphasized that inaction should be adhered to, so we should act according to law." These words dispelled Han Huidi's concerns and continued to implement the national policy of doing nothing.
Cao Can can write and fight.
In fact, Cao Can is not the kind of person who does nothing. On the contrary, Cao Can is a loyal minister and a rare talent.
Cao Can was also the founding leader of the early Han Dynasty. At the time of the founding of the Han Dynasty, Cao Can laid a two-country 122 county for the Han Dynasty, which should be relatively strong in terms of combat power. In terms of military achievements, Cao Can is second only to Han Xin. Cao Can's martial arts should be stronger. Just because Han Xin's exploits were too brilliant, Liu Bang never noticed Cao Can.
Let's talk about Wen again. On the one hand, Cao Can managed Qi in an orderly way and won the praise of countless people. He should also be a wise man who manages the country well. When governing Qi State, through my own exploration and consultation, I found that what this country needs most now is inaction. After the baptism of so many wars, it is even harder for ordinary people now. People's stability is the foundation of a strong country. Only by letting the people recuperate can the country become rich and strong faster.
At that time, Cao Can understood this truth and that what the Han Dynasty needed most was rest. According to the present explanation, the economy at that time was a farming economy. If we want to promote the rapid development of the national economy, we must recuperate, reduce taxes and give people more freedom so that they can produce better. Only when the people are rich can the country be strong. This is the essence of promoting the development of farming economy. As long as we always adhere to the national policy of doing nothing, the country's prosperity is just around the corner.
Therefore, from this perspective, Cao Can is still really stupid. It is because of his foresight that he promoted the development of the country. Facing the censure of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty, Cao Can can also use Xiao He tactfully to resolve it. This Cao Can's ingenuity is really unusual. Let the emperor agree with his point of view, and it will not undermine the national policy of doing nothing. As a bridge, Cao Can has done a good job. This national policy has also been adhered to until the period of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, forming a famous "cultural landscape governance".
In fact, there is another thing that can prove Cao Can's wisdom. At that time, Xiao He was seriously ill, and Cao Can began to tell his family that he was going to Beijing. At that time, there was no sign that Cao Can would be the next prime minister. At that time, Cao Can was just a small official. Later, however, Cao Shen really became prime minister.
Cao Can and Xiao He are actually brothers. The two of them grew up together and followed Liu Bang to lay the foundation of the Han Dynasty. However, Liu Bang seems to value Xiao He more. For Cao Can, he is not an important official in Liu Bang's eyes. In this way, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Cao Can went to the State of Qi to be an official.
Therefore, judging from the above phenomena, Cao Can is not a fatuous and incompetent prime minister, but a wise and enlightened prime minister. It was because of Cao Can's wisdom that he did not destroy the inaction left by Xiao He, but promoted the prosperity of the country at that time. Later, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty relayed together, leaving a spectacular scene of "the rule of Wenjing", which laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty in the future.