What was the official position of "Huangmenlang" in ancient times?

In ancient China, the greatest wish of scholars was to stand out from the crowd. Those who pass this level will have a great chance to be an official and get rid of the status of mud legs. Of course, even if they enter the bureaucratic group, their fate is very different. Some people have a prosperous career and have gained fame and fortune all their lives; Some people hesitate to move forward and sink into the next life; Many officials have been jailed for various reasons, and the hard work of the past ten years has been in vain.

Promotion is not without shortcuts. For example, Huang Menlang in the Western Han Dynasty was the "fast lane" for promotion. Many powerful ministers started from the position of Huang Menlang and climbed to the peak of power step by step. But at the same time, power is also a double-edged sword. Almost all these senior officials have no good end.

The faster the lane, the higher the risk of collision, which is an eternal law.

The system of selecting officials in the Western Han Dynasty itself has great problems. Its system is based on "inspection" and supplemented by examination. There is a lot of room for black-box operation of this system, and aristocratic families can practice fraud. When consorts monopolize power, their disadvantages become more and more serious. This once powerful empire, in the hands of those "virtuous and upright" officials, has gradually become crumbling.

Behind the decline of the empire, there are many "Huang Menlang" figures. Because the "Huangmenlang" in the Western Han Dynasty is the "fast lane" for promotion and wealth.

(1) What is Huang Menlang's official position?

Huang Menlang's main job is to send a will to the emperor and occasionally do odd jobs. Although the official position is not big and the salary is limited (rank 600 stone), Huang Menlang's position is very close to the power center. Once you gain the trust of the emperor, promotion and salary increase are a piece of cake. Every have it both ways, Huang Menlang who is good at reading and listening, will be highly valued by the emperor.

Of course, being good at have it both ways doesn't mean being smart. Some Huang Menlang don't understand this truth, so they are self-defeating. Instead, they trap themselves. For example, in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty, after the death of Sun Quan, the emperor of Wu Dong, his son Sun Liang succeeded to the throne. One day, Sun Liang wanted to eat some plums soaked in honey, so he ordered his Huang Menlang to get them. Sun Liang frowned when the honey was served. It turns out that there are a lot of mouse droppings in honey, so it seems that the honey manager's job is not done well. According to the usual logic, this person will probably be punished.

But Sun Liang laughed and ordered his men to take out the mouse excrement and break it off one by one. Sure enough, all these rat droppings are wet outside and dry inside. So Sun Liang came to the conclusion that these mouse droppings must have just been put in by others. The most suspected person is Huang Menlang, who is carrying honey.

However, Sun Liang has already seen through everything.

After listening to the emperor's analysis, Huang Menlang, who had a guilty conscience, immediately fell to his knees and kowtowed and repented. It turned out that he asked the person in charge of honey for it, but the other party didn't give it to him. So he held a grudge and took the opportunity to retaliate, but this little trick could not be concealed from the emperor's eyes. Now, don't mention being promoted to a higher position, maybe you will spend the rest of your life in prison.

The original text of "The History of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu" is like this: "At dawn, I will leave the West Garden and eat raw plums. Let me take honey-stained plums from the Yellow Gate and take them to China. There are mice in the honey. I will call Tibetan officials, and they will kowtow. Liang asked the official, "Does Huangmen ask you for honey evil?" The official said, "I really dare not ask for it. "Yellow door refuses to accept ... to break the mouse's arrow, the arrow is dry. Liang laughed and said to Xuan and Taitai, "If the arrow enters the honey first, it will be wet at home and abroad. If it is wet outside and dry inside, it must be the Yellow Gate. "The yellow door is served first, and both sides are horrified."

It can be seen that cleverness may be able to deceive for a while. But I can't hide it forever. If you really want to succeed in career, you must have two brushes.

(2) Chun Yuchang, Dong Xian and Huang Menlang killed each other in the Western Han Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Han Cheng, 20-year-old Chun Yuchang took the position of Huang Menlang as an official. Soon after, Chun Yuchang became a favorite of Emperor Han Chengdi. As we all know, Emperor Hancheng loved Zhao Yanfei very much and wanted to make him the queen, but the Queen Mother didn't agree at all. At this time, Chun Yuchang had a place to play.

According to "Biography of Han Shu", "(Spring Rain) Archmage corresponded with the East Palace. After forty years old, Queen Zhao will have to be established. " Anyway, it took Chunyu a long time to convince the Queen Mother. After Emperor Hancheng made Zhao the queen as he wished, he immediately named Chun Yuchang the marquis. At this moment, Chun Yuchang became a hot minister at that time. No matter who sends bribes, he accepts them one by one and never refuses.

It can be seen that a person's promotion and salary increase does not depend on his contribution to the company, but on the key figures who decide his fate. It's a thousand times better to please this man than to work hard.

If the spring rain is active, then Dong Xian is undoubtedly passively attracted by the beauty of the prosperous times. As Emperor Han Cheng had no son, his nephew Liu Xin inherited his throne, which was called Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty in history. Emperor Han Ai saw that Dong Xian was handsome and immediately decided to keep him around. So he named Dong Xian Huang Menlang, and they were inseparable and became a pair of good friends who went down in history.

To what extent did Emperor Han Ai love Dong Xian? When they took a nap together, Emperor Ai of Han was the first to wake up. In order not to disturb Dong Xian, he cut off Dong Xian's sleeve with his sword, and then quietly left by himself. This is the origin of the allusion of "Broken Sleeves". With the love of Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty, Dong Xian is naturally strong. Korean civil and military officials rushed to curry favor with each other, and Dong Xian took bribes wantonly. According to Han Shu Biography, when Dong Xian was robbed after his death, "the county magistrate sold 400 million yuan of Dong Shi's wealth", which is undoubtedly an astronomical figure.

Five baht is 4.3 billion yuan, and you can easily buy thousands of luxury houses and 10,000 cattle and sheep. Dong Xian's favor is evident.

Good-looking people often get more convenience. The ancients pursued "beauty", but today people are more courageous and even have the idea of moving a knife in their faces. For example, this year, Xinyao, which focuses on medical beauty business, was successfully listed on Nasdaq, and its market value has reached as high as 65.438+57.4 million US dollars. Since ancient times, people's pursuit of appearance is the same.

There is nothing new under the sun. History always repeats itself again and again, without exception.

(3) Wang Mang, the terminator of Huangmenlang, was actually born in Huangmenlang.

Although Chunyuchang was in the limelight and Dong Xian was in the limelight, the two powerful ministers finally fell into the hands of wily follwed. It is worth mentioning that this Wang Mang is also a Huang Menlang.

The long fall of the spring rain is a typical "self-immolation, not living." Since he was favored by the emperor and lived in groups of wives and concubines, Chunyu Chang should behave himself. But he will never, never, never reach out to the abandoned Queen Xu. He not only accepted a lot of property from the other side, but also promised to find another title for the other side. It is a great sin for a minister to interfere in the harem. As for when to lose your head, it's only a matter of time.

However, Wang Mang, whose hands and eyes were sky-high, naturally wrote down the conclusive evidence of Chun Yuchang, and then stabbed the Queen Mother at the first time. The queen mother was furious and immediately informed the emperor, and then she was relieved of the post of Chun Yuchang. Later, the emperor put Chun Yuchang in prison. The arrogant and powerful minister finally died in prison.

Dong Xian died of oppression between consorts. When Han Chengdi's mother came to power, his mother Shi Ding and his grandmother Fu Shi both gained honor and power. Wang Mang's family went downhill, and Wang Mang himself was removed from office.

However, regardless of the ups and downs, Wang Mang has always been simple and self-restrained, courteous to corporal, and made many celebrities and friends. It happened that after Wang Mang was dismissed, there was a solar eclipse in the sky, and his former friends immediately played on it, saying: The appearance of this celestial phenomenon proves that all talented people in the world have been wronged. The Queen Mother took the opportunity to ask Wang Mang to return to power. Emperor Han Ai was forced to agree to his request.

At this time, Dong Qing was so fierce that many people were jealous. As soon as Wang Mang returned to the imperial court, he did a happy thing. He took Dong Xian's seal and put it under house arrest, while Dong Xian committed suicide. The consorts of Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty and Fu's family were all hit to varying degrees, while Wang Jia completely controlled the Han's state affairs.

Many years later, Wang Mang showed his fangs. He abolished the emperor of the Han Dynasty and became an emperor himself, known as the New Dynasty in history. But the reorganization after Wang Mang was unpopular. In the end, civil unrest sprang up everywhere, and the royal family of the Han Dynasty took the opportunity to fight back and finally killed Wang Mang in the disorderly army. Wang Mang, who died penniless, was worse than the first two. It is undoubtedly a big joke to compare his painstaking efforts in the first half of his life with the bleak ending in the second half.

In the days of the Duke of Zhou, he was afraid of gossip and paid homage to the throne before Wang Mang usurped the throne. Shi Xiang died at that time, but who knows the truth of his life?

Game of Thrones

In Game of Thrones, there are only two endings, victory and death, and there is no third way to go. For powerful ministers, when they are full of ambitions, the shadow of death has hung over their heads and may take their lives at any time.

Once they show weakness, those who covet their status will take the opportunity to knock them down. This behavior begins with jealousy and ends with justice. Even the powerful people in the ruling and opposition parties can't escape Leviathan's iron fist.

Anyway, these powerful ministers are like vines that can suck blood. They are entangled in the big tree of the Western Han Empire. They tried to climb higher, but the result accelerated its withering. This is the evil result of power monopoly. These three prosperous Huang Menlang undoubtedly explained this eternal truth for us with their own blood and life.