Chapter 6 Chapter 6 The old locust tree and the white bird descending auspiciously; the old hermit Wang Guijin spoke bluntly

Every time I say a word, I have to think twice, think about whether this sentence will harm the people, so you always think that I talk less.In fact, it's not that I talk less, but because I have to be responsible for every promise. Li Shimin looked down on Emperor Wu of Liang and Emperor Yuan of Liang. He said: "Emperor Liang Wu believed in Buddhism. The emperor and his ministers talked about asceticism and emptiness every day. The chaos of Hou Jing was about to massacre the city. They were still talking about the emptiness of all beings, the emptiness of the Dharma, and all kinds of emptiness. "Laozi", all the officials listened attentively, and they didn't even know what the battle was going on outside. These are the lessons of history. I don't believe in Buddhism, and I don't believe in it. I only adopt the theories of Yao, Shun, Yu, Zhou, and Confucius. For a country, these theories are like fish and water, birds and sky, they cannot be lost for a moment!"

Li Shimin naturally has his reasons for saying this. "If you say nothing, you call it impetuous; if you say something but don't say it, you call it hidden; if you don't see color, you call it blind." This is what Confucius said. It means that a person should pay attention to what he says. It shouldn’t be your turn to say that you are impatient if you grab the words, you are hiding if you don’t speak when you should speak, and you are blind if you speak without understanding other people’s faces. Li Shimin likes to discuss things with classics, and he also discussed what Confucius once said.

Xiao Yu often violated the first rule, Du Yan often violated the second rule, and the following man violated the third rule. It should be said that this man's fate is good enough, but he just doesn't look at Li Shimin's face.Pei Qiantong, Yang Guang's former subordinate.Ever since he killed Yang Guang, he has been quite conceited, saying to others all day long: "I have devoted my past to the eradication of the Sui Dynasty and the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. Do you think I have any merit? Do I have any merit?" Others groaned and chirped to deal with it twice, and said some comforting words, but he still pushed his nose and face, becoming more and more conceited.

When Li Shimin came to the throne, he first wanted to get rid of these people, but after the world was amnesty, Pei Qiantong saved his life. He didn't take his life for his life, and shouted every day with a broken voice. A person like him should be pulled out and shot for five minutes. It doesn't matter if he is thick-skinned, but it's fatal to be so thick-skinned.Everyone should know that Yang Guang treated him well at the beginning, and he became the main force of killing the king.After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuansheng became the governor, and now Li Shimin is the emperor. This guy is still like Mrs. Xianglin, who praises himself when he meets everyone. Yang Guang was destroyed, and he contributed a lot.Pei Qiantong definitely doesn't know Li Shimin, he hates duplicitous guys the most.

A person who can kill the Lord is completely untrustworthy. For Pei Qiantong, Li Shimin's approach was to suppress him. Pei Qiantong probably didn't understand what Li Shimin meant, he was afraid that Li Shimin would forget him, and he would say "I am a hero" every day when he chatted, and he didn't look at Li Shimin's face that was already livid. Unbearable, Li Shimin issued an edict to remove his name and exile him in Huanzhou. Pei Qiantong was so angry that he died. Li Shimin commented to his ministers: "The ancients said, 'The amnesty of the world is the luck of the villain, but it is a bad thing for the gentleman.' Others said, 'Amnesty several times a year will make the good people suffer." The weeds will harm the crops, and the forgiveness of the guilty will harm the good people. Therefore, since I came to the throne, I have not forgiven much, just because I am afraid that the villain will break the law again." Now, Pei Qiantong finally understood that in Li Shimin's eyes, he was just is a villain.

A villain who only takes credit. There was a disaster in the pass, and the emperor opened a warehouse to provide relief and redeem his children. The originally lifeless Guanzhong became active. On this day, it was sunny and sunny. Although it was not as beautiful as before, the locust tree outside the hall showed a difference.The court officials had nothing to do, so many people began to think about getting something new.They cheered up and presented congratulatory forms one after another. What they congratulated was auspiciousness, as evidenced by a pair of white sparrows on the locust tree.

Don't think that mourning is for nothing. In fact, the ancients were very sensitive to white things, especially living things. White snow is auspicious, white rabbit is auspicious, and the white bird cannot escape from this range.He Biao said that this auspicious occasion means that the king will come to the world and a saint will be born.Everyone was overjoyed and clamored for a banquet, but Li Shimin sat silently.He knew that these ministers, congratulations and so on are all nonsense, and flattery is the real thing. So he said disdainfully: "I used to joke that Emperor Yang of Sui liked auspiciousness. How did he perish with so many auspicious signs? Remember, our auspicious signs are virtues. What is a bird worthy of your congratulations?"

In order not to leave any words for the officials, he ordered the destruction of the bird's nest and the release of the sparrows into the wild. He Niaomen ended in such a dismal situation, let's do something, don't treat Li Shimin as Yang Guang, a group of people began to speculate on Li Shimin's thoughts. For Li Shimin, choosing servants to shoot is a thorny issue. Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, Li Baiyao, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Cen Wenwen, Gao Shilian, Tang Jian, Yu Shinan... Here, two people are elected to serve as the left and right servants, and they will directly affect the entire political climate.

These people not only played the role of subordinates in Li Shimin's life, but more importantly, they were admonishing officials. It was they who made Li Shimin's life miserable.Don't you always like to listen to advice?Come on, everyone loves to give opinions, so please take care of me! Colleagues come out in no particular order. Wang Gui, a native of Qixian County, Taiyuan, an old relative of Li Jiancheng, was born in a poor family and was an orphan.His words and deeds are upright, and he is cautious in making friends, so he has a good reputation.When Yang Guang first came to the throne, Wang Gui was thirty-four years old and lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, cultivating his temperament.

Wang Gui's mother is a virtuous woman. One day, she said to Wang Gui: "My mother thinks that you will be rich in the future, but I don't know what kind of people your friends are. You might as well bring them to your house. " Therefore, Wang Gui attracted his two friends. Wang Gui's mother met two of her son's friends and she felt good.Of these two people, one is about twenty-six years old, is from Shandong, well-spoken, very strategic, and looks very amiable, his name is Fang Xuanling; A positive tone judged the content of their discussion, witty and intelligent, giving people a feeling of daring to make a decisive decision. His name is Du Ruhui.

The queen mother arranged wine and food, and had a good time all day long. After the two had eaten and drank enough, finished their conversation, and left, Wang Gui's mother pointed to God and said: "You two friends are really more promising than you!" Wang Gui is a relatively individual person. Although he is a hermit, his family is too poor at this time.When others think about what to eat for the next meal, his family has to think about whether there is any food for the next meal.However, what is frowning is that he accepts everything that someone gives him, without refusing, he is really thick-skinned.Everyone probably wouldn't know that when he left, Comrade Wang Gui would secretly take out a note and write down which friend gave him anything without missing a single grain of rice. for example: Xuanling lent me ten cakes. I must not forget my merits to others, but I must not forget my faults; Year, month, day, Xiaogui Ji. Sure enough, after becoming an official in the court, Wang Gui never forgot the people who helped him back then.He dug out his notepad, returned the principal and interest one by one, and said when giving things away, you gave me a big cake in the afternoon of the eighth day of June thirteen years ago, and now I am rewarded by the emperor with a gold cake, you take it , If you don't accept it, I will throw it away (Wang Guixianda, feedback to friends).What Wang Gui did was really shocking and caused quite a stir at the time. He is proficient in Confucianism, familiar with etiquette, and knows the rules and regulations in detail. Therefore, Fang, Du and he were able to enter the court together, which cannot but be said to be an inspirational force. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Comrade Wang Gui's frequency of making suggestions was almost the highest. Li Shimin knows people well, but for Wang Gui, he really doesn't know what specialties he has.So he came to him and asked, "Gui, tell me what are your strengths!" Wang Gui said calmly, "Serving the country diligently, being resourceful and strategic, my minister is not as good as Fang Xuanling; he is capable of both literature and martial arts, and he can go out and enter." A minister is not as good as Li Jing; a minister is not as good as Wen Yanbo when he explains clearly; he is not as good as Wen Yanbo; he is capable of handling affairs and has no delays in the case; You are so kind, but I have a day longer than them." Li Shimin nodded, paying more attention to him. Li Shimin likes to talk admonishingly. One time during leisure, he chatted with Wang Gui, and the atmosphere was relatively harmonious. Standing next to her was a beautiful woman, Li Yuan's concubine, who was very attractive.When Wang Gui saw this woman, his face was displeased. Li Shimin was afraid that Wang Gui would misunderstand, so he pointed to the beautiful woman and explained, "This... this is the concubine of Li Yuan, King of Lujiang. Li Yuan killed her husband and snatched her away. I really can't stand it." Wang Gui suddenly felt a wave of nausea, avoided the table and bowed: "Your Majesty thinks it is right for the King of Lujiang to accept her as a concubine?" Li Shimin was a little angry, and said: "Kill someone's husband and marry him by force, you say it is right or wrong!" Wang Gui retorted: "Your Majesty hates Li Yuan's evil deeds, but he does the same thing himself. Who would say that? What about the letter? The beautiful woman who was robbed is still by your side, I thought His Majesty and Li Yuan were on the same side!" Wang Gui, don't you want to live?Dare to talk to the emperor Lao Tzu like this, it is clear that you are looking for death. However, when Li Shimin heard the words, he was as happy as Zilu who heard it, and he was overjoyed and sent the beauty back home. (It is indeed rare.) Wang Gui is turbid and clear, jealous of evil and fond of good. Wang Gui was a little too much. The person in charge of the palace music work is Comrade Taichang Shaoqing Zu Xiaosun, who was arranged to teach the court ladies to sing.Li Shimin wanted him to serve in the palace, but Zu Xiaosun refused because he was busy teaching.The emperor didn't listen to what he said, which made Li Shimin very angry, and wanted to teach this little Shaoqing a lesson.When Wang Gui heard the news, he rushed to support him and remonstrated, "The filial grandson is a gentleman. Your majesty originally asked him to teach the maids to sing, but now he is also a servant in the palace. I think it is impossible to change the order. Your majesty is wrong. Please change it!" Li Shimin was even more angry: "I regard you as my confidants, and you should all be loyal to your duties. Now you are joining forces with the people below to tease me, what should you do?" Wen Yanbo was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy, but Comrade Wang Gui stood there motionless. For a moment, seeing that Li Shimin was sulking, he felt that he had not caused enough trouble, so he said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, you said that the minister should serve the public. Are we talking about ourselves today? Your Majesty is wrong, and it's okay to be wrong." Change, this matter is your Majesty's responsibility to your minister, not your minister's responsibility to your Majesty!" After saying this, he resolutely waited for Li Shimin to deal with him. Li Shimin fell silent. When Wang Gui went to see him again, he found that his face was ashamed, and beads of sweat had soaked his forehead. Wang Gui resigned. The next day, Li Shimin told Wang Gui's friend Fang Xuanling: "Yesterday, I got angry with Wang Gui and the others. At that time, I felt that something was wrong, but I didn't fully realize it. I really regretted it today. In the future, Wang Gui will tell you about this matter. Don't be afraid to speak out because of this matter. ,it's all my fault." Wang Gui: It's all caused by the moon. Li Shimin: If something goes wrong, blame the moon, beware of natural disasters and man-made disasters.