Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Wei Xuancheng sternly reprimands Taizong Li Shude for being old and thinking of Peiji

Wang Gui said that Li Shimin was suffering, but he was not extreme. Next, we will talk about the famous Wei Zheng, a person who has never accumulated virtue.The prestige of Mr. Wei Zheng has long been rumored in the Jianghu. Many times people will regard Wei Zheng as a dead-tempered person. In order to prove that he is not, I will explain it again here. Like Wang Gui, Wei Zheng also built an old party, advised Comrade Prince Yin, and reminded him many times to act first, so he can be said to be a typical player who needs to be beaten. But in front of Li Shimin, he still assisted with his heart and won Li Shimin's trust.

Wei Zheng said to Li Shimin: "I am honored to serve Your Majesty, and I hope that I can become a good minister, not a loyal one." Li Shimin wondered: "Isn't a loyal minister a good minister?" Wei Zheng replied calmly: "There is a big difference between the two. In ancient times, Ji, Qi, and Gaotao are good ministers, while Bigan and Long Pang are loyal ministers. The goal of good ministers is to manage the country well no matter what means they use. Loyal ministers like court disputes and pressure each other with death. , death for the country, although worthy of admiration, but not worth learning."

Li Shimin was greatly admired, he did not expect that Wei Zheng, who was so earthy, would have such thoughts. Before Li Shimin finished appreciating it, Wei Zheng added the most important sentence, "If you want to be a good minister, you should be a good minister, not a loyal minister!" Li Shimin asked Wei Zheng, "For the monarch, what is light and what is darkness?" Wei Zheng said: "This question is easy to explain. If you listen to it, you will be clear, and if you believe it, you will be dark. Let me give an example. Yao once visited Xiaomin privately, so he knew that Miao was guilty; Shun was good at investigating, so he discovered Gong, Gun, and Huandou. In comparison, Emperor Qin II believed in Zhao Gao, which is why he was mourned at the head of Guizhou; Emperor Wu of Liang believed in Zhu Yi, which is why he was humiliated at Taicheng; In court. Therefore, the king must listen and accept, so that the powerful cannot conceal their crimes and the people's sentiments can be conveyed. Your Majesty, don't hold back in court every day, and these problems will not arise."

"If you listen to both, you will be clear; if you believe partly, you will be dark." Li Shimin happily repeated it. Wei Zheng is a very interesting person. Before that, the imperial court asked to sort out folk and court ballads, investigate ancient sounds, and compose "Tang Yayue".In order to let everyone have a good time, Li Shimin played for everyone in person.After hearing this, Du Yan advised, "The "Companion Song" here was played when Qi State was about to die, and "Yushu Houting Flower" was played when Chen State was about to die. You can cry afterwards, it’s not good music.”

Li Shimin disagreed, and retorted: "This is wrong. The quality of music depends on people. Therefore, when listening to music, whether happiness or sadness depends on people's hearts, not on the music itself. For a country that is about to perish, no matter what kind of music is played, it will It makes people feel sad. These two pieces of music have survived, and I personally played them for you. Since you can hear the sadness of this music, why don't you see you cry now?" Du Yan was speechless. Wei Zheng then said: "The ancients said, 'Li Yun Li Yun, Jade Silk Clouds! Music Clouds, Music Clouds, Bells and Drum Clouds!' Music is mainly about people's thoughts, not about the melody."

Li Shimin laughed out loud. Many people say that Wei Zheng is tough, but this story proves that sometimes, Wei Zheng is also very good at making people happy. "Li Yun Li Yun, jade and silk cloud! Le Yun Le Yun, bell and drum cloud!" These two sentences were said by Confucius, which means, don't think that giving something is a courtesy, don't think that knocking something is a gift. The piano is music, and the world is full of fools full of poetry and books and fools who are erudite and incompetent. When Wei Zheng said this, he not only explained his own point of view, but also flattered Li Shimin by the way.

In a word, whether it is good or bad depends on the purpose of speaking. Wei Zheng is a philosophy emperor. One day, after Li Shimin finished reading Comrade Yang Guang's album "The Collection of Sui Yangdi", he was filled with emotion for Yang Guang's deeds.Seeing that Wei Zheng was present, he asked Wei Zheng, "I read "The Collection of Emperor Sui Yang". This is a book written by Emperor Sui Yang himself. , Zhou. But why did he do the opposite when he was doing things himself?" "Although the emperor is the lord of a country, he should also humbly ask for advice. What's more, the wise offer their advice and the brave try their best. Emperor Sui Yang thought he was handsome, talented, and proud. He recited articles written by Yao and Shun every day. But what he practiced was the atrocities committed by Jie and Zhou. In the end, he didn’t know how to repent, and he didn’t listen to someone’s advice. Therefore, the demise of the Sui Dynasty was inevitable. This is because, for him, articles were just literary things , not something that can educate."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Don't forget the past and guide the future, I understand." Li Shimin attaches great importance to Wei Zheng, but because of his busy schedule, he often gets angry with Wei Zheng.Once in the court hall, Li Shimin was losing his temper, and Comrade Wei Zheng remonstrated at this juncture, which made Li Shimin bloody.Li Shimin was furious, his voice was like thunder, and his face alone was enough to make people shudder.Everyone was terrified, but looking at Wei Zheng again, he stood there with a calm face and a happy expression. Later, Li Shimin recalled: "Wei Zheng is really powerful. When I am angry, there is no one who is not afraid of me, except him."

Even, Li Shimin said such a sentence - I am afraid of Wei Zheng! The Master said: Be fearful and not be afraid, this is the real warrior! History has proved that it is common for a monarch to be afraid of his subjects, but it is rare for a talented and powerful monarch to be afraid of his subjects.The story of Li Shimin's fear of Wei Zheng has been passed down from generation to generation in textbooks. One day, Li Shimin wanted to go to Zhongnan Mountain to play. The guards and guards of honor outside were all ready to leave. The queue was about to leave, but Li Shimin suddenly announced that he would not go.At this time, Comrade Wei Zheng had just returned from burning incense in the temple. Seeing a group of people standing there motionless, he ran to Li Shimin and asked, "Your Majesty just asked, they said that His Majesty is going to play in Zhongnan Mountain. I'm ready, I'll just wait for you, why don't you go?" Li Shimin smiled and said embarrassedly:

"At first I really wanted to go, but when you came back suddenly, I was afraid that you would get angry, so I didn't dare to go." Wei Zheng didn't feel any embarrassment either. Then, another embarrassing thing happened, that is, the very famous "squeeze the bird gate" incident.In other words, a person from another country offered Comrade Li Shimin a very beautiful harrier eagle. Li Shimin was very happy. When he first got it, he held it on his arm to admire it. Appreciating, the god of death came. Wei Zheng appeared from around the corner, and Li Shimin panicked for a while, not knowing what to do.Afraid that Wei Zheng would say that he would never quit, he thought about hiding the Harrier Eagle, but he was reluctant to throw it away, so he just made do and hid the Harrier Eagle in his arms.Wei Zheng had seen Li Shimin playing with birds a long time ago, but he didn't express his opinion. He came around the corner and started talking about things.

More than an hour later, he said slowly to Li Shimin: "I will stop here first, Your Majesty will think about it later." Wei Zheng left, turned his head every step, and left Li Shimin with unfinished thoughts. "Yaying, wake up, Yaoying, what's wrong with you, Yaoying!" Goodbye, Harrier Eagle... (The Harrier Eagle has a soft neck and a peaceful face, looking up at the sky.) Next is Cen Wenwen. Cen Wenwen's official position was not high, and he was recommended by Li Jing later, and he became a member of Zhongshu Sheren (Li Shimin's hard-charging recommendation indicators, Li Jing completed it very well).In the position of Zhongshu Sheren, Cen Wenwen's talent has been widely recognized.Li Shimin is very good at observing people. He thinks that Cen Wenwen has done a good job, and he is thinking about finding a suitable opportunity to promote him.But the official position of Zhongshu Province is not easy to get up. Keeping secrets of the central government and issuing government orders are the main tasks of Zhongshu Shilang. At that time, the person who served as the Minister of Zhongshu was the well-known scholar Yan Shigu, and most of the tasks of Zhongshu Province had to go through his hands. Yan Shigu, after reading this person's resume, you will understand how powerful this person is.He is the grandson of Yan Zhitui, a famous Confucian in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Yan Zhitui's "Yan's Family Instructions" has become a classic of Confucianism handed down from generation to generation, and it is a wonderful book on family education in the Chinese-speaking world.Therefore, Yan Shigu's family education was quite unique. In the early years of Zhenguan, he lived up to his grandfather's glory and grew into a world-renowned scholar, classicist, linguist, and historian. This is Cen Wenwen's boss. Yan Shigu is well-read, good at exegesis, phonology, and collation. He is a precious figure at the fossil level.Whether Cen Wenwen can match him, people in the court have their own opinions. Later, due to some incidents, Yan Shigu was dismissed from office, and it was once rumored in the court that no one would be able to take up the official position of Minister of Zhongshu.For this reason, Wen Yanbo specifically interceded for Yan Shigu and said: "Yan Shigu is proficient in current affairs and better than Wenzhao. No one can match him. I hope His Majesty can re-enable him, otherwise the Tang Dynasty will be uneducated." Li Shimin said: "I I will recommend someone to come out, don't worry, Mister." The next day, Li Shimin announced: "I have the text of Nanyang Cen, so I can surpass Yan Shigu!" The emperor said you can do it, so you can really do it? History has proved that Yan Shigu is certainly not bad, but Cen Wenwen's talent is a little higher than Yan Shigu's.Cen Wenwen has studied hard ten years after ten years, and has transformed from a child prodigy back then to a university student today.Cen Wenwen accepted Li Shimin's invitation, and took the position of Zhongshu's assistant minister, specializing in confidential matters.However, someone could see worry in his eyes. "Text, do you feel that you are not capable enough?" "No, I am confident that I am talented, but Zhongshu Shilang has a lot of responsibilities and has many things to do, so I am very worried." Li Shimin found the right person. Li Shimin suffers a lot more than ordinary emperors, and being a good emperor is more tiring than being a model husband. This is true.However, no matter how hard Li Shimin is, he still has a career and playmates.On the other hand, Li Yuan, the Supreme Emperor, was really not happy. At this moment, he was sitting in the room, very lonely.Someone once advised Li Yuan to open his mind and eat and drink.But for him who used to be an emperor, there is no past scenery, no friends, and he will only be lonely forever. Alas, what saddened him the most was that Pei Ji died. The only prime minister in the reign of Wude died, and the beginning of the matter was so dumbfounding. Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a temple in the mountain, and there was a monk named Fa Ya in the temple.Fa Ya is a demon monk who specializes in spreading anti-Tang remarks, and was later arrested because the guy's confidant happened to be someone from the government.At the information desk, the bald donkey was very forthright, and confessed to Pei Ji before he was beaten.Pei Ji was not wronged, it was just bad luck.He and Fa Ya had been in a relationship before, because Pei Ji liked Li Yuan, so he hated Li Shimin, Fa Ya was just a flatterer, so he also said that he hated Li Shimin, and by the way he hated Datang, and planned to let Datang perish. Considering Pei Ji's actions and his father's feelings, Li Shimin only dismissed Pei Ji from office. Back home, Pei Ji suddenly became relaxed.This kind of leisure makes him uncomfortable, besides, fate always likes to play tricks on people.When Pei Ji returned home, he still couldn't get rid of the fate of being framed. Fenyin has a mental illness and likes to speak wild words.It is estimated that this person used to be a scholar, but because of the war, he was a little stimulated mentally.Seeing Pei Ji's servant, he pretended to be mysterious, and said in surprise: "Your Mr. Pei is extraordinary, you have a heavenly face!" He must be beheaded if he said this. The court, let the court know, it must be beheaded. The servant told Pei Ji about this, but Pei Ji was too scared to report it. It's fine if you don't talk about it, but Pei Ji continues to carry forward the style of thunder that kills people for their lives.In order to get rid of the grass and roots, he asked his servants to kill the talking lunatic.The bad thing happened here, and then one day, the servant stole a large sum of money and ran away, so things changed immediately. What should Pei Ji do? Send people to search? Yes, he did.This slave was forced to jump over the wall in a hurry, and simply did not do anything, and reported Pei Ji's plan to rebel to the court.When Li Shimin heard the news, he said angrily: "Pei Ji is dead enough to die four times. First, he is in the third rank, but he often fools around with monsters; second, he has been dismissed from office, and he tells people every day The country's prosperity is all due to him; third, he didn't act when he heard the rumors of monsters; fourth, he killed people because he was afraid of being punished." Yes, in the eyes of others, Pei Ji's death a hundred times is not an exaggeration. Li Shimin wanted to order Pei Ji to be killed, and considering the relationship between his father and Pei Ji, he also felt that he had made contributions at the beginning, so he was exiled to Jingzhou (Wangcang County, Sichuan). Jingzhou, with beautiful mountains and rivers, Pei Ji continued to make people laugh. There is a group of bandits in Jingzhou who want to rebel. Yes, you read that right. These bandits don’t know the heights of heaven and earth, and think that the heroes on the mountain are all made of iron. It’s absolutely no problem to run Li Shimin. The only regret is that no one has ever read Great military division.So they held a meeting to discuss taking away Pei Ji who had just come here and forcing him to be the boss.Pei Ji led everyone to conquer the world and establish the Pei Dynasty. Everyone ate meat and drank heavily.This matter caused a lot of trouble in Jingzhou, and the court ministers thought that Pei Ji had no bottom line, and they all thought that he would accept the bandit's kind invitation. But Li Shimin said with certainty: "You have wronged Pei Ji, he certainly won't!" A few days later, a sensational news came from Jingzhou: Pei Ji led dozens of servants and used tactics to defeat the bandits. The young Pei Ji finally won the battle. Li Shimin knew that Pei Ji was not good, but in fact Pei Ji was fundamentally a loyal person.Li Shimin wanted Pei Ji to enter the court again. First, he could praise him, and second, he could let him accompany his father. However, at this time, Pei Ji stunned everyone again. Before the edict ink was dry, Pei Ji kicked his legs and quit. Pei Ji's life was very mediocre, and Li Yuan only favored Pei Ji, which made most historians criticize him.Fortunately, Pei Ji is a very self-aware person, which made the government in Wude years relatively peaceful.For Li Yuan's extreme favor and trust in Pei Ji alone, Li Shimin took a deep warning.During the reign of Wude, only Pei Ji became the prime minister. In the early years of Zhenguan and the era of Li Shimin, the situation must change.After several months of deliberation, finally, Li Shimin selected a candidate for the new minister from the court. Shangshu Zuopu shot: Fang Xuanling. Shangshu Youpu shot: Du Ruhui. In addition, he also participated in the government affairs as Shangshu Youcheng Wei Zheng and Secretary Supervisor.