The story of Wei Zhi and Li Shimin

1, Wei Zhi's appearance is not more than the average person, but he has courage and strategy, and is good at making the emperor change his mind. Wei Zhi always goes against Long Yan's outspoken persuasion; Sometimes the emperor was particularly angry, but Wei Zhi kept his face calm and the emperor calmed down. Wei Zhi once asked for leave to go home to visit the grave. When he came back, he said to the emperor, "I heard that the emperor is going to Nanshan. Everything has been arranged and you can start." But now I'm actually not going. What is the reason? "

The emperor smiled and replied, "I did have such a plan at first, but I was worried that Ai Qing would blame you, so I stopped halfway." The emperor once got a good kite and put it on his arm to play with. When he saw Wei Zhi coming, he hid it in his arms. Wei Zhi deliberately played for a long time, and the kite finally suffocated in the emperor's arms.

After the Xuanwu gate incident, Li was killed by his younger brother and proclaimed himself emperor. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, some people privately complained and gave many bad ideas. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, summoned Wei Zhi and asked him, "Why did you provoke my brother?"

At that time, Wei Zhi was already a prisoner of the monastery, but he still said calmly and confidently, "Everyone is his own master. I used to work under the prince, but unfortunately the prince didn't listen to me at first. Otherwise, no one sitting on the throne now knows who it is. " Everyone broke out in a cold sweat and thought that Wei Zhi was going to die. Unexpectedly, after listening to Wei Zhi's wild words, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, not only did not blame Wei Zhi, but said, "There is no need to mention the past."

3. After reusing Wei Zhi, Emperor Taizong took the initiative to marry Wei Zhi. Wei Zhi lives a simple life, and his house is very humble. Emperor Taizong wanted to give him a big house, but he refused. Wei Zhi bluntly remonstrated, although he often offended the dragon's face, but later he calmed down. Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin always thought that what Wei Zhi said was reasonable.

Wei Zhi contributed a lot to the success of Zhenguan rule. Emperor Taizong once compared the image of Wei Zhi to his own mirror, thinking that he could reveal his own shortcomings. After Wei Zhi's death, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, often said with nostalgia that he had lost a beloved mirror. Emperor Taizong went on strike for Wei Zhi for five days and personally wrote an inscription for Wei Zhi. The story of a virtuous monarch and a good minister in history ends here.

4. Du Hehou was recommended, saying that they were well educated and had the ability to be prime ministers. Never thought, shortly after Wei Zhi's death, Du Hou was reported for rebellion, so one was dismissed by Li Shimin and the other directly fell to the ground. Li Shimin will naturally doubt Wei Zhi. Since ancient times, emperors have been suspicious.

Because everyone was afraid that his men would gang up and make an insurrection, and even rise up and usurp the throne, the dead Wei Zhi just hit the gun. Later, Li Shimin discovered that Wei Zhi had given his advice to historians to read. This made Li Shimin more and more angry. In a rage, she broke off the engagement between Princess Hengshan and Wei Zhi's son. But the Ming Dynasty didn't make Li Shimin Japanese. He personally came to Wei Zhi's grave and smashed Wei Zhi's tombstone. Wei Zhi, a loyal minister, ended up like this.

5. During the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin commented on Wei Zhi: "Dedicate yourself to me and offer loyalty." It means that Wei Zhi has been loyal to his country and devoted himself to it. More than half of Li Shimin's achievements are attributed to Wei Zhi, and Wei Zhi deserves to be called a "famous minister through the ages". Later, Li Shimin said, "Politicians should learn from Yao Shunyu and be a wise king. Since I reuse Wei Zhi, the world is peaceful, the borders are stable, and the people are rich. This shows how loyal and beneficial Wei Zhi is. "

In Zhenguan 19, Li Shimin invaded the frontier, causing heavy losses and thousands of casualties. Li Shimin was very depressed and sighed, "If Wei Zhi were alive, he wouldn't let me go to war. Where will the loss be so heavy? " Later, when Wei Zhi died of illness, Li Shimin was heartbroken and said to the people around him, "When Wei Zheng died, I lost a mirror." And left a famous saying handed down from ancient times: "Take people as a mirror, you can dress properly." This sentence is also very helpful to our life. Listening to other people's experiences is very helpful to improve yourself.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wei Zhi