The people were worried, but Yu Wen admonished them, but they didn't listen. They made a statement and the king was exonerated.

The people are miserable when they indulge their men to rob property. Yu Wenxin remonstrated, refused to listen, and submitted a table to Gaozu to explain the situation. Li Yuanji was found guilty and dismissed.

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Li Gang, alias Wenji, is from Guangzhou County. When he was young, he was high-spirited and respected integrity. Formerly known as Yuan, it was renamed Gang in the Eastern Han Dynasty because it admired Zhang Gang's character. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he joined the army of Yu Wenxian, the king of Qi. Xuan Di Yuwen Binbei tried to kill Yuwen Xian, and officials were accused of collecting Luo Zhi. Li gang will swear not to give in. After Yu Wenxian was killed, when he dragged the body out with a convertible, the original officials hid, but Li Gang patted the coffin and cried until he was buried.

In the last years of Emperor Wendi's rule, he served as a prince to wash horses. On one occasion, Prince Yong Yang hosted a banquet for officials in the East Palace, and Tang Ling, the son of Prince Zuo Shu, played the pipa and sang songs.

Li Gang said: "Tang's duty is to regulate and protect the prince, but he confuses himself with the singer and sings vulgar and obscene songs, polluting people's hearts." If it reaches the emperor, won't it bring trouble to your highness? " Please investigate his crime quickly. Yong Yang said: "Ignore him, I want everyone to be happy!" ! "Later, Yong Yang abolished the status of the prince, and Emperor Wen severely criticized the officials of the East Palace. No one dared to speak. Li Gang said, "Your majesty's poor teaching has made the prince like this. The prince's talent is average. With the help of wise people, he can become a talented person, and the influence of unscrupulous people will become worse. How can he let that guy who plays the piano, sings, hunts and plays all day around him? Where is the sin of the prince? " Wendi Deng said, "Isn't it a wise choice to send you as a prince to wash horses?" Li Gang said, "I have no room to speak in the East Palace." Wendi Deng said, "I was wrong! "Promote him to ministers right cheng. At that time, Su Yang and Su Wei were in charge of state affairs, Li Gang insisted on justice and was unwilling to flatter, and Su Yang and others were resentful. It happened that General Liu Fang crusaded against Lin Yi, and Su Yang told Wendi that Lin Yi had a lot of treasures, but he was not so honest as Li Gang and could not be a Sima, so he appointed Li Gang as the agent to March into Sima. Liu Fang inherited Su Yang's salary, wronged and insulted Li Gang many times, and nearly died. After the troops returned to Korea, he was not appointed. Later, he was named Sima Qi Gong. He was sent to Nanhai County to deal with Lin Yi. If he is not allowed to return to Beijing for a long time, he will report back to Beijing himself. Su Wei impeached him for AWOL and handed him over to the competent official. Soon, he was pardoned and lived in seclusion in 1920 ... At the end of Yang Di's great career, the rebel leader He Panren kidnapped him and became a man with a long history.

After Tang Gaozu Tang Gaozu pacified Chang 'an, Li Gang went to Gaozu, was appointed as the secretary of the Prime Minister's Office to join the army, and was appointed as the duke of Xinchang County, specializing in talent selection. After Gao Zu ascended the throne, he was appointed as the minister of rites, Prince Zhan. Li Yuanji, King of Qi, was appointed as the general manager of Bingzhou, allowing his subordinates to rob property. The people are miserable, and Yu Wenxin remonstrates. He didn't listen, so he presented a form to Gaozu to explain the situation. Li Yuanji was found guilty and dismissed. Soon he was reinstated and stayed in Bingzhou, and the lower officers and men were afraid and uneasy. When Liu Wuzhou attacked Taiyuan, Li Yuanji was afraid, abandoned the army and fled back to Chang 'an, and Bing fell. Gaozu was very angry and said to Li Gang, "Yuanji is young and doesn't understand the world, so he sent Yu Wenxin and Dou Dan to help him. Taiyuan, the birthplace of the Tang Dynasty, has an army of 100,000 troops, and supplies go first in ten years. How can they leave and run away at once?

When Yu Wenxin put forward this idea, I beheaded him in front of the army. Li Gang said: "The fault of the King of Qi was caused by Dou Dan's appeasement. Yu Wenxin didn't serve the King of Qi for a long time, so he dissuaded him if there was any abnormality. Now, thanks to Yu Wenxin's strategy, your majesty has not lost his beloved son. It was originally a meritorious service. Can you still convict him? " The next day, Gaozu understood, took Li Gang to the imperial couch and comforted him, saying, "If you don't persuade me, I almost killed someone by mistake." Yu Wenxin was released, but Dou Dan was also forgiven.

Gaozu appointed an Chinu, a cabaret artist, as a constant attendant of Sanshou. Li Gang advised: "According to the regulations of Zhou Li, musicians and cabaret artists cannot be officials. Even if the magic is like a musician of Wei State in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is like a musician of Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period. They are all inherited and cannot change careers. So Cao Cao asked Mi Fei to beat the drums, and Mi Fei took off his official clothes first, saying,' I dare not take the clothes prescribed by kings of past dynasties as artists' clothes. Gao Wei, the ruler at the end of the Northern Qi Dynasty, made Cao Miaoda a prince and a pony as a blessing, which should be a warning to future generations. Now that the world has just been pacified, the foundation for peace has been created, not all the heroes have been rewarded, and talented people are still stranded among the people. However, it is not the way to create political achievements and pass them on to future generations to let the Hu people who can sing and dance put on official clothes, ascend to the five official positions and run into the court. "High-impedance didn't adopt.

Li Gang is in the position of looking after the prince, and Li, the hidden prince, respects him all the more. Li has been to hot springs, but Li Gang didn't go with him because of illness. Someone sent fish, and the prince called it adult fish soup. Both Tang Jian and Zhao Yuankai claimed that they could cook.

Li said to him, "You are good at cutting fish and cooking. As for the detailed guidance of harmony, that is Li Gang's specialty. "Send messengers to reward him with two hundred silks. Later, Li gradually made friends with immoral people and became suspicious of the court. Li Gang repeatedly advised no one to pay attention, so he asked to retire. Gaozu asked him, "Why do you want Pan Ren to be a long history, but you are ashamed to be a senior history for me?"? Li Gang bowed down and said, "He Panren, a thief, does often kill people, but he is often persuaded not to kill them, so he is not guilty. Your majesty is very proud of his success. I talk like throwing water on a stone, without dropping a drop. Dare you be a minister for a long time? Besides, I served the prince, but he didn't listen, so I asked to resign. "Gaozu apologized and said," I understand your integrity and hope to help my children as much as possible. "So I promoted Shao Bao to be the prince, and did not change the ministers and Zhan Taizi. Li Gang also submitted a letter to persuade Li, saying, "I am old, but fortunately I am not dead yet. I am a prince, and I hope to do my bit. Your highness has been drinking too much recently, which is not in line with the principle of keeping fit. All sons must be filial to their parents and friendly to their brothers in order to soothe their father's heart. They should not listen to improper opinions and have doubts about the court. "Li was very unhappy after watching it, and his behavior was more indulgent. Unhappy and hopeless, Li Gang insisted on retiring, giving preferential treatment to the imperial edict and exempting the minister of rites.

Gaozu thought that Li Gang was a well-known veteran of the Sui Dynasty, and he never called him by his first name when writing imperial edicts.

Emperor Taizong lived in Zhenguan for four years (630) and was then Prince Shao Shi. Because his legs and feet were ill, he was given a sedan chair to sit in front of the palace and discuss the strategy of governing the country. When he entered the East Palace, Prince Li Chenggan prayed to him. Every time the prince personally handled government affairs, Emperor Taizong was desperate for Li Gang, Fang Fang and Wang to help him. Li Gang once said: "It is difficult for the ancients to accept the entrustment of their predecessors to assist the young orphan monarch and protect the distant dying life, but I think it is easy." Therefore, whenever you make a comment, you should be firm and never change your original will. When he was ill, the Tai Sect went to visit him. He died the following year at the age of eighty-five. Ratify Kaifu to unify the company, posthumous title is "true" and the Crown Prince is a monument.

At that time, Wang Yuxian's daughter was widowed, and Li Gang provided a generous pension fund. When Li Gang died, the widowed daughter of the King of Qi burst into tears, as if her biological father had died. During the Sui Dynasty, Li Gang's career was blocked, and he divined a "tripod" divination, which meant "bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, overlapping the tripod and covering the bundle". The fortune teller said, "You will become a noble minister, but you have to change dynasties to realize your ideal. If you don't retreat now, you will suffer from national subjugation. " Therefore, although Li Gang was a big official in the Tang Dynasty, he repeatedly resigned due to illness.

He has two grandchildren, Ang Lee Ren and Li Anjing.

Li Anren, the left illegitimate child of the Prince when Emperor Emperor Yong Hui of Emperor Gaozong, was abandoned and returned to his fief in Chen Zhou. The officials of the East Palace all fled, but Li Anren left in tears. He died in the office of the secretariat of Hengzhou.

Li Anjing and Wu Zetian were appointed as right-back generals in their gifted years. Wu wanted to change the Tang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, and the officials of the imperial court encouraged her to ascend to the throne, but Li Anjing refused to agree. After he went to prison, Li Anjing said, "Because I am an old minister of the Tang Dynasty, just kill him. You ask me about my crimes, who have I bullied? " Lai Junchen framed and killed him. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the descendants of loyal ministers were registered, and Li Anjing was identified as a prince after inquiring about his descendants.

Since Li Gang, five dynasties have been courtiers, and Li Anren and Li Anjing are also famous for their integrity and chastity. The world praised the Li family for their high morality and will not decline.