Wei Zhi, 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 as a traitor, 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.

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Why did Li Shimin dig Wei Zhi's grave?

According to the book of the New Tang Dynasty, "Du and Hou Jian were prime ministers, and they were extremely guilty, sitting on the ground and rebelling, and the people pointed to the Arab Party; He also said that the admonitions before and after the collection showed the historian Chu Suiliang. "

Two things prompted Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, to order the destruction of Wei Zhi's tombstone. One is that "the person recommended by Wei Zhi made a mistake", and the other is that "Wei Zhi gave the admonition materials to historians". Hou and Du, recommended by Wei Zhi, are related to Prince Li Chenggan, that is, the Chu Jun issue in Li Shimin.

In the ancient history of China, the heir to the throne was a taboo for the emperor. Once a minister intervenes, there is often no good result. For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Lu Xun, who made great achievements, was accused by Sun Quan because of the issue of the heir to the throne, and eventually died of anger.

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However, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, issued a decree to dissolve the engagement of betrothed Princess Hengshan to Wei Shuyu, the eldest son of Wei Zhi, and insulted Wei Zhi, who had entered the loess, by "knocking down the stone tablet" and "erasing the inscription". As for Emperor Taizong, he not only ordered the destruction of Wei Zhi's tombstone, but also ordered the dissolution of the engagement between Princess Hengshan and Wei Shuyu, the eldest son of Wei Zhi. It can be said that he was very angry and annoyed with Wei Zhi.

Li Shimin wrote to Wei Zhi asking for a heavy burial, but Wei Zhi's wife Shi Pei refused, because life in Wei Zhi is simple and simple, and a luxurious funeral is not the wish of the deceased. Pei's only car was loaded with a coffin, so he called civil and military officials out of the city to see him off and personally wrote an inscription.

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1, Wei Zhi was born humble, lonely and poor as a teenager, and once became a monk. He likes reading, delves into ancient books and is knowledgeable. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wei Zhi took part in the uprising against the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty. Later, he took refuge in Li Yuan, established by Tang Dynasty, and worked for Prince Li. Because of his outstanding talent, Wei Zhi was highly valued by the prince.

Later, his second son launched the "Xuanwumen mutiny" and killed his younger brother Li. Yang and Li Keen Shimin knew that Wei Zhi was a talented person, so they summoned him in person.

As soon as Li Shimin saw Wei Zhi, he was very angry and asked him, "Why do you want to alienate our brother?" The ministers present thought that Wei Zheng would be killed. However, Wei Zhi calmly replied in a very confident tone: "If the Crown Prince had listened to me earlier, he would certainly not have ended up like this."

After hearing this, Li Shimin was moved by Wei Zhi's fearless strength and integrity, and admired his personality from the heart.

So instead of punishing him, he was reused. Soon, Li Shimin acceded to the throne. He was Emperor Taizong. Emperor Taizong appointed Wei Zhi as an admonition officer, and later promoted him as prime minister. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Taizong made great efforts to govern the country and often summoned Wei Zhi to discuss the gains and losses of governing the country with him.

Wei Zhi is ambitious, brave and fearless, and boldly remonstrates with the spirit of seeking truth from facts. During his decades in office, he remonstrated with Emperor Taizong more than 200 times in order to make the people of the Tang Dynasty rich and strong.

Every time, Emperor Taizong carefully considered his suggestions and tried to adopt them.

2. On one occasion, Emperor Taizong violated his regulations, and only adult men aged 18 should perform military service, so he decided to enlist tall men aged 16 and under 18. After the order was issued, Wei Zhi strongly opposed it. Emperor Taizong was so angry that he was sent for and reprimanded.

Wei Zhi is not afraid. He protested seriously and said, "Now you take all the strong middle-aged men out for military service. So, who will farm the land? Who will do the work? You often say that when I become a monarch, I must first keep my word, but the laws of the country clearly stipulate that only the strongest men need to perform military service. Why don't you follow them? Don't you lose credibility in front of ordinary people? "

He sincerely said to Wei Zhi, "Mr. Wang is really a mirror of my country and me! At first, I thought you were too stubborn and unreasonable, but now I feel very reasonable after listening to you. There are different government decrees, and the people are at a loss and cannot govern the country well. " Therefore, Emperor Taizong immediately ordered to stop recruiting China men for service and rewarded Wei Zhi.

Wei Zhi, who dared to speak out and remonstrate, not only made immortal contributions to the country, but also became an example for officials in past dynasties. Wei Zhi once assisted two emperors, Tang Gaozong and Emperor Taizong. He often directly remonstrated with Emperor Taizong, not afraid of sacrifice, and even flew into a rage with Emperor Taizong several times. Thanks to the intercession of his eldest grandson, he was spared punishment.

3. On one occasion, Emperor Taizong ordered the grandparents and grandchildren of Taichang Shao Qing to teach court music, but the effect was not good. Emperor Taizong gave him a lot of criticism. Wen Yanbo and Wang _ present disagreed with Taizong's practice and said, "Being filial to Sun Yashi, now let him teach the imperial secretary a lesson and punish him accordingly. I think it is impossible. "

Hearing this, Emperor Taizong became angry and accused them of "attaching themselves to it". Yan Bo was afraid and bowed down to apologize; Wang _ did not bow down and said, "Your Majesty accused me of being loyal and straightforward. What I said today is not personal! This is your majesty's responsibility, not your majesty's! " Emperor Taizong had to give up. The next day, Emperor Taizong said privately, "Since ancient times, emperors have been easily trusted and loyal. I blamed Wen Yanbo and Wang _ yesterday, and I regret it so far. "

At that time, not only ministers but also small officials dared to remonstrate. Liu, the magistrate of Liyang County, disagreed with Taizong's going hunting in Tongzhou during the autumn harvest and asked him to go in the winter leisure instead. After Liu's persuasion, Emperor Taizong not only revoked his power of attorney, but also promoted Liu's official position as a reward.

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Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, was born in Longxi. The second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, an outstanding politician, strategist, militarist and poet, was the second son of Tang Gaozu tang gaozu, and his mother was Dou Shi, a grandmother.

Good advice ―― Listen/accept/listen to good advice at any time.

Li Shimin regarded Yang Di's refusal to remonstrate with national subjugation as a warning. After he acceded to the throne, he tried his best to speak. He expanded the power of admonishing officials and encouraged ministers to criticize his decision-making and style. Among them, Wei Jin remonstrated more than 200 times and told the court about Chen's fault, which made him embarrassed many times in the early years and unable to step down. For example, Ma Zhou, Sun and Chu Suiliang are all famous for their remonstrance.

In his later years, Li Shimin prospered because of his country, while Chabr's tolerance was not as good as that in his early years. I occasionally regret killing the minister by mistake, but I still restrained myself and kept my manners.

The Yellow River is crystal clear and the sea is calm-the whole country is peaceful and quiet.

During the Zhenguan period, under the governance of Li Shimin, the society did not close at night. In the four years of Zhenguan, only 29 prisoners were sentenced to death. After six years of Zhenguan, the number of death row inmates increased to 290. At the end of this year, Li Shimin allowed them to go home and deal with their own affairs. In the seventh year of Zhenguan (633), he returned in autumn and died.

In September of the seventh year of Zhenguan, all 290 prisoners were returned, and none escaped. At that time, China was politically civilized, officials performed their duties, people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there were few unfair phenomena, so there was not much resentment in China people's hearts. People who have plenty of food and clothing will not take risks to survive; People with a peaceful mind are not easy to go to extremes, so the probability of committing a crime is very small.

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The classic dialogue between Li Shimin and Wei Zhi.

Wei Zhi and Li Shimin exchanged languages again. After the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin was built to get rid of the prince, and Kevin·Z became a prisoner.

This confrontation sounds like a sword and shadow, and the waves are rough, and the tip of the needle is facing the wheat, but in the dark, it is a sleepy pillow.

Li Shimin didn't kill Wei Zhi immediately, but personally called to the court for interrogation: "Why did you alienate my brother?" "Old Tang Book" almost means "Why do you openly alienate my brother's feelings?" It seems that I have long known to persuade Li to get rid of his own affairs.

The whole court was silent and ministers were afraid to breathe.

As usual, the person on trial can either kneel for mercy and repent, or seek forgiveness; Either actively report the sins of others, or you can make meritorious deeds.

However, Wei Zhi insisted on drawing his sword and took it by surprise: "If the Crown Prince had followed the instructions, there would not have been today's disaster." The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty is roughly translated as "If the prince listens to me, who may stand under the court for trial?"

This answer is beyond everyone's expectation. Facing the responsibility of the winner, Wei Zhi has no remorse. Instead, he told the truth and acted as if he just wanted to die quickly.

"If you want to die, I won't let you die." Wei Zhi didn't regret it, and Li Shimin had a smile on his face. "I long for it, and I will pay tribute to the doctor." . In this regard, "New Tang Book" said that "the king is straightforward and has no complaints."

Anyway, Li Shimin spared Wei Zhi.

Li Shimin, why do you ask? Why did Wei Zhi dare to answer this question? In fact, Li Shimin can only ask this question, and Wei Zhi can only answer this question.

Li Shimin got rid of Li and Li Yuanji, became a prince, and then forced him to abdicate and become king. It was not a good reputation at that time to kill my brother and hurt my brother and force my father to abdicate. Li Shimin urgently needs someone to help him clear his name and restore his reputation. This person can't be his own, that's talking to himself; You can't stay away from the court, and people who are far away from the court can't tell you why. Wei Zhi from the enemy camp is a gift from God to the new emperor.

So, instead of directly killing Wei Zhi, Li Shimin called him and said, "Why did you alienate my brother?" Wei Zhi replied: "If the Crown Prince had followed the instructions, there would not be today's disaster." A conversation between two people confirmed that the change of Xuanwu Gate was inevitable. Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind, or people are killed or killed. Wei Zhi, the senior staff officer of the enemy camp, said it more convincingly and with more gold content.

After all, Li Shimin didn't want to kill Wei Zhi, but wanted to hear him say this. Wei Zhi didn't want to refute Li Shimin, but he knew he could only say so. Question and answer, but also forced by the situation in Li Shimin, one is really helpless, the other is clear.

Since then, the two men have been attacking or defending in court, asking and answering each other, thus achieving Li Shimin's "Zhenguan Rule" and Wei Zhi's "Qian Qiu Golden Mirror".

Li Shimin's attitude towards Wei Zhi.

Wei Zhi, also known as Xuancheng, was an important official in the Tang Dynasty and was highly valued by Li Shimin. In the process of creating the rule of Li Shimin Zhenguan, Wei Zhi played an important role and was regarded as a celebrity by later ministers. After his death, posthumous title was named Wen Zhen, and he was listed as one of the twenty-four outstanding figures of Lingyange for his work. It is understandable that Wei Zhi is respected by Li Shimin.

However, as to why Li Shimin, as the statue of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, was somewhat "afraid" of Wei Zhi, which he respected, it was related to the personalities of Wei Zhi and Li Shimin.

Wei Zhi can help Li Shimin create chastity and become a generation of celebrities, which shows his talent. Li Shimin wants to improve national strength, create prosperity and become a wise monarch. Of course, he will respect ministers who are loyal to state affairs.

Wei Zhi is also famous for his outspoken protests. He is highly valued by Li Shimin, and of course he helps him wholeheartedly. He put national affairs and loyalty first. As long as he saw that there was something wrong with Li Shimin and ignored the emperor's threats, he protested bluntly. Sometimes Li Shimin can accept it, and sometimes Li Shimin is embarrassed, so Li Shimin is unhappy. But he also knew that Wei Zhi was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, so it was not good to punish Wei Zhi. Otherwise, he would have the name of refusing morality, which would damage his reputation.

So Li Shimin sometimes "fears" Wei Zhi, but Li Shimin is the emperor and has supreme power. His fear of Wei Zhi is not really fear, but sometimes he doesn't want Wei Zhi to blame himself for his mistakes. After all, Li Shimin is a powerful emperor, so he has nothing to fear! Li Shimin wanted to be a famous monarch and create a prosperous era because of his respect and fear.

Wei Zhi grew up in a poor family, but he studied hard. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was chaos in the world, and Wei Zhi was tossed and turned several times. Later, he joined the Tang Dynasty, was subordinate to Prince Li, and was highly valued by the Prince. Because Li Shimin, the king of Qin, made outstanding achievements, the prince was not as good as Li Shimin, but he was a prince after all, so Li Shimin threatened the position of the prince.

Later, the contradiction between Li and Li became more and more serious. Although he advised Li, he eventually launched the Xuanwu Gate rebellion and killed Li. Although it belonged to Prince Li, it was pardoned and reused because of his talent.

Li Shimin wanted to create a prosperous era, and Wei Zhi felt Li Shimin's gratitude, so he smeared his brain everywhere. In order to help Li Shiming create a prosperous time, he spoke out against it.

In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Wei Zhi died of illness, and Wei Zhi's death made Li Shimin very sad. Li Shimin abolished the five-day reign for him, and also posthumously awarded Wei Zhi as the commander-in-chief of Sikong and Xiangzhou, and posthumous title as Wen Zhen. Later, Li Shimin often said to the people around him: "We can dress our clothes with bronze mirrors, know the ups and downs with ancient history as a mirror, and see the gains and losses with people as the foundation. I often use this way to prevent myself from making mistakes. Now that Wei Zhi has passed away, I am missing a mirror. " Visible Wei Zhi's position in Li Shimin's heart.