Such a famous family is undoubtedly a good thing for the Tang Empire, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, and Wei Zheng is their representative, it can be said that Li Shimin can reuse Wei Zheng, on the one hand, it is to appease Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old ministers, and on the other hand, it is also to take the opportunity to win over the support of the scholars in Hebei. Yuan Baobao raised troops in response to Wagang Li Mi, and the notes that Yuan Bao hid to Li Mi were all written by Wei Zheng, Li Mi saw that Wei Zheng was very literate, so he summoned Wei Zheng, and Wei Zheng offered ten strategies to strengthen Wagang, but Li Mi did not use it.

In the fourteenth year of the Great Cause, Wang Shichong attacked Cangcheng and was defeated by Li Mi, and Wang Shichong turned to attack Luokou and was defeated by Li Mi. Wei Zheng said to Changshi Zheng Ting: "Although Li Mi has won many victories, the soldiers have also suffered a lot of casualties, and Wagang has no treasury, so the soldiers will not be rewarded for their military exploits. It is better to have a deep ditch and a high base, occupy a dangerous point, hold on to the enemy, and wait until the enemy runs out of food and retreats, and lead the army to pursue, which is the way to win. If there is no food in Luoyang, Wang Shichong will fight a decisive battle with our army if he has nothing to do, but we will not fight him at this time. Zheng Ying disagreed with Wei Zheng's words, saying that it was a cliché. Wei Zheng said: "This is a clever strategy, how can it be a cliché." "Flick your sleeves and leave, although he is not as famous as Qin Shubao and Cheng Yanjin in the Wagang Army, but he is also one of them, and winning over such a person can be said to be the best signal to Shandong, Hebei, and even Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, so that they can keep to themselves and not make waves.

Of course, there are advantages, of course, there are also disadvantages, such as in the early years of Zhenguan, the former prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, in Hebei were in danger because of the Xuanwumen incident, and Li Shimin sent Wei Zheng to Hebei to pacify. On the way, Wei Zheng happened to meet the crown prince Li Zhi'an, and the king of Qi's protector Li Sixing was escorted to the capital, Wei Zheng released the two and still appointed official positions, so that the old subordinates of the prince of Hebei would believe that Li Shimin really wanted to pardon them, according to Li Shimin's meaning at that time, these two people could never be released, but they gritted their teeth and listened to Wei Zheng's construction, this is because he needs to be stable.

Another example is that Li Lizhen, the princess of Changle, was born to the eldest grandson queen, Li Shimin loved her very much, and promised her to the eldest grandson Wuji's son, Changsun Chong. In the sixth year of Zhenguan (the old Tang Shu Wei Zheng passed on as the fifth year of Zhenguan), he began to prepare the dowry, and Tang Li Shimin said to the ministers, "Princess Changle, born to the queen, I and the queen are loved." Now it will come out, and the number of courtesies will be increased." The ministers said one after another, "Your Majesty loves it, and you want to add less", so they asked for double as the eldest princess of Yongjia, and Li Shimin readily agreed. However, Wei Zheng objected to this. Because Princess Yongjia is the aunt of Princess Changle. This is an overstep of etiquette. Li Shimin returned to the palace and told Empress Changsun about the matter. When Empress Changsun learned of this, she lamented that Wei Zheng could "induce the righteousness and suppress the feelings of the lord", and praised him. He specially sent someone to reward Wei Zheng with 400 horses of silk and 400 pieces of money, and sent a message saying: "I heard that you are upright, and now that I have seen it, I hope you will keep it all the time and do not change." When Li Shimin did not say anything, Empress Changsun directly rewarded Wei Zheng and hinted that she would support her, which can be said to have injected a heart booster into Wei Zheng. It is precisely because of such a backer as Empress Changsun that Wei Zheng's righteous and direct advice will be so smooth. Soon after, Wei Zheng was promoted to the title of county duke. This directly intervenes in the emperor's family affairs, if it were not for the strength behind Wei Zheng, and the Tang Dynasty could not afford the war, how could Li Shimin let a foreign minister interfere in his daughter's marriage, it can be seen that this relationship between the monarch and the minister through the ages was promoted by multiple interests, among which Li Shimin's patience can be imagined, and it is destined to break out later.

Since then, Li Shimin has implemented the system of equalizing land and modulating rents, "eliminating luxury and saving expenses, and lightly paying for small taxes", so that the people can have more food and clothing, and live and work in peace and contentment. Vigorously rewarded academics, organized scribes to overhaul the scriptures, justice and historical books, set up a national eunuch in Chang'an, and encouraged the Quartet monarchs to send their children to study abroad. In addition, he repeatedly used troops abroad, through the Quartet, Pingdong Tuju, Dingxue Yantuo, the expedition to Goguryeo, the marriage of Tubo, and Gaochang, so that the prestige of the Tang Dynasty spread far and wide, the situation of internal and external troubles in the early years of the Tang Dynasty was completely changed, and in the face of powerful forces, Wei Zheng's role was becoming more and more limited, which can be seen from his official position in Wei Zheng's appointment and from Zhenguan ten years later, he no longer paid attention to Wei Zheng. He just had to appoint Wei Zheng for the sake of his own imperial interests, and he endured Wei Zheng's admonition bitterly. So much so that Li Shimin couldn't bear it many times, and said angrily on different occasions that "sooner or later, Wei Zheng will be killed", "I can't wait to kill this hillbilly", etc., and in the end, he simply drove Wei Zheng to revise history, and he never paid attention to many Jianyi.

In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, Wei Zheng was sick and bedridden, and Li Shimin ordered all the materials to build a small hall for himself to build a large house for Wei Zheng. Soon after, Wei Zheng died of illness at home, Li Shimin came to mourn, wept bitterly, and said: "The husband can be dressed properly with copper as a mirror, and with the ancient as a mirror, he can know the rise and fall, and with people as a mirror, he can know the gains and losses." I always keep these three mirrors in case I make mistakes. Now Wei Zheng died, and he died in one shot. ”

In February of the same year, Li Shimin ordered Yan Liben to paint 24 portraits of heroes in the Lingyan Pavilion, and Wei Zheng ranked third.

Soon after, Hou Junji was executed for treason, Du Zhenglun was deposed, Wei Zheng once recommended these two to Li Shimin, saying that they had the talent of prime ministers, and Wei Zheng gave his own advice to the historian Chu Suiliang, Li Shimin knew that he began to wonder if Wei Zheng was Hou Junji's party. So the edict canceled the marriage contract between Princess Hengshan (later named Princess Xincheng) and Wei Zheng's eldest son Wei Shuyu.

This fuse soon came, and he heard that every time Wei Zheng gave advice, he would copy a copy of his recitals and send them to Chu Suiliang, a historian recommended by him, for retention. This is considered to have completely ignited Li Shimin's anger, the change of Xuanwumen Li Shimin killed his brother and slaughtered his brother, forcing his father to abdicate, this is just like Emperor Yongle took the throne of his nephew, no matter what kind of martial arts and martial arts were established, there will always be this pain hidden in his heart, so Emperor Yongle was forced to kill a lot of people, moved the capital to Beijing, and even went to the West, this suffering, Li Shimin was the same back then, in order to erase this usurpation move, he even broke the rules, interfered in the revision of history, tampered with the history books, and asked the historian many times what was written on the living note, and even forced the living note, you must see it in person to rest assured, this is to make your own glorious image, In the eyes of future generations, there is more sympathy, who knows that Wei Zheng, who keeps saying that he is selfless and selfless on weekdays, actually did this kind of thing behind his back, which is undoubtedly winning his own name, so in this way, he Wei Zheng is a loyal minister through the ages, what is his emperor, is it the king of Shang, is it Yang Guang, is it tolerable or unbearable, Li Shimin suppressed his anger for many years, erupted like a volcano, smashed Wei Zheng's tombstone with his own hands, and his children's family affairs naturally collapsed together.

After that, Li Shimin repaired the tombstone, but this was just Li Shimin adding another layer of rich color to his glorious image, not to rehabilitate Wei Zheng. At the beginning of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, after Li Shimin's defeat in the eastern expedition to Goryeo, his ears sounded again with his unashamed criticism of Wei Zheng, and he felt very embarrassed, and had to say to his ministers "If Wei Zheng is here, I will never have today" Introspection, he admitted his mistake, and at the same time ordered the rebuilding of Wei Zheng's tomb, and let Wei Zheng's son inherit the title of Duke of Guo. Li Shimin's real intention was to repair his own face and reshape his image as a Ming monarch who accepted advice and cherished his ministers! In the final analysis, Wei Zheng and Tang Taizong each used each other to fulfill themselves?

Wang Zhen said for a long time, glanced at the emperor's face, and said boldly: "The servants think that the ministers outside the palace gate are Wei Zheng of the Tang Dynasty, although they do not have the Shandong Shi clan and do not have a huge surname to support them, but there are many civil and military officials in my Ming Dynasty, and they are united with each other, this force is not small, although Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, in the final analysis, he is still a person, how can he be the opponent of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, so they have nothing to fear?"

When Zhu Zhanji heard the emperor's "There is only one emperor", his face jumped slightly, obviously touched by Wang Zhen's words, and nodded and said: "You're right, but since the time of Hong Wuye, they have all lived like this, and I haven't seen how those foreign ministers behave?"

Wang Zhen said boldly: "The slave has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?"

Zhu Zhanji raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me!"

Wang Zhen said: "The slave dared to ask His Majesty, what are the methods of Hong Wuye?"

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "Hong Wuye used Huai's right cloth to punish Chen Youliang, destroy Zhang Shicheng, collect Fang Guozhen, drive the Tartars out of the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and rescue our Han people from fire and water.

Wang Zhen nodded and said: "Tai Zu with the wisdom of the gods, with the ambition of helping the world and the people, taking advantage of the time, heroic Jingcong, destroying the chaos, fifteen years to become the emperor's industry." The rise of cloth clothes, the dying of Haiyu, unprecedented after the Western Han Dynasty. The punishment of the Yuan government is lax, and the governance is still severe. And can be courteous to the elderly, test the rites and set music, reveal the scriptures and righteousness, respect the righteousness, add grace to win the country, clarify the rule of officials, repair the discipline, worship the phoenix, the name of the harem, the internal governance is purged, the eunuchs are forbidden to interfere in politics, the official positions of the five governments and six ministries are maintained, the guards are guarded in Tuntian, and the soldiers and food are sufficient. Wuding is in turmoil, Wen Zhi is peaceful, and Tai Zu is both. As for the Yashanzhi Festival, listen to Cai Ziying's return to the north. In his later years, he was worried about the people, and he tried to spend tens of thousands of dollars on the river and Tangyan at the age of one year to benefit agriculture and prepare for drought. With this descendant for more than 200 years, the name of the scholar is heavy, and Lu Yan is full. So far, the Miao descendant Mengze is still like the East Building, the White Horse, the ancestor of the world, there is a man, is there the first male master today? The servant dared to ask His Majesty, can there be a foreign minister in our dynasty who coerces the Hongwu Emperor like this?"

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