Self-defilement is to defile one's own personality, so as to achieve the effect of the joy of the monarch and the minister.

As far as the king is concerned, the self-defiled courtiers will be greatly disheartened because of their own behavior, and without the basis of the people's hearts, even if they rebel, no one will follow, and they will also give the king a handle to deal with him, and the king can use this handle if he wants to clean you up, which is tantamount to giving the king a legitimate reason to kill you, so that the king can rest assured of you;

For the minister, this is the best way to show his nobility and loyalty to the king, after all, I have made myself notorious, which is equivalent to handing the sword into the hands of the king, how do you want me to be loyal? Don't you believe me if I commit suicide?

Therefore, self-pollution is often a common means of self-protection for ministers with high merit and high power, and everyone knows it, but the effect is often the best.

The most typical case of successful self-pollution is Wang Qian.

Before Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, Qin Shi Huang wanted to send troops to destroy the Chu State and asked his generals how many troops they needed. Li Xin said that 200,000 was enough, while Wang Jian said that it would take 600,000 to destroy Chu. Qin Shi Huang chose to believe Li Xin, but he lost a big battle, and he had no choice but to find Wang Jian again.

Although Wang Jian agreed, when he went out to see him off, he asked Qin Shi Huang to give him a good land and a beautiful house, and he sent people to urge him many times on the march. Even Wang Qian's subordinates asked: "Old general, you have such a high moral character in your life, why are you so greedy now?" ”

Wang Jian explained: "Now the available troops in the whole country are in my hands, and the king is a suspicious person. I did this just to make the king think that I was a person who had no ambition for a thousand miles and just wanted to be greedy for pleasure. ”

I have to say that this kind of self-defilement method is very useful, Wang Jian not only reassured the King of Qin, but also made contributions in the process of unifying the world, and saved himself to spend the rest of his life safely.

Although Li Xiaogong has not yet reached the point of high merit and shocking the master, he is playing this hand now, not only making his political enemies lose the excuse to attack, but also winning a stable future for himself, as long as he does not die, at least he can be as stable as Wang Jian to death.

Pei Lin naturally understood this truth, so after entering the palace, he did not go to sue Li Xiaogong, but went straight to Li Shimin's residence, told the people of Jingling about the complaint, and then frowned: "Who will spoil His Highness's plan?" ”

"Naturally, it's my good big brother." Li Shimin said with a wry smile that in this round of invisible competition, he was one step slower than his eldest brother after all, which not only failed the whole plan, but also allowed Li Xiaogong to hold the second position in the army.

"This is not the style of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, nor is it Liu Wenjing." Pei Lin frowned and said: "The prince is quite kind to his own people, he can't, can't bear and can't think of this kind of means; Liu Wenjing pretends to be high-minded, adhering to the concept of self-purification of the clean and self-turbidity of the turbid, even if he thinks of self-pollution, he does not bother to speak. ”

"It's my little eldest grandson Wuji, only he understands me so well!" Li Shimin's eyes showed a strong vigilance, and he sighed secretly: his old friend, who grew up together and had a similar temperament, finally came out of the silence and showed himself his sharp blades and fangs.

But is there anything wrong with the eldest grandson Wuji? Of course not, if you want to blame yourself, you can't live with the eldest grandson brothers and sisters first, because you value the golden sign of the Dugu family too much, and you didn't hesitate to divorce your wife and abandon your friends.

But since he did it, Li Shimin will not regret it, he will not complain about anything because of his past mistakes, this is not his Li Shimin's character, instead of regretting it, it is better to seize the time to find a way to make up for it, and the eldest grandson Wuji made the first move, he didn't need to be polite, he took a deep breath and slowly said to Pei Lian: "Please Pei Xiang, send someone to focus on the eldest grandson Wuji." ”

"Is it necessary?" Pei Lin was surprised.

Li Shimin nodded and sighed: "The eldest grandson Wuji is not as good as a famous general in the world, and he is not as good as those peers in the Sui Dynasty in governing the world, but if he talks about mental skills, he is not under any top figures in the world, and this person is very good at figuring out people's hearts." What's worse is that he understands me! ”

When Pei Lin heard this, his expression became quite serious and difficult to see, a friend understands you, that is a confidant; Political enemies understand you, that's deadly poison.

"Your Highness, rest assured, I will do my best to find evidence of the crime of the eldest grandson Wuji."

Li Shimin's eyes flickered a few times, pondered for a while, and said: "The evidence of the eldest grandson Wuji's crime is easy to find!" ”

"Oh?" Pei looked at Li Shimin steadily, puzzled.

A character who is very good at figuring out people's hearts, and also a character who is very good at hiding himself, this kind of person seeks himself before seeking others, and will never leave evidence of his death, but Li Shimin said that it is easy to find?

Li Shimin was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Guanyin, now Yang Tong's side concubine and Liangdi." ”

Pei Lian's eyes were fixed, this was the first time he had heard of this kind of thing. But he felt that Li Shimin's mood was extremely unstable, so he didn't say anything.

After a long time, Li Shimin exhaled lightly and said with a forced smile: "It's because I can't live with Guanyin, don't pour sewage on her." ”

"Whoa!" Pei Lin obeyed the order and left.

When Pei Lin walked away, Li Shimin suddenly sat loosely on the wooden couch, stunned.

The higher this person's status, the easier it is for people's hearts to change, and he Li Shimin is no exception.

Thinking back then, I was young and vigorous, and I only felt that it was my life's destiny to devote myself to the field and expand the territory. So at the age of sixteen, he said goodbye to his parents and devoted himself to Yun Dingxing, and began his military career. After the siege of Yanmen Pass was lifted, seeing the chaos in the world, he suddenly had a new idea: he felt that Yang Guang had no way, and the death of the Great Sui was inevitable. So many people in the world have become emperors, so why can't his generous and benevolent father be emperors?

At that time, he was bent on putting his father on the throne of the emperor, and never thought about anything else. But when he learned that his father had been preparing for the rebellion for many years, he realized that his father had a powerful force enough to dominate the world. So Li Shimin's mentality changed again, he felt that he had both wisdom and courage, and his intelligence and ability were all over his eldest brother Li Jiancheng, and his father's country should be sat by himself!

In order to make up for the gap between himself and his eldest brother Li Jiancheng, he obeyed his father's wishes, Tuo Douwei found Dugu Cheng, and obtained the full support of Dugu in the way of marriage. When he no longer looked up to the Dugu clan, when he heard that the eldest grandson Wujian remarried Yang Dong and was pregnant with his flesh and blood, he always felt that he had lost an extremely important person, and from this came even more hatred for Yang Dong.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the door, and a figure rushed in, this is a rather beautiful young woman, with a crescent scimitar hanging from her waist, giving people the feeling of being heroic and sassy, a woman among women.

When the woman saw Li Shimin, her phoenix eyes showed a thick anger.

This beautiful young woman is Li Shimin's wife Dugu Mingxiu, she has a pretty face, she doesn't move, and she turns a blind eye to Li Shimin's flattery.

The status of women in the Sui Dynasty was very high, which was a continuation of the tradition of the Northern Dynasties.

The concept of "marrying princesses and princes to descendants, so there are no concubines and no concubines, and it is customary" began in the Northern Wei Dynasty and became the Gao Dynasty in the Northern Qi Dynasty, so that "since the dynasty has no concubines, all the people in the world have one wife." ’

Of course, there are not a few people with groups of wives and concubines, but marrying only one wife is a temporary trend, and the root cause is influenced by the customs of the Xianbei Tuoba people.

The status of women in the Southern Dynasties was completely opposite, they were always at the bottom of society, and they did not know each other in the marriage family for decades, but they only married by bereavement and bequest.

Women in the Northern Dynasties seek officials for their sons, complain for their husbands, hand over to the downstream, work hard and dedicate themselves to the prosperity of the family, and support half the sky for a family. Because of this, the fear of guilt is very prosperous in the world, so it is very normal for Yang Jian, as the emperor, to be bullied by his wife to run away from home and almost become a monk. Even the famous Emperor Wen of Sui is afraid that his wife will be like this, so Fang Xuanling's fear of his wife is really not the headline.

The Sui Dynasty is a unified dynasty, but the essence of the Sui Dynasty is still the continuation of the Xianbei Dynasty, this kind of strong legacy of women has always existed, and even continued in the later Tang Dynasty, until Wu Zetian climbed the strong Guanlong nobles of Hu Feng, the strong position of women began to weaken, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that the wind of science flourished, and the status of women was suppressed to the end.

Dugu Mingxiu has Hu blood, handsome appearance, hot figure, personality, is also quite hot, and does not know how to be a low-key person, this has always been the tradition of Dugu women, she grew up in the doting of the whole family, and her temperament is more than that of Queen Dugu.

"Madame is here? Come, come, come, please sit, please sit! When Li Shimin saw his wife's appearance, he knew that the matter of marrying the daughter of the Xiao family as a side concubine had happened, and he was so angry for a while, he immediately saddled up the front and back of the horse and handed over the tea and water, with a flattering smile on his face.

Dugu Mingxiu said coldly and sarcastically: "I, Dugu Mingxiu, a woman's family, how dare I bother His Royal Highness the King of the Tang Dynasty, Shang Shuling, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, the great hero, the first general of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin, the son-in-law of the Xiao family of Lanling, ......"

Li Shimin opened his mouth, sat down, and stopped talking. The wife is rude and willful, and her mouth is unforgiving, but she is not bad, so it's just like that, just coax.

'Great Hero, the No. 1 General of the Tang Dynasty' didn't matter what he said before, it made him feel honored and happy, but today he stabbed him to the core, which made him extremely annoyed in his heart.

He had an army of 300,000 in his hand, but he was beaten by Li Jing so that he couldn't even get close to the entrance gate, let alone go back to the Guanzhong, and later, more than 300,000 were defeated cleanly and thoroughly, this fiasco not only harmed Li Tang, but also greatly reduced his face and prestige, making him very embarrassed.

Facing Li Shimin's fire-breathing gaze, Dugu Mingxiu was not stunned at all, and asked menacingly: "Li Shimin, do you dislike our mother and son?" Are you going to give me a leave of absence, so that I can be the son-in-law of the Lanling Xiao family? ”

"How is that possible! Madame and Qian'er are my treasures. Li Shimin smiled bitterly.

Dugu Mingxiu looked disdainful: "It's not like you haven't done it." ”

"......" Li Shimin snorted coldly, blushing and ignoring her.

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