Chapter 23: Wei Zheng's Request
If he asked Leng Feng who he didn't want to go to the most, he would definitely answer Wei Zheng.
"The Four Walls of the Family" is the true portrayal of Wei Zheng's family, as a minister and Zheng Guogong, Wei Zheng's court status does not need to be doubted. But seeing the leaky corner of his house and Wei Shuyu standing at the dinner table swallowing saliva, Leng Feng knew that this time Wei Zheng had come to entertain him with a big bloodlet.
Polished rice, boiled fish, stewed mutton, shredded radish.
This is the meal that Wei Zheng entertained Leng Feng, to be honest...... It is very shabby, it is estimated that Leng Feng will be better than Wei Zheng here if he chooses any person in the invitation to attend the banquet.
But this kind of meal spent the last copper coins in Wei Zheng's money bag.
It stands to reason that Wei Zheng's status should not be so poor, but Wei Zheng is too rigid.
Although the status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was low, scholars and literati would always say "copper smell" when they saw merchants. But it's hard to go out without money, it's the same everywhere. Now the court's fortune is enough for the family to eat, and the bigwigs above the court usually pretend to be high-minded, but they have merchants who are attached to them in private, and there are caravans at home. Tang Jian's high-minded "scholars" can afford to buy the wine and food downstairs in the world.
I don't know how to be flexible! Wei Zheng thought that officials should not do business, nor should they use the convenience of official titles to obtain money, and the rest of the money in the imperial court, except for the family's food and drink, he used the rest of the money to help the poor people.
Wei Zheng accused the emperor of negligence in the court several times, and other emperors would have cut him down a long time ago, Li Shimin did not, but praised him for his outspoken character, and every time he was accused, he would reward Wei Zheng.
But Wei Zheng didn't bring these rewards home.
This is a square and pure person, so seeing that Wei Zheng wants to speak and stop, Leng Feng doesn't mind helping him a little.
"If Dr. Wei has anything, just say it, after today, I may not be able to help."
Leng Feng took a sip of tea and almost spit it out, the ghost knows where the dignified Zheng Guogong was scooping up the inferior tea.
Wei Zheng was silent, and thought for a while before saying, "Under what circumstances do you think you can be convicted of rebellion?" ”
Leng Feng almost thought that this old guy had guessed that Luo Yi was about to rebel.
"The word 'rebellion' has a very broad meaning, I think about it...... First of all, those who steal military power and raise troops to cause rebellion must be rebellion. ”
Wei Zheng nodded: "Those who raise troops and rebel must be rebels." ”
"Collusion with foreign countries and leaking state secrets can be called rebellion, even though it is a crime of collaborating with the enemy."
Wei Zheng nodded: "Those who sell for glory must be rebels." ”
"Ensnaring the pundo, coercing the imperial power, and encroaching on the people's interests can also be called rebellion."
Wei Zheng nodded: "Those who act like Cao Mengde must be rebels." Speaking of this, Wei Zheng asked rhetorically: "If there is a person who is dissatisfied with the emperor's reward and has a grudge, but does not entangle his friends and does not get involved in military power, is it a rebellion?" ”
Leng Feng smiled bitterly: "How can this be called a rebellion, at most he will be convicted of a resentful crime, although this is also a big crime, but at most he will be dismissed." In other words, it is estimated that today's saints will not only not give sin, but will also have rewards if they say it clearly! ”
Wei Zheng immediately beat his chest and said: "But there is such a person, just because a little concubine falsely accused him of rebellion, he was exterminated by raiding his family." ”
Speaking of which, Leng Feng knew who Wei Zheng was talking about - Liu Wenjing, it could only be Liu Wenjing.
But at the beginning, Liu Wenjing was Li Shimin's person, and Wei Zheng was Li Jiancheng's person, how could Wei Zheng be so kind that he still wanted to overturn Liu Wenjing's case?
Wei Zheng saw Leng Feng looking at him with puzzled eyes, and sighed: "Liu Wenjing is the founding minister, although I am not in the same camp as him, I have a very good relationship. Although he is too focused on power, he is by no means a person with the heart of chaos. ...... year"
Wei Zheng sat down weakly: "Back then, he was falsely accused of rebellion, although I also intended to defend him, but unfortunately the Emperor Taishang listened to Pei Lian's slander and insisted on going his own way. When the house was raided, one of his young sons, who was still nursing, was shoved into the toilet by a loyal servant before he escaped. Then the boy was sent to me, and I placed him in a peasant family outside the city, hoping that he would survive well, but ......"
Wei Zheng couldn't cry when he said this.
"But he was still discovered by Pei Lian, and the child who was still breastfeeding, he actually got his hands on it, so he hanged himself on the door of Liu Wenjing's bedroom......"
Leng Feng sighed deeply, although this matter was not included in the history books, or even the wild history, but since it came from Wei Zheng's mouth, it could not be fake.
The so-called "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots" is just that. Under the power dump, it is often full of blood.
Leng Feng thought for a while before saying, "I can help you, but my means of helping you will be the same as Pei Lian's false accusation of Liu Wenjing, do you mind?" ”
Wei Zheng glanced at Leng Feng with teary eyes, then wiped away his tears, and said viciously with red eyes: "Such a wicked person, even if he cuts the meat on the old man's body and feeds him, as long as he can support him, the old man has no complaints!" ”
A young life died in front of Wei Zheng, and such a stimulus even made Wei Zheng abandon his usual integrity.
Besides, this matter will inevitably make Wei Zheng even more uncomfortable, Leng Feng remembered the mirror that Wei Zheng hung on the door of the mansion, so he asked, "Why did Zheng Guogong hang the mirror I gave you on the door of the mansion?" ”
Wei Zheng wiped his face with wet wipes and tidied up his appearance before saying: "Zeng Zi said: 'I am three provinces and my body', I put the handwritten book given by the landlord in the study, and I have to ask myself if I have achieved the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world."
When you go out of the house, look in the mirror and ask yourself if you are going out today with the mind of 'putting the people first'.
When you return home, look in the mirror and ask yourself if you have done 'putting the people first' today.
Although this may be called 'contrived', as long as you are worthy of your heart, you don't have to worry in your sleep, and you can sleep soundly. ”
Now Leng Feng can't admire him!
After returning to Tianxialou from Wei Zheng's house, Leng Feng gave the two teams the task of investigating Pei Lian.
The current boat gang and the salt gang are still under the control of Leng Feng, although they are not smuggling and exploiting civilians like before, but such an organization has infiltrated every dark corner around Chang'an, and it is a ready-made information network.
Soon, the results of Pei Lian's investigation came out.
Looking at Pei Lian's investigation results, Leng Feng almost laughed.
Although I know that this guy pimped Li Yuan when he helped Emperor Yang of Sui manage the palace in Jinyang, he is a fox friend like Li Yuan's "prostitution together", and he is extremely lustful. But I didn't expect that this guy would have the energy to marry a concubine when he was forty out of sixty and had a group of wives and concubines at home.
After Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Yuan lost the power of the emperor, and Pei Lian's position as prime minister was not guaranteed, and the title of Duke of Wei was vacant, and few people were waiting to see him. Now that he has nothing to do, his gambling addiction is getting bigger and bigger. (Once Li Shimin once "used gambling to bribe" and asked him to persuade Li Yuan to raise troops.) )
But above the court, who would gamble with him for fun? Do you want to have status? So Pei Lin could only gamble with his family, or disguise himself in the gambling hall. How can there be a gambling house in the market that is not dark, Pei Lian's worst time even took his pants.
Gambling is the most ruined money, and Pei Lin can only go to the palace with a thick face to meet the emperor and go to Li Yuan to spend money.
Leng Feng was thinking about Luo Yi's affairs, and he had no time to design this person.
Well, I'll leave you free for a while......