Chapter 109: Wei Zheng
Although Hou Junji's character is not good, he will also create Li Er's rebellion in the future, but this has nothing to do with Ye Wen. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Ye Wen can't always build a mansion for Hou Junji because of the future, this is built for others and not for Hou Junji, which obviously offends Hou Junji.
And Ye Wen will also raise the price a little in the construction plan for Hou Junji, anyway, the plan for everyone is different, and Hou Junji can't calculate that Ye Wen will increase the price.
When he came to Li Wen's mansion, at this time, Li Tao was still serving in Bingzhou, so naturally he would not come out to meet Ye Wen, and it was Li Zhen who came out to meet Ye Wen.
"Brother Ye, don't come unharmed." Li Zhen was quite enthusiastic about Ye Wen, without the slightest intention of keeping his distance before.
"Brother Li, I haven't seen you for a long time." Ye Wen replied with a smile.
Li Zhen smiled, and then invited Ye Wen into the hall.
Entering the hall and chatting with Li Zhen for a while, Ye Wen felt something strange. I felt that Li Zhen was not as casual as he was in Ye Wen's house before, as if Ye Wen had dealt with it when he visited others before.
Although Ye Wen didn't know what was going on, he didn't ask, but suppressed the doubts in his heart. After all, I haven't been playing with Li Zhen for a few days, and I don't know much if I want to say that I am familiar with it. Ye Wen dealt with Li Zhen politely as usual, and then we would see if Cheng Chumo and them were the same.
However, the strange thing is that many dignitaries and nobles in Chang'an have invited Ye Wen, but Cheng Fu has not invited him yet. In this regard, Ye Wen had to take one step at a time, and he had no intention of going to Cheng Mansion.
In the end, after Li Zhen chose the plan, when it was time for dinner, Li Zhen began to arrange the dinner.
Although Li Zhen was a lot stiffer just now, he was still very polite to Ye Wen, and the dinner party also arranged singing and dancing, and Li Zhen's concubine "Fox Fairy" was also in the dance group.
Sipping wine and eating delicious food, and then watching the beauties and singing and dancing from time to time, I enjoyed it very much, but the audience was more depressed, Ye Wen was silent on the side, and Li Zhen didn't know how to speak.
After he was full of wine and food, Ye Wen accepted the money as usual, bought the plan selected by Li Zhen, and then said goodbye and left.
Li Zhen looked up at Ye Wen who was leaving, sighed, and then turned around and left.
Ye Wen, who went back, was a little dull, but seeing Lin Xiaomei and the matchmaker shopping happily together with VR, the crux of Ye Wen's heart was also dredged, no matter what he was, anyway, even if he couldn't make friends here, there were still wives and concubines.
On the second day, Ye Wen figured out a lot yesterday, so he was very enthusiastic about Lin Xiaomei and the matchmaker today, which made Lin Xiaomei and the matchmaker think that Ye Wen had taken the wrong medicine this morning.
After eating at noon, Ye Wen began to prepare to visit the person he was going to visit today.
And Ye Wen is going to visit Wei Zheng today, speaking of Wei Zheng, many people are familiar with it.
His upright and daring temperament to work against the emperor, he slapped Li Er in the face when he had nothing to do, pointing out his mistake as an emperor, which is famous in history!
Moreover, Wei Zheng is not Li Er's descendant, but Li Jiancheng's person, who was a hostile faction back then.
It can be seen from here that Li Er has the grace to accommodate people, and in the end, Wei Zheng was selected into the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and he was ranked fourth.
Wei Zheng, the word Xuancheng, HB Julu County (one said in present-day XT City, HB Province, JL County, one said in present-day GT County, HB Province, also said in HB Jinju).
He is not like other heroes, he is either a descendant of a high-ranking family or a wealthy and powerful family, Wei Zheng was born in a poor family. Although the family conditions are not good, Wei Zheng likes to read since he was a child, and even if he has no conditions, he has to create conditions to study hard, and finally succeeds in his studies and begins to become an intellectual.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil and was torn apart, at this time Wei Zheng was still a small person, he defected to Li Mi, who rebelled at that time, and was appointed to join the army as a literary officer in the Marshal's Mansion, in charge of documents and files, and was also a low-level civilian official. Later, Li Mi's army was defeated, and the rebellion was not only unsuccessful but also destroyed by his peer Dou Jiande, so Wei Zheng took refuge in Dou Jiande.
Whether it is Li Mi or Dou Jiande, maybe they don't talk to Wei Zheng and don't look at each other, so Wei Zheng is not taken seriously in these two teams, let alone adopt his strategy.
Wei Zheng couldn't stop the development of the general trend of the world at that time, and soon, Dou Jiande was eliminated by the Tang Dynasty. Drifting with the tide is the survival rule of the vast majority of literati in troubled times, Wei Zheng did not make a move to "martyr" for the Lord, as usual, whoever takes him in will surrender.
Since then, Wei Zheng has begun to serve Datang, and Datang has not been destroyed by anyone, and Wei Zheng has always stayed here.
And it was in Datang that Wei Zheng began to really give full play to his abilities and abilities. He was forty years old at this time! His previous experience allowed this intellectual to undergo the tempering and baptism of war, enrich his experience, and deeply understand the hardships and sufferings of the lower classes. Perhaps it was this experience that made him argue with Li Er without hesitation and bravely point out the mistakes of his boss, which is not something that every minister can have!
After Wei Zheng surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Li Jiancheng, who was still the crown prince at the time, heard that he was talented, so he asked him to wash horses in the East Palace and manage the books at home.
Wei Zheng is a very good worker, whoever is his boss, he will plan for whomever he wants. Seeing that the conflict between the crown prince and Li Er for imperial power was deepening day by day, he persuaded Li Jiancheng to strike first and act as soon as possible. It's a pity that Li Jiancheng, like Wei Zheng's previous two bosses, didn't listen to him and didn't take any precautions.
If Li Jiancheng had listened to Wei Zheng's advice, history would have been rewritten.
Li Er is very lucky!
After the Xuanwumen coup, Wei Zheng, who did not stand in the right position, was naturally implicated. According to Li Er's character, he even killed the descendants of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, not to mention Wei Zheng, a princeling! The history books say that it was because Li Er valued Wei Zheng's talent that he did not kill. This may be a reason, but it is definitely not the main one. Then after Li Er came to power, why didn't he kill Wei Zheng?
First, it may have something to do with many SD heroes under Li Second. Among Li Er's many descendants, many of them are the original Li Mi's subordinates, and they are more familiar with Wei Zheng, no matter how they were colleagues at the beginning, it is still possible to ask for mercy and say two good words. And Li Er, of course, has to give these people some face.
Second, to be honest, Wei Zheng's official is very small, at least in Li Er's eyes. The most important thing is that Wei Zheng has never become the core backbone of the Prince Group. Therefore, except for those important leaders who were killed, the rest were not investigated, and Li Er knew how to quickly stabilize the political situation.
Third, start with Li Er himself. Li Er is still very tolerant, for him, as long as he does not threaten his position, he can tolerate Wei Zheng, which is stronger than many emperors in history.
Fourth, judging from the historical background at that time, it was not long after China ended its division and war. And in the troubled times, in order to survive, people take refuge in this today and surrender to that tomorrow, and there is no so-called concept of integrity and loyalty, and people will not criticize these people for this at that time. This may be the default rule of survival in the long-term troubled times! Therefore, for Wei Zheng, constantly surrendering does not mean that he has a low personality, and Li Er will not look down on this person because of this.
Li Er valued Wei Zheng's conduct. Wei Zheng is upright, dares to fight based on reason, and will not compromise and seek perfection. Even if he later worked under Li Second, his temper still did not change. This may be the reason why Li Mi, Dou Jiande, and Li Jiancheng don't like this person very much, but Li Er can tolerate this temper, so he can become the first emperor of the ages!
Wei Zheng was also capitalized and featured in the history books because of this personality, so that now when Li Er is mentioned, he must be mentioned, and when Zhenguanzhi is mentioned, he must also be mentioned! can be so famous in history, Wei Zheng is not in vain.
An ordinary person often makes mistakes, and so do emperors, and they make mistakes that few people point out. There are so many ministers, and there are few who tell the truth, mainly they don't dare, they are like tigers, everyone is a part-time worker, and it's not good to be always remembered by the boss! But Wei Zheng is not afraid of these, or you don't let me see it, just say it when you see it!
Wei Zheng is famous inside and outside the government and the opposition because of this kind of behavior that is not afraid of death! Sometimes, even Li Er's family wants to ask for a little wife, and he has to advise!
In the second year of Zhenguan, the famous eldest grandson queen somehow heard that an official surnamed Zheng had a daughter who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and she was young and beautiful, so she told Li Er to let him marry this little girl into the palace as a concubine. Of course Li Er was happy when he heard it, to be honest, whoever encountered this thing would be happy, not to mention that it was still with the consent of the main room (let's not be surprised by the behavior of Empress Changsun, this was a very common thing at that time. In ancient times, in addition to being a housekeeper, the wife of the main room also had a duty to be responsible for finding a little wife for her husband).
When Wei Zheng heard this, he quit! Because he heard that this little girl has been married to the Lu family, which means that the family is a person with a marriage contract, and we have already received a marriage certificate now, but the wedding has not yet been held! So, Wei Zheng ran to the palace and told Li Er that the little beauty you want to marry has been promised to others, and if you still marry her, it will make the people say that you are a bully, and your reputation will be ruined...... Everyone who is an emperor will attach importance to their reputation, especially Li Er, since this is the case, then I will withdraw the order and not accept the concubine.
The Zheng family was originally very happy to be able to be a concubine for the emperor (although it was only a little wife, but it was the emperor's little wife), what a glorious thing it was, but when they heard it, they didn't marry again, they stopped doing it, and hurriedly went up and said, there is no such thing, our daughter has never allowed anyone, you can rest assured and boldly marry. Unbelief? If you don't believe it, you ask Fang Xuanling......
The Lu family is even more panicked, snatching a woman with His Majesty the current emperor, isn't this looking for death! also said in the book, there is no such thing, my family and the Zheng family do not have the same thing as you said.
Li Er was confused, what the hell is going on, how to ask for a concubine, and make so many things. Li Er asked Wei Zheng, you have to explain to me, what's going on? Wei Zheng told him directly: "The reason why the Lu family wants to deny this matter is because they are afraid that you will hate them for robbing your daughter-in-law with you in the future." After all, your status as emperor is there! Li Er immediately understood.
Wei Zheng's exhortation succeeded, and Li Er withdrew his previous order.
In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Datang began to harvest year after year, the national strength increased, and the world was peaceful. As a result, many ministers asked Li Er to go to the Zen Confession.
At the beginning, Chen Shubao also wrote a book and asked Emperor Wen of Sui to seal Zen. Feng Zen, in fact, is the ancient emperor's sacrifice to the heaven and the earth of the celebration ceremony, and the sacrificial location is on the top of Mount Tai. To put it bluntly, it is to tell heaven and earth, I govern the world very well, you see that the common people are living very well, there is meat to eat and wine to drink every day, you leave the world to me to govern, although rest assured and so on. In short, only an accomplished emperor dares to enshrine Zen.
Emperor Wen of Sui was modest, saying that he was "thin and virtuous" and did not go to Zen. Li Er has always been confident, and when he was persuaded by others, he thought that he had done a good job, and he should be qualified to report the situation to the Heavenly Father who had never been masked! I agreed to go to Mount Tai to seal the Zen action. Although some people think that it is not good to engage in this activity with such fanfare and money now, after thinking about it, it is better not to touch Li Er's brows!
At this time, Wei Zheng stood up, he tried his best to state the reason why he should not go to Feng Zen, and he preached with a crackling speech, which made Li Er speechless, and he felt very uncomfortable, after all, it would not be good for anyone to touch this matter. What is wrong with an emperor who governs the country in an orderly manner to publicize his exploits! But Wei Zheng hit him with a stick, "Now the internal worries have not been solved, the external troubles have not been solved, and the country's money is pitiful, you still govern the country honestly, you are far from the level of Feng Chan!" ”
Li Erli was furious inside and out, but what Wei Zheng said was the truth, and he couldn't refute it!
If you change to a mediocre emperor, you would have been furious a long time ago, and she would have gone down to play the board. And Li Er's wisdom once again played a role, and Wei Zheng's exhortation actually succeeded! For Wei Zheng's behavior, he had to accept it, he simply didn't save face for Li Er at all, and Li Er really ate his set. The most affordable benefit of Wei Zheng's behavior is that it saves the state a lot of administrative expenses.
Wei Zheng spent the first half of his life in the chaos of war and had a deep understanding of people's livelihood and people's feelings. Therefore, he repeatedly advised Li Er to be prepared for danger in times of peace and to be diligent and thrifty. At this point, he was not afraid of angering his boss at all, and even if Li Er had already shown that he was very angry, he would not back down.
Li Er couldn't bear it a little, after all, he couldn't really kill if he killed, so he finally saved up some fame and killed this old horseman, and he didn't destroy it! You said that Wei Zheng, this old guy, is almost enough, why take it so seriously! Just act and show it to the ministers, historians, and people in the world, so that you are good, I am good, everyone is good, and you can have a good reputation in history. But every time I play really, it doesn't save me face at all!
I'll endure, I'll endure it again! I can't afford to mess with it, I can always hide! Slowly, Li Er had some awe of Wei Zheng.
Once, Li Er wanted to go out for a trip and hunt by the way. After working for so long, it's time to relax! I packed my bags and everything, and suddenly I didn't go again. Wei Zheng was surprised, so he asked Li Er, why didn't he go? Li Er smiled and said: "I was going to go, but when I remembered that if I was known and I had to come to persuade you, I would definitely not be able to leave in the end, so it was better to cancel it as soon as possible!" ”
There is also a story that once his subordinates gave Li Er a good harrier eagle, Li Er liked it very much, and he put it on his shoulder to play if he had nothing to do. With such a fun thing to accompany him every day, Li Er was very happy in his heart.
But it was not good, one day he was playing with the harrier eagle, and saw Wei Zheng coming from a distance, and he wanted to report the matter. Li Er panicked, let him see this harrier eagle, and said that I was a plaything and lost my mind, and I couldn't work hard! Li Er hurriedly hid the bird in his arms (fortunately, the clothes of the ancients were big and loose). The harrier eagle is a short-winged bird that was raised by the Tang Dynasty to catch quails and some bush birds. Strictly speaking, this bird is also an eagle, but it is much smaller than a real falcon, and thanks to this, Li Er was saved from the tragedy of disembowelment.
As for Wei Zheng, he had actually seen the bird earlier. So he slowly reported to work, saying one thing into two things, and some small things had to be taken out and talked about endlessly. When Wei Zheng finally left, Li Eryi saw that the bird had already been suffocated by himself!
It is estimated that Li Er had the urge to cry at that time, who is the boss in the end!
After all, the boss is the boss, and the wage earner is a wage earner after all, and the persuasion again and again also laid hidden dangers for the later breakdown of the relationship between Li Er and Wei Zheng. Maybe Wei Zheng won't change much when he is alive, and once he dies, Li Er won't have the slightest scruples!
After Wei Zheng's death, a series of jaw-dropping changes really took place. Because Wei Zheng recommended two people to Li Er before he died, one is named Du Zhenglun, and the other is the famous Hou Junji, and said that these two people are the talents of the prime minister, you should reuse them. Of course, Li Shimin believed Wei Zheng's words very much, and he had listened to them all his life, and he didn't have the slightest doubt this time. It's a pity that it didn't take long for that Du Zhenglun to commit an accident, and he was accused of corruption and bribery; Hou Junji was even more ruthless, he actually participated in the rebellion, but in the end he was unsuccessful and was killed by Li Er.
These two things had a huge impact on Li Er, he began to doubt Wei Zheng, what kind of talents did they recommend to me, I always thought you were very honest, did you form a party behind my back in the court? Later, another incident happened that made Li Er's anger even greater. Someone reported that Wei Zheng showed the manuscript of his advice to you to those historians. Li Er quit, it turns out that you used to do that just to gain a reputation for yourself. It's not really for my good, it's good for us Datang, you dare to play with me!
Years of emotions finally broke out at this time, Li Er was originally going to marry his daughter to Wei Zheng's son, but he first canceled the marriage. In the end, he still couldn't swallow this breath and personally smashed Wei Zheng's tombstone.
It is sad and lamentable!
Wei Zheng, from the perspective of later generations, belongs to the kind of "contrarian talent", this kind of people are often very stubborn, conceited and even arrogant, they do not fully follow the instructions of their superiors, and often contradict their superiors and bravely say their own suggestions. Such people often find it difficult to cater to the psychology of the leader and conform to their intentions. As a result, they are often not liked, reused, or even used by leaders. This was the case with the leaders before Wei Zheng.
But it is these "contrarian talents" who can pour out their advice, be consistent in what they say and be open-minded. And those who blindly obey the leader are not necessarily like-minded with the leader. Behind obedience, there is not necessarily good intentions. Historically, such examples abound.
Li Er accepted the "reverse talent", he achieved himself, others, and the country and society at that time.