Chapter 42: Once a Son of Heaven and a Courtier

Zhenguan has been here for three years, like a spring girl, without saying hello. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Suddenly, like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom.

Zhenguan for three years.

Spring, the first month.

In the spring, in the first month, Li Shimin sacrificed to the Taimiao Temple according to the routine and performed a ploughing ceremony in the eastern suburbs.

It is worth mentioning that the monk Falla was executed for confusing the public with his evil words. Sikong Pei Lin had an intersection with Monk Falla, and was dismissed from his post because of this incident and ordered to be sent back to his hometown. Pei Lin asked to stay in Chang'an, and Li Shimin said unceremoniously: "Your merits are mediocre, how can you reach this point today, it is not because of the grace of the Emperor Taishang that you are ranked first among the ministers." During the Wude period, corruption and bribery prevailed, and the political program of the imperial court was chaotic, all of which were related to you, just because you were the founding minister, so you couldn't bear to deal with it completely according to the law. To be able to go home and guard the grave is already a lucky person. Pei Lin then returned to his hometown of Puzhou.

In Fang Xu's view, in fact, Li Shimin believes that the first hero of the Xingtang Dynasty is, of course, himself, followed by Liu Wenjing, and then Pei Lian. Pei Lin preached everywhere that without him, there would be no Datang world, which was a great crime of greed for heaven and a great crime. As for Li Shimin's criticism that Pei Lin made many mistakes in handling government affairs, he wanted to add to the crime. The real purpose of Li Shimin's words is to deny his father on a large scale. Li Yuan has many things that he has mishandled, so that the world can understand that Li Yuan did not canonize Li Shimin as the crown prince, which is also a continuation of Li Yuan's absurdity, and Li Shimin's accession to the throne will naturally have more understanding and support. Whitewash the changes of his own Xuanwu Gate.

Not long after Pei Lin returned to his hometown of Puzhou, there was a madman named Xinxing, who often said to the servants of Pei Lian's family: "Your Pei Gong has talent and is the face of the emperor." "It is estimated that this person does not understand the court situation, and thinks that Pei Lin is in the era of Li Yuan, who has infinite scenery under one person and above ten thousand people. This person didn't know Li Shimin even more, and thought that after more than ten years of peace in the Tang Dynasty, he could still raise troops and make rebellion. The servant told Pei Lin these words, and Pei Lin was not only unhappy, but half frightened to death. Quietly ordered someone to kill this madman of faith, so as not to trouble himself, and even ordered his henchmen to kill the servant who had also heard these words. But Gong Ming had a good relationship with the servant, and not only did he not kill him, but let the servant hide. Later, Gong Ming stole Pei Lian's millions of money and escaped, Pei Lin pursued him everywhere, and Gong Ming ran to the court to denounce Pei Lian. Pei Lin was censored for the second time.

This time, Li Shimin did not want to let go of Pei Lian, and among the four major crimes he listed, "claiming that the prosperity of the country is all his own scheme" is the most intolerable for Li Shimin. However, many ministers of the imperial court wanted Li Shimin to intercede, including some of Li Shimin's close ministers. The main reason is that Pei Lin is the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, and killing Pei Lin will damage Li Shimin's reputation.

Of course, Li Shimin knows this. In the second year of his ascension, Li Shimin went to the southern suburbs to worship and ordered Pei Lin and his eldest grandson Wuji to share a car with him. Pei Lin was very frightened and said that he did not dare to sit together. Li Shimin said: "You have a great merit in assisting me Li Tang to build the country, and the eldest grandson Wuji can also do his best to help the royal family, except for the two of you, who is qualified to ride in the same car with me?" So Pei Lin could only get in the car.

At that time, Li Shimin had not been on the throne for a long time, and the people's hearts were not attached, not to mention the sacrifice, how many eyes of the subjects of the world were concerned! Li Shimin's preferential treatment of Pei Lin must have made many people who supported Li Jiancheng breathe a sigh of relief. But this is not Li Shimin's sincerity, once the ass is firmly seated, Li Shimin will begin to liquidate.

After all, Pei Lin is different from Wei Zheng.

In the Li Yuan era, it was agreed that the merits of Taiyuan were Li Shimin, Pei Lian, and Liu Wenjing, and then the eldest grandson Shunde, Liu Hongji, Dou Cong, Chai Shao, Tang Jianshi, Yin Kaishan, Liu Shilong, etc., a total of 14 people. During the period of Li Shimin and Li Shimin, the ranking of the heroes of Taiyuan's army was re-arranged, with Liu Wenjing first, Pei Lin second, followed by the eldest grandson Wuji, Wang Junkuo, Wei Chi Jingde, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui. The original third place (ignored by Li Shimin) Changsun Shunde became the eighth place, followed by Chai Shao, Luo Yi, Zhaojun Wang Li Xiaogong, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Liu Shili, Li Ji, Liu Hongji and other forty-four people. Liu Hongji, who ranked fourth in the Li Yuan era, was miserable, falling to sixteenth. Why is there such a change? It's very simple, once a son of heaven and a courtier, some people who were pro-Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng were squeezed to the back by Li Shimin's cronies. From ancient times to the present, the most important thing in the political arena is to stand in line and follow the right people. Other character and talent are secondary.

The sin of Pei Lin shall be put to death according to the law; Li Shimin exiled him to Jingzhou. Just in time for the local Shan Qiang rebellion, some say that the rebels kidnapped Pei Lin as their leader. Li Shimin said: "Pei Lin should be executed for his crimes, and I will leave him a way to live, and he will definitely not take this road." Soon I heard that Pei Lin led his servants to defeat the rebels. Li Shimin considered that he had the merit of supporting his life and recruited him to enter the court, but Pei Lin happened to die.