Chapter 410: Death is to save face and suffer sin

That's right, the emperor in this world is also very easy to bully, which is also the truth that a gentleman can be bullied. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Being a gentleman is far more difficult than being a villain. The emperor is a gentleman, and he can only be a gentleman, and he must not be a villain. Even if the emperor is not a gentleman, he must be a hypocrite. As a gentleman, you have too many concerns, and you have to consider the consequences of everything you do, whether it is worth it, and whether it will bring harm to your reputation.

On the contrary, the villain is different, the villain can do whatever he wants, and he doesn't have to care so much. The emperor can't do it, the more he goes to the top, the greater the restraint, so that Li Shimin can't move. This time it is actually very simple, Shi Bufan clearly used public opinion, used public opinion, and manipulated public opinion to threaten this emperor. But what can Li Shimin do, if he dares to treat Shi Bufan, it will only leave a notoriety in the end.

On the surface, it seems that Li Shimin can easily clean up Shi Bufan, on the surface, it seems that it is impossible for courtiers to rob women with the emperor, but in fact, so what? These are all superficial, because the emperor has too many scruples, but the courtiers are more able to arouse the sympathy of many weak people.

For many ordinary people, it is the weak who sympathize, and the emperor is the strong, so he is naturally regarded as a villain by the people. Many times the strong are regarded as villains, because bullying with guns is the thinking of many people. Because of this, Li Shimin has too many scruples. had to choose to give up, he actually knew very well that Shi Bufan deliberately threatened him, deliberately used public opinion to threaten him, and forced him, but he had to compromise with Shi Bufan.

"I heard that the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang made a marriage contract with Shi Qiang's son, and Shi Qiang died early. It is special to talk about Xingyang Zheng's daughter's marriage is extraordinary, and she inherits the strong incense! ”

Li Shimin issued a book, which means that this is still a preliminary and superficial paste. This time, many people have achieved their goals. Gao Huitong avoided entering the palace with Zheng Liwan, who was also from the Shandong Shi clan, and competed with himself for the position of the spokesperson of the Shandong Shi clan. On the other hand, Concubine Yan not only solved a threat, but could even initially establish mutual trust with the Hedong Shi clan, establishing a foundation for future cooperation. The Hedong Shi clan has also successfully established mutual trust with Concubine Yan, and everyone can help each other in the future.

As for Shi Bufan, although he was cheated by Gao Huitong and the Gao family this time, he also gained a beauty. In this way, everyone is happy, and the most unhappy ones are the Zheng family and Li Shimin in Xingyang. The Zheng family in Xingyang originally thought that they could send their daughter to the palace, and such a position would help to improve the status of the Shandong Shi Group. But now not only did he not send his daughter to the palace, but it was cheaper and extraordinary.

As for Li Shimin, he was obviously calculated by the courtiers and his own woman, Gao Huitong and Concubine Yan this time, but Li Shimin had to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. To say that Li Shimin's feelings for this Zheng Liwan are actually not at all. He was so wronged this time that he was almost already his own woman, but not only could he not get it, but he had to pinch his nose and issue a marriage book by himself, which was really a toothache.

"The emperor gave Shi Xiancheng a marriage, it seems that the emperor didn't rob Shi Xiancheng's fiancée!" "Yes! The emperor did not snatch Shi Xiancheng's fiancée. "That's right, the emperor didn't rob it, it seems that the emperor is still a wise monarch who knows right from wrong." "Well, I said, the emperor is a Ming monarch......

After the news of this marriage was spread, the folk opinion immediately changed. In the past, he criticized Emperor Li Shimin for snatching the fiancée of his courtiers, but now he actually praised Li Shimin for distinguishing right from wrong, and he changed his mistake when he knew it. The emperor did not snatch the fiancée of the courtiers, but was very generous to give the quasi-imperial concubine who was ready to be canonized to the courtiers, which is simply too generous.

So now, many Baixin also praise Li Shimin, thinking that Li Shimin is very generous, and actually remarried his quasi-imperial concubines to his courtiers, which is really the emperor's measure. If it was an ordinary emperor, then maybe they would instead achieve their own goals by persecuting their courtiers, or taking revenge on their courtiers at that time. And this is what everyone thinks is normal, and they all think that the average emperor will die to save face to take revenge on his courtiers. But now Li Shimin actually took the initiative to give Zheng Liwan to Shi Bufan for marriage, so that they can also read it to feel Li Shimin's generosity.

However, ordinary people are not clear about the various calculations in this, because these things will not be known by ordinary people, and they will not even be written into history books. For the descendants, maybe they just knew that Li Shimin was a good emperor, and instead of snatching the fiancée of the courtiers, they could change their mistakes and take the initiative to marry Zheng Liwan to the courtiers.

Li Shimin's self-slapping behavior not only did not lose face, but gained face to a greater extent. And Shi Bufan reciprocated the favor, directly "thanked the lord Longen" in various media, and hurriedly praised Li Shimin to express his gratitude. This has also increased Li Shimin's prestige a lot, but this makes Li Shimin not happy.

"Bastard, Shi Bufan, Wei Zheng, Gao Huitong, Shandong Shi Clan, Hedong Shi Clan, Bastard!" Li Shimin scolded.

Empress Eldest Sun also sighed beside her, this time she chose this Zheng Liwan as a chonghua for Li Shimin, but she didn't expect that there would be such a bullshit behind her.

"However, what is the reason for this extraordinary time? This is extraordinary, what is the benefit of him being mixed in? "Empress Eldest Sun is a little confused.

This kind of royal thing doesn't seem to have anything to do with Shi Bufan. But in fact, Empress Changsun didn't expect that this time it was Gao Huitong, and Shi Bufan sold it. Originally, Shi Bufan wanted to stay out of the matter, just to play a role of matchmaking. But this Gao Huitong actually sold Shi Bufan, which made Shi Bufan extremely embarrassed. So at that time, Shi Bufan scolded Gao Huitong in his heart, ". sub".

Although he got a beauty this time, this made Shi Bufan very depressed, because this time he exposed his involvement in this matter.

"However, didn't you hear that the Emperor Taishang also gave Shi County Cheng a marriage back then? So how to give marriage this time, so who is bigger and who is smaller? "There are a lot of people who don't understand the relationship.

"Secret Eunuch Wei, congratulations to you this time, this time you have hooked up with Concubine Yan, and your Hedong will be complete in the future. You Hedong have people in the harem, and your Wei Secret Supervisor is a great contribution! Shi Bufan said.

Wei Zheng also replied: "Hehe, this time it's thanks to Shi Cao Chang's connection, otherwise we wouldn't have entered!" This time, congratulations to you as Cao Chang, and you have returned with a beauty. The emperor also gave marriage to you, and two generations of emperors have given you marriage, which is a great honor! ”

However, Shi Bufan said treacherously: "Haha, I heard Neiko Dugu Daxue say that the emperor was so angry in the palace that he almost scolded her." The emperor had no choice but to go to the harem to vent his anger. But fortunately, Concubine Gao Shu and Concubine Yan helped the insider, and the emperor didn't dare to treat the insider. ”

"Hahahaha......" Wei Zheng obviously felt funny about it, obviously it was really funny about bullying the emperor.

Don't think that Wei Zheng is a good bird, if it turns out that history knows Li Shimin best, it is this Wei Zheng. Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, Wei Zheng is a minister, a person who specializes in finding fault with the emperor. However, there was a story recorded in history, that is, Wei Zheng left a copy of the recitals he had given to the emperor for many years for collection.

As for what exactly this "copy" is for, it is difficult to say. Before Wei Zheng died, he ordered these copies to be burned, indicating that he did not leave evidence. And since Li Shimin later knocked down Wei Zheng's tombstone, it shows that Li Shimin has endured Wei Zheng for a long time and wants to be angry for a long time. But maybe Wei Zheng is alive and has the support of the Pei family in Hedong behind him, so Li Shimin has no way to hold it.

And Wei Zheng left a copy, a copy that was used to play for the emperor for so many years, so it is actually a talisman one by one! If Li Shimin killed him, who knows if Wei Zheng would have circulated in these copies? These copies are all handles, and they are all handles that are enough to ruin Li Shimin's reputation a lot.

At Li Shimin's level, he no longer only values power, but also fame. Wei Zheng successfully saw through his essence of Li Shimin's death to save face, so he took these copies of the music as a threat, if Li Shimin killed him, then these copies would also be scattered.

But before Wei Zheng died, he burned these pieces, which means telling Li Shimin that he has burned all the copies of the pieces, so don't embarrass my son. Maybe Wei Zheng can control Li Shimin, but his son may not. His son does not have the support of the Pei family, and his means and abilities are not as good as his own, so his son leaving these is not only not beneficial, but harmful.

So don't think that Wei Zheng is a good bird, Wei Zheng is also a politician and a political speculator in the final analysis. However, his speculative method is more special, by using Li Shimin's famous attractions to blackmail Li Shimin, and then seek benefits for himself. As for Li Shimin, he may not be as generous as he really is, because Li Shimin was most likely taken advantage of by Wei Zheng, so I had to compromise.

"In the officialdom of the early Tang Dynasty, where are there so many novels that are so simple, and there are countless contradictions and conflicts!" Shi Bufan complained in his heart.

Shi Bufan continued: "Secret Eunuch Wei, this time the emperor is dying to save face, in order to save his face, he did not hesitate to give me his quasi-imperial concubine to marry, so he doesn't know how depressed he is!" He is really losing a lot of money to save face like this. ”

This time, Shi Bufan partnered with so many people to bully Li Shimin, Li Shimin lost money this time, but he had no choice. This is the contradiction between the king and the courtiers. When facing Li Shimin, the king, whether it is an extraordinary cold family or various scholars, they are actually on the side of the "courtiers" and represent the courtiers. The courtiers and the emperor naturally rely on each other, restrain each other, and calculate each other, as for treating themselves as the emperor's lackeys, it implies that they can't go far.

Because the nature of a natural courtier is already doomed that you can't be integrated with the emperor, the emperor is a loner, this is not in vain. If you go to be a lackey for the emperor, you will never be able to reach the top, but you may be killed by the emperor at any time to eat meat.

Wei Zheng also showed a faint smile, this time they joined forces to bully Li Shimin, it was really cool. Li Shimin was bullied to death by everyone, and Li Shimin, the emperor, was not used to bully, so everyone had no problem bullying Li Shimin. Such a natural position cannot be changed. Wei Zheng didn't mind bullying Li Shimin, because as a courtier, he didn't know how to bully the emperor, so how could he get benefits? Don't think that the emperor is so powerful, so invincible.

"Haha, this time the emperor lost a quasi-imperial concubine for no reason, and it fell into your hands, can he be comfortable? He is strong in front of the people, and he doesn't know how to be depressed and hold back the fire in his heart. But it doesn't matter, we don't have to worry, anyway, in this matter, we are all on a rope. Wei Zheng said.

Here, again, the relative situation of interest groups is reflected. Maybe strategically, Shi Bufan is an opponent with Wei Zheng and the Shi clan group behind them, but this time they pit Li Shimin together, so in this matter, they are also an interest group. Interest groups are relative and there is no absolute, so if Li Shimin wants to take action against Shi Bufan, then Wei Zheng, the Hedong Shi clan and even Concubine Gao Huitong in the palace cannot sit idly by.

This kind of "hatred of taking his wife" makes many men unbearable, let alone the emperor? So in this regard, everyone can only help each other in the same boat, and can't sell teammates casually. Even if you want to sell your teammates, it depends on what it is. When the common enemy is the emperor, not to mention this kind of tiger's mouth, you can't sell your teammates casually, if you sell your teammates today, the emperor will clean you up tomorrow. Therefore, selling teammates should also pay attention to ways and means, not all teammates can be sold, especially in the fight against imperial power, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope.

In the face of imperial power, as a courtier, no matter what he comes from, whether he is a scholar or a poor family, he should be vigilant. From the perspective of historical process, after the Chinese Hanmen defeated the scholars with the imperial alliance, they all re-established themselves on the opposite side of the imperial power. Even the organizational structure and combat effectiveness are comparable to those of the scholars, and the only difference between me is that the political group of the Hanmen competes for the leader by personal means and ability, rather than relying on that bloodline to pass it on from generation to generation. However, in short, the conflict between imperial power and relative power could not be completely resolved in the feudal era. That's just pressing down the gourd and scooping it up, driving away batch after batch. The noble class was defeated, and the feudal landlord class was ushered in again. In terms of curbing imperial power, Shi Bufan and the Shi clan actually have the same idea, but the two sides take different paths, and the class interests they represent are also different.

Therefore, the method of dialectics is used to judge the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction, and the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction can change at any time, and it does not change in one layer, but also depends on what is the matter. In terms of curbing the excessive expansion of imperial power, Shi Bufan and the scholars have the same idea, and they don't want the imperial power to be excessively expanded, so sometimes they can face the same purpose and work together. In the face of a common enemy, the class enemy can temporarily turn the enemy into a friend, and this is the difference between the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction.

Shi Bufan and the Shi clan have an antagonistic relationship, but they are also not absolute antagonisms. The imperial power, the Hanmen, and the scholars are all opponents of each other, and they are allies of each other, depending on the situation, and they are not the same. The contradiction and unity of everything are embodied in this matter. When a common enemy is defeated, perhaps the former allies will also turn their backs. The main contradiction and the secondary contradiction are not one layer of immutability, and are likely to change at any time, and this also depends on their respective judgments, and they cannot blindly make choices. (To be continued.) )