Bragging is very simple, it is not easy to get to the point, it requires the ability to analyze things and have a high degree of insight, a look, you can see the essence and connotation, which requires reading a lot of books, rich social experience and good thinking, you can, without a dozen or twenty years, it is difficult to achieve great success.

It is not difficult to be able to put forward the right opinion on one thing, but the difficult thing is to put forward the right opinion on everything, and Wei Zheng is such a talent. It is Mr. Wei's talent that Boss Li likes. Wei Zheng adhered to the principle that the boss believed in me and could not let the boss down, and worked very hard, and his job position at that time was - a doctor in the province of Menxia, with a medium grade, but very important, and it was also Wei Zheng's old business.

Counsel the doctor: If you see something unpleasant, you have nothing to do - scold the street, and if you see something wrong with the emperor, you can say it very politely, and say boldly and confidently, the emperor will not find fault with you, because that is your job and is protected by the law. Boss Li had just ascended to the throne, he had little confidence in himself, and he had a headache in the face of the mess, and he was at a loss for a while, not knowing what to do and what to do.

At this time, Boss Li remembered Wei Zheng and called Wei Zheng to the inner room, "What do you think of the current form of this country?" "This question happened to be asked in Wei Zheng's heart, these days he has not been idle except for sleeping, thinking day and night, how to let the people live a stable life, how to make the country stronger." The country has just gone through great turmoil, and it will inevitably be followed by great governance, and we must adhere to the word 'quiet', 'rule by inaction'. Just like in the early Han Dynasty. ”

"Quiet", Boss Li repeated the word. And then shouted "I understand, don't fight." If you don't build a palace and pay a small amount of money, the treasury will be full in a few years, and the people will be able to get better. ”

Wei Zheng nodded firmly to Boss Li. Wei Zheng adhered to the principle that the boss believed in me and could not let the boss down, and worked very hard. It is also Wei Zheng's old business.

Counsel the doctor: If you see something unpleasant, you have nothing to do - scold the street, and if you see something wrong with the emperor, you can say it very politely, and say boldly and confidently, the emperor will not find fault with you, because that is your job and is protected by the law. Boss Li had just ascended to the throne and had little confidence in himself. Faced with a mess, I had a headache, and I was at a loss for a while, and I didn't know what to do. What to do. At this time, Boss Li remembered Wei Zheng and called Wei Zheng to the inner room. "What do you think of the current state of the country?"

This question. happened to ask Wei Zheng's heart, these days he is sleeping in addition to sleeping. I have never been idle, thinking day and night, how to let the people live a stable life, how to make the country stronger. "The country has just gone through a great turmoil, and it will inevitably be followed by great governance, and we must adhere to the word 'quiet', 'rule by inaction', just like in the early Han Dynasty."

"Quiet", Boss Li repeated this word, and then shouted, "I understand, don't fight, don't build a palace, and pay a small amount of money, the treasury will be full in a few years, and the people will be better." ”

Wei Zheng nodded firmly to Boss Li. "Some ministers have advised me to treat officials harshly, to use power and scheming, to use means to firmly control them, and not to give them a smile, otherwise there may be a lot of trouble, what do you think about this matter?" Boss Li asked. "I don't think so." "Isn't that right?" "None of them are right." "Tell me about it?" The boss's face turned very bad.

Wei Zheng didn't see Boss Li's face, "The monarch and the minister are originally one, only by treating each other sincerely can they be a whole, if the monarch uses power and tactics against his subordinates, his subordinates will not be truly loyal to the monarch, this is not a single choice question, but a two-way choice question, only if both sides choose correctly, the answer can be correct." "Therefore, Weichen believes that the monarch and his subordinates should treat each other with sincerity, and the monarch must not use scheming to control his subordinates."

These days, Li Shimin has been thinking about what kind of attitude he should face his ministers, he thought of Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty such a strong lord of Wen Tao and Wu Strategy, Qin Emperor Han Wu treated his subordinates with a combination of law, art, and potential, and firmly controlled his subordinates in his own hands.

However, Wei Zheng's words broadened Li Shimin's narrow thinking, and after a short silence, Li Shimin felt that Wei Zheng's words seemed to make sense. "So what do we do with our neighbors?

These neighbors are very annoying, they never have idle times, they come to cause trouble when they have nothing to do, and they leave after robbing, and I want me to see that only by beating them down at once and telling them that we are not easy to bully, can they stop and not cause us trouble. "Some ministers wrote to build yì me, treat their neighbors with grace and power, give dates on the one hand, hit sticks on the other hand, and explain to the dates that we are reasonable, the big stick is to let them have a long memory, don't always break ground on Tai Sui's head, don't be a tiger and become a sick cat."

Li Shimin proudly showed off this plan to Wei Zheng, he thought that Wei Zheng would not find fault with it, this was really an excellent guideline. "That's not right."

Li Shimin frowned, said one or no, don't you know the difference between the big and small kings, this is too shameless for me, very angry, sat back on the throne, coughed, regained the majesty of being the emperor, pulled down his face, longer than a donkey, just stopped, and didn't open his mouth again. Wei Zheng was like wearing an eye patch, he didn't see Li Shimin's toss, and he didn't go to his heart, you cough yours, I said mine, it is clear, does not interfere with each other, and cooperates tacitly.

"Your Majesty, let me ask you a question, what do you rely on to fight?" "Food, grass and soldiers and horses are very important, of course, if you have money, these problems are not a problem."

Li Shimin thought to himself, are you being an idiot, asking such a question, and as soon as his mind turned, he heard the mystery in Wei Zheng's words. "Yes, after many years of war, the treasury is empty, the people are tired, and the country can no longer withstand the toss and war."

Li Shimin began to admire Wei Zheng's wisdom in his heart. "Fighting a war is nothing to a monarch. Hearing is nothing more than news of victory or defeat, but for ordinary people. But they have to pay a lot, sometimes even their net worth. They also have parents and brothers, wives and children, happy families, and an order from the monarch, but they are far from home and embark on a journey of no return. It's also very unfair to them as a human being, Your Majesty, what do you say? "Wei has requisitioned a killer weapon. said the most wonderful words, "Yang Guang's example, hasn't it been too long?" ”

Oh, let's stop here, Wei Zheng believes that Boss Li will be able to accept his opinion. Yes, Wei Zheng is not wrong, the fall of the rich Sui Dynasty was seen by Boss Li with his own eyes, and Yang Guang is also a negative example, and Boss Li has always taken it as a warning. Li Shimin stepped off the throne excitedly. Gently patting Wei Zheng's shoulder, Wei Zheng got up from his seat, knelt on the ground in fear, and shouted long live.

Wei Zheng didn't know. At the moment when Li Shimin patted him on the shoulder, Li Shimin silently said to himself in his heart that Wei Zheng was a conscientious person. People who really ask for their lives for the people and work hard for the country. Himself can't leave his reminder for a day, a day. Can't leave either! Friends, in this life and this life, even if we are tied together, if you do not leave me, I will not give up on you, let me work together to create a prosperous world that belongs to us!

Two determined, wise eyes touched the most wonderful spark! At this moment, it is destined to go down in history, and at this moment, a pair of enemies have truly become friends with all sincerity, and at this moment, all people in that era should feel happy. Wei Zheng wrote to Li Shimin more than 200 times, and he was able to get to the point, which was adopted by Li Shimin.

Mr. Wei asked for the people's life, actively wrote to the emperor, sought benefits for the people, and opened peace for the country, which is better than super idols such as Bao Zheng and Hai Rui in later generations.

I originally wanted to write Mr. Wei as a handsome and chic character with Yushu in the wind, which is more in line with everyone's positioning of idols, but I guess that if I write it like that, I will not be scolded, and I will have to be swallowed by spitting stars.

For a spiritual idol like Mr. Wei, I really don't dare to compliment his appearance, and it is written in the history books that the appearance of the symptoms is not more than that of a Chinese person.

But I think Mr. Wei, although his appearance is not so handsome, his personal charm is still very strong. Every time I give advice to Li Shimin, I always uphold a principle, whether you are angry or not, I will finish what I should say.

So such a scene often happens in the court, Li Shimin is in a good mood to come to the court, everyone is flat, do you have anything to say? Just when the emperor asked, Wei Zheng was not polite, "The minister has something to say", Li Shimin smiled: "Then you say." ”

At the beginning, the atmosphere was still very harmonious, as soon as Wei Zheng opened his mouth, the atmosphere immediately changed, with Wei Zheng's chatter, Li Shimin's face became more and more ugly, his face became the same color as eggplant, he was full of righteous indignation, and he was like thunder, and he almost pointed at Wei Zheng's nose and scolded the street. Li Shimin held back his anger and listened to Wei Zheng's report, Wei Zheng patted his ass and went home like no one else. Li Shimin was angry, and returned to the harem and complained to the eldest grandson: "I will kill this Tian Sheweng sooner or later!" Empress Changsun put on her court clothes, and after a period of persuasion, Li Shimin's agitated heart calmed down, and his anger almost disappeared, and he remembered that he hadn't eaten dinner because he was angry, so he sent a eunuch to ask Lord Wei if he had eaten, and if he hadn't eaten, he would eat together.

After a while, the eunuch came back and told Li Shimin that Lord Wei said that he had a very good appetite today, and he was very full of food, and he couldn't eat anymore, so your Majesty, eat slowly. Li Shimin was speechless and took chopsticks and said to Empress Changsun, let's eat.

Every time I saw Wei Zheng propose rationalization to Li Shimin, I was very moved, applauded Wei Zheng for daring to tell the truth, and also because Li Shimin humbly accepted advice, moved and rejoiced for the people of that era.

Today, after more than 1,000 years, we look back at that period of history again, at this time, the feudal imperial system in China has long come to an end, all the feudal emperors have become history, their good and bad, their wisdom and stupidity, their frugality and extravagance, their ...... It's all there waiting for us, the descendants, to see.

I think if these emperors are ranked according to their cultural governance, martial arts, ability, and character, Li Shimin will definitely be able to enter the top five, he did not kill heroes like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang; Compared with the rule of Zhenguan and the rule of Wenjing, his merits are still excessive...... However, what kind of role does Wei Zheng play in it?

I think in China's thousands of years of feudal history, there is no pair of monarchs and ministers who can turn enemies into friends, treat each other frankly, and make great achievements, saying that they are monarchs and ministers, they are more like friends, teachers and students...... Li Shimin once said to Wei Zheng, "Don't you see that gold is useless in the mine." It won't be worth much; After a good craftsman forges it, the gold becomes a treasure; I compare myself to a piece of gold. You are a good craftsman. Li Shimin's own gold and good craftsmen are also appropriate.

Princess Changle got married, because she was born to the eldest grandson. Li Shimin planned to accompany and send more things, but at this time, Wei Zheng appeared and told Li Shimin two words: This is not right, this is not in line with etiquette, and the princess (the emperor's daughter) cannot marry higher than the eldest princess (the emperor's sister). Li Shimin said, I won't send it if it doesn't work, and the eldest grandson queen also gave Mr. Wei a lot of things as a face-saving reward.

Li Shimin wanted to marry a little wife, and the edict had already been issued, Wei Zheng ran out and said: No. This woman has already been married. "You said yes, why did his father say no?" Wei Zheng argued, "That's because his father is afraid of the emperor." Later, when he investigated, things were exactly the same as Wei Zheng said, Li Shimin issued an edict not to marry her. Foreign countries are coming to meet the court, and envoys have been sent to greet them.

Wei Zheng said: No, you can't let them come, if it's a business trip, it's fine, if it's a team of envoys who eat and drink for nothing, you don't need to let them come. Business travelers can trade with the people along the way and promote economic development, and the envoy team not only does not benefit the economic growth at all, but also needs us to support them. What's more, the place where the envoy passed through was not very wealthy and could not withstand such a toss. Therefore it is not permissible to exhaust the people and feed the barbarians.

Li Shimin's listening to Wei Zheng was well-founded and methodical. It was in line with the general line of always putting the people first, so I agreed. He ordered the envoys to be summoned. Li Shimin was very tired as an emperor, he worked non-stop every day, there were basically few entertainment items, and occasionally he had an idea to engage in an amateur activity, but he was often messed up by Mr. Wei.

Once Li Shimin wanted to go out hunting and relax, but the secrecy of this matter was not done very well, and Wei Zheng knew about it, so he rushed here.

"I heard that you are going to hunt in Nanshan?" Wei Zheng got straight to the point. Li Shimin hurriedly haha, "No, no, who sued Sù Aiqing?" "Whoever sues me doesn't care, I naturally have my own way, why don't you go hunting?" "Isn't that afraid of your criticism?" As soon as he heard that the emperor was not going to go, he still gave face like this, and Mr. Wei's goal had been achieved, so he went home.

One day, Wei Zheng thought of a good way to stabilize the country, and hurriedly entered the palace to report to Li Shimin, and saw Li Shimin holding a parrot in his hand from a distance.

Li Shimin saw that Wei Zheng was coming, and with his understanding of Mr. Wei, he knew that Mr. Wei would never give up any opportunity to criticize him, so he immediately hid the parrot in his arms. Mr. Wei was very slow, and after finishing one thing, Li Shimin, who listened to it, was very upset and even more worried about the parrot.

When Mr. Wei finished saying everything, the sun had already set, Li Shimin didn't need to look to know that the parrot must have been suffocated to death, Mr. Wei was really ruthless, Li Shimin said helplessly. The specific situation is almost like this, and a few examples are given to illustrate the relationship between Li Shimin and Mr. Wei.

Basically, Mr. Wei is the main minister of Boss Li, and he also has a variety of professions such as housekeeper, tutor, and secret arts, and each profession is very good, I have to say in an admiring tone, Mr. Wei, you are too domineering.

Although Boss Li only paid Mr. Wei one salary, Mr. Wei was still full of enthusiasm for his work, as if he never got tired.

Due to the perennial work of state affairs, the accumulation of hard work became ill, the temper was not good (too much to see is not strange), did not pay attention to recuperation, coupled with the old age, in the sixteenth year of Zhenguan (642), Mr. Wei fell ill, and his body turned a red light on him.

Boss Li heard that Wei Zheng's house did not have a main house, so he ordered that the small hall that was planned to be repaired did not need to be repaired, and he took the materials to build a main house for Wei Zheng, and it would be completed in five days. Boss Li is very worried about Mr. Wei's health, although Mr. Wei has a bad personality and a stubborn temper, but Boss Li knows that it is difficult to find a responsible worker like Mr. Wei, so he sends people to visit Mr. Wei every day.

The doctor of the Tai Hospital took turns to see Mr. Wei, what precious medicine, Boss Li is not distressed, as long as Mr. Wei's illness can be cured, he can continue to serve the country, no, as long as he can still speak, just put forward the right opinion for Boss Li, Boss Li thinks so.

But Mr. Wei's body is very weak, day by day is not as good as day by day, Boss Li took the prince to visit Mr. Wei in person, seeing Mr. Wei's emaciated face, Boss Li was in a sad mood, is Wei Zheng really going to die soon?

Boss Li couldn't believe it, compared to the line, Mr. Wei was even more full of black humor, and smiled faintly at Boss Li, "I still have some opinions that I haven't mentioned to Your Majesty?"

When I'm done talking, it's time for me to leave, and I must listen. As soon as Boss Li heard this, sadness came from his heart, and unstoppable tears flowed, holding back his tears, and listening to Mr. Wei's government work report for himself for the last time, how else to say that Mr. Wei is serious and responsible in his work?

His report touched on issues such as people's livelihood, foreign affairs, government ministries, farmland, water conservancy, selection and employment, and the emperor's self-cultivation. Boss Li was very moved, this person was about to braid, and he was still thinking about national affairs.

In order to make Mr. Wei happy and happy, and for the sake of Mr. Wei's diligence for the country over the years, Boss Li decided to marry his daughter Princess Hengshan to Mr. Wei's son, "You open your eyes and look at your daughter-in-law," Mr. Wei forced himself to open his eyes, and before he could express his position, he didn't support the master, his eyes were closed, and he lay down with his neck up, only breathing out of his mouth, not incoming gas.

Mr. Wei reported to Boss Li for a day, exhausted his last effort, and then, looking at this prosperous empire that he had exhausted half of his life's efforts to establish, he left this world with satisfaction and tranquility.

Li Shimin returned to the palace, and dreamed that Mr. Wei was the same as usual at night, he was very happy, Mr. Wei's illness was finally cured, but he didn't expect that this was Mr. Wei to say goodbye to him, the monarchs and ministers have worked together for more than ten years, honest with each other, heart to heart, Mr. Wei still wants to see his monarch before he dies, a rare emperor in the world.

And then...... In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), in January Wuchen, Wei Zheng died, at the age of sixty-four, nicknamed Wenzhen, buried in Zhaoling, abolished the dynasty for five days, and was one of the heroes of the twenty-four Lingyan Pavilion.

Li Shimin wanted to hold a funeral for Wei Zheng with a grand ceremony, but Wei Zheng's wife refused, saying: "Wei Zheng has been diligent and thrifty all his life, and he will definitely not be happy to hold such a grand funeral today." Hearing Wei Zheng's wife say this, Li Shimin no longer insisted, climbed the west building of the garden, looked at the funeral procession, couldn't help but shed tears, and ordered the civil and military officials to be sent out of the city.

Li Shimin said to the ministers emotionally: "The husband uses copper as a mirror, and he can be dressed properly; With the ancient as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can gain and lose your life; Now Wei Zheng has passed away, and he has died in one shot! Later, Li Shimin went to Goguryeo and returned defeated, and said with emotion: "If Wei Zheng is still here, he will not let me send troops." ”

Wei Zheng started from a grass-roots people, learned the art of fighting for hegemony in troubled times, and then used by Li Shimin, met the benefactor, did his best, for the country and the people, and ruled for more than ten years. Eternal Chen, Wei Zheng is also! Shi said: The previous generation of ministers is just one person! (To be continued......)