Chu Madge laughed and said, "Why don't you want us to toast this glass of wine?" If nothing else, let's just say that you can refuse General Xue's invitation and accompany a few of us here to have a drink, and few people can do this kind of behavior. Frankly speaking, if the person they invited was me, I can't guarantee that I would not have postponed the banquet here and went to their appointment! ”

Li Dayin said strangely: "What is the eldest brother talking about?" ”

Chu Yangge told Yang Fan about refusing to gather with Xue Ne and the others, and Li Dayin was surprised: "How many people try their best, but they can't get the approval of this group of people and become a part of them, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you ...... You even refused? ”

Wei Yong also showed a look of surprise and admiration slightly, and said: "Xue Ne is the son of our famous Tang general Xue Rengui, do you know how many generals in my Tang Army are from General Xue's disciples?" Li Zhan is the son of the former prime minister Li Yifu, although Li Yifu has passed away, but he served as the secretary of the ministry for many years, I don't know how many officials were raised by him, and he also has deep roots in the court.

Ye Huli, that is the son-in-law of Li Duozuo, the general of Yulin Wei, Di Guangyuan, that is the son of Di Renjie, the winter official squire, and Wang Tongjiao is the son-in-law of the Taiyuan Wang family! Brother Yang, do you know that if you can be appreciated and accepted by them, your future will be limitless. ”

Yang Fan said helplessly: "We are drinking happily, why are we talking about this again." Your brothers don't have a wealthy family to rely on, aren't they all the most prominent? ”

Lu Yan put down the wine glass when he heard this, and sighed: "Brother Yang, you are too naïve!" Yes, we did hold a half-rank in the army. But do you know how many times more effort we have to put in than others? With the same military exploits, if we have their background, why can we only achieve one brigade commander now? ”

This sentence was speaking to the hearts of several people, and everyone couldn't help but nod their heads and sigh.

Li Dayin said: "Yes! If there is a good old man, this official will be promoted more easily than us. We are all ordinary people, and we have to come out. It's not easy. If I, Li Dayin, also have such a background as someone else, why did I accept Shangguan Ping Pong back then, and why did I implicate Brother Chu......"

He paused. glanced at Wei Yong again, pointed at him and smiled: "However, if you want to talk about this background." But it can't be generalized, hehe! We are ordinary people, Wei San is not, Wei San is also from a wealthy family, and his family background is not lower than those people, but unfortunately, his family background has become a drag on him. Otherwise, he relied on his military exploits when quelling the rebellion of Bai Tieyu, and when he followed General Cheng Wuting to counterattack the Turks, he used 500 generals to defeat the enemy's 3,000 elite cavalry. Now at least he has to be promoted to a general. ”

Yang Fan was very surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Oh? I don't know what the background of Brother Wei is? ”

Wei Yong couldn't stop it, Li Dayin had a big mouth, and he had already spoken it first, and then he heard Yang Fan ask. After a little hesitation, he smiled to himself and said, "I am a Julu person, the ancestor of the family, Wei Gong, and a single name is a sign!" ”

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, and said solemnly: "It turns out that Third Brother Wei is a descendant of Zheng Guogong?" Disrespectful. Disrespectful! ”

Zheng Guogong is Wei Zheng, why is Wei Yong a descendant of Wei Zheng, but it has become an obstacle to his meritorious promotion? This is going to talk about the excellent examples of the pair of ancient monarchs and ministers: Li Shimin and Wei Zheng. Li Shimin and Wei Zheng are a pair of monarchs and ministers set up by the history books for later generations of monarchs and ministers, but is the relationship between the two really as simple as advertised in the history books?

Not really.

Wei Zheng is certainly talented, but Li Shimin has a lot of talents, and there is no shortage of talents, Wei Zheng is at least inferior to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killed his brother and slaughtered his brother, and after seizing the throne, why did he try his best to recruit him? The main reason is: political necessity. …,

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was unstable at home and abroad, Liang Shidu and other separatists had not been completely eliminated, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were scattered all over the country, the old ministers of the Sui Dynasty who returned to Shun and the shili who opposed the king from all walks of life were undecided, and the Turkic army was eyeing and close at hand. At this time, there must be no chaos within Datang, and he must win the support of all shili.

What was the biggest shili in Datang at that time? It is the Shandong Shi clan (the family Gaomen east of Taihang Mountain). The Wei clan of Julu, Hebei, where Wei Zheng is located, has been a famous family among the Shandong scholars since the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The liliang of the Shandong Shi clan is too huge, Li Shimin has to use it and guard against it, who will balance the Shandong Shi clan? Shandong Haojie, of course. Shandong Haojie were the leaders of the Shandong rebels who swarmed up during the great turmoil in the late Sui Dynasty, and they transformed into new landlords in Shandong after the fall of the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Zheng was born in the Shandong Shi clan, and he was a member of the Shi clan, and at the same time, he was the leader of the rebel army who participated in the Wagangzhai Uprising, and belonged to one of the Shandong heroes. Now he is the head of Li Jiancheng's East Palace Shili, which makes him the best person to contact the tripartite Shili, with Li Shimin's eyes, how can he kill such a person.

However, Li Shimin's use of Wei Zheng achieved the goal of appeasing the Shandong scholars, winning over the Shandong heroes, and receiving Li Jiancheng's Donggong Shili, but it also caused him some obstacles in other aspects.

For example, Li Shimin's attempt to recapture the four Han counties of Liaodong that were occupied by Goguryeo by taking advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains was met with fierce opposition from Wei Zheng. Once the war broke out, the Shandong region would bear the brunt, and the forced labor and taxation would inevitably increase, affecting the interests of the entire Shandong region, and Li Shimin gave up attacking Goguryeo, not so much because he was hindered by Wei Zheng, but because he saw the determination of the entire Shandong group to strongly oppose it.

Later, Li Shimin was ready to climb Mount Tai to seal Zen, but Wei Zheng was resolutely opposed, saying that this move would cost the people and money, and this move would certainly be a loss of money for the people, but Wei Zheng's opposition was also a deeper political reason, because the Shandong group did not want the Guanlong group represented by the emperor to use the opportunity of Feng Chan to carry out shili infiltration and get involved in Shandong.

Li Shimin knew very well what Liliang was behind Wei Zheng, and he was on the throne for a long time, and the country was not at peace, so he couldn't shake this powerful Liliang, so he had to accept Wei Zheng's "direct advice" against his will again and again. But...... At the same time that Li Shimin "became a Buddha with patience", that anger also continued to accumulate in his heart.

On the bright side, the pair of monarchs and ministers are still very tacitly staging a political show of "Ming Jun and Virtuous Ministers" in front of the world. Ten years after Li Shimin became emperor, the world gradually stabilized, and his liliang became stronger and stronger, and Wei Zheng's use value was no longer large, so he was driven to repair history, and at the same time began to weaken the Shandong group.

After Wei Zheng's death, Li Shimin and he formed a family of sons and daughters, and this political show that allowed him and Wei Zheng to gain huge benefits could have ended perfectly, but at this time, two things happened in succession that were related to Wei Zheng, and Li Shimin's anger that had been pent up for many years finally broke out.

One thing is that Du Zhenglun and Hou Junji, two important ministers of the imperial court who were vigorously recommended by Wei Zheng, had accidents one after another, one fell off the horse and was degraded, and the other rebelled and was killed. Li Shimin began to wonder whether Wei Zheng's recommendation of these two people was out of public intentions. Later, he unexpectedly heard another thing that made him unbearable:

It turned out that every time Wei Zheng gave advice, he copied a copy of his concert and sent it to Chu Suiliang, a historian recommended by him, for retention. Li Shimin killed his brother and slaughtered his brother and forced his father to abdicate, which has always been a problem in his heart. He interfered in the revision of history, tampered with history books, asked historians many times what was written on the living notes, and even forced the living notes to be relieved only by seeing them in person.

Now I heard that Wei Zheng was doing this kind of thing. What does Wei Zheng want to do? He wants to win the name of Qing history, but he leaves the stigma to me? Is it tolerable or unbearable, the anger that has been pent up in Li Shimin's heart for many years has erupted like a volcano! Li Shimin, who was furious, carried a sledgehammer and smashed Wei Zheng's tombstone with his own hands, and the family affairs of his children naturally collapsed together. …,

Although Li Shimin's first personal expedition to Goryeo failed in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, he re-erected a monument for Wei Zheng and condoled his family, which was just another political show to repair his face and reshape the image of accepting and cherishing ministers. After all, the marriage with the children of the Wei family was not mentioned again, and the descendants of the Wei family were actually still left out in the cold.

For thousands of years, the good story between Li Shimin and Wei Zheng, the two Ming monarchs and ministers, has been widely praised, and who knows that behind this is also the slightest battle in Vanity Fair. A legend of a wise monarch and a good minister, a model of a pair of politicians using each other.

There is a kind of history called fairy tales.

Unfortunately, history as we know it is often a fairy tale or a myth. Just like Yao Shunyu's Zen position, what is hidden under the warmth is the bloody forced palace, military admonition and seizure of power. And in fairy tales, princes and princesses always live a simple and happy life.

Wei Yong sighed and said the ups and downs over the years, and several other people were concerned when they heard it, but Yang Fan raised his glass and smiled: "The younger brother refused Wang Duwei's invitation, and the elder brothers still feel sorry for the younger brother, but now after listening to the words of the third brother Wei, the younger brother feels that he has not done anything wrong!" ”

He swept away to everyone and said: "Eternal monarchs and ministers, a good story, behind it is not so simple, let alone you and me? If there is no common ambition and common Tao, just because the younger brother is excellent in bowing, so he is favored by the generals Xue and Di, even if he caters to them in every way, can he really get their respect?

Wealthy families also rose from the ordinary, thousands of years ago, they were not the same as the Shu family? I advise you not to be presumptuous, as long as we are willing to work hard, in the coming world, there may not be no time for you and me to meet! ”

Chu Yangge was full of pride when he heard it, raised his glass and said, "Xiao Fan is reasonable!" Cheers everyone, for the coming day, our world! ”

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This autumn, in the forest of Guide Fang, on the small building, seven people and seven glasses of wine bumped into each other heavily.

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