Wei Zheng said it all here, no matter how much Li Shimin wanted to go to Feng Zen in his heart, it was inconvenient to express his position at this moment, he could only glance at Wei Zheng silently, and then turned away from the conversation.

"Xuancheng, you are too ......" When he went down to the court, Wang Jue, who was good friends with Wei Zheng, walked up to him and looked at him speechlessly.

This old friend of his, after being thrown under His Majesty's banner, was several times more stubborn than when he followed King Li Jiancheng before.

"It's not that I deliberately embarrass Your Majesty, but the country does not have such conditions for the time being, and the ministers in the court who intend to encourage Your Majesty to seal Zen cannot be said to be ill-intentioned and blindly sycophant."

"It's that these people have lived in Kyoto for a long time, and what they have seen is the prosperity of the surrounding area of Chang'an City, and they have limited understanding of the people outside."

"Our Tang Dynasty talks about wealth, and there is a big gap compared with the prosperous period of the Great Sui."

"A family like the Great Sui can't withstand the squandering of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and the foundation of our Datang Dynasty is still thin, let alone it."

"Your Majesty is not an ordinary person, even if he feels a little uncomfortable for a while, after a while, he will naturally figure it out, you don't need to worry about me."

Wei Zheng shook his head indifferently, saying that since he had been with Li Shimin for all these years, the monarchs and ministers had been dealing with each other every day, and he still knew a lot about this emperor, and the more he understood, the more determined he was to be a real minister.

Since ancient times, it is not difficult to find Ming monarchs and virtuous ministers, and what is really difficult to find is the consistent minister.

Without it, a true courtier must not only ensure that his character and virtue are consistent, but also have an upright and courageous heart that dares to point out the emperor's mistakes at any time.

An emperor who does not really have the ambition of Lingyun and the heart of all rivers is difficult to tolerate this kind of courtier who is always picking on his own mistakes.

It can be said that if a certain dynasty can produce a retainer who has always been in a high position, then this must be a prosperous era, and the monarch of this era must be a great monarch.

When he followed Li Jiancheng, he mostly put himself in the position of a minister.

Since he is a minister, he naturally plans everything from Li Jiancheng's position, and Li Shimin was the person he wanted to get rid of at that time.

After following Li Shimin, he had to admit that Li Shimin was indeed more suitable to be the emperor than Li Jiancheng, and he quickly found his position, there was a minister who was not involved in party disputes and devoted himself to doing practical things.

Not long after Wei Zheng put forward his opinion against sealing Zen, floods suddenly broke out in several states in the Central Plains, and this sealing of Zen became even more unprogressable.

died before the matter of sealing Zen began, and Li Shimin was naturally a little uncomfortable in his heart.

One day, when Li Shimin came to the palace of Empress Changsun, he couldn't help but complain to his wife: "This Wei Zheng is really a bull who doesn't know how to be laxative." ”

"How did Lord Wei offend Your Majesty again?"

She never asked about the government, unless Li Shimin really had any doubts and annoyances to talk to her, she listened, and for this reason, she didn't know Wei Zheng's actions in the court.

Li Shimin relayed Wei Zheng's words in the court, and he thought that after he finished speaking, his wife would comfort him a few words.

After hearing this, the eldest grandson not only had the slightest sense of comfort, but also frowned slightly.

"Why, the queen also thinks that Old Man Wei's words are reasonable?" Seeing this, Li Shimin couldn't help blurting out a question.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has a few words in her heart that I want to talk to you, if there is anything wrong, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Empress Eldest Sun did not answer her husband's question immediately, but stood up, bowed her head, folded her hands on her forehead, and said respectfully.

"You and I husband and wife, why do you need to make such a big gift, you have something to say." Li Shimin was taken aback, and hurriedly reached out and pulled her up.

"Your Majesty, when you were still the King of Qin, whenever you encountered something difficult and asked your concubines, most of the concubines would discuss it with you, but since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the concubines no longer want to ask about the affairs of the court, do you know why?" Empress Eldest Sun sat down beside him and asked.

"I don't know, if you really talk about being smart and resourceful, you have to win two points more than Wuji, and the only estimates that the court can compete with you for a long time are Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, but since I ascended the throne, you have put away all your edges and never asked about the government again."

"Unless I really make any mistakes, you will knock on the side and tactfully mention one or two, every time I ask you, you use the morning of the chicken, the only way to push the swagger."

"I know that you are not such a narrow-minded person, and you are not unfamiliar with the talent of women, otherwise, it is impossible to become a close confidant with Sister Pingyang, it is rare for you to take the initiative to mention this matter today, I want to listen to it."

"The reason why the concubines don't ask about court affairs, in addition to the difference between men and women, the emperor and queen should perform their duties, and more importantly, the concubines believe in Your Majesty, and believe that Your Majesty and your courtiers can handle everything well."

"The concubine is your wife, and after a country, she is favored by Your Majesty, and she has great favor for the concubine and the concubine's maternal family, and the concubine's brothers and uncles are all in important positions in the court, and if the concubine interferes in political affairs again, it will lead to an imbalance in the court." Empress Eldest Sun replied.

"What, you're boasting?" Li Shimin couldn't help laughing.

"It's really praising Your Majesty, Your Majesty has only been on the throne for six or seven years, and you have achieved such outstanding results today, you can't exaggerate it, but what the concubine wants to say today is not to blindly praise Your Majesty, but to seriously advise Your Majesty as a queen."

"Oh? You say, I'm listening. Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.

"Your Majesty just asked the concubine, do you also think that Wei Zheng's words are reasonable, and the concubine can truthfully return to Your Majesty, and the concubine really thinks that his words are very reasonable."

"The time of the founding of our Tang Dynasty is not long, and the people have really recuperated in the past few years, the vitality has not yet recovered, and our treasury is not abundant, and the population is only one-third compared with the heyday of the Great Sui.

"Your Majesty can fight on the horse, can govern when you get off the horse, know how to make good use of people, and be humble like a valley, your wisdom is beyond doubt, but Your Majesty may not have noticed it himself, you have a not small shortcoming."

"No, it can't be completely said to be a shortcoming, it should be said to be a feature, that is, it is very face-loving, everyone loves face, Your Majesty is also a human, there is nothing wrong with loving face, usually, a face-loving person will take care of his feathers very much, and he will evaluate himself very much in the accident world."

"From this point of view, an emperor who loves face is not a bad thing, but everything has a degree, if you love face excessively, it is easy to cause mood imbalance, and ordinary people are likely to cause great disasters once their mood is out of balance, let alone an emperor."

"Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is also a very face-loving and talented person, and the concubines believe that at the beginning of his ascension, he also had the will to carry forward the country and make the Great Sui Dynasty prosperous."

"But the Sui Dynasty only lasted for a short period of 14 years in his hands, and in the early years of his reign, he was able to use his talents and vigorously promote talented people, and the reason why the country lost so quickly was because he couldn't listen to other people's advice at all in the middle and late stages, and blindly acted willfully."

"He thinks that his decisions are all right, but he forgets that when manpower is poor, no matter how smart a person is, his wisdom is limited, and his vision will be limited, and as an emperor, it will be a disaster for the country for a long time."

"Your Majesty is humble and humble, meritocracy is used, and only by your side can there be a minister like Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng's words are really uncomfortable at first glance, but Your Majesty thinks about it carefully, isn't what he said true?"

"Since his words are right and beneficial to Your Majesty and the long-term development of the country, even if it is a little ugly, what does it matter?" Empress Eldest Sun said unhurriedly.