Emperor Xudu is also the incarnation of Emperor Ziwei, if it weren't for Wei Zheng speaking at this moment, Li Shimin really didn't know.

"Why, for this Emperor Xuancheng, don't you Wei Xuancheng dare to speak out?" Li Shimin is still very keen, he and Wei Zheng have also known each other for many years, and no matter what Wei Zheng's intentions are when they meet, there is no need to play any tricks.

But looking at Wei Zheng's state, it seems that being on duty in the underworld is still very different from being in the world.

Think about it, after all, it is yin and yang separated, and it is inevitable that there will be differences.

However, with Wei Zheng's ability, Li Shimin is not worried about what will happen to him in the Yin Division, and besides, he is in charge of the Reward Division, and what he does is not a job that offends people. And it won't go against his principles.

Don't dare to say anything else, the kilometers of the country that he personally sealed back then were counted as the "shabby" of his Zheng Guogong Mansion.

It was Wei Zheng who did it first, so he had a position and more confidence to admonish himself.

Don't the other ministers know that what Wei Zheng said makes sense?

But they are more comfortable than the emperor one by one, what face do they have to put forward the word "thrifty" to themselves?

They dared to advise Li Shimin on "frugality", and Li Shimin dared to send internal guards to raid their home the next day. Let's see who should be "thrifty".

But if Wei Zheng said this, he really didn't have any temper at all.

It is precisely because of this that Li Shimin often gives some practical advice to Wei Zheng and rewards him, one is to show the harmony between their monarchs and ministers, and the other is to subsidize Wei Zheng's family, but these rewards are also in the treasury of the Guogong Mansion, if it is not necessary, Wei Zheng will not use them easily.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is the embodiment of Li Shimin's Mingjun.

After all, Wei Zheng's speech is not good, if it is based on folk gossip, it is that the emperor often spends money to find Wei Xiang's scolding.

Li Shimin also said this, but he laughed it off, and even said bluntly at the court meeting: "If you Aiqing can scold Wei Qing's level, I will not hesitate to reward you." ”

But who are the ministers of the Zhenguan Dynasty?

Pull one out at random, they are all scheming people with empty hair, even Cheng Yanjin, who seems to be rough-haired, no one regards him as an honest martial artist.

Let's just listen to it, Wei Zheng is like this, and one is enough.

Besides, others can't compare with him, Wei Zheng is Cao Guan, a person appointed by Heavenly Court, who is responsible for the communication between heaven and man. Killing the dragon in a dream back then was the desire of the world's scholars.

But since Wei Zheng's death, the new person Cao Guan has not been found.

The so-called one person attains the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven.

The same is true in the court, but with Wei Zheng's status, let alone his kindred, even his sons have not followed him, and even when Wei Zheng was alive, he disciplined his sons very strictly.

The sons of other Guogong's mansions are all first-class "conspicuous bags" in Chang'an City, but the sons of Zheng Guogong's family are even difficult to get out of the mansion.

On the contrary, after Wei Zheng's death, without the suppression of his old father, his sons gradually began to emerge.

The eldest Wei Shuyu inherited the title of his father Zheng Guogong and officially entered the court as an official, and Li Shimin also married his daughter Princess Hengshan to him. This is marrying a daughter, not a concubine.

And Wei Shuyu did not live up to his expectations, and now he has become an official to Guanglu Shaoqing, and he is quite reused.

And the second and third did not lose his father's face, in addition to an extremely beautiful calligraphy, the two brothers have been in the middle and high schools of the imperial examination, although they are not the first first, but they are also the top of the second.

Originally, Li Zhi wanted to keep them in the six departments of Chang'an, but the two of them took the initiative to invite Ying and wanted to go to the place to practice. Li Zhi also fulfilled them, and made a note in his heart, and when they accumulated enough experience in the local area, and then returned to the imperial court, it would naturally be another scene.

At the same time, he sighed in his heart, worthy of being the tutor of Zheng Guogong's Mansion, like the son of Beppu, even if it is some generals, he is unwilling to leave Chang'an City.

Li Shimin knows these things, even if Wei Zheng is in the underworld, he has to know more or less about the affairs of the yang world, especially the affairs of their family, so he is not a stranger.

"Your Majesty doesn't know anything." Wei Zheng said helplessly: "Although the Emperor Xudu is a real position, it is a rotation of three thousand years, and the Ziwei Emperor sent the incarnation into the Yin Division to take over the Emperor Xudu, more on behalf of the Heavenly Court to suppress the luck of the underworld, and so on, but not to ask about the affairs of the underworld." The ones who are really responsible for the operation of the Yin Division are actually the Ten Hall Yama and us, the big and small judges, the black and white impermanence, and the bull-headed and horse-faced underworlds. ”

"The minister also wants to give him advice. However, since he entered the Yin Division, he had seen him once when he was appointed as the chief judge of the Reward Division, and then" Wei Zheng spread his hands and said helplessly: "The minister just can't even hand in a chapter." ”

Compared with Li Shimin, who is eager to do everything himself, in Wei Zheng's opinion, Emperor Xudu, the supreme ruler of the Yin Division, is a real hands-off shopkeeper.

But after a long time in the underworld, Wei Zheng can also understand. After all, after this Yin Si, there really isn't anything to do with the Emperor of Xudu. Rather than "getting in the way" in the underworld, it is better to retreat and practice in his mansion.

"Hahaha-" Hearing Wei Zheng complain to himself, Li Shimin immediately couldn't help laughing, but soon he looked at Wei Zheng with a straight face and looked at Wei Zheng very seriously, "Aiqing is here, shouldn't he be here to find the old days." ”

Wei Zheng is also upright, he has been a minister under Li Shimin for more than 20 years, and he thinks that he can still have some control over Li Shimin's temperament. I'm afraid that in the years when Master Sanzang returned to the Tang Dynasty, the changes brought about will cause some misjudgments of his own.

But it's not a big problem, he still has the ability to adapt to changes.

Moreover, he didn't expect to persuade this majesty to enter the underworld with his own mouth.

"Weichen's intention to come here, I can't hide it from Your Majesty." Wei Zheng has always been outspoken, and today is no exception, "Wei Chen is here to persuade His Majesty to enter the Yin Division and reincarnate on behalf of the underworld." ”

"It's you." Li Shimin was not surprised at all, "That's true, but Xuancheng. Since you are here, you must also know my intentions. ”

"The minister knows." Wei Zheng nodded, "But you have to come, you have to persuade you. Just as in the past, when the ministers were still alive, they gave advice to your majesty. Listen to persuasion or not, that's Your Majesty's business. ”

"But you should know. Your Wei Xuancheng's advice, I have not obeyed less. ”

"That's all Your Majesty's love."

"It's not like words that can come out of your mouth." Li Shimin looked him up and down for a while, as if he wanted to see what he had experienced in the underworld, and a person who could make him so stubborn even say good things about himself.

In fact, when Wei Zheng was alive, he didn't say a lot of good things, but people are often like this, Li Shimin didn't remember a word of those good words, but those are almost "scolding" general direct advice, Li Shimin can even recite it intact until now.

As for why it is almost "scolding", it is also because of the high literary attainments of this Wei Xiang, the words used throughout are extremely elegant, and there is not a single dirty word, but in his ears Li Shimin, it is as uncomfortable as being pointed at his nose and scolded the eight generations of ancestors.

The reason for such an illusion is naturally not that Wei Zheng is really "scolding", but that he is really aggrieved in his heart, but he still has to admit that Wei Zheng is reasonable, and he has to listen to his advice

And his usual peace of mind is: "Fortunately, I am a Ming Jun, otherwise your old Wei Pifu's head would have fallen out eight hundred times." ”

Now that I suddenly heard Wei Zheng say good things, I was a little uncomfortable.

People are all subject to change, let alone Wei Zheng, who has experienced life and death?

"After all, the old minister died once." Wei Zheng's gaze is still resolute, but his face is no longer as stern as before, perhaps because of the duty of rewarding the goodness, all he sees is the goodness of the world, and inadvertently it has melted his heart that is not particularly hard.

The more work of the Reward Division, the more Wei Zheng felt sufficient, because this means that the people under the rule of the Tang Dynasty are becoming happier and more harmonious, isn't this exactly what their generation wants to see?

And the difference is that he really saw it, and some of those "colleagues" are still suffering in the underworld, while some have already begun the next reincarnation, and some have been specially recruited to heaven.

Just like Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong, in addition to being named the marshal of the army by the Jade Emperor, they were also officially named the "door gods" according to the wishes of the world, which can be regarded as incense gods.

Wei Zheng told Li Shimin some of his experiences in the underworld, especially looking through the files, compared with the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the stability of the Tang Dynasty can be called a thousand years of merit.

"Stop." Li Shimin waved his hand again and again, the more he listened to this, the more uncomfortable he became, why did Wei Zheng still sing praises today?

What the hell is he up to?

It's better to "scold" yourself a few words.

"Hyun Sung!" Li Shimin did not get carried away because of Wei Zheng's praise, his expression became more and more serious, and said: "I often say that I have three mirrors, with copper as the mirror, you can be dressed properly, with the ancient as the mirror, you can see the rise and fall, and with people as the mirror, you can know the gains and losses. I always keep these three mirrors in case I make mistakes. And Xuancheng you, you are my human mirror. ”

"The old minister is terrified." Wei Zheng knew about this, "And it's an honor to be a mirror of His Majesty." ”

"So, Xuancheng." Li Shimin pointed to the village behind him, "Although I have lost a mirror since your death, whenever you want to make a decision, you always have to ask yourself. What would he say? ”

When Wei Zheng heard this, he was immediately silent.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, what Aiqing says every day, I really don't know about those ministers of the Manchu Dynasty?"

"It's just that we deliberately hide it, or pretend we don't know." Li Shimin's posture was upright, and he didn't seem to have been eroded by the years, and he and Wei Zheng looked at each other.

"You must know the situation in this village." Li Shimin pointed to the village behind him.

"Yes." Wei Zheng nodded and said, "But the old minister is a yin god, and he can't control the affairs of the yang world." ”

In other words, he wants to manage.

And what Li Shimin wants to ask first is obviously not this, but-

"This is just the tip of the iceberg, and it can be regarded as a better place, so with the breadth of Datang's territory, similar places, or even worse than this place, and geometry? So. Xuan Cheng's previous praise of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty is a bit exaggerated? ”

But seeing Wei Zheng bowed solemnly to Li Shimin instead, "Your Majesty is wise, and you are not confused by the glitz and glitz on the surface, and you can still really look at the world, and the minister is very pleased." ”

Li Shimin:

Okay, you thick-eyed Wei Xuancheng, you were all tempting me just now, right?

has been a yin god for more than ten years, and he really has a long ability.

Whew-

Thankfully, I wasn't fooled.

That is to say, Wei Zheng gave Li Shimin too much psychological pressure, how can there be any reason in this world for the emperor to be nervous when he sees his courtiers?

Even got Wei Zheng's real "recognition" at this moment, which even made Li Shimin feel a little happy and complacent.

But the next moment, Wei Zheng said very straightforwardly: "But Your Majesty must not be complacent because of this, the way to govern the people, and to be devoted to teaching, must not be taken lightly, let alone overnight." ”

He didn't wait for Li Shimin to refute, so he continued: "The old minister dares to ask Your Majesty, the reason why Your Majesty wants to stay in the world and not enter reincarnation. The original intention was to conquer the Three Realms and unify the four continents? ”

Sure enough, this is the Wei Xuancheng he is familiar with.

This question is also something he can't get around, and since Wei Zheng asked, he can only answer truthfully: "Yes." ”

Wei Zheng didn't let him down, and showed a look of "If that's the case, I know".

In terms of "great joy", when Wei Zheng was alive, he was about to wear out his mouth. But the effect is not obvious, which is why Wei Zheng thinks that this is where he rarely persuades Li Shimin.

But after Wei Zheng's death, he found out. Your Majesty is actually very persuaded.

No, after his death, the Turks, Goguryeo, Tubo and Wusi Tibetan States, etc., have all been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, if it were not for the Baoxiang Kingdom, Chechi Kingdom and Wuji Country further west of Xizhou, all of which were friendly with the Sanzang Master, I am afraid that the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty has reached the bank of the Tongtian River.

"If Your Majesty wants to stay in the world in order to unify the four continents, then the old minister implores Your Majesty to enter reincarnation." Anyway, he is already dead, and there are some things that he needs to say when he is alive, but now he can be more direct, "But the old minister thinks that His Majesty seems to have more important things to do." ”

Li Shimin also nodded and said: "Yes, the people of the Tang Dynasty have not yet been able to live and work in peace and contentment, what is my position, and then start the war lightly?" ”

Wei Zheng took the initiative to look at Li Shimin, and arched his hand: "Please Your Majesty in the world, protect the people of the Tang Dynasty As for Your Majesty's death, Yin Si has no generals, and he does not dare to send someone to detain His Majesty's soul. Your Majesty needs to take precautions as soon as possible. ”

Wei Zheng did come to persuade Li Shimin, but only to persuade Li Shimin to enter reincarnation on the surface, but actually came up to persuade Li Shimin, don't just think about fighting, think more about the people of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that he didn't expect that Li Shimin himself had realized this, and then he decisively betrayed Cui Ju's whereabouts. You Cui judged that you could add twenty years of longevity to Your Majesty back then, I just reminded Your Majesty, it's not too much, right?

(End of chapter)