In the first month of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Wei Zheng, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, became seriously ill. Li Shimin received the report and took Princess Hengshan, who was concubine of Empress Eldest Sun, to visit Wei Zheng overnight. Wei Zheng was already delirious and unable to speak. Li Shimin took Wei Zheng's hand, pointed at Princess Hengshan, and said, "Gong Qiang regards the bride." ”
The bride that Li Shimin was talking about was Princess Hengshan. When Wei Zheng was critically ill, Li Shimin mated his 10-year-old daughter Princess Xu of Hengshan to Wei Shuyu. Wei Shuyu was the eldest son of Wei Zheng and the first in line to the throne of Wei Zheng. His son had the honor of "Shang Lord", but Wei Zheng could not thank him and died that night.
Ancient marriages pay attention to the door to the door. The Tianzi family is the most honorable, and no one can match the Tianzi Gate. The courtier's son married a heavenly woman, called Princess Shang, which means that Gao Pan married a princess. The daughter of the courtiers marrying the Tianzi, called the Concubine King, is the meaning of Gao Pan marrying the Tianzi. Wei Zheng's daughter married Li Yuan's son and Li Shimin's half-brother Li Yuanlu the Prince of Huo. Before Wei Zheng's death, Li Shimin asked Princess Hengshan to marry Wei Shuyu and give the Wei family the glory of "Shang Lord's Concubine".
Li Shimin issued an edict and asked Wei Zheng to be buried with the etiquette of a taishi. During the Tang Dynasty, the prime minister was a Sanpin official. The position of one product and two products is an honorary position given to meritorious heroes. Li Shimin buried Wei Zheng with a pint of ceremony, and Wei Zheng's widow Pei Shi said: "Zheng Ping was born frugal, and is buried with a pint of feather ceremony, not the aspiration of the deceased." ”
Li Yuan stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author.
The pei and Wei descendants insisted on burying Wei Zheng, and Li Shimin had to play it. In order to honor Wei Zheng, Li Shimin personally inscribed the "Monument to Sikong Wei Zheng Wenzhen". Wei Zheng's title was Duke Zheng of Zheng and his courtesy name was Wen Zhen. During the Tang Dynasty, Wen Zhen was equivalent to the future Wen Zheng and was the best title for civil officials. Li Shimin treated Wei Zheng so kindly, which can be said to have given the Wei family enough face.
Wei Zheng's mourning was solemn, and it didn't take long for Li Shimin to knock down the tombstone. Wei Zheng not only smashed Wei Zheng's tombstone, but also canceled wei Shuyu's marriage to Princess Hengshan. Li Shimin turned his face and did not recognize anyone, making Wei Zheng's wife pay a heavy price. In ancient times, wives referred to wives and children. Pei Shi witnessed the smashing of her husband's tombstone, which can be described as humiliating. Wei Shuyu watched his fiancée Princess Hengshan remarry the eldest grandson, which was also a heavy price.
The trigger that caused Li Shimin to turn his face against the dead hero Wei Zheng was the conspiracy of the crown prince Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian was a student of Wei Zheng, a guy who was clever and clever when he was a child, but when he grew up, he didn't become a tool. Li Shimin saw that Li Chengqian was becoming more and more unkind, so he asked Fang Xuanling to be Li Chengqian's teacher. Fang Xuanling was unwilling to give Li Chengqian a teacher, so he found an excuse to resign.
Li Shimin felt that Li Chengqian could still be rescued, so he asked Wei Zheng to be Li Chengqian's teacher. Li Shimin said to Wei Zheng: "Today, loyalty and nobility are excessive, and I send Crown Prince Fu to look forward to the day and the wings are solid." ”
Wei Zheng stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
The New Book of Tang records that Wei Zheng was seriously ill at this time and was unwilling to become Li Chengqian's teacher. Li Shimin said to Wei Zheng: "Prince Han takes Si Hao as a helper, I rely on gong, and his righteousness is also." Although the public is lying down, it can be fully embraced. ”
Translating Li Shimin's words into the vernacular, it means: "Zhang Liang recommended Shangshan Sihao to assist the crown prince Liu Ying, you are more virtuous than Shangshan Sihao." I asked you to teach the prince so that you could impress the prince with loyalty and righteousness. You just lie in bed and do nothing, and you can save the prince by virtue of your integrity alone. ”
Li Shimin said so, and Wei Zheng could not resign, and could only serve as the prince's master. Wei Zheng was indeed ill and unable to teach the prince personally, so he recommended a group of talents to Li Shimin and asked them to assist the prince. Among the talents recommended by Wei Zheng to Li Shimin, there was a famous LingYange hero, that is, Hou Junji, who was in and out of the picture.
Hou Junji was one of Li Shimin's "Four Old Shogunates". Hou Junji was Li Shimin's commander from Taiyuan and the main general of the Xuanwumen Rebellion. Hou Junji was a famous general of the early Tang Dynasty, who fought against Tuguhun and destroyed Gao Changguo, which can be described as a great achievement in battle. Hou Junji not only fought fiercely, but Wenzhi also had a political reputation. Hou Junji was appointed as the official Shangshu and received unanimous praise from the imperial theory.
Li Chengqian stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
In order to praise Hou Junji, Li Shimin added the words "participate in the government of the dynasty" after the official post of Shangshu of hou Junji's official department. Adding these four words, there is the right to participate in major decisions, even if it is the prime minister. Although Hou Junji was in and out of the picture, he felt that Li Shimin had treated him badly. The New Book of Tang records that Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, saw that Hou Junji had a rebellious heart and said to Li Shimin: "Junji zhi is small and big, and he is the head of rong." Seeing his jealousy and demure deeds, shame for Fang, Li Xia, official Shangshu, often depressed and uneven. ”
Hou Junji was full of complaints, and Li Jing also saw it. Li Shimin asked Li Jing to teach Hou Jun the art of war, and Li Jing said to Li Shimin: "Fang Zhongyuan has nothing to do, and what the subjects teach is enough to control the four Yi, and to seek the best of the courtiers, this Junji wants to rebel." ”
Hou Junji's anti-heart, Li Jing and Li Daozong both had premonitions, which showed that he usually showed a lot of expressions. Wei Zheng and Hou Junji had been officials in the same dynasty for many years, but they did not notice it at all. Wei Zheng had no eyes and no pearls, misbehaved Hou Junji, and recommended him to Li Shimin. According to Wei Zheng's wishes, Li Shimin enriched Hou Junji into the Eastern Palace teacher team.
After Hou Junji joined Li Chengqian's clique, he instigated Li Chengqian to rebel. Hou Junji had Li Chengqian kill Li Shimin and establish himself as emperor. Li Chengqian formed a rebel group with Hou Junji as the core and Li Anyu and others as the backbone. Li An was Li Jiancheng's brother-in-law, and before the change of Xuanwumen, he assisted Li Jiancheng with Wei Zheng. Li Anyu was also recommended by Wei Zheng and entered Li Chengqian's gang.
Li Shimin cracked The case of Li Chengqian's conspiracy, and Hou Junji and Li Anyu were given death. Du Zhenglun was also implicated and exiled to Lingnan. Hou Junji, Li Anyu, and Du Zhenglun were all talents recommended by Wei Zheng to Li Shimin. When Li Shimin saw that the people recommended by Wei Zheng were plotting rebellion, coupled with some other problems, he had a move to smash Wei Zheng's tombstone in anger.
Wei Zheng mistakenly believed Hou Junji and others, resulting in the smashing of the tombstone and the cancellation of his son's marriage, which can be described as a disgrace to his descendants. When Li Shimin failed in his conquest of Liaodong, he remembered the benefits of Wei Zheng and issued an edict to re-erect Wei Zheng's tombstone. Although Li Shimin admitted that he blamed Wei Zheng, he did not restore the marriage between Princess Hengshan and Wei Shuyu, and the Wei family eventually lost the glory of the Tang Dynasty as "Princess Shang".
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