(Snail Watch Journey to the West No. 3697)
Some people in the world want to take advantage of this to soar to the sky, some people want to return to their hometowns with this, and some people want to use this to rush their pockets, bustling and bustling for profit, if you are considered a powerful official in one place, then becoming an official in two places is considered a miracle. These two places refer to the heavenly court and the human world, not only the officials of the human world, but also the corresponding positions in the heavenly realm, and what seems impossible to us, one person has done it.
He was a historical official, and in the book Journey to the West, Lao Wu gave him a new identity, making him the only mortal who was an official in both the Immortal Realm and the Human Realm, and even the judges of the Prefecture Government had to fight for him.
The story of the journey to the west takes place in the Tang Dynasty, and with the keywords of officials, judges, etc., only one person fully meets this condition - Wei Zheng.
In the history books, he was a speech official who was bent on the sake of the country, and even more a strict official, always watching Li Shimin's every move, afraid that this Ming Jun would suddenly make a mistake, so he had Tang Taizong's humble advice.
And what about Wei Zheng in the Journey to the West? It is still the familiar taste of a courtier who dares to give direct advice, but Lao Wu has added another stroke to Wei Zheng's wonderful life, making him a person who immediately takes over the task when he is entrusted by heaven, and Wei Zheng has become an emissary of the two worlds.
We can see his appearance in the first few chapters of the Journey to the West. The Jinghe Dragon King was dissatisfied with Yuan Shoucheng's calculations, and a single sentence made automatic layoffs occur in his Dragon Palace, obviously there were not enough manpower, and he was actually taken away by the fishermen on the shore, and the Jinghe Dragon King was angry, so he went up and smashed Old Yuan's stall, and then automatically walked into the trap that Old Yuan had arranged for him.
Sure enough, this "silly white sweet" dragon king violated the will of the Jade Emperor and privately tampered with the accurate orders issued by the Jade Emperor, and was punished with beheading. It was Cao Weizheng who carried out this order, and the Dragon King, in a panic, went to find Old Yuan again, this time completely trying to make him save his life.
Old Yuan agreed and told the Dragon King that it was useless to ask him, and that he had to go to Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, and only he could stop Wei Zheng's behavior. The Dragon King, who was full of excitement, finally got a response at Li Shimin, thinking that this matter had just passed, who knew that the Dragon King of his hall was actually killed by Wei Zheng in his dream.
Did Li Shimin work hard? Trying hard, in order to save the Dragon King, he specially pulled his own prime minister Wei Zheng to play chess, but he didn't know that Wei Zheng just slept and wanted the Dragon King's life.
What kind of relationship did Wei Zheng have with the magistrate of the prefecture that he was able to save Li Shimin?
Judge Cui of the Prefecture was a close friend of Wei Zheng and later served in the Prefecture. After the Jinghe Dragon King arrived at the mansion, he began to cry out for injustice, he must confront Li Shimin face to face, otherwise he would not agree to reincarnate, although this matter is not Li Shimin's fault, but the Dragon King has been arguing is not the way, so he had to send his men to bring Li Shimin over. This is the occurrence of the Incident of Li Shimin's Youdifu.
Li Shimin was originally very panicked, he still wanted to live for a few more years, at this time, Wei Zheng stood up: Emperor, stabilize, don't panic, we can win. Then a letter was written by Wei Zheng and solemnly handed over to Li Shimin. Seeing the letter, the judge will definitely send Li Shimin back when he sees this letter.
The judge who opened the letter was very calm after reading it, and when the king of Yama asked him for the book of life and death (the book of life and death was in the judge's hand), he quietly opened it and looked at it, and the words on it made the judge stunned, and quickly added two strokes to three on it. Li Shimin gained a lifespan of 20 years.
From this point of view, Wei Zheng was also quite powerful, allowing one judge to risk demotion to Li Shimin.