As a generation of celebrities who assisted the king in creating the "Rule of Zhenguan", Wei Zheng ranked fourth in the "Ranking List" of the Twenty-Four Heroes of Lingyange, and in the eyes of the world, Wei Zheng and Li Shimin, a pair of monarchs, can be described as a benchmark for "kings and subjects to get along".
Tang Taizong Li Shimin said such a famous passage:
"With copper as a mirror, he can wear a crown; with history as a mirror, he can know the rise and fall; with people as a mirror, he can know the gains and losses." Wei Zheng is gone, and he has died in a mirror! "
Using copper as a mirror can sort out the appearance of clothes and appearance; using history as a mirror, you can know the truth of the rise and fall of the dynasty; using people as a mirror can understand their own gains and losses. When Wei Zheng died, he lost a mirror.
However, after the end of this "king and subject" script, Li Shimin suddenly turned his face. Shortly after being included in the Ling yan Pavilion, Li Shimin suspected that the two people That Wei Zheng had recommended to him had a conspiracy to rebel, and doubted whether Wei Zheng was in the same party as them, so he canceled the marriage contract between Princess Xincheng and Wei Zheng's eldest son, and also toppled Wei Zheng's tombstone.
In ancient times, how important tombstones were, needless to say, everyone knew. The ancients attached great importance to "posthumous affairs", so there will be so many funerary items, and even the burial of living people. For officials, being "dug up and whipped" after death is even a form of torture, which will undoubtedly bring shame to all the descendants of the entire family. Li Shimin's tearing down other people's tombstones without real evidence is unreasonable from any point of view, and it is a big stain on the life of this Ming Jun.
So, why did Li Shimin have to tear down Wei Zheng's tombstone?
Perhaps, Wei Zheng's direct advice for many years made Li Shimin have a deep grudge in his heart. There is a famous story that Tang Taizong got a high-grade harrier eagle, put it on his shoulder, played happily, and when he saw Wei Zheng coming towards him, he quickly hid the bird in his arms. Wei Zheng saw all this and deliberately played things for a long time, causing the harrier eagle to suffocate in Tang Taizong's arms.
Such a fearful attitude reminds us of Zhang Juzheng, a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the Wanli Emperor, a bear child he raised. The Wanli Emperor's fear of Zhang Juzheng caused this bear child to fight back madly after Zhang Juzheng's death, almost killing the entire family of Enshi, and then for more than ten years, he did not go to the dynasty, almost defeating the Ming Dynasty's family foundation.
Li Shimin is not so "bear", he can be called a Ming Jun, and he must have the ability. He couldn't do what the Wanli Emperor did, and he was extremely concerned about his reputation behind him. According to legend, Li Shimin once asked to see the living note, and the historian in charge of recording not only did not let him see it, but also recorded this matter in the living note.
Perhaps for his own reputation, Li Shimin, even though he was holding his breath, could not vent, pushed down Wei Zheng's tombstone, and finally had to be re-erected for people.
It seems that the emperor is not so good.