Since ancient times, when there were loyal ministers of the DPRK and China, there would be courtiers who formed parties and engaged in personal gain, but why was Xu Jingzong, who was once regarded as a virtuous minister by Emperor Gaozong of Tang, called "a courtier" by the world? What did Xu Jingzong do wrong, and what happened during this period?
The most qualified politician, he is extremely sleek in the official arena
In the last year of the Sui Dynasty, Xu Jingzong was born in The New City of Hangzhou, and Xu Jingzong was diligent and studious from an early age. When Tang Taizong was the King of Qin, he specially built a literary museum to recruit talents, and Xu Jingzong entered the literary museum for further study since he won Xiucai, and because of his talent, he edited more than ten works, and it was not long before Xu Jingzong began to serve as Zhongshu Ling.
It can be said that Xu Jingzong at that time was highly respected by Tang Taizong, and the favor and courtesy he received were unmatched in the entire dynasty. Throughout the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Jingzong worked hard and complained, and his status affected the position of the Xu family in the society at that time. It can be said that as long as they are related to Xu Jingzong, they have all received an official and a half-position.
Of course, Xu Jingzong was not smooth sailing in the official arena, when Empress Changsun died, Xu Jingzong actually sneaked a smile at the funeral, which also angered Li Shimin and directly demoted him to Sima of Hongzhou.
It was not until seven years later that he was transferred back to the capital to assist The Crown Prince Li Zhi. After Li Shimin's death, Xu Jingzong was promoted by Li Zhi. After Li Zhi ascended to the throne, the first thing he did was to abolish his wife Empress Wang and establish Wu Zetian as another empress.
This incident caused an uproar in the entire imperial court, and the ministers of the DPRK and the Central China all thought that this matter was somewhat absurd, Wu Zetian was Li Shimin's concubine, but now he wanted to marry Li Zhi and become an empress, and many important ministers openly opposed it in the imperial court, and some even forced them to die.
At that time, Li Zhi was under great pressure, but Xu Jingzong was very smooth, and he seized the opportunity to openly support Li Zhi in the face of public opposition. At that time, Xu Jingzong only said one sentence: "Tian Sheweng collected more than ten pieces of wheat, and still wanted to change wives; after the Heavenly Son wanted to be established, He Yu and the people of He Yu had a vain objection!" ”
The general meaning of this sentence is that the peasant over-harvested the wheat, he feels that he is rich, he wants to change his wife, this kind of thing is also reasonable, this is the farmer's own affair, and the son of heaven wants to change the queen, but also has no right to be interfered with by others.
Xu Jingzong's heartfelt words actually made Li Zhi deeply moved. From then on, Li Zhi regarded him as his confidant, and promoted Xu Jingzong many times, making him an official until he became the prime minister.
Xu Jingzong also assisted Li Zhi in his efforts and grievances until his death in his eighties. After Xu Jingzong's death, Li Zhi let him be buried in Zhaoling, but Li Zhi gave Xu Jingzong a nickname "false", this fallacy word represents the absurd meaning, Li Zhi did this, the Xu clan began to fry the pot, no one expected, Xu Jingzong worked hard all his life but got such a reputation.
Why was the word "fallacious" given?
The answer given by the old scholar Yuan Si was that Xu Jingzong had three sins in his life that could not be escaped, the first of which was that his son got along with his concubine, and Xu Jingzong was in the way of face, and even disregarded the father-son relationship and let his son be exiled to the barren land.
The second sin was that Xu Jingzong was so greedy for money that he married his own daughter far away to barbarians.
The third sin is that Xu Jingzong lived an extravagant and lavish life, with a large number of wives and concubines. In this way, Xu Jingzong fell under the name of a traitorous courtier, and Liufang Baishi.
What is the character of Xu Jingzong? Is it a traitor?
Judging from Xu Jingzong's lifelong contribution to the imperial court, he was a loyal old minister, and the above three sins alone cannot be said to be Xu Jingzong a traitor. Xu Jingzong's son got along with his concubine, Xu Jingzong could have killed his son directly, there was no need to exile him to a distant place, so from this point of view, Xu Jingzong did not miss the feelings of father and son.
In addition, Xu Jingzong married his daughter to a distant place and received a high dowry, which is not a big problem, the ancients paid attention to six gifts in marriage, the more dowries given by the man, the more it shows sincerity, so it is impossible to question Xu Jingzong's character at all.
Finally, xu Jingzong's life is extravagant and lavish, in the style of life Xu Jingzong covets pleasure and spends all day with beautiful women, this situation is not illegal in the society at that time, many celebrities have had similar situations, and the group of wives and concubines cannot directly deny a person. Therefore, Xu Jingzong's three deadly sins and the theory of adultery were all wronged by the world.
As a native of Hangzhou Xincheng, as a well-known prime minister during the Tang Dynasty, Xu Jingzong's life was criticized, whether he was a virtuous subject or not, there was no doubt that the emperor trusted and loved him.
From Xu Jingzong's body, we also understand a truth: if a person wants to please everyone, it is impossible, but as long as everything is done according to the right path, there is no shame in the heart, and others say that they are long and short, and they do not need to pay attention. If a person realizes this, he will naturally save himself a lot of troubles.
This is the place of Xu Jingzong's wisdom, and it should also be a reference and reference for us to deal with the world in real life.