Wei Zheng, a loyal courtier who has been recorded in history and is known for his direct advice, in the eyes of the public, he and Tang Taizong Li Shimin constitute a harmonious picture of the Ming Emperor and his subjects, which can be called a model for ancient monarchs and courtiers to get along. But what people did not expect was that after Wei Zheng's death, Tang Taizong actually personally ordered the destruction of his tombstone. What's going on?
Originally, after Wei Zheng's death, Tang Taizong treated him extremely well. According to historical records, Li Shimin not only was grief-stricken by Wei Zheng's death, but also uttered the words that made many historians relish the phrase "Now Wei Zheng died, and he died in a mirror", but also posthumously sealed him and included him in the list of the twenty-four heroes of Ling Yan Pavilion. It should be known that this Ling Yan Pavilion was built by Tang Taizong to commemorate the heroes who followed him to fight the world, and the portraits of the meritorious Zaifu were hung in it, such as Qin Shubao, Li Jing, and Changsun Wuji. Therefore, the portrait can be hung in the Ling Yan Pavilion, which is the highest honor of being a courtier.
But Wei Zheng's honor after his death did not last long, and after only half a year, Tang Taizong destroyed his tombstone, which was unbelievable. Could it be that Tang Taizong has a contrasting personality? Of course not, this can only blame Wei Zheng for being a bit "back".
The history books record that less than half a year after Wei Zheng's death, the crown prince Li Chengqian rebelled and failed very unluckily. I have to say that Li Chengqian is really like his father Li Shimin at this point, and it is necessary to know that Li Shimin can sit on the throne by killing the crown prince and taking it. But Li Shimin didn't care, "This kind of thing Lao Tzu can do, you can't do it!" "It's a bit of a sign that only the governor is allowed to set fire to the people and not allow the people to light the lamp."
As a result, Li Shimin, who was furious, carried out a fierce liquidation of the prince's party, and unfortunately, Wei Zheng was the teacher of the crown prince Li Chengqian, although he died at this time, but li Shimin, who was angry, did not care about this, thinking that Wei Zheng did not teach the prince well. Thinking about Wei Zheng's various "ugly" faces when he was directly advising himself before his death, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so the old hatred and the new hatred were calculated together, and a series of "liquidations" began against Wei Zheng, not only canceling the decision to marry the princess to Wei Zheng's son, but also ordering someone to destroy Wei Zheng's tombstone. And it is worth mentioning that this tombstone is still Li Shimin's personal inscription of praise for Wei Zheng, which is really a proper punch in the face.
It can be seen from this that for the ancient feudal emperors, even if Li Shimin is praised by the history books, as long as you touch his ruling interests, what follows is only to turn his face and not recognize people.