laitimes

In 692 A.D., at a court meeting, Wu Zetian smiled and squinted at the chancellor Zhang De, saying, "Zhang Aiqing, I heard that you have given birth to a son, congratulations." When Zhang Dexie was preparing to thank him, Wu Zetian was again

author:Haruyama Shuyan

In 692 A.D., at a court meeting, Wu Zetian smiled and squinted at the chancellor Zhang De, saying, "Zhang Aiqing, I heard that you have given birth to a son, congratulations." When Zhang De was happily preparing to thank him, Wu Zetian came again: "The lamb on the birthday feast tasted good." Zhang De was so frightened that he sweated profusely and hurriedly knelt down to beg for forgiveness.

"Long life in May of the second year, Bing Yin, forbidden to slaughter and fish shrimp in the world" Zizhi Tongjian

After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, she devoted herself to Buddhism, and in 692, issued a "ban on slaughter". From the imperial court to the people, it is not allowed to slaughter livestock and animals, not allowed to catch fish and shrimp, etc., Wu Zetian himself also led by example, eating vegetarian food every day. Even if there was a drought and famine in the Jianghuai region, the people did not dare to disobey Wu Zetian's ban, and because of this ban, many people starved to death at that time.

Because everyone can't eat meat, there is no oil and water in the stomach, and one by one they are hungry enough. At this time, the chancellor Zhang De's family had a happy event, and one of his concubines gave birth to a big fat boy for him. This can make Zhang De happy, why? Because it is a middle-aged child! Can Zhang De be unhappy?

Zhang Dexi was invincible, relatives, friends, and colleagues also came to the door to say hi, according to the reason, Zhang De wanted to set up a banquet to entertain the guests who came to congratulate him, but Empress Wu Zetian ordered that killing was prohibited. So Zhang De secretly killed a sheep and made a meat cake to entertain the guests who came to Daoxi.

Everyone knows that the private slaughter of cattle and sheep violates the ban, but after all, this is Zhang De's joy of making a zhang, so everyone tacitly agrees, after all, because of the ban, these counselors have long faded out of their mouths, and now they are very happy to see good wine and good meat.

After everyone had finished eating and drinking, and after they had enough wine and food, Zhang De secretly buried the sheep bones in order to "destroy the corpse and destroy the traces". I thought that the people who came to Daoxi were all relatives, friends, and colleagues, and everyone was dissatisfied with Wu Zetian's "ban on killing", and secretly thought that there was nothing wrong.

However, just when everyone was making arrangements and no one was paying attention, Du Su, an official who made up for the gap, suddenly secretly hid a piece of lamb in the bowl. Do you think Du Su is going to take this piece of mutton to his parents, wives, and children to eat?

In May of the second year of longevity, Bing Yin, banned the slaughter and fishing of shrimp in the world. Jianghuai drought, hunger, people are not allowed to pick fish and shrimp, starvation and death. Right pick up Zhang De, give birth to a man for three days, privately kill sheep with colleagues, make up for Du Su huaiyi, and tell him in the above table. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 250.

No, no, no, you guessed wrong, it turned out that he hid this piece of mutton, and he used it for other purposes, that is, to expose Zhang De to Wu Zetian.

Soon, a piece of paper was submitted to Wu Zetian. Du Su was very happy in his heart, and it seemed that this promotion was stable.

Wu Zetian did not move after seeing Du Su's whistle-blowing letter, after all, the emperor's mental skills were unpredictable, and he reused cool officials to deter dissidents, but the governance of the country also needed the assistance of a wise minister.

When Wu Zetian saw Du Su's secret fold, he sneered incessantly. She decided to take this opportunity to rectify the "crooked wind" in the court.

Tomorrow, the empress dowager confronted the battle, saying to De Yue: "Wen Qing gave birth to a man, very happy." "Debyeche. The Empress Dowager said, "How can he get meat?" "Bow your head and confess your sins. The Empress Dowager said: "Slaughter is forbidden, and the auspiciousness is unpredictable." However, qing qing recruits customers from now on, and must also choose people. "Out of the solemn expression. He was ashamed and raised his face to spit on him. Zizhi Tongjian

This means that early the next day, Wu Zetian stopped Zhang De and told him, "I heard that AiQing had a son in her family, and I was very happy for you." ”

Zhang De couldn't talk to the empress at all in his daily life, but now that he heard this, he hurried to thank him. But before Zhang De could be happy, Wu Zetian turned his words around and asked him in a stern tone: "The lamb at your son's birthday feast tastes good, where did the meat used for yesterday's guests come from?" ”

This question was nothing less than a thunderbolt on a sunny day, frightening Zhang De's soul into not possessing, and he prostrated his head on the ground in a hurry, apologizing for his sins while pleading for his life.

"The subjects are almost fifty years old, and the wife has given birth to a son, and the minister is happy for a while, so he makes a mistake, secretly slaughters a sheep, and feasts on several good colleagues." The subject violated the prohibition and asked His Majesty to punish him. ”

 "Slaughter is forbidden, and the auspiciousness is unpredictable." However, qing qing recruits customers from now on, and must also choose people. "You see, how well wu Zetian said: I forbid, I said that you can't indiscriminately hunt and mess around, except for marriage and funeral. However, Lao Zhang, you are too stupid, and I really have to remind you that when you invite guests in the future, you must polish your eyes, don't ask the wrong person! ”

Du Su did not expect that the road to promotion that he had originally planned would actually have such a result, and for a time, his face was red and his ears were red, and he was greatly ashamed. And the other courtiers of the whole dynasty, after knowing the truth of the matter, also became disgusted with Du Su!

After the Zhang De incident, the shameless people who were keen on playing "small reports" began to converge, the momentum of the whistle-blowing wind was not as good as before, and the understanding of Wu Zetian in the people and the official arena was also greatly improved, and the image of the empress was also greatly enhanced.

It is not good to be rigid in everything, orders are dead, people are alive. It is not an easy thing to get old, should we invite guests? Should!

Since you are old and have children, your heart is also happy, and you are a minister, you can't always be vegetarian when you invite guests, right? Inexcusable.

Presumably, Wu Zetian understood these two points, because she was "comparing heart to heart."

Moreover, Zhang De and Du Su, the character comparison, will be known at a glance.

Although he was old and had children, he did not arrogantly disregard the emperor's orders, knew that he was a little and did not engage in "mountain treasures and seafood", but he could not treat the guests badly, so he risked his life and killed a sheep. If he really had the heart to confront Wu Zetian, why did he still sneak around and directly hold a wedding feast, and the big meat and big meat would not be enough?

And Du Su is nothing more than expressing a point of view: Zhang De does not listen to Wu Zetian's words.

But if you don't listen, why sneak around, just get such a happy event as a son, and why kill only one sheep? It was okay to kill a cow, and Wu Zetian knew this.

In fact, what the monarch is most jealous of is the idea of resisting the monarch, and the old minister obviously does not have it. And the most disgusting thing is the two-faced and three-knife villain, who betrayed his friends today, will he betray his "queen" tomorrow? Wu Zetian knows the answer, what do you think?

In 692 A.D., at a court meeting, Wu Zetian smiled and squinted at the chancellor Zhang De, saying, "Zhang Aiqing, I heard that you have given birth to a son, congratulations." When Zhang Dexie was preparing to thank him, Wu Zetian was again
In 692 A.D., at a court meeting, Wu Zetian smiled and squinted at the chancellor Zhang De, saying, "Zhang Aiqing, I heard that you have given birth to a son, congratulations." When Zhang Dexie was preparing to thank him, Wu Zetian was again
In 692 A.D., at a court meeting, Wu Zetian smiled and squinted at the chancellor Zhang De, saying, "Zhang Aiqing, I heard that you have given birth to a son, congratulations." When Zhang Dexie was preparing to thank him, Wu Zetian was again

Read on