In the year that Wei Zheng was promoted to Shangshu Zuo Cheng, there were rumors that Wei Zheng was partial to his relatives. The Tang Tai Sect sent Yu ShiWen Yanbo to investigate, proving that the rumors were untrue.
Ke WenYanbo reported that Wei Zheng, as a courtier, should check his speech and demeanor. Although he is not favoritism in reason, there are also places to blame. Therefore, Emperor Taizong ordered Wen Yanbo to warn Wei Zheng: From now on, you must not fail to pay attention to the influence of your actions.
After a few days, Wei Zheng entered the court and sang the Tao: The minister heard that the monarch and the minister and the concord tacit understanding, the two morally like a whole, who abandon justice and disregard, only pursue the influence of personal behavior, hope that His Majesty will let the subject be a "good minister".
Emperor Taizong asked: Is there a difference between "loyal subjects" and "good ministers"? Wei Zheng replied: Ji, Qi, and Gao Tao are "good ministers", and Long Feng and Bigan are "loyal subjects". "Good ministers" can earn themselves a good name, and the monarch can also obtain a prominent honorific title, and pass it on to future generations; "loyal subjects" not only suffer the calamity of killing themselves, but also destroy their own families and countries together, but only gain a good name.
It can be seen that the key to the ancient "good minister" is to integrate the country, the king, and the family. For the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, it is a quality that should be crushed and broken, and should not be used for fame and reputation.
Empress Eldest Sun was Emperor Taizong's xiannai assistant and was buried in Zhaoling after his death. One day, Emperor Taizong pointed in the direction of Zhaoling and asked Wei Zheng if he could see clearly. Wei Zheng said, "I didn't see it," and Emperor Taizong was in a hurry. Wei Zheng replied: I thought that His Majesty was looking at the Xianling Tomb, but it turned out to be the Zhaoling Tomb.
Xianling is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong's father. After Emperor Taizong listened, he understood that Wei Zheng was reminding himself not to only think of his deceased wife and forget his father and forget sheji.
Tang Taizong loved harrier eagles. Once, he was playing with a harrier eagle in the court, and when he saw Wei Zheng coming, he hid the harrier in his arms.
Wei Zheng saw Taizong's actions clearly, but he did not directly say that the playthings had lost their minds and delayed the government, but played a role and talked for a long time. By the time he finished playing, the Harrier Eagle had been strangled to death...
To be a "good minister", there must be a "good king". Wei Zheng said that Ji, Qi, and Gao Tao met Yao and Shun. If you change it to the King of Shang, I am afraid that you will not be able to be a "good minister". Wei Zheng, who committed a direct attack on Yan Zheng, also met a generation of Ming Emperor Li Shimin.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Gong Danyun Text Editor: Xia Bin Title Image Source: Visual China Image Editor: Xu Jiamin
Source: Author: Flood
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