Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Before today, Li Shimin was not very fond of Wei Zheng.

When it comes to virtuous people, which one in the civil and military affairs of Prince Qin’s palace is not an outstanding person?

However, during the short morning of the light curtain, Li Shimin found that Wei Zheng was quite interesting.

At least when it comes to scolding people, there should be no one better than him in Ganlu Hall.

Especially hearing him scold Xuanzong, it was really refreshing.

Li Shimin even regretted a little. He should have brought Wei Zheng here three months ago!

That little Taizong, that Yizong, that Xizong, Li Shimin all mentioned them.

If it weren't for the fact that he would definitely be opposed by his ministers, Li Shimin would now want to erect a monument in the Ancestral Temple to expel all three unworthy descendants from the Li family tree.

Losing territory, hurting the hearts of ministers, and wasting people's strength, how dare you call yourself the Lord of the Tang Dynasty?

Of course Li Shimin also knew about Wei Zheng's question.

In the antithesis in the Li Lou chapter, the ministers are the king's brothers and sisters, and the king is the heart and soul of the minister. If the king treats his ministers as dirt, then the ministers will naturally regard him as his enemy and bandit.

So Li Shimin solemnly patted the back of Wei Zheng's hand as encouragement:

I love you dearly!

Having said that, Li Shimin felt greatly relieved. Regardless of future generations, at least in his Zhenguan, it seemed that the monarch and his ministers were in harmony.

He regarded this group of courtiers as his humeral siblings. They created the beginning of the prosperous Tang Dynasty with him, and they were still sculpted and sung by later generations for thousands of years?

Li Shimin suddenly wanted to see that Ye Changan.

In addition to his General Zhenguan, there must be his Zhenguan ministers. As long as they can be seen, wouldn't it be enough to arrest them according to the list... and invite them?

[In addition to the posthumous title and the temple title, there is another one that is also rotten, that is Fengchan.

There are a total of seven emperors in Chinese history who have held conferential ceremonies, but here we generally only talk about Mount Tai’s six conferrals.

This is relatively easy to calculate, after all, there are only a few people in total, right?

There is no doubt that the First Emperor was the one who carved stones and sealed pines. His forward-thinking vision of unifying weights and measures in the same way as his writings and carriages has lasted to modern and ancient times.

The first unification was completed by an emperor who did not need a posthumous title or a temple title at all.

At the same time, it also created a precedent for emperors to enshrine Zen.

There was basically nothing wrong with Emperor Wu's eight ascents to Mount Tai. After all, he opened up the Western Regions to separate the Qiang and Hu tribes, expand profit margins, strengthen centralization of power, and beat the Xiongnu to the point where they didn't want anything they didn't want. These are all achievements that will shine through the ages.

This is an emperor who can shout to the Xiongnu Chanyu, If the Chanyu can fight, the emperor will be on his side; if he cannot, he must surrender urgently.

Someone likened it to China as if it were a machine. The First Emperor created the hardware, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty installed the software. This is how the machine of China has been running until now.

Although some people always say that if Liu Che had died five or ten years earlier, his reputation would have been better. However, it is extremely rare in history that Liu Che was able to realize his mistakes and change national policies under the Luntai imperial edict in his later years.

Compared to the one who needed to die twenty years early to reverse the criticism, I don’t know how much better, don’t you think Xuanzong?

Not to mention Emperor Guangwu. Although his performance was not as good as that of Han Wu, being able to pull out the Han Dynasty that had been buried in the ground was already quite impressive in itself.

Although Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty had some intentions of enthroning Zen on behalf of his father, he succeeded in destroying Goguryeo and saved some wealth for Xuanzong to establish a prosperous Kaiyuan era.

Not to mention Xuanzong, who died twenty years earlier, his historical evaluation can be as close as Erfeng, which shows that the early Feng Chan was indeed up to the mark.

The person who really brought Feng Chan into disrepute was Song Zhenzong, the one who signed the alliance under the city.

When Zhao Heng was in power, Empress Dowager Xiao led the army south. At that time, Wang Qinruo was so frightened that he made a far-sighted suggestion: Let's move the capital to Nanjing.

Chen Yaosou disagreed: I think it would be better to imitate the Tang Dynasty and move the capital to Chengdu.

Wang Qinruo is from Nanjing, and Chen Yaosou is from Chengdu.

Prime Minister Kou Zhun quits, and anyone who dares to speak out about moving the capital will be killed! Then Zhao Heng was almost forced to fight in person, so that the morale of the Song army could be boosted to maintain a stalemate with the Liao army.

In the end, the Song and Liao Dynasties signed the Tan Yuan Alliance, becoming a kingdom of brothers. The Song Dynasty would unconditionally give 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk every year, and both sides stopped fighting.

Zhao Heng was very pleased with himself: I thought back then, when I was the commander of the imperial army, I conquered thousands of miles like a tiger! Save the country from crisis and save the Song Dynasty.

Then Wang Qinruo jumped out again: The alliance under the city is deeply ashamed! This Kou is really a traitor! Deserve to kill!

Zhao Heng thought: It makes sense. So he alienated Kou Zhun and asked Wang Qinruo for advice: How can I wash away the shame?

Wang Qinruo smiled slightly and proposed two plans:

The imperial commander personally conquered the lost territory, and sealed Mount Tai to rouse the people's hearts.

Zhao Heng looked confused, but as Wang Qinruo expected, he chose the latter.

So after a period of preparation:

The book from heaven descends to proclaim the emperor's virtuous name, and gods and men meet in dreams on Mount Tai.

The officials congratulated each other with their crowns in their hats, while the people watched indifferently.

Eight million people were granted the Zen title Mount Tai to show the majesty of the Song Dynasty.

The alliance under the city pollutes the golden platform of Zen every year.

History of the Song Dynasty comments: A country's monarchs and ministers are as crazy as crazy!

Blocking the door with the body to prevent future emperors from wasting their money and wasting their time in conferring Zen status. This may be the only contribution that Zhenzong made to the people. 】

The pheasant slaves actually destroyed the country of Goguryeo?

Li Shimin felt a little happier when he remembered that the corrupt country in later generations had made his image one-eyed.

Li Shimin's eyebrows raised, which meant that he felt somewhat relieved, although not much.

Changsun Wuji hurriedly said: The prince's victory in bringing peace to Goguryeo is all thanks to everyone's contribution.

The stick will still be there in future generations. It can be seen that the country has not been destroyed. How can we calculate the balance? Li Shimin had already remembered all the reasons and asked rhetorically.

Changsun Wuji was speechless, how could he understand?

I even feel a little aggrieved in my heart, why is this stick so troubled? If there is an opportunity, I must accompany His Majesty on the expedition and contribute!

Putting this matter aside, Li Shimin felt that his previous evaluation of the Song Dynasty was still too high:

The allies under the city can boast of their merits, and the land of Yanyun can be enshrined in Zen if it is occupied by thieves.

It is shameful to pay the New Year's money, but what dignity does it show to waste people's energy to hide their ears and steal their bells?

What the Song Dynasty said is really true. The king is arrogant and the ministers are evil. How can the country survive like this for hundreds of years?

It's really... Li Shimin shook his head, feeling it was difficult to evaluate.

Du Ruhui remembered Guangmu's humorous words before:

Naked butt grinding?

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Hou Junji and Yuchi Jingde were puzzled by what he meant. After being explained by Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Jingde, as cold-faced as he was, managed to squeeze out a smile.

After laughing, he became angry:

This Liao army is led by the Queen Mother, which shows that there is uneasiness inside.

Moreover, for its long-distance attack, the Song Dynasty is defending the city. If it persists for a long time, the Liao Dynasty will be defeated. How can they sign a brotherly alliance like this!

Fang Xuanling hesitated:

Looking at the words and deeds of this prime minister, he seems to be an iron-blooded minister.

If the prime ministers oppose each other, this alliance of brothers will definitely fail to be signed. Maybe it is because the military strength of Song and Liao is really too different?

How can there be a brother with this year's coins?! Li Shimin's disdain was blindly visible:

I would rather squander the people's assets and tarnish Mount Tai's name than lose even a cent to subsidize military expenditures to avenge our shame.

I am ashamed to be associated with him!

Wei Zheng protested:

Your Majesty, this Song Dynasty is such a sycophant, and I don't even bother to associate with him!

The ministers nodded together, and Yuchi Jingde, a man of few words, even said:

If you sign this alliance, I will first die in battle.

The same is true for Hou Junji: It's called a covenant, but it's actually a shame. I'm willing to fight until every soldier is dead.

Li Shimin was very pleased, Datang was still reliable.

The Song Dynasty was next to our Tang Dynasty, so why didn't it learn any martial spirit from the Tang Dynasty?

Even if we don’t talk about the early Tang Dynasty, there were heroes like Zhang Yichao of the Guiyi Army in the late Tang Dynasty.

After watching this, everyone's eyes returned to the emperor of their own dynasty.

Fang Xuanling suddenly realized:

Previously, Guangmu said that Taixuan was prosperous, but I didn't understand what it meant.

Now it seems that the hundred years of prosperity from Your Majesty to Xuanzong are called the Taixuan Period.

The emperor nodded. He had remembered this word just now, but he became even more curious:

What kind of stupid methods did Xuanzong use to make future generations lament that he could not have died twenty years earlier?

Who can figure it out? Du Ruhui sighed:

Perhaps it took twenty years to promote An Lushan?

But Du Ruhui didn't believe it himself.

…

Liu Bei heard a click, which was the sound of his dream being shattered.

Emperor Zhaolie believed that he had great ambitions. For example, after he got the light curtain, he wondered if he would have the opportunity to rewrite history and change his posthumous title to a better one?

Then I learned that the Xiongnu Han had not only Emperor Guangwen, but also Emperor Zhaowu.

Isn't it very bold to call the temple a sect rather than an ancestor? !

In the end, the emperor didn't care whether he was a person or not, and what kind of sect did Cao Thief even have the nerve to connect with the Third Ancestor?

Then it is inevitable that Liu Bei would think of his adopted son Liu Feng and Adou's famous name Liu Chan.

Feng Chan, isn’t that very bold? !

In the end, what kind of thing is Song Zhenzong?

Liu Bei was very desperate:

There are more people in the future generations. How come the martial virtues have declined so much, and the monarchs and ministers are shameless and have no sense of being the emperor of China?

Zhang Fei is more open-minded:

I remember Guangmu also said before that future generations would like to go as far as the Han and Tang Dynasties. It can be seen that no matter how shameless the monarchs and ministers are, they can't deceive the people.

It's better for the people to know about our Han Dynasty.

Not to mention Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, everyone in the hall felt that they had gained knowledge.

Why did Song Chen just move the capital and run away? Zhang Song was puzzled.

How could the prime minister agree to such a covenant? Liu Ba thought it was too outrageous.

This Zhao Heng not only slandered Mount Tai, but also slandered the temple name of Zhenzong! In the Song Dynasty, ministers are not ministers, kings are not kings, and the country is not a country! Fazheng said coldly.

Zhao Yun rarely talks, and now he only has one question:

There is not a single iron-blooded general in the Zhenzong court?

Pang Tong said with a smile: There must be some, but you can't make a sound, right? He glanced at Kong Ming as he spoke.

Kong Ming nodded slowly:

The lessons learned from the previous dynasties will serve as a wake-up call for later dynasties, just like the great ancestor who put an end to Qin's tyranny, and how Guangwu showed compassion for the people.

The martial virtues of the Tang Dynasty were strong, and An Lushan was the adopted son of the Tang emperor, so he might have had a large number of troops to cause trouble.

Only in this way can we explain that righteous men like Zhang Yichao were treated with such suspicion.

But there is no need to say this.

Kong Ming sighed deeply.

[Zhenzong later said that the person most qualified to be granted the title of Zen Taishan should be none other than Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, in view of the precedent of Zhenzong, and the fact that after becoming a Zen monk, he often rewards civil and military officials, Zhu Baba has always been very careful in his life. Do you officials still want to get money from him? dream!

Moreover, we, beggar Lao Zhu, came from a humble background and conquered the world. Isn’t this achievement much harder than traveling to Mount Tai?

Therefore, Zhu Baba could no longer read back the memorial that suggested that he be granted Zen status.

Later, Yongle Emperor Judy was also suggested to be granted Zen status, and Judy responded:

Nowadays, floods, droughts, plagues and plagues have not been eliminated in the world. What kind of prosperous age is this?

Moreover, my idol Li Shimin has not been granted the title of Zen, so why should I be granted the title of Zen?

However, Li Shimin actually considered conferring Zen status, and officials mentioned it six times during the Zhenguan period.

The first two times were in the fifth year of Zhenguan, when the Turks were defeated and everything was in ruins, but Erfeng refused because he was afraid of wasting people and money.

The third time, in the sixth year of Zhenguan, I was about to go, but Wei Zheng stopped me.

Erfeng boasted to Wei Zheng: Do you know Li Shimin?

Why can't he be granted Zen status if he has high merit, good moral character, is a man of all kinds, has a good harvest, and is auspicious?

Wei Zheng, known as Erfeng's dressing mirror, was very organized and believed that all the expenses incurred by Feng Chan would be passed on to the people, which would waste people and money. It happened that there was another flood in the Yellow River that year, so I forgot about it.

The fourth time was in the eleventh year of Zhenguan. At this time, Wei Zheng was convinced and took the initiative to help organize things, but in the end there was a problem with etiquette.

The fifth time, in the 14th year of Zhenguan, the etiquette was resolved and the celestial phenomena changed. The horoscopes explained that the country was in chaos, so we had to give up again and destroy Gaochang Kingdom to vent our anger.

The last time was in the 21st year of Zhenguan, and he issued an edict that he would be granted Zen status next year! As a result, in August, another edict was issued: Tu Gong continued to rise, and due to the floods in Hebei, the Zen ceremony was suspended next year.

For this reason, Li Zhi later said: Father, don't panic, I will seal it for you!

But in fact, looking back, Erfeng himself may not have cared much about it. After all, he himself had made a long speech comparing the First Emperor and Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty.

Wei Zheng's summary is concise and concise: the emperor is in virtue, not in Zen. It can be called Li Shimin's best comment.

The happy hour is coming to an end again, so let’s talk about things about the family in the next issue:

If you are disrespectful to the people, the people will treat you decently\