Wei Zheng is not a good person! He never has been!
Perhaps, at first, Xiao Han was confused by the various legends, movies and TV shows of later generations, thinking that this guy who dared to speak out and criticize the emperor was a rare loyal and honest minister!
After he came to the Tang Dynasty and saw all this personally, Wei Zheng's almost perfect image of a loyal minister in his heart had completely collapsed!
Apart from anything else, Xiao Han just wanted to ask: Is there any truly loyal or direct minister in the world who would be a slave of a family with three surnames?
Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian had only changed three masters, but they had been scolded as slaves of the three surnames for thousands of years. And the Master Wei Zhengwei of the Tang Dynasty had more than just worked under three families?
As early as the thirteenth year of Daye, Wei Zheng was still a low-level official, working with the local warlord Yuan Baozang to earn a living.
Later, Yuanbaozang could no longer run his business, so he decided to join the Wagang Army, which was at its peak at the time. Li Mi! The memorials about his surrender at that time were all written by Wei Zheng.
As a result, Xiao Han didn't know what happened to Yuanbaozang, but Wei Zheng was loved by Li Mi for his literary talent, so he took it into his account and became Li Mi's staff.
Later, Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong and had no choice but to submit to Li Tang.
Master Wei fell into Li Tang's arms without saying a word, and said nothing when his former master Li Mi was humiliated and plotted to escape.
Sure enough, not long after, news came outside that Li Mi had been killed, but Mr. Wei Zhengwei was unscathed.
If Wei Zhengzhi is still not smart at this point, then for his next series of operations, we have to give him a thumbs up.
At the beginning of Wude, Wei Zheng requested to go to pacify Shandong, but unfortunately he went to Shandong and was captured by Dou Jiande, the most powerful man in the world at that time.
At that time, someone suggested that Dou Jiande should kill Wei Zheng directly! As a result, under his sharp tongue, Wei Zheng was miraculously retained again and became Dou Jiande's staff.
And he served as this staff member for four years! It was not until Dou Jiande was defeated by Li Shimin that he was able to return to the Tang Dynasty.
To be honest, after experiencing so many ups and downs, most people will be tired and exhausted.
But not only was this famous person in history not tired, but after returning to the Tang Dynasty, he immediately joined the prince's lineage with full energy and continued his journey of no return as a little expert in committing suicide.
During the darkest period of brotherly strife in the Tang Dynasty, Li Jiancheng was persuaded to fight Liu Heita in order to gain military exploits and squeeze out Li Shimin in the army.
Why advise the emperor to send Li Shimin far away? It would be better to send him to a smoky place and let him die naturally.
He even gave Li Jiancheng the idea of using assassins to directly kill Li Shimin!
It's a pity that Li Jiancheng was born indecisive, more than a little sinister, but not ruthless!
None of Wei Zheng's strategies could be implemented well. If only one of them could have been implemented at that time, there would probably have been no Zhenguan rule and no Li Shimin alive today.
Just like that, a few more years passed.
Waiting for the finale, after the Xuanwu Gate incident! Li Shimin immediately came to Wei Zheng and wanted to kill him for alienating their brothers.
The result is self-evident, the invincible Xiaoqiang is online again.
Li Shimin not only did not hack Wei Zheng to death this time, but like his previous superiors, he was impressed by Wei Zheng's eloquence. Instead of blaming him, he gave him the official position of Chief Secretary of Zhan Shimin. Later, he often listened to his opinions about himself.
admonishment.
It was also from then on that Wei Zheng discovered what Li Shimin really wanted! So he began to play the role of an upright and loyal minister with due diligence. Together with Xiao Li Zi, who also needed a loyal minister to show himself, the two of them acted together for a lifetime!
Some people may say that Wei Zheng is not that kind of person! Xiao Han thinks human nature is too sinister.
But Xiao Han wanted to say: Human nature is not static in the first place, otherwise there would be no wise sayings passed down that those who are close to red are red, and those who are close to ink are black.
You need it, I'm good at it! No one can tell what's right or wrong about this kind of thing. Not to mention, Wei Zheng will act the image of a loyal minister for the rest of his life from then on!
But after going through this, Xiao Han's awe for Wei Zheng, a person in charge, was obviously not as good as before.
In his eyes, Wei Zheng, a human being, has long since turned into a human spirit, and he is the type that cannot be trusted! If anyone dares to believe him rashly, they may not even know how he will die in the future!
"Master Wei!"
Obviously, Hou Junji did not understand Xiao Han's feelings. After being named and attacked again and again, Hou Junji finally couldn't sit still. With a sullen face, he stood up from the empty military headquarters.
Come.
"Your Majesty has already said that this is the matter of our Ministry of War! There are also provisions in the laws of the Tang Dynasty! We have the right to punish the officials of the Ministry of War who have made mistakes! There is no need to inform the Third Division and Dali Temple."
When Hou Junji said this, he had already saved some face for Wei Zheng. He knew that Wei Zheng was difficult to deal with, so he just hoped that this stinky stone would go away and stop annoying him.
However, Hou Junji did not expect that if he was dismissed so easily, Wei Zheng would not be the guy who gave even the emperor a headache! Nor would he be the smelly and hard latrine stone that Xiao Han said.
"Datang Laws and Regulations?"
Sure enough, when he saw Hou Jun come out to confront him, Wei Zheng not only did not give in, but instead narrowed his eyes and became more energetic.
Hou Junji only saw him sneer and said to himself: "I wonder if Hou Shangshu has studied the laws of the Tang Dynasty? What are the punishment powers of the Ministry of War written in the laws of the Tang Dynasty?"
"This..." Hou Junji's expression froze when he was asked. How could he read the Laws and Regulations of the Tang Dynasty that were stacked up as high as the table?
As for the Ministry of War’s power to punish? Are there any restrictions on that? Even if there are restrictions, given the tyranny of the Ministry of War over the years, no one has ever dared to come and reason with me, right?
"You don't know!" Wei Zheng saw that Hou Junji was speechless and suddenly laughed loudly: "Then let me explain to you! The Ministry of War has the power to punish its subordinates only if they violate military rules or on the battlefield.
Only when soldiers and generals make mistakes can they be used!
But yesterday, your people walked out of the gate of the Ministry of War and broke directly into the palace of the prince! Can your Ministry of War solve this situation on its own? Then tomorrow, if people from the Ministry of Rites go out to rob other people's homes, will the people who have suffered others come to sue?
, let the Ministry of Etiquette promote itself to the throne, just make a few random moves?!"
"Ahem, our etiquette department will not go out to rob!"
Among the ministers, the officials of the Ministry of Rites rolled their eyes after hearing Wei Zheng's words. They are civilized people. How could they go out to smash and loot like bandits from the Ministry of War?
Besides, even if he has that heart, he can't take it away from the group of veteran ministers in the ministry who are often in their 60s or 70s!
