Thousand Characters

Chapter 32

[Original text]

Fu Luo will be the general, Lu Xia Huai Qing.The households were sealed off in eight counties, and the households were given thousands of soldiers.

【Note】

General: This refers to civil and military officials.Xia: Tong "clip". "Huaiqing: It is the abbreviation of "Sanhuai Jiuqing". The so-called Sanhuai refers to the three princes, representing the three most noble positions in the country, such as the grand master, grand master, and grand protector before the Qin and Han Dynasties, Situ, Sikong, and Sikong in the Han Dynasty. Sima. The so-called Jiuqing refers to the nine chief executives of Fengchang, Langzhongling, Weiwei, Taipu, Tingwei, Dianke, Zongzheng, Zhisu Neishi, and Shaofu during the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Guangnei Temple was introduced above , here we will introduce the situation of Chengming Palace. From this we know that Chengming Palace is the place where the emperor used to receive civil and military officials and heroes from all walks of life.

【Interpretation】

Inside the imperial court, there is a gathering of heroes, civil and military officials lined up in order; outside the imperial court, standing on both sides of the road are the country's most important central officials.Each of these ministers and generals has a fief as large as eight counties, and each family has more than a thousand guard soldiers.

【allusion】

During the more than 20 years when Tang Taizong Li Shimin was in power, the politics was enlightened, the national power was strong, and the people lived a stable and prosperous life.The reason why Emperor Taizong of Tang was able to govern the country well was that besides emphasizing the combination of morality and ability in employing people and his own talents, the most important thing was to be good at accepting advice, and thus won the reputation of "the emperor who is best at accepting advice" in Chinese history .Because Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty encouraged admonitions and emphasized the innocence of the admonishers, a large number of ministers who dared to admonish appeared in the court: Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, etc. were famous in the early stage of Zhenguan, and Arima Zhou and Liu Bo were famous in the later period. , Chu Suiliang, etc.Among the ministers, Wei Zheng is the most representative. He always advises Tang Taizong constantly, and often argues with reason without giving in at all.Tang Taizong respected him very much and often called him into the palace to listen to his opinions alone.At that time, a minister in the court had a daughter who was both talented and beautiful. Emperor Taizong of Tang wanted to choose her into the palace and registered her in the book.However, this girl is already engaged to someone and has a husband's family, but there is nothing she can do. Since she was selected into the palace, who dares to say no?After Wei Zheng heard about this, he hurriedly advised Tang Taizong: "Your Majesty is surrounded by groups of concubines and beautiful women. You should think about whether the poor people have a home." Tang Taizong didn't understand for a while, and asked curiously: "You What exactly do you want to say?" Wei Zheng clarified his intention and said, "The girl has promised to her husband's family, but the emperor wants to take it for himself. Is this something a wise monarch can do?" Tang Taizong listened After hearing Wei Zheng's words, he admitted that he was not, and immediately issued an edict to cross out the girl's name from the list of concubines.Once in court, Wei Zheng argued with Emperor Taizong about one matter, which made Emperor Taizong blush.Back in the harem, Tang Taizong was very angry, and really wanted to order Wei Zheng to be pushed out and beheaded.When Empress Changsun knew about it, she walked into the inner room quietly, changed into a formal dress for meeting the emperor, walked up to Tang Taizong, and bowed respectfully to Tang Taizong.Tang Taizong was confused and asked her what she was doing.Empress Changsun said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. I heard that if there is a wise monarch, there are ministers who dare to remonstrate directly. Now that Wei Zheng has committed Yan Zhijian's remonstrance, it shows the emperor's wisdom. So I congratulate the Emperor with this ceremony." Tang Taizong Hearing what Empress Changsun said, he immediately turned his anger into joy, and understood the empress' good intentions, and respected Wei Zheng even more.He often praised Wei Zheng in front of the ministers and said: "People say that Wei Zheng has a violent temper and rude behavior. I think this is where he is honest and lovely." In 643 AD, Wei Wei was seriously ill, and Emperor Taizong sent people to visit him every day. He also consulted him on state affairs at any time.Soon, Wei Zheng passed away, and Tang Taizong went to offer his condolences in person.Afterwards, Tang Taizong lamented in front of all the officials: "With copper as a mirror, you can see whether your clothes and hats are correct; with history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall of a country; with people as a mirror, you can know whether your actions are correct. Now that Wei Zheng passed away, I There is a lack of a mirror to discern gains and losses.

(End of this chapter)