Folk tales: a thousand tricks

The abandoned prince

On the day of the first month, it snowed heavily. Wei Ruxi carefully helped his white-haired old father Wei Zhi to Xianyang Ferry. At this time, Prime Minister Fang hurried to see me off with a servant carrying a light red paint box.

This time, in order to abolish the establishment of the Prince, Wei Zhi bluntly remonstrated with Emperor Taizong and was expelled from Chang 'an.

Speaking of princes, it's a long story. The eldest grandson gave birth to three sons, the firstborn Li Chenggan, the second Lee Tae and the third Li Zhi. Li Chenggan suffered from foot disease since childhood, and walked with a little limp, but he was smart and agile, which won the favor of Emperor Taizong. At the age of eight, he was made a prince.

When the eldest grandson queen was alive, she was very strict with Li Chenggan. At that time, Li Chenggan studied hard and was sensible and polite. When Emperor Taizong went out to inspect, he stayed in Chang 'an to take charge of state affairs and handle military affairs. After the death of his eldest grandson, Emperor Taizong indulged and prized Li Chenggan too much, letting himself drift and stopped studying hard.

Wei Zhi repeatedly persuaded Li Chenggan to study hard, but Li Chenggan promised to be frank, but turned around and continued to eat, drink and be merry. Later, when Emperor Taizong learned that Li Chenggan had done nothing, he was furious and wanted to abolish him and make Wang Wei and Lee Tae his successors.

Speaking of Lee Tae, he loved literature since he was a child. Emperor Taizong ordered that a literary museum be specially built for him, and asked him to call the literati at that time to write poems in the museum.

In fact, Lee Tae has long coveted the position of prince. In the name of the literary museum, he recruited a large number of people, such as Fang, the son of Fang, and planned how to ascend to the position of prince.

Therefore, the contradiction between Li Chenggan and Lee Tae became more and more acute, and Emperor Taizong was also very upset. On this day, Emperor Taizong deliberately mentioned Li Chenggan and Lee Tae in the court, and let the civil and military officials weigh the advantages and disadvantages of these two people. Some ministers protect the current Prince Li Chenggan, while others support Wang Tai. The two sides are deadlocked. Finally, Emperor Taizong threw the question to Wei Zhi: "Wei Aiqing, what do you say?"

Wei Zhi pondered for a long time and said to Emperor Taizong: "Although Prince Li Chenggan is arrogant, the East Palace cannot change its owner, otherwise it will lead to great disaster. Wang Taicong is bright and studious, but his thoughts are unpredictable. If he is rashly admitted to the East Palace, it will be difficult to convince the public. Please think twice and don't bring unexpected disasters to the country and people of Lebanon. "

Hearing Wei Zhi's remarks, Emperor Taizong felt reasonable, so he had to give up the idea of abolishing the prince, and made an imperial decree, naming Wei Zhi as the surname of the prince and asking him to teach Li Chenggan.

I didn't think that Li Chenggan failed to live up to the painstaking efforts of Emperor Taizong and Wei Zhi. Instead of repentance, he intensified his efforts. He sent Helan, the son-in-law general who trusted the general, disguised himself as a masked man and sneaked into Wei Xing to assassinate him. Fortunately, Wei was heavily guarded, and Helan failed several times and was finally caught.

After Helan Chu Shi was captured, before being tortured, he obediently told all the things that Li Chenggan sent him to assassinate Wang Wei, and said that he was willing to work for Wang Wei in order to save his life. Lee Tae turned anger into joy, so he repented Helan Chu Shi.

After Helan returned to the Prince's Mansion, he persuaded his father-in-law, and encouraged Prince Li Chenggan to launch a coup. Li Chenggan is no longer the gentle and clever prince. Instead of being afraid of being a prince, it is better to follow his father's example and launch a coup and become an emperor himself.

As the gang was plotting, someone had reported it to Emperor Taizong. As a result, Hou and Helan were caught red-handed and put on death row.

Emperor Taizong, who initiated the change of Xuanwu Gate, was almost mad when he saw that his son was going to forcibly enter the palace now. In desperation, he decided to abolish Li Chenggan and make Lee Tae a prince.

When Wei Zhi heard about it, he came to see Emperor Taizong and advised him to abolish the Prince carefully. His words are sincere: "The truth of the prince's rebellion has not been ascertained. If the king is appointed as a prince at this time, I am afraid it will lead to chaos in the clique and endless future troubles. Please think twice! "

Emperor Taizong, in a rage, simply refused to listen to Wei Zhi's painstaking suggestions. He said with a straight face: "I still know others, and I am not a groggy person!" "

Wei Zhi said firmly, "When I watched the holy family abolish the prince, I thought it was impetuous. I don't listen to advice and suggestions, and I don't understand people at all. "

Emperor Taizong suddenly flew into a rage: "Wei Zhi, your life is like heaven, who dares to disobey it?" I have made up my mind to abolish Li Chenggan and establish Wang Wei. Not afraid of decapitation? "In this way, Wei Zhi was expelled from Chang 'an.

See the emperor

And Fang finished their glasses of wine. Suddenly, they heard the snow crunching on the road. They looked up and saw a group of people pushing heavy wooden carts with their hands and carrying heavy wood on their shoulders, struggling to make their way to Chang 'an. The women standing by told them the notice posted by the government yesterday: "People in the suburbs of Beijing are busy cutting stones and trees on the mountains to rebuild the palace for Wang Wei."

Wei Zhi look dignified, don't talk for a long time. He said with dignity: "The emperor really wants to make the king a prince, and has ordered Zhongshu Province to draft an imperial decree to make the king a prince!"

Asked Fang with a frown, "What do you think of your character?"

On reflection, Fang replied, "I was ordered to hear the case of Li Chenggan's rebellion, and I learned that Helan instigated the rebellion of the Prince. When Helan went to assassinate the king, he was captured in Wei. Originally, Lee Tae could have put Helan Chu Shi in prison, but somehow he was released. There must be something hidden in it. "

Hearing Fang's words, he said anxiously, "It seems that this so-called Prince Rebellion has something to do with Wang Wei. Now that the case has not been investigated clearly, how can he be a prince! "

Party sighed and said, "the emperor has decided that the imperial edict will be promulgated soon. Now it seems that what is done is done! "

Hearing Fang's words, he trembled all over and shouted at his son Wei Ruxi, "You sealed my son, so hurry up and serve him with pen and ink!" Fang Lingxuan quickly asked, "Gong Wei, what do you want?" Wei Zhi looked solemn and said slowly, "I want to stop the emperor from issuing the imperial edict!"

The words surprised Fang. He grabbed Wei Zhi by the sleeve and said, "Duke Wei, you have offended the emperor and been expelled from the court. Can be said to be at the end of their tether, the future is uncertain. If you remonstrate, you will not only worry about your life, but also harm nine families! "

After listening to Fang's words, Wei Ruxi, his son, quickly begged, "Dad, you have been expelled from the court now, and you are not in your position. Please don't do anything that will set you on fire! "

After listening to his son Wei Ruxi's entreaties, Wei Zhi glared at him and said with expression, "In that case, you don't have to bother to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone for me!"

After that, Wei Zhi bit his middle finger and wrote two sentences on the paper with deep red blood: "The so-called rebellion of the prince has not been ascertained, please postpone the promulgation of the imperial edict!"

Fang took the bloody book written with his fingers with trembling hands, which paid great respect to him. He decided to immediately enter the palace to present this bloody book to Emperor Taizong, and quickly questioned an important member of Wang Taidang and the legacy of his black sheep to find out the real situation of Wang Taigang.

Wei Ruxi was square and his servant had gone far, so he asked his father to cross the river by boat and leave Chang 'an, the capital of China, to avoid other places and stop asking about the court. However, Wei Zhi's eyes were sharp, and he said forcefully to his son, "I'm not going to cross the Weihe River. I'm going back to Chang 'an with Gong Fang to see the emperor, and I'll take full responsibility for preventing the emperor from issuing the imperial edict! "

Just then, there were waves of wheels rolling and footsteps stepping on the snow on the road over there, as well as the horn of migrant workers. Wei Zhi listened, but also worried, "wow" vomitted an one mouthful blood.

Wei Ruxi hurried forward and asked the servant to hold him. With the help of his son, Wei Zhi braved the storm and returned to Chang 'an step by step.

Back to Chang 'an

Just as Emperor Taizong was preparing to worship his ancestors, read the imperial edict and made the king a prince, he suddenly received Fang's bloody book.

When he saw it, he couldn't help shouting angrily: "I must kill Wei Zhi, the nosy old man!" Then, angrily ordered the body-guards to immediately surround Wei Zhi's official residence.

At this moment, Fang has found out all the crimes of Wang Wei and conspiring to frame Prince Li Chenggan. He immediately presented the handwritten confession of his son Fang and Helan to Emperor Taizong.

Fang Cao said to Emperor Taizong, "The so-called chaos in the Eastern Palace was caused by Wang Wei. Wang Wei and Lee Tae bought Helan Chu Shi with huge sums of money and incited Prince Li Chenggan to revolt. Prince Li Chenggan has no intention of rebellion. The author of this case is Wang Tai ... "

Emperor Taizong read Fang and Helan's personal confession and listened to Fang. Angry and anxious, he regretted blaming Wei Zhi. Thinking that Wei Zhi was really a rare loyal and patriotic minister who risked his life for his country, Emperor Taizong could not help but blurt out: "Where is Wei Zhi, the old love of loyal and patriotic?"

The ministers around hurriedly said, "The emperor has sent a royal guard to surround the old Prime Minister's residence in Wei Zhi. Now, the old prime minister of Wei Zhi is dying in bed. I heard that he is dying ... "

Hearing this, Emperor Taizong suddenly woke up from a dream. He hastily ordered the withdrawal of the Royal Guard that surrounded Wei Zhi's residence, and then he hurried to Wei Zhi's residence.

Before Wei Zhi's bed, Emperor Taizong saw Wei Zhi who was seriously ill in bed. He was haggard and dying. There is an unfinished piece of paper beside the bed.

At this time, Wei Zhi's closed eyes slowly opened, and he told his son Wei Ruxi to prepare pen and ink in a very weak voice. He wants to dictate the unfinished paper and order his son Wei Ruxi to write a ghost record.

Wei Ruxi hurried to Wei Zhi's bed, ready to tell Wei Zhi that the emperor was coming soon. However, before Wei Ruxi could speak, Emperor Taizong quickly waved Wei Ruxi not to tell Wei Zhi the news of his arrival.

Wei Zhi closed his eyes slightly again and intermittently dictated what he was going to play in the court, which was related to the national economy and people's livelihood and national security.

At this time, Emperor Taizong quickly and quietly took the pen and paper in Wei Ruxi's hand, stood piously in front of Wei Zhi's bed, listened carefully to Wei Zhi's dictation, and recorded it meticulously.

When Wei Zhi finished dictating, he was panting and fainted.

Emperor Taizong said with tears in his eyes: "With history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; Take people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. Wei Zhi old Ai Qing, you are a mirror of mine, and the finger you wrote on that bloody book is rare in the world! "

The next day, when Emperor Taizong summoned ministers to discuss the matter in court, he issued an imperial edict declaring that Prince Li Chenggan and Wang Tai had full rebellion. Both of them were abolished, Hou and He Lan were severely punished according to law, and Li Zhi, the king of Jin, was made a prince.

At this time, Wei Ruxi came to see Emperor Taizong in plain clothes. He cried that his father Wei Zhi had passed away. With tears in his eyes, Emperor Taizong said, "When Wei Zhi old Ai Qing died, I lost a mirror and a pen of fate!" # The Story of the World #