Chapter 171: Annual Tributes Pollute the Fengshan Temple

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 this short morning of 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, and his forward-thinking vision of unifying weights and measures in the same way as his writings and carriages has lasted to the present and ancient times.

The first time to complete the great unification was 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 policy 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 that of 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 personally went on a military expedition, I could conquer 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 heavenly book descends and proclaims 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 copies of the Zen seal Mount Tai 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 felt a little aggrieved in my heart. Why are these Koreans so nosy? If I have the chance, I will definitely follow His Majesty to the battle and contribute!

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

"The alliance under the city can boast of merit, and the land of Yanyun can be enthroned by the thieves."

"You don't feel ashamed to pay the annual tribute, and how can you show your majesty by wasting people's strength to cover your ears and steal the bell?"

"What the history of the Song Dynasty said is really right. The king is dirty and the ministers are evil. How can such a country last hundreds of years?"

"It can be said that..." Li Shimin shook his head and felt that it was difficult to evaluate.

Du Ruhui remembered Guangmu's previous humorous words:

"Pulling the mill with naked buttocks?"

Li Shimin was stunned, and then burst into laughter.

Hou Junji Yuchi Jingde didn't understand what he meant. After being explained by Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Jingde, who was as cold as a face, also squeezed out a smile.

After laughing, he was angry at his lack of fighting spirit:

"The Empress Dowager is leading the Liao army, which shows that there is unrest in the country."

"Besides, they are attacking from afar, and the Song Dynasty is defending the city. If they hold on for a long time, the Liao Dynasty will surely be defeated. In this case, what kind of brotherly alliance are they signing!"

Fang Xuanling hesitated:

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

"If the prime minister is against it, the brotherly alliance will definitely not be signed. Perhaps the difference in military strength between the Song and Liao is really too great?"

"How can there be brothers who pay tribute every year?!" Li Shimin's contempt was obvious:

" I would rather swindle the people's money and tarnish the name of Mount Tai than lose a penny to subsidize the military to avenge my shame."

"I am ashamed to be associated with them!"

Wei Zheng protested:

"Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty is such a sycophant, and we are also disdainful to be associated with it!"

The ministers nodded together, and the taciturn Yuchi Jingde even said:

"If you sign this alliance, I will die on the battlefield first."

Hou Junji also said: "It is called an alliance, but it is actually a shame. I am also willing to fight until every soldier is killed."

Li Shimin was very pleased. Our Tang Dynasty is still reliable.

This Song Dynasty is next to our Tang Dynasty, why didn't it learn a little bit of martial spirit from the great Tang Dynasty?

Even if we don't talk about the early Tang Dynasty, the late Tang Dynasty also had heroes like Zhang Yichao of the Guiyi Army.

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

Fang Xuanling suddenly realized something:

"Before, the light curtain said that the Taixuan era was prosperous, but I didn't understand what it meant."

"Now it seems that the 100-year prosperity from your majesty to Xuanzong is called the Taixuan era."

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

"What kind of foolish means did Xuanzong use to make future generations regret that he couldn't die 20 years earlier?"

Who can figure it out? Du Ruhui sighed:

"Maybe it took 20 years to promote An Lushan?"

But Du Ruhui himself didn't believe it.

...

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 having the light curtain, he wondered if he had the opportunity to rewrite history and change to a better posthumous title?

And then he learned that the Xiongnu Han not only had Emperor Guangwen, but also Emperor Zhaowu.

Then the temple name doesn't say Zu, but Zong, isn't it bold? !

As a result, the emperor didn't care whether he was a human or not, and what kind of Zong was Cao Ze, and the thief even had the nerve to connect the three ancestors?

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

Fengchan, isn't it very bold? !

What kind of a thing is this Song Zhenzong?

Liu Bei was very desperate:

"There are more people in the future, how come the martial virtues have been lost to this extent, the monarch and the ministers are shameless, and have no sense of being the emperor of China?"

Zhang Fei was more open-minded:

"I remember that Guangmu also said before that the future generations want to surpass the Han and Tang dynasties. This shows that no matter how shameless the monarch and the ministers are, they can't deceive the people."

"The people still know the good of our Han Dynasty."

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

"Why did this Song minister start by moving the capital and running away?" Zhang Song was puzzled.

"How could this prime minister agree to such an alliance?" Liu Ba thought it was too outrageous.

"This Zhao Heng not only sullied Mount Tai, but also sullied the temple name of Zhenzong! This Song Dynasty, the ministers are not ministers, the monarch is not a monarch, and the country is not a country!" Fa Zheng said coldly.

Zhao Yun was a man of few words, and at this moment he had only one question:

"Is there no iron-blooded general in the court of Emperor Zhenzong?"

Pang Tong smiled and said, "There must be some, but they can't speak, right?" He glanced at Kong Ming.

Kong Ming nodded slowly:

The lessons of the previous dynasty must serve as a warning to the later dynasties, such as Emperor Gaozu's pacification of Qin's tyranny and Emperor Guangwu's sympathy for the people.

The Tang Dynasty was strong in martial virtue, and An Lushan was the adopted son of the Tang Emperor. It is possible that he held a large number of troops and caused chaos.

This is the only way to explain why righteous men like Zhang Yichao were treated with such suspicion.

But there is no need to say these out loud.

Kong Ming sighed deeply.

【After Emperor Zhenzong, the most qualified person to offer sacrifices to Mount Tai should be Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, in view of the precedent of Emperor Zhenzong, and the fact that he often gave great rewards to civil and military officials after offering sacrifices to the gods, Zhu Baba has always been frugal in his life. You officials still want to make money from him? Dream on!

Besides, Zhu was born as a beggar and won the world with nothing. Isn't this achievement much more impressive than traveling to Mount Tai?

So Zhu Baba read the memorial suggesting Fengshan without replying.

Later, Emperor Yongle Judy was also suggested to Fengshan. Judy responded:

Nowadays, floods, droughts and plagues have not been eliminated in the world. How can it be called a prosperous era?

And my idol Li Shimin didn't do Fengshan, so why should I?

But Li Shimin actually considered Fengshan. During the Zhenguan period, the ministers mentioned it six times.

The first two times were in the fifth year of Zhenguan, when the Turks were pacified and everything was in ruins. Erfeng refused because she was afraid of wasting money and labor.

The third time was in the sixth year of Zhenguan, when she was ready to go, but was stopped by Wei Zheng.

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

He has great achievements, great virtue, the four barbarians are submissive, the harvest is abundant, and auspicious signs are coming. Why can't he be enthroned?

Wei Zheng was called Erfeng's dressing mirror, and his answers were very organized. He believed that all the expenses incurred by enthroning would be passed on to the people, which would be a waste of money and labor. It happened that the Yellow River had a flood that year, so he let it go.

The fourth time was in the eleventh year of Zhenguan, when Wei Zheng was also convinced and took the initiative to help, but in the end, there were problems with the etiquette and let it go.

The fifth time was in the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, when the etiquette was resolved, the celestial phenomena changed, and the stars explained that there was chaos in the country, so he had to give up again and destroy Gaochang to vent his anger.

The last time was in the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, when he issued an edict that he would definitely be enthroned next year! As a result, another decree was issued in August: due to repeated civil works and the flood in Hebei, the Fengshan ceremony will be postponed next year.

That is why Li Zhi later said: Father, don't panic, I will do it for you!

But in fact, looking back, Erfeng himself may not care much, after all, he himself has made a long speech comparing the First Emperor and Emperor Wen of Han.

Wei Zheng's summary is concise: The emperor is about virtue, not Fengshan. It can be regarded as the best annotation of Li Shimin.

Happy time is coming to an end, so let's talk about the things of the family in the next issue:

"You are not decent to the people, and the people will make you decent"]

The Three Kingdoms is almost over, and the next video will transition to Li Shimin's blood pressure.