Emperor Taizong was a wise king, Wei Zhi was his courtier, and Wei Zhi was a man who dared to speak. He always pointed out the problems of Emperor Taizong without mercy. On one occasion, Emperor Taizong was teasing a foreign tribute bird when he suddenly saw Wei Zhi coming.

Emperor Taizong was afraid that Wei Zhi said he was greedy for pleasure, so he quickly hid the bird in his clothes. As a result, after Wei Zhi came, he kept talking to Emperor Taizong, who could only listen. After Wei Zhi left, Emperor Taizong took the bird out again and found it dead. It's a little funny to be an emperor afraid of ministers.

But it can also be seen from here that Emperor Taizong was a very enlightened emperor, and he could accept the opinions given by his courtiers. There is also an old saying between the two of them, "People-oriented, you can know the gains and losses." Wei Zhi is the mirror of Emperor Taizong, so that he can realize his shortcomings and become a better emperor.

2. Zhu Yuanzhang

Zhu Yuanzhang is a famous beggar emperor in history. In the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), Ru, then the minister of punishments, wrote a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, telling the truth of the current situation and criticizing the emperor's harsh punishment. One of the characteristics of this petition is that it has more than 10 thousand words, which can be called a thousand-word text.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhong Shulang and Wang Min to read him Yan Hong's book. He read 6,370 words and didn't hear any specific opinions. What he said was empty talk and rhetoric. In addition, there are words in this article, such as "A capable man, who only had a few survivors a few years ago, is now a pedantic Confucian and vulgar official", which once again defied the emperor.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang lost his temper without hearing it, called Ru Taisu to reprimand him, sentenced him to a court official's punishment, and gave him a good beating. The next night, Zhu Yuanzhang had it read again. After reading the word 16500, he only touched on this topic and suggested five things.

There are four things that are desirable and feasible, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the competent authorities to implement them. At the same time, he pointed out that these five things can be explained clearly in more than 500 words, but they have written more than 17000 words, which is too complicated.

3. Military parade

Qi Jiguang, a general of the Ming Dynasty, was often scolded by his wife. The men couldn't stand it any longer, so they gave him an idea and said, "Tomorrow, we will wait for all the soldiers to line up on both sides with weapons. The general asked her to come to the military camp to give lectures and shock her, and her life will be better in the future. "

Qi Jiguang exultation, according to the plan. The next day, the camp was cold and murderous.

The lady saw this situation and asked sharply, "What do you want to do like this?" Qi Jiguang plopped down on his knees: "No other meaning, I specially invited my wife to the military parade." Yu Dan said it well: I am afraid that my father is filial piety and my wife is love.

4. The story of the face-to-face draft

During the Northern Song Dynasty in China, there was an official named Lu Dong who used to be an official in Suzhou. At that time, he sentenced a prisoner to exile. We know that ancient exiles had to get tattoos on their faces. When Lv Dong was there, the prisoner had a word: a prison city in a certain state was specially tattooed. But later one of his assistants reminded him not to use the word "special", because the use of this word is usually decided by the court temporarily, so it can't be used on the prisoner's face.

So Lv Dong asked people to get the prisoner back quickly, and then changed the word "special thorn" to "whole". It is estimated that the prisoner's face is also relatively large. If it's small, it's estimated that it won't stab. Many years later, someone recommended Lv Dong to the imperial court for promotion. A man above said, Oh, this man! I know this man, isn't he the one who made a draft on his face? ! That's why we have this story!

5. Gan Long matches Ji Xiaolan.

One day, Gan Long found Ji Xiaolan in pairs. This pair of dried beans sounds like: two plates of beans. Ji Xiaolan thought: The emperor usually makes some difficult sentences. Why is it so simple this time? Handle with care, answer: one euro of oil. Sure enough, Qianlong changed his mouth: I said-two butterflies fight.

Ji Xiaolan seemed to have expected it long ago and said unhurriedly, "I mean-seagull swimming." . The emperor added: There are two butterflies in the flower. Ji Xiaolan casually replied, A seagull is swimming on the water.