Li Shimin once regarded Wei Zheng as his mirror, why would he destroy his tomb after his death?

Wei Zheng was called a mirror by Li Shimin, and three days after his death, he was whipped by Li Shimin mainly because Li Shimin was dissatisfied with him.

Because Wei Zheng is a very upright person, he is a tendon in words and deeds, and he disagreed with Li Shimin in many places, which led to being killed by Li Shimin in the end.

Because the two people recommended by Wei Zheng participated in the rebellion, Li Shimin also suspected Wei Zheng, so he started whipping the corpse.

Wei Zheng's words are sometimes too straightforward, and he must be unhappy to be called his own mirror, and there are people like me, so I killed him.

Although Wei Zheng made great contributions to the country, he argued with the emperor in the court many times, and even ridiculed the emperor in public, which made the emperor's dignity go anywhere.

Although Wei Zheng is Li Shimin's mirror, he will be hated by others if he is too outspoken, let alone the emperor.

Although Wei Zheng is also a mirror, and he made a lot of suggestions for Li Shimin at that time, I definitely feel unhappy.

Maybe he really committed a heinous crime, or maybe Li Shimin killed Wei Zheng by mistake, but the real reason is not clear.

In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan (642), Wei Zheng was sick and bedridden, and the envoys sent by Taizong of Tang Dynasty to visit each other looked at each other. Wei Zheng was frugal all his life, and his family had no proper sleep, so Tang Taizong immediately ordered all the materials to build a small hall for himself to build a big house for Wei Zheng. Soon after, Wei Zheng died of illness at home.

Taizong came to mourn, wept bitterly, and said: "The husband uses copper as a mirror, and he can be dressed properly; With the ancient as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. I always keep these three mirrors in case I make mistakes.

Now Wei Zheng died, and he died in one shot. ”

Because he felt that Wei Zheng restricted his own behavior, also restricted the development of the Tang Dynasty, restricted the development of self-skinning, and also caused a great impact on himself, so the bridge sale would have such behavior.

Because his image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Tang Taizong has a psychological shadow, and many people will remember what Wei Zheng did.

This is because he regards the other party as a generation of Ming Jun, and he has a lot of grudges in his heart, and he has heard a lot of slander from many people.

This is because Wei Zheng is good at admonishing, and he has always been outspoken, which makes Tang Taizong very angry every time, but there is nothing he can do, because Wei Zheng pointed out many mistakes to him, which is equivalent to the mirror of Tang Taizong.

Because Wei Zheng dared to speak out to the emperor, he dared to say anything that Tang Taizong did well or did not do well. Even if Tang Taizong lost his temper because of this, he was not afraid and made a generous statement as usual. A total of more than 200 times before and after Tang Taizong was admonished, so after Wei Zheng died, Tang Taizong said very sadly:

With copper as a mirror, you can be dressed; With the ancient as a mirror, we can see the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. Wei Zheng died, and I lost a mirror. This is also Tang Taizong's evaluation of Wei Zheng's personality.

Because in Li Shimin's view, as an emperor, he will often make mistakes, but Wei Zheng will often remind him of his mistakes, and he will not shy away from it.

Because Wei Zheng dared to tell the truth, Li Shimin made a bad decision, Wei Zheng would boldly not say it, and gave his own opinions, so that Li Shimin avoided a lot of mistakes, so he would say so.

Because in the 6th month after Wei Zheng's death, the prince forced the palace to rebel, and Hou Junji and Du Zhenglun, who he had strongly recommended in front of Tang Taizong, were implicated, which made Li Shimin very angry.

Because Li Shimin knew that Wei Zheng often showed his advice to the historians, which was a challenge to his authority, he wanted to do so.

There are two sins. The first is that the people he introduced were involved in the competition for the crown prince. The second is that he gave his advice to Li Shimin to the historian, and asked him to go next, and many things in it were critical of Li Shimin.

The crime of deceiving the emperor. Because Wei Zheng deceived Li Shimin, after Wei Zheng's death, Li Shimin knew that he had deceived himself, so he smashed his tombstone.

There is nothing particularly big about it, it's just that he has been talking back to Li Shimin. Therefore, Li Shimin was very angry, but made a contribution to the Tang Dynasty.