Introduction: The emperor has no true temperament. The reason is very simple: the emperor is the best profession in the world. It can easily mobilize the world's manpower and material resources to serve the family. No one does not envy it. Therefore, The emperor was always careful about his position, fearing that it would be taken away by someone inadvertently. Because of this, it was impossible for the emperor to truly trust anyone other than his own flesh and blood. His so-called "revelation of true feelings" to his ministers was nothing more than a political show and a means to win over people's hearts.

The real Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty

In Chinese history, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was a very popular emperor. First, he knew how to recuperate with the people. In the early Tang Dynasty, there was a "Zhenguan" Secondly, his material life was relatively frugal. During his reign, the extravagant style of the royal family was curbed to a certain extent. However, if we think that the real Taizong of the Tang Dynasty is morally noble, we are really being pretentious.

A book by Guo Canjin tells many stories about Tang Taizong's power play. Xu Maogong (Li Ji) was once an important counselor of the Wagang Army. He made great contributions to the initial development and growth of the Wagang Army. After the defeat of the Wagang Army, it surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. This man was extremely talented in military affairs. He once served as the main force to pacify the Turks and brought stability to the north for more than ten years. On the one hand, Li Shimin admired Xu Maogong's talents very much, and successively appointed him as the governor of Bingzhou and the minister of the Ministry of War; on the other hand, he was wary of Xu Maogong, and he was kind to Xu Maogong and suppressed him at the same time.

One day, Xu Maogong suddenly fell seriously ill. One of the medicines prescribed by the imperial doctor was beard gray. In order to treat Xu Maogong, Li Shimin immediately cut off his beard and handed it to the doctor. Xu Maogong couldn't help but be moved by the fact that the emperor cared about his meritorious officials, including his body, hair, and skin. After he recovered from his illness, he paid homage to Li Shimin, knelt down and kowtowed until blood flowed from his forehead. Li Shimin waved his hand and said: Don't be like this. I am doing this for the sake of the country. Who makes you so important? Then, Li Shimin left Xu Maogong to have a drink. After three glasses of wine, he began to ask the orphan "after drinking": "I think that I am a young orphan, and there is no one who can change the father. You have not left Li Mi behind, how can you let me down?" Hearing this Xu Maogong was even more moved. In order to express his excitement, he actually "bleeded from biting his finger". Later, when Xu Maogong was drunk, Emperor Taizong took off his royal clothes and put them on Xu Maogong himself.

However, Tang Taizong was not always so kind to Xu Maogong. After becoming seriously ill, Tang Taizong knew that his son Li Zhi was cowardly by nature, so he demoted Xu Maogong, who was completely blameless, as the governor of Diezhou. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty explained Li Zhi this way: "He is very talented and intelligent, but you are not kind to him, and I am afraid that you will not be able to accept him. I am deposing him now. If he does it immediately, after my death, you will use him as a servant and take charge of him personally." If you linger and look around, you will be killed!" Fortunately, Xu Maogong had been in officialdom for a long time and knew Taizong's thoughts. After receiving the order, he immediately rushed to his new post and avoided death.

On the surface, it seems that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was really a good friend of Xu Maogong at first. You are the most motivated to be appointed as the minister of defense of a country. You have the power to mobilize the army. Most people would not think so. Don't think; the "deepest" feelings are with you. In order to cure Xu Maogong's illness, Li Shimin cut off his beard. Xu Maogong got drunk and personally covered him with imperial robes. However, no matter how good Tang Taizong was to Xu Maogong, it was actually a political strategy and had nothing to do with his true inner temperament. For the benefit of the royal family, Tang Taizong could lavish favors on his ministers and win over them in every possible way; similarly, for this benefit, he could also demote his ministers at will without following the basic rules of the game. The same was the attitude of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty towards Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng gave many opinions to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Taizong basically obeyed his advice. He also left behind an eternal saying such as "Use copper as a mirror to correct your clothes and hats, use history as a mirror to know the ups and downs, and use people as a mirror to understand gains and losses." . However, he actually didn't like Wei Zheng in his heart. Once after he retired from the court, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said a harsh word: "Every time Wei Zheng goes to court, he disgraces me. I will kill him sooner or later!" After Wei Zheng's death, he ordered the tombstone of Wei Zheng to be put down.

The emperor has no true temperament. The reason is very simple: the emperor is the best profession in the world. It can easily mobilize the world's manpower and material resources to serve the family. No one does not envy him. Therefore, the emperor has the best job in the world. I am always cautious about my seat, for fear of being taken away by someone inadvertently. Because of this, it was impossible for the emperor to truly trust anyone other than his own flesh and blood. His so-called "revelation of true feelings" to his ministers was nothing more than a political show and a means to win over people's hearts.