Li Chenggan Abolished-"Noble" Ignorance Tang Taizong's literary martial arts was among the best among emperors, but his education of the prince was not successful. He understands the truth, but it can't have a positive effect. On the contrary, the trajectory of things always develops in the direction he least wants to see. His first prince was Li Chenggan. For the healthy growth of the prince, Emperor Taizong took great pains. He chose the best teachers for his son-Yu Zhining, Du, Kong and Zhang. They were all handsome for a while and gave each teacher a thousand exhortations. In the seventh year of Zhenguan (633), Emperor Taizong said to Yu Zhining and Du Fu, "You should always tell the prince about the real life of ordinary people. /kloc-when I was 0/8 years old, I was still among the people, and I clearly knew their sufferings. Later, when he became the son of heaven, he often made mistakes in discussing or dealing with things until others corrected him. How can things be done well without the guidance of honest and upright people? What's more, the prince was born in the deep palace and has never heard of the sufferings of the people? Moreover, the monarch is the key to national security and cannot be arrogant and indulgent. " He ordered the two teachers to seriously remonstrate with Wang Zijin when they encountered improper things, so that he could benefit from them. After ten years of Zhenguan, Taizong said: "I have seen the monarch who started a business in the previous generation. They all grew up among the people, so they know the real situation of the people and rarely die. For the reigning monarch, they are born rich and ignorant of hardships, so it is easy to lead to ruin. I have experienced all kinds of hardships since I was a child, and I have a clear understanding of what is happening in the world, and I am worried about things that I have not considered. And my maharaja was born in the palace, not far from knowledge. How can they understand these truths? Every time I eat, I think of the difficulty of farming; Every time I wear clothes, I think of the hard work of textile. When will princes learn to be like me? I choose people with high moral character to help them, just in the hope that they will always be close to people with high moral character and make fewer mistakes. " "Born in the palace, longer than a woman's hand" was repeatedly mentioned by Emperor Taizong, which can be said to be the crux of the problem. But the prince can't return to the people, and the hardships of his grandparents' parents in the farmland have been somewhat separated for him. Besides, he likes music and hunting and lives in luxury. What the teacher said went in one ear and out the other, so that he did a lot of ridiculous things. For example, he has a big copper stove and a big pot, and hires escaped slaves to steal the cattle and horses of the people, cook them in the big pot and share them with his favorite servants. He likes to divide the left and right attendants and guards into two teams. The two waiters each lead a team. Everyone wore felt-stitched armor, armed with bamboo guns and knives, set up camp to charge and kill the enemy, cut down spears, and treated bleeding and injuries as entertainment. Anyone who disobeyed orders was tied to a tree and beaten up, and many guards were killed. Li Chenggan often clamors: "If I become emperor, I will set up a camp of ten thousand people in the Imperial Garden, and command separately with Hanwang (Li Yuanchang) to watch the soldiers fight hand to hand. Wouldn't that be very happy! " He added, "When I become an emperor, I must enjoy myself and kill those who advise me at once, so that there is no need to kill hundreds of people, and those who advise me dare not speak again." Such an absurd prince is not sorry for Emperor Taizong, but also for his mother and grandson who died young. As a result, he was abolished as a civilian and quietly died in exile in Guizhou. Next, Emperor Taizong made Li Zhi, the king of Jin, a prince. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong said to the ministers around him: "In ancient times, there was a legend about the mother of Wen Wang, the son of prenatal education. I don't have time to care about the education of the prince, but recently, since the prince was replaced, I always have to say something to him. Seeing that he was going to eat, he asked him,' Do you know the truth about eating?' He replied,' I don't know. I told him,' It is difficult to grow crops, and farmers have to make a lot of efforts. Only when the national policy does not go against the farming season can there be food. "When I saw him riding a horse, I asked him,' Do you know the truth about riding a horse? He replied, "I don't know." I said to him,' Horses do hard work for people. Let them rest on time and don't try their best, so that they can ride horses often.' Seeing him take a boat, I asked him,' Do you know the truth about taking a boat?' He replied, "I don't know." I said to him,' A ship can be compared to a monarch, and water can be compared to a people. The knife cuts bread and fingers. You are going to be a monarch, how can you not be afraid of this truth?' Seeing him resting under a crooked tree, I asked him again,' Do you know the truth about this crooked tree?' He replied, "I don't know." I said to him,' Although this tree is bent, it can be processed into straight wood by correcting it with rope ink. As a monarch, even if his morality is not high, he can become wise as long as he accepts more rules and admonitions. ""In this passage, Emperor Taizong asked four questions, and Li Zhi answered four "I don't know". Do you really don't know or are you deliberately playing dumb? I think the former is mostly composed, and it is this indecisive Li Zhi who finally gave the land of the Tang Dynasty to his fierce wife Wu Zetian. Objectively speaking, Wu Zetian is better than Li, which can only prove that "being born in a palace and growing up in a woman's hands" is congenital malnutrition for the growth of a gentleman. The ancients regarded enjoying peace as poisonous wine, and living in wealth without mercy was called misfortune. After the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, there were hundreds of governors, most of whom were arrogant and immoral. Why is this? Indulge in an unrestrained environment, and their position leads them to do so. Cao Gui in the Spring and Autumn Period once said, "Carnivores are contemptible." I still remember a famous saying during the Cultural Revolution: "Noble people are the most stupid, and humble people are the most intelligent." These two sentences are too absolute, but they are very accurate in affirming the grassroots. In fact, the rich and the poor are separated at any time. The poor and the poor can't imagine the life of the rich. All he can imagine is having a big cake to eat every day. The rich will never understand the sufferings of the poor. They will ask the people who eat coarse grains every day to eat green food, which is called incomparable happiness. This is the gap between the two poles. Among them, the ignorance of "nobles" is even more terrible and chilling, because they are at the forefront and are the leaders of the times. The helmsman is still confused. Who can ask: Where is the ship going?