Speaking of the worship of Wei Zhi, there is a very interesting story. Living in the Tang Dynasty, it was not Emperor Taizong who first protected it, but Prince Li. After the "Xuanwumen Change", Li Shimin only used Wei Zhi. Wei Zhi thought, since you used me, I have to remonstrate and try my best to make you listen. So he came up with the idea of telling stories.
On one occasion, Emperor Taizong went out for a cruise, came to Luoyang and lived in Ren Xian Palace. He wanted to eat river crabs, but he didn't have this dish after dinner. Li Shimin's anger came up at that time. As soon as he struck the table, he scolded the local officials, saying that they ignored the emperor and were arrogant and would be severely punished. The local officials were too scared to go out, so they couldn't breathe. They quickly knelt down and kowtowed and repented. In fact, it was early spring. Where can I find river crabs in Luoyang? But if the emperor wants to eat, he has to do it. No way, local officials quickly urged everyone to ride fast horses to Xinyang Prefecture to catch river crabs.
When Wei Zhi heard about it, he immediately asked the emperor. Li Shimin knows that he likes to find fault. When he came in, he said angrily, "What can I do for you?"
Wei Zhi said, "It's nothing. I will tell the emperor a story to relieve boredom. "
Li Shimin was very happy to hear that he had come to tell a story. He said, "Well, I'm bored and bored. It's good to listen to a story. "
Wei Zhi said, "Today the emperor lives in Ren Xian Palace, so I will tell the story of Ren Xian Palace. This Ren Xian Palace was built by an emperor a long time ago. The emperor did evil, bullied his mother and sister-in-law, was extravagant and dissipated, and had a bad reputation. When the palace was built, the rare materials and stones in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of Wuling Mountain were confiscated, and more than one million people were driven to hard labor. After death, they buried the body around the palace. So, there are still ghosts here! "
"You say this is which dynasty which generation which emperor? Very scary. " Li Shimin got goose bumps with fear.
"It's Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang!" Wei Zhi said, "the emperor won't forget so soon? Today, the emperor lives in Ren Xian Palace, but we can't forget the lessons of the previous dynasty! In those days, when Emperor Yang Di went out for a cruise and passed through various counties, he had to provide the most exquisite land and water delicacies within 500 miles of Fiona Fang. If he can't finish eating, he will just pour it out, but he is not allowed to leave without paying tribute. Everywhere they went, they suffered. People compared them to locusts and plague gods, so Yang Di died soon. The emperor still wants to learn from him and throw away the Datang Jiangshan? "
At this time, Li Cai realized that he was here to punish local officials today. However, Li Shimin knew that he was wrong at this moment. He quickly said to Wei Zhi, "Ai Qing, what you said is too good. I want to thank you. What happened today is my fault. I hope that you will often tell me something about the ancients in the past for your reference. "
Wei Zhi listened to Li Shimin's words, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground. He quickly knelt down and answered, "I obey orders."
Since then, Wei Zhi often tells Li Shimin stories about ancient books. Slowly, Li Shimin got into the habit of listening to ancient books. It is not good not to listen to Wei Zhi music for a while every day. He used Wei Zhi as a mirror to wash his face and purify his mind. He must discuss everything with Wei Zhi, and he trusts Wei Zhi more and more.
A eunuch got a kite this summer. Li Shimin was so happy that he couldn't put it down. He laughed and played in the harem all day, and even ignored the state affairs for a few days. Wei Zhi said it several times, but it was useless. One day, Li Shimin stopped the kite on his arm to admire it. Suddenly, Wei Zhi came in. He panicked and held the kite in his arms. Wei Zhi came to get the emperor's kite, but he pretended not to see it and told Li Shimin the story off the cuff.
At this time, Li Shimin was in no mood to listen to stories, but he was embarrassed to drive Wei Zhi away, so he pretended to doze off and dozed off at his desk. Wei Zhi conveniently touched the "Gentiana" on the book case and slapped it on the table, which startled Li Shimin. Li Shimin was surprised and anxious: "Bold! Wei Zhi, how dare you use gentian without authorization? What should you do? "
Wei Zhi said to himself, Who told you to pretend to sleep and not listen to books? But I didn't say anything, so I quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, calm down. You just fell asleep. I will use the wake-up log to ask you to continue listening. "
"Nonsense! You obviously dropped my gentian on the book case just now. How can you say that you are awakening wood? "
"Ah, I don't know, let me tell you slowly. This piece of wood has thirteen names. Emperors and monarchs call it Gentian, empresses and empresses call it Xia Feng, prime ministers and doctors call it logistics, marshals and generals call it from tiger to tiger, magistrates and magistrates call it Liangtang, and teachers and teachers call it awakening error. I was telling the emperor a book just now, so it was called' Wake the Wood' when I used it. Isn't that right? Those who wake up the wood are eye-catching. I'm trying to wake up the saints. Continue to listen to the book! "
"Well, this ..." Li Shimin listened to Wei Zhi's eloquence and every sentence was reasonable. He had nothing to say, so he had to say, "Good, good. In that case, you can take this gentian as a wake-up call. "
Wei Zhi saw that the emperor had forgotten the kite and went on telling the story. This time, he chose lively stories and told them one by one, over and over again, so tired that he was sweating. Li Shimin is fascinated by it, but he can't talk about it. Seeing that Wei Zhi was tired, he handed a royal fan: "Come on, fan it." After a while, he handed over a silk handkerchief: "Here, you wipe it." After a while, someone made tea and served it: "Here, you drink it." It wasn't until Wei Zhi finished the story that Li Shimin remembered the kite in her arms, but she had suffocated.
It is said that when Wei Zhi died, Li Shimin was very sad. Li Shimin said: "When people look at themselves with bronze mirrors, they can see whether their clothes and hats are neatly dressed;" Taking history as a mirror, we can know the reasons for the rise and fall of dynasties; Looking at people as a mirror, you can find your own shortcomings or mistakes. After Kevin·Z died, I lost a mirror. "
Since then, storytellers have regarded Wei Zhi as their granddaddy. A storyteller can drink tea, fan and wipe his sweat with a handkerchief when telling a book on the stage. Anyone who dozes off can wake you up with a wake-up call. Because all this was given by Li Shimin to his grandfather Wei Zhi, who passed it on to young artists.
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