Self-defilement means defiling one's own personality, thus achieving the effect of making both the king and his ministers happy.

As far as the king is concerned, a minister who commits self-degradation will lose the hearts of the people because of his actions. Without the foundation of people's hearts, even if he rebels, no one will follow him. Moreover, it will also give the king a handle against him. Why does the king want to deal with you?

You can use this excuse, which is equivalent to giving the king a legitimate reason to kill you, thus making the king feel at ease with you;

For me, this is the best way to show my nobility and loyalty to the king. After all, I have made myself notorious, which is equivalent to handing the knife into the hands of the king. How do you want me to be loyal?

Did I have to commit suicide for you to believe me?

Therefore, self-destruction is often a common self-protection method used by high-achieving ministers, and everyone knows it, but the effect is often the best.

The most typical case of successful self-destruction is Wang Jian.

Before Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, Qin Shihuang wanted to send troops to destroy Chu and asked his generals how many troops they would need. Li Xin said 200,000 would be enough, but Wang Jian said 600,000 would be needed to destroy Chu. Qin Shihuang chose to believe Li

Xin, but the battle ended in a huge defeat. He had no choice but to go to Wang Jian again.

Although Wang Jian agreed, when he was leaving for the expedition, he asked Qin Shi Huang to give him fertile land and a beautiful house, and sent people to urge him many times on the march. Even Wang Jian's subordinates asked: "Old General, your moral character has been so high in your life, why are you so good now?"

greedy?"

Wang Jian explained: "Now I have all the available troops in the country, and the king is a suspicious person. Once there is any trouble, I may face disaster. I am doing this just to make the king think that I am a helpless person."

People who have a thousand-mile ambition and just want to enjoy themselves.”

It must be said that this method of self-destruction was very effective. Wang Jian not only made King Qin feel at ease, but also made great achievements in the process of unifying the world, ensuring that he could spend the rest of his life safely.

Although Li Xiaogong has not yet reached the point where his achievements have shaken the master, his current trick has not only deprived his political opponents of excuses to criticize, but also won a stable future for himself. As long as he does not commit suicide, he can at least be like Wang Jian.

Safe to death.

Pei Ji naturally understood this truth, so after entering the palace, he did not go to file a complaint against Li Xiaogong. Instead, he went straight to Li Shimin's residence, told the story of the people in Jingling's complaint, and then frowned and said: "Who could be bad?"

Did you understand His Highness’s plan?”

"Of course he is my good big brother." Li Shimin said with a wry smile. In this round of invisible competition, he was one step slower than his big brother after all. Not only did the whole plan fail, but Li Xiaogong also firmly occupied the second position in the army.

His father's trust in Li Xiaogong will only deepen in the future. This trust also means that Li Jiancheng's power in the army will further grow.

"This is not the style of His Highness the Crown Prince, nor is it Liu Wenjing." Pei Ji frowned and said: "The Crown Prince is very kind to his own people. He doesn't know how to do it, and he can't bear to think of such methods. Liu Wenjing thinks he is noble, and the pure will be pure, and the dirty will be pure.

Such dirty ideas, even if I think of self-destruction, I don’t even bother to speak.”

"It's my childhood friend Changsun Wuji. He is the only one who understands me so well!" Li Shimin's eyes showed deep vigilance, and he sighed secretly: He, an old friend who grew up together and has a similar temperament, finally came out of silence.

He showed himself the sharp blade and fangs.

But was Changsun Wuji wrong? Of course not. If I wanted to blame him, I would blame myself for being sorry for the Changsun brothers and sisters. It was because I valued the Dugu family too much and did not hesitate to divorce my wife and abandon my friends.

But now that he has done it, Li Shimin will not regret it, and he will not complain about his past mistakes. This is not Li Shimin's character. Instead of regretting it, it is better to seize the time and find a way to make up for it. Moreover, Changsun Wuji took action first, he

There was no need to be polite. He took a deep breath and said slowly to Pei Ji: "I would like to ask Prime Minister Pei to send someone to pay special attention to Changsun Wuji."

"Is it necessary?" Pei Ji asked in surprise.

Li Shimin nodded and sighed: "Changsun Wuji is not as good as the world's famous generals in marching and fighting, and he is not as good at governing the world as his peers in the Sui Dynasty. But when it comes to mental skills, he is not inferior to any top people in the world. This person is very good at it."

He understands people's hearts. What's more terrible is that he understands me!"

When Pei Ji heard this, his expression became quite serious and ugly. If a friend understands you, that is a confidant; if a political enemy understands you, that is a fatal poison.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will try my best to find evidence of Changsun Wuji's crime."

Li Shimin's eyes flickered for a few times, he thought for a moment, and said: "It's easy to find evidence of Changsun Wuji's crime!"

"Oh?" Pei Ji looked at Li Shimin steadily, confused.

A person who is very good at understanding people's hearts, and also a very good at hiding himself. This kind of people will seek themselves first before seeking others, and will never leave evidence of crime that could cost them their lives, but Li Shimin said it is easy to find?

Li Shimin was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Guanyin Maid is now Yang Tong's concubine, Liang Di."

Pei Ji's eyes narrowed. This was the first time he had heard of this kind of thing. But he felt that Li Shimin's mood was extremely unstable, so he didn't say anything.

After a long while, Li Shimin let out a sigh of relief and said with a forced smile: "I can't help Guanyin, please don't throw dirty water on her."

"Here!" Pei Ji responded and left.

When Pei Ji walked away, Li Shimin suddenly sat down on the wooden couch, stunned.

The higher the status of a person, the easier it is for people's hearts to change, and Li Shimin is no exception.

I think back then, when I was young and vigorous, I just felt that joining the battlefield and expanding the territory was my lifelong destination. So when I was sixteen years old, I bid farewell to my parents and joined the army of Yun Dingxing, starting my military career. I waited until the siege of Yanmen Pass was lifted.

Later, when he saw the chaos in the world, he suddenly had a new idea: He felt that Yang Guang was unethical and the fall of the Sui Dynasty was inevitable. There were so many people in the world who could become emperor, so why couldn't his father, a kind and benevolent man, become emperor?

?

At that time, he only wanted to elevate his father to the throne of emperor, and never thought of anything else. However, when he learned that his father had been preparing for rebellion for many years, he discovered that his father had powerful power enough to rule the world. So Li Shimin's mentality changed again.

He felt that he was both wise and courageous, and that he surpassed his elder brother Li Jiancheng in all his talents and abilities. He should be the one to take over his father's throne!

In order to make up for the gap between himself and his eldest brother Li Jiancheng, he followed his father's wishes and asked Dou Wei to find Dugu Zheng, and obtained the full support of the Dugu family through marriage. At that time, he was ecstatic about a windfall from heaven, so

When he divorced his wife, he didn't feel anything at all, but now when he looks at the Dugu family as inferior to two people and superior to tens of millions of people, he realizes that the Dugu family is just like that, far less noble than himself, and even despises her as a philistine.

He no longer looked up to the Dugu family. When he heard that his eldest grandson Wugou had remarried Yang Tong and was pregnant with his child, he always felt as if he had lost a very important person, which led to an even greater hatred for Yang Tong.

At this time, there was a burst of noise outside the door, and a figure rushed in. This was a very beautiful young woman, with a crescent scimitar hanging on her waist, giving people a heroic appearance, and the feeling of a female among females.

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When the woman saw Li Shimin, her phoenix eyes showed deep anger.

This beautiful young woman is Li Shimin's wife Dugu Mingxiu. She has a pretty face and is motionless, turning a blind eye to Li Shimin's flattery.

The status of women in the Sui Dynasty was very high, which continued the tradition of the Northern Dynasties.

The concept of "it is normal for generals and ministers to favor princesses, and princes to marry descendants, so they have no concubines or concubines," began in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and became the high dynasty in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Of course, there are not a few people who have many wives and concubines, but marrying only one wife is a temporary trend. The root cause is the influence of the customs of the Xianbei Tuoba people.

The status of women in the Southern Dynasties was completely opposite. They were always at the bottom of society. They did not know each other for decades, and they only got married by trusting fate and giving inheritance.

It is common for women in the Northern Dynasties to seek official positions for their children, complain for their husbands, submit to superiors and downstream, work hard and contribute to the prosperity of the family, and support half the sky for a family. In this case, how dare the husband dare to fight with his own family?

Is your wife challenging you? Because of this, the henpecked trend has spread all over the world. Therefore, as an emperor, Yang Jian was bullied by his wife and ran away from home. It was extremely normal for him to almost become a monk. Even the famous Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was afraid that his wife would become like this.

So Fang Xuanling's fear of his wife is not really a headline news.

The Sui Dynasty was a unified dynasty, but the essence of the Sui Dynasty was still a continuation of the Xianbei Dynasty. This legacy of strong women always existed, and even continued in the later Tang Dynasty, until Wu Zetian defeated Hu Feng's powerful Guanlong nobles, and women's strong status

It began to weaken until Neo-Confucianism flourished in the Song Dynasty, and women's status was suppressed to the end.

Dugu Mingxiu is of Hu origin, has a handsome appearance, a hot figure, and a very fiery personality. She does not know how to be a low-key person. This has always been the tradition of the Dugu family. She grew up in the doting of her family, and her temperament is stronger than

Queen Dugu is even worse.

"Madam is here? Come, come, come, please sit down, please sit down!" Seeing his wife's appearance, Li Shimin knew that the matter of marrying Xiao's daughter as a concubine had happened.

Serving tea and water, a flattering smile appeared on his face.

Dugu Mingxiu said coldly and sarcastically: "I, Dugu Mingxiu, am just a woman, how dare I bother me, His Highness the King of Jin of the Tang Dynasty, Shangshu Ling, Marshal of the Army, great hero, the first general of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the son-in-law of the Lanling Xiao family

His Majesty…”

Li Shimin opened his mouth, sat down, and stopped talking. His wife was unruly and willful, and she was not forgiving, but she was not a bad person. She could just talk and coax her.

It didn't matter if he said 'great hero, the first general of the Tang Dynasty' before, it made him feel proud and happy, but today it hit his vitals, which made him extremely angry.

He held an army of 300,000 people, but was beaten by Li Jing so much that he couldn't even get close to the entrance gate, let alone return to aid Guanzhong. Later, more than 300,000 troops were completely defeated. It was a complete defeat.

Not only did it harm Li Tang, but it also greatly reduced his face and prestige, making him very embarrassed. Others could just mock him as "a great hero, the first general of the Tang Dynasty", but his ignorant wife not only refused to comfort him, but also

Following the sarcasm, the anger in Li Shimin's heart suddenly emerged.

Facing Li Shimin's fiery gaze, Dugu Mingxiu was not afraid at all, and asked aggressively: "Li Shimin, do you dislike us two? Are you planning to divorce me so that you can become the Chenglong of the Lanling Xiao family?" Quick son-in-law?"

"How is that possible? Both my wife and Gan'er are my treasures." Li Shimin smiled bitterly.

Dugu Mingxiu looked disdainful: "It's not like you haven't done it before."

"..." Li Shimin snorted coldly, with a livid face and ignored her.

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