Wei Xuantong

Wei Xuantong

Wei Xuantong (617-689, November 2) was born in Gucheng County, Dingzhou (now Gucheng village, Jinzhou City, Hebei Province). Tang Dynasty prime minister, Puyang County Magistrate Wei Yi's son

Born in the Wei family of Julu, he was a Jinshi. He was a magistrate of Chang'an County and a doctor in the Department of officials. In the first year of Linde's reign, he joined hands with the western Taiwan's minister to abolish the martial arts. After that, he was exiled outside the mountain. In the early years of the Shangyuan Dynasty, he met with the amnesty, and was recommended by Liu Shenli, Minister of the Ministry of industry. He worshipped the history of governor Qi. He successively served as the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, the minister Zuo Cheng, the minister under the door, and the minister of tongfengge luantai. He moved to the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and was appointed the male of Julu County. Rescue Prime Minister Di Renjie, make friends with Prime Minister Peiyan, offend cruel official Zhou Xing.

In the first year of Yongchang (689), he offended Wu Zetian and was sentenced to death. He was 73 years old. In the first year of Shenlong, he was able to rehabilitate Zhaoxue and pursue the gift of Zuo pushe, the minister.

Profile

Wei Xuantong, a native of Gucheng, Dingzhou, is one of the descendants of the Weizheng family. Wei Xuantong's Julu ancestor was Wei Xin, the governor of Julu County. Wei Xuantong was once named male of Julu County. If you are a Jinshi, you will be transferred to doctor silei. Because of the relationship with shangguanyi, the article is outside the hepeiliuling. At the beginning of the Shang Yuan Dynasty, it was pardoned. Liu Shenli, Minister of the Ministry of industry, recommended Xuantong to have the talent of current affairs and paid homage to the history of governor Qi. Lei moved to the Minister of the Ministry of officials.

Personal life

Wei Xuantong was born in Gucheng, Dingzhou. I'm a Jinshi. I'll turn to Dr. sley. Sitting with shangguanyi, the article belongs to he, outside the peiliuling. At the beginning of the Shang Yuan Dynasty, it was pardoned. Liu Shenli, Minister of the Ministry of industry, recommended Xuantong to have the talent of current affairs and paid homage to the history of governor Qi. Lei moved to the Minister of the Ministry of officials. Zhihe urged Xuantong to vote for the existing Committee. He was afraid that he would not be able to win the people's skills, but he did not accept it. At the beginning of Hongdao, he turned to zuocheng of Wenchang, and was also the official Secretary of the local government and the subordinate of tongzhongshu. The Empress Dowager moved to Taizhong and luantai to know the political affairs. In the third year of chuigong, Jiayin qingguanglu, a doctor, was awarded the title of Julu man. Xuantongsu and Peiyan make friends, can guarantee always, when people call for "durable friend". However, he did not cooperate with Zhou Xing, a cruel official. At the beginning of Yongchang, it was constructed by Zhou Xing. Yun Xuan said: "the Empress Dowager is old, so she must restore the emperor's descendants." When the Empress Dowager heard of it, she was angry and died at home. Fang Ji, the censor of prison and punishment, said Xuantong, "why don't you tell me something? I hope you'll be summoned. You should tell yourself." Xuantong sighed and said, "what's the difference when people kill ghosts? How can we sue people?" He was sentenced to 73.

Anecdotes and allusions

In the third year of Yifeng (678), Wei Yuanzhong, a student of the Imperial College, wrote a letter and sealed it. He pointed out that "today's imperial court employs people like the sons of generals, and there are also families of dead people who have been promoted". He thought that this is not conducive to the real selection of talents. He also pointed out that "people with lofty ideals, rich and poor, all want to stand in fame, and hope to spread in bamboo and silk.". That is to say, at that time, there were talented people from all walks of life who wanted to establish a reputation and be famous in history. This voice reflects the urgent demand of common scholars. Zhou Xing, one of the three most cruel officials, was born in Chang'an. Compared with Suo Yuanli and Lai Junchen, he was a serving official. When he was young, he was intelligent and studious. He was very knowledgeable and talented. He was especially familiar with legal knowledge. He began to serve as a minister, and was soon promoted to Heyang County Magistrate of Mengzhou. The news of Zhou Xing's talent soon spread to the court and Emperor Gaozong. Gaozong had met him, appreciated him and was ready to promote him. After hearing this, Zhou Xing felt very confident and went to the capital to wait for the news of the official appointment. Unexpectedly, some people in the palace opposed him because he was not an official. In Tang Dynasty, there were two kinds of official system: internal flow and external flow. The internal officials include Gongqing of three or five grades or above, doctors of four or five grades, Ren of six to nine grades and noble children of Ren. Below this level is the outflow officer. At that time, Zhou Xing belonged to a foreign official. Because Gaozong didn't insist on promoting him, the matter came to an end. But no one wanted to tell him the news. Wei Xuantong, the prime minister, was compassionate and pitiful, but he could not reveal the secrets of the imperial court, so he said to him, "Zhou Mingfu (Ming Fu is a name for county magistrate in Tang Dynasty), you should go back to the county." I don't know, there is no good reward for good intentions. Zhou Xing, an addicted, jealous and suspicious man, suspected Wei Xuantong. He thought it was the prime minister who obstructed him and opposed his promotion. From then on, he was determined to take revenge on the Prime Minister one day and challenge those officials who despised him. This is also a kind of resentment, dissatisfaction and resentment easily aroused by the small officials who are not aspiring and have poor origins towards the high officials who suppress their noble family. However, for Zhou Xing, a narrow-minded man, resentment turned into hatred and revenge into cruelty. Therefore, after he became a cruel official, he took those privileged officials as his main targets, and the means were extremely cruel. He joined the ranks of cruel officials, which was different from the former two. He did not start from scratch, but he had the spirit of "risking death" just like Lai Junchen. Inspired by the sudden rise of Suo Yuanli, he risked a lot to write an article about prison and put it in. Wu Zetian appreciated his courage. Instead of committing a crime to him, she appointed him to take charge of the prison system. Later, she was promoted by Si Xing Shaoqing to be the Minister of autumn officials and became the head of the cruel officials. A few months before her death, she was also ranked as Zuo pushe in Shangshu province. She was one of the few "outstanding" cruel officials. Later, Wei Xuantong was framed by Zhou Xing, and the Empress Dowager gave him death at home. Fang Ji, the censor of prison, said to Xuantong, "why don't you tell me, father-in-law? If you want to be summoned, you can prove yourself!" Xuantong sighed and said, "if a man kills a ghost, it's no different. How can he be an informer?" He will die. Wei Xuantong's words before he died were loud and clear: "if people kill ghosts, it's no different. How can they be informers of evil people?" Like a meteor, it cuts through the dark sky of history. Although it is a moment of bright, that bright is so beautiful and moving. It can be said that, with Tan Sitong's last stroke of "I smile to the sky from the horizontal knife", it is brilliant.

Relative members

See the book of the new Tang Dynasty volume 72 table 12 Prime Minister lineage 2 (Wei family)

personal works

According to the treatise on ancient utensils, when officials hear about making utensils, they must choose craftsmen to use simple materials; when they are in power, they must seek talents to serve as officials. If a craftsman is not good enough, his work can not be accomplished; if an official is not virtuous enough, his work can not be justified. The king is the shepherd; the minister is the assistant. If you do not support others, you will lose your way; if you do not help you, you will lose your duty. He who assumes office is the foundation of the country and the safety of the people. If the people of today are not rich, the thieves are not bad, the prison officials are not clear, and the rites and justice are still absent, why? If the lower officials are not competent, the common officials are not their talents. If the officials are not qualified for their talents, the way to choose them is not enough. The minister also heard the legend, saying: "the king of the Ming Dynasty set up a state and a capital in accordance with the law of heaven. The king of the Ming Dynasty, the king after the tree, inherited the guidance of the officials and teachers. He was not only comfortable but also reasonable." In the state of the past and in the state of the present, there was a constant monarch among the officials, and there was a definite Lord among the people. They asked for the assistance of the officials themselves, and each of them elected the heroes. Their ministers were appointed by the royal court. The Qin Dynasty merged with the whole world, and the Han family took charge of it. The princes had to set up their own officials below 400 stones, while their Fu Xiang officials were set up in the Han Dynasty. The prefectures and prefectures were engaged in official and postal work, and they were appointed to be herdsmen. So from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it began to return to the Ministry of officials, handed over to the ancestors, and has been up to now. The disadvantages of laws and regulations come from a long time. If you have to do something, you should also use the wisdom of your own opinion and have a brilliant opinion. Nowadays, the people who choose the chief executive are not the orders of the emperor, but the way of power in modern times. What can we say? The measure of a man's ruler is short, and the instrument of Zhong Yu is more. How can we measure it if it is not within our reach? How can we tolerate it if it is not within our reach? Is it possible to entrust the hands of several scholars to the great world? If it is as flat as a balance, as clear as a water mirror, it has great strength and poor illumination, it will have a lot of integration and a wide range of turbulence. It's not human at times. He is not only ashamed of his pure understanding and ignorance of examination, but also of his mediocrity and arrogance. Why not go when you are in love? Dirty private one Qi, and wanduan. To choose officials for people, to choose interests for the body, to write according to relatives, to take measures according to the situation. It's the same as the marketplace to disturb the officials. To be thick appearance deep heart, dangerous as a ravine, choose words view behavior, still fear not. Today, it is not difficult to make a hundred lines and nine abilities, fold them into one side, have the staff and common people's products, and be arbitrary in one department! In addition, the Wei people's fate was based on three points, while the Jin family's migration was not unified. When Qi, song, Zhou and Sui were captured, the days of war were more, and the days of Antai were less. In the Sui Dynasty, it was more than ten years since the emperor's reign, followed by the disaster of war and famine. It is not the present but not the ancient, because of the lack of morality or current affairs. Martial virtues and Zhenguan are different from today. At the beginning of the emperor's reign, the common affairs were created in a hasty way, not only the time is too short to give, but also the characters are often rare. Tian Zuo is a great sage, enjoying the eternal life of the country, comparing houses to be sealed, and coming out among different people. Xian thought that there was a way to be shameful and humble, and he was not lazy when he got the time, and he was in the class of all kinds, with thousands of years old. There is no new addition to the ranks of group companies. There are regular officials and no fixed number of people. At the beginning of the anthology, there was a cloud in the fog, and at the end of the anthology, there was no one in ten. Zimian mixed, jade is difficult to separate, with the house to stay, gain and loss. It's a disadvantage to treat things as they are, but it's a loss to know what happens later. Before the Xia and Yin dynasties, there were many systems, and the Zhou Dynasty was the second generation. Not all the princes' officials were appointed by the emperor, nor were they specialized in one post. Therefore, King Mu of Zhou took Bo Peng as his official, and ordered him to say, "be careful, Jian is a bureaucrat. If you don't have any clever words, you'll turn aside and flatter, only a good man." This makes him choose his own official. If taipuzheng, a senior Chinese official, is a member of the staff committee, then the three generals and nine ministers will surely follow. Zhou Li: taizai, NEISHI, and in charge of Jue Lu were abandoned; situ, Sima, and not in charge of Xianzhao affairs. It should be divided into several posts, each of which is small, while the king orders the big. The husband appoints the duty, the monarch's body also, appoints when, uses precisely, therefore can obtain

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