After Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, came to the throne, he accepted the lesson of bribery of officials in the Sui Dynasty and decided to strictly manage the officials. In order to manage the officials, Li Shimin secretly sent his cronies to bribe the officials.

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After Tang TaizongLi Shimin came to the throne, he accepted the lessons of Sui Dynastyofficials bribed public officials, and decided to strictly manage officials. In order to manage officials, Li Shimin secretly sent his cronies to bribe officials.

One of the commanders, Lingshi, didn't know it was a trap and accepted a bribe of silk. Li Shimin was very angry and decided to kill the commander, as a warning to others.

Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Pei Ju hurriedly came out to admonish: "Your Majesty, taking bribes for officials is a crime worthy of death. However, your Majesty ordered others to give it away and accept it. When someone breaks the law, I am afraid it is not the so-called 'the way is to be virtuous, and the rule is to be polite'." "

Li Shimin heard it right, yes, people cannot withstand temptation. If someone is unmoved in the face of temptation, then your bait is not big enough, or it is not right.

As a result, Simen Lingshi escaped.

Not long after, someone wrote to Li Shimin asking Li Shimin to expel the traitors. Li Shimin asked him: "Who is the traitor?"

The man replied: "I live in the grass and I don't know who the traitor is. As long as your majesty says to the ministers. If someone says something wrong or pretends to be angry, a minister who refuses to give in when justified is called a straight minister, and a minister who is afraid of authority and obeys the order is a sycophant."

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately thought of the incident of Si Men Ling Shi not long ago. Didn't this call me fishing for law enforcement again? I couldn't make the same mistake for the second time, so I said to the man: "The relationship between the king and his ministers is the relationship between source and flow. The king is the source and the ministers are the flow. If the source is turbid and you want the flow to be clear, it is impossible to achieve it. The king does it for himself How can you expect a minister to be honest? We govern the world with sincerity. I feel very shameful when I see that the emperor in the past used power to manipulate his subordinates. Although your strategy is good, I will not accept it."

That person. Speechless.

Li Shimin is worthy of being a wise king. He always listens to advice and will not make the same mistake again.

Think about ourselves, do we have such an awareness?

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