He Ruodun was a famous general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, known for his bravery and good fighting, outstanding martial arts, and famous in the world. He was born in the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Wen of Western Wei. He Ruoben is a Xianbei word meaning "loyal". It is said that Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Dynasty gave he Ruo the surname because his ancestors had a "festival of loyalty" to Northern Wei.
He Ruodun was originally a straight-talking man, but later, because he was dissatisfied with the unfair rewards of the imperial court, he always liked to complain about the occasion and personnel.
In the second year of Wucheng, because Northern Zhou's territory of Xiangzhou was surrounded by the Chen Dynasty generals Hou Zhen and Hou An, cutting off the grain route, He Ruodun was ordered to lead 6,000 soldiers and horses across the Yangtze River to rescue Xiangzhou. Because of the victory in the battle, He Ruodun had the heart of a light enemy, and as a result, he was surrounded by the Chen army and even the retreat route was cut off. But after all, He Ruodun was a general with combat experience, and he did everything he could to design and maneuver with the enemy. With no grain and grass inside and no rescue troops outside, he actually held chen jun for more than a year. Chen Jun saw that it was difficult to eat He Ruodun, and he no longer wanted to go around with him, so he gave way and let He Ruodun return to Northern Zhou.
At that time, the power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was in the hands of Yuwen Hu, and he deposed He Ruodun from his official position and removed him from his name as a civilian in the name of losing his land and having no merit. Soon, He Ruodun was reinstated, successively serving as the governor of Jinzhou and the assassin of Zhongzhou, but he was responsible for his own merits, could not forget the Battle of Xiangzhou, and was able to return with the whole army in the case of a crisis in which he was under siege. Not only was he not rewarded, but he was removed, and those with the same qualifications as themselves became great generals, and they were just a history of thorns. Therefore, He Ruodun could not help but feel resentful in his heart.
On this day, Yuwen Hu's emissaries went to He Ruodun's army to do business, and when they talked about this matter, He Ruodun actually complained to the emissary. When the messenger returned, he told Yuwen Hu, and as a result, Yuwen Hu was furious. Summoned him back to the Dynasty and forced him to commit suicide.
When He Ruodun was dying, he called his son He Ruobi to him and instructed him: "I have the misfortune of killing myself because of my tongue, and my son must give more consideration to his future speech, and he must not speak casually." After saying this, he stabbed his tongue with an awl to bleed, in order to warn He Ruobi to speak carefully.
At this time, He Ruobi was already a twenty-two-year-old young man. Seeing his father's painful end, he quickly nodded his head, indicating that he remembered this.
When He Ruobi was a teenager, he was easy to read and learn, and he was quite talented, and he was very literate and martial. Like his father, bow horses were skilled, ambitious, generous and dignified, and at the same time, they were well-read and had a high reputation at the time. Later, he was favored by Yuwen Xian, the powerful King of Qi during the reign of Emperor Wu of Zhou, and asked him to go to the Qi Palace to do the diary and manage the paperwork of the palace. Soon, with his literary and military talents, he was given the title of Duke of Dangting County, and the official was Xiao Neishi, thus becoming an official close to the emperor and participating in the handling of some confidential matters.
In the winter of the eighth year of the kai emperor, the Sui Dynasty sent troops to the Eight Roads and attacked Chen in a big way, and He Ruobi served as the commander of the march, and in the conquest, he repeatedly built Qigong, was rewarded by the Sui Wen Emperor's excellent edict, and was added to the position of Shangzhu Guo, the Duke of Song, and the official to the Right Leading General and the Right Wu Marquis General. Guisheng is extremely popular and highly respected. The rewards were the most abundant, the treasures of the family were innumerable, and the slaves were numerous, and the number of high-ranking and richly dressed people alone reached hundreds. However, he forgot his father's bitter lesson.
When he was young, He Ruobi could still remember his father's lessons and dying instructions, and often restrained himself with the principle of "if the king is not secret, he loses his subjects, and if the subjects are not secret, he loses his body", and he is silent beforehand, and he never dares to speak easily. However, with the passage of time, he made countless contributions to the Sui Dynasty, and he was proud of his achievements and had no scruples for a long time.
He Ruobi also regarded himself as a man of letters and martial arts who was slightly unmatched in the middle of the country, so he had the idea of being the prime minister. A Su Yingwei who he thought was "only going to eat" had made him indignant, and after Yang Suwei was the prime minister, he was still just a general, and he could no longer hold back and complained frequently.
Yang Suzheng was favored by Emperor Wen of Sui, and had always been jealous of He Ruobi's great achievements, so he framed him, and Emperor Wen of Sui dismissed He Ruobi from office. After his dismissal, he remained the same and complained, so he was arrested and imprisoned in the twelfth year of the kaihuang (592). The ministers all pandered to the wishes of the ministers and demanded that He Ruobi be executed.
Emperor Wen of Sui therefore asked He Ruobi, "The ministers advocate acting in accordance with the law, do you have any reason to live?"
He Ruobi replied, "The minister led eight thousand soldiers across the great river and captured Lord Chen Hou, and I think this is the reason why he should not be executed."
When Emperor Wen of Sui heard this, he was very displeased and said, "I have already paid a special reward for this, so why should I mention this matter again?"
He Ruobi said: "Although I have already received extraordinary rewards, I still hope to receive extraordinary preferential treatment so that I can survive."
Emperor Wen of Sui pondered for several days, and finally remembered his merits in destroying Chen, and specially ordered him to be spared from execution, to remove the officials and knights, and to remove the people from the people.
After a year, Emperor Wen of Sui finally felt that his merits in Pingchen were too great to be exempted for minor offenses, so he restored his title. But Emperor Wen of Sui
It was a real headache for his arrogant and conceited personality, and he was not allowed to take up a specific position. However, every time he feasted on the courtiers, he was treated with great courtesy.
In the nineteenth year of the reign of Emperor Kai, Gao Ying, offended Emperor Wen of Sui and Empress Dugu, and He Ruobi, believing that he was innocent, stood up to intercede for him, thus angering Emperor Wen of Sui, and He Ruobi was once again arrested and imprisoned. Later, Emperor Wen of Sui may have felt that he had gone too far and released him again.
One day, when the Sui Emperor was in the Eastern Palace, he deliberately asked He Ruobi: "Yang Su, Han Baohu, and Shi Wanzai are all good generals, what do you think of them?"
He Ruobi replied without hesitation: "Yang Su is a fierce general, but he has no strategy; Han Huhu is a general, but does not lead soldiers; Shi Wanzai is a member of the staff, other skills are ordinary. ”
Yang Guang asked again, "Then who can be called a great general?"
He Ruobi said incredulously, "It depends on Your Highness's vision."
Yang Guang stopped speaking. He understood the meaning of He Ruobi's words, that is, only he was the material of the general. The Sui Emperor felt intolerant of his arrogance. Therefore, after he took the throne, he looked for an opportunity to clean up He Ruobi.
In the third year of Daye, the Sui Emperor inspected the northern border plugs, and He Ruobi accompanied him. When the Sui Emperor arrived in Yulin, in order to show the prestige of the imperial court to the Turks, he ordered Yuwen Kai to build a palace with a grand scale and luxurious facilities. When the Sui Emperor received the secret recitation, he executed the sixty-four-year-old He Ruobi, Gao Ying and Yuwen Bi at the same time, and put He Ruobi's wife and son He Ruohuailiang as official slaves. Soon, He Ruohuailiang was also brutally killed, and the rest of the family was exiled to the frontier.
He Ruobi was not only a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, but also a rare famous general in Chinese history, he only destroyed a country with 8,000 people, and in history, it is rare to be able to win more with less and achieve a complete victory under such a huge disparity in strength. However, He Ruobi's death was neither a matter of merit or "the destruction of the enemy country and the death of the hero", which was purely a verbal trouble.
In his early years, he was still able to strictly abide by his father's last instructions, be cautious in his words and deeds, and after he became famous, he was arrogant and self-conscious, and his eyes were all over the world, and Emperor Wen of Sui did not kill him, which was already a deep favor. When he arrived at the Sui Dynasty Emperor, even if he was careful and cautious, he might not be able to die, but he repeated his father's mistakes, talked nonsense, and even forgot the cone before the old father's death, and his tragic death was a very natural thing.
He Ruobi just talked nonsense, which laid the foundation for himself, and finally led to his being killed. As the old saying goes, "When the mouth is open, the spirit is scattered, and the tongue is not alive." For the more words are lost, the one who speaks, the one who moves. Casual words may cause trouble and disaster.
People who cause trouble because of words and hurt themselves are difficult to count. Wise men speak with little word, judge the hour and size up the situation in everything, speak cautiously, and be cautious in words and deeds. This avoids getting into trouble. Not giving people a pretext is ultimately beneficial to themselves, and saying less and doing more should be the principle that everyone should follow. And the ability to speak with words will certainly suffer heavy losses, and if you take advantage of your mouth, you will suffer a great loss in your actions.