Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin brought the Tang Dynasty to a prosperous era. Wei Chigong, Qin Qiong, and others were all meritorious people in the Tang Dynasty. These people made the people live and work in peace and contentment, and returned the country to a peaceful and prosperous world.
However, the fates of these meritorious men were also different, and Qin Qiong was one of them.
Many images of Qin Qiong can be seen in film and television dramas, including the current portrait of Qin Qiong on the door god. He is a generation of fierce generals, but also a generation of heroes of the Tang Dynasty.
After Li Shimin, he couldn't get sick, and he didn't even dare to drink the medicine prescribed by the doctor, why was this?
1. Seek the Lord in a troubled world
Qin Qiong was born in present-day Jinan, Shandong, at that time, when the world was in turmoil, and Qin Qiong, who was unwilling to accept his fate, went to protect his children and became a small soldier.
He followed Lai'er to attack Goguryeo three times, and who knew that before the final battle began, he was recalled by Yang Guang.
After returning to the imperial court, he went to Zhang Sutuo's men to attack Lu Mingyue, but the first battle was unfavorable, so he had to camp not far from Lu Mingyue and wait for the opportunity to sneak attack.
Zhang Sutuo summoned his generals to see who dared to lead the troops, but none of them dared to respond.
Zhang Sutuo was very angry when he saw such a scene, and finally only Qin Qiong stood up.
He led a thousand cavalry and horses to sneak up on Lu Mingyue's base camp and kill them, and Lu Mingyue could only escape with the remaining hundred people.
After Zhang Sutuo, he defected to Pei Renji, followed by Li Mi, who knew that Li Mi was later arrogant and arrogant, so that Wagangzhai was defeated by Wang Shichong, and in desperation, he had to defect to Wang Shichong.
Originally, Qin Qiong thought that he had found the Ming Lord, who knew that everything was different from what he thought.
Wang Shichong was a treacherous person, and he would also make means, which Qin Qiong could not accept. After some discussion, he and Cheng Yaojin finally went straight to Tang Jun in front of the battle, which Wang Shichong probably did not expect.
Qin Qiong's arrival made Li Yuan very excited and personally greeted him, after all, his divine courage had already heard of it.
After that, Qin Qiong did not live up to Li Yuan's expectations and became a sharp weapon in his hand, which can be called "the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty".
At this time, Qin Qiong found his good lord, played his role, and forged ahead on the battlefield.
2. Qin Qiong's credit
Later, Qin Qiong became Li Shimin's subordinate, and Li Shimin was very fond of Qin Qiong. As long as you go to war, you will send troops immediately under an order, and never ask the reason.
And every time he went out on the expedition, Qin Qiong could win, which made Li Shimin rely more and more on him.
On the battlefield, Qin Qiong saved Li Shimin's life. At that time, Li Shimin led the army out on the expedition, who knew that he finally entered the encirclement circle, and it was Qin Qiong who broke out of the siege and rescued him.
For Qin Qiong, Li Shimin was very grateful.
Later, Li Yuan ascended the throne, and Li Jiancheng was made crown prince, and Li Shimin was made the King of Qin. Because Li Shimin's credit was too great, Li Jiancheng felt threatened, and he tried to kill him several times.
In desperation, Li Shimin finally had to fight back and launched the Xuanwumen Revolution.
In this chaos, Qin Qiong was one of them. However, some people said that they did not see Qin Qiong's figure, and it was because he went to block another killing god, Xue Wanche.
This person was a person under Li Jiancheng who could rival Qin Qiong, and only Qin Qiong was his opponent.
If Qin Qiong did not shoot, Li Shimin's Xuanwumen change was likely to fail, after all, at that time, except for Xue Wanche,
There were still 2,000 soldiers in the Prince's Mansion, while the Qin Dynasty Palace only had 700 soldiers, which was not an opponent at all.
Qin Shubao dragged more than 2,000 people with these 700 people and guarded the Xuanwu Gate, allowing Li Shimin to solve Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji without worries.
Although Qin Qiong did not appear on the frontal battlefield, he played a crucial role.
3. Pretending to be ill for 12 years
After the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin canonized Qin Qiong, but he never appeared on the battlefield again, and it turned out that Qin Qiong had already told Li Shimin that he had retired from illness.
Who knew that this disease was 12 years, and he did this only to save his life.
When Qin Qiong pretended to be ill, many people went to see him and asked him what the situation was, and he said that because of his southern conquest and northern war, he had suffered a lot of injuries on his body.
Coupled with the age, it is normal for the body to have a condition. At this time, Qin Qiong went around preaching that he couldn't get better when he was sick, and he was afraid that others wouldn't know.
Li Shimin was very worried after knowing that Qin Qiong was ill, and personally went to his mansion to visit him. Seeing that Qin Qiong had not healed for a long time, he sent a doctor to personally go to see him and prescribe medicine.
Who knew that after the doctor left, Qin Qiong poured out the medicine.
The son was very confused when he saw Qin Qiong's behavior and did not understand what his father meant. Qin Qiong told her son the true situation of herself,
Saying that he was not sick in the first place, and that he was only doing this to survive, the son understood his father's intentions.
Qin Qiong's was sick for 12 years and was far from the center of power. The biggest reason why he did this was because of Li Shimin.
In the change of XuanwuMen, he saw the cruelty of the imperial power struggle, and also saw the coldness of Li Shimin, and retreat was the best choice.
Later, Li Shimin also went to see Qin Qiong, that is, he may have known that Qin Qiong was pretending to be ill, but he did not say it. After all, when the monarch has already felt a gap, it is impossible to break the mirror and reunite.
Since this was the life that Qin Qiong wanted to live, Li Shimin also acquiesced.
However, after Qin Qiong's death, those who had originally followed Li Shimin had all made immortal merits, and their merits had surpassed Qin Qiong's.
Later, when Li Shimin established the Ling Yan Pavilion, he put these heroes before Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong was able to be on it because of Li Shimin's gratitude to Qin Qiong.
For Qin Qiong, Li Shimin still had it in his heart. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, it may be because he killed too many sins and often had nightmares at night, making him unable to sleep peacefully at night.
In the end, Empress Eldest Sun thought of a way to paint a portrait of Wei Chigong and Qin Qiong, and then paste them on the door where Li Shimin slept.
In this way, with two portraits, Li Shimin's nightmare problem was solved, and the people knew about this matter and began to paste them as door gods.
Of course, this is only a rumor, and the specific reason is unknown.
Qin Qiong's life can be said to be brave, and his contribution to the Tang Dynasty is indelible. Cunning rabbit death, lackey cooking, this is the best interpretation of the hero.
Qin Qiong saw all this very clearly, and he really thought too much about it.
In addition to Qin Qiong, others were still active on the battlefield, and Li Shimin did not do anything to unload and kill donkeys.
Later, most of them were knighted, and even these heroes were buried with Zhaoling, which is very rare in history.
IV. Summary
Qin Qiong had no problem behaving like this, but it was a bit too much to do so, and this matter seemed to be a little narrow-minded.
Li Shimin knew that his behavior did not say anything else, and even remembered him when he established the Ling Yan Pavilion, which can be seen in Li Shimin's heart.
What was the real situation of Qin Qiong pretending to be ill for 12 years at that time, this is not known. However, things are two-sided, and since Qin Qiong's behavior is definitely a fuse, it needs more evidence to verify the real situation at that time.