From childhood to adulthood, when it comes to the Sui and Tang dynasties, it is not difficult to think of Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others, and have also seen many versions of TV series and novels with Sui and Tang heroes as the protagonists, although the titles of the plays are not the same, the stories are also different, and even may not be completely consistent with history, but the ending is roughly similar.
Today we talk about it together, the same wagang is born, why do some people die well, some people die and the clan is exterminated? Maybe we can try to explore them from their life experiences.
Qin Qiong's bravery was well-known at that time, and he was from the regular army of the Sui Dynasty. In the early Sui Dynasty, Qin Shubao was deeply trusted by Lai Hu'er, Zhang Sutuo, and Pei Renji, and served under their accounts. Qin Qiong followed Zhang Sutuo in battle for many years, made many achievements in battle, and was awarded the title of Jianjie Lieutenant.
Later, in the process of conquest of the Wagang army, Zhang Sutuo was lured into a trap by Li Mi, and after fighting to the death, he still did not escape the sacrifice; Qin Qiong, who survived from then on, led the remnants to attach themselves to Pei Renji.
Later, he surrendered to Li Mi with Pei Renji and officially joined the Wagang Army, while Qin Qiong, because of his fame and deep importance to Li Mi, was later appointed as a horseman in the tent, and from then on, together with Cheng Yaojin, he commanded an army of eight thousand.
At that time, the Wagang Army had always been under the control of Li Mi, and under his leadership, the Wagang Army had long since broken away from the reputation of the bandit group and became a prince of the Central Plains at that time. Therefore, although Qin Qiong was a Wagang Army, he had not been a bandit for a day.
Mentioning Qin Qiong had to mention Cheng Biting Jin. After a generation of high-ranking officials, cheng yaojin was brave and good at war when he was young, and once formed an armed force of hundreds of people to guard the township and bravely resist the thieves. After joining the Wagang Army, he was reused by Li Mi, a leader, and became one of the horsemen of the Inner Army.
Cheng Yaojin was an enemy of thieves at a young age, so why did he later join the bandit group? The answer is obvious, the Wagang Army under Li Mi's management at that time was no longer a bandit.
Xu Maogong (formerly known as Xu Shixun (徐世勣, character Maogong, later changed his surname to Li, and then changed his name to Li Ji, and was later replaced by "Xu Maogong") was originally born a rich man, and under the influence of his father, he has always insisted on charity.
When Xu Maogong was seventeen years old, he took advantage of the chaos in the world to follow Zhai Rang to become a member of the Wagang Army, and although he did not harass the villagers, he plundered the official wealth of the merchants and still engaged in the robbery of killing people and setting fires. It was not until Li Mi became the leader of the Wagang Army that he gradually faded his identity as a robber.
Therefore, from a historical point of view, Xu Maogong was a robber in his early years, a real robber, perhaps this is one of the reasons why his fate is different from Qin Qiongcheng's bite of gold.
Wang Junkuo, who has been orphaned and poor since childhood and sells horses for a living, is a being hated by the townspeople, only because of his bad character, he often steals.
When Wang Junkuo was young, in order to steal the merchant's silk, he used to wrap the merchant's head with bamboo gou filled with barbs, and it was really powerful to have such a plan at a young age. Even in order to be a thief, he framed the neighbor and his uncle for adultery, and then killed the neighbor with his uncle and began to die.
Wang Junkuo in history has never been a good robber. Wang Junkuo, who had formed a gang of robbers, plundered everywhere, and when he encountered solicitations or officers and soldiers, he would always pretend to deceive him and gain trust, and then beat him off guard. After listening to the advice, he defected to Li Mi's Wagang army, and because it was not reused, it surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was crowned as the Shangzhu State.
After the defeat of Wagang, Qin Qiong and others all defected to King Shichong of Zheng, and because Wang Shichong was treacherous, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin and others did not want to continue to be with him, so they found an opportunity to defect to Li Yuan and Li Shimin.
Later, Qin Qiong followed Li Shimin, the King of Qin, in his southern expedition to the north and repeatedly made battle achievements. Since then, Qin Shubao, who was full of injuries and illnesses, has been made a general of zuo wu wei and the duke of Yiguo. After his death in his later years, he was posthumously honored as the Duke of Hu.
After Cheng Yaojin followed Li Shimin, the King of Qin, he also fought many battles. He was found in the Song Dynasty, Dou Jiande, and Shichong, who was later known as the Duke of Suguo, and also participated in the xuanwumen revolution. Later, Cheng Washijin was renamed the Duke of Lu.
Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin both ended well, while the other two were different.
After Xu Mao voted for Tang, he successively served in the three dynasties of Tang Gaozu, Tang Taizong, and Tang Gaozong, and won the importance of the imperial court, and during the period of following Tang Taizong Li Shimin, he was even more pacifying the four sides.
Xu Maogong, who was originally a general and had outstanding merits, was even more tired. But he was able to cultivate his own body, but he could not control his children and grandchildren. Before he died, he was full of glory, but he did not want to die, but because his grandson Li Jingye raised an army to fight against Wu Zetian, he was stripped of his official title and dug up a tomb and cut a coffin.
Speaking of Wang Junkuo, when he was young, he gathered a crowd to steal, and his character was also notoriously poor. After he joined the Tang Dynasty, he also had a good record, and he was also named the Left Leading General and the Governor of Youzhou, and he was even awarded the title of Pillar State and Peng Guogong, just like others.
However, he did not restrain himself and serve the public as Qin Shubao, Xu Maogong and others, and arrogantly overstepping the law in office. Even in order to gain fame, he single-handedly planned the rebellion of Li Yan, first instigating Li Yan's rebellion, and then going to pacify himself.
Unfortunately, the later Wang Junkuo was arrogant and unruly in Youzhou, and the imperial court repeatedly restrained him without results, and he himself was afraid and vaguely uneasy, so he began to flee to the Turks, killed by the villagers on the way, and after his death, he was reduced to a commoner and could not die well.
Judging from everyone's life, it is not difficult for us to find that although all of them were from Wagang, Qin Qiongcheng had never been a robber in fact, and those who really became robbers were Xu Maogong and Wang Junkuo. Does this illustrate the importance of different origins?
Speaking of battle achievements, it is not difficult for us to find that they are all founding generals of the Tang Dynasty and have distinguished their military achievements. Qin Qiongcheng did not fail to live up to his life's record and eventually died a good ending; while the other two had different reasons, but their life's merits were ruined in their own homes.
Xu Maogong and his father were kind all their lives, and they also had their own principle bottom line for thieves, and they also lived up to their lifelong military achievements in their lifetime, but their grandson rebelled, so that he was cut down and dug up, and his life's glory was destroyed. Does this also illustrate the importance of homeschooling? One wins and one loses.
Wang Junkuo can be said to be cocooning himself, and when he was young, his character was not good, after all, he had made many military achievements in his life, he should have been nurturing for a long time, and the heroic image was recorded in the annals of history and remembered by posterity, but he had no choice but to restrain himself and eventually commit suicide. Does this also illustrate the importance of the idea of character?
As the old saying goes, "Mistakes can be changed, and good deeds are great." The old saying goes, "The prodigal son does not return to gold."
These words are also applicable in today's new era. Judging from Wang Junkuo's life, if he could abide by discipline and the law and cherish the glory he had, he would not end up with a miserable end. While reading historical stories, we should also learn more from the experience of previous generations.
Judging from the fact that Xu Maogong's life glory was destroyed by his descendants, family education cannot be ignored. In today's era, due to various social pressures, how many families ignore family education, resulting in more and more children being psychologically unsound, and the juvenile crime rate is also improving, so family education should be paid more attention to.
The same is from Wagang, the ending is very different. There may be other reasons, but it is still to be continued to be explored by later generations, and in the process of exploration, it is necessary to learn from experience, learn advantages, and improve oneself in order to be truly effective exploration and effective reading.