In ancient China, the establishment of various dynasties and generations was inseparable from those founding ministers and generals who had made great contributions with the emperor. Since ancient times, the treatment of some founding ministers has been good and bad. For example, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang wantonly killed their own founding ministers and generals. But not every monarch of the dynasty was like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, and there were many wise monarchs, such as Li Shimin and Zhao Kuangyin.
As a country that overthrew the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was very economically developed, and the average living standard of the people was very high. And Li Shimin was very kind to his ministers. He also opened a place specifically for the founding generals, and that place was Ling Yan Ge. In the Ling Yan Pavilion, there are portraits of twenty-four heroes, and their order of arrangement is who has made the greatest contribution, who ranks the highest.
And there was one person among them, although he had merit, but his ranking was higher than the generals he still had merit, and this person was Wei Chi Jingde.
Wei Chi Jingde and Li Shimin had a close relationship
In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, all localities began to rise in the land, and Wei Chi Jingde at that time also began to follow a small number of people to uncover the uprising. Another local overlord, Liu Wuzhou, thought that Wei Chi Jingde was very brave, so he took him under his command. In the third year of Wu De, Li Shimin began to attack Liu Wuzhou, and Liu Wuzhou had no choice but to run away and leave the others behind. Wei Chi Jingde saw that Li Shimin was coming menacingly and could not resist himself, so he surrendered.
Li Shimin had always admired such a general, and when he saw him surrender, he wanted to take it for himself. However, some of the other generals thought that Wei Chi Jingde's surrender was a plot against him, so they locked him up and asked Li Shimin to execute Wei Chi Jingde. However, Li Shimin did not do this, believing that Wei Chi Jingde's surrender was not a plot against him, so he released him and brought him into his account.
When Wei Chi Jingde was brought into Li Shimin's account, his mind was ready to die. However, Li Shimin did not kill him, but gave him some gold and silver treasures, and told him: "You don't have to be afraid, you don't have to be wronged, I won't kill you." I see that you have great ambitions, and you are a loyal person, and I will not listen to rumors and kill a person. If you are willing to submit to me, I will treat you well, and if you insist on leaving, then you will take these gold and silver as an expression of our short friendship. "
Wei Chi Jingde listened to Li Shimin's words, was very moved, and decided to always be loyal to him, so he has always followed Li Shimin, like a close partner, so the relationship between the two of them has become more intimate.
Arrogant and arrogant, Lieutenant Chi Gong beat li Daozong in a big way
Because Wei Chi Jingde had a very good relationship with Li Shimin, his position in the DPRK was also very high. He ranked second among the Lingyange warriors, but the third rank was the famous general Li Jing. Wei Chi Jingde's ranking higher than Li Jing's is not that his own merits are higher than Li Jing's, and it is higher to discuss Li Jing's merits than Wei Chi Jingde. It is because Wei Chi Jingde and Li Shimin are relatively close, so the position given to him is also quite high. This led to Wei Chi Jingde's arrogance and arrogance, and there was no one in the eyes of the DPRK.
In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin was happy, so he set up a feast in the palace, in order not only to relax himself, but also to let the ministers rest to promote the relationship between the monarch and the courtiers. So a banquet was held and officials from all over the dynasty were invited.
After Wei Chi Jingde entered the field, he saw that someone was in a higher position than him, and his heart was very unhappy, but he did not have a seizure. After three rounds of drinking, Stupid Jingde began to be vague, how to see how unhappy the person next to him was, so he quarreled with that person through the wine. He questioned the man on what basis he was not as high as himself, but sat in a higher position than himself. So they became the focus.
Li Daozong, who was sitting on the other side of Wei Chi Jingde, saw that the situation was not good, so he went forward to persuade him. Wei Chi Jingde thought that Li Daozong was with the man and joined forces to bully him, so he beat li Daozong half to death, and his eyes were almost blind.
Li Shimin angrily rebuked Wei Jingde
When Li Shimin heard the sound, Li Daozong was already knocked to the ground. Li Daozong was Li Shimin's cousin, and his status was very noble, and he was a relative of the emperor and the state. And Wei Chi Jingde beat Li Daozong like a slap in the face of the royal family, so Li Shimin was very angry, immediately stopped, and angrily ended the banquet, Wei Chi Jingde's rudeness made Li Shimin even move to kill for a while.
On the other side, Wei Jingde's wine also woke up, and he knew that he had done too much this time, so he caught up with Li Shimin and wanted to admit his mistake. However, the proud Wei Chi Jingde rarely confessed his mistakes to people, so after catching up with Li Shimin, he still could not speak, so he did not say a word.
Li Shimin saw that he had a look of regret on his face and knew his temper, so he sighed, pulled him into the room and told him solemnly: "Your current behavior is like han xin in the previous Han Dynasty, and I don't want to kill my own heroes like Gaozu." But the etiquette of the country is very severe, once or twice I can save you, but after committing too many crimes, I can't do anything. So in the future, you have to keep your nature and stop making mistakes impulsively. "
Wei Chi Jingde saw that he was so serious, and he also knew the pros and cons, so he has been a kind person since then, and he has no longer been in the limelight.