Speaking of Cheng biting gold, everyone should know it, Cheng biting jin, the founding general of the Tang Dynasty, but I don't know if you have found a phenomenon, Wu Zetian almost killed all the founding heroes for the throne, but he did not dare to move Cheng to bite jin, why is this? Today we will explore this problem.
As we all know, in order to change the dynasty, Wu Zetian once appointed cool officials on a large scale, slaughtered Li Tangzong's office and dissident ministers. However, all this happened after the death of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, although Wu Zetian seized power, he did not dare to be too arrogant, and naturally did not dare to act against Li Tangzong's office, and even if he held dissident ministers, wu Zetian did not dare to dispose of it at will without the acquiescence of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, many of his former subjects were liquidated, either degraded or killed. The most tragic was Li Zhi's uncle, The Eldest Sun Wuji, and the entire family was destroyed by Wu Zetian's revenge. On the road to Wu Zetian's claim to the throne, whoever stands in the way will die. Wu Zetian was also a fierce character, strangling his newborn daughter alive in order to frame the empress, and even poisoning his son Li Xian, the crown prince of Zhanghuai, in order to become emperor.
From the perspective of timeline and age, Cheng Yaojin was 35 years older than Wu Zetian, and by the time Wu Zetian was crowned empress by Li Zhi, he was already in his 60s, and at this time he was basically just hanging the banner of the old minister of the Three Dynasties. Five years later, after li zhi was deposed and failed, Wu Zetian began to come to the dynasty and began to really enter the political circles, and Cheng Biting Jin was already a 70-year-old bad old man, and by the time Wu Zetian claimed that the emperor began to liquidate, Cheng Biting Jin had been dead for more than 20 years, so it was not Wu Zetian who killed Cheng Biting Jin, but the life and death that no one could stop.
Another reason is that he made a big mistake in his later years and returned to his hometown. In his later years, Cheng Yaojin once conquered Helu, and his subordinate Su Dingfang defeated the Western Turks, killed more than a thousand enemy people, and made great achievements. However, he was jealous of the villain Wang Wendu, who lied to Cheng Biting Jin that he had a holy body and advised Cheng Biting Jin not to be greedy and adventurous. As a result, it dragged on for too long, and many people and horses froze to death, so Su Ding bit Jin jin in the direction of Cheng and suggested taking the initiative to attack. He also suspected that Wang Wendu was mischievous behind his back, but Cheng Yaojin did not adopt his advice. Later, when the Tang army arrived at Hengdu City, some Hu people surrendered, and it was Wang Wendu who instigated the slaughter of the city and plundered. This was learned by Ashina Helu, who thought that the Tang army would not accept him, and not only did not surrender, but fled. After Cheng Biting Jin's army returned to the dynasty, Wang Wendu's ruse was punctured, and Cheng Biting Jin was also demoted. Later, he asked himself to return to his hometown, so that he could save himself away from the political center.