There are many people who say what parents are like, and their children must be what they are. This sentence is actually very incorrect, because what kind of person the parents will become, can only say that there is a great possibility of affecting the future direction of the child's life, but it is not necessarily the determining factor of their personality. In history, there are many cases where parents are not very good, but their children are very good.
That's the story we're going to tell you today. As we all know, Li Shimin was a very capable emperor, and during his reign, almost all the talents available in the court were available. Moreover, it was precisely because of these dedicated courtiers that his Tang Dynasty was able to present a peaceful and peaceful situation.
However, being good at recognizing people cannot guarantee that those traitors will come out. When Li Shimin was in power, there was such a figure, although he had his own talents, but because there were too many talents that could be used in the court, there was always no way to get ahead. His name was Xu Jingzong, and in his early years he had been an official of the Sui Dynasty, and because he could not see the future, he defected to Li Shimin.
It was not until Li Zhi succeeded to the throne that he realized that his spring might be coming. At that time, many ministers in the court were very opposed to Li Zhi's empress Wu Zetian interfering in politics, but Xu Jingzong knew that this matter was actually only a matter of time, so he thought that he might as well send Wu Zetian a favor by pushing the boat along the water, and in the future she would have great power and her own benefits.
So he immediately turned to Wu Zetian, so he became an accomplice of Wu Zetian. In order to straighten out Wu Zetian, it can be said that he devoted his life's efforts, not only secretly contacting the important ministers and helping Wu Zetian cultivate his forces, but also risking being killed and framing a number of elderly and important ministers. After Wu Zetian became emperor, his hard life also came to an end, he became the prime minister, he did no evil in his life, and he was always spurned by people.
However, such a traitorous villain who turned his back on the way of a heavy courtier had a loyal descendant, and his great-grandson was named Xu Yuan. During his tenure as Taishou, just in time for the great turmoil of the Tang Dynasty, the territory he guarded was besieged by rebels. In the absence of support, he was loyal to the imperial court, fought bloody battles for ten months, and unfortunately sacrificed his life for the country.
But his blood was not spilled in vain, and in the end it was Qingshi who left his name. It was really because xu Yuan's behavior helped the Tang Dynasty win a respite and let more of the country and mountains not be occupied by the rebels. At that time, he and another general were called the double loyalty of the Tang Dynasty, which was a great honor. He was an accomplice of Wu Zetian, who did no evil in his life, but his descendants sacrificed their lives for the country, and eventually left their names in history.