In ancient times, courtiers with great merits would be fiercely rewarded by the emperor, and in the Qing Dynasty, they would give those who had made special merits a yellow coat symbolizing the majesty of the emperor, as a supreme glory, if they were nobles of the clan, there was a chance to be crowned as the king of the iron hat, inheriting the title for generations, enjoying glory and wealth.
In the history of the wilderness, The Tang Emperor Li Shimin, in the face of a courtier with great merit, would be crowned "King of One Word and Shoulder", and Luo Cheng and Xue Rengui had both received this honor.
As the name suggests, the "one-word side-by-side king" can be shoulder to shoulder with the king, which is probably a great honor in ancient times, so how much power does it have? First of all, let's take a look at who Luo Cheng and Xue Rengui, who have received this title, are sacred.
Luo Cheng is a character in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the seventh good man of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, who has the courage of ten thousand men, initially rebelled with Qin Qiongcheng and others in Wagang, and later joined Li Shimin's army, capturing Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande and others stationed in Luoyang, so he was crowned by the Tang Emperor Li Yuan as a one-character side-by-side king.
However, there is no luo cheng in the main history, and the author of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is based on the image of Luo Cheng, who was fabricated by a tang dynasty warrior named Luo Shixin. Although this Luo Shixin was a relatively remarkable military general, he once accompanied Li Shimin, who was still the King of Qin, on his eastern expedition to the west, and was later captured and killed in battle with Liu Heimin. He was made the Duke of Jiaoguo, but his official position did not reach the level of Luo Cheng from beginning to end.
Another military general, Xue Rengui, was indeed a man in history, he was born in the ninth year of the Sui Dynasty Emperor (614), and later defected to the Tang army, conquered for decades, broke the Turks, surrendered to Goguryeo, and made great military achievements, in the history of the wild, he was also named a one-word side-by-side king, but in the history of Tang, Xue Rengui was the governor of Guazhou, the right leader wei general, the title of Duke of Pingyang County, and there was no record of being crowned king.
In the novel, Luo Cheng and Xue Rengui took out this name at every turn, as if deliberately showing off, in fact, the throne of "one word side by side" was deliberately added by the author to two people, and its purpose was to show the status and honor of the two people. It's just a novel, and you don't need to take it too seriously.
But in history, is there really a title of "one-word side-by-side king", the answer is no, the emperor is not a fool, everyone wants to tilt power to the opposition, solipsism, how can it be specially established with their own status?
However, "one word side by one king" is not empty. In ancient times, there was a saying of "one-word king", which was not a simple title, but generally referred to all the kings whose titles were one word, usually the names of these kings came from the names of the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period, and generally speaking, the most powerful "Jin, Qin, Qi, and Chu" in the Spring and Autumn Period were the most honorable.
When Li Shiming was still a prince, he was made the Duke of Qin by the Sui Emperor, his father Li Yuan made him the King of Qin after he called him Emperor, and Cao Cao was made the Prince of Wei by Emperor Xian of Han in 216.
Li Shiming, Cao Cao, and Li Keyong, the King of Jin in the Later Tang Dynasty, and Li Maozhen, the King of Qi, were all literally understood as one-word kings, because these princes were warlords, and their power and status were not much worse than those of the emperors at that time.
The story of Sui and Tang dynasties was circulated in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and only in the Ming Dynasty did it appear in the systematic "Sui and Tang Dynasty" novels, and the author also referred to some folk rumors, which gave Luo Cheng and Xue Rengui the title of "One Word Side by Side King".