After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan began to discuss merit and reward. It's just that in the process of Li Yuan's discussion on merit and reward, many people have not been rewarded. The reason is that these people are all following Li Shimin, and after Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, Li Shimin successfully ascended the throne as emperor, and Li Shimin began to reward the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty.
It is not so much to reward the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty as to reward the heroes who helped Li Shimin ascend to the throne. In the change of Xuanwu Gate, Wei Chi Jingde undoubtedly made the greatest contribution. In addition to Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Biting Jin was also a participant in the change of Xuanwu Gate, and more importantly, Cheng Biting Jin was also neutral in the change of Xuanwu Gate, and was rewarded by Li Shimin.
In the ninth year of Wu De, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, that is, in this coup d'état, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor. It is worth mentioning that there were four changes in Xuanwumen in the Tang Dynasty, only Li Shimin succeeded once, and the other three Xuanwumen changes all failed. During the Xuanwumen Rebellion, Cheng Biting Jin made meritorious achievements, after which Cheng Biting Jin was awarded the title of Prince Right Guard, and then promoted to Right Guard General.
After the change of Xuanwu Gate, almost all meritorious ministers were rewarded. More importantly, many of the heroes in the Xuanwu Gate Revolution had entered the Twenty-Four Heroes of Ling Yan Pavilion. Cheng Biting Jin was born of bitterness, and compared with the other Twenty-Four Heroes of Ling Yan Pavilion, Cheng Biting Jin's origin was not good. When he was young, he was brave and good at fighting, and was good at using horse mallets.
The mallet is a heavy cavalry weapon, a heavy version of the spear. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the world was in chaos, Cheng Yaojin organized an armed force of hundreds of people to guard the township. After that, Cheng Biting Jin returned to Li Mi, and from here, Cheng Biting Jin began to fight on the battlefield. During the Li Mi period, Cheng Biting Jin was reused. After the rise of Wang Shichong, Li Mi's good days came to an end.
After the dissolution of WagangZhai, Cheng Yaojin first followed Wang Shichong and later attached himself to the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Li Shimin was still the King of Qin, and he had already heard about the process of biting gold, so he had great respect for Cheng biting gold. Later, Cheng Yaojin followed Li Shimin, the King of Qin. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the prestige of Cheng Yaojin had already made the crown prince Li Jiancheng jealous.
As a result, Li Jiancheng repeatedly said the rumors of Cheng biting Jin in front of Li Yuan. It's just that Li Yuan didn't deal with Cheng Biting Jin, and more importantly, Cheng Biting Jin knew how to advance and retreat. After the change of Xuanwu Gate occurred, Cheng Biting Jin's merits were even greater. Then Cheng Yaojin was not executed during the li shimin and Wu Zetian periods, or even harmed. Why is that?
The main thing is that Cheng bites jin low-key and will be a person. In today's parlance, it is Cheng Yaojin who understands the current affairs as Junjie. The historical Cheng Yaojin was born in a poor family, and it was already a top prize to be rewarded. After Cheng Biting Jin was rewarded, there was no drifting so. Before joining Li Mi, Cheng Yaojin was often mixed with some people of the three religions and nine streams, he had sold smuggled salt, and he had also been arrested and imprisoned, but he was later pardoned because of the succession of the Sui Emperor.
Later, Cheng Yaojin joined Wagangzhai and assisted Li Mi here. After Li Mi failed, Cheng Yaojin joined the tang army Li Shimin's camp. During the period of Li Shimin and Li Yuan, Cheng Yaojin understood that the person who knew the current affairs was Junjie, and no matter what happened in the Tang Dynasty at this time, Cheng Yaojin took firm support for imperial power as the first priority and never asked about Li Shimin.
Can such a person be disliked by the emperor? It should be known that the historical Cheng Yaojin lived to the age of 77 before he died. A founding hero like Cheng Yaojin not only did not arouse the emperor's jealousy, but was able to die well, which is very rare in history. During the Li Zhi period, Cheng Biting Jin was even more indifferent, and even Li Zhili Wu Zetian was made empress, and as the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Biting Jin did not ask questions.
This is the life-saving basis of Cheng Biting Jin. Li Zhili Wu Zetian was made empress, and the first person to oppose it was the eldest son Wujie, and his end can be imagined. He was expelled from the imperial court and forced to commit suicide in desperation. After Wu Zetian established Wu Zhou, many ministers of the imperial court died at the hands of Wu Zetian. Partial bite of gold is an exception, safe and sound.
When Wu Zetian killed the four sides, Cheng Yaojin understood things very well. This is still ignored, or it is "pretending to be crazy and stupid". In history, there are only a few founding heroes like Cheng Yaojin. Most of the founding fathers of the dynasty did not have a good ending. During the Wu Zetian period, Cheng Yaojin was very clever and knew how to keep a low profile, and he did not support Wu Zetian too much, but he did not oppose Wu Zetian, so he was able to die well.