In the novel Sui and Tang Dynasties, Xu Maogong is a military master, he can pinch and calculate, he is good at calculation, and can be called a god man.
The historical Xu Maogong did not know any feng shui spells, but this person was also remarkable, his military attainment and understanding of human sophistication were very high, and Xu Maogong himself was also a first-class figure in the Sui and Tang dynasties. He successively assisted Zhai Rang, Li Mi, Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Zhi. For the Tang Dynasty, Xu Maogong can also be regarded as a great hero of the elder level of the Three Dynasties.
Then, such a great hero, why did Wu Zetian dig his grave, and why did he directly call Xu Maogong cunning?
Speaking of which, this matter is also related to Xu Maogong's grandson.
Xu Maogong was very cautious. For example, at that time, Li Zhi wanted to depose Empress Wang and make Wu Zetian empress dowager, but the ministers of the court raised objections one after another, and only Xu Maogong thought that this was the emperor's family affair, and the ministers had no right to interfere.
Li Zhi himself felt that Xu Maogong's words were very reasonable, so he ignored the objections of the ministers of the DPRK and directly established Wu Zetian as his queen. In this way, Xu Maogong also helped Wu Zetian.
But Xu Maogong had a grandson named Li Jingye, who was brilliant and intelligent, but he was particularly bold. After Xu Maogong's death, Li Jingye, who was belittled by Wu Zetian and resentful, gathered a group of people in Yangzhou and recruited troops under the banner of supporting the King of Luling, preparing to rebel in Yangzhou and overthrow Wu Zetian.
In the end, Li Jingye was defeated and killed, and with the involvement of his grandson Li Jingye, Wu Zetian ordered the excavation of Xu Maogong's grave.
As a result, when xu Maogong's tomb was opened, Xu Maogong's body was relatively well preserved, and in addition to the corpse, there was only one imperial dress and ten wooden people with burial items, which appeared extremely shabby.
And all this stems from Xu Maogong's deliberate "arrangement".
Old Book of Tang:
“...... But the cloth is loaded with a revealing car, carrying my coffin, and the coffin is covered with regular clothes, but a pair of imperial clothes is added, and if the dead have knowledge, they look forward to seeing the emperor. The ming vessel is only made of five or six horses, the lower curtain cloth is the top, the white veil is the skirt, and ten wooden people are carried, showing the righteousness of the ancient ritual sword, and one other thing is not used. ”
The burial items arranged by Xu Maogong also have great significance.
For example, the imperial dress in the burial items illustrates Xu Maogong's loyalty—because he was going to wear the imperial dress to see the former emperor.
The ten wooden people in the burial items illustrate Xu Maogong's low profile and incorruptibility, and also reflect the despicableness of the gravediggers.
Wu Zetian was furious at this, so he scolded Xu Maogong for being a traitor, and not only ordered the destruction of Xu Maogong's body, but also ordered the recovery of what Li Yuan had given to Xu Maogong."
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Xu Maogong, whose real name was Xu Shixun, was later used and appreciated by Tang Gaozu, and Li Yuan gave him the surname of Li, and Xu Shixun became Li Shixun. After Emperor Taizong of Tang succeeded Tonzong Li Shimin, in order to avoid secrecy, Li Shijian changed his name to Li Ji.
After Li Jingye's unsuccessful campaign against Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian not only ordered his grave to be dug, but also took back Xu Maogong's Surname of Li. After the Shenlong coup, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was restored to the throne, and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang issued an edict to restore Xu Maogong's official title and his title."