Friends who are interested in history should be familiar with Hou Jun's conspiracy reaction, and in 643 AD, Hou Jun's conspiracy was conclusively evidenced, and Li Shimin sentenced him to death, and before his execution, he pleaded with Li Shimin: "Please your majesty forgive my family." Li Shimin choked up and said to him, "Yuanben had no intention of killing you, but the courtiers entered the world of your crimes and did not tolerate it, but your request was fulfilled." Hou Junji burst into tears after hearing this, his mood at this moment may be regret and helplessness, he himself made himself on this dead end, the executioner took the knife in his hand, and a generation of famous generals became history.
Hou Junji followed Li Shimin in his early years to conquer the north, Li Shimin admired and relied heavily on him, in 629, when the crown prince Li Jiancheng felt li Shimin's threat, so he wanted to put Li Shimin to death, both the bright and the dark were used, but Li Shimin cared about brotherhood, did not want to brothers, endured and endured, Hou Junji and Wei Chi Jingde felt that something was wrong, if not first to be strong, the more passive the future, so the two advised Li Shimin to seize the opportunity, the first to be strong, after some struggle, Li Shimin finally decided to launch a Coup d'état at Xuanwumen Hou Junji was responsible for controlling Tang Gaozu and his subjects, while Wei Chi Jingde was responsible for killing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. After such an earth-shattering coup d'état, Li Shimin became the crown prince, and not long after Li Yuan abdicated as emperor, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, opening the legend of the Tang Dynasty.
During the Xuanwumen coup d'état, Hou Junji and Wei Chi Jingde were given a great meritorious service, and afterwards Li Shimin rewarded him, and Hou Junji was awarded the title of General of the Left Guard, the Duke of Luguo, the Grant of Yi Qianhu, and the Great General of the Right Guard. Soon after that, he was promoted to the rank of Shangshu of the Bingbu, but because he did not read much, he did not know much about the art of war, so Li Shimin personally asked Li Jing to come to his door to teach him the art of war, and what Li Jing did not expect was that within a few days Hou Junji ran to Li Shimin to make a small report that Li Jing was plotting rebellion, and asked Li Shimin to make a decision early, and Li Shimin curiously asked him what signs Li Jing had tried to rebel. Hou Junji said indignantly: "Your Majesty asked Li Jing to teach his subjects the knowledge of the art of war, but Li Jing always talked about the subtleties and did not talk about them." Li Jing's retention of the essence of the art of war was not his intention to rebel. Li Shimin asked Li Jing to hold him accountable, and Li Jing also said indignantly: "Your Majesty asked me to teach Hou Junji the art of war, I never dared to slacken off, and now that Hou Junji has framed his subjects for rebellion, I still want to play Hou Junji's rebellion?" ”
Hearing this, Li Shimin felt interesting, the two men pointed out each other to plot rebellion, there must be catty, so he asked Li Jing what was going on, Li Jing said angrily: "Professor Hou Junji's knowledge of the art of war, now that the Central Plains have been settled, this knowledge is enough to pacify Siyi, but Hou Junji wants to learn the art of war of the subject, this is the heart of rebellion!" After some careful consideration, Li Shimin felt that neither of them could see the intention of rebellion, and both of them were Heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and they could not be disposed of at will, which would chill the hearts of the people in the world, so neither of them would be held accountable.
In 635, Li Shimin appointed Li Jing as the commander-in-chief of the Xihai Province march, and asked Hou Junji and Li Daozong to be Li Jing's deputies to requisition Tuguhun Fuyun, and Hou Junji proposed to Li Jing to select elite troop commanders to drive straight in, and Fuyun ran into the desert after suffering a defeat at Kushan. Although the weather was very bad, Hou Junji and others overcame the weather difficulties and repeatedly broke the Fuyun army, gaining a lot of success. In 639, the king of Gaochang, Qi Wentai, severed commercial ties between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, a move that completely troubled Li Shimin, so he sent Hou Junji to conquer Gaochangguo, and Hou Junji initially persuaded him to surrender, but the soldiers and civilians in the city were dead, and Hou Junji gathered his wisdom and quickly captured Gaochangguo. However, Hou Junji's greed came out, and he distributed the innocent people without asking for instructions, and secretly hid the national treasure of Gaochang and allowed his subordinates to steal the treasure, which made Li Shimin furious and returned the favor by acting so recklessly.
Hou Junji was imprisoned by Li Shimin after his return to the dynasty, and the ministers of the DPRK all interceded for him one after another, but Hou Junji was not only not grateful but resentful, and Hou Junji's dissatisfaction with Li Shimin was seen by the crown prince Li Chengqian, so he tried to win Hou Junji together to plan a mutiny, but halfway through the matter was exposed, Hou Junji was also imprisoned again, Li Shimin remembered Hou Junji's merits, and did not kill him, but the courtiers all went up to advise Hou Junji that the world was not tolerated, and should be decided, and Li Shimin had no choice but to order Hou Junji to be killed Before hou junji died, he thought that his family wanted Li Shimin to open up, and finally Li Shimin exiled his family, and did not cut him down, so he killed him, which led to the scene at the beginning of the article.
Hou Junji is a brave and unscrupulous man, brave and invincible in times of war and chaos can eat, but what is needed in peacetime is the wisdom of dealing with the world, need to know the way of accompanying the king, originally Hou Junji can enjoy the heavens, no matter the position of power, few people can reach, but he himself died to bury the future of the family, on the contrary, Wei Chi Jingde is very smart, he knows how to protect himself in time, retire with success, and live to the age of 74. Reading history can increase wisdom, the history of China's five thousand years of civilization, there is endless wisdom, read more history books, your life will reach a new height, whether it is the workplace or life will benefit endlessly.