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After Xu Maogong submitted to the Tang Dynasty, he nominally worked under Li Shimin, but he did not die loyal to Li Shimin like Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, and became Li Shimin's intimate general, Xu Maogong's political attitude was very moderate, and between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, he never showed a clear intention to fall to a certain force.
Although Xu Maogong's attitude was ambiguous, Li Shimin knew his talents very well, and if he abandoned this person, it would be a great loss to The Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Li Shimin entrusted many heavy responsibilities to Xu Maogong, and Xu Maogong also lived up to the military achievements entrusted to the Tang Dynasty: pacifying the Turks, fighting Goguryeo and so on.
After Li Shimin boarded the dragon chair, he did his best to win over Xu Maogong, and the historical records record that once Xu Maogong was sick and bedridden, the doctor said to use his beard as a medicine guide, Li Shimin heard about it, personally cut off his beard, boiled medicine for Xu Maogong, Xu Maogong saw Li Shimin treat himself like this, grateful to Shu Zero, at this time Tang Taizong said a very standard sentence: "I am for Jiangshan, Ai Qing does not have to thank." ”
Later, when Li Zhi was made crown prince, Li Shimin entrusted Xu Maogong with a lonely and heavy responsibility, asking him to do his best to help Li Zhi sit firmly in the jiangshan, And Xu Maogong expressed his loyalty at that time, so moved that even his fingers were bitten out of blood. Later, Emperor Taizong of Tang feasted on his courtiers, and Xu Maogong drank too much, and Li Shimin took off his imperial robe and covered him. From these appearances, we can see that Tang Taizong was very good to Xu Maogong, but if we think about it to a deeper level, it is precisely because Xu Maogong is really "ignorant of lifting" that Li Shimin has to lower his body to win over. So why?
Li Shimin's time was short, and thinking of Xu Maogong's ambiguous attitude over the years, he was very unable to see through this person, and after thinking about it for a long time, he called his son Li Zhi.
Before the sickbed, he said from the bottom of his heart: "Xu Maogong's talent is outstanding, but son, you have no kindness with him, I am afraid I can't convince him, after my death, I will set a test for Xu Maogong and demote him to the locality, if he obeys your words and immediately takes office and does his best to serve Datang, then you can entrust him with the heavy responsibility of The Tang Dynasty; if he is hesitant to take office and is not loyal to you, kill him immediately." ”
It can be said that Xu Maogong's fate is all between his own thoughts at this time, and what choice will he make when his life is at stake? There are relevant records in the historical records, that is, Xu Maogong accepted being degraded, did not even return home, and immediately took office. After working under Tang Taizong for all these years, Xu Maogong knew Li Shimin too well, which must be the last test of Li Shimin before his death, a little careless fear of life, Xu Maogong, who was rigorous and humble in his daily life, naturally escaped with years of experience.
After The death of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Zhi saw that Xu Maogong did not stop taking up his post, believing that he was loyal and commendable, and immediately made Xu Maogong the prime minister, and since then many major and minor affairs in the dprk have been entrusted to Xu Maogong. Xu Maogong, on the other hand, was more humble and handled the affairs of the dynasty more rigorously, and colleagues said that Xu Maogong handled the affairs of the government carefully day and night, putting the country first in his heart.
More than ten years later, Xu Maogong, who was more than seventy years old, died of illness, and he assisted three monarchs surnamed Li in his lifetime, establishing outstanding merits, and resolving the suspicion of the emperor several times with a humble and rigorous attitude, and was able to die well. In 669 A.D., he died of old age and illness. At that time, When Emperor Gaozong of Tang learned of his death, li zhi was heartbroken, and later the emperor made a meritorious contribution to it, so that he could be like an imperial tomb, and enjoy the same position as Wei Qinghuo and others.
Is that the end of it? In fact, it is not, and after his death, he experienced a period of twists and turns. In 683 AD, Emperor Gaozong of Tang cured his illness and died, after which Wu Zetian took power in power, and for the sake of full power, Wu Zetian deposed Li Xian and prepared to let Li Dan ascend the throne. This was to prepare Wu Zetian for ascending to the peak of power.
At that time, many people in the palace were opposed, and they also scorned Wu Zetian's behavior. Among them was Li Jingye, a descendant of Xu Maogong (formerly known as Xu Shixun and Li Ji). He was calling for an army to fight against Wu Zetian, and claimed to be a general of Kuangfu Province, and at that time, tang zhiqi and Luo Binwang supported him, but the results were not as good as expected.
When Wu Zetian found out, he was very angry and immediately sent as many as 300,000 generals to surround and suppress him. The result was obvious, and the soldiers were eventually defeated and killed. Although the rebellion was put down, it was difficult to eliminate Wu Zetian's anger. He ordered the tomb of Li Jingye's ancestor, xu Maogong (Li Ji), mentioned above, to be excavated, and the coffin was destroyed, and Xu Maogong's title was stripped at the same time. I thought that I could live in peace after I died, but I didn't expect that many years later, my descendants would actually kill themselves in a coffin.
In 705, after Wu Zetian abdicated, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang re-ascended the throne, and immediately ordered Xu Maogong to be restored to the throne and reburied. This great general made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty throughout his life, and although he experienced this episode, he was eventually remembered by history, and his merits will not be erased.
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