During the establishment and consolidation of the Li Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, as the King of Qin, gathered a large number of capable generals under Moxia, and these talents of different origins, different regions, and different political backgrounds all contributed to it. After ascending the throne and becoming emperor, these courtiers continued to serve Emperor Taizong, promoting the emergence of a prosperous situation. In February of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong ordered the image of the founding heroes and twenty-four zhenguan ministers in Lingyan Pavilion. But why were there none of these people, Liu Wenjing and Pei Huan, who had initially made great contributions with Li Shimin, but Wei Zheng, who later surrendered to Li Shimin, went up?
Regarding the list of meritorious heroes, the Old Book of Tang and the Biography of Changsun Wujie are divided into 3 years, namely Changsun Wuji, Li Xiaogong, Du Ruyi, Wei Wei, Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian, Wei Chi Jingde, Li Jing, Xiao Li, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji, Qu Tutong, Yin Kaishan, Chai Shao, Changsun Shunde, Zhang Liang, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Cheng Zhijie, Yu Shinan, Liu Zhenghui, Tang Jian, Li Bo, and Qin Shubao.
The personnel of Li Shimin's staff group are the main body of this award. During the Wude years, these personnel accompanied Li Shimin in the southern expedition to the northern war, pacified the separatist forces on all sides, and contributed a lot in the preparation, planning, and implementation of the Xuanwumen Revolution, and were Li Shimin's confidants. Taiyuan Yuanmou accounted for a small proportion of this reward. In particular, Pei Huan, Liu Wenjing and other high-ranking ancestors Li Yuan's left and right arms were all listed, in fact, the most important reason was that they did not participate in the Xuanwumen Revolution. Except for Wei Zheng, everyone else was more or less related to the change of Xuanwu Gate. XuanwuMen became Li Shimin's last attempt before ascending to the throne, and the vast majority of the personnel among the heroes of Lingyange contributed a lot in the preparation, planning, and implementation of the xuanwumen change. Judging from the historical records, the thirteen people who participated in the change of Xuanwu Gate were Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruqian, Gao Shilian, Wei Chi Jingde, Duan Zhixuan, Qu Tutong, Changsun Shunde, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, and Zhang Liang.
All thirteen of them were honored among the heroes of ling yan pavilion. The other Lingyange heroes can be divided into two categories: those who were originally members of the Qin King's staff group, such as Tang Jian, Li Jing, Liu Hongji, and Yu Shinan, although they did not participate in the Xuanwumen Revolution, as the Qin King's staff, they were bound to support Li Shimin in seizing the reserve. Other personnel, such as Xiao Li, Chai Shao, Li Xiaogong, Li Bo, Liu Zhenghui, and others, did not participate in the Xuanwumen Rebellion, but they favored Li Shimin in their political leanings.
Wei Zheng was originally a subordinate of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and was reused by Li Shimin after the xuanwumen rebellion, which was the most special of all. Although only Wei Zheng was special, Wei Zheng was selected as a representative of Li Shimin who surrendered to Li Shimin after the Xuanwumen Revolution, and it was also a symbol that Li Shimin could tolerate and tolerate the supporters of the previous deposed princes, so the reason why Pei Huan Liu Wenjing was not selected was mainly because their main merits did not include Xuanmen and were Li Yuan's cronies, Li Yuan, well, it was already a thing of the past. But Wei Zhengneng's selection was to win people's hearts. It can be said that Li Shimin's thinking is very thorough, and he basically threw off his father's aura and established his own rule of chastity.