There is a saying that heroes are not afraid of being born low. But in the feudal era, this sentence did not have universal significance. Liu Bang can become emperor from a rogue drunkard, Liu Bei can become an emperor from a mat weaver, Shi Le can become an emperor from a slave, Zhu Yuanzhang can even become an emperor from a beggar, but in the five thousand years of history, how many people can have the ability and opportunity of Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang?
In fact, in a feudal society with a strict hierarchical system, birth and discipline for a person's development may become both a step of progression and an insurmountable obstacle. Not to mention being an emperor, even many ordinary court positions are enough to make the Han disciples sigh. Ordinary students can use the imperial examination system as a way up, but there is a position, even if it passes the difficulties of the imperial examination, it is difficult to approach.
This position was the Emperor's bodyguard. Don't underestimate that he is just a bodyguard, the prime minister is a slave of the seven officials, not to mention serving the emperor every day. From the emperor's bodyguard, and finally became a major minister of the state, the Qing Dynasty's Hezhen is a typical representative. However, because the palace guards were directly responsible for the safety of the emperor, they had extremely high requirements for his family origin.
For example, the Tang Dynasty's emperor's bodyguard organs, left and right Qianniu Wei, directly responsible for defending the emperor and members of the imperial family, "all of them are made up for by the children of Gao Yin, the young and beautiful", "a good choice for the nobles to start a family", must be the children of the princes and nobles, the general ministers, the reason is very simple, these people are born in the noble and noble families, sacrificing thousands of riches, full of wealth and wealth at the cost of assassinating the emperor, the possibility is almost zero.
However, Tang Taizong Li Shimin has always been known for being eclectic and good at using people. He had broken this rule once and promoted a poor boy to his bodyguard. And this bodyguard later became a great general of the Tang Dynasty, opening up the territory for the Tang Dynasty, threatening the western region, and making extraordinary achievements. This person was the famous Tang Dynasty general Wang Fangyi, one of the important courtiers during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Li Zhi.
Wang Fangyi was also said to be a famous person, and his grandmother was Princess Tong'an Changchang, the sister of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and his father was Wang Renbiao of the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, his grandmother Princess Tong'an Chang did not look up to his mother Li Shi, and as a result, when Wang Fangyi was very young, his father died, and Princess Tong'an Chang was fierce and fierce, sweeping Li Ande and Wang Fangyi out of the house and cutting off contact, so That Wang Fangyi instantly changed from a rich family of imperial relatives to a poor boy with nothing.
In order to make ends meet, the mother and son came to the outskirts of Chang'an to reclaim the land and cultivate the land, and became self-supporting farmers. Fortunately, Wang Fangyi was very angry, and the sudden family change made this teenager mature rapidly. The New Book of Tang records that Wang Fangyi "persevered in his efforts to abandon the sun and reclaim the land and plant trees", and at a young age, he worked hard to open up the wilderness and plant trees, and the mother and son were finally able to feed themselves. In the midst of hardships and hardships, Wang Fangyi ushered in a turn of fate.
The New Book of Tang records that after the death of Princess Tong'an Chang, Wang Fangyi returned to The Beijing Division to mourn, and when he rushed to the road at night, he vaguely saw a "giant" in the distance who was two feet tall, and he immediately took off his bow and arrow and shot it, and the "giant" fell in response. When he looked over, "Naipai Muya", it turned out to be a large thick piece of wood that was leaned against the side of the road by whomever was leaning, and he actually shot down with an arrow. As a result, the matter reached Li Shimin's ears, "Emperor Taizong heard, promoted to Right Qianniu", and immediately found him, appointed him as the Right Qianniu Guard, and became a palace guard.
After Emperor Gaozong of Tang succeeded to the throne, Wang Fangyi had become a military general. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was using troops against the Western Regions, and the founding veterans withered away, and rising stars such as Wang Fangyi were able to emerge. He was appointed inspector of the Anxi Capital, with overall responsibility for the conquest of the countries of the Western Regions. Wang Fangyi was a brilliant general and a brilliant general, who fought many battles and successfully pacified the Western Regions, "Xi Rong shook the Volt", and for a time threatened the Western Regions.
Wang Fangyi's cousin Wang Shi married Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong, and as a result, not only did he not bring him good luck, but also brought ruin. In order to seize imperial power, Wu Zetian set up a poisonous plan to kill Empress Wang, and Wang Fangyi was also regarded by Wu Zetian as the power of Empress Wang, and he wanted to get rid of it quickly. When she used the excuse to handle the major case of Cheng Wuting's conspiracy against the government, she innocently connected Wang Fangyi and sent him to Yazhou, killing him on the way. A generation of famous generals died in this way.