Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde are listed as permanent door gods, and who they are the first generals of the Tang Dynasty has always been controversial - we are talking about warlords rather than famous generals, so don't talk about the second Li God of War (Li Jing Li Ji).
According to the later official position and the degree of importance of Li Shimin by Emperor Taizong of Tang, of course, Wei Chi Jingde was the first, because Li Shimin even wanted to marry his daughter to Wei Chi Jingde, and even Cheng Yaojin made a pro-family with Li Shimin, but Qin Shubao was idle at home for twelve years.
Li Shimin wanted to marry his daughter to Wei Chi Jingde, which was recorded in the Sui tang jia dialect (also known as the "Biography of the State Dynasty") by Liu Biao, a scholar and intellectual historian of the Tang Xuanzong Tianbao period: "Does it mean that Emperor Taizong will marry his daughter and Qing?" "Although the courtiers are despicable, they do not lose their marital affection." The subject heard the ancient saying: 'Rich is not easy to wife, ren also.' 'Seek it, and may the grace of the Holy Grace cease.' "Kowtow to the stubbornness. Di Jia stopped.
Wei Chi Jingde, who was born in 585, was thirteen years older than Li Shimin, who was born in 598, and if he wanted to marry his daughter to Wei Chi Laohan, he really didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking. However, this can also prove that in li Shimin's eyes, Wei Chi Jingde is definitely the number one important warrior in Tianzi. Reluctant to let the child not be able to trap the wolf, in order to win over Wei Chi Jingde, Li Shimin was really open-minded.
Looking at Qin Qiong on the other hand, he did not have the same good treatment as Wei Chi Jingde—in this regard, Li Shimin and Li Yuan's approach was diametrically opposed.
Li Yuan rewarded Qin Qiong with dozens of warehouses that could not be put down, two pins on the pillar state (Xun), one pin wing guogong, plus "tens of millions of gold gifts".
What did Li Yuan reward Wei Chi Jingde? Sorry, it means that there is nothing, before the change of Xuanwu Gate, Wei Chi Jingde had no lord, but only got a small basket of gold and silver treasures given to him by Li Shimin, and it is estimated that it will not exceed one hundred pounds, because Li Shimin installed it and handed it to Wei Chi Jingde casually.
Anyone who saw the reward that Qin Qiong received from Li Yuan would be red-eyed: Breaking the Song King Kong Yu Jiexiu, giving him a hundred jin of gold and six thousand pieces of miscellaneous colors; Shi Chongping, giving him a hundred jin of gold and seven thousand pieces of money; Ping Liu Hei Min, rewarding a thousand pieces.
Fourteen thousand pieces of satin cloth, if they were all used to make clothes and sew quilts, it is estimated that Qin Qiong's family would wear them for hundreds of thousands of years--his family's population was originally small.
Through the above historical data, we can see that in Li Yuan's eyes, Qin Qiong is irreplaceable; in Li Shimin's eyes, Wei Chi Jingde is unique.
Since Li Yuan's father and son were fighting one to the same, then we have to find the answer from other records, this answer is really not difficult to find, the old and new Tang Books both record the same thing, that is, the Turks entered the Kou, Li Jiancheng recommended Li Yuanji to lead the army to resist.
The New Book of Tang, Vol. 79, Liechuan No. 4, Andersons of Gaozu records that the Turkic Yu set up a shortlist for Wucheng, built the Yuanji Northern Discussion, and led the Qin Dynasty's generals Qin Shubao, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, and Xing, and also from the Qin Dynasty.
The Old Book of Tang, Vol. 64, Liechuan 14, gaozu twenty-two sons, records that Jiancheng nai recommended yuan ji dynasty Taizong to oversee the northern discussion, and still ordered the Qin government to accompany Qin Shubao, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, and so on.
Built yuan ji point general, the first one is Qin Qiong Qin Shubao. Moreover, Li Jiancheng also gritted his teeth and said to Li Yuanji: "Soldiers, I and the King of Qin went to Kunming Pond, and the strong soldiers pulled it, and they smelled of violence, and there was no disbelief." Then he said that the emperor paid my country, and I made Er the emperor's brother-in-law, and killed Shu Bao and so on. ”
I don't know who Qin Qiong Qin Shu Bao recruited who provoked whom, the first point was Qin Qiong, who wanted to cut the grass and remove the roots, and the first one to kill was Qin Qiong.
Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Biting Jin Duan Zhixuan are just a "wait" on the death list, which means that killing can be done or not killed, killing or not killing, depending on the attitude of these people.
Readers know that the ancients were very polite, and calling words without names is a kind of respect. Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth to kill people, also calling him "Uncle Bao" instead of calling him by his first name.
Historical records show that Jianyuanji was a villain: they were bent on killing Qin Qiong, but Qin Qiong did not want to kill them at all--Qin Qiong did not go to Xuanwu Gate at all.
Qin Qiong did not go to Xuanwu Gate, which is clearly recorded in the old and new Tang Dynasties: Gong Jing and Changsun Wuji and nine other people prostrated themselves at Xuanwu Gate to change (Old Book of Tang, Liechuan 18); Wu Ji and Wei Chi Jingde, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Liu Shili, Gongsun Wuda, Dugu Yanyun, Du Junqiu, Zheng Rengong, Li Meng, and Pingzhi (New Book of Tang, Liechuan 30).
The old and new Tang Books corroborated each other, and we can draw a conclusion: in the xuanwumen change, Li Shimin had ten thugs under him, and there was a detailed list, which did not include Qin Qiong, nor did it include Cheng Yaojin—if these two people participated, according to the ranking, they should be ranked in the top two, because they were already the Duke of Yipin before.
After reading the above historical materials, Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde were the first generals of the early Tang Dynasty, and the readers must have already had an answer. However, there is a question that is puzzling: the history books say that Qin Qiong "built Yuan Ji from Xue", but there is no him on the list of Xuanwu Gate thugs, where did this door god go?