When Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was cutting down his domain, he launched the Battle of Jingnan and seized the throne. After he ascended the throne, he was rewarded with meritorious service, and the first one was Li Jinglong. It was not that he was impossible, the key was that he was originally a person on the side of Emperor Jianwen, but when Zhu Di attacked Nanjing, he opened the city gate and surrendered to Zhu Di.
If there is merit, he definitely has. But to say that it can be at the top of the executives, I am afraid that there is a saying in this. In fact, there is an element of gratitude here, but I am afraid that it is more to appease people's hearts.
How to say gratitude? Li Jinglong can say that there is a lot of credit for Zhu Di's final success.
First, he was appointed by Emperor Jianwen as a general and led a 500,000-strong army on the Northern Expedition. But this man is incompetent. When Zhu Di heard that he had come to fight, he was very happy, and sure enough, Li Jinglong "lived up to the expectations of the people" and did not fail Zhu Di, but he was stunned to lose these hundreds of thousands of troops. Of course, this was objectively a consequence of the Battle of Jingnan, not his intention.
Secondly, when Zhu Di reached Nanjing, Li Jinglong and Zhu Qi, the king of Gu, opened the door and surrendered, welcoming the Yan army into the city, and Nanjing fell. This was the contribution he had made by taking the initiative to turn to Zhu Di.
After all, Nanjing is not to say that it will be fought down, and if Zhu Di cannot fight for a while, it is very likely that he will lose all the achievements in the face of the troops of the King of Qin in various places, so Li Jinglong and others took the initiative to open the city gate, which is very critical for Zhu Di.
As for the second point, appeasing the people's hearts, it is easier to explain.
Zhu Di played the banner of "Qing Jun's side, Jing Guo Difficulty". Then it was the side of the Qing Emperor, how to ascend the throne as emperor himself, so there will definitely be people who will disobey.
Therefore, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, in order to win people's hearts and minds, he had to do this, and he could not blindly kill. Li Jinglong was the son of Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao, and a close confidant of Emperor Jianwen. If he surrenders and is reused, the impact on those who are in a swing is still great.
Then, having won the support of the nobles and the kings of various local domains, it was appropriate for Zhu Di to ascend the throne. As for some others, they were not considered by Zhu Di.
Zhu Di was in a political position, placing Li Jinglong at the head of the Hundred Officials. But this is only temporary, he does not have great talent, it is impossible to be in such a critical position, and when it is stable, it is inevitable to get rid of Li Jinglong.
Therefore, Li Jinglong's ending will definitely not be good.