We have a folk saying, called: Cheng bites gold that can't die. It means that Cheng Biting Jin is a person with particularly good luck, although he doesn't seem to be very skilled, but he can kill Ji every time. This is mainly the image of "Cheng Biting Jin" designed in "Speaking of Tang" and "Sui and Tang Dynasties", because in the novel, Cheng Biting Jin will only "three axes", which is a character who is gag, but often wins because of it.
So, what kind of figure is Cheng Yaojin in history? Cheng Biting Gold Tomb unearthed a national treasure-level cultural relic, and the real identity was revealed: it turned out that we were all deceived by the novel. In 1986, Xi'an carried out a rescue excavation of Cheng Yaojin's tomb, hoping to find some valuable cultural relics in it. Sure enough, they found many important cultural relics in the tomb of Cheng Biting Jin, including the national treasure-level Tombstone of Cheng Biting Gold.
First of all, the difference between Cheng Biting Jin and the novel is that Cheng Biting Jin was born into a rich family instead of making a living by collecting firewood. Cheng Yaojin was born in 589 AD, the original name was "Biting Jin", which was later changed to Zhijie, so his official statement should be Cheng Zhijie. In the "Sui and Tang Dynasties", Cheng Yaojin is a very poor peasant boy who once specialized in collecting firewood for a living, and later occupied the mountains for money and became the king. The appearance of Cheng Biting Jin in "Sui and Tang Dynasty" is as follows:
"Unfortunately, one day, you occasionally crossed the countryside, the weather was cold, the west wind blew the ground, and the leaves flew everywhere. You member moved the excitement of eating wine, got off the horse and walked into the restaurant, sat down in the hall, and then ate a cup of tea, only to see an elderly man, walking into the store... This man was dressed in rags, his steps were hurried, he had a few firewood on his shoulders, he sat down with the firewood, and he begged for hot wine to eat, as if he knew the shopkeeper well. ”
In the novel, he is poor, his clothes are tattered, and he needs to earn a living by collecting firewood. However, cheng yaojin's epitaph has such a passage: "Zeng Zuxing, Sima of Qichong Prefecture." Zu Zhe, Sima of Qijin Prefecture", "Father Lou, Jeju Dazhongzheng, Imperial Envoy Holding Festival WinJu Military, Win State Assassination History" This shows that Cheng Biting Jin Zushang is a local high official, can be regarded as a local Hao clan, so there is no need to wear rags at all, and live by collecting firewood.
Not only that, Cheng Yaojin was also particularly powerful at that time. Since 610, due to the turmoil in the world, thieves have risen everywhere, so there are robbers everywhere to occupy the mountain as the king. In order to stabilize his hometown, Cheng Yaojin recruited hundreds of young adults in his hometown and trained them into a unit that could fight a good war to defend his hometown. It was precisely because of this that he later turned to Li Mi and received a grand reception - because he was a small expert in military training.
At the same time, Cheng Bite Jin's weapon is not a plate axe. In the "Sui and Tang Dynasties", Cheng Biting Jin's "Three Plates Axe" has almost become his personal symbolic feature, but the historical Cheng Biting Jin is not
With a plate axe such a weapon. As a famous general at the time of the Sui and Tang Dynasties plus the family clan, it is very "shabby" to use a plate axe. At that time, the weapon that really showed strength and wealth was the horse mallet, which was a heavy weapon specially used against cavalry combat.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the north had many horses and trained heavy cavalry such as "chain horses" and "iron floating maps", and for the south or other people, it was impossible to deal with heavy cavalry by ordinary weapons. So at that time, people invented the horse mallet, which is a weapon similar to a spear, but it is heavier than long hair, stronger armor breaking ability, and is the standard weapon of many military generals at that time. For example, Li Shimin once said that Wei Chi Jingde:
"I hold the bow and arrow, and the public and the hammer follow, although a million people are as good as I am!"
As a member of the Hao clan and famous generals, Cheng Yaojin's weapon was also a horse mallet, and his kung fu was far more than the "three-plate axe", and his martial arts belonged to the kind of fierce generals who charged at that time. The Epitaph of the Great Tang Dynasty Grand General Lu Guo Gongcheng Junjun writes: 徭情凤篆, 挹绛灌之雄規; Yi Si Longtao, the secret purpose of hunting Sun Wu. This means that he has both the courage and martial arts of the infant and the wisdom of Sun Wu and Wu Qi.
Whether Cheng Yaojin is comparable to Sun Wu and Wu Qi is difficult to say, but this paragraph at least shows that he is a very good martial artist, not the character of the gag in the novel. He has a very good personality, and the epitaph also reads: "The capital is pure and solid, and the body is warm." Ice exercise is clean, and xia is full of emotion. "This is a high evaluation, only to write Cheng biting gold "ice qing jade clean", in short, cheng biting gold morality is not a big problem.
At the same time, in reality, Cheng Bite Jin seems to be more unlucky than Cheng Biting Jin in the novel. In the novel, Cheng Yaojin is almost the protagonist's aura blessing, and he has never been unlucky in his life, but he is lucky everywhere - I am afraid that Li Shimin's luck is not as good as his. In reality, although Cheng Yaojin was very powerful for most of his life, he once fought an unbeaten battle when he was the commander of the Western Expedition against the Turks, so he was demoted by Emperor Gaozong of Tang, which can be described as a late festival.
Therefore, there is still a big gap between fiction and history.