Li Shimin promoted an eighth-level petty official and eventually became a national hero

Hero in 1935. Mr. Fu Sinian, a famous Chinese historian, had Li Shimin occasionally promote eighth-level low-level officials and eventually became a national hero. Son, but in that turbulent era, Fu Sinian was not too excited, and named his son Fu Rengui.

Fu Si Nian's son was originally a "Le" generation. Why did Mr. Fu Sinian name his son Fu Rengui? Because when the Chinese nation experienced hardships, Fu Sinian remembered Liu Rengui, a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty who defeated Japan more than 1200 years ago and made Japan dare not invade the country for 800 years. Let's talk about Liu Rengui's story.

Who is Liu Rengui? Old Books of the Tang Dynasty say that Liu Rengui was a member of the Wei family in Bian Prefecture. Less respectful and studious, in case of chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty

Liu Rengui, who was in a chaotic era at the end of the Sui Dynasty and came from a poor family, although he read a lot of books, he could not attract the attention of others. Later, he joined Li Yuan's rebel army and was given a somewhat talented position in the management of small soldiers. For the next few years, however, Mr. Liu remained a petty official at the grassroots level.

During the Zhenguan years, Liu Rengui did an earth-shattering thing, and Tang Taizong Li Shimin was greatly surprised. Since then, Liu Rengui has made great progress in his public service career.

In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan (640), the 40-year-old Liu Rengui served as the governor of Chencang (present-day Baoji). During the Tang Dynasty, the county magistrate was an eighth-level petty official, ranking four in the county yamen (above are the county chief, county chief, and master book, respectively), similar to the "county public security bureau chief". Chen Cang was only more than three hundred miles away from Chang'an. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty stationed an army of about a few thousand people here, and its military leader was named Lu Ning (Ren Zhechong, a fourth-class officer). Lu Ning is usually domineering and often bullies. As a lieutenant in Chencang County, Liu Rengui took the initiative to find Lu Ning and warned Lu Ning not to harm the place in order to maintain local stability. As a fourth-grade officer, Lu Ning disliked Liu Rengui, an eighth-grade official, so he made rude remarks and insulted Liu Rengui. In the end, Liu Rengui planned to capture Lu Ning in prison and beat him to death with a stick.

There are three sensitive points on this issue:

First of all, Liu Rengui was a lieutenant in Baping County, and he hastily arrested a Xiping official without going through his superiors, which was against the rules.

Second, although Lu Ning was guilty first, he was not sentenced to death. Liu Rengui executed him. Liu Rengui thus caused a lot of trouble.

Thirdly, the matter involves local military and political relations. Lu ning's subordinates almost rioted, even attacking the county government.

After the news reached Chang'an, Li Shimin was very angry. He scolded on the spot: "Who is the county magistrate who often kills me?" ”

Therefore, the Royal Guard was sent to Chen Cang to capture the "bold" county magistrate Liu Rengui. Li Shimin personally interrogated Liu Rengui. Unexpectedly, Liu Rengui was not afraid when he saw Li Shimin. He explained calmly: "Lu ning humiliated the people, and the officials were really angry and killed them. ”

When Li Shimin saw Liu Rengui's justice, he was majestic and full of confidence in his tone. He even has a heart that loves talents. Not only did he not kill Liu Rengui, but he also promoted him to county magistrate, and later to Zhongshu county chief. At the time of Li Shimin's death, Liu Rengui was an official of the Qingzhou Assassins (Fourth Rank).

After Emperor Gaozong of Tang succeeded to the throne, Liu Rengui was repeatedly reprimanded by Premier Li Yifu for his involvement in the "Bi Zhengyi case." In 660, Pak-Jong and Goguryeo joined forces to invade Silla. Silla hurried to the Tang Dynasty for help. Emperor Gaozong of Tang sent general Su Dingfang to lead an army to recruit Bai ji porpoises. Su Dingfang elected Liu Rengui as the governor and went with them.

After Su Dingfang led his troops to defeat the White Dolphin, he began to attack Goguryeo. At this time, Wang Wendu, the general in charge of Baijigu in the Tang Dynasty, died of illness. Liu Rengui was appointed to represent the Tang Dynasty in the garrison of The White And Dolphin, and to work with the King of Silla to resist the remnants of the White And Dolphin.

The following year (661), the defeated Prince Baiji helped Yu Feng launch a restoration campaign to rebuild the Kingdom of Baiji, but Liu Rengui was defeated several times. The Japanese nation (Japan), far across the ocean, has long coveted the Korean Peninsula. They take this opportunity to enlist the help of the White And Dolphin Prince. At Fu Yufeng's "invitation," the Japanese nation went all out and sent the son of the general Mao Ye to dispatch more than 1,000 warships, with a total number of 42,000, to attack the Tang garrison.

At this time, Liu Ingui had already passed by the Hua family, learned the news that the Japanese army was coming, and worked closely with the king of Silla to personally deploy. Finally, the two sides met at the mouth of the Baijiang River. At that time, Liu Rengui only had more than 13,000 people and 170 warships, which was far from the Japanese army. However, Liu Rengui gave an order to attack overnight. There were four exchanges of fire between the two sides. Liu Rengui won four wars, and the Japanese army was almost completely destroyed. For a moment, the fire at the mouth of the Baijiang River shot straight into the sky, and the sea was red. After the war, the bodies of Japanese soldiers floated on the river, which shocked the very few Japanese who escaped.

The Battle of Baijiangkou was the first naval confrontation in the history of China and Japan. Under the command of Liu Rengui, the Tang army won a complete victory. This war caused Japan to have great reverence for the Chinese nation, and for a long time did not dare to covet the Central Plains, let alone directly engage in military confrontation with the Chinese nation. Until the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates once again landed on the southeast coast of China. According to Liu Rengui, they had been dead for more than 800 years. Qi Jiguang greeted them.

War kept peace alive for 800 years. Li Shimin did not expect that he promoted a Baping County governor and exerted such a huge energy to become a national hero of the Chinese nation.