Friends who have watched "Sui and Tang Heroes" will certainly not be unfamiliar with the character of Cheng Biting Jin, he has followed Li Mi and Wang Shichong successively, although he has been treated favorably, but he cannot exert his true talents.
Later, he turned to Li Shimin, the King of Qin, and finally was "a good horse with a good saddle" and could exert his ambitions. Li Shimin trusted Cheng Biting Jin very much, and Cheng Biting Jin also lived up to Li Shimin's expectations, successively defeating Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, and making great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty...
From the perspective of time, Cheng Yaojin experienced Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Zhi, etc., and can be regarded as the elder of the Three Dynasties. It is worth mentioning that when Wu Zetian and Li Zhi were about to take control of the dynasty, she took the opportunity to dispose of a lot of Li Tang's merits, but did not dare to move cheng to bite the gold, why is this?
The life of Cheng Biting Jin
Although Cheng Yaojin was a military general, in fact, he was born in a family of civilian officials, and he was also well-known in the local area. However, Cheng Yaojin is not interested in these "zhihu people", on the contrary, he prefers to dance knives and guns, especially good at making a horse mallet, which can be described as "out of the blue, the gods are invincible." ”
At that time, the Sui Dynasty's Jiangshan had fallen apart, and various forces had sprung up like mushrooms, and Cheng Yaojin knew that to survive in the chaotic world, he must have a team of his own, otherwise it would be "man-made knives trick me into fish meat."
Therefore, he co-opted his good friend Qin Qiong, and the two of them worked together to build a team of 100 people. However, such a randomly pulled up team was simply vulnerable in the chaotic world, and soon fell apart.
At that time, among the most promising rebel teams, the most similar to Cheng Yaojin's temper was Wagangzhai, so he led his squad to join Wagang, which was also an army with regular standards.
In the face of unexpected events, another rebel led by Wang Shichong developed rapidly, and its military and political capabilities were stronger than Wagang, and in the process of fighting for territory, Wagang was also destroyed by Wang Shichong.
Cheng Yaojin, who had spent a few years in Wagang for a pleasant life, had to follow Wang Shichong again, and Wang Shichong was also very shrewd and capable, he already knew the combat ability of Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Qiong, and knew that these were two generals, so Wang Shichong treated them both with courtesy.
However, Wang Shichong's shortcomings are also that he is too shrewd, too small in temperament, and jealous, although he believes in Cheng's ability to bite Jin, he does not dare to let go of his power. Cheng Yaojin, who understood Wang Shichong's personality, turned against him in a battle and submitted to Li Yuan.
Since then, Cheng Yaojin's military and political career has officially begun. The Xuanjia army led by him can be said to be a leader and a broken bamboo, defeating Li Mi, Wang Shichong, and Dou Jiande successively, and laying the foundation for the Tang Dynasty.
It was probably at this time that Li Shimin's achievements caused Li Jiancheng's dissatisfaction, and they thought of cutting off Li Shimin's left arm and right arm, and the first to bear the brunt was Cheng Yaojin, who was sent to Kangzhou.
However, Cheng Yaojin not only had courage, but also had extremely strong political acumen, and he knew that this matter was fierce and there must be a conspiracy. Sure enough, the crown prince Li Jiancheng wanted to suppress Li Shimin and deprive him of his military power.
In this situation, Li Shimin decisively launched the Xuanwumen coup, and Cheng Yaojin was also unswerving in fighting alongside Li Shimin. Cheng Yaojin helped Li Tang lay down the Wanli Mountains, and then helped Li Shimin win the throne, which was naturally indispensable to praise, and after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he made him a great general.
After Li Shimin's death, the crown prince Li Zhi ascended the throne, at this time Li Zhi was young, the imperial court forces were eager to move, Cheng Biting Jin was not at ease, so he personally escorted Li Zhi back to Chang'an to ascend the throne, and stayed in the palace for three months, afraid of accidents.
Li Zhi also admired the general left by his father, and gave him the rank of knight, looking back at Li Zhi's reign, he trusted Cheng Yaojin a lot. Even if Cheng bites Jin and beats up the royal family, Li Zhi will give him three points of thin noodles, and the verbal punishment will pass.
However, Li Zhi did not live long, and after his death, the power of the Tang Dynasty fell into the hands of Wu Zetian. In fact, before Li Zhi died, Wu Zetian had already walked to the front of the political stage and participated in the administration and discussion of politics with Li Zhi and read the chapter.
We all know that. Li Zhi was called a "saint", and Wu Zetian at that time was called a "holy queen", which shows that ambition is not small. History also developed in this way, and in the end, Wu Zetian chose to call himself emperor, but on the road of Wu Zetian becoming emperor, he was soaked with the blood of countless courtiers.
For example, the Tang Dynasty's important minister, Sun Wuji, was "handled" by Wu Zetian, and in addition to him, there were many meritorious ministers of Li Tang. However, Cheng Yaojin did not have any crisis, why is this so?
Looking at Cheng's political career, we find that he is not the same as the five big and three rough people in the TV series, on the contrary, this person has a high political acumen, can correctly choose to take sides in the chaotic world, and can make a decision when he seizes the throne.
Therefore, when he saw Wu Zetian monopolizing power, Cheng Yaojin did not speak up. Because he knew in his heart, no matter who became the emperor, I would always be just a courtier, that is, a courtier, I should not argue about the affairs of the royal family, as long as I honestly became a pure subject, the vortex of power could not swallow itself after all.
With this belief, when the voices opposing Wu Zetian in the court rose and fell, he did not participate. However, seeing Wu Zetian persecuting the old minister, he was still a little unbearable, and he would also find a way to secretly provide relief.
The second reason is that Cheng Yaojin had a very high prestige in the imperial court, he was the elder of the Three Dynasties, he not only helped Li Yuan seize the Tang Dynasty, but also helped Li Shimin seize the throne, and personally escorted Li Zhi to the throne, which shows his great contribution to Li Tang Jiangshan.
At the same time, Cheng Yaojin is not like other founding heroes, who are proud and complacent, on the contrary, Cheng Yaojin is very humble, and he is very respectful in his work, so that people can't pick out a single mistake, so others can't pinch him.
Wu Zetian's thunderous means were used on many courtiers, and for a time people were panicked, but she could not kill the people of the world, nor could she block the mouths of the people of the world, blindly killing people who opposed herself, and in a short period of time, there may be the effect of "killing chickens and making monkeys", but it is not a long-term solution.
Wu Zetian needs to be convinced, and at this time, Cheng Bite Jin is very important. Although Cheng Yaojin did not support her to interfere in politics, in the end there was no opposition, and a three-dynasty elder did not speak out against it, so it was actually beneficial for Wu Zetian.
In this case, Wu Zetian can also make a fuss about it and make himself more "righteous". In addition, although Wu Zetian was fierce, he was also very sorry for his talents, and he was not a faint person. At that time, Luo Binwang wrote poems to satirize her, and she could still see Luo Binwang's talent and let him go, not to mention cheng yaojin, who did not oppose her.
Cheng Yaojin's military ability can be said to be rare, and if such a person does not become an enemy, he naturally wants to be a friend. The last reason was that at that time, Cheng Yaojin was already very old, and although he was still a high-ranking official, he did not have much real power.
Killing such an old man with a broken candle will also make Wu Zetian bear a reputation of meanness and viciousness, on the contrary, let him return to his hometown and spend his old age in peace, but it will make people return to their hearts. In general, Cheng Yaojin was able to survive in the chaotic world, not only with his own courage, but also by virtue of his political acumen.
In today's parlance, he only followed a little "hanging high regardless of himself", so that he could be promoted to the rank of knight in the imperial court and finally spend his old age in peace. Looking at these founding heroes, there are really not many people who can enjoy their old age like Cheng Yaojin, wu can conquer the world, and Wen can also be alone. What do you think about that?