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Endure 250 years of revenge? Shan Xiongxin was wrongly killed by Li Shimin, and his descendants personally destroyed the Tang Dynasty

author:Xiao Wei talks about history

preface

In the imperial history of the mainland for more than 2,000 years, there are several prosperous eras, such as the rule of civilization and martial arts, the rule of Zhenguan, and the prosperous era of Kang Qian, of which the rule of Zhenguan is about the grand scene created by Li Shimin in the early Tang Dynasty, and the rule of Zhenguan not only has a role in promoting society, but also lays a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

However, before Li Shimin became emperor, he did not have the support of the common people, and after he took the throne, he won the approval of the people with his own strength. Li Shimin finally got rid of Shan Xiongxin, and the descendants of later generations actually destroyed the Great Tang with their own hands, what is the reason?

Endure 250 years of revenge? Shan Xiongxin was wrongly killed by Li Shimin, and his descendants personally destroyed the Tang Dynasty

Shan Xiongxin's rebellion!

Shan Xiongxin at the beginning, is a brave and resourceful wise man, he and Xu Shiji are a local fellow, as the saying goes, the fellows see the fellows, the eyes are tearful, this Shan Xiongxin saw Xu Shiji, but also found the feeling of childhood, the two became brothers of worship, to live and die together.

Later, Qu Rang rebelled, and Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji joined the Wagang army together and worshiped under Qu Rang, after which Wagang went through several more civil unrests, and Qu Rang gave up his position to Li Mi. Because Qu Rang was once a general of the Wagang Army, this Li Mi must have jealousy in his heart.

Finally, one day, this Li Mi designed, put on a banquet, at the banquet, Li Mi took out a bow to show Qu Rang, just when Qu Rang was not paying attention, Li Mi sent someone to assassinate Qu Rang, Xu Shiji blocked this knife for Qu Rang in order to protect the lord.

Looking at this time again, this Shan Xiongxin saw that Qu Rang had gone and actually kowtowed to Li Mi and begged for mercy, in today's words. Shan Xiongxin is a traitor. And not only this time. However, at this time, Li Mi did not have to be too proud, and not long after, Shan Xiongxin surrendered Wang Shichong behind Li Mi's back, and such treachery was actually a villain. But how did such a villain get killed by Li Shimin?

Endure 250 years of revenge? Shan Xiongxin was wrongly killed by Li Shimin, and his descendants personally destroyed the Tang Dynasty

Would Shan Xiongxin really rather die than fall?

People who have listened to Shan Tianfang's "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" probably know this history, Shan Xiongxin and the Li family did not have a good relationship, and the first reason was because Shan Xiongxin's brother died in Li Yuan's hands.

Therefore, when Cheng bit Jin, Qin Qiong, these Wagang brothers returned to the Tang Dynasty, Shan Xiong trustfully surrendered to Wang Shichong's door, which was a blatant provocation with Li Tang. Even he obeyed Wang Shichong's orders many times to hunt down and kill Li Shimin, and once he almost succeeded. According to Li Shimin's temper, naturally he can't let him go.

In fact, after Shan Xiongxin was captured, people said that he would rather die than surrender, but in fact, the real Shan Xiongxin was not such an ambitious person. The Old Book of Tang records that after Wang Shichong was captured, he surrendered with a large number of his soldiers and horses, including Shan Xiongxin. It can be seen that Shan Xiongxin is eager to live, but Li Shimin has no mercy and resolutely kills Shan Xiongxin to avoid future troubles.

Endure 250 years of revenge? Shan Xiongxin was wrongly killed by Li Shimin, and his descendants personally destroyed the Tang Dynasty

However, Li Shimin's practice left him with consequences, although Shan Xiongxin was executed, the descendants of the Shan family were not really "banned", and the descendants of Shan Xiongxin's family have always had an official and a half-post in the auditorium, and even Shan Xiongxin's son was named Sima of Liangzhou.

Throughout Li Tang, the Shan family not only prospered in official fortune, but even the people were extremely prosperous, and this phenomenon continued until Li Tang's demise.

The decline and fall of Li Tang

Li Tang prospered for 250 years, but he was accidentally planted under the knife of Shan Xiongxin's descendants, and the reason was that the descendants of the Shan family played a role in it.

In the Huangchao Uprising, the 11th generation of Shan Xiongxin's grandsons, named Shan Xing, Shan Wang, Shan Mao, and Shan Sheng, all joined the uprising, and all four of them were very brave in battle, and their performance among the soldiers of the uprising was also extremely prominent, so later generations also called them the "Four Masters of the Yellow Army".

In the end, it was also these four brothers who followed Huang Chao all the way to Chang'an, and the Tang Dynasty basically existed in name only, so based on the fundamental amount, it can also be said that the descendants of the Shan family avenged Shan Xiongxin's life.

Endure 250 years of revenge? Shan Xiongxin was wrongly killed by Li Shimin, and his descendants personally destroyed the Tang Dynasty

In fact, the descendants of the single family joined the rebel army, and there was also a reason in it. In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court was indeed corrupt, and as long as there was corruption, there would be resistance wherever there was.

Therefore, many of the rebel troops of the Huangchao Uprising were descendants of the important ministers of the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Zhen, who encouraged Zhu Wen to kill the Li Tang clan, and after this Li Zhen was a meritorious minister, his ancestor was Li Baozhen, a famous minister during the High Tang Dynasty.

After such heroes, they finally embarked on the road of brave uprising. It can be seen the defeat of the Tang Dynasty court at that time. I don't know how Li Shimin should feel if he knows something.

Shan Xiongxin is a generation of heroes, but he has indeed experienced three changes of ownership, and historical evaluations of him are mixed.

Li Shimin also killed him because of his own personal vendetta. But history is always like this, feng shui takes turns, who would have thought that 250 years later, the Tang Dynasty would be annihilated by the descendants of a single family and even the descendants of meritorious heroes. I don't know how you will feel after reading this article.