When it comes to Liu Renluo, many people may not have heard his name. It is no wonder that in the early Tang Dynasty, there were too many military generals, especially Li Shimin, who ordered Yan Liben to paint portraits of twenty-four heroes in the Ling Yan Pavilion in order to commemorate the many heroes who fought together in the world.
But there is no Liu Renluo in this, so who is he? And how did he gain Li Shimin's appreciation?
Liu Renji was a civilian official. He came from a poor background, loved to learn, and wrote and read whenever he had time. Even the wolf-smoke peasant revolt at the end of the Sui Dynasty did not affect him.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he appeased the ambassador Ren Gui in Henan Province, and once Ren Gui drafted a song to discuss state affairs, Liu Renluo helped to revise it, so that Ren Zhen saw his talent, so he let him join the army as a State of Xizhou, and Liu Renluo was able to embark on a career path.
Since then, Liu Renji's career development has been uneventful and unremarkable, and his official position has not been promoted much. It can be seen that he has not yet entered the eyes of Tang Gaozong.
In Li Shimin's time, he was the same, just a county lieutenant. However, an incident that happened later made Li Shimin remember him.
At that time, in Chencang County, where he was located, there was a lieutenant Lu Ning, who was arrogant and lawless, and many county officials could not control him.
But Liu Renluo couldn't look at it, because of Lu Ning's violation of the law, Liu Renluo directly beheaded him. At first, Li Shimin was still very angry and directly summoned him to the imperial court for questioning. Unexpectedly, Liu Renluo replied, "Lu Ning insulted me, so I killed him." ”
From this time on, Li Shimin remembered him and appreciated him quite much. He was also promoted to county commander, and later he was promoted to the rank of official.
But in fact, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin, Liu Renlu's official position was not high and his influence was not great.
Moreover, because of his personality, he also offended many people, and during the tang Gaozong period, he was demoted to the history of Qingzhou thorns because he offended people.
At this time, Emperor Gaozong of Tang sent troops to conquest Baekje, and Liu Renluo was ordered to supervise the shipping. But the one he had offended before forced him to go to sea, and as a result, the fleet suffered a strong wind and suffered serious casualties. As a result, he was swept to the end and accompanied by a civilian.
However, before long, he was promoted, and later directly replaced the general Wang Wendu of Zuowei Zhonglang, and after the Tang Dynasty conquered Baekje, Liu Renji was promoted to inspector with Fangzhou Assassin History, staying in Baekje.
In the third year of Long Shuo (663), the Japanese participated, liu Renji immediately led troops to meet the battle, and the famous Battle of Baijiangkou broke out. After the war, Liu Renluo became one of the few famous naval generals in China's war history.
After Banshi returned to China, his official position continued to rise and he became prime minister. But he belonged to the late instrument, and after several dynasties, he finally became an extremely popular subject, which was not easy.