The people who know you best are not your friends, but your enemies. This sentence is known to many people who like martial arts novels, in fact, this sentence is also applicable in the official workplace, and even in the huanghuang zhengshi, we can also see the most fair evaluation of a certain historical figure by the enemy, such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Chi Jingde and other famous founders of the Tang Dynasty, which we are familiar with, and in the eyes of the enemy, the weight is also different.
Among the first twenty-four meritorious men of Lingyange, Qin Qiong, the Duke of Huguo, ranked last, Lu Guogong cheng yaojin ranked nineteenth, Marquis Junji of Chen Guo ranked seventeenth, Duan Zhixuan of the Duke of Baoguo ranked tenth, and Chi Jingde, the Duke of Eguo, ranked seventh, and the ranking of these four founding generals, brave generals, and fierce generals made many people feel unfair: Among these people, Qin Qiong was the first to be enfeoffed as a duke and a pillar state, why did he rank after the viscount Marquis Junji and Bai Ding (without title) Wei Chi Jingde before the change of Xuanwumen?
Readers who are familiar with the ancient military merit system must have read the Tang Six Classics: "There are nine grades of knighthood, one king, one king, two county kings, three county princes, one product, three princes, one product, eight county sons, and five products... Fan Xun has a second class in the tenth, and the twelve are converted to the upper pillar country, which is more than the positive two products; the eleventh is turned into a pillar country, which is more than the second product..."
Before the change of Xuanwu Gate, Qin Qiong had already been given the title of Duke of Guo, and because of the "Twelve Turns of Ce Xun", he was awarded the title of Pillar State, not only a very popular subject, but also a super combat hero, at that time Hou Junji was just a Zheng Wupin Quanjiao County, and Qin Qiong was five grades behind, Wei Chi Jingde was not even a baron, let alone a baron.
Why Li Shimin has a soft spot for Wei Chi Jingde, and why Qin Qiong was disarmed and reclusive after the change of Xuanwu Gate, these questions will not be clear for a while and a half, let's put aside for the time being, let's take a look at how the generals under the Qin King are sorted on the list of kills listed by Li Shimin's brother and sworn enemy Crown Prince Jiancheng and Qi Wang Yuanji.
Hou Junji was not from Wagang, and his performance before the change of Xuanwu Gate was not eye-catching, and Jiancheng Yuanji did not even bother to mention his name, while Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Chi Jingde and others were thorns in the eyes of the prince and the king of Qi, and they wanted to pull it out in their dreams.
Jiancheng Yuanji bribed Cheng Biting Gold and directly sent a cart of gold and silver jewelry, and as a result, Cheng Biting Jin happily took the money, and then directly reported to The Qin King Shimin, Li Shimin was also very generous: "Since it was sent, don't be white!" ”
As for the Duke of Yiguo at that time (Qin Qiong was originally the Duke of Yiguo, cheng yaojin was the Duke of Suguo, and later renamed Hu and Lu by Li Shimin, and it was hard to hear that he died), and Qin Qiong, the shangzhu state, Jianyuan Ji did not dare to buy it, nor could he afford to buy it: Qin Qiong spoke very heavily in front of Li Yuan, and Qin Qiong's assets were hundreds of millions (the accumulation of gold was tens of millions, and there were more than 6,000 acres of Yongyetian), and he could not see the little money of Yuanji at all--Li Yuan only gave Qin Qiong two hundred pounds of gold and fourteen thousand pieces of miscellaneous silk satin cloth, and the Qin family's warehouse could not be filled for a long time.
Can't buy, can't afford to buy, Jiancheng Yuanji hates the root of his teeth, so he made a list of must-kills, and from this list of must-kills, we can also see the positions of Qin Qiong, Cheng Biting Jin, and Wei Chi Jingde in the eyes of the enemy: Qin Qiong first, Wei Chi Jingde second, Cheng Biting Jin third, Duan Zhixuan fourth, as for the other Qin Wangfu generals, in Jiancheng Yuanji's heart, it doesn't matter whether to kill or not.
In the Old Book of Tang and the Fourteenth Book of Liechuan and the Fourth Book of New Tang, we find such records: "The Turks set up the Tun Army in Henan and entered Wucheng. Jian jian recommended the Yuan Ji Dynasty Taizong overseer to the north, and still ordered the Qin government to send Qin Shubao, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, and so on with them... The crown prince and Yuan Jimou: "Soldiers, I and the king of Qin went to Kunming Pond, and Fu Zhuang Shi Pulled Him, and heard with a violent pawn, and there was no disbelief in the upper part." Then he said that the emperor paid my country, and I made Er the emperor's brother-in-law, and killed Shu Bao and so on. ’”
In Jiancheng Yuanji's eyes, Qin Qiong was the number one confidant, and to deal with Li Shimin, he must first deal with Qin Qiong—either transferred or killed, in short, he could not stay.
Zhu Jun, a reader of the Two Tang Dynasties, knew that Jiancheng Yuanji was not an idle person, and their literary talent and martial strategy might not be as good as Li Shimin's, but it was not much different--Liu Heimin had beaten Li Shimin to no avail, but Li Jiancheng, with the help of Wei Zheng, destroyed Liu Heimin.
Qin Qiong is regarded as the protector of Li Shimin by Jianjian Yuanji, and it is not unreasonable, we will carefully read the two Tang Books, we will find that Qin Qiong is not only the first rank of the enemy general in the Wanma Army, such as probing the bag, but also like Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong, he is a super big bodyguard.
Zhang Sutuo was ambushed by Li Mi and was killed, and Qin Qiong prominently besieged and gathered the remnants, and took the remnants of the soldier to Hu Prison Pass to be built in Henan Province to collect the ambassador Pei Xingyu; Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong and almost died, and it was Qin Qiong who tried to turn the tide: "The secret and the war were fought at Liyang Tong Mountain, and they were caught by the flow of arrows, and the fallen horse was suffocated. Scattered left and right, chasing the soldiers, only Shu Bao defended it alone, and secretly spared him. Shu Bao also collected troops and fought with strength, and retreated. ”
Jianyuan Ji knew that with Qin Qiong present, it was too difficult to kill Li Shimin, and the list of must-kills they listed also showed that Qin Qiong was the well-deserved first brave general of The Tang Dynasty, Wei Chi Jingde's position was slightly higher than that of Cheng Biting Jin and ranked second, and the third-ranked Cheng Biting Jin was also more terrifying than Duan Zhixuan--The old Cheng in the main history used the horse mallet, and when he started a battle, he was also a master who did not want to die: "Xing Yu (Pei Renji's son,, Wang Shichong's niece and son-in-law, Pei Yuanshao's historical prototype, but not Cheng Biting Jin's brother-in-law, Cheng Biting Jin's original match was the daughter of Dong'a County Ling.) The continuation string came from the first-class door valve Qinghe Cui Clan) first rushed to the enemy, was hit by the flow arrow, and fell to the ground. Knowing the festival to save it, killing several people, the world's army is invincible, but it is a heavy ride and returns. Driven by Shi Chong's horse, he stabbed through the hole, and Zhi Jie turned back to break his hammer, and also won the chase, so he was spared from the line. ”
In the main history, Cheng Yaojin has a deep background of wisdom and courage, and seems to be better at official fighting than Qin Qiong.
Cheng Yaojin saw that Wang Shichong was difficult to become a big thing, so he suggested that Qin Qiong surrender to Tang before the battle- there was Qin Qiong's Prancing Horse Horizontal Gun, and no one under Wang Shichong dared to chase it.
Before the change of Xuanwu Gate, Jiancheng Yuanji wanted to release Lao Cheng, and Lao Cheng immediately ran to persuade Li Shimin to act early: "The great king's arm is now removed, and his body will not be long." Knowing the festival to die, may it be quick and self-sufficient. ”
The brave and resourceful Cheng Yaojin was to be eliminated, and Li Shimin's hardcore fan Wei Chi Jingde was also to be eliminated, and Jiancheng Yuanji's doing so could be understood, and their biggest mistake was to list Qin Qiong as the number one enemy- we even have reason to suspect that this may be the idea of Wei Zheng, the old general of Wagang: "See Emperor Taizong's career, and every persuasion will be done early." And defeated, Emperor Taizong summoned him, saying, "Ru alienated my brother, why not?" "If the Crown Prince follows the commandments, there will be no disaster today." ’”
By building the list of those who must be killed in YuanJi's heart, it is not difficult for us to conclude the rank of the armed forces of these famous founding generals of the Tang Dynasty, but from the words and lines, we can also find a more important problem: the turkic entry into Kou and the change of Xuanwumen are things that are things that come and go, at that time, the Tang Dynasty dispatched troops, Qin Qiong was still ranked first on the list of expeditions, how did xuanwumen suddenly "get sick and unable to get up" after the change of Xuanwumen?
Thinking about it, we can only come up with such an answer: Qin Qiong is sad.
Qin Qiong was a meritorious warrior of Li Tang and a famous general respected by Li Yuan, but he was definitely not a courtier of Li Shimin, and on the list of the ten killers of XuanwuMen, the names of Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin could not be found (the eldest grandson Wuji was the first, Wei Chi Jingde was the second, and Hou Junji was the third), so it can be seen that even if Jianjian Yuanji listed Qin Qiong first in the list of must-kills, it was really a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain.
After the change of Xuanwu Gate, Wei Chi Jingde was made a duke and also received all the family property of Yuanji, the king of Qi, but Qin Qiong did not see the reward, which showed that he at most stayed in the Qin palace to protect his family. Li Shimin killed an older brother, a younger brother and ten nephews, and Qin Qiong could not help but be cold-hearted: the royal family has no relatives, and the flesh and bones are still like this, where is the feeling between the monarch and the courtier? Jianyuan Ji wanted to kill me, why didn't Wei Zheng remind me?
So a few days ago, Qin Qiong, who was still preparing for the Northern Expedition to the Turks, "fell ill", and this illness should have seven false and three true points: Seeing that the old lord Li Yuan had lost his second son and ten grandchildren, how could Qin Qiong still have the heart to charge for Li Shimin?