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Wen 丨 has seen the big dragon in the world
Editor丨 has seen the big dragon in the world
preface
The Tang Dynasty was one of the most prosperous periods in Chinese history, and it can be said that there were many talents in this prosperous era. These generals made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but often there was no way to end well. After the emperor sits on the throne, he will not hesitate to kill these arse ministers. What were the grievances and kills of these 8 founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty? What kind of ending did the last general end?
Founding hero Liu Wenjing
Liu Wenjing was originally a founding hero and the prime minister above 10,000 people under one person, but he lost his life because of drunken nonsense. Liu Wenjing was very prominent at a young age, learned well and was very strategic, although his father (Liu Shao) died in battle and the family was very unfortunate, but he could inherit his father's position and was directly appointed as the third division of Yitong, and became the commander of Jinyang County at a young age, which can be described as young and successful.
In 617, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, served as the defender of Taiyuan, but this Li Yuan was by no means a thing in the pool, especially his second son Li Shimin was regarded by many people as the Son of Heaven. Although the father and son acted obscurantly, all this did not escape Liu Wenjing's eyes, so Liu Wenjing befriended Li Yuan's father and son. Moreover, he often said to his good friend Pei Yu: "This Li Shimin is by no means a mediocre person, it is a genius comparable to Han Gaozu and Wei Taizu." ”
Li Shimin felt that this Liu Wenjing was a person who could do great things, and asked him what he thought about the current situation. Liu Wenjing said: "Now that this Li Mi has surrounded Luoyang, and the emperor is far away in Huainan, there are countless rebels in each place, if you can raise the righteous banner at this time, I believe it will take less than 6 months to achieve the imperial cause." ”
After this, Li Shimin secretly planned the uprising, but was very worried that his father would not approve, Liu Wenjing knew that Li Shimin's father had a good relationship with Pei Ying, so he immediately recommended his friend Pei Ying to Li Shimin. The three of them planned this matter together, and under the design of Liu Wenjing and Pei Ying, Li Yuan had to raise troops against Sui.
Drunken nonsense and self-destruction
In 618, Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, and Liu Wenjing was also appointed as prime minister of Nayan, and as a meritorious minister of Taiyuan Yuanmou, he also received the privilege of forgiving the second death. But it turns out that if the emperor wants you to die, no matter how many death-free gold medals are useless.
In 619, Liu Wenjing followed Li Shimin to guard the Changsheng Palace, and by this time Liu Wenjing had already quarreled with his friend Pei Ying. Liu Wenjing is very jealous of Pei Lonely, obviously his credit is greater than Pei Lonely, but his status is not as good as Pei Lonely, so he opposes Pei Lonely everywhere, whether it is public or private, it is because of this, he caused a big disaster.
On this day, Liu Wenjing was drinking with his good brother Liu Wenqi, and after getting drunk, he talked nonsense, and even pulled out the saber on his body, clicked against the pillar and slashed indiscriminately, and threatened that I had to kill Pei Ying. As a result, this scene happened to be seen by one of his concubines, I don't know if this concubine was afraid, or if there was a discord with his feelings, this concubine snitched overnight, and the concubine's brother falsely accused Liu Wenjing of wanting to rebel.
Although Li Shimin has been saying good things to Liu Wenjing, Liu Wenjing was still killed in 619 AD, and before his death, Liu Wenjing seemed to see through life and lamented "The high bird died, the good bow was hidden, so it was not worthwhile." At this time, it was not a year before Li Yuan's promise of forgiveness and death, and this death-free gold medal was equivalent to uselessness. Liu Wenjing can be described as a very pity, originally a founding hero, but because of drunken nonsense, he lost his life.
The Jianghuai overlord died violently
In 622, Du Fuwei went to Chang'an to be made "Prince Taibao" and became Li Tang Jiangshan's arse minister. However, soon after, Devowe was stripped of his official title and died violently. Why did a generation of Jianghuai overlords end up in such a bleak evening?
After Li Shimin pacified Liu Heimin, he sent troops to attack Xu Yuanlang, taking advantage of this time to deploy troops on the border of Dufuwei. Du Fuwei also understood what Li Shiming meant, so he asked to enter the dynasty, and before entering the dynasty, the military affairs of the Jianghuai army were handed over to the righteous son Wang Xiongxian, and the government affairs were handed over to Fu Gongyu. Du Fuwei instantly became Li Tang's arse minister, but Du Fuwei never expected that Jianghuai Army was actually in chaos, and although Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyu were good brothers, they had no feelings in front of power.
In order to gain the military power of the Jianghuai army, Fu Gongyu forged Du Fuwei's personal letters and secret orders, seized Wang Xiongxiang's right to control the army, and killed him. In 623, Fu Gong Yu rebelled, but it was not long before Fu Gong Yu was defeated, and the personal letters and secret orders forged by Fu Gongtuo also became material evidence of Du Fuwei's rebellion. Du Fuwei, the former Jianghuai overlord of the arse minister, was robbed of his official title by Li Yuan overnight, and Du Fuwei died violently shortly after.
A generation of fierce people will be wrongly killed
Kan Ling was a fierce general in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and was also the adopted son of Du Fuwei. Kan Ling was brave and good at fighting, his combat power was very fierce, and he made many miraculous achievements in the founding war of the Tang Dynasty, and he was particularly brave in sending troops to conquer the rebellion of Fu Gongyu, and the Jianghuai area occupied by Fu Gongyu, Kan Ling had fought here for many years and was prestigious.
When Kan Ling was ordered to fight the rebels, he shouted at the rebels in front of him: "Don't you know me? Dare to fight me." Most of those Jianghuai troops knew Kan Ling's prestige, and the frightened Jianghuai army had no fighting spirit and wanted to submit to him. Kan Ling also contributed to the neutrality of this war, and after Fu Gongtuo was caught, he hated Kan Ling to the extreme, and when Li Xiaogong interrogated him, he insisted that Kan Ling was complicit with himself.
Li Yuan has always lacked trust in Kan Ling, because he joined the Tang Dynasty halfway after all, so he directly believed Fu Gongtuo's very outrageous lie, dismissed Kan Ling from his post and put him in prison, and soon executed Kan Ling, and a generation of fierce generals were wrongly killed like this. It was not until Li Shimin came to the throne that Kan Ling and Du Fuwei were restored to their reputations.
A military general who was killed by his own subordinates
At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Luo Yi was obviously the third duke, and finally led the army to rebel and ended in tragedy. Luo Yi was originally a general of the Sui Dynasty, and because of his repeated achievements and his father being a general of Zuojianmen, he was named "General of the Tiger Lord", but he was naturally rebellious and had contradictions with Li Jing, the general of the Right Wuwei who ruled him, and even framed Li Jing for plotting rebellion. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and Luo Yi, who had already disobeyed discipline, realized that this was a good opportunity for him, so he rebelled and sat on the two prefectures of Youying and became a warlord on one side.
But at the same time, Luo Yi also knew himself very well, understood that he was not the kind of person who could dominate the world, and decided to choose a force to turn to, and the powerful Li Tang was his best choice. In 620 AD, Luo Yi was crowned King of Yan by Li Yuan, and also changed his surname to Li Yi, and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there were still many domestic separatist forces, such as the army of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong.
In 621, Dou Jiande was captured, and later Liu Heimin rebelled, Luo Yi followed Li Shimin in this battle to break Liu Heimin's army, and a few months later with the crown prince Li Jiancheng once defeated Liu Heiyan, because of his brave and good fighting, Li Yuan specially ordered him to guard Jingzhou to guard against the Turkic attack. As long as it is a person, there will be a bias, between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, Luo Yi is even more biased towards Li Jiancheng, and even because of Li Jiancheng's relationship, there have been countless conflicts with Li Shimin's subordinates.
However, after the change of Xuanwumen, it was Li Shimin who finally ascended the throne, so Luo Yi was terrified, and even though Li Shimin let him "Kaifu Yi and the Third Division" be compared to the third duke after he took the throne, he still could not contain his fear of Li Shimin and decided to rebel. In 627, Luo Yi occupied Fenzhou, and his subordinates Zhao Cihao and Yang Qian believed that this trip would be defeated, and took a step ahead of Luo Yi, resulting in the imperial army not yet arrived, Luo Yi was beaten by Yang Qiao, and finally killed by his own subordinates on the border of Ningzhou.
Success also snitches, defeat also snitches
Zhang Liang was born and died for Li Shimin, why was he beheaded by his family in his later years? At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the group of heroes chased the deer, and the Wagang army led by Li Mi was particularly loud among the many rebellious forces, so Zhang Liang went to defect, he was not famous and had no background, naturally he could not be used, but because of the informant, there were people who rebelled, Zhang Liang was valued by Li Mi.
In 618, Zhang Liang followed Xu Shiji to the Tang Dynasty. When Liu Heiman rebelled, Xu Shiji led troops to fight, and also let Zhang Liang lead the army to garrison Xiangzhou, but Zhang Liang saw that there were too many enemy troops and directly abandoned the city and fled, and later he entered Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion to make a lot of contributions.
In 626, the relationship between Li Shimin and the crown prince became increasingly tense, Zhang Liang received an order from his superiors to secretly contact Haojie in the Kanto region, but was informed by the King of Qi, Li Yuan sent people to arrest Zhang Liang and torture him, Zhang Liang was tortured in every way but never confessed, and finally released. Soon after, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Revolution, and when Zhang Liang was captured by Li Yuan, Li Shimin's heart was estimated to be raised in his throat, but he did not expect that he could withstand the torture, so after the coup was successful, Zhang Liang was named the governor of Huaizhou.
After that, he was also named Shangshu of the Criminal Department for accusing Hou Jun of conspiracy. In 646, when Zhang Liang was reported as suspected of treason, Li Shimin was furious and sent Ma Zhou to investigate the matter, and Zhang Liang's men confirmed the matter, so Li Shimin beheaded him. It is not ironic that Zhang Liang was able to make a mark because of whistleblowing, and he also had to die a bad death because he was whistleblowing.
The rebellion was revealed, and he was killed with tears
Hou Junji was the founder of the Tang Dynasty, and Hou Junji played a great role in Li Shimin's ascension to the throne. In 639, King Gaochang severed commercial contacts between the two sides, and Li Shimin was very angry and sent Hou Junji to lead an army to suppress the rebellion, this counterinsurgency was not easy, Gaochang was far from Chang'an, and the march was also very difficult, and it was necessary to climb mountains and cross the desert to reach the border of Gaochang.
Attacking Gaochang is very simple, after all, it is only a projectile land with a serious shortage of troops, where the heroes of the Great Tang have been fought, it did not take long for Gaochang to be defeated. After Gao Chang destroyed the country, Hou Junji saw that there were many treasures and beauties in Gaochang's palace, and his heart couldn't help but start itching, so he privately robbed a group of commoners from Gaochang and stole a large amount of treasure. The soldiers below saw that the generals had taken the lead and we did not rob for nothing, so the soldiers below also began to rob wantonly.
Hou Junji could only turn a blind eye, who let him start the robbery first. After returning home from the great victory, Hou Junji waited not to add an official to enter the knighthood, but to enter the cold cell, because of his mistakes in Gaochang, which made Li Shimin very angry and directly locked him up. Although he was later released again, but this time to Gaochang to suppress the rebellion, Hou Junji can be regarded as a trip to the white, so Hou Junji's heart began to have a gap with Li Shimin, which was the fuse for Hou Junji's rebellion.
In 643, Hou Junji wanted to persuade Zhang Liang to rebel, but he did not expect that Zhang Liang would betray him and directly told Li Shimin the news of Hou Junji's rebellion, but Li Shimin did not investigate deeply, because Hou Junji had the merit of stabilizing the country and the state after all. However, when the news of the second rebellion between Hou Junji and Li Chengqian was revealed, all the ministers thought that Hou Junji deserved to die, and Li Shimin could only execute him with tears, but he let his family go.
A general who was killed because of his name
Li Junxian was a general in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and he fought bravely and made many battle achievements. He conquered Song King Kong in Jiexiu and won a great victory in Luoyang against Wang Shichong. After the unification of the Tang Dynasty, the border ethnic minorities attacked many times, and Li Junxian could win every battle and flee the Turks. Li Shimin also sighed: "Li Junxian is so brave and fierce, there is no need to fear a strong enemy."
Who would have thought that this person who helped Li Shimin fight and was praised by him would be killed soon after because of a prophecy. At that time, there were rumors among the people that the heroine King Wu had the world, which meant that the person who would replace the Great Tang in the future was related to Wu. After all, it was related to Jiangshan and social welfare, so Li Shimin kept an eye on it and remembered this matter.
In 648 AD, the imperial court held a banquet for various officials, Li Shimin thought of a drinking game to help the fun, asked to tell their respective milk names, Li Junxian called himself "Five Ladies", Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this and said: "Since you are a woman, why are you so brave." Li Junxian held the official position of General Zuo Wuwei, titled the Duke of Wulian County, with both martial characters and "Five Ladies", Li Shimin was very jealous of this, in order to make himself feel at ease, shortly after the banquet, Li Junxian was removed from his official position, and Li Junxian was later sent to Huazhou as an assassin.
After Li Junxian came to Huazhou to take office, because the local practice of valley digging, so Li Junxian and these people were very close, and after Yushi learned of this matter, he directly ran to Li Shimin to complain, saying that Li Junxian colluded with demon people, Li Shimin originally had some scruples about Li Junxian and was worried that he could not grasp his handle, so he immediately ordered Li Junxian to be executed. Later, after Wu Zetian became emperor, he rehabilitated Li Junxian and said: "The person in the prophecy is actually me, and Li Junxian just suffered for me."
A look made the executioner tremble with fright
In 648, Li Shimin conquered Goryeo and won a great victory, and Xue Wanche also performed very well in this conquest. Unexpectedly, after returning to Chang'an, someone punched Xue Wanche's small report in front of Li Shimin, saying that he was arrogant and domineering in the army, and Li Shimin removed him from office and exiled him to Xiangzhou. It was not until Li Shimin's death and Emperor Gaozong of Tang took office that Xue Wanche was able to return to Chang'an City.
In 652, Xue Wanche re-entered the dynasty, and his friend Fang Ling'ai pulled him into the room for a secret talk, and after three rounds of drinking, Fang Ling'ai told him that the war situation was still unstable, and when the time was ripe, the two could consider electing Li Yuanjing the King of Jing as emperor. But did not expect that soon after the East Window incident, Xue Wanche was also arrested, in the face of the so-called crime of treason, Xue Wanche of course refused to admit it, but did not expect Fang Wei'ai to admit the act of rebellion, Xue Wanche also had no way but to obediently confess.
In 653, Xue Wanche was beheaded in public, and before his execution, he roared loudly on the Xing stage, saying that he had made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but he did not expect that he was killed by Fang Weiai, a junior, in his later years. After speaking, he angrily ripped off the clothes on his chest, and asked the prison officer to quickly kill him, and the prison officer was also startled when he saw his fierce and vicious appearance, and immediately gave the beheading order.
The executioner on the side was also frightened by his appearance, and raised the knife in a hurry, but it cut Xue Wanche's shoulder. Xue Wanche, who was in pain, not only did not cry out in pain, but instead glared angrily at the executioner and asked him to use some more strength. The executioner was so frightened by Xue Wanche, and he was even more frightened in his heart, and he actually cut his head off three times in a row, and the life of a generation of fierce generals came to an end.
epilogue
The glory of the Great Tang is inseparable from these generals who have made great battle merits, although these people have made great contributions to the Great Tang, but the merit is not what the emperor wants to see, and even wants to kill them quickly. The emperor always believed that these distinguished generals would pose a great threat to his throne, and only by eliminating them could he stabilize his power. As the saying goes, you don't need to use people without doubt, only by believing in these loyal generals can we lay down more rivers and mountains.
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