The first of the twenty-four heroes of Ling yan pavilion is the eldest son Wuji, which is Tang Taizong's "man of the king, driving the heroic material, pushing the heart to treat the soldiers", in order to remember the many heroes who fought together in the world, Yan Liben painted the portraits of twenty-four heroes in the Ling Yan Pavilion, which was hung on the Ling Yan Pavilion for the "Twenty-four Meritorious Heroes Map".
There is a reason why the eldest son Wujie is in the first place, not only because the eldest son Wuji is Li Shimin's brother-in-law, but more importantly, whether it is an uprising or the seizure of the throne, the eldest son Wuji is a great hero and has done a lot of things that Li Shimin wants to do but cannot do. That's why it's number one.
The eldest grandson was a prime minister for more than thirty years, a man of literary and martial talent, and a famous politician in the early Tang Dynasty. As a noble relative, he was powerful but not specialized, loyal to the Tang royal family, doing his best, to be fair, the eldest son wujie was impossible to rebel, he did not have this idea at all, some things came against the emperor, mainly to protect the interests of guanlong nobles, and it was precisely because of this that he was regarded by Li Zhi as an obstacle to imperial power and removed with the help of Wu Zetian's hand.
In fact, Li Zhi's throne was still recommended by the eldest son Wujie, when the crown prince Li Chengqian plotted rebellion, Li Shimin deposed Li Chengqian, originally wanted to make Li Tai the crown prince, asked the eldest son Wujie's suggestion, the eldest son Wuji suggested to establish Li Zhi, the reason given was that if Li Zhi was established, then Li Zhi's brothers could survive, Li Shimin only then established Li Zhi as the crown prince, and later Li Shimin also repented, wanted to establish Li Ke, the king of Wu, or under the persuasion of the eldest son Wujie, Li Shimin dispelled this idea, of course, this is also selfish, Who made Li Zhi the nephew of the eldest grandson. However, he also formed a bond with Li Ke.
Later, Li Zhi took the throne, the eldest son Wuji continued to be the prime minister, the prestige of Li Ke, the king of Wu, was very high, and often worked against the eldest son Wujie, which also made the eldest son Wuji very unhappy, just when the case of Fang Yi'ai's rebellion occurred, Li Zhi ordered the eldest son Wu Ji to try, so he let Fang Yi'ai falsely accuse Li Ke of rebellion against Wu Wang, originally Fang Wei'ai because he could avoid death, he did not expect that he still did not escape the death penalty, and Li Ke was also killed, and before he died, Li Ke left his last words: The eldest son wu jie stole authority, framed the good, the clan had a spirit, and when the clan was destroyed soon! There may be anger or curse in this last word, or even scolding for the sake of scolding, but I didn't expect it to really come true.
The year after Li Ke was killed, Li Zhi planned to depose Empress Wang and make Wu Zetian empress, Li Zhi was very worried that Changsun Wujie would obstruct him, and also took Wu Zetian to Changsun Wujie's home, hoping that Changsun Wujie would not obstruct, but Changsun Wuji pretended not to hear, but Li Zhi made up his mind, and later summoned the ministers to discuss the matter after the abolition, Changsun Wuji still opposed, Wu Zetian's mother also went to Changsun Wuji's home to intercede, but it was useless, Li Zhi could only order the abolition of Empress Wang and the establishment of Wu Zetian as empress, And Wu Zetian held a grudge because his eldest son Wu Jie obstructed his becoming empress.
Just when Li Zhi wanted to rectify the Xiaguanlong clique in order to establish the highest prestige of imperial power, and Changsun Wuji was the representative of the Guanlong clique at that time, Wu Zetian took advantage of the topic and instructed Xu Jingzong to falsely accuse Changsun Wuji of rebellion, and although Li Zhi did not want to do this, he was already on the string, so Li Zhi did not confront Changsun Wujie, so he issued an edict to cut off his official position and fiefdom, exiled qianzhou, and let the prefecture capitals along the way send troops to escort him. The eldest grandson Wu Ji's sons were all deposed and exiled to Lingnan.
In the end, the eldest grandson Wuji was forced to commit suicide, the family property was confiscated, and the close relatives were exiled to Lingnan as slaves. Just in response to Li Kedang's last words that the clan was soon destroyed, but the eldest son Wuji was also a hero no matter what, so Li Zhi later rehabilitated the eldest son Wujie and ordered his grandson Yuanyi to inherit the dukehood of the State of Zhao and bury him with Zhaoling.