Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, was the grandfather of Li Zhang, the king of Bi, and the father was Li Shao, the king of Dongping. Li Daozong, the King of Jiangxia, was the uncle of Emperor Taizong of Tang, but he was about the same age as Li Shimin. After Gaozu Li Yuan ascended the throne, he made Li Daozong the Duke of Luoyang County.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty defenders and the thief Liu Wuzhou were engaged in battle at Dusuoyuan, and the defender Pei Was unable to defeat them, so Liu Wuzhou's army kept approaching Hedong City. At that time, Li Daozong was only seventeen years old, and he followed Li Shimin in a crusade against Liu Wuzhou. One day, Li Daozong and the King of Qin climbed the city tower together and looked at the enemy troops on the opposite side, and Li Shimin said to Li Daozong: "Those thieves want to invite me to fight with them, what do you think to do?" ”
Li Daozong replied: "Liu Wu has won all the battles on Monday, and his soldiers must have a high morale, so we must avoid his attack." And their rabble-rousers will not last long, and as long as we hold out for a few days, their morale will surely go down, and their food should not last for a few days, so that we can win without a fight. The King of Qin also had this intention, and later the enemy really retreated due to the lack of food.
Because Li Daozong had the merit of retreating from the enemy, he was made the King of Rencheng by Gao Zu. Later, together with Li Jing, he led an army to conquer the Turks, won a great victory, and also captured Jieli Khan, so he was renamed the King of Jiangxia. During his lifetime, he participated in many wars, including the unification war of the Tang Dynasty, and many wars to open up the territory against the Eastern Turks, Tuguhun, Xue Yantuo, and Goryeo, and made many meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty.
In his later years, because of his discord with his eldest son Wuji and others, he was framed for being associated with the rebellion of Fang Yi'ai and Princess Gaoyang, so he was exiled to Xiangzhou and died of illness.
How Li Daozong framed Xue Rengui
In the novel Xue Jiajun, Li Daozong is portrayed as a negative character. It is a main force that has been framing the loyal minister Xue Rengui. In the novel, Li Daozong is no longer the King of Jiangxia, but is called Prince Cheng. When Emperor Taizong of Tang summoned Xue Rengui back to Beijing, he began the road of framing Xue Rengui. So how did Li Daozong frame Xue Rengui?
Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, missed Xue Rengui very much, so at the suggestion of Empress Changsun, he transferred Xue Rengui from Shanxi back to Chang'an, often with him. After Xue Rengui heard this news, his heart was very excited. After arriving in Chang'an, Xue Rengui rode his horse in the direction of the imperial palace. Suddenly, a man blocked his way forward, and it turned out to be the family of Li Daozong, the Prince of Cheng. Jia Ding claimed to be the Prince of Cheng and wanted to meet Xue Rengui. After Xue Rengui heard this, he thought that he had become a prince with a noble status, and it was probably inappropriate not to go. Therefore, he could only go with his family to meet Li Daozong.
As soon as Li Daozong saw Xue Rengui, he greeted him warmly and insisted that he be left in the palace for dinner. Xue Rengui said that he was in a hurry to enter the palace to meet Shengshang and eat it next time. Li Daozong said that he would just have to ask someone to bring a letter to the emperor, so Xue Rengui stayed and drank. However, after only three glasses of wine, Xue Rengui felt groggy, he began to feel that something was wrong, and wanted to stand up, but suddenly his eyes went black and he fainted.
So how would Li Daozong frame Xue Rengui? At this time, Zhang Meiren, the ninth princess of Li Daozong, instigated Li Daozong to carry the fainting Xue Rengui to Princess Cuiyun's bed, and then let Princess Cuiyun make herself a little disheveled and run to the emperor to complain, saying that Xue Rengui was forcibly rude. However, Princess Cuiyun was a righteous person and did not want to join them in the same stream, and during the dispute, Li Daozong lost his hand to the death of Princess Cuiyun, so he pushed the boat along the water and pushed the death of Princess Cuiyun onto Xue Rengui's body. Go into the palace and file a complaint. When Tang Taizong heard about this, he was very angry. Immediately summoned the ministers to discuss, ready to cut him off.