At the beginning of Tang Dynasty, there was a super cattle man, and his name was Li Ji. He was the elder of the Three Dynasties, and he could be said to be a nobleman of Wu Zetian, and when Emperor Gaozong of Tang was unanimously opposed by Changsun Wuji and others on the matter of establishing Empress Wu Zetian, as a result, his words made things change, and finally made Wu Zetian ascend to the throne.
Li Ji, whose original name was Xu Shixun, although he was born in the second generation of the rich, when he was seventeen years old, he made a surprising move, taking his family to Zhai Rang in Wagang Village.
Later, the hero Li Mi was introduced to Wagang by a friend. Li Ji felt that such a heroic and talented person as Li Mi was the real hero of the world, so he joined forces with Junyi and Wang Bodang, who were "slightly the same as what he saw", and "forced the palace" on Zhai Rang, persuading Zhai Rang to take the initiative to let Xian and let Li Mi become the eldest brother of Wagangzhai.
As a result, Zhai Rang was very aware of current affairs and immediately took the initiative to let Xian. It is precisely because of this that after Li Mi became the eldest brother, he was naturally very grateful to the "benefactor" Li Ji, and naturally used it extraordinarily.
In 619 (the second year of Wu De), the Wagang army was defeated by the Sui Dynasty general Wang Shichong, and with no way out, Li Mi gathered the remaining troops to submit to the Tang Dynasty. The fate of Li Ji and Li Mi ended here. Because his master was soon replaced by Li Yuan.
Later, Li Mi chose to "plot rebellion", and as a result, he was successfully killed by Li Yuan, who had long been prevented. When Li Ji heard the news, he immediately went to the table to request the burial of Li Mi, and Li Yuan saw that he was loyal and commendable and approved his request. As a result, Li Ji was buried with Li Mi's original subordinates on the south side of Mount Li, and the grave was five meters high, and the mourning period was dispersed.
After Li Ji returned to Tang, he made great military achievements, first defeating Wang Shichong and Pingdou Jiande, and receiving the title of "Lower General". Subsequently, he defeated Liu Heimin, Xu Yuanlang and other sui dynasty heroes, and made great contributions to the unification of China by the Tang Dynasty.
At the time of the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Ji was on the side of the crown prince Li Jiancheng. After Li Shimin's coup d'état was successful, Du Du looked at li ji differently, and instead of punishing him, he reused him.
It is precisely because of this that in the war against the Turks in the early years of Zhenguan, Li Ji of Zhi'en Tubao attacked him with 3,000 iron horses, destroyed 200,000 Turkic troops, captured Jieli Khan alive, and created a miracle in Chinese history that was unprecedented in winning few victories and more victories. Later, Li Ji led troops to eliminate Xue Yantuo's rebellion, and also became the vanguard general of Li Shimin's conquest of Goguryeo.
Because of his outstanding military achievements, Tang Taizong Li Shimin naturally loved him extremely much. There are some examples as evidenced by one time Li Ji fell ill with a strange disease, and after the imperial doctor dispensed the medicine, he said that he would use a person's beard as a medicine guide. When Tang Taizong heard about it, he immediately cut off his beard and gave it to Li Ji for treatment. Afterwards, Li Ji was moved to tears.
Soon, Emperor Taizong of Tang made Li Ji the crown prince Zhan Shi and Zuo Wei (左衛率), and added a special jin to the same Zhongshu Menxia Sanpin (同中書門下三品). And said to him: "In the future, my child will be your child, and I believe that you will not fail me." In this regard, Li Ji was moved to bite his finger and bleed, vowing not to live up to the emperor's trust.
However, despite this, Li Shimin was still "wary" of Li Ji, who was halfway out of the house. When he was seriously ill, he first said a shocking sentence to the crown prince Li Zhi: Li Ji absolutely cannot stay. Li Zhi knew that Li Shimin usually had the most importance for Li Ji, so why did he say such a thing at this time? Of course, Li Shimin knew what was in his heart, so he asked, "Can you manipulate Li Ji?" Li Zhi said no. Li Shi said, "The reason why I was able to manipulate him was because I was kind to him." If you want to manipulate him, you have to give him grace."
So Li Shimin gave Li Zhi a clever trick: first, in my name, he was demoted to the governor of Diezhou. If he goes on the road immediately, after I die you will recall him to the imperial court and grant him such a high-ranking official position as a servant, so that he will certainly be grateful to you and swear allegiance to you.
Sure enough, after receiving the demotion order, Li Ji did not say a word and immediately took office. In this case, the friendship he and Li Shimin had established for many years was gone.
Sure enough, after Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, he immediately recalled Li Ji and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.
Later, Emperor Gaozong of Tang wanted to make concubine Wu Zetian empress, but was unanimously opposed by the elder ministers such as Changsun Wuji. The reason is: Wu Zetian was the woman of the previous emperor, and she was born humble, how could she become a country after that.
In this regard, Emperor Gaozong of Tang summoned Li Ji alone to ask for his opinion on the establishment of Wu Zetian as empress.
Li Ji pondered for half a moment and slowly said 11 words: Why should you ask outsiders about this family affair of Your Majesty. This means that this is your housework, so why ask people outside.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang listened to the spear plug and opened it, and then, despite the opposition of the eldest son Wuji and others, he established Wu Zetian as empress, which laid a solid foundation for Wu Zetian to finally claim the title of emperor. And Li Ji's position in the DPRK was also more solidified.