Li Jing, a Chinese medicine expert, was a famous strategist in Tang Dynasty. Originally, Li Jing was a courtier of the Sui Dynasty and was not very close to Tang gaozu. When Tang Gaozu showed the contrary, Li Jing had intended to flee to Jiangdu and told the Emperor Yang Di about it. Who knows that before leaving, Li Jing was arrested by Li Jing and sentenced to death.
Before the execution, excavate to Tang Gaozu shouted:
"You rose vigilante, is to help the world, busy in addition to the riots. Do you want to kill a strong man before the big event is completed? "
Maybe Tang Gaozu's so-called killing Excavate was actually just to scare him. When Excavate obeyed, Tang Gaozu pardoned it and gave it to Li Shimin.
In the civil war, Li Jing made great contributions to help the Tang Dynasty defeat the Jingzhou warlord Xiao Xian. In this regard, Tang Gaozu proudly said:
"I heard that it is better to do something than to do something, and Li Xian is effective!"
Not only that, Ethan also took Li Jing's hand and said, "I will let bygones be bygones!" "After excavate followed Li, gradually put down the warlords such as Fu Gongtuo, and almost all of Jiangnan was laid by excavate alone.
After the reunification of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, who made great contributions, was quickly involved in a deadly political whirlpool-the change of Xuanwu Gate. In order to win over veteran Li, both He and He tried their best, but Li Jing, who had no intention of favoring him, was noncommittal. Before the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion broke out, Li Shimin sent someone to inform Excavate and asked about his attitude. However, Li Jing turned a deaf ear, neither giving an idea nor paying attention to it.
After the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin ascended the throne. On the surface, Li Shimin still appointed Li Jing and gave him 400 food cities. But in the dark, but everywhere guard against excavate, because he knows that excavate has never been one of their own, far less than Hou, Fang, Du Ruhui and others who used to be their retainers. However, at that time, the Tang Dynasty was faced with a severe border situation, and countries such as East Turkistan, Tuguhun and Koguryo were eyeing the border. Without the home front and an old general like Li Jing, the border of the Tang Dynasty would never be peaceful.
Sure enough, in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin took Excavate as the general to crusade against East Turkistan. In this campaign, Li Jing led 3000 cavalry to raid Li Jie Khan's tooth account and won a great victory, eliminating the East Turkic khanate in one fell swoop.
Supposedly, with such a small price and such a brilliant record, Excavate's contribution has surpassed that of ancient Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and he deserves rich rewards. Surprisingly, however, after Excavate returned to Chang 'an, Li Shimin scolded him. It turned out that someone impeached Li Jing for being lax in running the army, which led the sergeant to rob Jieli Khan's tooth account, and all the treasures of the Turkic country were scattered in the hands of soldiers.
While Excavate was waiting for the will of punishment, Li Shimin held back his scowl and rewarded Excavate, saying, "Those who accused you before were just false accusations, but now I have come to my senses. I hope you don't mind. " . Say that finish, gave excavate two thousand silk, and worship for ministers right servant shot.
Obviously, all the charges against Excavate were instigated by Li Shimin. He used both hard and soft, just to beat Li Jing. On the one hand, let Li Jing not be arrogant and despise the emperor; On the other hand, he was warned that as long as he was obedient, he would not worry about money.
After understanding Li Shimin's "good intentions", Li Jing began to become reticent. Whenever attending court meetings, Li Jing plays dumb and doesn't say a word. After retiring from North Korea, Li Jing immediately returned to China, stayed indoors and resolutely refused to communicate with outsiders. In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing may really be unable to bear the pressure of Li Shimin, so he asked Li Shimin to abdicate on the grounds that his foot disease had not healed.
However, how could Li Shimin let Li Jing go so easily? So he praised: "since ancient times, there have been too few people living in wealth, but they can be content." Li Jing is such a virtuous minister, and I must commend him and make him a model for a generation. " Therefore, Li Shimin refused Li Jing's request for retirement and gave him some crutches to help him treat his foot disease.
Soon after, Tuguhun rebelled, and Li Shimin, with or without foot disease, must be over 60 and Li Jing to send troops to the territory. At this time, Jing Li is already a very important person, and he no longer needs credit to prove himself. But in desperation, Li Jing led his troops out of the village and captured Tuguhun in one fell swoop.
Li Jing played an important role in destroying heroes at home and destroying the two countries abroad. After the death of Li Jing's wife, Li Shimin ordered Li Jing to build a mausoleum ahead of schedule, and piled up two mountains in front of the tomb, symbolizing his martial arts of attacking and destroying Turks and tuguhun. Later, Li Shimin painted Li Jing and others in Lingyange and named him Wang Wei.
Arguably, excavate behaved so deferentially that Li Shimin should be able to cut him some slack. But unfortunately, Li Shimin still didn't give up defeating the old and sickly Excavate.
In the 18th year of Zhenguan (644), Li Shimin personally signed Koguryo. Before he left, Li Shimin visited Li Jing's mansion again. At that time, Li Jing was ill in bed and dying. So I asked Li Jing: "I love the south of Dongping, I love the desert in the north, and I love Mr. Murong in the west." Only Korea in the east has not been destroyed. Would you like to go with me? "
In this regard, Li Jing said: "I am old and sick, and I may die on the road, dragging your majesty down." Excavate words Li Shimin skin to smile don't smile to say:
"With Sima Yi's encouragement, although he was not old, weak and sick, he was able to strive for self-improvement and set up a Wei family."
Simple translation, yes! Sima Yi was old and sick, and then suddenly "strengthened himself", which made great contributions to Wei. Hearing this, Li Jing broke out in a cold sweat and immediately jumped out of bed, bowing down and saying, "Old minister, please give me a ride to recover from illness."
Friends who know history know that Sima Yi used the excuse of being old and sick for a long time when he launched the rebellion of Gao Pingling and usurped the state power of Cao Wei. However, when Cao Shuang was caught off guard, Sima Yi suddenly drew his sword, killed Cao Shuang and seized the power of Cao Wei. So Li Shimin is actually suggesting:
"Excavate, you are old and sick. Do you want to learn from Sima Yi and take my power? "
Thus, even though Li Jing is old and weak, Li Shimin remains vigilant against him. Li Shimin uses personal expedition, Prince Li Zhi is in Dingzhou, facing the air. No one can guarantee what Excavate will do. After all, there is a lesson from Sima Yi.
In desperation, Li Jing had to go to war with the army desperately. In Xiangzhou, Excavate finally couldn't walk. And Li Shimin also feel too much, let excavate stay at home. Five years later, Li Jing died in Chang 'an. After a lifetime of anxiety, Li Jing can finally have a rest.
As the saying goes, the king is like a tiger, and the grace of the king is unpredictable. If you don't know how to protect yourself, you can't hunt for wealth, honor and future generations, but you may die. Although Li Jing was a general in the Tang Dynasty, he was born from humble origins. In the change of Xuanwu Gate, he didn't take Li Shimin's side. So from the beginning, Li Shimin didn't trust Excavate. For excavate's favor, it's just using his military talent.
Jing, who knows this well, can't understand it? Therefore, he is very low-key, as low as possible. Even if he is ill, as soon as he hears the order to go out, he will take the lead in spirit and make great achievements. But what is chilling is that when Li Jing really couldn't get up in bed because of an old illness, Li Shimin still beat him with Sima Yi's past. This makes people wonder whether Li Shimin's kindness is a fake person.
The wiser the emperor is, the more bottomless his tactics are. Perhaps it was Li Shimin's tactics of "killing a thousand people by mistake and not letting one go" that made him create such a great achievement. And Li Jing is also well versed in tactics, and finally saved his life and wealth.