During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Xue clan was a High Gate Ling clan, known as the "Six Great Surnames of Kansai". Xue Daoheng, Xue Shuo, and Xue Yuanchao are the representatives of the Xue family's talents. Xue's also rich in handsome men, a three-pack horse, telling the story of Xue's in Hedong. The Xue family is also rich in fierce generals, and Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, and Xue Rengui are the tiger generals produced by the Xue family. The protagonist of our story today is Xue Wanjun, the tiger general of the late Sui and early Tang dynasties.
Xue Wanjun was originally a subordinate of Luo Yi, and in Li Shimin's campaign against Liu Heimin, he submitted to the Tang Dynasty. Although Xue Wanjun was not highly qualified, he fought bravely. Xue Wanjun did not catch up with the important battle of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but made a great contribution to the Battle of Jingbian after Li Shimin ascended the throne. In the war with the Eighteenth Department of the Grassland, Xue Wanjun single-handedly broke into the enemy position, killed the enemy generals, and led the death squad to crush the enemy army. The Zhengshi "Book of the Old and New Tang Dynasties" uses the four words "Yong gai three armies" to highly praise Xue Wanjun's bravery.
King Ju Wentai of Gaochang, his wife was originally of the Yuwen clan. In order to attach himself to Li Shimin, the Yuwen clan requested Li Shimin to crown her as a Princess of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin sent an edict to Yuwen, gave Yuwen the surname of Li, and was included in the tianzi family tree, becoming Li Shimin's daughter. Yuwen Clan transformed into Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty. Ju Wentai also transformed into Li Shimin's son-in-law.
Ju Wentai struggled to curry favor with Li Shimin and wanted to ask for a reward from the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin was not the Sui Emperor and did not like to spend money to buy praise-style kingdoms to come to the dynasty. Ju Wentai did not get the reward he wanted, and his heart was on fire. Ju Wentai colluded with the EighteenThRairie, blocked the way and plundered Datang merchants, and cut off the Silk Road between Datang and the West.
The son-in-law Ju Wentai disobeyed, and the old man Li Shimin was very angry, so he sent a large army to attack Gaochang. On this expedition, Hou Junji was the commander and Xue Wanjun was the deputy commander. Xue Wanjun served as the vanguard, drove straight in, and killed outside Gaochang City. Ju Wentai was scared to death, and Ju Wentai's successor, Ju Zhisheng, wrote to express his willingness to negotiate peace with Datang.
The New Book of Tang records that Xue Wanjun, in the face of Ju Zhisheng's request for peace talks, said a domineering and leaky sentence: "Lao Tzu is a great general of the great power Shangbang, you are a yellow-mouthed child, and you are not qualified to negotiate with Lao Tzu." Lao Tzu ordered you to lay down your weapons and surrender your guns without killing. If you refuse to surrender, Lao Tzu will destroy you. (When the city is taken first, the child ho and the language!) ）”
Sui Dynasty Emperor stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
The New Book of Tang records that Ju Zhisheng was frightened and trembled by Xue Wanjun, and only said the three words "only gong language", then laid down his weapons and surrendered his gun without killing. Xue Wanjun, as a pioneer, destroyed Gao Changguo. After Li Shimin received the good news, Long Yan was greatly pleased, and he issued an edict and sealed Xue Wan as the Duke of Lu. At this time, Xue Wanjun, the official worship and the prime minister sat on an equal footing with the twelve wei generals on the three pins, and the knighthood of the duke of the country, which can be described as a spring breeze.
People can't be too proud, and once they are proud, they are easy to forget. Xue Wanjun was just too proud, and as a result, he indulged himself. Xue Wanjun moved a beautiful woman in Gaochang who should not be moved, and as a result, he was denounced. Li Shimin received the report against Xue Wanjun and decided to pursue Xue Wanjun's guilt. (This incident canonically refers to the New Book of Tang: "WanJun marches into the army, wisdom flourishes and fears, and it descends.") Enter the Duke of Luguo. There will be a lawsuit against Wan Jun and Gao Chang women in chaos, and Taizong wants to rule poorly. ”）
Li Shimin consulted with Wei Zheng and discussed the question of who should be sent to investigate Xue Wanjun. Wei Zheng said to Li Shimin: "Xue Wanjun moved a beautiful woman who should not be moved, even if the investigation is true, it is not a major crime." If there is no solid evidence, people will say that His Majesty cannot tolerate heroes and is suspected of hiding birds with bows. In that case, the impact would be very bad. The minister suggested that His Majesty spare Xue Wanjun and not investigate the matter. (If the complaint is true, the sin is light, and the false is lost.) ）”
Wei Zheng stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
Xue Wanjun had just destroyed a country and opened up territory for the Tang Dynasty, and it was not a big deal that he slept with a woman he should not sleep with. Li Shimin felt that Wei Zheng's words were reasonable, so he ordered that the matter would end here and there was no need to investigate in depth.
Although this matter had passed like this, Xue Wanjun was very dissatisfied. Xue Wanjun always believed that it was not a sin to sleep with a woman, but he was denounced by someone. Li Shimin should not just fail to prosecute him for offending, but also punish those who denounced him.
Xue Wanjun was a warrior of Zhao Zhao, who bravely built the three armies, but did not have a city government. Xue Wandu said nothing, and everywhere he showed his dissatisfaction with Li Shimin. Li Shimin was the emperor who had ascended to the throne by the change of Xuanwu Gate, and he knew that he could not leave a grumbling tiger general by his side, so he decided to find an opportunity to clean up Xue Wanjun.
Once, Li Shimin was lucky to drive the Furong Garden. Xue Wanjun was responsible for the clearance and protection work, and the result was that the clearance was not cleaned, leaving idle people and so on. The clearance is not clean, this kind of thing can be big or small. To punish a greater crime is to be a capital offense. If you are small, you will have nothing to do.
For example, the Zizhi Tongjian records that Li Shimin once rode in Weiyang Palace and found a soldier with a weapon hiding in the grass shivering. Li Shimin said to the soldiers, "If you don't see anything, you should hurry up and run." ”
Li Shimin could spare a soldier who was too late to clear the scene, but he refused to let go of the great general Xue Wanjun, who was not clean. Li Shimin issued an edict and imprisoned Xue Wanjun. Wait for the release. Xue Wanjun felt that Li Shimin was making a big fuss and that he had been treated unfairly. The more Xue Wanjun thought about it, the more angry he became, and he died, really dead. (This matter canonizes the Words of the New Book of Tang: "Emperor Xing Furong Garden, sitting in the Qing Palace, was not careful to go to prison, and was angry.") ”）
Xue Wanjun died, and Li Shimin cleared an untimed bomb around him. Li Shimin's purpose has been achieved, and then it is time to open the movie emperor mode and perform the drama of being reluctant to be loyal to the good generals. The New Book of Tang records that after Li Shimin received the news of Xue Wanjun's death, he was immediately shocked and held a high-end atmospheric memorial service for Xue Wanjun. Li Shimin issued an edict and gave Xue Wanjun the glory of the Tang Dynasty to accompany zhaoling.
The New Book of Tang records that after Xue Wanjun's death, his brother Xue Wanche was still serving as a general in the court. In front of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu, Li Shimin called Xue Wanche Xue Wanjun, and said with a sad face: "Wan Junxun is old, ignoring his name, do the dead know, I hope this gift?" ”
The author feels: "If Li Shimin travels back to the present, with his acting skills, he will definitely win the Academy Award." ”
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