In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, in order to commemorate the heroes who fought with him at the beginning, Emperor Taizong ordered the famous painter Yan to leave portraits for twenty-four heroes in Lingyange.
Among the twenty-four heroes, the first one is called Sun Chang Wuji.
Friends who have read romance novels such as The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties should be familiar with, Cheng and Weichi Gong. But for Sun Chang Wuji, it is relatively unfamiliar. In fact, among the heroes of Lingyange, Weichi Gong ranked seventh, Cheng ranked nineteenth and last.
So, what's this Sun Chang Wuji capable of driving the famous figures in these romance novels to the top of Lingyange?
1. Born in a famous family, I met him at a young age.
There are always many discrepancies between romance novels and official history. In The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Sun Chang Wuji is not famous. But in the official history, Sun Chang Wuji's contribution to the Tang Dynasty actually went far beyond our imagination.
Ranked first in Lingyange, which is well-deserved.
Sun Chang Wuji was born into a grandchild family. But because my father died when I was very young, I was kicked out of my house by my grandson's family and raised by my uncle Gao Shilian.
Changsunjia and Gaojia were the top families of Guanlong Group at that time.
Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, Guanlong Group has been a very special existence through the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. This group of noble groups, which rose by virtue of military achievements, has been firmly in control of the supreme power of the country for a long historical period. In the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, the emperors all came from the big family of Guanlong Group.
Therefore, although Sun Chang Wuji was kicked out of the house when he was a teenager, he received a good education with the help of his uncle. And his uncle Gao Shilian himself, Sun Chang also regarded Wuji as his own. Therefore, Sun Chang Wuji's social status in his youth is still very high.
At this time, Sun Chang Wuji met Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong.
Sun Chang Wuji can get along well with Li Shimin because of a marriage. At that time, Gao Shilian became friends with Tang Guogong and Tang Gaozu. When he saw Li Shimin as a teenager, he thought that Li Shimin would be outstanding in the future, so he married his niece, Sun Chang Wuji's sister Li Shimin.
The woman who married Li Shimin was the later famous grandson queen.
Because of this marriage, Wuji and Li became in-laws, became my uncle, and was also the first team.
After Li Shimin got married, only four years later, the Sui Dynasty changed dramatically and declined completely. In the same year, Li Yuan rose in Taiyuan and proclaimed himself emperor the following year, establishing the Tang Dynasty.
In this process, Li Shimin began to give full play to his military talents and led the army to fight in the south and the north. On the other hand, Sun Chang Wuji has been following around Li Shimin.
Sun Chang Wuji, also born in Guanlong family, received a good education since childhood. Therefore, during the struggle with Li Shimin, he became one of Li Shimin's most effective assistants. In fact, there are two kinds of heroes in Lingyange in Tang Dynasty. One is people like Qin Qiong and Gong Weichi Gong, who started from humble beginnings and struggled step by step. The other is Wuji, Li and others who were born in Guanlong family.
The former, mostly pure generals, led the troops to fight bravely, but knew nothing in the field of civil service. The latter, such as Sun Chang Wuji, who was born in Guanlong's family, is different, because he received a good education in his early years, and he is often able to use words and skills. It can not only lead troops to fight, but also deal with government affairs in the rear.
Plus Sun Chang Wuji himself, and Li Shimin's cronies, Lang Jiu, naturally more trusted by Li Shimin.
Therefore, after the establishment of Li Yuan, in the process of gradually unifying the world in the Tang Dynasty, Sun Chang Wuji has been following Li Shimin and made great contributions. Later, Li Shimin was allowed to open his own Ce Tian Guild Hall, and Sun Chang Wuji was also the first backbone to enter the Ce Tian Guild Hall.
2. Personally participate in the Xuanwu Gate incident.
Compared with other dynasties, the Tang Dynasty is actually very different.
In other dynasties, the founding monarch ruled the country and his son took over the world. For example, Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty all belong to this category.
But not in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan was responsible for the founding of the country, but after the founding of the country, Li Shimin was responsible for pacifying the world.
Because Li Shimin is very good at fighting!
In fact, in the history of the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, if we want to evaluate a list of famous players, Li Shimin must be the first one. It's just that Li Shimin later became an emperor, and few people put him on the star list.
After Li Yuan started his army, he quickly unified the Guanzhong area with the help of Guan Long's family. However, outside the Guanzhong area, it is still a situation in which various governors are separated. Then, in the next few years, almost all these separatist warlords were killed by Li Shimin.
Therefore, we can say that the Tang Dynasty was founded by Li Yuan and unified by Li Shimin.
However, in this way, another contradiction has emerged.
Because he is not the eldest son, he has a big brother Li on his head. After the founding of Tang Gaozu, Li Jian replaced Li Shimin as the prince.
In many romance novels, Li is a very fatuous person, killing innocent people, far less clever. It seems that Tang Gaozu made him a prince, but he was just blind.
But in the official history, it is actually quite different.
Li is also very shrewd. Just as a prince, it is not appropriate to take troops out to fight often. Therefore, all the credit for appeasing the world was taken away by Li Shimin.
However, after the Central Plains was completely pacified, this problem suddenly emerged.
Because of his great exploits, he pacified the prestige of the world, far exceeding that of Li. As a prince, Li won the support of most Guanlong families, but because he sat in the middle all the year round, his reputation among the bottom military and civilians was far inferior.
Prince Li was not the only one who saw this scene. As the emperor, Li Yuan also saw this. So from the sixth year of Wude, that is, six years after the Tang and Yuan Dynasties ascended the throne. At that time, when Li Shimin defeated Liu Heita and wiped out the last powerful separatist warlord in the Central Plains, Tang Gaozu began to consciously weaken Li Shimin's power. On the one hand, Li Shimin was transferred back to Chang 'an, and was not allowed to contact the military again. On the other hand, there are ups and downs. While promoting Li Shimin as Secretary-General, he took away the power in his hand, and at the same time began to send officials in Ce Tian House one by one, or transferred them to work outside Ce Tian House.
This situation lasted for more than two years from the end of the sixth year to the ninth year of Wude.
At the same time, Li is frantically expanding his strength. By the ninth year of Wude, that is, the year of Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li basically controlled Chang 'an, but basically cut off the army.
At this point, I finally decided to attack and plan to get rid of it, so as to avoid endless future trouble.
But the plan was finally discovered by Li Shimin, so Li Shimin decided to strike first.
As a result, the famous Xuanwu Gate incident happened in history.
In real history, the Xuanwu Gate incident was actually the biggest gamble in Li Shimin's life. Before this incident, Li actually didn't expect to dare to start first. Because at that time, almost half of Chang 'an's army was controlled by Li and the other half was controlled by Li. And Li Shimin's army, can be used, only less than 1000 Ce Tian's relatives.
But the fact is positive, Li Shimin won the gamble.
After the Xuanwumen incident, Li Shimin forced Li Yuan to abdicate for himself, which opened the famous prosperity of Zhenguan.
So, as the twenty-fourth outstanding figure of Lingyange, what role did Sun Chang Wuji play in this?
To put it simply, when Li Shimin conquered all the way, Sun Chang Wuji basically didn't miss any war. Every war has played a great role. Later, Li Shimin was deprived of power by Tang Gaozu, while Sun Chang Wuji remained firmly in Ce Tian. In the final Xuanwu Gate incident, Sun Chang Wuji urged Li Shimin to make up his mind and personally helped Li Shimin plan the whole process.
During the Xuanwumen Rebellion, Sun Chang Wuji followed Li Shimin's charge, killed Prince Li Chengjian and Prince Li Yuanji, and then helped protect Li Shimin.
It can be said that without Sun Chang's infinite support and persuasion, it is impossible for Li Shimin to make up his mind to launch the Xuanwu Gate incident. In that case, there would naturally be no prosperity of chastity later.
3. Rule of Zhenguan
The first to join Li Shimin's camp, there was no shortage of war generals. Later, he personally planned the Xuanwu Gate incident. Such Sun Chang Wuji is certainly qualified to be the first person in Lingyange.
Although there is a consort, Li Shimin doesn't seem to mind. After Li Shimin acceded to the throne, he directly asked Sun Chang Wuji to be the minister of rites, and later worshipped him as the right servant of the minister.
In the following years, Sun Chang Wuji has been Li Shimin's best man. Only compared with the past battles, today has become a sandwich in the temple.
In the seventh year of Zhenguan, it was common for Li Shimin to worship Sun Chang Wuji; In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, it was improved to Stuart.
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin drew a picture of twenty-four heroes, and Sun Chang Wuji topped the list.
Sun Chang, the first person in Lingyange Pavilion, is infinite and well-deserved. Just compared with Qin Qiong, Weichi Gong and others, Sun Chang Wuji followed Li Shimin even when he went to war, and his talent was diluted. Moreover, Sun Chang Wuji was born in a noble family, and has always had a smooth sailing. His personal experience is inevitably less legendary. Therefore, in romance novels, Qin Qiong, Weichi Gong and others who came from the grass roots often play more important roles. On the other hand, Sun Chang's promise is often easily overlooked.