Xue was the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty in China. He made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and saved Li Shimin's life many times. Later, he died unfortunately during the pacification of the Six Kingdoms. His sons, Xue Dingshan and Fan Lihua, also worked hard in the Six Grades. Later, Li Zhi and Tang Gaozong made him King of Liao, and his wife, Fan Lihua, was the meritorious queen.

The reason why the Xue family was hacked.

Xue Dingshan has four sons, and the third son, Xue Gang, is very strong-willed and grumpy, and especially likes to be keen outside. At that time, he was very famous in Chang 'an, and the people nicknamed him "Tongcheng Tiger".

Once when I went out, I was wronged by others and kicked the crown prince to death. The dead man caused a commotion, and people were running around and jostling in the street.

At that time, Tang Gaozong was enjoying the scenery upstairs. Because too many people were frightened and rampaged, the viewing building in Li Zhi collapsed. Finally, Li Zhi fell from the upstairs and died soon after.

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty at that time, Xue Gang committed such a felony, which implicated nine clansmen. But before he died, Li Zhi confessed to his eldest son: "The Xue family is the hero of past dynasties, the founding hero of our dynasty, and loyal to our dynasty. The death of Prince Xue Gang and the shocking collapse of Holy Driving can only be investigated by Xue Gang, and his family cannot be investigated. "

At that time, when this imperial edict came out, it was unanimously respected by all officials in the imperial court. However, Zhang Wuyi, who was in charge of state affairs at that time, was reluctant, because Zhang Wuyi had long regarded the Xue family as a thorn in his side and always wanted to take the opportunity to destroy its influence. Zhang Wu will certainly not give up such a good opportunity.

So Zhang took it to Wu Zetian to talk about it and asked to find a way to put the whole Xue family to death according to law. However, at that time, Wu Zetian also wanted to be an emperor. She already had the idea of getting rid of Xue Jia and a group of descendants of founding heroes. It was this opportunity that gathered Xue Gang's attack and ordered all 285 people to be killed in the Xue family.

And in the process of killing, the technique is also very cruel. It was in the courtyard of the Second Liao Palace of the Xue family that a big pit was dug, and then the Xue family was buried alive. Xue Gang, the mastermind of this incident, escaped immediately after committing the crime, so he survived. However, the hatred of killing caused the later anti-Tang events in Xue Gang.