mentioned the heroes who followed Li Yuan to create Tang . One of them was named after historic records for future generations. He was Xu Maogong, who was called "half immortal". It can be said that when various feudal dynasties in China were founded, excellent generals followed the wise rulers, and naturally there were mysterious and treacherous strategists to assist the wise rulers.
This Xu Maogong is a capable man who assists Li Yuan as a counselor in the legend. In history books, he not only acted as a counselor, but also had excellent martial arts skills. From this point of view, he is indeed a rare talent for Li Yuan.
It is precisely because of his ability and Li Yuan's attention that he received generous rewards after the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Later, when he was dying, he left a cruel prophecy. He said that if his descendants have masters, they must be killed, otherwise that person will rebel. What is amazing is that his prophecy was realized later.
Xu Maogong's life
When it comes to the life of this all-round talent, he has experienced great ups and downs, and has gained glory and wealth after several life and death. For those who follow Ming to focus on the country, choice itself has the element of betting.
After all, even a wise leader may not necessarily win the country in the end. Fortunately, Xu Maogong did not choose the wrong choice. His original name was Xu Shiji. Since Maogong, it was precisely because of this homonym, later generations put his name and surname together and always called him Xu Maogong.
Occasionally, he is named after the national surname, called Li Shiji. These two names are well-known in history books. and both names are so famous, which also shows how capable Xu Maogong is. In fact, he liked martial arts since he was a child and joined an army in his teens.
However, this army is not a regular army of the country, but is just an armed force similar to a bandit-like armed force. It can be said that for Xu Maogong, this place is just a small pool. In the pool, the dragon that has not yet grown up can live here.
However, as Xu Maogong's ability and martial arts gradually became stronger, he began to be dissatisfied with this small pool. After several years of joining the army, he found that this bandit-like army had very stubborn shortcomings, mainly because this armed force had no intention of conquering the world.
They just want to dominate one side, and it is enough to show off their power in the local area, and they donβt want to unify the country at all. If it were other generals, they might feel that it would be fine if they stayed in the army for a lifetime and were rich for a lifetime. But Xu Maogong didn't think so. Since it was not a regular army, it could only exist as a bandit.
If this continues, this army will be replaced by other armies soon. At this time, Xu Maogong, who already had a considerable position in the army, faced two choices. or switch to other troops. Give up your current status and wealth in this army; or replace the leader who is unwilling to actively fight for territory and replace it with a leader who is committed and willing to fight for it.
Later, Xu Maogong chose the latter and he met a leader who he thought was pretty good - Li Mi . Li Mi did not disappoint his expectations, and soon led the rebel army to conquer a world and proclaimed himself king. But later, there were some conflicts within the rebel army, and the reigning Li Mi, who was respected as king, was wary of Xu Maogong.
At that time, the two were considered two forces within the rebel army. They have always been united externally, but there were quite a few contradictions internally. Fortunately, despite the ups and downs and downs, Li Mi still led the army to surrender to the then wise ruler, Li Yuan, and then followed Li Yuan to conquer the Tang Dynasty.
Last Words
After respecting Li Yuan as the main point, Xu Maogong fully utilized his talents. When under Li Mi's command, he must be cautious and cautious everywhere, and cannot show excessive prestige and ability. However, after transferring to Li Yuan, he was assigned to Li Shimin , and under Li Shimin, he fully utilized his talents.
During the war, he gave Li Shimin a lot of good ideas. Li Shimin also appreciated him very much, which also enabled Xu Maogong to gain a high status and honor in the later court.
As the saying goes, one person can attain enlightenment, and the chicken and dog can ascend to heaven. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Xu family became one of the higher-ranking families of the Tang Dynasty with the help of Xu Maogong. Since then, he began to change his temperament and strictly demanded that his children in his family be low-key when they are outside.
In fact, every general who follows the monarch to conquer the world must change his mindset. is no longer a time of unstable war. In peace, one must prevent one's own position from threatening the monarch.
So, Xu Maogong is cautious in everything. Fortunately, when he was alive, the Xu family did not make any major mistakes, nor did they dislike the king. However, he was unable to let go of his heart at the moment of death. Li Shimin was indeed a wise ruler, but he didn't know what the king behind him was.
So, he could only repeatedly ask for his children in his family. even at the time of his death, he repeatedly warned his descendants that if his descendants had masters, he must be cautious and be careful. If they cannot be used by the emperor, they should be killed immediately to prevent rebellion and disaster from causing trouble to the family.
grandson Xu Jingye
However, what he and the descendants of Xu did not expect was that the sentence , which was just a lasting words that he told him at the time of death, actually became a prophecy. After the third generation of the Xu family, Xu Jingye raised his banner and rebelled.
Xu Jingye is a talent like his grandfather, with strong abilities and both civil and military. Unfortunately, he did not catch up with the era of his grandfather Xu Maogong. This is what it means to be too late.
At that time, he faced the situation of Wu Zetian ambitious to become emperor, and he insisted on holding high the banner and wanted to rebel. Finally, he was suppressed by Wu Zetian with force. After that, the Xu family also suffered heavy damage, and Xu Maogong's prophecy came true.
Conclusion
In short, Xu Maogong's instructions before his death were not strictly enforced by the family's children, which caused the Xu family to suffer a severe blow and gradually disappeared. shows that the rise and fall of a family is closely related to everyone in the family.
This is also the biggest feature of the ancient clan system. It is precisely because of this characteristic that they have strong cohesion. It is precisely because every clan has such a cohesion that the Chinese nation can unite and be passed down to this day.
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