In fact, it is not only Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin who have changed their titles. All the founding dukes have changed their fiefs: Duke Li Jie of Lai became Duke of England, Duke of Dai Li Jing became Duke of Wei , Duke Cai Duke of Wu and Duke of Cai Du Ruhui and Li Jie "changed defense" to Duke of Lai.
"change defense" is just a joke. The Duke of the Tang Dynasty did not have his own fiefdom like the Dukes of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the Duke of the Duke of the State was only formal.
During the Li Yuan period, all the Duke of the State enjoyed 3,000 households. During the period of Li Shimin's rule, the Duke of the State had too many seals, so he had to demolish the east wall and repair the west wall. In the name of "food seal", he reduced the 3,000 households of Qin Qiongcheng Yaojin to 700 households. The remaining ones were given to the upstarts Yuchi Jingde, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Hou Junji , Zhang Gongjin and others.
Put down Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin suffer a loss, let’s take a look at why Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin’s ban has changed.
Cheng Yaojin's Duke of Su Guo was enfeoffed. In Sui Dynasty belonged to Mai Tie Staff . According to the "Book of Sui Dynasty: Biography 29", this person " is brave and powerful, traveling 500 miles a day, walking and running horses. He is a disgusting person and makes wine, loves friendship, and values loyalty. He always treats fishing and hunting as a matter of business, and does not control the industry."
Cheng Yaojin in the official history is somewhat similar to Mai Tie Staff: he uses horse lance well, likes money, and is also loyal. When he was conquering the Western Turks, he did not catch up with Ashina Helu because he was busy distributing the spoils to his brothers in Tadu City.
Mai Tie Staff was known for his bravery among the generals of the Sui Dynasty. When Yang Su suppressed the rebellion in Jiangdong, he was arrested for crossing the river to reconnaissance. "The Rebel Supervisor Li Ling" sent thirty people to guard him, but he was "Mi Tie Staff "Take the thief's sword and kill the guards indiscriminately, and cut all the noses and bring them back."
was able to kill thirty people in a row and cut back thirty noses. The martial arts of Mai Tie Staff were simply superb. Cheng Yaojin, who is legendary only knows three tricks, acted well. When rescuing Pei Xingyan , he single-handedly entered the Wang Shichong army. "killed several people, Shichong's army was invincible, so he carried Xingyan's heavy cavalry and returned. He was chased by Shichong's cavalry, and he stabbed his spear hole. Zhijie turned around and twisted his spear, and also captured the pursuers."
The brave Cheng Yaojin nominally received the feudal state of the iron rod. This is quite convincing. Perhaps this is also a kind of recognition and praise from Li Yuan to Cheng Yaojin.
Duke Su of the Sui Dynasty was a mai Tiejian. Who was the Duke of Yi of the Sui Dynasty? Half a pot of old wine was not found, but Li Yuan named Qin Qiong as Duke of Yi of the Sui Dynasty, which was of great significance.
Li Yuan gave Qin Qiong a gin wine bottle and said that he could cut his flesh and drink for Qin Qiong. Everyone knows this. What you may not know is the title of Duke Yi Guo, which is even more extraordinary: if Qin Qiong is willing, Li Yuan will definitely give the surname, and Duke Yi Guo's title just expresses this meaning.
Giving a surname was a very high honor in ancient times, but not everyone was willing to accept giving a surname, especially those like Qin Qiong who had no brothers and nephews. If the Qin family changed their courses to him, it would be a little sorry for the ancestors and ancestors.
Although Li Yuan did not give Qin Qiong the surname Li, he was granted the title of the ancestor of the Li family: Duke of Yiguo.
As we said before, the Duke of the Tang Dynasty did not have a feudal state in a practical sense, or this feudal state has its name but is not true. However, the country in the title was inherited according to the division of in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The name of the Tang Dynasty also comes from the Yi Kingdom.
When we look at " Mandarin ", "Zuo Zhuan" and "Records of the Grand Historian", we will find that the Yi Kingdom was one of the top four in Zhou Dynasty , which was originally called Tang Kingdom. The first monarch Tang Shuyu was the son of Ji Fa, King Wu of , and the younger brother of Ji Song of Zhou, King Cheng. The country's name was first Tang, and after the son Xie of Tang Shuyu ascended the throne, he changed it to Jin. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the capital of Jin State was moved to Yi, so it is also called Yi State.
Jin is Shanxi. Everyone knows that Yiguo is equal to Tang and Jin, and Shanxi Taiyuan is the place where the Tang Dynasty rose. Li Yuan appointed Qin Qiong as Duke of Yiguo, which was equivalent to handing over his lair in name.
Li Shimin and Qin Qiong have a good relationship, but their relationship is far less than that of Li Yuan and Qin Qiong. So in the second year of Qin Qiong's death, he had a big rotation, and the title of Duke of Yi was "retired" and never granted it to anyone. The Hu Kingdom that Qin Qiong later "gets" was much smaller than that of Yi Kingdom: there were two "Hu Kingdom" in history, one was "Gui's surname Hu Kingdom" and the other was "Ji Hu Kingdom". Gui's surname originally belonged to the "Guifang" and was not the clan of the Zhou royal family.
Hu Guo is in Henan but not Shanxi, so Hu Duke Qin Qiong has no relationship with the place where Li Tang started.
Cheng Yaojin's Su Kingdom and Lu Kingdom also existed in the Spring and Autumn Period, but they were all vassals with foreign surnames and their titles were also very low: Su Kingdom belonged to the Feng family, the descendant of Fuxi, and the baron was destroyed by the Song Dynasty. Lu Kingdom was the Gao family, which was attached to the Qi State , and Viscount , because the fiefdom was too small, and he did not have the qualification to pay tribute to the emperor of Zhou, and he could only appear as a member of the Qi State's hajjang group.
No matter what, the title of "Duke of Hulu" is not as majestic as Duke of Yi and Duke of Su. According to the territory enfeoffed by Spring and Autumn , the ranks are also different: the King of Yi, the King of Yi, was granted by the Emperor of Zhou, was a marquis, while the King of Hu was just a viscount.
Comparison, we know that Li Shimin demoted Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin: Cheng Yaojin was promoted to one level, while Qin Qiong demoted two levels in a row - the past title was Duke and Marquis Bozi's fifth level, Marquis was the second level, and Viscount was the fourth level.
Although Yiguo, Huguo, Suguo and Luguo only borrowed the title of the Spring and Autumn Period, the ministers who drafted the title and Li Yuan and Li Shimin who conducted the final approval must know the origin of these four titles: although they are polite but not really, there are also many things to do. Li Yuan is deeply in love with Qin Qiong. Is Li Shimin very dissatisfied with Qin Qiong's negative performance in the change of Xuanwu Gate in ?
Today we are talking about the issue of the Duke of the People's Republic of China, which is quite obscure and boring. In addition to reading classics like "Mandarin" and "Zuo Zhuan", we also have to read " Tanghui Want " and " Tang Liudian " so that we can know Li Shimin's true intention to change the Guogong's account. Half a pot of old wine is a little bit unfamiliar with his knowledge. He only knows that Duke Hu and Duke Lu are not as good as Duke Yi and Duke Su, but he did not expect that Li Shimin had such good intentions.
Knowledge readers may have deeper insights into this matter: Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin was cut by 2,300 household fiefs and their name was changed. Is it really because they did not appear on the list of the "Top Ten Generals of Xuanwu Gate"?
