Early Tang Dynasty Concubine

Chapter 456 Liu Wenjing

Liu Wenjing was originally the order of Jinyang, and later contacted Pei Ji and Li Shimin to assist Li Yuan in his rebellion against the Sui Dynasty, and was ordered to send an envoy to the Turks.Then he went south with the army, defeated Sang Xianhe and captured Qu Tutong.After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Wenjing took the post of Nayan and became the prime minister.Later, he followed Li Shimin to pacify Xue Rengao of the Western Qin Dynasty, and successively served as Minister of the Household Department, Zuo Pushe of Daoxingtai in Eastern Shaanxi, and Duke of Lu.

In the second year of Wude, Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji had a estrangement, and spoke wildly after drinking, but was accused of treason by the concubine.Tang Gaozu listened to Pei Ji's slander, beheaded Liu Wenjing and confiscated his family.

"Speaking of daughter-in-law, I've heard of Liu Wenjing. It seems that his younger brother was killed together with him, right? This matter is related to that old guy Pei Ji."

"Hmm! Not many people know about this matter. In fact, Liu Wenjing's talent is higher than that of Fang and Du. It can be said that he is Li Shimin's number one adviser. My father, the emperor, was already famous when he was just founded. But there is a saying called "Gong Gao Zhen Zhu", in fact there is another saying "Cai Gao Zhen Zhu", especially if this person is not with your heart.

For example, Liu Wenjing, except that his loyalty to Li Shimin has been said to be blind, such a talented person, except Li Shimin, no one can order him to do anything, including my father, and at that time my eldest brother was the prince, Liu Wenjing had already It shows the intention of letting Li Shimin seize the world.Do you think such a person can live a long life?

Rather than saying that he was killed by Pei Ji, it would be better to say that he courted his own death, because the emperor would not allow a courtier who was not loyal to him, especially if this person was talented. "

After listening to Li Xiuning's words, Cheng Churui wanted to understand some of these things, but immediately said: "Then who is this Liu Shi? He is said to be Liu Wenjing's younger brother, why is there another younger brother?"

"This man is indeed Liu Wenjing's younger brother, but his fate is good. He hadn't returned to Chang'an when Liu Wenjing's accident happened. I heard that he was traveling with an expert. When he came back, Liu Wenjing had been dead for three or four years. And this person is also too talented, but this person is smooth and ruthless, above the officialdom, he is as slippery as a loach, so he lives well."

At this moment, Cheng Churui remembered something about Liu Wenjing's murder that year.

Liu Wenjing often slept with Pei Ji in her early years.Facing the beacon fire at the top of the city, Pei Ji sighed: "The poverty is so low, and the world is chaotic, how can we protect ourselves?" Liu Wenjing smiled and said: "The world is like this, and current events are predictable. The situation is predictable. You The two of us get along well, so why worry about poverty?"

Liu Wenjing inherited his father's post because of his father Liu Shao's death in battle in his early years, and was awarded the third division of Yitong.He is handsome, talented, suave and resourceful by nature.At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he served as the county magistrate of Jinyang, and became good friends with Pei Ji, who was the supervisor of Jinyang Palace at that time.

In the 13th year of the great cause, Tang Guogong Li Yuan served as the left behind in Taiyuan.Liu Wenjing saw that Li Yuan had great ambitions, so she made friends with him.He admired Li Yuan's second son Li Shimin very much, and often said to Pei Ji: "Li Shimin is by no means a mediocre person. He is open-minded, magnanimous, and heroic. He is a first-class figure in Emperor Han Gao and Wei Taizu. Although he is young, he is a genius .” But Pei Ji did not agree with this.

Later, Liu Wenjing was imprisoned in Taiyuan County Prison because of her marriage relationship with Wagang Li Mi.Li Shimin thought that Liu Wenjing could conspire with major events, so he visited him in prison and asked him his views on the current situation.Liu Wenjing believes that the world is in chaos, and only Shang Tang, Zhou Wu, Han Gao, and Guang Wuzhi can calm down.He said: "Now that Li Mi is besieging Luoyang, the emperor is far away in Huainan, and there are tens of thousands of rebels from all over the country, crossing prefectures and counties, and obstructing mountains and rivers. If we can respond to the sky and people, and hold high the flag of righteousness, the world will not be difficult to pacify. Now those who are avoiding chaos All the people came to the city of Taiyuan. Once they gathered together, there would be hundreds of thousands of people, and tens of thousands of soldiers under your father's command. Who would dare to disobey the king's words? When the time comes, take advantage of the void to enter the pass and order the world. In less than half a year, the emperor It can be done.”

Afterwards, Li Shimin deployed guests, planned an uprising secretly, and prepared to stand by, but he was worried that Li Yuan would not agree.Liu Wenjing knew that Li Yuan and Pei Ji had a good relationship, so she introduced Pei Ji to Li Shimin, and the three planned together.At this time, Gao Junya, the deputy left behind in Taiyuan, was defeated by the Turks, and Li Yuan was also convicted.Li Shimin asked Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji to persuade Li Yuan: "Nowadays the world is in chaos, and you are in a place of suspicion, and you have made unrewarded contributions. I am afraid it will be difficult to preserve it. Now that the generals have been defeated and you have been detained for a crime, the matter is really urgent. You should Come up with a way. In the land of Jinyang, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong. Among the palace guards, the treasury is full of reserves. If you do something like this, you can make a great contribution. In the land of Tianfu in Guanzhong, the king is young, and the powerful and powerful will rise together. I don’t know what to do. Hope You send troops to the west to plan big things.

At that time, Li Shimin secretly recruited the dead, and agreed with Liu Wenjing and others on the date of raising troops. Just when Li Yuan was released, the matter was suspended.Li Shimin also asked Liu Wenjing to forge the imperial order of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, saying that he would conscript the people of Taiyuan, Xihe and other counties to expedition to Liaodong.People in Taiyuan and other places panicked and wanted to make chaos.Liu Wenjing took the opportunity to say to Pei Ji: "Haven't you heard of 'strike first, and then restrain others'? You should persuade Tang Gong to revolt immediately, how can you delay so much. Besides, you, as Jinyang palace supervisor, let the palace people Serving Duke Tang, you can die, why bother Duke Tang?" Pei Ji was terrified, and often urged Li Yuan to send troops as soon as possible. "

In the second year of Wude, Liu Wenjing followed Li Shimin to guard the Changchun Palace.He thinks that his talent is higher than Pei Ji's, and he has repeatedly made military achievements, but his status is far inferior to Pei Ji's, so he feels aggrieved, and often opposes Pei Ji when discussing government affairs, and opposes everything Pei Ji agrees with.Since then, the conflict between the two has been deep.

Later, Liu Wenjing and his brother Liu Wen had a banquet, and when they were drunk, they complained, drew their sabers and chopped off the pillars of the hall, saying that they would kill Pei Ji.It happened that there were several evil spirits in the family, so Liu Wenqi summoned a wizard to exorcise the evil spirits at night.At this time, Liu Wenjing had a concubine who fell out of favor and told her brother about it, asking him to report to the emperor, falsely claiming that Liu Wenjing had conspired against him.Tang Gaozu delivered Liu Wenjing to his subordinate officials and ordered Pei Ji and Xiao Yu to interrogate him.

Facing the interrogation, Liu Wenjing said bluntly: "When Taiyuan raised troops, I was Sima, and I was on the same level as the chief history, Pei Ji. Now Pei Ji is an official, but my official title and rewards are far inferior to his. There is no shelter, and there is indeed dissatisfaction." Both Li Gang and Xiao Yu believed that Liu Wenjing was not rebellious.Li Shimin also tried his best to protect Liu Wenjing, and said to Tang Gaozu: "At the beginning of Liu Wenjing's army, he made an extraordinary strategy first, and told Pei Ji only when things came to fruition. When the capital was pacified, there was a big difference in the status and treatment of the two. No rebellion."

But Pei Ji took the opportunity to say: "Liu Wenjing's talent and strategy are indeed above everyone else, but he is naturally suspicious and sinister, and he is disregarding difficulties, and his ugly words have been exposed. Now the world is uncertain, and there are powerful enemies outside. If Liu Wenjing is pardoned, it will cause harm. Future troubles." Tang Gaozu was already suspicious of Liu Wenjing, and he listened to Pei Ji's slander, so he executed Liu Wenjing and Liu Wenqi, and confiscated his family property.When Liu Wenjing was about to be executed, Fuying sighed and said: "The high birds are gone, and the good bows are hidden." This statement is true!" He was 52 years old at the time.

(End of this chapter)