Li Shou

Li Shentong

Li Shentong (577-630), whose real name is Li Shou, was born in Chengji County, Gansu Province. He is the grandson of Li Hu, the great patriarch of Tang Dynasty, the eldest son of Li Liang, the governor of Haizhou in Sui Dynasty, and the cousin of Li Yuan, the great patriarch of Tang Dynasty.

In the 13th year of Daye (617), he learned that his cousin Li Yuan had set up troops in Jinyang and followed Princess Pingyang to take charge of Jue county. After entering Chang'an, he paid homage to doctor Guanglu, Zong Zhengqing and Zheng Guogong. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, youyiwei general and Huai'an Prince were appointed as the pacification Ambassador of Shandong road. They attacked Dou Jiande, the king of Xia Dynasty. They were defeated and captured, and escaped to return to the dynasty. After moving to the north of the Qianhe River, he followed the army to pacify Liu heikai and Xu Yuanlang, and worshipped the zuowuwei general.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne and granted Kaifu Yitong three divisions. Zhenguan four years (630 years), died of illness, when 53 years old, was given Sikong, posthumous title for Jing, with Tang Gaozu (Liyuan) temple.

Life of the characters

Respond to Li Yuan

In 577, Li Shentong was born. When Li Shentong was young, he was light on money and righteous. In 617, Li Shentong lived in Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province). It happened that Li Yuan set up troops in Taiyuan (today's Taiyuan, Shanxi Province). Sui officials searched for Li Yuan's fellow people, and Li Shentong fled to the south of the mountain area of He county. Li Shentong, Shi Wanbao, a great Xia of Chang'an, Pei Ji from Hedong and Liu Chongli all responded to Li Yuan. he panren, a Hu merchant in the western regions, entered Sizhuyuan as a thief, with tens of thousands of people. Princess Pingyang, the third daughter of Li Yuan, sent Ma Sanbao, a slave, to persuade he panren to attach to Li Shentong with her. Li Shentong, together with Princess Pingyang and he pan Renbing, attacked the county and conquered it. At that time, Li Shentong had more than 10000 people, so he called himself the general manager of the march of Guanzhong Road, appointed Shi Wanbao as his deputy, Pei Ji as his chief, Liu Chongli as his Sima, and Linghu dephen, the head of Dongcheng County in the Sui Dynasty, as his recorder. After Li Yuan crossed the Yellow River, Li Shentong, Princess Pingyang and Duan Lun sent envoys to meet Li Yuan. Li Yuan appointed Li Shentong as the Guanglu doctor, and Li daoyan, the eldest son of Li Shentong, as the court doctor. Li Shentong, along with Li Yuanping, appointed Chang'an as Zong Zhengqing and took charge of Su Wei's troops.

Captured in battle

In May of the first year of Wude (618), Li Yuan ascended the throne and established the Tang Dynasty as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In June, Tang Gaozu appointed Li Shentong as the great general of youyiwei. His title was promoted from Zheng Gong Jin to Yongkang Jun Wang, and he was soon renamed Huai'an Wang. In October, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty appointed Li Shentong as the pacifying Ambassador of Shandong road. All the soldiers and horses in Shandong accepted his restraint, and Cui Gan, the yellow gate servant, was appointed as the Deputy pacifying Ambassador of Shandong road. In the first month of the second year of Wude (619), Li Shentong attacked yuwenhuaji in Weixian county (now Weixian County, Hebei Province). Yuwenhuaji could not resist and fled eastward to Liaocheng. Li Shentong conquered Wei County, killed and captured more than 2000 people. He led his troops to pursue Yu wenhuaji to Liaocheng and surrounded Liaocheng. In February, Li Shentong attacked Liaocheng. Yu wenhuaji asked to surrender because his army had run out of grain. Li Shentong refused to accept it. Cui Gan asked to accept Yu wenhuaji's surrender. Li Shentong said that the army had been exposed for a long time. Now Yu Wenhua and his grain are exhausted, so he can win immediately. He should fight hard to capture Liaocheng and seize its property to reward the soldiers. If he accepts his surrender, what can he do What about the military reward? " Cui Gan said that Dou Jiande is about to arrive. If Yuwen Huaji has not been pacified and our army is bound to fail because of internal and external enemies, how can we be greedy for property and not accept surrender. Li Shentong was so angry that he imprisoned Cui Gan in the army. soon, Yu wenhuaji's younger brother, Yu wenshiji, brought grain to help Yu wenhuaji from the north of Jinan. Yu wenhuaji's troops gradually recovered, so he resisted again. Li Shentong led the army to attack the city. Zhao Junde, the governor of beizhou, took the lead in climbing the city wall. Li Shentong was jealous of his contribution and did not fight. Zhao Junde was angry and scolded the city wall, so he failed to conquer it. Li Shentong sent his troops to Weixian county to fetch siege equipment, and was defeated by the armed men of Shenxian county. Just as Dou Jiande's army was about to arrive, Li Shentong led his army to retreat. Two days later, Dou Jiande captured Liaocheng, and his army grew stronger and stronger. All the counties and prefectures in Shandong Province responded to the news and returned to Dou Jiande. In August, Dou Jiande led more than 100000 troops to Mingzhou (now Yongnian County, Hebei Province). Li Shentong heard of the news and led his troops to retreat to Xiangzhou (now Anyang City, Henan Province). On August 11, Dou Jiande captured Mingzhou. On August 19, Dou Jiande once again led his troops to Xiangzhou. Li Shentong heard the news and led his troops to Liyang (now Junxian County, Henan Province) to join Li Shiji (Xu Shiji). In November, Dou Jiande captured Liyang and captured Li Shentong, Li Shiji, Wei Zheng, Tang Gaozu's younger sister, Princess Tong'an and others. On November 24, Dou Jiande moved his capital to Mingzhou and placed Li Shentong in Xiabo. He treated him with the courtesy of his guests.

Back to Korea

Later, Li Shentong and Princess Tong'an returned to the Tang court from Dou Jiande. In the fourth year of Wude (621), the Tang army destroyed Dou Jiande, and Li Shentong once again served as Zuo pushe, the Minister of daoxingtai in Hebei Province. In July, the Tang Dynasty set up Shandong daoxingtai in Mingzhou and appointed Li Shentong as the right servant of Shangshu of Shandong daoxingtai. In September, Li Shentong led the army to Jizhou to join Li Yibing. More than 50000 soldiers from Xing, Ming, Xiang, Wei, Heng, Zhao and other prefectures were recruited to fight Liu heikai in the south of Raoyang (Hengshui City, Hebei Province). Li Shentong was defeated and two thirds of his troops and supplies were lost. On the fifth day of June in the fifth year of Wude (622), the imperial court sent Li Shentong to attack Xu Yuanlang. In July, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, attacked Xu Yuanlang and captured more than a dozen cities, which shocked the huaishui and Sishui areas. Du Fu Wei was very afraid and asked to enter the DPRK. Li Shimin, because of the fact that the Huaihe River and the Jihe river had been basically settled down, asked Li Shentong and the marching generals Ren GUI and Li Shiji to attack Xu Yuanlang. In December, Li Shentong followed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to destroy Liu heikai and was promoted to the general of zuowuwei.

It's hard to be convinced

In 626, Li Shimin won the throne through the Xuanwumen change. Although Li Shentong did not participate in the planning of the Xuanwumen change, he always had a friendly relationship with Li Shimin. Before the incident, he had a night drink with Li Shimin and escorted him back to his residence. In September, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and his ministers agreed on the title of Shiyi, such as sun Wuji, the founder of the country, and ordered Chen Shuda to sing his name and announce it to his royal highness. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, said, "I will arrange your rewards according to different grades. If there is any mistake, you can declare it separately." As a result, all the generals argued for merits one after another. Li Shentong said, "I started my army in Guanxi and first responded to the banner of righteousness. Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others just played tricks on me, but the credit was above me. I feel hard to accept." Tang Taizong said: "although my uncle first responded to Yiqi and raised his army, he also tried to get rid of the disaster. When Dou Jiande invaded Shandong, his uncle's army was destroyed; Liu heikai gathered the rest of his troops again, and his uncle abandoned his armor and fled. Fang Xuanling and others worked out strategies and decided to win thousands of miles, which made the Tang Dynasty stable and rewarded for their contributions. Naturally, the credit was above the uncle. Uncle, you are a close relative of the royal family. I really don't grudge you, but I can't reward you as much as a meritorious minister. "

After death

In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Li Shentong was appointed as the third division of Kaifu Yitong, and granted five hundred families of Shiyi. In the fourth year of Zhenguan (630), Li Shentong died in Chang'an at the age of 54. The imperial court granted him Sikong, posthumous title Jing. In the 14th year of Zhenguan (640), Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty issued an imperial edict to let Li Shentong and Hejian King Li Xiaogong, Yunjie Duke Yin Kaishan and Yuxiang Duke Liu Zhenghui share the Tang Gaozu temple.

Historical evaluation

Li Yuan: "the great general of youyiwei has the magic power of King Huai'an of the state of Zhu. The land is only near to his family. He has made great contribution to the movement of the army. He is willing to send it again." Li Shimin: "when the flag of righteousness first came up, everyone had a heart. Although my uncle led his troops to the front, he did not perform the battle. When Shandong was undecided, it was specially recruited by the Commission, Jiande invaded the south, and the whole army was trapped; and Liu heikai overturned, and his uncle broke through. Today, Xuanling and others have the ability to plan and strategize for the country. Therefore, Xiao He of the Han Dynasty, though he has no sweat horse, has the ability to push the hub vertically. My uncle is a close relative of my country. He has nothing to love, so he must not be abused in private. He should share the same ear with the honourable officials. "

personal works

In the early years of Zhenguan, Li Shentong and Tang Taizong wrote a couplet poem named "Liang Yi Dian Fu Bai Liang ti", which is attached to the name of Tang Taizong.

Family members

Father and ancestor

Grandfather: Li Hu, one of the eight kingdoms in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties. After Tang Gaozu ascended the throne, he was granted the title of King emperor and the title of Taizu. father: Li Liang, the Sui Dynasty governor of Haizhou, Zheng Xiaowang.

younger brother

children

Li daoyan, the eldest son of Li Shentong, was the king of Jiaodong. Li Xiaocha, the king of Gaomi. Li Xiaotong was the king of Zichuan. Li Xiaoci was the king of Guangping. Li Xiaoyou, the king of the river. Li Xiaojie, the king of Qinghe. Wang Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoyi. Li Xiaoyi, the Duke of Liang county. Li Xiaorui, unsealed. head of Huaide County

Historical records

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