Introduction to Weichi Gong Weichi Gong (585-658, 65438+February 26th), a minister of Zhongwu in Hubei, was born in Xiamujiao, Pinglu, Shuozhou. A famous minister in the Tang Dynasty, the official to the right general, the duke of Hubei, and one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange. Weichi Gong is simple and honest, brave and good at fighting. He was brave and good at fighting all his life, fought in the north and south, galloped on the battlefield, and repeatedly made meritorious military service. The change of Xuanwu Gate helped Li Shimin seize the throne. In his later years, Weichi Gong thanked guests and died in the third year of Xianqing (658). On the third day of abandoning the DPRK, he wrote to the envoys in the DPRK to hang them first, and gave a copy to Stuart and Bing, saying that they were loyal to Wu and buried with Zhaoling. After Weichi Gong was honored as the door god of China who exorcised evil spirits and prayed for peace. Legend has it that his face is black charcoal. In the traditional culture of China, Weichi Gong (played by Hu Jingde) and Qin (played by Qin Qiong) are the archetypes of "door gods". Weichi Gong was born in Shuozhou in his early years. When he was young, he made a career of striking iron. At the end of Yang Di the Great's great cause, he joined the army against mutinous soldiers in Levin, and was famous for his bravery. He was promoted to be a doctor in the three dynasties. In March of the 13th year of Great Cause (6 17), Liu Wuzhou, a captain of Mayi Xingyang Prefecture, killed Wang Rengong, the satrap, rose up against Sui, and sent messengers to join the Turks. Zhou Wen, a Liu Wuren, heard that Weichi Gong was good at fighting, so he took him to be a general. After Tang Taigong Li Yuan, who fought in Taiyuan, established the Tang Dynasty, Foreign Ministry Song Jingang suggested that Liu Wuzhou "enter Jinyang territory and compete for the world in the south". In the second year of Wude (6 19), in March, Liu Wuzhou sent troops south with the support of Turks, and Weichi Gong was among them. In September, Liu Wuzhou occupied Taiyuan. Weichi Gong continued south with Song Jingang and conquered Jinzhou.

10, and captured Huizhou. At this time, Lu Chongmao, a native of Xiaxian County, rose up and responded to Liu Wuzhou, defeating Tang and Pei Ji. Li Yuan ordered Yong Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Du Guhuai 'en, the general manager of Shaanxi Province, and Tang Jian of Neishilang to lead the troops against Lu Chongmao. The two sides confronted Xia County. In the same month, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was ordered to command the Guanzhong army to attack Liu Wuzhou. In November, Li Shimin led an army to cross the Yellow River from Longmen Pass, stationed troops in Bai Bi, confronted the Song Jingang army, and formed a horns with Tang Jun who stuck to Jiangzhou, which matched the Song Jingang army. In December, Lv Chongmao asked for help and sent Weichi Gong to Xiaxian County to meet Lv Chongmao. Weichi Gong and Lv Chongmao attacked Tang Jun from the inside and defeated Tang Jun. Li, Du Jiahuai, Tang Jian and Liu Shirang, the chief officer of the March, were all captured by Weichi Gong. In order to save the captured generals, Tang Gaozu pardoned Tang Gaozu, and sent someone to surrender Lv Chongmao and worship Zhou Xia as the secretariat. At the same time let Lv Chongmao secretly get rid of Weichi Gong. Weichi Gong heard the news and killed Lv Chongmao. Weichi Gong and Xunxiang returned to Yizhou after defeating Tang Jun. When Li Shimin heard the news, he sent Yin Kaishan, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Qin Zaimei Liangchuan (now Xiaxian North, Shanxi Province) to intercept Wei Chi. Weichi Gong was unprepared, beheaded by Tang Jun by more than 2,000 steps, and he was defeated. Soon, introduced by Qu Tutong, Weichi Gong and Xun Xiang secretly rode to Puban to rescue Wang Hangben. Li Shimin was advancing 3,000 troops to Anyi from the path overnight, stopped Weichi Gong, and sought his troops. Weichi Gong is even worse this time. Except for himself and Mou Xiang who fled alone, all of them were captured by Tang Jun. Tang will fight alone, and Wynn also took the opportunity to escape.

At that time, Dugu Huaien wanted to oppose Tang independence. He told Tang Jian about it in prison. After DuGuHuaiEn fled back, he was ordered to attack PuBan. When Tang Jian learned the news, he was worried that DuGuHuaiEn would turn against Tang, so he persuaded Weichi Gong to let him send someone to inform him. Tang Gaozu then killed Dugu Wynn. It can be seen that Weichi Gong had the heart to return to the Tang Dynasty at that time. In April of the third year of Wude (620), the Song Jingang Army, which had been deadlocked with Tang Jun for about five months, was finally forced to retreat northward with the phase-seeking department as the garrison. Li Shimin led the army in pursuit and defeated Song Jingang's army. Song Jingang led more than twenty thousand soldiers to Jiexiu (now Shanxi Jiexiu) and went out to attack Ximen. Song Jingang escaped tragically. Liu Wuzhou gave up Bing (governing Jinyang, now Taiyuan, Shanxi), and Song Jingang fled to the Turks, who later killed them. Weichi Gong assembled down archers and held out for Jiexiu. Knowing that he was brave, he ordered Li Daozong, the king of the city, to surrender. Weichi Gong followed Jiexiu and Yong 'an (now Huoxian County, Shanxi Province) into the Tang Dynasty. See Weichi Gong down, Li Shimin is very happy, appointed Weichi Gong as commander-in-chief of the right government, let him continue to command eight thousand staff of Kibaki, camp. Li Shimin's excessive trust aroused the dissatisfaction of Tang Jun's generals, while Li Shimin's marching marshal, Stuart, was afraid that Weichi Gong would make the same mistake and repeatedly mentioned it to Li Shimin, but it was rejected by Li Shimin. In July (620), in the third year of Wude of the Three Armies, he was ordered to lead an army to the east to divide the land of Luoyang Zheng. In September, Xiang Xun and some old generals in Liu Wuzhou defected and fled. Tang Dynasty generals also became suspicious of Weichi Gong, thinking that Weichi Gong would rebel, so they detained him in the army.

Qu Tutong, the left adviser, and Yin Kaishan, the senior minister, all said, "Wei Chijingde has just surrendered, but his thoughts and feelings have not yet surrendered. This man is brave and fierce and has been detained for a long time. He has been suspected by us, and there must be resentment. If you keep him, I'm afraid you'll leave behind future trouble. Please kill him immediately. " Li Shimin said, "My opinion is different from yours. If Weichi Gong has the intention of rebellion, how can he search after him? " He immediately ordered his release, took him to his bedroom, gave him gold, silver and jewels, and said to him, "A gentleman believes in his feelings, so don't take petty grievances to heart. After all, I won't listen to rumors to persecute loyal ministers and good generals. You should understand. I must think I should leave, and now I will use these things to support you and express our short friendship. " On this day, Weichi Gong accompanied Yushu to hunt, and met Wang with tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry to challenge. The king will lead troops alone, and Weichi Gong will drive the horse. With a loud noise, he shot Dan Xiong Xin off the horse in an oblique stab. Zheng Jun fought and retreated. After Weichi Gong's protection, he led the cavalry to fight against the king. After several rounds, Zheng Jun fled in panic, captured Zheng Jiang Chen Zhilve alive, and captured 6,000 cavalry armed with spears. Li Shimin said to Weichi Gong, "Just when people want me to believe that you will betray me, God taught me how to verify my judgment to people, especially how quickly I can confirm that good deeds have been verified." A box of gold and silver was specially given to him, and more and more people visited him from then on. Weichi Gong is good at arranging spears and avoiding spears. Every time a single horse rushes into the enemy line, the enemy's spears are all together, but he can't be stabbed all the time. He can also seize the enemy's spear and then return to assassinate the enemy.

On this day, he went in and out of the enemy's encirclement, unimpeded. Li Yuanji, King of Qi, was also good at riding horses and using spears. When he heard that Weichi Gong would do the same, he dismissed the idea. He wants to compete in person, let him take off the blade at the top of the spear and stab it with the spear. Weichi Gong said, "Even with a blade attached, you can't stab me. Please don't take it off. Of course I have to take it off. " Li Yuanji didn't stab him after all. Li Shimin asked him, "Which is more difficult, to catch a spear or to avoid it?" Weichi Gong replied, "It's harder to catch." So he was ordered to perform and snatch the spear from Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji, with a spear in his hand, was bent on stabbing him, and Weichi Gong took Li Yuanji's spear three times in a short time. Li Yuanji has always been brave. Although he was praised, he was deeply ashamed. Li Shimin, who has been overseas for many years, chose thousands of elite cavalry to dress up as Qin Bing, all dressed in black armor and black armor, known as the Xuanjia team. Every time he took the lead, Li Shimin put on black armor and led the Xuanjia team as a pioneer, waiting for an opportunity to attack, invincible, and the enemy was terrified. After Weichi Gong returned to the Tang Dynasty, he and Qin, Zhai led the Xuanjia team to protect it. Xia Wude was destroyed by Zheng for four years (62 1). In the first month, Qu Tutong and Zanhuang returned to patrol the camp. Suddenly, they met the king's army, and fighting was unfavorable. He said that Xuangujun was brought to the rescue, and Wang Jun was defeated, but he rode Ge alive and captured more than 6,000 people. Wang fled back to Luoyang. In March, Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, led 65,438+100,000 troops, aided Luoyang in the west, went hand in hand with land and water, and joined thousands of people from the king's department to enter Dongguang Wushan, Hulao Pass, and built a palace in Banzhu, echoing Wang Yao and threatening Tang Jun's flank.

Li Shimin ordered Li Yuanji, King of Qi, and others to continue to besiege Luoyang, and on 25th, he drove 3,500 soldiers into Hulao Pass. 26, rate of five hundred people out of Hulao Pass, in its east more than twenty reconnaissance Dou Jiande barracks, ambush along the way, make, respectively, attack the qin dynasty. Then with Weichi Gong, with four riders to move on. Li Shimin said to Weichi Gong: "I have a bow and arrow, and you have a stable. Even if there are millions of troops, how can I resist!" He added, "The thief will come back when he sees me. This is the best policy. " Three miles from the Dou Jiande camp, Li Shimin and others met Dou Jiande rangers, who thought they were spying on the military. Li Shimin shouted, "I am the king of Qin." Draw a bow and shoot an arrow, killing one of the other generals. Dou Jiande army frightened, dispatched wuliuqian cavalry pursuit. People who followed Li Shimin turned pale with fear. Li Shimin said, "You just go ahead, and Jingde and I will follow." So he reined in and walked slowly. When the pursuers approached to catch up, they drew their bows and shot arrows, killing one person for each shot. The pursuer got scared and stopped chasing. After a short pause, he began to catch up again. Three transgressions of five times, every time someone is killed in pursuit. Li Shimin shot several people and Wei Chijingde killed a dozen people. The pursuers dare not go any further. Li Shimin deliberately delayed or retreated slightly to lure the pursuers into the ambush ring. Shi Li and others fought hard for the first world war, defeated the pursuers, beheaded more than 300 people, captured Dou Jiande, Yin Qiu, Shi Zan and other generals alive, and returned to Hulao Pass. Dou Jiande was locked in a tiger prison for more than 20 days and was not allowed to travel westward. After several skirmishes, he lost and the soldiers were homesick.

On the second day of May, Dou Jiande came to their lair with a great army and beat the drums to challenge. Tang Jun's generals were very alarmed. Li Shimin took several cavalry to the high mountain to observe the enemy's defense. He said to the generals, "The enemy started from Shandong, but they haven't met a strong opponent yet. Now they are in danger, but they are noisy. They have no discipline. They are close to the city to arrange their battles, which means they despise us. If we don't move, their courage will naturally fail If soldiers are hungry for a long time, they will automatically retreat. If we catch up and attack, we will win. I will meet you, and I will definitely beat them after noon! " Dou Jiande looked down upon Tang Jun, sent three hundred cavalry to wade Si Shui, and stopped a mile away from Tang Ying. Send someone to inform Li Shimin: "Please choose hundreds of elite soldiers to fight with them." Li Shimin sent Wang Junkuo to lead 200 long gunmen to battle, confronted each other and made a sudden advance and retreat. Regardless of the outcome, both sides returned to the camp. At that time, Wang Wan, the nephew of Wang, rode a blue horse with new armor and weapons, so he boasted to all those who were far away from the front. Li Shimin said, "What a good horse he is riding!" Wei Chijingde asked to take the horse away, but Li Shimin stopped him and said, "How can you lose a soldier for a horse?" Gao and Liang did not listen, but went straight into the enemy line, captured Wang Wan alive, and rode back on horseback, not daring to stop him. Li Shimin asked him to recall the herding horses north of the Yellow River until he came back. Dou Jiande arranged the war. From morning till noon, the foot soldiers were hungry and tired. They all sat down, vying for water and hesitating whether to retreat.

When Li Shimin saw the time was ripe, he ordered the attack. Xia Jun's foot soldiers collapsed rapidly, and Dou Jiande was also captured by Tang Jun .. Li Luoyang, the main force of Tang Jun, and Wang saw that the situation had gone. On the ninth day of May, he forced down more than 2,000 people, including the Prince and his ministers. In July, Liu Heita, the former headquarters of Dou Jiande, rose up against the Tang Dynasty and quickly occupied most counties in Hebei and parts of Henan. On the fourth day of September, the Turks invaded Yuanzhou again, and Tang took Weichi Gong as the chief officer to repel it. 1February 15, Li Shimin was ordered to conquer Liu Heita. In March of the fifth year of Wude (622), Li Shimin camped south of Mingshui again. Liu Heita challenged many times, but Li Shimin refused to defeat him. At this point, the two sides have been deadlocked for more than 60 days. Liu Heita secretly led an army to attack Li Jijun, while Li Shimin led the Duke of Lueyang and Li Daozong led an army to attack Liu Heita and rescue Li Ji. As a result, he was surrounded by Liu Heita. At this time, Weichi Gong led the warriors into the encirclement, broke the bandit array and rescued Li Shimin and Li Daozong. On 26th, after defeating Liu Heita, Liu Heita fled into Turkey. Then Weichi Gong leveled Xu Yuanlang who responded to Liu Heita with the army. Weichi Gong was awarded Qin Zuoerwei for this. In the process from Taiyuan to the unification of the whole country, it has made outstanding achievements and high prestige, forming a powerful political group with Qin Wei as the core, which poses a serious threat to Prince Li. Li Jian became a prince and heir to the throne, made friends with Li Yuanji, king of Qi, and opposed Li Shimin. In view of the large number of samurai in Qin Gong, Li and Li Yuanji wanted to buy off the generals, thinking that they had been used. Because Weichi Gong is a general under Li Shimin, he first laid hands on Weichi Gong. They secretly wrote a letter to Wei Chijingde, saying, "We hope to treat you like a father and a brother and become sincere and close friends with you. I hope you will agree to our request.

"And then gave him a car full of gold and silver objects. Weichi Gong said, "I came from humble origins. When the Sui Dynasty perished, the world fell apart, and I had nowhere to hide. I was caught in the rebel side for a long time and deserved to die. As a result, I owe my life to the King of Qin, and I am still working in Qin Gong. I should repay his kindness with my life. I don't have your credit, so I dare not reward you wrongly. If you promise to work for you in private, it's betrayal. What do you do with someone who forgets loyalty for personal gain? " Angry, I broke off contact with Li again. Weichi Gong reported this matter quickly, and Li Shimin said, "Your pure thoughts are higher than mountains. Even if you accumulate a bucket of gold, I know you won't change your integrity. If he sends you something, you don't have to worry. If not, I'm afraid you are not safe. Understanding their conspiracy also helps to come up with good countermeasures. Li Yuanji and others were jealous of Wei Chijingde and sent someone to assassinate him. Wei Chijingde knew their plot, so he opened the door and took a casual sleep. The assassin walked into his hall many times, but he was afraid to go into the bedroom after all. Li Yuanji framed Wei Chijingde in front of Tang Gaozu, and Tang Gaozu ordered him to be put in prison for trial, ready to kill him. Li Shimin was released only after a resolute protest. In the ninth year of Yuanji Wude (626), the Turks invaded Wucheng. Li elected Li Yuanji as the commander in chief to send troops against the enemy, and conspired to invite him to Kunming Pool in Chang 'an suburb to see him off and kill him. When Weichi Gong heard of the conspiracy, he immediately told him, "If you don't punish them quickly, I'm afraid they will kill you and the country will be in danger.

Li Shimin sighed and said, "Now they are estranged from each other and framed their brother. Apart from destroying the monarch's son, this crisis is clear to everyone from beginning to end. Although I was hated by them, and the disaster was just around the corner, brotherhood always made me reluctant to start. After they do it first, I will punish them according to justice. what do you think? "Weichi Gong said," People are naturally afraid of death, and everyone is willing to serve you with death. This is a gift from heaven. If God doesn't accept it, it will be blamed. Although I took into account the affair, I forgot the affairs of state. I didn't know what to worry about when the disaster came, but I was indifferent when it was about to die. I have lost the integrity of being a man and a minister, and I have lost the morality of my predecessors. My wish is to kill them first. If you don't take my advice, please let me escape. I can't wait for someone else to kill me. Besides, it is the wise thought of sages to achieve great things by relying on danger; Turning disaster into happiness is the genius of a wise man. If I run away, Mowgli will run away with me. Li Shimin is still hesitating. Sun Chang Wuji said, "If you don't accept Jingdezhen's suggestion, we will no longer serve you." . What will you do if things fail? Li Shimin said, "What I just said can't be completely ignored. Let's discuss it again. Weichi Gong said: "It is unwise for you to hesitate now; It is not heroic to be indecisive in the face of danger. Even if you don't accept my suggestion, please think for yourself. How do you save the country? How to save lives? Besides, the 800 warriors outside are now all in the palace, fully armed and wearing armor. Things have come to this, how can you refuse! " Weichi Gong and Hou tried to persuade them all the time, but they made up their minds.

At that time, Fang and Du Ruhui were expelled from Qin Gong and could not come again. Li Shimin asked Mowgli to invite him secretly, and Fang and others replied, "Your imperial edict forbids us to serve the king of Qin again. If I visit him privately, I will kill my whole family and dare not take orders from the king of Qin. " Li Shimin lost his temper and said to Weichi Gong, "Are Fang and Du Ruhui going to betray me?" He drew his sword from his waist and handed it to Weichi Gong, saying, "Go and see if they have any intention of coming. Cut off their heads and bring them back. " Weichi Gong went to tell Wuji: "The king of Qin has decided to get rid of this traitor within a time limit. You should go to the government to make a plan on time. We can't invite the four of us to go together. " So Fang and Du Ruhui Taoist changed clothes, followed Wuji into Qin Gong, and Weichi Gong came in another way. On the third day of June, a secret performance was held, and all the concubines in Yuanji's harem wanted to kill him, as if to avenge Wang and Dou Jiande. Tang Gaozu got a fright, claiming that he would ask death early tomorrow morning. On the morning of the 4th, Li Shimin led nine generals, including Weichi Gong, Hou, Zhang, Liu Shili, Gong Sunwuda, Dugu, Du Junchuo, Zheng Rentai and Li Mengchang, to ambush in Xuanwu Gate (north main entrance of Chang 'an Taiji Palace). When Li and Li Yuanji walked to the temple by the lake, they felt the change, so they dismounted hurriedly and prepared to return to the East Palace and pray. Li Shimin greeted them from behind, and Li Yuanji drew his bow and shot at them. In desperation, he couldn't control the string and didn't succeed once. Take the opportunity to shoot Li. At this time, Weichi Gong led 70 cavalry to shoot arrows at Li Yuanji from left to right. Li Yuanji swam the arrow, and Qu Tutong fell off his horse and fled into the Woods.

Li Shimin ran after the horse, but his clothes caught on a branch and he fell to the ground. Li Yuanji said, immediately arrived, seize the bow and kill Li Shimin. At this critical moment, Weichi Gong arrived in time, swaggering and yelling at Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji saw Weichi Gong, let go, and wanted to go to Wude Hall. Weichi Gong chased Li Yuanji. At this moment, the East Palace General, Deputy Guards, Zhifu Zuoqi Xie led two thousand elite soldiers from the East Palace and Qifu to storm the Xuanwu Gate, and the situation was critical. At the critical moment, Weichi Gong arrived at Gonggong with Yuanji's head, and the East Palace and the soldiers who prayed for blessings were scattered. At this time, Tang Gaozu is boating on the sea pool. Li Shimin ordered Weichi Gong to defend Gaozu. Dressed in armor and armed, he went straight to the sea pool. Li Yuan was extremely shocked and asked, "Who started the rebellion today? What are you doing here? " Weichi Gong replied, "The King of Qin sent troops to kill the Prince and the King of Qi because they launched a rebellion. He was worried that his majesty would be frightened and sent me to stand guard. " Gaozu was relieved. Nanya guards, north gate feather rises, East Palace soldiers, Qi and Qin are still fighting. Wei Chijingde asked Gao-zu to write an imperial edict, ordering the ministries to obey the orders of the king of Qin, so the ruling and opposition parties settled down. Weichi Gong, the comfort captain of Ethan, said: "You have made great contributions to stabilizing the state power." Give him many precious things. After Li Shimin was made a prince, he was appointed as the left-back of the prince. At that time, public opinion believed that Li's 100 subordinates and others should be sentenced to coercion and their property confiscated. Only Wei Chijingde insisted on opposing, saying, "Two criminals have been punished. If they are implicated in their subordinates again, this is not a policy to stabilize the situation.

"So from punishment. Later, Wei Chijingde and Sun Chang Wuji were awarded the first prize, and each of them gave ten thousand silks. Qi's money and utensils, together with the whole mansion, were given to Weichi Gong. On the eighth day of August in the ninth year (626) of the defeat of Turkic Wude, Li Yuan abdicated. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Li Shimin proclaimed himself Emperor Taizong. At this time, an unexpected thing happened suddenly. Originally, the Turkic Li Jiehan thought that Li Shimin had just proclaimed himself, the internal contradictions had not been completely solved, and the ruling order had not been decided. So the joint Tuyuhun Khan invaded the Tang side and soon arrived in Jingzhou and Wugong. On August 24th, Turkish troops entered Gaoling County (now Shaanxi). At that time, the strength of the Tang Dynasty in Chang 'an was far less than that of the Turks, and reinforcements from all over the country could not arrive in time. The situation is very critical. Weichi Gong was appointed as the chief officer of Jingzhou Road. In Jingyang (present-day Shaanxi), he fought against the Turks, broke the Turks, captured the Turks in Jin (official name), and beheaded them for more than a thousand steps. On August 28th, Valerian Khan led an army to the north bank of Weihe Bridge, and Tang led Gao Shilian and Fang to ride straight to Weihe River, denouncing Valerian Khan for breaking his promise. Suddenly, various Tang Jun arrived one after another, and the standard armor covered the sky. Tang ordered the troops to be dispatched quickly, but he talked to Valerian Khan alone. Seeing that Tang Jun's lineup was neat, Valerie Khan seemed ready, greatly frightened, and asked for peace. On August 30th, Li Shimin and Jie Li met at the temporary bridge, slaughtered horses and gave them a lot of gold and silk. Jie Li led the army to retreat from the north. Weichi Gong's victory did not damage the main force of the Turks, but it hit the morale of the Turks and played an important role in Tang's retreat from the Turks.

In September, Weichi Gong was established as Qi Huangong. In October, Li Shimin made great contributions in the Tang Dynasty, and Weichi Gong and Sun Chang Wuji tied for the first place in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, each with thousands of silks; In order to thank Weichi Gong for saving his life, Tang gave all his property to Weichi Gong. And worship Weichi Gong as general right marquis; In addition, Weichi Gong also sealed 1300 households, which is just as famous as Sun Chang Wuji, Wang Junkuo, Fang Lingxuan and Du Ruhui, and is second only to Peiji's 1500 households (The Biography of Old Tang Dynasty Weichi Gong records that the time to pay tribute to the heroes is the first year of Zhenguan, but the Book of Old Tang Dynasty Tai Tangzhi records it as October of the ninth year of Wude. In the first month of the first year of Zhenguan (627), General Tianjie and Wang Luo Yi rose up against the Tang Dynasty, and Tang ordered Weichi Gong and Wu Ji, the official minister, to lead the army to conquer. Luo Yi was killed by his men before the soldiers arrived, so he returned to Li. Because of Weichi Gong's unswerving character, he prides himself on taking credit. When he met Fang, Du Ruhui, Wuji and others, he often taunted them face to face, discussed their strengths and weaknesses, and sometimes even argued fiercely on the field, so his relationship with these people gradually deteriorated. Since then, Weichi Gong has left Beijing as a local official. In the third year of Zhenguan (629), Weichi Gong became the governor of Xiangzhou (now Xiangfan, Hubei). In the fifth year of Zhenguan (63 1), Weichi Gong, Wuji, Fang and Du Ruhui were the founding fathers and served as county magistrates. Six years of Zhenguan (in 632, two books of Tang Dynasty recorded it as eight years of Zhenguan, but according to Zi Jian 194, when Weichi Gong was in Zhenguan for six years, he was already the secretariat of the same state, so he was appointed as the secretariat of Zhenguan for six years) and moved to the same state.

On September 29th, the sixth year of Zhenguan (632), Weichi Gong, who was already the secretariat of the same state at that time, also returned to Beijing for dinner. During the dinner, Weichi Gong was furious when he saw someone sitting on top of him, and said, "What credit do you have for sitting in my seat?" Li Daozong, king of Rencheng, sat in his position and explained to him. Weichi Gong flew into a rage and beat Li Daozong. Li Daozong was caught off guard and almost lost one eye. Li Shimin was very unhappy and advised Weichi Gong: "I read Hanshu, and found that few heroes of Emperor Gaozu could save themselves, and I often blamed Gaozu in my heart. After he ascended the throne, he always wanted to save the heroes and keep their children safe. But after you became a senior official, you constantly violated the national laws, only to understand that it was not the fault of Emperor Gaozu that Han Xin and Peng Yue were killed. The only important thing in governing the country is reward and punishment. You can't give too many extra favors, you must be strict with yourself and don't do things that you regret. " Weichi Gong listened to this earnest words, kowtowed and apologized, and then restrained his behavior. In the 11th year of Zhenguan (637), Li Shimin was awarded an official title for his meritorious service, which can be inherited. Worship Weichi Gong as the secretariat of Xuanzhou and change him to Lord protector of Hubei. On the seventh day of February in the 13th year of Zhenguan (639), Weichi Gong was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Zhangzhou (now Fuxian County, Shaanxi Province). Li Shimin once said to Weichi Gong, "Some people say you are rebellious. Why? " Weichi Gong said angrily, "I really rebelled! I followed your majesty in many battles. Now all I have left is the trace of the blade arrow.

Now that the world is stable, are you beginning to suspect that I am going to rebel? "So take off your clothes and put them on the ground to show your scars. Grandma Li Shimin shed tears when she saw this scene and said, "When you put on your clothes, I don't doubt you at all. That's why I'm telling you this. Why are you so angry? " He also said to Weichi Gong, "I want to betrothed my daughter to you. How about it? " Weichi Gong kowtowed politely and declined, saying, "Although my wife is humble, she has shared joys and sorrows with me for many years. Although I have only a little knowledge, I have heard that the ancients did not change wives when they were rich. This is not my original wish. " Li Shimin had to forget about it. Since then, Weichi Gong has been the governor. In February of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), Weichi Gong requested to go home for the aged. On 25th, the court appointed Weichi Gong as the Third Division of Kaifu Instrument, and held a court session every five days. In the 19th year of Zhenguan's old age (645), on February 12th, Li Shimin set out from Luoyang to personally sign Koguryo. On the 17th, Tang issued a letter to the Prince to supervise the whole country. At this time, Weichi Gong, who has been supporting the elderly at home, wrote a letter, which said: "If your Majesty went to Liaodong in person, the Crown Prince is now in Dingzhou, and Luoyang and Chang 'an are the locations of the national treasury. Although there are guards, the strength is still very weak. It's a long way to Liaodong, which makes people worry about accidents. Besides, if you want to conquer a remote small country, you don't have to bother a big country to conquer it yourself. Please give it to an excellent general, and naturally you can destroy the enemy on time. " It was a good suggestion, but Li Shimin was determined to make a contribution, so he didn't adopt it. Instead, let Weichi Gong take Tang to Koguryo, and the official position is Tai Changqing, the head of Zuo Ma Jun.

After leading troops back to North Korea, Weichi Gong still went home to provide for the aged and stayed away from the world. In his later years, Wei Chijingde was superstitious about elixir, grinding metal ore, swallowing mica ore powder, digging ponds to build terraces, decorating them with white silk, learning to play Shang Qing music to entertain himself, and staying away from outsiders for 16 years. In the third year of Xianqing (658), Li Zhi made great contributions and posthumously awarded his father as the secretariat of Youzhou (governing Jixian County, now southwest of Beijing). In the same year (65438+February 25th, 658), Weichi Gong died at home at the age of 74. For this reason, Li Zhi abandoned the DPRK for three days, and all officials with five or more products in Beijing attended the condolences. At the same time, Weichi Gong was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Stuart and Bing, a loyal soldier, and an East Garden hidden weapons. Give lessons, jade treasure, biography and burial to Zhaoling (Tang Mausoleum, in the northeast of Liquan County, Shaanxi Province).