"This is an eternal truth, when you sit in a high position, some desires cannot be controlled, and they will not let some people become a threat to them."

"After talking about the patriotic prince Li Jing, let's continue to talk about the topic of the British prince Li Jing."

"Li Ji, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing were also called, was named the Duke of England, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, in the early years from Li Shimin to pacify the Quartet, and later became one of the main generals of the Tang Dynasty to expand the territory, once broke the Eastern Turks, Goguryeo, outstanding achievements."

"Li Tao is different from other generals, he is a wealthy family, and his family is often kind and charitable, and he is influenced by his family, he is a person who values love and righteousness."

"Li Tao, formerly known as Xu Shixian, later known as Xu Maogong, was renamed Li Tao because he avoided Li Shimin's ridicule and accepted the surname given by the Tang Dynasty."

"Li Tao was originally a wealthy man in Caozhou and Huazhou, joined the Wagang Army in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, and successively followed Zhai Rang and Li Mi to fight, and became the general of the right military officer because of his meritorious service."

"After Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, Li Tao surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with him, first stationed in Shandong and Henan, and then followed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to fight."

"After Li Tao became Li Shimin's subordinate, he followed him to fight in the south and the north, pacified warlords such as Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and made great achievements in the war of unification."

"After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Li Tao attacked Xue Yantuo twice, defeated the Eastern Turks, Goguryeo and other countries, and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty!"

"I won't talk much about this Turkic war, and Wei Guogong was fighting the Turks separately with a team at that time, and then they fought the enemy together, so I won't talk much about this part."

"There are a lot of battles in his life, and he can be ranked with Wei Guogong, and his ability should not be underestimated, so I won't talk much about the war, mainly about his love and righteousness."

"What kind of benevolent minister is he, he can let Tang Gaozu give him a surname, Tang Taizong cut off his beard for him to boil medicine to cure his disease, and Tang Gaozong also made a preface to his second portrait on the credit list."

Liu Che: This is the Three Emperors?

Cao Cao: Beard boiling medicine?

"At that time, after Li Shimin, the king of Qin, had just pacified Wang Shichong, Li Tao's sworn brother Shan Xiongxin was captured by the Tang army and wanted to be sentenced to death.

When Shan Xiongxin was about to be tortured, Li Tao cried bitterly at him, and actually cut off the meat on his thigh for Shan Xiongxin to eat, saying: "Life and death are eternal, this meat has entered the ground with you." After Shan Xiongxin's death, Li Tao adopted his son. What a righteous cloud! ”

"Li Tao's old master was Li Mi, and later after Li Mi rebelled and was killed, Tang Gaozu sent a special envoy to inform Li Tao of this."

"Li Tao immediately asked for the burial of Li Mi, and after obtaining Li Yuan's consent, he put on linen and filial piety, and together with Li Mi's old department, Li Mi was buried in the south of Li Mountain, and everyone stayed until the mourning period was over, and people praised Li Tao for not forgetting the righteousness of the old master."

Qin Shi Huang: He can treat his old master and former friends so affectionately, he is really a benevolent minister.

Zhu Yuanzhang: Li Tao treats his family even more so, and he can be treated favorably by the emperors of the three dynasties because of his righteousness.

"If you want to say that the most friendly thing to your family, it must be the story of Li Tao cooking porridge and sister."

"At that time, Li Tao was already the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty under one person and above 10,000 people, his sister was sick and bedridden, Li Tao cooked porridge for his sister, and the wind blew through the charcoal fire to burn his beard."

Sister Li Tao persuaded him, "You are a prime minister, and you have so many servants under your command, just let them do it, why should you ask for hardship?"

Li Tao replied at the time, "How can there be no one to do these things, but sister, you are old, even my beard is white, and it is impossible to cook porridge for my sister for such a long time." ”

"It was a common thing for my younger brother to make porridge for his sick sister, but it was of great significance to the prime minister."

"Although Li Tao is the prime minister, many servants in the family can use it, but he still does it himself, in the matter of Li Tao cooking porridge and sister, we can see Li Tao's love and righteousness, cherish family affection, there are many similar things, I will not explain them one by one."

Empress Xu: This is a rare family affection for the royal family.

The monarchs and ministers of all dynasties understand that when they reach their status, there is no real family affection at all, it is just mutual interests.

"Li Tao is not only a famous general, but also knows people well, wise and brave, every time he commands the march and fights, he has a degree of planning, can face the enemy to deal with the situation, and often plans with the people he works with, discerning the good and bad of the strategy, whenever he hears a good plan from others, he happily listens."

"Most of the rewards he received were given to his soldiers, and when he won the battle, most of the credit was given to his subordinates, so his subordinates were willing to serve him to the death, and most of the troops he led were able to break the enemy and win wherever they went."

"At that time, when the Tiger Prison was pacified, Li Tao captured the Zhengzhou Changshi Dai Zhou taught by Wang Shichong, and knew that he had a good character and talent, so he was quickly released.

"Because Li Tao was loyal to the Tang Dynasty and served with dedication and dedication all his life, the emperors to whom he was loyal gave him a lot of favor and honor."

"Once Li Tao suffered from a sudden illness, the imperial doctor said that the ashes burned by his beard could cure the disease, so Li Shimin immediately cut off his beard and gave him medicine."

Moved to Li Tao, he kowtowed and cried until he bleed, but Li Shimin said: "This is for the sake of the society, not for you personally, what is there to thank for?" ””

"His imperial favor is more than that, the most important thing is Li Shimin's entrustment at that time, which is not an ordinary trust for Li Tao, it is trust and restraint, and it is the eldest grandson Wuji."

"As mentioned earlier, the most famous thing in the Tang Gaozong period was to establish a military force, and Li Tao was also involved in it at that time, and he stood on the side of the martial arts."

"If there is no operation behind his grandson, the whole family will get a lot of wealth, and it will also have a stable life for their descendants, but it is a pity that someone has to show his ability, which leads to the demise of his descendants."

Li Tao: ......

"At that time, the queen was in a uproar, and the move to change the queen was nominally to change the hostess of the harem, but in fact it was a move to attack the patriarch and revitalize the imperial power, and it could not fail in any case, because of this, Tang Gaozong summoned Li Tao to seek a way to deal with him."

Li Tao saw through the emperor's thoughts, so he persuaded Tang Gaozong to act according to his own will on the grounds that the canonization of the empress was the emperor's "family matter". ”