Yu Chigong (585 AD - 658 AD), whose courtesy name was Jingde, was a native of Shanyang, Shuozhou (now Shuo County, Shanxi Province). He was a general of the Tang Dynasty and one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. Legend has it that his face is like black coal. Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong are two traditional door gods in China. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yuchi Jingde joined the army in Gaoyang. He was known for his bravery and was awarded many official titles in the court. In the 13th year of Daye in the Sui Dynasty, Liu Wuzhou started to recruit Yuchi Jingde as a partial general, and invaded the south with King Kong of the Song Dynasty, and captured the two states of Jin and Hui. Yuchi Jingde defeated Yong'an Wang Xiaoji and captured Gu Huaien, Tang Jian and others. In the third year of Wude, Emperor Taizong attacked Liu Wuzhou. Liu Wuzhou ordered Wei Chi Jingde and Song Jingang to resist in Jiexiu. Taizong sent King Daozong and Yuwenshi of Rencheng City to persuade them to surrender. Yuchi Jingde and Xun Xiang surrendered the city. Taizong was greatly pleased and gave him a banquet, leading him to lead the army in the right government.
Empress Changsun (601-636) was a native of Chang'an. Her ancestor was the Tuoba family of the Northern Wei Dynasty. She was born in a family of officials. Her father, the eldest grandson Sheng, was an official in the Sui Dynasty and became General You Xiaowei. She loved reading since she was a child and was well-versed in ethics. She married Li Shimin when she was thirteen. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, she was canonized as Princess Qin. When the rift between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng deepened day by day, she served Tang Gaozu wholeheartedly and was diligent and respectful to the concubines in the harem. She tried her best to win their sympathy for Li Shimin and eliminate their misunderstandings about the King of Qin. On the eve of the "Xuanwu Gate Incident", she also expressed her cordial condolences to the staff of the Qin government, and all the soldiers on the left and right were moved by her. After Li Shimin was promoted to crown prince, he was established as queen.
Changsun Wuji (594-659), courtesy name Fuji, was born in Luoyang, Henan. The ancestor was the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei tribe, a branch of the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was later changed to the Changsun clan. He was the brother-in-law of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and the brother of Queen Wen Deshun.
Changsun Wuji is very studious and "should blog about history". In the first year of Yining in the Sui Dynasty (617), Li Yuan launched an army in Taiyuan. When Wuji came to see him, Yuan loved his boldness and bravery, and granted him the decree to march to Weibei. From then on, he assisted Li Shimin and established the Tang Dynasty regime. He was the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty. With his first merit, he was granted the title of Duke of Qi and later moved to Duke of Zhao. In the ninth year of Wude (626), he participated in launching the Xuanwumen Revolution and helped Li Shimin seize the throne. He successively served as minister Pushe and Sikong. He was cautious when he was young but willful in his later years. In the eleventh year of Zhenguan (637), he was ordered to compile the "Zhenguan Law" with Fang Xuanling and others. In the 17th year of Zhenguan, there were twenty-four heroes in Lingyan Pavilion, with Changsun Wuji ranking first. Before the death of Empress Changsun, she had asked Taizong not to reuse her brother Wuji in view of Wuji's temperament. However, Taizong had placed a lot of trust in Wuji since his middle age, and finally entrusted Wuji to be the Minister of Gu Ming. When Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty came to the throne, he was conferred the title of Taiwei, the chief of the three princes, and the third rank of Tongzhongshu, and was called the prime minister of the dynasty in terms of rank. In the second year of Yonghui (651), he was ordered to explain the Tang Code item by item with the legal scholars, and compiled 30 volumes of "Lü Shu" (called "Tang Lv Shu Yi" after the Song Dynasty). Because Wuji opposed Emperor Gaozong's appointment of Wu Zetian as his queen, he framed Xu Jingzong, deprived him of his title and moved to Qianzhou (now Guizhou), where he hanged himself and the Changsun family declined. Wuji has three poems left to later generations
Yu Wenhuaji (? ~ 619) was the leader of the rebels in the late Sui Dynasty. A native of Wuchuan, Daijun (now west of Wuchuan, Inner Mongolia), he was the son of Sui general Yu Wenshu. When he was young, he did not abide by the law, and the people of Chang'an called him a "frivolous young man." When Yang Guang was the prince, he led the imperial army, went in and out of the palace, and was very favored. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty ascended the throne and appointed him as Tai servant Shaoqing. He also made him his disciple and married Princess Nanyang. Hua Ji was favored and arrogant, and he once violated the ban on trade with the Turks. He was saved from death because of the princess. Before Yu Wenshu died, he begged Emperor Yang to take care of his son, and Emperor Yang granted him the title of General of the Youtun Guard. During the Daye period, rebels and rebels arose in droves. Emperor Yang was in Jiangdu (today's Yangzhou, Jiangsu) and did not dare to return to the capital. However, the imperial guard named "Xiao Guo", many of whom were from Guanzhong, did not want to stay in Yangzhou for a long time and planned to return on his own. Native. When Sima Dekan, the general of Wu Benlang who commanded Xiaoguo, learned of this, he gathered tens of thousands of troops and launched a rebellion in the 14th year of Daye (618). He promoted Emperor Yang to death and appointed Yang Hao, the son of King Xiao of Qin, as his successor. emperor. Hua Ji claimed to be the prime minister and led more than 100,000 troops back to the west. Soon internal strife broke out and Dekan and others were killed. At that time, the ministers of the Eastern Capital were stationed in Luoyang following Emperor Dong's successor, King of Yue, and recruited Li Mi, the leader of the Wagang Army, as Taiwei to facilitate the expedition. The two sides fought in Liyang (now north of Junxian County, Henan Province), and were defeated repeatedly. They went north to Wei County (now southwest of Daming County, Hebei Province), and the soldiers repeatedly rebelled and returned to Li Mi.
Hua Ji knew that he would be defeated, and sighed: "If you are destined to die in life, why don't you become an emperor one day?" So he poisoned Yang Hao, and the emperor was located in Wei County. The country's name was changed to Yuan Tianshou. In the second year of Wude (619), Tang Dynasty sent Li Shentong to attack Huaji, and Huaji went east to Liaocheng (now northeast of Liaocheng, Shandong). At that time, Dou Jiande had established the Xia Kingdom, so he went to attack Liaocheng in the name of fighting against rebellion, and Shen Tong withdrew his troops. In the second month of the same year, Jiande captured Liaocheng, captured Huaji, and sent him to Xiangguo (now Xingtai, Hebei). He was beheaded at the same time as his two sons, and Xu died. Yu culture and the place where he was killed, the original biography of "Sui Shu" is Hejian; the original biography of "Northern History" and the two "Tang Shu Biography of Dou Jiande" are the mainland; "Zizhi Tongjian" is Xiangguo, now it is from "Zizhi" "Tongjian".
Yu Wenkai (555～612) was an architect in the Sui Dynasty. The word is Anle. His ancestors were from the Xianbei ethnic group, and they were Hanized since the Western Wei Dynasty. His father, Yu Wengui, was one of the twelve generals of the Western Wei Dynasty. He served in the Zhou Dynasty and reached the rank of Da Situ. The second brother, Yu Wenxin, was a famous general in the Zhou and Sui Dynasties, and a general who led the army from the right to the right in the Sui Dynasty. He was jealous of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian and was executed. Yu Wenkai came from a family of military generals, and both his father and brother were famous for their bows and horses. He was eager to learn, good at crafts, and especially good at architecture. He participated in many famous projects in the Sui Dynasty.