Although there are many versions of the Sui and Tang Dynasties' romance novels, the following characters are discredited in different versions, and their images in the romance are completely subverted.
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Li Ji, formerly known as Xu Shiqi, was a famous military general in the early Tang Dynasty. Like Li Jing, he was the leader of foreign wars in the Tang Dynasty. He destroyed countless countries and was made British monarch. His fame and achievements are no less than that of Li Jing.
However, in the novels of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the image of Li Ji was completely subverted, and he was the most seriously discredited person. Xu Shiqi changed his name to Mao Gong, and the original famous soldier who led the troops to fight became the image of the chief strategist. Dan Xiong Xin, an unbearable role in real history, has been beautified instead.
In order to highlight Dan Xiong Xin, Xu Maogong became a foil. After Jia Jialou became sworn brothers, Xu Maogong was proficient in divination. When all the brothers conspired against Shantung, he clearly calculated the fate of Dan Xiong Xin's family, but remained silent, which led to the murder of Dan Xiong Xin's family. When Dan finally failed and was captured in the Tang camp, his performance gave people a feeling of ingratitude and selfishness.
However, in real history, Li Ji, the prototype of Xu Maogong, is a very affectionate person. He originally went to Wagang Shimi. After Shimei joined the Tang Dynasty, Li Ji took over all the territories under Shimei's rule. Li Ji counted the population and land data on the land under his jurisdiction, and did not take the credit to himself, but gave the statistical data to Shi Biao, who handed it over to the court. When Li Yuan heard about Li Ji's deeds, he was very happy. He said to the ministers, "Xu Shiqi is really a pure minister, because he appreciates his master's kindness and refuses to contribute." Since then, he has entered the legal eye and named him Li. In order to avoid Li Shimin's taboo, he changed his name to Li Ji.
The second worst person to be hacked was a generation of famous Su Lie.
Romance novels of Sui and Tang Dynasties are generally written from the perspective of Li Tang. Li Tang is the righteous side of the book, so he naturally becomes the opposite villain and is smeared by all kinds of people. When it comes to Su Lie Su Fangding, many people may not be particularly impressed. But when it comes to Luo Cheng's 23-year-old horse stuck in a muddy river and shot dead by random arrows, many people have an impression. The marshal who fought against the separatist forces in Liu Heita with McCullough was Sue. Sue shot Luo Cheng's father Luo Yi with an arrow. Later, Su Bao, the grandson of Su, continued to be an enemy, and continued to play the villain role in Luo Tong Sweeping the North against the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that Sue is a traitor image that has been completely discredited.
In real history, Luo Yi rebelled quickly after surrendering to Li Tang, but her image was not positive enough. And McCullough's prototype Luo Shixin was defeated and captured while guarding the city in the war with Liu Heita. He would rather die than kill, which has nothing to do with Sue. Su Liesu in history was a famous soldier in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. He defected to Dou Jiande first, and then to Liu Heita after the defeat. After Liu Heita was defeated by Li Shimin, he chose to abandon his official position and retire. When Li Shimin became emperor, he was specially asked to be an official, and he resumed his position.
Su became famous in the period of Li Zhi. Li Zhi, Tang Gaozong, was a famous monarch, whose literature and martial arts were suppressed by the light of Li Shimin. The biggest territory of the Tang Dynasty was the period, and during this period, Su, as the most famous general, led troops to destroy the Three Kingdoms and was one of the heroes of the Tang Dynasty's territorial expansion.
Of course, besides these two people, there are other people who have been badly smeared, and their images are different from the real history of Wan Li. For example, Li Daozong, a famous imperial clan in the early Tang Dynasty, became the biggest black hand who framed the famous Xue. Including the famous ones, have become the foil of Xue, and the sacrifice is not small.
Among these discredited characters, they may be discredited only because of the author's personal preference, while Sue may be discredited only because of her different positions. He, who worked under Liu Heita in his early years, unfortunately became the villain of the camp leader McCullough in order to foil one side. After all, novels are just novels, which can be entertained, and can't be regarded as real history.
There are many novels in Sui and Tang Dynasties, with different versions, different plots and different characters, but three people, no matter which version, are blacked out by the limit. Even because of the wide spread of novel storytelling, many book lovers who are not familiar with this period of history have a wrong understanding, and it is really a strange injustice to regard these three famous Tang Dynasty as traitors and despicable people!
Then let's take a look at who these three celebrities are and how different their history and novel images are.
Su is a famous figure in the novels of the early Sui and Tang Dynasties. His character is capricious, sinister and full of villains.
In the novel, Zhang Jin claimed to be the Ministry. Later, he killed Zhang Jin and claimed to hold Dou Jiande. During this period, he shot an arrow at Se in Peiping. After Dou Jiande's death, he returned to Liu Heita. When Liu Heita invaded the Tang Dynasty, he lured Luo Chengzhong (Luo Cost didn't want to catch up, so he called names on his family and sold donkeys, which angered Luo Chengzhong), so that his horse got stuck in the muddy river and was shot dead with arrows.
After the Wulong meeting, seeing that the Five Kings had lost their momentum, they defected to Li Tang to help Li Tang defeat the allied forces of the Five Kings and gain the position of lord protector. In the subsequent biography, in order to get rid of Luo Cheng's son, Luo Tong, and to avoid future troubles, Luo Tong tricked him into killing four doors when he led the troops to save the coachman, and almost died at Zuche's hands.
However, Su, who is unbearable in character and good at calculating people with tricks in the novel, is a proper star in the early Tang Dynasty in real history, and can even be compared with Li Jinghe, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, to some extent.
Zhang Jin claimed that Su and others did kill them in history, but they were not affiliated. Zhang Jin claimed that he was an anti-thief, and Su killed him to protect the environment and people.
After the chaos, Sue voted for Dou Jiande, the leader of Hebei Rebel Army. After Dou Jiande's death, he belonged to Liu Heita, and Liu Heita stepped down. He didn't become an official until the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, and once destroyed East Turkistan with Li Jing.
Su's highlight period was in Li Zhi's period. He conquered West Turkic, Pingqingshan, Yibaiji and Korea, and captured its monarch alive every time he destroyed a country, three times before and after. Due to Su's four-way conquest, the territory of Li Zhi was also the largest in the whole Tang Dynasty.
"Destroy the Three Kingdoms before and after, and capture their masters alive." It's really speechless that such a famous star is fickle and framed by romance novels.
In the novel, Li Shimin dreamed that Gai Suwen had committed the Tang Dynasty, and he was killed and saved by a teenager in a white robe. Calling this man Xue, he was a "sage who should dream", so he sent him to Longmen to recruit soldiers and vowed to find Xue.
At that time, Zhang Shigui proposed that Meng Ying Chen was his son-in-law He Zongxian, which was refuted by Xu Maogong. When he arrived at Longmen, he saw Xue, so he tried his best to drive him out of the barracks. He didn't want Xue to be persistent, so he was repeatedly driven away and joined the army. So Zhang Shigui lied to him that he was a rebel in the emperor's dream, and let him hide in the army to atone, so that he became a rotor army.
Every time Xue made meritorious service, he reported it in the name of his son-in-law, He Zongxian, bent on characterizing He Zongxian as a sage who should dream and let him profit from it. Old Xu Xue Wanche broke through and moved reinforcements, and when he learned the truth, he even covered his mouth.
Of course, good and evil will be rewarded. After the incident, they tried to quibble, but Xue and others were speechless and were finally beheaded.
Zhang Shigui was born into a big family in history. After Tang gaozu got up, he went to defect. Later, he became very close to Li Shimin. With the efforts of pacifying Xue Ju, Xue, Liu Wuzhou, Wang and Dou Jiande, he made great contributions, became the confidant of the king of Qin, and participated in the change of Xuanwu Gate. He is the hero of Qin.
After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he also made great contributions in counterinsurgency and foreign wars. It was he who recruited Xue in Longmen. Xue has never suppressed him under his command. Instead, he guided the situation and made good use of people, which made Xue step by step from an ordinary foot soldier to the peak of his life.
Such a confidant, a minister who has made great achievements and a star who is grateful to Xue, was overturned by the novelist as a whole, which is really the cause of death.
Perhaps it is to increase the readability of Xue's bumpy life. Li Daozong, the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty, became a scumbag who framed Xue everywhere.
It seems that a bad prince will appear in many novels. In order to give the prince more say, the novelist promoted Li Daozong to a generation and became Li Shimin's uncle. In order to frame Xue, it can be said that he did everything he could, and even ruined his daughter's honor to plant it, which indirectly killed Weichi Gong.
However, a novel is a novel after all. Historically, Li Daozong was Li Shimin's cousin, who fought for the mountains and rivers of Li Tang, the west, the south and the north. In the imperial clan, he is as famous as Li who entered Lingyange. In his later years, Li Shimin even called Li Daozong a star on par with Li Ji and Xue Wanche, which can be said to be highly praised.
It's a pity that Li Daozong ended badly. In his later years, he was involved in the rebellion and died in exile. Later, he was rehabilitated and returned to his official position.
There are many examples of blackening historical figures in novels, but those Su Like, Fang Ding, Zhang Shigui and Li Daozong, who are completely fictional and do not change their images unexpectedly, are rare, if not unique, and can be called eternal grievances.
I dare not say anything about recovery. I just hope that this article can help you to distinguish between history and fiction, not to be involved and confused with each other, and to show our respect for the ancients.