Gao Yigong replied: "This hero's name is Li Hao, who is from Guahe, Yuzhou. He was originally an officer and soldier in Nanyang. He was jealous of his superiors because he helped his brothers to collect unpaid wages, so he had no choice but to flee into the mountains and build a stronghold to commit suicide.
Save."
"Since Li Hao is from Yuzhou, why did he go to Xiong'er Mountain at the junction of Nanyang Prefecture and Henan Prefecture?" Li Laiheng was a little confused. After all, Yuzhou is close to the southern foot of Funiu Mountain and is still some distance away from Xiong'er Mountain. This Li Hao
To protect yourself in the mountains, why not go directly to Funiu Mountain, but go further to Xiong'er Mountain?
"Li Hao himself is from Yuzhou, but his mother-in-law's natal family is in Xiong'er Mountain." Gao Yigong explained, "This time Yu Dazhong destroyed three villages, and one of the villages was the natal family of Li Hao's wife. Yu Dazhong was a person.
Being so cruel and domineering, Li Hao on the one hand wanted to avenge his wife's natal family, but on the other hand he felt that since Yu Dazhong dared to destroy his aunt's natal family, he did not care about or care about his strength at all, so
We must not sit back and wait for death, we need to proactively seek help from outside forces to deal with Pingfeng Village."
"That's it." Li Laiheng nodded, "It turns out that there is such a relationship that makes Li Hao willing to take the initiative to cooperate with us Shaanxi people."
Bai Wang was also explaining to Li Laiheng. He introduced Li Hao and said: "Li Hao is quite famous in Nanyang. He is a hero who has been famous for a long time. When he was in his hometown of Guaihe, he often fought against injustices, acted chivalrously, and accumulated great achievements.
He gained a very high reputation. One time, the government recruited civilians in Guaihe, but refused to issue rations. Li Hao personally went to Nanyang Fucheng to beg for rations from everyone. After receiving many blows, he relied on a few familiar officers.
Help me get the rations back."
"Later, the officers and soldiers at Guihe owed more than half a year's pay. Everyone thought of Li Hao again and begged him to ask for their pay. But this time they didn't have the same good luck as last time. He was hated by his superiors and after he lost his military post,
I originally wanted to flee to Xiong'er Mountain alone, but I didn't expect that thousands of people in Yuzhou were willing to follow him with their families, and dozens of people from the officers and soldiers in Guihe were willing to follow him into Xiong'er Mountain."
"What a hero from Zhongzhou, he really has the character and courage of the ancient scholars!" Li Laiheng has not yet met the owner of Xiong'er Village from Yuzhou, but he has already developed a lot of respect for Li Hao's personality and behavior.
and admiration.
Li Laiheng also stood up. He raised his hands to Gao Yigong and Bai Wang and asked, "Then please ask Brother Gao and Lao Bai to introduce me to the leader of the village. If there is a leader from Zhongzhou like him,
With the help of heroes, I believe that the development of our army in the mountains will be like a fish in water, and we will be able to make rapid progress."
Gao Yigong replied: "Li Hao still wants to take care of his cottage, so as not to be caught off guard by Yu Dazhong's attack. This time he did not follow me to Funiu Mountain. If Laiheng makes up his mind, you will join forces with Li Hao."
, if we want to destroy Pingfeng Village, we need to invite Lai Heng to go out in person and come with us to take a walk in Xiong'er Mountain."
"Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while. The Little Tigers have been lurking in the Funiu Mountains for a long time. I think it is indeed time to ask the soldiers of the Little Tigers to go out to see the world and see what is happening in the land of Zhongzhou.
A strong man!"
After Li Laiheng had 300 soldiers and 600 or 700 auxiliary soldiers, he naturally had much more confidence to speak. In front of Gao Yigong and Bai Wang, with a big wave of his hand at this time, he had already learned some leadership qualities.
Seeing Li Laiheng's confident look, Bai Wang also smiled and said: "I came from Xiong'er Mountain and I came from Luanchuan Town. We came all the way and heard a lot of rumors about you 'Master Li'. As expected, Laiheng
You are indeed worthy of your name, and you have completely opened up the situation in Nanzhao County."
"Huh? What Mr. Li?" Li Laiheng looked confused. Although the legend of "Mr. Li" had spread throughout Nanyang and even affected other prefectures in Henan, he himself had no idea about it.
When Li Laiheng heard Bai Wang talking about "Master Li", he thought he was talking about the legendary character Li Yan. Li Laiheng remembered that many historians in later generations had already verified that Li Yan was just a fictional character in a novel, but he
It is not certain, perhaps the research of historians is not conclusive, so I curiously asked: "What is this Mr. Li's reputation?"
Bai Wang was stunned for a moment. He looked at Gao Yigong and saw that Gao Yigong was also stunned. The two looked at each other and laughed for a while, then slowly explained: "You have made such a big name and noise, and you actually
I don’t know at all! I’m really too arrogant.”
"Nowadays, there are stories everywhere in Nanyang Prefecture and even in the whole Henan Province that you, Mr. Li, 'set out to be a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, prohibiting killing and prostitution', and also distributed money to the poor to provide disaster relief, and brought hungry people into the mountains to farm! Everybody
It is said that Mr. Li is an unparalleled hero and a good man, and it is only through Mr. Li's grace that the Nanyang Mansion can maintain peace."
"There is such a thing! I really don't know anything about it." Li Laiheng suddenly felt dumbfounded. It turned out that Mr. Li was not the illusory Li Yan, but actually landed on top of his head.
When he thought about it carefully, although he did strictly control the discipline of the Little Tiger Team and the surrounding villages near Nanzhao County, and he did admit many hungry people into the mountains to farm. But what he did definitely did not reach the level of Mr. Li in the rumored stories. And he, Li Laiheng, was only doing this from beginning to end.
How could the reputation of those who were active near Nanzhao County spread to the entire Nanyang Prefecture, and even the entire Henan Province?
This legend of "Master Li" may be partly due to Li Zicheng's active activities throughout southwest Henan. People in Henan are not familiar with Li Zicheng, an adventurous general, and local citizens and scholars do not believe in a border citizen from northern Shaanxi.
The postman would have such skill and magnanimity. At this time, Li Laiheng, who looked very much like a well-educated and famous family man, suddenly appeared in the sight of Henan people. People began to follow Li Zicheng's deeds and Li Laiheng's deeds.
On this basis, he combined it with his own imagination, and finally formed the story of "Master Li" that became popular in Zhongzhou.
Li Laiheng wondered whether the original legend of "Li Gongzi Li Yan" in history came about for this reason? It's just that the original Li Gongzi Li Yan in history may have borrowed Li Zicheng's pseudonym Li Yan during a certain period of time.
1, and the current legend of Mr. Li is more based on the image of Li Laiheng.
He listened to Bai Wang telling the story about Mr. Li that was circulated among Henan people. He heard that they even started to rumor that he was the son of Li Jingbai, the Minister of the Ministry of War. He couldn't stop laughing. In "Let the Bullets Fly", people didn't believe that the bandit was named Zhang Muzhi.
They forcibly gave him the name Zhang Mazi, but in Henan, people instead made him Li Laiheng the son of the minister. The two things appear to be different, but they are the same essence.
Maybe people really don’t want to believe that a bandit is Mr. Li!
"Hahaha, since the people in Henan have praised me as Mr. Li, I must do something big so that people know that Mr. Li is not in vain."
After Li Laiheng laughed at himself, he took Gao Yigong, Bai Wang, Zhang Pili and others with him and headed to Xiaohu Village halfway up the mountain. He planned to take Hao Yaoqi and other elite soldiers to follow Gao and Bai.
At Xiong'er Mountain, as for Funiu Mountain and Xiaohu Village, a small number of soldiers and horses were left, and Mrs. Gao and Uncle Qing stayed behind to make arrangements.
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1 In his article "Questions about Li Yan", Ming historian Gu Cheng has already proven that Li Yan is just a fictional character in a novel. However, due to the fact that the materials Mr. Gu Cheng had access to at that time were not sufficient, Mr. Gu Cheng did not confirm the identity of "Li Yan".
The origin of the name is related to the relationship between this name and Li Zicheng. However, judging from newly discovered materials in recent times, the "Miscellaneous Notes of Youyang" included in Gu Yanwu's "Records of the Ming Dynasty" records that "the name of the intruder is Zicheng, whose name is Yan, Mizhi"
"People"; Zuo Guangxian's "Capturing the Spies with False Edicts and Recruiting Soldiers" states that "Mr. Li" was Zhang Xianzhong's superior in the 16th year of Chongzhen; "Sichuan Narrative" records that when Zhang Xianzhong first entered Sichuan, he also served as
Yongchang reign number.
Based on the above historical data, it can be seen that "Li Yan" comes from Li Zicheng's alias "Li Yan". There are also some records saying that Li Zicheng changed his name to "Li Yan" and "Li Yan". Li Zicheng was influenced by military advisor Song Xiance.
The name was changed to fit the prophecy, and a name with similar pronunciation to "Li Yan" was used. This is the original source of the legend of Li Yan.
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"Zhihu: Is Li Laiheng, the founder of Shun Shizu, the son of Li Jingbai, the minister of rebellion?"
Both middle school Chinese textbooks and the TV series "Yongchang Dynasty" said that Li Laiheng was the son of Li Jingbai, the minister who was listed in the eunuch's rebellion. However, I checked "Shun Shi Lu" and "Shun Shi Manu" and they both claimed that Li Laiheng, the founder of Shun, was Shun.
Who is the true eldest son of Taizong Li Jin (aka Li Guo)? Someone on the Internet said that Li Laiheng was actually the leader of a landlord league in northern Shaanxi. Who should I believe?
Wang Jincai
Born in Guyuan Weiqunmen, Xiliang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province
Yu Wenjun and 147 other people agreed with this answer
laxative.
Let’s talk about the conclusion first: Li Laiheng, the ancestor of Shun in history, was the son of a wealthy farmer in Mizhi County, northern Shaanxi. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he participated in regiment training to fight against the militia led by Li Zicheng, the ancestor of Shun. However, he was later persecuted by the officials, gentry and landlords and his family was destroyed.
After his family was destroyed, he himself was forcibly recruited as a civilian husband by the Qin army, and finally joined the Shun army in the twelfth year of Chongzhen.
The origin of Shun Shizu Li Laiheng was concealed for a long time in the Shun Dynasty. If we look at the official documents issued by the Shun Dynasty, then this issue does not seem to be an issue at all. As the questioner said, the title of the opening of "Shun Shi Manuscript"
Just say: "The ancestor of the emperor inherited the Ming Dao and promoted the saints, literature, brilliance, martial arts, wisdom, merit, wealth, thrift, courteousness, and Xiao Jing. He was the eldest son of Taizong." If we believe this statement, then Li Laiheng is the son of Shun Taizong Li Jin.
However, this statement has been constantly questioned since the middle period of Shun Dynasty. The most direct reason is that if Li Laiheng is really Li Jin's son, then according to the ages of the two compiled in the official history system of Shun Dynasty, Li Jin must be around the same time
The eldest son Li Laiheng was born at the age of twelve. Although this is not impossible for a farmer in northern Shaanxi, considering that Li Zicheng, the ancestor of Shun, married much later than this, it is difficult to believe that he lost his father in his early years and "raised in
Li Jinneng, who belonged to the family of Taizu (Li Zicheng), had his own son at such a young age.
Secondly, since the father is Taizong Li Jin, who is the mother? Obviously, it cannot be the queen mother who was regarded as the mother by the later ancestor Li Laiheng; moreover, even if the poor Taizong at that time had a wife, he could not have a concubine.
Li Laiheng's mother should be Li Jin's first wife, but Taizong's first wife cannot be found in any official history book of the Shun Dynasty.
Of course, some Shun fans opened their imaginations and copied out from some n-hand unofficial histories that appeared at the end of Shun's life, "Han, a daughter of the Le family... had a connection with Gai, a yamen servant, and the affair was revealed, and she was killed" (Master of the Yinbing Room, "
"Longxing Wild History") Yan Poxi's story to "prove" that Li Jin may have such a "first wife" that he doesn't want to mention; but according to this green narrative, how could Li Jin trust him so much later that he would pass the throne to Li Laiheng
Where is such a cheap son?
In the various official and private historical materials that reflect the founding of Dashun in the late Ming Dynasty and early Shun Dynasty, we cannot find any records of Li Laiheng before he was twenty years old. All records about Li Laiheng are from Zhuxi County in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, that is,
"The ancestor of Emperor Taizong used several sharp soldiers to trick civilians into entering the city. He rose up in violence at night and burned the city gate. Emperor Taizong then broke through Zhuxi and beheaded the county magistrate Li Xiaokong." Then, we can't help but ask, he was already twenty years old (or even older) when he appeared
), what was Li Laiheng doing before? We know that Taizong Li Jin had already followed Taizu Li Zicheng when he started his army. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, he fought against the Ming general Hou Shilu in Liaozhou, Shanxi. On the other hand, Li Laiheng, he was in the tenth year of Chongzhen at the latest.
He was already an adult at the age of 18, and at that time, Li Zicheng was also the general marshal of the civilian army who had an army of 100,000 and besieged the provincial capital (Chengdu). It stands to reason that he should have made a difference, but during this period there was no information about
There is no record of his activities until the twelfth year of Chongzhen, when the Shun army was defeated by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting defeated only a thousand people.
Such an unreasonable phenomenon cannot help but make people doubt that the founder Li Laiheng was not actually the son of Taizong Li Jin at all, but a young general of the Shun Army who did not join the Shun Army until the twelfth year of Chongzhen or was adopted by Li Jin this year.
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In fact, many unofficial histories have left such records in the early Shun Dynasty. For example, Tan Qian's "Guo" wrote: "Shizu, the military name was Ruhu, and also Mr. Li. I don't know who he was. He was very resourceful and good at war.
Taizong loved him and raised him as his own son." Wang Fuzhi, a survivor of the Ming Dynasty, wrote in "Yongli Shilu": "The ancestor of the Qin Dynasty came to Heng, and he was a soldier and civilian of the Qin Dynasty.
"Thief horse") medium-sized milk tiger. Even Mao Qiling, the imperial scholar of Shizu Dynasty who greatly praised Li Laiheng, said in his private book "Hou Jian Lu" that "Shizu was a civilian servant under the command of Ai Dusi of the Qin army at that time. He was about to die of cold.
Taizong obtained it from Long Po Zhuxi. Taizu was so majestic that he asked Taizong to raise him as his son, so he named him Ruhu." And so on. There are more such materials in local chronicles. It can be seen that in the early Shun Dynasty, knowledgeable people among the people
It was already known that Shizu was the adopted son of Taizong, and this became the default conclusion of almost everyone except official history after the middle period of Shun Dynasty.
However, if the ancestor Li Laiheng was the adopted son of Taizong Li Jin, then whose son was Li Laiheng? What kind of person was he before joining the Shun army? People in the middle of the Shun Dynasty could not find a credible answer.
The last years of the Shun Dynasty were an unprecedented turning period in the history of our country, and academic circles also experienced a turning point. In 1896, Luo Shiru, an old man from Zhensong, visited Yingzhou and discovered a copy of the long-lost late Ming novel "Suppression of Suppression" in Yingzhou.
Book. The author of "A Brief History of Suppression" calls himself a "lazy Taoist" and should be a scholar who traveled between Beijing and Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty and early Shun Dynasty. The book was probably written in the first year of Yongchang, and its basic position is to support the Nanming regime.
, and denounced Shun as a "thief" and Qing as a "captive". In this book, a character named "Li Gongzi Li Yan" appeared.
It is said that he was from Qixian County, Henan, and his father was a Jinshi. He himself and his younger brother "Li Mou" were both scholars in the Ming Dynasty. In the 12th and 13th years of Chongzhen, a severe drought occurred in Henan, and "Li Yan" persuaded the county magistrate to open a warehouse
Jimin, but was imprisoned instead. A female militia leader nicknamed "Red Lady" fought against injustice, led the hungry people to break out of the prison, rescued "Li Yan", occupied the county seat, and then both defected to the main force of the militia led by Li Zicheng. "
From then on, "Li Yan" became an important adviser to Li Zicheng. He made many suggestions for Li Zicheng. He was awarded the title of General Guoyi and made a general, etc., and finally accompanied Li Zicheng into Beijing.
Since some of Shunchu's unofficial history notes such as "Guo" recorded that Shizu Li Laiheng also had the nickname "Li Gongzi", Luo Shiru was quite excited and thought that he had found Shun Shizu's true life. After that, he continued on this basis.
After visiting books and researching, I also obtained the "Northern Strategy of the Ming Dynasty" written by Ji Liuqi, a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River in the late Ming Dynasty and early Shun Dynasty.
"The Northern Strategy of the Ming Dynasty" was probably written in the early years of Shun Shizu's reign. It adopts the style of wild history notes rather than novels, and selects various wild histories. It looks more credible than "Suppression and Chuang Xiaoshi". In this book, the plan is
Liuqi rewrote the plot about "Li Yan" in "The Little History of Suppression", claiming that "Mr. Li" is "Jin Shang", and "Red Lady" was changed to "Daoma Dan" and noted "that is Luo Yanqingye", "Li Yan"
The father of "a certain Jinshi" was confirmed to be "Shang Shu Li Jingbai in the (eunuch) counter-case", and so on.
After Ji Liuqi's processing, Li Laiheng, the founder of the Shun Dynasty, became the son of Li Jingbai, the minister of the Ministry of War of the Tianqi Dynasty, who was listed as a counter-insurgent. The process of joining the Shun army became that he surrendered to Li Zicheng after the uprising in Qixian County, Henan and was relied on as a confidant, and became the Shun Dynasty
The reason for the successor to the throne was based on the so-called "Taizu Li Zicheng named Taizong Li Jin for adoption" in "Houjianlu". Although Ji Liuqi's original intention of doing this may be to flatter Li Laiheng, his statement went against the rules.
The imperial court officials intended to describe Li Laiheng as Li Guo's eldest son, but in the end the dissemination of the book was still restricted by the Shun Dynasty officials.
In 1900, based on the above-mentioned books, Luo Shiru wrote "An Examination of the Life and Life of Shun Shizu" in Edo, proposing that "Shun Shizu was actually the son of Li Jingbai, the Minister of Negative Cases". After that, Meng, a famous historian in the 20th century
Sen, Lu Chengzhi, Fan Yuntai and Wu Bochen mostly followed Luo Shiru's statement, making this theory the mainstream view in the academic circles in the middle of the 20th century.
However, Luo Shiru's statement has never been unanimously agreed upon by academic circles because there are many suspicious aspects in it. For example, Li Jingbai is not from Qixian County, and the local chronicles of Qixian County do not record that the county was captured in the 13th year of Chongzhen.
, many first-hand historical materials, including memorials and official documents, can confirm that Li Laiheng was a mid-level officer of the Shun Army in the twelfth year of Chongzhen and participated in the Shun Army's operations in western Hubei. Similarly, many first-hand historical materials can prove that "Daoma Dan" Luo Yanqing was related to Luo Rucai.
sister, and has been following Luo Rucai's Cao Ying operations, and so on.
Mr. Gu Cheng, my country's famous Shun history authority, is very concerned about this issue. He found that the so-called "Li Gongzi Li Yan" originally did not refer to Shun Shizu Li Laiheng at all, but to Taizu Li Zicheng. Gu Yanwu, a man of Shun in the late Ming Dynasty, wrote "Ming Ji" "Records" once said that "Taizu, a taboo is self-contained, and a taboo is Yan, a Mizhi man." In the late Ming Dynasty, the bureaucrat Peng Shiheng's "Zhongxing Yukou Ce", Liu Shangyou's "Chongzhen Xiaoji" and other books also called Li Zicheng "Li Gongzi". This shows that the story of "Li Yan" in "Suppressing Chuang Xiaoshi" is likely to come from the imagination of Li Zicheng by Jiangnan literati in the late Ming Dynasty. After 1978, Gu Cheng successively published "Questions on the Life and Life of Shun Shi Zu" Many other articles have shown from various aspects that Li Laiheng is by no means the son of Li Jingbai, the minister of the case.
So whose son is Soon Sezu Lee Laehyung?
In 1979, Mr. Gu Cheng pointed out in the article "Re-discussing the Life and Life Issues of Shun Shizu Li Laiheng" written based on new historical materials that according to the memorials of Ming Dynasty Governor Yang Sichang, Governor Fang Kong and others who led his troops to fight against the Shun Army in the twelfth year of Chongzhen
According to the newspaper, Li Laiheng was written as "Fifth Team Ruhu Li Chonger" at that time, that is, Li Laiheng's original name should be "Li Chonger".
According to the local chronicles of Mizhi, in the ninth year of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng led the main force of the people's army back to northern Shaanxi to defeat Yansui and attacked Yulin, but was ambushed and defeated by the deputy general He Renlong, there were "righteous people Li Zhonger and others who united to fight against the thieves"
"That is to say, he helped the government troops hunt down the dispersed rebels; however, the leader of this regiment was later used by the commander Ai Guobin to "break up his family and seize his soldiers", which ultimately led to the "entirety of the entire army in Junlingchuan".
, kill Ai Dusi and follow the army (referring to the shun army)."
Are these two Li Chonger the same person?
The original book does not give an answer, but it mentions that an important figure in this regiment training was "Li Changqing" who later became an important assistant to Shun Shizu. Even the official books of the Shun Dynasty did not deny the special relationship between Li Changqing and Shun Shizu Li Laiheng.
, in the "Shun Shi Manuscript", there is also Li Laiheng's statement about Li Changqing's "uncle affairs".
It can be seen that Li Laiheng was the leader of the local regiment training in Mizhi County in his early years. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he also led his troops to fight against the uprising army led by Li Zicheng. Unexpectedly, as fate would have it, Li Laiheng later turned out to be an important general of the Shun Army, and finally changed his position.
Having inherited the Dashun dynasty, it is not surprising that he avoids his early experiences.
After on-the-spot investigation, Mr. Gu Cheng finally concluded that Li Laiheng, whose original name was Li Chonger, was the son of a wealthy farmer in Mizhi County. He was born at the end of Wanli and the beginning of Tianqi. He once presided over the construction of water canals in his hometown; after the peasant war broke out in the late Ming Dynasty, he
Initially on the side of the government and the army, he organized group training in the ninth year of Chongzhen to fight against the militia led by Li Zicheng. However, he was later persecuted by the officials, gentry and landlords and his family was destroyed.