Lang Jun's Seven-Foot Body

On the day he got married, everyone in Chengdu said that he had climbed a high branch; on the day he left, he only took away seven donkeys' belongings and a cup of uncooled blood; twenty years later, the smoke of war in half of the Southwest was extinguished because of him alone - he spent his life telling everyone: The body of seven feet is not tall, the tallest is the moment you stand up. During the Dali period of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Gao, the distant brother of the Wei family in Jingzhao, came to Shu alone because of his family's financial difficulties. He changed his name to Wei Gao and worked as an aide in the mansion of the "Three Prime Ministers Zhang" in Chengdu. Zhang Yanshang, the Zhang family, was in Xichuan and had power over both the government and the public. Mrs. Miao was very discerning and betrothed her only daughter Zhang Suhua to her. In the early days of their marriage, my father-in-law gradually grew disgusted with him, and his "high-spirited and informal nature" became his original sin. Shen Yu, a staff member in the government, was jealous of being ostracized. The servants watched others order dishes. He was demoted to the last seat at the banquet and was laughed at in public for "having no ambition." Only his wife Su Hua persuaded him with tears in her eyes: "Wei Langjun is a seven-foot-tall man with all-round talents in both civil and military affairs. Are you planning to sink your life in my house?" Wei Gao said goodbye and left his house. Every time he passed a post station, he put down a donkey's belongings and walked to the seventh post station, leaving only his luggage with him. He moved to Longzhou, which coincided with the rebellion in Jingyuan and Dezong fled. In the dangerous city, three thousand soldiers formed an alliance with their blood. Wei Gao defended the city alone, planning to capture and kill the rebel generals and rescue them from thousands of miles away. Dezong personally awarded him the title of Jiedu Envoy of Fengyi Army and became a high official in the border areas. Later, he served as the Jiedushi of Jiannan and Xichuan, and stayed in Shu for twenty-one years. He joined forces with Nanzhao and Dongman to defeat Tubo, captured its great minister Mangre, and offered prisoners to Chang'an. Dezong issued an edict: "The meritorious service is Southwest Opera." He was granted the title of Prince of Nankang County. The son-in-law who was ridiculed as having "no far-reaching ambitions" ended up holding up half of the sky in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty with his seven-foot body.