The "Jinyang Rebellion", also known as the "Taiyuan Rebellion", occurred in the late Sui Dynasty. At that time, farmers all over the country mobilized to revolt in order to overthrow the tyranny of Emperor Yang Di. Yang Di Yang Guang appointed Li Yuan as the comfort ambassador of Hedong, Shanxi Province, and Taiyuan as the left-behind ambassador. One of his tasks was to suppress the peasant uprising in Shanxi, but he saw that everyone was doing something, as if I was sorry for this excellent situation. Therefore, "Li Yuan felt that the time was ripe and officially announced the uprising in Jinyang in 6 17 AD".
In fact, although Li Yuan saw that the Sui Dynasty was hopeless, he didn't have the idea of starting an army at all, nor did he intend to seize the mountains and rivers of the Sui Dynasty. Some people say that he is "always ambitious", which is too flattering. In fact, he is not only ambitious, but also timid.
The origin of glutinous rice balls is enviable. His ancestor was Li Gui, the founding monarch of Xiliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period, and he was a "generation of powerful ministers". Grandfather was Tai Wei of the Western Wei Dynasty, and father was the secretariat of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the secretariat of Anzhou, and the general. He attacked Tang Guogong, and his fucking position was even greater. He is the sister of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty.
In fact, this close relative of Yang Di not only dared not resist Yang Di, but was also scared to death by Yang Di. For example:
In the spring of the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Di sent troops to conquer Koguryo and let Tang Gaozu supervise the transportation of grain and grass in huaiyuan town. In June of that year, Yang Xuangan took advantage of public anger to send troops to the Sui Dynasty, and Li Yuan, who was ordered by Yang Di to guard Honghua County, began to make friends with some so-called heroes. Yang Di knew he was suspicious, so he invited Tang Gaozu to have tea where he was traveling. Ethan can't write a book because of illness. Emperor Yang Di seems to have no intention of severely punishing this relative for not coming to tea. He just asked Li Yuan's grandson, his own wife, "Why hasn't your uncle come to see me yet?" Uncle Wang said he was ill and couldn't come. Emperor Yang Di said he wouldn't get sick and die, right? This word reached Tang Gaozu's ears, which directly scared him to pee. He is "more and more afraid". When all this is over, a catastrophe will happen, as if he saw the knife that cut his skull hanging over his head.
In order to protect himself, Tang Gaozu began to drink, making himself an alcoholic. He thinks this is not enough. He began to accept bribes again, and let people know that Tang Gaozu is just a greedy thing. Such people have no other ambitions. Making friends with some heroes is just making friends. Don't think too much about the leader.
Some people may say that Li Yuan did this not because he was afraid of Yang Di, not because he didn't dare to resist, but because he felt that the time was not ripe.
It seems not.
Then the problem is coming. Since he is timid, how did he embark on the road of rebellion? His son Li Shimin forced him.
Actually, when it comes to making friends, Li Shimin is a good hand. Compared with this son, Tang Gaozu is much inferior. Li Shimin's friends are really good friends. For example, Jinyang imprisoned Liu Wenjing and Jin Yanggong Peiji, and they were not the only ones who plotted against Li Shimin. They also helped Li Shimin set up a rebel plan. At that time, Tang Gaozu had never heard of it. This situation shows that when his son Li Shimin conspired to rebel, he didn't even treat him as a father!
As the saying goes, knowing a son is like a father, and knowing a father is like a son. Li Shimin knows his father's personality. If he tells the truth, he won't listen. He thought of his good friend Pei Ji and discussed the countermeasures with him. Pei Ji said it was a bit difficult, but it was not impossible. Please wait for me to think about it. He frowned and thought, don't you drink every day to protect yourself? Let's make good use of it, so Pei Ji called it severa.
Pei Ji's words scared Tang Gaozu to pee again, even worse than last time. Pei Ji didn't hide it. He happily told him to arrange for the maid-in-waiting to sleep with you, and the news spread and killed your head. I didn't do this to hurt you, but I just wanted you to make up your mind to resist. Now you have no choice but to fight because you can't wait to lose your head. Li Shimin also took advantage of his father's dumbfounded opportunity to tell the whole rebellion plan.
Li Yuan, who came to his senses, resolutely disagreed: "Your courage is too great. If the emperor knows, it will be the crime of decapitation, my ancestor! " Li Shimin said that the purpose of our rebellion was to kill the emperor. If we kill him, he can't kill us. Tang Gaozu still refused, saying that he would hand over Li Shimin to the government to deal with this "traitor". But before long, he reluctantly agreed to rebel and said to Li Shimin with a smile: "Dad loves you so much, how can he have the heart to betray you?"
Tang Gaozu's smile is uglier than crying.
What really made Tang Gaozu determined to rebel was something that happened in the 13th year of Great Cause. That year, Liu Wuzhou, a captain of Yang in Mayi, defected, killed Wang Rengong, the magistrate of Mayi, and claimed to be the son of heaven. Then, Liu Wuzhou once again occupied Fenyang Palace and colluded with the Turks, which opened the prelude to the world war. Liu Wuzhou's rebellion made Emperor Yang Di furious. Tang Yuan, you bastard, hurry to Jiangdu to accept your punishment!
You may not understand: Liu Wuzhou rebelled, so why did Yang Di punish Li Yuan? It turns out that Mayi in Liu Wuzhou belongs to Tang Gaozu, and Liu Wuzhou is Tang Gaozu's subordinate. Of course, the boss is responsible for the rebellion of his subordinates.
Yang Di was suspicious by nature, and probably suspected that Liu Wuzhou's rebellion was instigated by Tang Gaozu, so Li Shimin felt that it was urgent, and his father must not go to Jiangdu, otherwise it would be a dead end. He advised his father not to hesitate any longer, so when will he wait? Pei Ji, Xu, and other confidants also advised him to arise. Tang Gaozu sighed, as if the situation was just the opposite, so go on.
In the 13th year of the Great Cause, in July of the lunar calendar, Li Yuan formally started his army. The reason for the uprising is that Yang Di "listened to rumors, killed Zhongliang, fought bravely, and people's resentment boiled".
After the official uprising, Tang Yuan became a general, relying on a group of outstanding children such as the eldest son Li, the second son and the third son Li Yuanji. In a few years, Tang Guogong became the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, Tang Gaozu is a man with self-knowledge. It's not that he doesn't want to rebel and become an emperor, but that he is not cut out to be an emperor. From the analysis of various historical materials about him, we can know that he is actually a mediocre man, not the material to be an emperor. It wasn't long before he abdicated to his second child, Li Shimin, which proved it.
And his self-knowledge eventually became a life-saving weapon. If he doesn't have this self-knowledge, his fate may be worse than that of his boss, Li.