How does Li Shimin rewrite history?
Li Shimin was born into a noble family of mixed Hu and Han. His father, Li Yuan, claimed to be a descendant of Liang Wang Li during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. In fact, Tang Gaozu may have tampered with his blood. Li Tang is probably a descendant of the ancient dam in Li Chu, the satrap of Hongnong in the Northern Wei Dynasty, while the ancient dam in Li Chu should be a northern minority, whose descendants intermarried with the Han nationality, and by the time they arrived in Li Hu, they were already mixed-race Hu and Han. Li Hu, the grandfather of Li Yuan, was one of the Eight Pillars countries in the Western Wei Dynasty, and had chased Tang Gong in the early Northern Zhou Dynasty. Li Yuan attacked Tang Guogong, and her mother Dugu, as well as the Dugu Queen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Dugu Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, were all daughters of Duguxin, one of the Eight Pillars countries. Dou Shi, wife of Li Yuan. Dugu and Dou (Ge Duling) are both descendants of Hu. Therefore, Li Shimin of Hu-Han mixed-race family has obvious physical characteristics of Hu people: thick eyebrows, deep eyes, slightly curly beard, tough facial lines, vigorous figure, handsome and brave.
Dou Shi * * * gave birth to four sons, the eldest son was completed, the third son Yuan Ba died young, and the fourth son Yuan Ji and Li Shimin were the second. They were born in the martial arts hall in December of the eighteenth year of Emperor Wendi (598). According to historical records, when my son was born, two dragons were playing outside the museum and walked back and forth for three days. Four years after birth, there was a scholar who claimed to be good at observing people's faces. When he met Li Yuan, he was surprised and said, "You are a noble man, and you have a noble son." Later, when I saw Li Yuan's four-year-old child, I even said, "This child has the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix. As long as he is nearly twenty years old, he will certainly help the people." This sentence is serious, which shocked Tang Gaozu, who has always been cautious. The scholar may have expected that Tang Gaozu would commit suicide, but then he mysteriously disappeared in time. But Li Yuan actually adopted the meaning of "helping the world and the people" and named it "Shimin".
This Li Shimin is also worthy of the name. Brilliant from an early age, thoughtful, always decisive when things happen. On weekdays, he is informal, and there is an unusual tolerance between words and deeds.
In the 11th year of Great Cause (6 15), Yang Di was besieged by Turks in Yanmen (now Daixian County, Shaanxi Province). The siege of the son of heaven is a serious matter, and the imperial army naturally rushed to the rescue. At that time, in the camp of Tunpu General Yun Dingxing, a young man stood out. Although he is a nobody, he is also a young man. The young man calmly said to Yun Dingxing, "If you go to rescue now, you must make a big noise."
"hmm? How do you say this? "
"Peter said, finish khan as the teacher of a country, dare to besiege our son of heaven, must be in a hurry, we have no way to rescue. Now, if we are a big Zhang Junrong, we will be surprised that the flags of the Turks are continuous for dozens of miles, and the drums at night are corresponding. The Turks will think that our reinforcements have been assembled in all directions, and they will inevitably withdraw from the encirclement in fear. Otherwise, if you are outnumbered and fight hard, I am afraid you can't do anything. "
Yun Dingxing is not a headstrong person. After a little thinking, he has his own interest.
Sure enough, the imperial army's rescue was in full swing, and the army entered Yan County (now southwest of Daixian County in Shanxi Province). When the scouts of the Turkish army learned about it, they flew to the beginning and said, "The Sui army is coming!" Turkic immediately guilty, hurriedly quit.
Let's talk about this heroic young man who gave advice to Yun Dingxing. That's eighteen-year-old Li Shimin. Li Shimin, a teenager, made his debut, showing his extraordinary military vision and heroic courage.
Li Shimin in Taiyuan Uprising.
At the end of the great cause of Emperor Yangdi's Yang Di, the foreign war could not be stopped, but the people inside were sleepy and already in dire straits. At this time, the domestic crisis, thieves, the imperial situation plummeted. In the sudden change of the wind and cloud, Tang Gaozu was also pushed to the opposite of raising the flag to build the army.
In the official history, Li Shimin and Liu Wenjing took the lead in complaining to Tang Gaozu under the situation of Yang Di's southern tour of Jianghuai and Shi Biao bullying the eastern capital. Tang Gaozu was afraid, but he was forced by the situation and had to follow.
In fact, this record is not completely reliable. This is a historical mystery. Li Shimin later became an emperor, but his position was not very aboveboard, so people suspected that he tampered with the history books of the founding of the People's Republic of China and deliberately dressed himself as a king who established the great cause of the founding of the People's Republic of China. What is the truth? Later, at the age of 18, he called himself a volunteer. Is it also a deliberate time misleading?
At the end of the 11th year of Daye (6 15), Li Yuan was ordered to stay in Taiyuan. In the 13th year (6 17), the General's Mansion was built, and Wen Daya was introduced to his General's Mansion to join the army. Wen Daya wrote "Notes on Datang Entrepreneurship", which is the most original record of Li Yuan's starting an army in Taiyuan. According to his book, as early as the ninth year of Daye (6 13), Li Yuan and Yu Zai (now in Beijing) secretly discussed current affairs, which was the earliest sign of their anti-Sui thoughts. Soon, Yang Xuangan, the son of Yang Di the Great's hero Yang, rose up against the Sui Dynasty. When Li Yuan stayed in Honghua County (now Qingyang, Gansu Province), he was in charge of the 13 th county soldiers. His brother-in-law, Dou Kang, advised him to rise up, but Li Yuan refused on the grounds that the time was not ripe.
After the Yang Xuangan Uprising was pacified, the peasant uprising was in full swing and soon spread from local rebellion to the whole country. In the ninth year of Daye (6 13), Yu Juluo was beheaded, and in the tenth year of Daye (6 14), Dong Chun was beheaded. They are all generals of Emperor Yang Di. In the 11th year of the Great Cause (6 15), Emperor and Li Hunmen became strong together, and they killed Li Hun and 32 members of his clan for predicting "the son of heaven in liying". Duan advised him to arise, and so did Li Hun. Tang Gaozu talks a lot. At this point, his anti-Sui heart has been obvious. He is biding his time.
At the end of the 12th year of Daye (6 16), the Turks took advantage of Li Yuan's southward suppression of the rebel army and captured Mayi (now Shuoxian County, Shanxi Province) under the left-behind jurisdiction of Taiyuan. Yang Di sent someone to catch tang gaozu. Li Yuan said to Li Shimin, "The luck of the Sui Dynasty is running out. My Li family is flattered and should have set out long ago, but you three brothers haven't got together yet. " At that time, the eldest son Jian and the fourth son Yuanji were still in Hedong. Decentralized strength is not an excellent time to rise. Perhaps God helped Tang gaozu, perhaps considering the tension in the eastern capital, Yang Di immediately ordered the pardon of Tang gaozu.
Sometimes fate is so wonderful. However, water under the bridge. Tang Gaozu had no choice. So Li recruited talents in Hedong and secretly recruited talents in Jinyang. Both brothers are modest and open to talents. Cheng Jian, Yuanji and Tang Gaozu's son-in-law Chai Shao arrived in Taiyuan one after another.
At the beginning of the 13th year of the Great Cause (6 17), Tang gaozu asked Jinyang to cheat Liu Wenjing into Yang Di's imperial edict and recruited Taiyuan, Yanmen and Mayi counties. In February, Liu Wuzhou, who rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, took advantage of Fenyang Palace (now south of Ningwu, Shanxi Province) to recruit soldiers in the name of guarding against Liu Wuzhou.
The problem is that the two left-behind deputies, Wang Wei and Gao Junya, were actually sent by Yang Di to monitor Tang Gaozu, which naturally became an obstacle to the rise of Tang Gaozu. This summer, Tang Gaozu killed the two men on the pretext of collaborating with the Turks.
Turks were a relatively powerful force in the north at that time. At the end of Sui Dynasty, many rioters, such as Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, Liang and Gao Kaidao, surrendered to the Turks. On the one hand, it did not make Turks enemies of trouble; On the other hand, you can also use Turks to strengthen your momentum. Tang Gaozu also chose the policy of wooing Turks. He surrendered to the Turk Khan, won the support of the Turks, and relieved the worries of being attacked by the Turks. The contact person used by Tang Gaozu is Jin Yangling Liu Wenjing.
Tang Gaozu arise, unstoppable. Those who don't understand the times, such as Cheng Gao Deru of Xihe County (now Fenyang County, Shanxi Province), resolutely oppose it. In June, it was ordered to be completed, and the two Shimin brothers attacked the Xihe River and ordered a surname to accompany Wen. Before leaving, Li Yuan said to Wen: "My son is still young, so I will take this as a mirror to understand the success or failure of the military and the great cause of building the army." Between words, I am not completely at ease with my two young sons, but I am also full of expectations. The phrase "this business is based on forecasting" shows that Ethan attaches great importance to this operation.
Most of the soldiers brought by Li, Li and Li were newly recruited and untrained. It is obviously hard to call such an army elite. People who can use it must have high morale and cohesion. It's built, and the people behind the door are worth it. The two brothers share weal and woe, and when they meet the enemy, they take the lead and cheer up the soldiers. At the same time, serious military discipline can not only win the morale of the army, but also win the hearts of the people.
At the gates of Xihe River, Gao Deru stood firm. Attack, fierce fighting. On the ugly day, the city of Xihe was broken, and Gao Deru was taken to the military gate to be beheaded. Killing one person is enough. At that time, we were in urgent need of personnel, and we won. If we could appease them, we would appease them. So he ordered the rest not to kill one person, and strictly controlled the sergeant, and entered the city in autumn without committing any crime. Comfort the people and restore their old jobs. As far as order is concerned, soldiers and people are very happy.
That's settled. Return Jinyang. It was only nine days before and after the soldiers returned spontaneously. Li Yuan's joy is beyond words: "If we fight like this, we can run wild all over the world!"
According to the nominal age, it was built at the age of 29 and Shimin was 20. They are all energetic, energetic and fearless. Tang Gaozu looked at his two youngest sons, filled with pride and confidence. In the eyes of my father's affirmation and approval, Cheng Jian met this man, and my heart was full of satisfaction and confidence!
The time is ripe. In July, Tang Gaozu named Li Yuanji as the general of Zhenbei, stationed in Taiyuan, and was in charge of all affairs in Taiyuan. Li Yuanji is fifteen years old. Tang Gaozu personally led thirty thousand people, pledging to move troops, changed the flag, mixed with crimson white (because it was a vassal, the flag was mixed with Turkic white), and drove to Guanzhong. At the same time, a campaign was issued, announcing that Yang Di was the emperor's father and Wang Yanggang was appointed emperor. Ashina Darnay, the leader of Ashina Department of West Turkistan, led the masses to cooperate with Tang Gaozu.
After several years of operation, once the flag is raised.
The flag of the Li family went up with a clang. In the words of Wang Fuzhi's "Reading as a Mirror", "Gao Zu is cautious and does not force himself to get up late. Therefore, Yin of the King of Qin was a hero, and Gao Zu didn't know it. If you don't know, Wang Yong will do something, but Gaozu is self-sufficient. Let's just listen and calm down. " But in troubled times, Li Yuan was calm, prudent and far-sighted. He is the host and protagonist of Taiyuan Uprising. There is no doubt that Li Shimin, who has always regarded himself as a "hero" and is brave and promising, is a right-hand man and a positive supporting role.
As for the fact that it deviates from the official records, this is Li Shimin's intention. Li Shimin passed the Xuanwumen coup, and the second son succeeded to the throne. This kind of behavior does not conform to the legal system and ethics, and it is not enough to set an example for future generations. Therefore, after Li Shimin proclaimed himself emperor, he tried to tamper with historical facts. When Zhenguan Mitchell wrote Records of Emperor Gaozu and Records of Emperor Taizong, he listed Li Shimin's achievements in the period of martial arts, trying to obliterate the achievements of the prince and belittle the role of Emperor Gaozu. He also described Jinyang's plot to arise as the careful planning of Emperor Taizong, while Gaozu was in a completely passive position. In this way, Li Shimin is the first hero who created Wang Ye, and Li Tang's throne should have been his. After Tang Gaozu abdicated, he should have succeeded to the throne. Due to Li Shimin's efforts to rewrite history, the five dynasties revised the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty and the Book of the New Tang Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty, all of which were misleading, and Zi Tong Zhi Jian skillfully continued the main conclusions of the two books.
Fortunately, the "Notes on Datang Entrepreneurship" has been preserved, which enables us to find part of the truth of history today.