In history, it took Liu Bang seven years to establish the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bei thirty-three years to establish western Sichuan, Shiletu twenty-five years to dominate the Central Plains, Tuoba eleven years to revive the old country, Baoji ten years to promote grassland, Yuanhao six years to dominate the northwest, Temujin twenty-two years to rise in Mobei, and Zhu Yuanzhang sixteen years to expel Manchu. Compared with them, Li Yuan laid the foundation of the Tang Dynasty in only one year. Looking at the founding emperors who fought on the battlefield to change the dynasty, I am afraid that no one can be as calm, sophisticated, meticulous and decisive as Li Yuan. Let the author and you know that this underestimated founding emperor is coming again.
Li Yuan, a native of Zhao County, and his grandfather Li Hu, one of the famous "Eight Masters" in the Western Wei Dynasty, followed Tang Guogong after his death. His father Li Yao attacked Tang Guogong. He was General Anzhou and General Zhu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Li Yuan attacked Tang Guogong at the age of seven. When he grows up, he is "charming, open-minded, willful, honest and tolerant of the public." Besides, his mother is the sister of Wendi's lonely queen, so he is "very dear" and "loves without dignity". After the accession to the throne, Li Yuan's sister Ren Qiao, Gan and Tai Yuan were the secretariat, Xingyang and Lou Fan were the satrap, and Wei, Qing and Tai Yuan were less supervised, so she stayed in the temple. Li Yuan was cultivated into a mature politician by a prominent bureaucratic family and many years of official career experience.
Since Yang Di came to power, he has blackmailed at home, fought abroad and squandered all the money left by Emperor Wen. In the first month of the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Di called the soldiers from all over the world to make a second expedition to North Korea, and ordered Tangyuan to "supervise huaiyuan town" and Yang Xuangan to "supervise Liyang". In April, Yang Xuangan took advantage of the domestic vacancy to launch a rebellion and besieged Luoyang, the eastern capital, in an attempt to stand on its own feet. After getting the news, Yang Di panicked, quickly ordered to withdraw from Liaodong front, and sent troops to put out the fire. The rise of Yang Xuangan was a great impact and split on the ruling clique of Sui Dynasty. Although it was quickly suppressed, it seriously weakened the ruling power of the Sui Dynasty. That is to say, since then, there has been an ambition to rise up against the Sui Dynasty and seize the world.
A hundred small-footed worms will not be stiff when they die. It's hard to stand up and resist. Yang Xuangan is an example. In addition, the proverb "God of War is the son of heaven" was once popular among officials and people in the Northern History period, which also made the emperor "more suspicious" of his cousin Li Yuan. Therefore, Tang Gaozu had to "indulge in drinking and accept bribes to muddle through", hide its strength and gradually keep consistent with Yang Di. In April of the 12th year of Daye, Li Yuan defeated Zhai Zhen and was ordered to stay in Taiyuan. Taiyuan is a military town with abundant troops and funds, which can last for ten years. To paraphrase Li Yuan, "Tanggu is my country and Taiyuan is my land." Today, I came to Sri Lanka. For God's sake, if I don't accept it, disaster will befall me. Since then, Li Yuan's heart has been strengthened.
In June of 13th year of Great Cause, after getting rid of Yang Di's confidants Wang Wei and Gao Junya in Taiyuan, Li Yuan built an army in Jinyang and captured Xihe River. In August, the occupation of HuoYi. In September, Li and Li Lingbing went to Bashang and Chang 'an, forming the trend of encircling Chang 'an. In November, his subordinate Lei Yongji climbed the wall with a ladder for the first time, and Chang 'an Shoujiang collapsed instantly. After entering Chang 'an, his grandson replaced Wang as the emperor, honoring him as the far emperor and taking Ning as the emperor, and soon took control of the situation in Chang 'an. In May of the second year of Yining, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor and established the Datang Empire. Since then, the history of China has entered the last years of the Tang Dynasty.
From Jinyang to Chang 'an, from Jian 'an to Tang, from June of the 13th year of Daye to May of the first year of Wude, it was a whole year. One year, one finger. Why did Li Yuan overthrow the old dynasty and establish a new dynasty in just one year? In my opinion, besides being famous, politically astute, well-fed and powerful, Li Yuan can recruit talents extensively, pay attention to being close to the people, relieve worries ahead of time, actively seek foreign aid, accurately grasp the timing of sending troops, decisively adjust operational ideas, and minimize hostile conflicts. The latter series of measures were the decisive factor for Li Yuan to stand out in a short time and successfully establish the Tang Empire.
Anyone who has great ambitions will usually recruit a group of talents to expand the popularity of trees, trusts and bonds, and Ethan is no exception. After the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, Yang Di ordered Li Yuan to guard Honghua County. He also knows that all the troops are defending the pass. During this period, Li Yuan actively cultivated folk forces. He "learned to be an official, and learned to be an official." After guarding Taiyuan, Li Yuan ordered Li to "hide handsome" in Hedong and "secretly win over" in Taiyuan. They can all "serve charity and humble people", so bureaucrats, landlords and wealthy businessmen in Jinyang area support Tang Yuan, Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing and samurai.
In addition to accepting handsome heroes, Li Yuan also pleased people, showed kindness and won wide support from all walks of life. After Tang Gaozu captured Xihe, "Autumn doesn't kill people, autumn doesn't commit crimes. All the officials told him to return to his old job, and he was heard far and near. " At the same time, "opening a warehouse to help the poor and recruiting talents" was called "righteous man", and Huayin made Li Xiaochang "go down with Yongfeng warehouse", and three Qin scholars came to join, Li Yuan. When attacking Chang 'an, Li Yuan "ordered everyone to lean against the barricade to avoid invading the village". After occupying Chang 'an, Li Yuan "enacted twelve laws to kill, rob, recruit and rebel to death". These practices greatly increased the prestige of Li Yuan.
When leading troops to fight, we should look forward as well as backward. Before the rise of Tang Gaozu, it was looted by Turkish robbers. "Turk rode into the north gate of Guoguo and out of the east gate. Stay outside the city for two days and then take it away. " Turkic is an ancient and prominent nation in the north. In the early Sui Dynasty, it was divided into two parts: the west Turkic was in the west of Altai Mountain, and the east Turkic controlled the vast area from Xing 'an League in the east to Altai Mountain in the west. At the end of the Sui War, the two Turkic tribes took this opportunity to quickly unify and revive. They live in Mobei, rule the western regions, admire Yinshan Mountain, and have "forgotten the ambition of midsummer", posing a great threat to the Central Plains, especially Jinyang area. The rise of Tang Gaozu in the south must first address the concerns of the Turks.
To this end, Li Yuan sent people to Turkey, "from beginning to end, ashamed", and once became a vassal of Khan in the early days. At the beginning, Khan said: "If the Tang Palace is the emperor, I should not avoid the heat, but help him strengthen his military strength." Soon, he sent Zhu and others out of the sheath. More than a thousand horses were sent to trade with Tangyuan, and Xu Fabing sent Yuan to the customs, each taking what he needed. "。 Later, Tang Gaozu sent Liu Wenjing to the Turkic Khan to borrow soldiers. In fact, there are "500 Turks and 2000 horses". These two missions not only eliminated the great threat of slaughter.
Ethan is a cautious man, who is good at understanding the present situation and seizing opportunities. As early as nine years after the Great Cause, Dou Kang advised Li Yuan to go to war, but Li Yuan refused on the grounds that "disaster was imminent". In the eleventh year of the great cause, Xiahou Duan advised Li Yuan that "the world is in chaos and the world is peaceful." Although Li Yuan was eloquent, he was unmoved. In the 12th year of the Great Cause, Tang Jian and others advised Tang Yuan to go to war, but Tang Yuan still said that he would "think about it". In Li Yuan's view, although the ruling power of the Sui Dynasty declined, it should not be underestimated, and rashly launching it will inevitably fail. It was not until the peasant uprising of "the people are in dire straits and the world is in chaos" broke out in an all-round way that Li Yuan made efforts.
Arise, shi biao, Dou Jiande, du and others left the main force in the central plains and jianghuai region, while I was in jiangdu. As a result, Chang 'an became a weak country in the Sui Dynasty. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "whoever gets the Guanzhong gets the world", and whoever gets the Guanzhong can take the initiative. The fighter plane was fleeting, and Li Yuan seized the empty space in Guanzhong and bypassed the obstacles all the way. Soldiers point to the west, take advantage of weakness to enter the customs, and take Chang' an directly. This new force, like a sharp knife, went straight to the center of the Sui Dynasty and finally occupied Chang 'an. Chang 'an is not only the capital of Sui Dynasty, but also the political, economic and cultural center of China. Li Yuan took Chang 'an to "rule the world", which is a shortcut.
After occupying Chang 'an, Li Yuan was worried that he would become a target of public criticism. He was not in a hurry to become emperor, but once again played the banner of respecting Sui Dynasty and fought against Kongdi, making him emperor when he was only 13. Yang is nominally an emperor, but in fact he is just a tool used by Li Yuan to "hold the emperor to make the princes". Tang Gaozu's actions, on the one hand, can avoid being accused of rebellion and reduce the enemy's confrontation; On the other hand, under the guise of stabilizing the Sui Dynasty, we can openly recruit and expand our power. At the same time, Li Yuan proposed that the heroes and old ministers of the Sui Dynasty bought people's hearts. In her second year in Yining, Yang Di was killed in April. Yang Hao, king of Qin, and Yang Dong, king of Yue, successively proclaimed themselves emperors, and other local forces and rebels also proclaimed themselves kings. In this situation, Li Yuan also accelerated the pace of regime change.
In May of the first year of Wude, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor in Zen Buddhism, known as the Tang Dynasty in history. Sun Jia praised Tang Gaozu above, saying that "Longfeng and Jinyang are responsive, from far and near, and acceded to the throne before the end of the year". Although this is flattering, it is also in line with historical facts. Since then, Xue was captured and killed, Liu Wuzhou was defeated, the king was forced away, Liu Heita was captured, and the whole country was unified; Internally, strengthening centralization, advocating and perfecting various systems and laws have laid a solid foundation for "the rule of Zhenguan". Li Yuan is the core decision-maker against Sui and Tang Dynasties. Without Li Yuan's foresight and unified command, we would not have known the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. Many scholars attributed the establishment of the Tang Dynasty to Li Shimin, which obviously underestimated Li Yuan.