Yang Guang and Li Yuan not only had no personal vendetta, but trusted him very much, and Li Shidai Sui was just the trend of the times
Later historians have this to say about China's feudal history: The Qin and Han dynasties were the beginning and prosperity of the feudal dynasty, which can be called the "First Chinese Empire"; the Sui and Tang dynasties were in the same vein, and they were the heyday of the feudal dynasty, which can be called the "Second Chinese Empire"; the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties each had their own strengths, making China ahead of the world for more than a thousand years, and could be called the "Third Chinese Empire". If this statement is biased and omission, then the Sui and Tang Dynasties are called the "Second Chinese Empire" is worthy of the name, and the Greater China Cultural Circle was formed at this time, and the scope of influence spread to the entire East Asia, and Japan, Korea, and Vietnam have bent down to be allies.
The reason why the Sui and Tang Dynasties were synthesized, in addition to the continuity in time, the biggest reason is that these two dynasties can be regarded as the same source, you have me, I have you.
01 Yang Guang's relationship with Li Yuan
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the vast northern land successively poured into a number of Hu tribes, among which the Xianbei people rode the dust and took the lead and established the Murong Yan state (Former Yan, Later Yan, Western Yan, Southern Yan, and Northern Yan), and then the Tuoba clan became the master of the Northern Wei and unified the north.
Northern Wei existed for one hundred and fifty years, then split into Western Wei and Eastern Wei, and in 557, yuwen, who was also a Xianbei, replaced Western Wei and established Northern Zhou, which also became the beginning of Sui and Tang. Northern Zhou relied on the Guanlong clique, the most important of which was the "Eight Pillar State and Twelve Great Generals" of the Yuwentai period, which controlled the absolute power of Western Wei and even Northern Zhou. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Guanlong Group still had unimaginable influence, because of a person in the "Eight Pillar Kingdom", this person was named DuGuxin.
Dugu Xin is a capable person, in addition to his military achievements, the greatest ability is to be able to live. He gave birth to seven sons and seven daughters, all of whom were outstanding people, and could be described as "full of cattle people", especially his daughters were famous. The eldest daughter married Yuwen Tai's son, Yuwen Yu, the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the fourth daughter married Li Hu's son Li Hu, who was also one of the "Eight Pillar States", Li gave birth to Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Gaozu, and the seventh daughter married Yang Jian, the son of Yang Zhong, one of the "Twelve Great Generals", and Yang Jian gave birth to the Sui Emperor Yang Guang. The three daughters were called the empresses of the Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties, which is unique in Chinese history.
It can be seen that Yang Guang and Li Yuan are cousins of their aunts and cousins, and they are really "broken bones and tendons".
02 Yang Guang's relationship with Li Yuan
Although Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu was higher than Yang Guang's grandfather Yang Zhong, Li Hu died of illness as early as 551 and never saw the establishment of Northern Zhou in his lifetime, while Yang Zhong lived to 568 and successfully was worshipped as a "Pillar State General" in Northern Zhou, laying a solid foundation for the rise of his son Yang Jian. Later, Emperor Yuwen Yong of Northern Zhou died, Emperor Xuan yuwen Yun succeeded to the throne, Yang Jian's eldest daughter Yang Lihua was crowned empress, and also gave birth to the later Northern Zhou Jing Emperor Yuwen Yan, Yang Jian's status can be described as a unique existence in Northern Zhou from then on.
When Li Yuan's father Li Yuan died in 572, Li Yuan was only seven years old, and although he could still serve as an official, it was difficult to compare with the power of yang Guang's family. In 581, Yang Jian took the throne of his grandson and made himself emperor, that is, Emperor Wen of Sui. His uncle became the son of heaven, and his nephew Li Yuan naturally received a lot of benefits, especially the poor nephew of the Lonely Empress, who often said good things in front of Yang Jian, so Li Yuan's life was very passable. At this time, Yang Guang was the King of Jin, and there was also a crown prince Yang Yong on his head, so in the spirit of never offending anyone, Yang Guang and his cousin Li Yuan were also very good friends, and the relationship between the two who grew up was close.
Yang Guang was an ambitious man, and he was not willing to be a vassal of his brother Yang Yong all his life, so he bought people's hearts and minds, and stared at Yang Yong's position as crown prince with dead eyes. Later, Yang Guang did as he wished, not only succeeded in becoming the crown prince and stepping on his brother's feet, but also further became the emperor. But all careerists were bound to be arrogant, and after Yang Guang became emperor, he began to look at everything and no longer had real friends and relatives. Li Yuan was very grateful for the care of his uncle Yang Jian for decades, and Yang Jian's death was clearly Yang Guang's father, and he also had hatred in his heart if he did nothing on the surface.
After Yang Guang became emperor, he no longer had the low-key style he had before, and the pro-sage yuanxiaoren set had long been unwilling to play anymore, and it was only a serious thing to delay sexual pleasure. As the days passed, Yang Guang became more and more obsessed with the emperor's drunken and golden life, and he was worried about being plotted against, so he was very sensitive to all the words and actions that were unfavorable to him. Just at this time, rumors were spread everywhere in the capital: "Poplar trees have no flowers, plum trees bear fruit." Sweeping away the Yang flowers, Tianzi Ji has no head. A group of villains got this song, and if they got the most precious treasure, they rushed to Yang Guang to ask for merit, and Yang Guang was naturally convinced, so he wantonly persecuted the Li family in the middle of the country, and although Li Yuan was a relative of the emperor, he could not help but be frightened.
Yang Guang was suspicious of Li Yuan, but after all, Li Yuan was different from others, he was both from a family and a close relative of the royal family, and his influence in the government and the opposition was huge, and his blatant persecution was really not in line with Yang Guang's ambitions. Yang Guang ordered Li Yuan to build the Jinyang Palace, which was only completed in 100 days, and the killing knife had already been set up on Li Yuan's neck.
03 Li Yuanfu had a great life, and after the trouble, the flying dragon was in the sky
Li Yuanji had his own heavenly appearance, and just when he was worried about the construction of the Jinyang Palace, news suddenly came that the rebel armies from all over the country took advantage of the Sui Emperor's driving of the Fortunate River to start an incident together, and even isolated Yang Guang in the river and could not move. Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin, had few great ambitions and knew that the opportunity was coming, so he consulted with Pei Yuan, set a trap for Li Yuan, drunk him, and arranged for two concubines in the palace to sleep, and put a big green hat on the Sui Emperor. Li Yuan thought for a moment, the woman who slept with the emperor was dead, and the rebellion was also dead, so let's just vigorously. Unexpectedly, Li Jiajun actually sang a triumphant song all the way, effortlessly took Chang'an, and after pretending to make a puppet, sent an army to sweep across the four directions, and soon unified the whole country, and even the distant western countries were willingly attached to creeping.
The fate of Yang Guang and Li Yuan was not over, in 618, Yang Guang was killed by the forbidden army in Jiangsu, and when the news came, Li Yuan mourned, fell to the ground, and mourned For Yang Guang with great fanfare.
Two months later, Li Yuan forced the puppet Yang Youchan to take the throne, became emperor himself, and established the Tang Dynasty.
Perhaps in Li Yuan's heart, not letting Yang Guang be the king of the subjugated country was his last friendship with this cousin.