As we all know, Tang Taizong Li Shimin was a great emperor in the history of our country, and he was known for his knowledge of people and good responsibilities and his humble heart. Therefore, during his reign, many outspoken loyalists appeared. Among these loyal subjects, Wei Zheng was naturally the most famous one. The minister introduced to you by the editor today is also not bad, he has been worshipped six times, but because he is just and righteous, he has repeatedly violated the holy will and has been dismissed six times. However, in the end, Tang Taizong still invited him to the list of the twenty-four heroes of Ling Yan Pavilion and ranked ninth, and this person was Xiao Yu, the prime minister of The Tang Dynasty.
Xiao Yu was born into the imperial family, his grandfather was Xiao Yan, the Emperor of Liangwu in the Southern Dynasty, his grandfather was Emperor Xuan of Later Liang, and his father was Emperor Ming of Later Liang. At the age of 9, he was crowned king of Xin'an County, and his sister Xiao Shi married Yang Guang, the king of the Sui Dynasty at the time. After the fall of Later Liang, Xiao Yu followed his brother Xiao Chun into Sui and settled in Chang'an. Because of her sister, the Dugu Empress also married a niece of her own mother's family to him, and Xiao Yu also had a closer relationship with the Sui Dynasty royal family.
The Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang was very kind to Xiao Yu's brother-in-law, and often provided him with some special care. Because of his fierce personality, Xiao Yu often advised yang Guang, the Sui Emperor, hoping that he could be a Ming Emperor and a Holy Lord. The Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang was so happy that he did not want to listen to the advice at all, and he was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Yu's finger-pointing behavior, but he never killed Xiao Yu. When he was most angry, he only dismissed Xiao Yu from his official post and drove him to Hechi to be a taishou.
Later, the Sui Emperor made the people unhappy because of the three conquests of Goguryeo. The people everywhere had no way to survive, so they had to break up the uprising. Liu Badao, Sun Zu'an, Zhang Jinzhi and others responded one after another, and the peasants' strength grew rapidly. In the ninth year of Daye (613), the peasant rebel army successively occupied Shandong, Hebei and other regions, and it only took half a year to bring the Sui Dynasty to the brink of collapse.
Li Shimin and others saw the chaos in the world and felt that it was a good opportunity, so they persuaded Li Yuan to raise an army as soon as possible and attack the Sui Emperor Yang Guang. Soon after, Li Shimin was ordered to attack Xue Ju, and he found Xiao Yu with Li Yuan's letter, hoping that Xiao Yu could help him. After Xiao Yu saw the letter, she directly told Li Shimin: Now that there is chaos today, the Lord is out. Cousin summoned, how dare to disobey the order. Subsequently, Xiao Yu directly packed her bags and took her wife and children to Chang'an. At the same time, all the soldiers under his command were handed over to Li Shimin.
Li Yuan was very happy to see xiao Yu so knowledgeable, and he quickly asked people to set up a banquet to entertain him, and at the same time crowned Xiao Yu as the Duke of Song. After Li Shimin became emperor, Xiao Yu was not greatly affected and continued to be active in the center of power. His portrait was also sent to Ling Yan Pavilion, ranking 9th. Xiao Yu could have lived a very moist life in the Tang Dynasty, but as a result, she was deposed by the Tang Emperor 6 times because of her straight personality.
Xiao Yu was first deposed because of disagreements with another minister, Chen Shuda. The two quarreled many times in the court, and Li Shimin stopped it several times in a row to no avail. The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was extremely bad because of their chaos. Li Shimin was furious at this and directly pushed down the imperial case and left the court. Subsequently, a holy decree was sent out to depose Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda. After this incident, Xiao Yu still refused to repent, repeatedly confronted Li Shimin, and had a very bad relationship with other officials. In the end, Xiao Yu was driven out of the capital and completely left the center of power.