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As mentioned above, Li Yuan is facing the situation of Song Laosheng and Qu Tutong, Song Laosheng has been killed, Li Yuan will turn to attack Qu Tutong, before that, let's talk about Qu Tutong's deeds.
Qu Tutong, surname Qu Tu, name Tong, for the Sui Emperor, Qu Tu Tong is still a great achievement. Historically, the death of Emperor Wen of Sui was a famous public case, and it is highly likely that he died at the hands of his son Emperor Sui. After the Sui Emperor succeeded to the throne, he feared that some people would disobey him, especially his brother Yang Shu the Prince of Han, who was also the concubine of Emperor Wen of Sui and was also born to the Dugu Empress. At this time, Yang Yu was still guarding Taiyuan in the town, with heavy troops in hand, so the Sui Emperor was particularly worried about whether Yang Yu would raise an army to rebel, so as soon as the old emperor died, he thought of a move, correction, and wrote an edict in the tone of the old emperor, recalling Yang Yu from Taiyuan to Chang'an, and then imprisoning Yang Yu or beheading.
The Sui Emperor not only wrote the edict in the tone of the old emperor, but also stamped the emperor's seal, and sent Qu Tutong to send the edict, and Qu Tutong took this edict to Taiyuan to read it to Yang Yu, but he did not know that there was a secret agreement between the old emperor Sui Wendi and his son Yang Yu, the King of Han. The old emperor was particularly worried about who would correct Yang Yu one day in the future, so he had agreed with Yang Yu that every time the old emperor sent an edict, the side of the edict would be a little bit of ink, and when he saw this little bit, it was the edict sent by the old emperor himself, otherwise it would be a correction.
Whether it was the Sui Emperor or Qu Tutong, neither of them knew this secret. Therefore, when Yang Yu took the edict and looked at it, he immediately realized in his heart that this was a false intention, and there must be an accident in the capital, and Yang Yu immediately asked Qu Tutong what was going on. This was not a general inquiry, in addition to not directly torturing, Qu Tutong was coerced and seduced, and any trick was used, but Qu Tutong was loyal to the Sui Emperor, and he carried it hard, and did not divulge a word, and Yang Yu, the king of Han, could not take him.
In fact, Yang Yu's heart should be the same as Mingjing,But he just said that if Yang Yu wanted to raise troops at this moment, he needed to gather troops and raise military food, which would take a while to complete, so he could not kill Qu Tutong now, otherwise it would be equivalent to directly declaring war on the Sui Emperor. Yang Yu released Qu Tutong, and Qu Tutong escaped to Chang'an, because he suffered and kept the secret for the Sui Emperor, so the Sui Emperor later entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and the Han king Yang Yu, after a short time, did raise an army against the Sui Emperor, but was suppressed.