In the novel, there is "Xue Gang Against Tang", which is about Xue Gang's anti-Wu Zetian. Historical records are not like this, Xue Gang's prototype, Xue Rengui's grandson Xue Song, participated in the Anshi Rebellion during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Although there are some coercive factors, it still happens after all. After the rebellion was put down, Xue Song was pardoned.
Coincidentally, Luo Yi, the founding general of the Tang Dynasty, was also a member of the anti-Tang Dynasty. Here you need to pinch the relationship between the characters, in the rendition, Luo Cheng is the son of Luo Yi, in fact, Luo Cheng's prototype is based on Luo Shixin. The historical Luo Yi and Luo Shixin have nothing to do with each other.
Let's look at what happened to Luo Yi's anti-Tang dynasty recorded in the history books.
Luo Yizi was born in Xiangyang and moved to Jingzhao Yunyang (京兆云陽, in modern Jingyang, Shaanxi) with his father, Luo Rong, a Sui Dynasty general. Luo Yi can be described as a tiger, familiar with military affairs, able to fight well, good at making a long hammer, very brave. However, the Old Book of Tang records that Luo Yi was "sexually stubborn, rigid and unkind", that is, very cunning and stubborn. "Unkind" is to put it bluntly, it is biased towards violence.
In this way, Luo Yi has some qualities of a tyrant.
During the reign of the Sui Dynasty Emperor, Luo Yi was promoted to the rank of General of the Tiger Ben Lang for his military exploits. When the Sui Dynasty army invaded Goryeo in the east, he served under li jing, the general of the Right Guard who was guarding Peiping, and commanded the army well. However, Luo Yi's relationship with his superiors was very bad. He was arrogant and often spoke ill of Li Jing, and Li Jing also humiliated him in public.
When the two were incompatible, the great uprisings at the end of the Sui Dynasty broke out one after another, and Li Jing was busy with the king of Qin, and as a result, there was no return. The generals who remained could not withstand the attack of the rebels, but Luo Yi won consecutive battles, calming down his opponents and his colleagues. At that time, the Sui Emperor Yang Guang had been killed, and the dragons were leaderless. Luo Yi took out all the treasures in the Beiping Mansion treasury to reward his subordinates and help the poor, so he won the hearts of the people.
Then Luo Yi sent an army to eliminate the Bohai Taishou who refused to obey his orders, threatening the frontier, and he transformed himself into the governor of Youzhou.
Luo Yi, who had a heavy army in his hands, soon became the object of all forces competing to win over. Yu Wenhua, who killed the Sui Emperor, and Dou Jiande, the leader of the rebel army, Gao Kaidao, and others all sent people to show their kindness to Luo Yi. Luo Yi beheaded Yu Wenhua and his emissaries, and then rejected Dou Jiande and Gao Kaidao, telling his subordinates that Tang Gong was the most popular and would definitely achieve great things.
It just so happened that Tang Gaozu's emissaries from Li Yuan also arrived in Youzhou, and Luo Yili defied the public opinion and chose to submit to Li Yuan. In the third year of Wu De (620), Luo Yi was given the title of King of Yan and given the surname Li. Subsequently, he personally led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to assist Tang Taizong Li Shimin in attacking Liu Heimin and annihilating more than 8,000 enemies. The following year, Liu Heimin joined forces with the Turks to attack, and Luo Yi joined forces with the crown prince Li Jiancheng to resist the enemy. Li Yuan treated him with great courtesy and made him a general of Zuo Yiwei.
But Luo Yiju was proud of his achievements, and even did not give Li Shimin face. People around Li Shimin once visited Luo Yi's military camp, and somehow they were beaten up by Luo Yi. When Li Yuan learned of this, he was furious and imprisoned Luo Yi. Not long after, Li Yuan's anger subsided, and he released him, treating him as before.
The gap between Luo Yi and Li Shimin appeared at that time.
In the ninth year of Wude, Tang Gaozu abdicated, and after Tang Taizong ascended the throne, he gave Luo Yi of Zhenshoujing Prefecture the honor of Kaifu Yi and The Third Division. But Luo Yi remembered that he had sinned against the new emperor, and he was worried and uneasy, and he had a rebellious heart. Subsequently, he lied that there was a secret edict from the emperor, and the leading troops occupied the prefecture and openly rebelled. Emperor Taizong of Tang immediately sent two famous generals, Changsun Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde, to lead an army to quell the rebellion.
Who knows, the officers and soldiers have not yet arrived, and Luo Yi's backyard is already on fire. His subordinates plotted to arrest him and present him to the imperial court. When Luo Yi heard the news, he captured one, but was defeated by another general, Yang Qian, and even his wife and children could not take care of it, and only took a few hundred cavalry to defect to the Turks. Passing through the ningzhou territory, his cronies were almost gone, and finally they were beheaded by his subordinates and passed on to the capital division.
Objectively speaking, with Li Shimin's arrogance, he would never go to Luo Yi's trouble for a little unpleasantness in that year. As long as Luo Yi did not rebel, his descendants could enjoy the glory and wealth. The reason for Luo Yi's real rebellion, as also stated in the Old Book of Tang, was "fooled" by others.
At the beginning, there was a woman in Caozhou who pretended to be a ghost, Li Shi, who was quite famous and was once received by Li Yuan. Subsequently, Li Shi met Luo Yi's wife Meng Shi and had close contacts. Li Shi carefully told Meng Shi that your face is rich and noble, and you will definitely be the mother of the world in the future. Meng Shi was very excited, and let Li Shi secretly look at Luo Yi's face.
Li Shi looked at it and said to Meng Shi, your wealth comes from your husband Jun, the future of the King of Yan is unlimited, "you should ascend to the throne in ten days." This means that Luo Yi can be a son of heaven within 10 days. Meng Shi was convinced and urged Luo Yi to quickly rebel. Luo Yi was originally uneasy, and he also took the words of the "godmother" seriously, and immediately embarked on the road of no return.
However, Luo Yi reversed quickly and lost quickly, and the well-mannered founding hero's family was buried. Although after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he also executed several generals because of suspicion, Luo Yi was not forced to rebel, but because of his true nature, he was not willing to live under the people for a long time, and as a result, he committed suicide.
This also responds to the old saying that there is no beginning, and there is an end.
Reference: Old Book of Tang