Manifestation is something that everyone will do, and after becoming famous, there will be no return to the hometown, just like "brocade night walk". Emperors in high positions were no exception.
Because he easily stole the throne, Li Yuan had to find someone to show off, but if he found an ordinary courtier to show off, he would lower his own value a bit. Therefore, this choice of display object is also exquisite, the choice of identity and status and their own estranged objects can not show the effect, and the most effective is the person who is closest to themselves.
Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, showed off in this way, showing off in front of his father: "So? How do I earn more possessions than the second oldest man you say can earn home belongings? "The image of the small citizen is at a glance.
Li Yuan is no exception, who is the right object of his boasting? Cousin Lonely WaiEn became his most ideal object, "What, your aunt's sons have all sat in the Jiangshan, is it your turn next?" An arrogant joke that provoked the belly slander of lonely Huai'en, "What's so great, look at me sitting for you!" The surface was silent, but in his heart he wielded a sharp battle knife.
In short, Li Yuan belongs to the kind of person who has nothing to find, and a joke has caused endless troubles later.
(i)
The people involved in this joke are inextricably linked to the Western Wei. The Western Wei Dynasty was founded militarily, its territory was small, and its people were all soldiers. The rulers of western Wei divided the army into commanders, and the generals who commanded these soldiers were divided into eight pillar states and twelve generals. Dugu Huai'en's grandfather DuGuxin and Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu belonged to the same list of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms, while Yang Jian's father Yang Zhong was one of the twelve generals.
One of Dugu Xin's daughters married Yang Jian, later Emperor Wen of Sui's empress Dowager Dugu; his other daughter married Li Xun, Li Yuan's father; and the aforementioned Du Lonely Huai'en was Du Guxin's grandson. In other words, Li Yuan, Dugu Huai'en, and Yang Jian's son Yang Guang were close cousins.
Li Yuan had already lost his father at a very young age, and he inherited the title of Duke of Tang around the age of five. Although Li Yuan was the Duke of Tang, he was a child after all, not to mention that his mother soon left him, and life was even more difficult. Grandpa Dugu Xin took on the responsibility of raising Li Yuan.
In the Lonely Mansion, Li Yuan is not alone, he also has a playmate - his cousin Lonely Huai'en. The two studied literature and martial arts together. The two grew up together, how the martial arts of lonely Huai'en are, we don't know, but I think it should not be too bad, after all, it is the door tiger, as the saying goes, "tiger father has no dog"! But Li Yuan's archery skills should be very clever. Legend has it that the two cousins were on a field trip when they saw two eagles fighting in the air. Lonely Wynn even shouted"Cousin shoot fast, shoot fast!" Only to hear a bow sound, but it was two eagles that landed on the ground, and it turned out that Li Yuan had pierced them with an arrow. Although this is a legend, the credibility should be quite high.
Such a clever arrow technique could not have come from his father, but was obviously taught by the LoneLy Family. This is not the only benefit that Li Yuan has received from the Lonely Family, at least there is one more benefit, and this benefit has benefited him a lot, and it is not an exaggeration to say that his throne is derived from this.
This benefit comes from the good popularity of Lonely Huai'en, and the Lonely Queen likes this nephew very much, so Lonely Huai'en has a lot of opportunities to enter the palace. After Yang Jian gained power, he naturally had the support of military aristocrats such as the Dugu family, so rather than saying that Yang Jian respected his empress, it was better to respect the Du lonely family and fear his wife. Since ancient times, people who have been afraid of their wives will talk about their wives' preferences as their own preferences, so lonely Huai'en has also been loved by Yang Jian.
Lonely Huai'en regarded the palace as his home and came and went casually, so that Li Yuan also occupied a lot of light, and entered and exited the palace casually and comfortably. Therefore, Li Yuan's ability to garrison such a military town as Taiyuan was inseparable from the trust of Emperor Wen of Sui's father and son in him. In the final analysis, this is all the credit of Du Lonely Huai'en, who brought the relationship between Li Yuan, Yang Jian, and Yang Guang closer. And in this chaotic world at that time, occupying such a key place as Taiyuan was equivalent to mastering half of the country, so Li Yuanjian's merits and honors should be du lonely and huai'en.
(ii)
As he grew older, Li Yuan became a hegemon and stayed in Taiyuan. And dugu Huai'en benefited from the favor of his aunt, so he followed his aunt and uncle to become an official in the dynasty. Now it seems that excessive pampering is also harmful, if Du lonely Huai'en did not grow up under the protection of the lonely empress, but grew up in a different position with Li Yuan, maybe there would be no Li Yuan to do anything when he became emperor.
Lonely Huai'en worked smoothly as an official in the dynasty, until his aunt died, his uncle died, his cousin Yang Guang died, and his cousin Li Yuan ascended the throne. But he did not receive the impact of the change of dynasty, but on the contrary, he went further. When he became the emperor's cousin Li Yuan did not have a playmate since childhood, he made him a Shangshu with real power, in charge of the country's fields, water conservancy, transportation and other important work, official residences, such a special honor is that many founding fathers are also beyond reach.
When the wise man met the Lord, the lonely Huai'en, who had a lot of political ability, was preparing to roll up his sleeves and do a big job. But because Of Li Yuan's joke completely changed this situation, since hearing the joke with a heavier meaning, Dugu Huai'en's heart was extremely unbalanced: Why, my cousin can sit on the dragon chair, I can't? This demon often tortured him all night. But he completely ignored an important issue: his cousin Yang Guang died at the hands of the Forbidden Army precisely because he became emperor; he ignored the consequences of the defeat of the Nine Tribes of Zhulian.
Opium corrupts the human body, while power corrupts the human mind, and the two have the same effect, both of which destroy people.
(iii)
The two cousins, one was overjoyed to steal the throne from his cousin Yang Guang; the other was sharpening his knife in order to seize power from this cousin, and a new round of competition began in silence.
Life tends to make a big joke with you. If Lonely Huai'en had been doing his Work Department Shangshu, he would have the ambition to reach the top, and he would not have the ability to reach the top. But I don't know which of Li Yuan's tendons was wrong, when someone in Puzhou made trouble, let a lonely Huai'en who had no experience in leading troops lead the troops to suppress it. Maybe he thought he knew the lonely man very well, thinking that he was his own person, and he would not and did not have the ability to betray himself. At this time, Li Yuan probably forgot that he and Yang Guang were also his own people, and his own Jiangshan was also taken from his own people. At this time, the lonely Huai'en decided to emulate his cousin Li Yuan, and also lived the addiction of sitting in the south.
The situation also seems to be developing in favor of the lonely Huai'en side, and the rise of Liu Wuzhou has forced the Tang Dynasty to pay attention to it. Li Shimin led an army to Jinyang and began to pack up Liu Wuzhou's journey. At this time, the Guanzhong army was empty, and if there was a strange army rushing to attack Chang'an, then the Tang Dynasty would change hands overnight. The excited Dugu Huai'en summoned his advisers Yuan Junbao and Rong Jing to discuss a grand plan: to drive Li Yuan out of the palace by swinging his master Guanzhong, could the two have a good plan?
However, the two military divisions were not in favor of directly waving Guanzhong, but were inclined to cooperate with Liu Wuzhou and first put Li Shimin to the throne, and then the throne would still be a lonely family. Lonely Wynn is naturally willing to pick up such ready-made "cheap".
However, it backfired, and before Dugu Huai'en could contact Liu Wuzhou, he was severely attacked by Liu Wuzhou. Originally, Liu Wuzhou, who could not defeat Li Shimin, was not willing to fail, thinking that it was better to bully alone, so he gave him a surprise attack without end. This turned over the family foundation of the lonely Huai'en dream of reaching the top. Dugu Huai'en and his two founding heroes, plus Li Yuan's overseer Tang Jian, were both prisoners of Liu Wuzhou's ranks.
In prison, the military master Yuan Junbao of Lonely Huai'en couldn't stop complaining that Lonely Huai'en was too late to start his move, and whether he had avoided Tang Jian. These disrespectful words were listened to word for word by Tang Jian, a "person with a heart."
It can be said that the luck of lonely Huai'en is very good, and he has a chance to successfully escape after being caught by Liu Wuzhou. After the safety, Lonely Huai'en continued to be trusted by Li Yuan, and gave him another force to attack Puzhou. This time, he did not live up to his trust and defeated the Puzhou forces.
After hearing about his cousin's victory, Li Yuan decided to personally visit Puzhou to celebrate the glory of Dugu Huai'en. This was undoubtedly a godsend for Dugu Huai'en, so he set up a Feast at the Hongmen Gate in Puzhou and waited for Li Yuan to come and launch a mutiny. But he did not get his wish, and finally he waited for a holy will to cross the Yellow River to meet.
The lonely Huai'en, who lacked a root string, crossed the Yellow River, but never had the opportunity to go back. It turned out that the reason why Li Yuan had delayed his appointment to Puzhou was because Liu Wuzhou, who had lost to Li Shimin, had sent people to surrender to Li Yuan, and he had seen Li Yuan with the envoys of the beggars, as well as the message of the overseer Tang Jian about Du Lonely Huai'en's intention to rebel.
The two brothers who had been playing since childhood should have talked about everything when they met, but the atmosphere of this meeting between Li Yuan and Du Lonely Huai'en was particularly heavy. Li Yuan asked, "Why are you against me?" Lonely Wynn said, "Who doesn't want to be emperor?" ”
A word choked Li Yuan to the point where he had nothing to say, yes, emperor who doesn't want to be? Isn't he the one who took it from his cousin? With a wave of his hand, his cousin Lonely Wynn was sent to prison. Soon after, he was pronounced to death, and Dugu Huai'en also knew that his cousin Li Yuan would not easily forgive him, and without saying much, a white aya ended his life. At that moment, he seemed to see the pair of geese flying in the air again, and he also heard the laughter of two young children's voices on the green field.
However, all this has passed, and lonely Huai'en has left the world where power symbolizes everything and gone to another world; leaving Li Yuan, who is invincible in the high place, sitting alone on the dragon chair. Li Yuan did not easily spare the lonely Huai'en family, who were completely enslaved in the court.
In the Xuanwumen Revolution that followed, Li Yuan tasted the pain of the death of two sons and more than a dozen grandchildren in one day and the hands of another son. After 60 days, he was also forced to give way and lived a lonely and lonely life as the Emperor Taishang, perhaps at this time he would think of the cousin who grew up with him, and how good it would be to have him talk to relieve his boredom! However, this has become a luxury.