Li Mi was not far from death from the day he defected to Li Yuan, and Sooner or later Li Yuan would have to get rid of Li Mi, but the root cause was that a mountain could not tolerate two tigers, Li Yuan was jealous of Li Mi, and Li Mi was not willing to be subordinated.
Li Yuan would not put a time bomb next to him, but he would not kill Li Mi for no reason, in that case, it would definitely chill Shandong Haojie's heart, and it would also make many rebels dare not turn to him again. So Li Mi rebelled at the right time.
In the Battle of Luoyang, many warriors of the Wagang Army were either captured or surrendered and became Wang Shichong's subordinates, but these people gradually became reluctant to follow Wang Shichong, and at the end of 618, Li Yuan sent Li Mi to Liyang to appease these old troops, along with Li Mi's loyal follower Wang Bodang. However, when Li Mi and his party arrived in Taolin County, Li Yuan suddenly asked Li Mi to return. Li Mi was gone, he wanted to rebel, and he had been holding back for a long time. Li Mi said that rebellion would rebel, quickly occupied Taolin County, snatched a batch of supplies, continued to the east, and then encountered the ambush troops of Sheng Yan's division, Li Mi was beheaded, and Wang Bodang was also killed. Li Yuan finally solved the rebellious Li Mi.
Li Yuan was much smarter than Li Mi when he killed Zhai Rang, and when Li Mi killed Zhai Rang in order to seize power, which led to internal divisions in the Wagang army, Li Mi seemed to have begun to decline, until Li Mi fought with Wang Shichong in Luoyang, and Hao Jie in the Wagang army was captured and took the initiative to surrender to Wang Shichong, and Li Mi almost became a lonely man, so he went to li yuan. And Li Yuan superficially attached great importance to Li Mi's arrival, and when Li Mi really arrived, he immediately had another way of treating him, and everything he did was to force Li Mi to rebel and then kill him. So, why did Li Yuan deliberately want to get rid of Li Mi?
At that time, although Li Mi defected to Li Yuan, Li Mi's influence was far above Li Yuan.com. The uprising of the Wagang Army led by Li Mi can be said to be the most powerful of the rebel army at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and it is also the one that has been in the longest confrontation with the Sui army. It attracted the attention of most of the Sui army. Many of the leaders of the rebel army were also willing to submit to Li Mi, and in comparison, Li Yuan's righteous banner was much more inconspicuous at the beginning. When Li Mi was very strong, he also wrote a letter to ally with Li Yuan to jointly destroy Sui, but Li Yuan was scheming and wanted to use Li Mi to attract the Sui army and reap the benefits of the fisherman, so he replied and flattered Li Mi.
Basically, it means that he is more than fifty years old, and he has no power to change the chaos, only Li Mi you have this ability, if you can make hundreds of millions of people peaceful in the future, I will definitely belong to my brother, if I can divide Tang City again, it will be very good.
From here, it can be seen that Li Yuan is very jealous of Li Mi, and there are many people who also harbor this kind of jealousy. Once Li Yuan gained power, it was impossible to allow someone like Li Mi to exist. On the other hand, Li Mi did not take Li Yuan to heart, thinking that he could not become a climate, at least under himself. In this chaotic world, both people are not willing to be subordinate in essence, and both want to be the boss.
So even though Li Mi eventually had to turn to Li Yuan, he still felt that he should be used heavily, in his opinion, he had a million people, and now he lost the momentum to join Li Yuan, if Li Yuan could treat him sincerely, he would dedicate his loyalty. What is sincerity? Li Mi thought that he still had influence, and compared with Dou Rongyou during the time of Emperor Guangwu of Han, once he surrendered to Li Yuan, many of Shandong's generals would submit to Li Yuan, so Li Yuan would also give him a three dukes to do.
However, the reality is cruel, Li Yuan let him make a Guanglu Qing (in charge of the royal meals, from sanpin), which is not a little bit different from Li Mi's expectations. Moreover, many officials openly demanded bribes from Li Mi. Li Yuan also highly respected Li Mi on the surface, and even let his cousin marry Li Mi, and when they met, they called Li Mi an old brother.
Li Mi was very depressed and lived a very tight life, and the contrast between the present and the past made him want to rebel more and more. Then Li Yuan gave him the opportunity to lead his headquarters to Liyang to appease the old department and find an opportunity to destroy Wang Shichong. When Li Mi walked to Taolin County, Li Yuan suddenly asked him to return, and finally the anger that had accumulated in Li Mi's heart completely broke out, he rebelled, and then was eliminated by Li Yuan.