Speaking of the "Tang Dynasty", the highest ranking in the popularity list? Not Tang Taizong "Li Shimin"? It is the Empress "Wu Zetian"! And "Li Yuan", as the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, really has no sense of existence! In the long river of history, Li Yuan has always been forgotten.
But if there is no Li Yuan? Where will there be Li Shimin? After all, it was the "Tang Dynasty" established by Li Yuan.
Li Yuan, as a member of the "Guanlong nobility", had a position that could not be underestimated in the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan's grandfather played a very important role during the Western Wei Dynasty, and the eight well-known "Pillar Generals" included Li Yuan's grandfather, "Li Hu"!
In the Northern Zhou, Tianzi changed people, but the Li family still flew Yellow Tengda! In that year, the Li family was posthumously awarded the title of "Duke of Tang" and could be hereditary replaced. Such a position gives the Li family the opportunity to touch the dragon chair in the future!
In the late Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian bullied orphans and widows, usurped imperial power, and established the Sui Dynasty. Even if the days change, the power of the Li family is still not reduced in that year!
I have to admit that the Li family's political skills are still very clever! Li Yuan's father, Li Xun, had a high status in Northern Zhou, and he saw clearly the decline of the Northern Zhou imperial family and the rise of Yang Jian.
So very early, the Yang family and the Li family formed relatives! To be precise, Li Xun and Yang Jian were brothers-in-arms, and Li Yuan wanted to call Out Uncle when he saw Yang Jian. Such a relationship once again laid the foundation for the Li family to enter the moment of history!
Li Xun died very early, when he died Yang Jian was not yet Emperor Wen of Sui, after Li Xun died nearly ten years later, Yang Jian became emperor, after he became emperor, his attitude towards Li Yuan was also very good, not only reused, but also loved. In this way, under the protection of Yang Jian, the power of the Li family is also increasing day by day!
Today's TV dramas often portray Li Yuan as a mediocre talent, a cowardly indecisive person, as if the whole world was won by Li Shimin alone, and the credit for the establishment of the Tang Dynasty was all on Li Shimin alone!
It can be imagined that in the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan must have the strength to live under such harsh conditions and live in the wind and water.
He was not overwhelmed by the other nobles, nor was he overthrown by other forces. Rather, it is silently waiting, waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to put your hand on the throne. And in the end, Li Yuan waited!
When Li Yuan was seven years old, he did not have his father's protection, and under such conditions, although he was an aristocrat, it was also common to be pulled out.
A seven-year-old child became the "Duke of Tang", and it is conceivable that Li Yuan was under what kind of pressure he was carrying when he was very young.
The hopes of a family are pinned on this young child, so Li Yuan learned a lot of things very early.
Patience is something that must be done, even if his uncle is the emperor, even if his aunt is the empress, Li Yuan will also live like a thin ice!
In the first half of Li Yuan's life, he was very good at doing things and was also very cautious. Whether it is a big person or a small person, a poor person or a rich person, a relative of the emperor and a relative of the state, or a common people, the evaluation of Li Yuan is very good.
Li Yuan is known for his modesty and kindness, and in the long years of growing up, he has grown from a child to the head of the family. In the end, he walked into Yang Jian's vision!
After Yang Jian became emperor, he also took good care of the Li family. When Li Yuan reached the age of doing things, he was recruited into the palace by Yang Jian. Yang Jian put Li Yuan next to him and acted as a personal bodyguard.
This move shows Yang Jian's attitude towards the Li family, and also shows Yang Jian's trust in Li Yuan.
Placing it next to himself to personally adjust is also Yang Jian's careful cultivation of Li Yuan! As an uncle, Yang Jian's care for Li Yuan is still very good.
After years of care, Li Yuan was no longer a bodyguard, and Yang Jian began to let Li Yuan hold important positions such as Assassin Shi and Taishou.
During the reign of the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, Li Yuan was transferred back to the court as an official, and this time Yang Guang handed over the entire palace guard to Li Yuan's hands, which shows how much Yang Guang attaches importance to Li Yuan!
At the time of the Sui Emperor's conquest of Goguryeo, Li Yuan was the official responsible for transporting grain and grass, and at this time the Sui Emperor could be said to be very new to Li Yuan, and from the official position held by Li Yuan, it can be seen that Yang Guang's love and new appointment for Li Yuan.
When people are popular, it is even more necessary to be cautious, Li Yuan in his spring breeze when he is proud, widely befriend the world Haojie, such behavior makes Yang Guang very disgusted, in the subsequent actions, many times offended Yang Guang's taboo.
There was no way, Li Yuan could only use some small tricks to dispel Yang Guang's suspicion of himself. In short, in those years, Li Yuan desperately earned money, the purpose was to let Yang Guang relax his suspicions about himself.
From this incident, it can also be seen that Li Yuan is ambitious, after all, Li Yuan is also a descendant of Li Huan, the "Western Liang Dynasty" in the Sixteen Kingdoms.
After that, Li Yuan was transferred to Shanxi as an official, on the way Li Yuan encountered an uprising, Li Yuan personally led troops to suppress, showing his prestige, there have been records, Li Yuan fired ten arrows at the rebel army in a row, and the arrows were not false, and the arrows hit the bandits!
Not only that, when he was an official in Shanxi, Li Yuan also resisted the Attack of the Turks many times, and won more with less. From these things, it can be seen that Li Yuan is not without talent, but is just overwhelmed by history.
As we all know, Li Yuan's first four sons are very famous, they are: Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, and Li Yuanji. It can be seen from Li Yuan's naming of these four children that Li Yuan had ideas about the world and the throne at that time.
It's better to just lose your head. After all, your Yang family is not the throne that Guangming Zhengda has obtained, so why can't the Li family sit down?
So, what is the meaning of the names of Li Yuan's four sons?
"Li Yuan" eldest son: Crown Prince "Li Jiancheng"!
In 589 AD, the Tang Dynasty mansion welcomed a newborn, which was Li Yuan's first son, Li Yuan named him "Li Jiancheng", that year Li Yuan sat guard next to Yang Jian, he saw the golden throne, as a nobleman, he knew how the throne came from, he may want to touch it, but he did not have the courage.
At this time, Li Yuan went down to the dynasty and was rushing home, he knew that his wife was about to give birth, and when he saw this newborn, he gave him a name, "built", which means "to make meritorious achievements and achieve a great cause!" ”
A father giving such a name to his child is an expectation of his child and a spur to himself.
Li Yuan may not have thought of becoming emperor at this time, and at that time Li Yuan was still a young man who did not experience the world. Yang Jian led Li Yuan into the Daxing Palace and let him see the brilliance of imperial power.
Yang Jian personally buried a seed of desire in the heart of this young man. After all, one day, this seed of desire will blossom in the Li family, and the result will bury the entire "Great Sui Dynasty"!
At this time, Li Yuan had expectations for Li Jiancheng, in the feudal society, it was sooner or later for the eldest son to inherit the family business, even if the Sui Dynasty did not die, "Li Jiancheng" would become the son of the "Duke of Tang".
After being an aristocrat, Li Yuan hoped that his son could do something, which is understandable, but taking such a name, we have reason to believe that Li Yuan at this time has a desire for power!
In this way, many years later, "Li Jiancheng" became the prince, and at this time, people suddenly realized that perhaps Li Yuan had already spied on the golden throne. But the meaning of the name is far more than "Li Jiancheng" one!
"Li Yuan" second son: Tang Taizong "Li Shimin"!
Speaking of "Li Shimin", this is really well known to passers-by! The name "Tang Emperor Song Zu" was followed by "Qin Emperor Han Wu".
Over the years, many film and television dramas have made Li Shimin too mythical, and also depicted the scene of the Tang Dynasty as an unprecedented prosperity.
As far as Li Shimin was concerned, he was a good emperor, but not necessarily a good son and a good brother. So, as Li Yuan's second son, what is the meaning of the name of Tang Taizong Li Shimin?
"Shimin" means "Ji Shi An Min". Isn't it the emperor's duty to do such a thing? When Li Yuan gave his child such a name, did he want to be emperor himself? Or do you want your son to be emperor?
In 598 AD, Li Shimin was born in Li Yuan's wugong mansion, and at this time, Li Yuan did not introduce too much history of where he held an important position, and Li Yuan gave his second son such a name, which is really confusing.
After all, such an act as "Ji Shi An Min" was the responsibility of the emperor. As a prince and nobleman, how could he have such wild thoughts.
The Sui Dynasty, unlike the Qing Dynasty, did not have the idea of literal prison. Therefore, the Li family can be safe and sound. You can't just give your child a name and cut it off.
Only many years later, this child actually became Tang Taizong. And Tang Taizong is really in the "Ji Shi An Min"!
Li Yuan's third son: the world's first "Li Xuanba"!
Speaking of "Li Xuanba", many people are unfamiliar, because this name is rarely circulated, but this person is actually Li Yuan's third son.
Speaking of which, many people will question? Isn't it "Li Yuanba"? That may be the circulation of the novel, not the real history!
With the circulation of literary works such as "The Legend of Sui and Tang Heroes", many people think that Li Yuan has a very capable third son, good at using two sledgehammers, and even Yuwen Chengdu is not his opponent, known as the first in the world!
But it's all a deduction of the novel. Li Yuan's real son is named "Li Xuanba"! The reason for the change of name, there are rumors that "Sui and Tang novels" prevailed during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, because the Kangxi Emperor's original order "Love Xinjue Luo Xuanye", so the novelist changed the name of "Li Xuanba" to avoid the name of Kangxi Ye!
"Li Xuanba" and Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng are brothers of the same mother. Born in 599 AD, one year younger than Li Shimin, there are few historical records of him, because he died very early and did not participate in major events such as the "Taiyuan Uprising".
Nowadays, most of the people who know about it are fictions and have no historical basis.
Speaking of the name of "Li Xuanba", you can boldly guess it! During the reign of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, he asked Li Yuan to do the assassination history. When "Li Shimin" and "Li Xuanba" were born, Li Yuan may have just been in the position of assassin.
Therefore, at this time, Li Yuan was somewhat inflated. Li Yuan already had a high enthusiasm for power, and began to hope that he could "help the people of the world and dominate the side." ”
The words "Xuan" and "Ba" had a deep meaning in ancient times. It's not something that the average person would use. Li Yuan gave his third son such a name, indicating that Li Yuan was an ambitious nobleman!
Li Yuan's fourth son: "Li Yuanji"
For Li Yuan's fourth son, Li Yuan gave him a simple name "Yuanji", which looks like a very simple name, but in fact, it also has a great meaning.
"Yuanji" means to hope that everything can be successfully and smoothly concluded, with a happy ending.
Li Yuanji, is a very brave man, after the Taiyuan army, stayed in Taiyuan, Li Yuanji is not as incompetent as depicted in the novel, in history, he has always wanted to find an opportunity to kill Li Shimin and protect his eldest brother Li Jiancheng.
It's just a pity that God didn't stand behind him and "Li Jiancheng", and fate chose Li Shimin. In the end, Li Yuanji did not have a happy ending like his name.
Li Yuan's dream!
If you interpret the names of Li Yuan's sons together, they are:
"Meritorious service, ji shi an people, domination of the world, all goes well!"
In many people's view, this may be an excessive interpretation, when Li Yuan named the child, perhaps just an expectation that the child would have a beautiful vision.
But such a name cannot be said to be a "vision" alone. It's more of a family spur.
In those days, the frequency of state replacement was high. Even if the Sui Dynasty destroyed Southern Chen and unified the hinterland of the Central Plains, there were still many hidden dangers for this world.
First, the Sui Dynasty's Jiangshan was not bright and righteous. Second, the Turks and Goguryeo around the Sui Dynasty were still eyeing the tiger. Third, the Sui Dynasty's successors were not necessarily excellent.
As a descendant of the "Western Liang Royal Family" and as an aristocrat, Li Yuan understood a truth, as long as there is a chaotic world, the Li family will have a chance. Therefore, Li Yuan's naming of the child is a kind of encouragement, a spur to the entire family.
Many years later, the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he three conquests of Goguryeo, the construction of the Grand Canal, so that the people are not happy, and finally the peasant revolts, the state began to suppress, in the process of suppression, the military power and command power was delegated to the local Taishou Assassin Shi, which made many people begin to stand on their own. At this time, Li Yuan saw an opportunity.
After several twists and turns, Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan, and it did not matter whether Li Yuan was "anti-Sui" or "suppressed the rebels" at this time! The important thing is that this time the Li family wants to be the emperor themselves!
Li Yuan led 30,000 elite troops to attack Chang'an, and at Chang'an, Li Yuan learned from his uncle Yang Jian, who made Yang Guang's grandson Yang You emperor, honored Yang Guang as emperor, and made himself the Prince of Tang and Tang. In this way, Li Yuan could "blackmail the Son of Heaven to establish another prince"!
After Yang Guang's death, Li Yuan forced Yang Youchan to sit on his own. After all, I have fulfilled my dream.
In ancient times, many dreams could not be said. But it can be believed that Li Yuan is ambitious!