After reading the life of Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin in one breath, he was born in the Jin Kingdom in Wugong County, Shaanxi in 599 AD. Li Shimin's father, Li Yuan, was a Guanlong nobleman who was created the Duke of Tang. Li Yuan's mother was the sister of Emperor Wen of Sui's empress Dugu Garo, so Li Yuan was deeply favored by Emperor Wen of Sui and Dugu Garo.
In 615, Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, was surrounded by Turks at Yanmen. Li Shimin, who was only 16 years old, responded to the recruitment and went to the rescue of troops belonging to the tunwei general Yun Dingxing. In this battle, Yun Dingxing, in accordance with Li Shimin's strategy, made a big show and set up suspicious soldiers, so that the Turks mistakenly thought that the army was gathered, so they fled in panic. It was because of this victory that the emperor of the Sui Dynasty was able to escape. In 616, Li Shimin followed his father Li Yuan as the defender of Taiyuan, but by this time the world had already set off a peasant uprising. The following year, Li Shimin bravely persuaded Li Yuan to revolt against Sui. In the same year, Li Yuan approached Chang'an City and welcomed the Sui Emperor Sun Yangyou as a puppet emperor, the Duke of Sui. Li Yuan was promoted to prime minister and was made King of Jin.
In 618, after Yu Wenwen and the assassination of Emperor Jiao of Sui, Li Yuan forced Emperor Sui to usurp the throne and establish the Tang Dynasty, calling himself Emperor Gaozu of Tang, and establishing his eldest son Li Jiancheng as crown prince. The second son, Li Yuanji, was crowned King of Qi. In the same year, Emperor Gaozu of Tang sent Li Shimin the King of Qin to attack the Longxi separatist forces Xue Ju and Xue Renqi's father and son. Li Shimin won a surprising victory, pursued and fought fiercely, and finally defeated Xue Renji and conquered Longxi.
In 619, Liu Wuzhou conquered Taiyuan, and Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, sent Li Shimin to attack Liu Wuzhou. In this battle, Li Shimin successfully defeated Liu Wuzhou, but he himself unfortunately fled to the Turks and was killed by the Turks. The Tang Dynasty thus unified the north.
In 621, at Tiger Pass, Li Shimin the King of Qin led 3,500 Xuanjia soldiers to break Dou Jiande's 100,000-strong army, Dou Jiande was captured and beheaded, and Wang Shichong surrendered. This battle was a key battle for the Tang Dynasty to unify the world.
In 622, although Dou Jiande was executed, the remnants Liu Heiman continued to rebel and captured dozens of states of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan immediately sent Li Shimin to lead an army to fight. In the Battle of Mingshui, Li Shimin defeated Liu Heimin and recovered the fallen prefectures. The following year, the second prince Li Jiancheng captured Liu Heimin. In this way, except for Shuofang's Liang Shidu, the Tang Dynasty basically unified the whole country.
After unifying the world, Li Shimin the King of Qin became more and more famous, but the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji the King of Qi joined forces to squeeze out Li Shimin. In order to protect himself, the meritorious group led by Li Shimin launched a mutiny at Xuanwu Gate, and Li Shimin personally shot and killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng. Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, was then forced to make Li Shimin crown prince, and two months later he abdicated the throne, and Li Shimin became Emperor Taizong of Tang.
In 628, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, sent Xue Wan's army to attack the capital of Liang under Shuofang, and the Tang army attacked in a big way, and the city of Shuofang collapsed. Liang Shidu's cousin Liang Luoren was intimidated by the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and in desperation, he killed Liang Shidu and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Since then, the Tang Dynasty has ruled the whole country, prosperous and stable.
In 630, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, sent Li Jing to conquer the Eastern Turks. In this battle, the Tang army won successive battles, and under the decisive command of Li Jingming, destroyed the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop. This battle achievement was extraordinary, so that Li Shimin was highly respected by the countries of the Western Regions and was named the Heavenly Khan.
In 634, Tuyuhun invaded the border despite the covenant, and Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, immediately sent Li Jing and Hou Junji to lead a large army to attack. The Tang army bravely killed the enemy and broke through Tuyuhun, and Tuyuhun surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty became increasingly powerful, famous, and mighty.
In 637 AD, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan died of illness at the age of seventy, ending the eight-year imperial throne and finally leaving this world. And the fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian was recruited into the palace by Emperor Taizong of Tang and was named a five-rank talent. The wise move of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
In 641, Tubo Songtseng Gampo led troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Taizong of Tang, Junji, led an army to meet the battle. The battle was fierce, but the Songtsen Gampo army was eventually defeated and had to make peace. Emperor Taizong of Tang was clever and wise, so he married Princess Wencheng to Songtsam Gampo, and the two countries became good in-laws ever since.
In 643, Emperor Taizong of Tang abolished his crown prince status on the grounds that the crown prince Li Chengqian had plotted against him, and installed his ninth son Li Zhi as the new crown prince. In the same year, Goguryeo attacked Silla in a big way, and Silla urgently asked for assistance from the Tang Dynasty, so Emperor Taizong of Tang personally led the six armies. The Tang army won many battles, but due to the cold weather and lack of food and grass, the Tang army had to retreat.
In 646 AD, Emperor Taizong of Tang wisely established the Anbei Dufu in Mobei, and then set up the Shan Yudu Fu in the south of Mo, from which the territory of the Tang Dynasty stretched from Vietnam in the south, Siberia in the north, Uzbekistan in the west, and Tonghua in Jilin in the east. In 648, Emperor Taizong of Tang and his courtiers spent more than 20 years of hard work to stabilize the Tang Dynasty's society, gradually recover its economy, and at the same time make the frontier more stable, and the world was ruled by a great rule, becoming a famous rule of Zhenguan in history.
In 649, Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin died in Chang'an City at the age of 51, reigning for 23 years. As a result, the Tang Dynasty lost an outstanding monarch, but his achievements and achievements will forever be engraved in the history of the Chinese nation.