Li Yuan was the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty, of course, many people think that his sense of existence is extremely weak, and he is completely dispensable, is this really the case? Li Yuan's son Li Shimin created a prosperous era, and the Tang Dynasty swept away the situation that the people of the previous dynasty were not living and the world was tired, so Li Yuan's early abdication was even more regarded as the right thing. In fact, the establishment of the Great Tang Foundation is completely inseparable from Li Yuan's strategic planning in the early stage, and it is difficult to achieve without him presiding over the overall situation in the early stage.
Li Yuan chose the capital Chang'an under the situation that the general trend was already established, and sent his sons and generals to fight, and there were four sons of Li Yuan's lineage, and these four people made immortal contributions to the inheritance of the Li family, especially the eldest son Li Jiancheng and the second son Li Shimin. Ancient people take names have a certain meaning, especially famous families, the name is absolutely impossible to mess with, careful people observe the names of Li Yuan's four sons will find: the meaning is not simple, when he was young, Li Yuan was also a person who wanted to achieve great things.
Li Yuan was born in the line of Tang Guogong and a typical famous family, one of the top families of that era, and had quite a position in Longxi, not to mention the line of Yang Jian, the emperor of Sui. When Emperor Wen of Sui was still a minister, he had a very good relationship with Li Yuan's father, and the Li family had a considerable position in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Yang Jian could not obtain the throne without the support of Li Yuan's lineage.
After the unification of the Sui Dynasty, the Li family gained the reuse of Emperor Wen of Sui because of the correct position, and the family became more and more prosperous. When Li Yuan was seven years old, his father died, and as the eldest son of Concubine, he had to inherit the title, and Emperor Wen of Sui saw that his friend was the son of a confidant minister to inherit the title when he was young, and he was worried that Li Yuan would be taken by an adulterer at a young age, so he personally took him with him to teach. Li Yuan grew up under the tutelage of Emperor Wen of Sui, and his status within the kingdom could not be higher.
After Li Yuan grew up, Yang Jian granted Li Yuan the position of assassin and let him manage the land of the three states, which was both a test and an exercise. The capable and handsome Li Yuan then gained the attention of Princess Chang of Northern Zhou, so the two married and gave birth to four children after marriage, namely the eldest son Li Jiancheng, the second son Li Shimin, the third son Li Xuanba, and the fourth son Li Yuanji. As the Duke of Tang Guo, Li Yuan knew that a companion was like a tiger, and family education was a must, so most of the four children were both civil and martial.
After the death of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, Emperor Jiao of Sui was granted the throne, and during his reign he abused the power of the people, and the little inheritance left by his father was squandered not long after, and the world rebelled. As a loyal courtier of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan still worked diligently to suppress the rebellion even though he was insulted by the Sui Emperor many times. The counterinsurgency that came and went finally made Li Yuan discover a fact: there were more and more people rebelling, and the speed of counterinsurgency was far from keeping up with the speed of the rebellion, so Li Yuan took his four children to unveil and create a new foundation.
Li Yuan was a member of the Duke of Tang Guo, and he made many friends when he was an official, and the world's princes also knew Li Yuan's reputation as a love cai, so they came to vote one after another. As the inheritance increased, Li Yuan, who was essentially the emperor, could only sit in the center and control the overall situation, and his sons were sent out to fight. Li Shimin was humble, brave and good at fighting, and clearly rewarded and punished the soldiers, which convinced the people in the army, and gradually Li Shimin's reputation almost surpassed that of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng.
The eldest son inheriting the throne was something that Li Yuan had planned long ago, and he couldn't bear Li Shimin in his heart, so the eldest son and the second son were constantly quarrelling. In the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin won a chess move and killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng, not long after Li Yuan abdicated, Li Shimin appeared on the stage of history, and since then the Tang Dynasty has begun a prosperous scene.
Li Yuan's four children, the eldest son Li Jiancheng, which means meritorious achievements, the second son Li Shimin, which means Jishi Anmin, the third son Li Yuanba, which means grand cause, and the fourth son Li Yuanji, which means that everything is smooth and auspicious, isn't it obvious to read Li Yuan's ambition together? It can be seen that Li Yuan's intentions when he was young were very big, and he was never willing to be inferior, and the times gave Li Yuan a chance, and the Li family also became a royal nobleman!