Among China's many founding emperors, Li Yuan is the most low-key, but also the longest-lived one, he started a business at the age of 52, became emperor at the age of 53, and his genius son Li Shimin went to see God at the age of 52. It can be said that it is a typical late bloomer.
Although his life is very low-key, but full of color, such as people marrying a daughter-in-law is the fate of their parents, he won the competition, and for example, he once said a relative, and as a result, people gave birth to a daughter, killing many of his descendants.
Taiyuan raised an army
In 566, Li Yuan was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi, Andi Li Yuan was born different, he grew three nipples, and it was useless for a man to grow this thing, and he actually had one more than a normal person. Historically, the last one with more nipples was King Wen of Zhou, who grew four, one more than Li Yuan, so his parents felt that this was not a monster, but a good omen.
In 569, at the age of 4, the second uncle of the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang was outstanding, without his toss there would be no future Tang Dynasty.
In 572, at the age of 7, Li Yuan's father Li Xun died, and Li Yuan inherited the family dukedom of Tang.
Although he lost his father at an early age, it did not affect Li Yuan's growth at all, and when he grew up, Li Yuan's personality was very cheerful, he was very free, and everyone praised everyone and loved him.
581 At the age of 16, Li Yuan's uncle Yang Jian was proclaimed emperor, the state name was Sui, and Li Yuan's good days came, and under the promotion of his uncle and aunt, Li Yuan once served as the mayor of three cities. At that time, there was also a fortune teller who said that he had the appearance of an emperor.
Li Yuan
582-588 During this time, Li Yuan married his wife Dou Shi, the specific time is unknown, this wife is different, is the niece of the former emperor of the dynasty, and what is even more bizarre is that people marry is the fate of their parents, and his marriage is a contest to recruit relatives.
At that time, his father-in-law, thinking that his daughter was smart and beautiful, and different, wanted to find a good family, so he had people draw two peacocks on the screen and let people compete in archery.
At that time, the young men all came to participate in the competition after hearing about it, and as a result, none of them satisfied Lord Dou, but Li Yuan, who was the last one, even shot two arrows, both of which hit the peacock's eyes, and when Lord Dou saw that this young man was powerful, he married his daughter to him.
In 589, at the age of 24, Li Yuan had his first son, Li Jiancheng.
589-600 From the age of 24 to 35 In the past ten years, Li Yuan has nothing to shine except for two more sons, Li Shimin and Li Xuanba.
Li Shimin
In 604, at the age of 39, Li Yuan's uncle Emperor Wen of Sui died, and Li Yuan's good life was over, and he could only be fooled at home. (At home, it is either pretending to be sick or giving gifts)
In 613, at the age of 48, when the Sui Emperor attacked Goguryeo, Li Yuan was responsible for transporting grain and grass around Beijing, and his wife Dou died of a sudden serious illness here. After that, Li Yuan continued to become emperor and never set up a main chamber again.
In 615, at the age of 50, Li Yuan suppressed a peasant uprising in the northern part of Shanxi, where he met Wu Zetian's father, Wu Shiyan, and the two became good friends at first sight. Samurai Yan even spread rumors that Li Yuan was a god and had a destiny in his body, and Li Yuan was very happy.
In 617, at the age of 52, Li Yuan officially began to rebel with 30,000 horses, but the slogan of the people was: Abolish the Ming Dynasty, support the emperor, and restore the Sui Room, how bright and upright.
In November of the same year, Li Yuan invaded Chang'an City, and Li Yuan did indeed speak the truth, honoring his uncle Emperor Sui as Emperor Taishang and acting as the little emperor, and he himself became the King of Tang and the Grand Chancellor.
In 618, at the age of 53, Li Yuan officially established the country as emperor and the Tang Dynasty was born.
After Li Yuan became emperor, he was still relatively generous, and the people who helped him fight the world were all rewarded, and seventeen people also received the gold medal of death, including Wu Zetian's father, Wu Shiyan, who also had a piece.
In 622, at the age of 57, about this year, the daughter-in-law of The Samurai Yan died, and In order to improve his political status, Li Yuan said to him a protégé, the Imperial Yang Clan of the Sui Dynasty, at that time, this Lady Yang was 44 years old, and did not think that people could still have children, and the second daughter of them was Wu Zetian, you say, Li Yuan is not troublesome.
In 624, at the age of 59, the Tang Dynasty basically unified the country, but his son made Li Yuan very unhappy.
In 626, at the age of 61, July 2 of that year was Li Yuan's saddest day, when Li Yuan lost two sons and ten grandchildren, and the Xuanwumen Rebellion broke out. A month later, Li Yuan officially abdicated as the honorary chairman of Datang.
In 635, at the age of 70, Li Yuan died of illness at the age of 70. Among the eighteen emperors of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan ranked second in life expectancy, the first being Li Longji, who lived for 78 years. But the other founding emperors were far ahead of him.
Li Yuan's life, the early and late periods are very exciting, only the middle of the history is not known, but one thing is certain, Li Yuan is not so incompetent, but his son's influence is a bit large.