After the three of them finished laughing, Zhang Chuchen asked with a straight face: "Senior brother, we don't know much about this Li Yuan family, and there are all kinds of rumors about their family, and even the surname Li Tanghu, can you tell us more about the origin of their family?" ”

"No problem, outsiders may not know very well, but this is not a secret in our Guan Long family." Li Jing smiled heartily and said eloquently: "Li Yuan's Li comes from the Li family of Longxi, and its ancestor is Li Chong, the eldest son of Situ Li Tan of the Qin State, and Li Chong, the county guard of Longxi County, and Li Chong's grandson is Li Xin, a famous general of the Qin State!" This Longxi Li family has given birth to many celebrities for thousands of years, such as Li Guang, Li Cai, and Li Ling in the Western Han Dynasty, and Li Hui, the king of Xiliang in the Five Dynasties, and so on. ”

"Li Yuan's grandfather, Li Hu, was an official to Taiwei in the Western Wei Dynasty, and Yuwentai and Taibao Li Bi, Da Sima Duguxin and other Bao Wei rooms, was one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, and was given the surname Daye. After receiving Zen in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Li Hu was posthumously named the Duke of Tang Guogong, and Li Hu's lineage also became a top family in Guanlong. ”

"As for the statement of Li Tang Hu's surname, it is nonsense at all, at most Li Yuan's mother is the daughter of Dugu Xin, and she has the blood of Xianbei people, but Dugu Xin's vein has been in the Central Plains for a long time, and his life and cultural identity are no different from those of the Han people.

Zhang Zhongjian asked, "How is Li Yuan's life?" ”

Li Jing replied: "In the first year of Tianhe of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (566), Li Yuan was born in Chang'an, and when he was seven years old, his father Li Yu died and was named the Duke of Tang. Li Yuan is a free and easy person, cheerful and tolerant, and he is favored by both noble and low. ”

Li Yuan named several sons, but they were all very particular. The eldest son was built, and the meaning of making contributions and succeeding represented a kind of wish of his; By the time of the third son Xuanba, his ambition and his heart can be seen in general; When he arrived at the fourth son Yuanji, he had the intention of changing the Yuan Dynasty and establishing the country, and going up to the top of the country! ”

So, from the names he gave to his three sons, you can see the great ambition of this man. As for his second son Li Shimin, I heard that there is an allusion, which was not called by this name at the earliest, until Li Shimin was four years old, a wandering Taoist came to Li Yuan's house, and Li Shimin was still following the Dou family and Li Yuan in the office of Qizhou Assassin History. As a result, this Taoist saw Li Shimin. Let's just say that Li Yuan's son is the asset of the sky, the watch of the dragon and the phoenix, and his years are enough to help the world and the people. ”

Zhang Zhongjian frowned and said, "If you say such a rebellious thing, aren't you afraid of losing your head?" If this Li Shimin is sixteen years old, then he was four years old when he was in the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign, when Xiansheng had just killed Wang Shiji, the general of Guan Long, for this reason because a Taoist showed the appearance of Shangzhu King Shiji, saying that he was unspeakably expensive. Li Yuan then came out like this, so he was not afraid that the matter would leak out, and the whole family would be unlucky? ”

Li Jing smiled: "Li Yuan thinks of it with you, the more he thinks about it at home, the more afraid he becomes." sent a killer to hunt down the Taoist so that the matter would not leak out, but he couldn't find it. Later, he simply changed his son's name to Li Shimin, in order to match this statement, it seems that Li Yuan is in his heart. It is also better to believe this prophecy. ”

Zhang Chuchen sneered: "Such a big person is so superstitious!" No wonder everyone calls him Mrs. Li! ”

Li Jing shook his head and said: "You should not underestimate this kind of prophecy and proverbs, this often represents a political tendency, and sometimes even a means to suppress political opponents!" Didn't that Li Mi just rely on the rumors of peach and plum to swagger and deceive everywhere, and now he has become a prince! ”

Zhang Zhongjian suddenly became interested and asked, "Senior brother, have you heard about Shengshang and Li Yuan snatching their wives?" ”

Li Jing hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "This is a folk rumor, and it is rumored in the palace that the two saints were going to choose the princess for the saint at that time, and the name of the Dou family was included in the initial candidates, but the queen who was born in the Xiao clan of Lanling was finally decided!" ”

"This Dou family is a native of Jingzhao Pingling, his father Dou Yi is the Shangzhu State of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his mother is the eldest princess of Xiangyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Dou Yi thought that his daughter was not an idle person, so he thought of a way when choosing a son-in-law: let people draw two peacocks on the door screen, and anyone who shot a peacock eye with two arrows would be recruited as a son-in-law. There were dozens of people in front of him who didn't shoot, and when they got to Li Yuan, they all shot two arrows. Dou Yi was overjoyed, so he asked his daughter to marry Li Yuan. ”

Zhang Chuchen asked: "Oh, so that's the case, so how did this Li Yuan become an official later?" ”

Li Jing sighed: "This Li Yuan, this life is too smooth!" The first saint was allowed by Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to establish the Sui Dynasty. At the age of fifteen, Li Yuan was appointed as a Qianniu reserve. Because Li Yuan's aunt was Queen Dugu, the first saint was particularly close to Li Yuan, and after the expiration of the Su Wei period, he was tired of the history of the three states of Qian, Qi and Long. ”

At the beginning of the Great Cause, Li Yuan successively served as the county guard of Xingyang and Loufu counties, and was later appointed as the young eunuch of the palace and the young secretary of the guard. In the spring of the ninth year of the Great Cause, when the Holy Lord conquered Goguryeo, Li Yuan supervised the transportation of grain and grass in Huaiyuan Town. Later, Yang Xuan rebelled according to Liyang, and the saint returned to the division in a hurry, and Li Yuan was ordered to control the troops to slowly retreat, and successfully brought the army back to China. ”

After that, there was a Si Song Longxi who stayed in Yuan Hong's heir Yin and harbored different ambitions, and the saint ordered Li Yuan to be transferred to Honghua to stay behind. Li Yuan rode to the post alone, and with only an edict, he captured Yuan Hong's heirs back to Beijing. Later, he was transferred to Shanxi Hedong to comfort the ambassador, and when he arrived at Longmen, he encountered the peasant uprising of Muduan'er, Li Yuan led the troops to defeat the rebel army, recruited more than 10,000 people, and greatly increased his strength. He also attacked the Jiangzhou thief Chai Baochang and reduced tens of thousands of people. ”

In the twelfth year of the Great Cause, Li Yuan was promoted to the general of the Right Xiaowei, and the Turks invaded the border fortress, and Li Yuan and Wang Rengong, the commander of Mayi County, attacked the Turks in the north together. But they had very few soldiers and horses, and it was difficult to defend them one by one. Li Yuan selected 2,000 cavalrymen who were good at cavalry and archery, ate and lived in cavalry and archery, imitated the Turkic cavalry, pretending to be Turks, and when encountering the Turkic soldiers, Li Yuan ordered an ambush and attack, and the Turks were defeated. ”

In the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Li Yuan was officially appointed as the palace supervisor of Taiyuan and Jinyang, and became the highest military and political governor in this region. Li Yuan was ordered to lead his troops to recruit Zhen Zhai'er, the thief of Lishan, and Zhen Zhai'er encountered in the Bird Mouse Valley in Hexi County, Li Yuan was defeated first, and then his second son Li Shimin led the cavalry to raid behind the enemy, which was a complete victory. ”

In the process of suppressing the peasant uprising, Li Yuan recruited rebels and constantly expanded his strength. Li Yuan's son Li Shimin knew that Sui would die, secretly befriended heroes, recruited fugitives, and recruited all kinds of talents, causing dissatisfaction with the saint, when Li Yuan's nephew Queen was in the harem, the saint asked Wang: "Why is your uncle delayed?" Wang replied that Li Yuan was sick, and the saint asked, "Are you going to die?" "After Li Yuan found out, he became more and more afraid, so he drank alcohol without restraint and accepted bribes to protect himself."

Subsequently, Li Yuan was imprisoned by the saint for the crime of defending the land. Subsequently, Jinyang ordered Liu Wenjing, Jinyang Palace Supervisor Pei Lin to conspire with Li Shimin, and first asked Pei Lin to choose several beauties from Jinyang Palace, and after Li Yuan was drunk, he would spend the night with him. Then, after Li Yuan sobered up, he was forced to raise the flag to rebel, so the Taiyuan army began. ”