On April 23, Emperor Yang Qi issued an edict to add more than 10 counties such as Jingzhao County to the Tang State, still with Tang King Li Yuan as the prime minister, the prime minister of 100 officials, and the Tang State can set up officials below the prime minister, and add Tang King Li Yuan Jiuxi.

Li Yuan of Jiafeng County accepted it, but Jiuxi Li Yuan was unwilling to accept it. Jiuxi is the emperor's special honor guard, and in history, as a courtier, Jiuxi is added to Wang Mang, Cao Cao, Sima Zhao and other figures, so that Jiuxi is often associated with words such as "seeking the dynasty and usurping the throne".

Although Li Yuan also planned to usurp the throne, he did not want future generations to put himself in the same category as Wang Mang and others.

Therefore, Li Yuan said to his henchmen and officials: "This must be done by a sycophant, how can Lone grasp the big politics and favor Xi for his own family?" This is of no use except for a disdainful joke, and Lone is not ashamed to do it. ”

Pei Lin on the side persuaded: "The successive dynasties have done this, how can the Tang King be abolished?" ”

Li Yuan said: "Yao, Yu, Tang, and Wu Wang respectively ascended the throne in different ways at their own timing, but they all responded to the will of heaven and obeyed the people's feelings with their sincerity, and I didn't hear that the Xia Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty must follow the Zen throne of Tang and Yu in the last years." Therefore, Lone does not have to follow the actions of his predecessors! ”

In the end, Li Yuan only changed the Prime Minister's Mansion to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and special etiquette such as Jiuxi insisted on not accepting it and returned it to the official office in charge of the matter.

On the 26th, Chen Guogong Dou Kang, after watching for a long time, finally led Lingwu and Yanchuan counties to return to Li Yuan, which expanded the northwest border of the Li family by hundreds of miles, greatly improved the strategic depth of Guanzhong, and at the same time made the Dou family, which was slightly weaker due to Dou Wei's death, rekindle its prestige again.

On the 28th, a fast horse from Jiangdu galloped into Chang'an City, bringing the news that Yang Guang had been killed. ”

Everyone told Li Yuan to be sure to read it for the sake of the society and the people of the world, to take care of his body, and not to be too sad, Li Yuan stood up and wiped away the tears that he had finally squeezed out with his sleeves.

After all the ministers left, Li Yuan's eyes flashed with excitement, and he immediately sent people to hurry out of Chang'an for 800 miles, summoning Li Jiancheng, Li Yin and Li Shimin to return quickly.

Now that Yang Guang is dead, there is no need for Yang Qi, the puppet emperor, to let him sit in that position anymore, the time has come for the Li family to replace Sui......

After Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin led their troops to the vicinity of the eastern capital, they were stationed in Fanghuayuan; The eastern capital closed the city gate and did not come out, and the Tang army sent people to summon them, but they all replied.

Li Mi regarded Luoyang as his own forbidden body, and he didn't want Li Tang to come and intervene, so he immediately sent an army to fight with the Tang army, but Li Mi didn't want to fight to the death with Li Tang, so he let Luoyang take advantage of the fisherman in vain, and after a little contact with Li Tang's army, he withdrew after showing off his might.

When Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin saw that this plane annoyed Li Mi, they did not dare to act rashly, and the three forces confronted each other relatively calmly for several months.

On April 30, Li Yuan's 800 li was rushed to lead the army back to Guanzhong, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were at this time because the army came out of Guandong for a long time, but they were worried in vain, and after seeing the 800 li expedited, they were secretly relieved, and they were always able to withdraw the army back to Chang'an openly.

Li Shimin said: "When the city sees the plane army retreating, it will definitely chase after it." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded in agreement, so he pretended to withdraw the army, but set up three ambushes in the Mausoleum of the Three Kings to wait for the pursuers; Duan Da really brought more than 10,000 people to chase after him, but he was ambushed and lost. Li Shimin pursued the defeated army until the eastern capital and killed more than 4,000 people.

So Li Jiancheng set up the two counties of Xin'an and Yiyang, and sent Shi Wanbao and Sheng Yanshi, the commanders of the march, to guard Yiyang, and Lu Shaozong and Ren Tongjun to guard Xin'an.

On May 13, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin entered Chang'an City, and at the same time, Li Yin also happened to return to Chang'an from another gate.

Although Li Yin's place was farther away from Chang'an than Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, as soon as he received Li Yuan's 800-li expeditious, he immediately handed over the army to Fang Xuanling and others to command, and he rode lightly, so that he would arrive in Chang'an at the same time as Li Jiancheng and them.

Li Jiancheng, Li Yin, and Li Shimin went to Taiji Palace to meet Li Yuan together, and after the father and son told each other about parting, Li Yuan sighed: "It seems that it is not time to plot against the Central Plains!" ”

Li Yuan immediately looked at Li Yin, "If my father had listened to you, he wouldn't have wasted time in the Central Plains in vain!" ”

Li Yin hurriedly said humbly: "At that time, I wasn't sure that my opinion was right, the eldest brother and the third brother went out of Tongguan, although they did not obtain Luoyang, but they also shocked the world's heroes and greatly promoted the prestige of my Li Tang, and it was not in vain." ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he nodded with a little relief, and Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, who were originally a little embarrassed, also looked a little better.

Li Shimin looked at Li Yuan with fiery eyes at this time, "Father, you are in such a hurry to summon our brother back, but ...... But it's time to replace Sui? ”

Li Yuan also couldn't hide his excitement for a while, "Yes, my Li family is finally going to stand on behalf of Sui!" ”

Since the news of Yang Guang's murder reached Chang'an, the counties under the control of the Li family have frequently had auspicious appearances, manna descending, Dou Jiming, the river out of Dabei, the river out of Matu, and Luo out of the turtle book......

These so-called auspicious rui were naturally made by officials from all over the country, and Li Yuan didn't ask people to get them, but officials from all over the country "heard the strings and knew the elegant meaning", and they knew how to behave at this time, which led to the phenomenon of frequent auspicious rui.

Everyone said to each other at this time, this is God to let the sage replace Sui, so that many auspicious people will come down to convey the meaning to the world, and it is self-evident who the sage is. So people from all over the country wrote one after another, asking Li Yuan, the king of Tang, to succeed to the emperor's throne, and Li Yuan laughed and resigned.

On the thirteenth, hundreds of officials gathered in Taiji Palace and asked Li Yuan to succeed him again.

On the same day, Emperor Yang Qi of Sui, accompanied by hundreds of officials, once again asked Li Yuan to follow the will of heaven, follow his heart, and ascend the throne as emperor.

On May 14th, the hundred phoenixes roared, the dragon chanted in the wild, Emperor Yang Qi of Sui ascended the platform to Li Yuan to hold a Zen ceremonies, the Zen Emperor gave the throne to Li Yuan, and let the criminal department Shangshu Xiao Zao, Sinong Shaoqing Pei Zhiyin give the jade seal to Li Yin, and then moved out of the palace and lived in the Dai Mansion.

On May 20, Li Yuan was the emperor in the Taiji Palace, and sent Xiao Zao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to worship the heavens in the southern suburbs, amnesty the world, and change the year name to Wude, this year is called the first year of Wude, with the hereditary title of the Li family "Tang" as the country name, this later generation will be powerful in the sea, and the Tang Dynasty, which has been famous for thousands of years, will officially stand on behalf of Sui!

"Long live Datang! Datang is mighty! On this day, countless people of the Tang Dynasty took to the streets, cheering loudly from the bottom of their hearts, celebrating the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and a new era has slowly begun......