Dou Jiande was originally allied with Wang Shichong, but after hearing that Wang Shichong established himself as the emperor, he immediately severed relations with Wang Shichong and began to set up a banner used by the Son of Heaven. 23us．

Dou Jiande pursued Yang Guang as Emperor Min of Sui. When Yang Wang, the king of Sui Qi, died, there was a posthumous son named Yang Zhengdao, and Dou Jiande also made him the Duke of Yun, which was highly respected.

In the Turkic Kehedun Princess Yicheng sent people to welcome the Empress Sui Xiao and the Nanyang Princess to the Turks, Dou Jiande sent more than 1,000 cavalry to escort them, and dedicated the head of Yu Wenhua and the title to Princess Yicheng.

Wang Shichong ascended the throne as the emperor, in order to establish a good image of himself, in front of the palace gate under the tower and Xuanwu Gate and several other places have set up a bed, there is no fixed place to sit, personally accept the chapter on the table, sometimes light riding through the downtown area, do not need to clear the road to make the people avoid, the people only need to get out of the way, the people do it very well.

Wang Shichong reined in the reins of his horse and walked slowly, and said loudly to the people on the street: "In the past, the Son of Heaven lived in many palaces, and the people's feelings could not be heard by the emperor. Now I am not coveting the emperor's throne, but I just want to save the real danger, just like the governor of a state, I personally inquire about government affairs, and I want to discuss the government affairs with the officials and the people, but I am afraid that the palace gate will be restricted, so I will now set up a seat outside the palace gate to listen to the court, and everyone should tell me all the information you know. ”

So Wang Shichong ordered the court to accept grievances in the west, and the court in the east to accept the outspoken advice. This makes hundreds of people contribute advice to books every day, but it is very troublesome to classify these policy books, and it is difficult to read them all, let alone deal with unjust cases, so after a few days, Wang Shichong will no longer leave the palace and put these things in his mind.

Every time Wang Shichong listened to the court, he gave him advice diligently, but he often repeated his words, which made people confused, and the guards were tired, and the officials of various departments were tired from listening to the instructions for a long time.

Imperial Doctor Su Liang advised: "Your Majesty has too many words and can't get the point, so it's enough to discuss it like this, why bother talking so much?" ”

Wang Shichong was silent for a long time, and he didn't blame Su Liang, but he was this kind of temperament, and he couldn't get rid of this problem in the end.

On 17 May, Li Yuan assessed the merits of his ministers, with Li Gang and Sun Fujia as the first, and Li Yuan then held a grand banquet to commend the two of them.

Li Yuan took this opportunity to say to Pei Lin and others: "The Sui Dynasty lost the world because of the arrogance of the monarch and the flattery of the courtiers. I regard you as a beloved son, and you should regard me as a loving father, and you must speak freely and do not bury your thoughts in your heart. ”

After hearing this, the ministers claimed that it was, so Li Yuan ordered to dispense with the courtesies between the monarch and the ministers, and let everyone have fun. Of course, if anyone really thinks that he can regard Li Yuan as a loving father, then his little life is a little hanging.

The law of officialdom has always been that the monarch can show closeness to his subordinates, but the courtiers cannot get carried away and take the initiative to get close to the monarch, which is an eternal principle.

Chang'an, the palace of the king of Jin.

Li Yin was soaking in the bath at this time, leaning on the edge of the bath, her eyes closed, and a delicate maid was massaging Li Yin's head with her jade hands.

After coming back from Pingding Hexi, Li Yin didn't have anything important to do, so he often looked for something to do that could make him relax. Soak in the bath, let a little maid massage herself, and put a pot of wine and some food next to it, and live a good life.

"King Jin, there is an urgent report from the state!" Outside the house where the bath was located, Fu Ying's voice suddenly sounded.

Li Yin opened his eyes, unhurriedly put on his clothes under the service of the maidservant, and then walked out, Fu Ying hurriedly stepped forward and handed Li Yin a note.

After Li Yin took the note, he hurriedly glanced at the contents on it, and snorted coldly: "A group of wine bags and rice bags, also want to defeat Liu Wuzhou?" ”

It turned out that the content of the note was about Li Zhongwen and Jiang Baoyi, who had set out from Chang'an not long ago to rescue Jinyang, who had now been defeated by Liu Wuzhou and were fleeing south in a hurry.

After Li Zhongwen and Jiang Baoyi led their troops to the Valley of the Birds, they were not allowed to advance, because Liu Wuzhou had already sent his general Huang Ziying to Jinyang at this time, and he had been waiting here for a long time.

After the two armies confronted the Bird Mouse Valley, Liu Wuzhou's general Huang Ziying challenged the Tang army with a small force several times, but as soon as he made contact, he pretended to be defeated and fled.

There is a place in the middle of the Bird Mouse Valley, the terrain is low, and there are big trees and rocks to block the line of sight, which is very suitable for ambushing soldiers and horses.

Liu Wuzhou's general, Huang Ziying, often travels back and forth in this Bird Mouse Valley, so he is very familiar with the terrain here, and he also laid an ambush in that place in advance.

When Jiang Baoyi and Li Zhongwen pursued all the soldiers and horses to the ambush place, Huang Ziying's ambush soldiers suddenly attacked, defeated the Tang army, Jiang Baoyi and Li Zhongwen were both almost captured by the other party, and under the desperate protection of their own soldiers, they fought their way out of a bloody way and fled to Chang'an, but the 30,000 soldiers and horses they brought with them returned with little left.

After Jiang Baoyi and Li Zhongwen returned to Chang'an, Li Yuan did not blame them much, and asked the two to lead the army to attack Liu Wuzhou, but the two of them were already frightened and did not dare to go to Liu Wuzhou to compete again.

Although Jiang Baoyi and Li Zhongwen have been defeated, Li Yuan and other officials still do not pay enough attention to Liu Wuzhou, and may continue to pay some price before they wake up.

In the tenth year of the Great Cause, tens of thousands of mercenaries from Shihu King Liu Miao rebelled, proclaimed himself emperor, and took his son Liu Jizhen as the crown prince, but after King Liu Miao was killed, his son Liu Jizhen escaped.

When Liu Wuzhou was preparing to invade Taiyuan in the south, after many searches, he finally found the fugitive Liu Jizhen and his younger brother Liu Liu'er, and helped them return to Lishi, and regained the support of the Jihu people.

Therefore, after Liu Wuzhou launched a southern invasion at this time, Liu Jizhen called himself Tuli Khan, took his younger brother Liu Liu'er as the king of Tuoding, led the Jihu people to rebel again, and joined forces with Liu Wuzhou's army, captured Shizhou (that is, Lishi County), and killed Wang Jian, the assassin of Shizhou in the Tang Dynasty, and Shizhou was controlled by Liu Wuzhou.