Chapter 66: Li Yuan
After a busy night last night, Ye Wen and Lin Xiaomei can finally sleep with peace of mind, because Ye Wen has no parents, and Lin Xiaomei doesn't have to get up early to meet her in-laws, so she follows Ye Wen'an to sleep peacefully. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After resting for a day, Ye Wen received a summons from Li Er, asking him to bring the camera and go to the palace to take pictures of Li Er.
Since the Shangsi Festival, many people know Ye Wen's magical camera, and there is no harm in looking at the photo, so I also hope that Ye Wen will help him take a photo.
A few days ago, Ye Wen refused many requests from him to take pictures of them on the grounds of preparing for the wedding.
But after the wedding, Ye Wen was going to go to Cheng Chumo to help them take a few photos, because they also helped themselves a lot during the wedding, and Ye Wen also had to express it, but he didn't expect Li Er to summon him first, and Ye Wen couldn't refuse, so he went to the palace first, and then helped Cheng Chumo take a photo of them.
Ye Wen was led to a large hall in the palace and saw that Li Er and Empress Eldest Sun were both present.
"Meet Your Majesty and the Empress." Ye Wen stepped forward to greet Dao.
"What is the reason for Ye Aiqing's so-called photography? Someone told me about ghosts and gods before. Li Er picked up a photo that Ye Wen had taken of Princess Runan before, looked at it and asked.
Ye Wen was also frightened when he heard it, someone actually made a fuss about the photo, fortunately, Li Er didn't believe in the ghosts and gods in the early stage, otherwise it would be one thing if Ye Wen could stand here and explain. Ye Wen had no choice but to simply repeat the principle of the camera to Li Er and Empress Changsun, as long as they understood a little bit.
"Well, this Gewu is so powerful, the people in Ye Aiqing's family are all strange people! I don't know how many layers Ye Aiqing has learned? Empress Eldest Sun asked in surprise after hearing this.
"Your Royal Highness the Queen, Weichen has only learned a little bit of fur, and it's okay to use things in the family, but it will be difficult to make them." Of course, Ye Wen will not make trouble for himself.
Li Er and Empress Changsun were a little disappointed when they heard this, but they couldn't force anything, and then they began to ask Ye Wen to help them take pictures.
Although Ye Wen is not a professional photographer, he has also explored some skills, and he can be regarded as presentable. After taking a few photos of Li Er and Empress Changsun, Li Er and Empress Changsun felt a little confused, I heard Princess Runan say that the photo came out at that time, why hasn't a photo come out until now.
"Ye Aiqing, why didn't any photos come out? Could it be that something has changed? In the end, Li Er asked himself doubts, worried that Ye Wen would not be able to take the photo.
Ye Wen had no choice but to explain: "Your Majesty, the quality of the photos that came out on the spot is not very good, and the photos are still so small, if Weichen goes back to wash them, he can wash out the photos of very good quality and large ones." β
Li Er and Empress Changsun listened to it, and understood a little bit, this photo that is clearer than looking in the mirror actually has a clearer photo.
Because Li Er and Empress Changsun couldn't pose, Ye Wen asked them to change their clothes and take photos again, so as not to take out these photos too monotonous, and they felt that it made sense when they heard it, so they went back to the palace to change their clothes.
Ye Wen also felt secretly happy when he saw them listen to his words and go back to change their clothes, and thought: There is no one who can make Li Er and Empress Changsun so obedient, I hope they will not use this to trouble me in the future.
After Li Er and Empress Changsun finished changing their clothes, they saw that they were dressed quite gorgeously, and they even wore clothes that were only worn on big occasions.
Ye Wen took a few more photos, and finally the eldest grandson queen let people bring Princess Jinyang, Princess Jinyang is only a little over a year old now, she looks very cute, according to the historical records of Princess Jinyang, it can be seen that she is a very pitiful little girl, but unfortunately she died early at the age of twelve.
Ye Wen took a few photos of Princess Jinyang, Empress Changsun took a few more photos with her, and finally Li Er and the three of them took a few more photos together.
In the end, Li Er called a few princes and princesses, and Ye Wen took a few family photos for them.
After finally finishing the photo, Ye Wen was about to call it a day and say goodbye and go back.
The careful Empress Changsun thought that Li Yuan hadn't taken pictures yet, and she couldn't call him over to take pictures, so she had to take Ye Wen to Li Yuan, originally Empress Changsun was pregnant and shouldn't take Ye Wen there, but Empress Changsun was worried that Ye Wen's temper would provoke Li Yuan, so she just had to take Ye Wen to meet Li Yuan in person.
Empress Changsun sat in a walk, while Ye Wen followed behind, thinking that she would never come to the palace to take pictures again in the future, she was too tired.
Finally came to a palace, Empress Changsun went in first, and waited for a while before letting Ye Wen come in, and after Ye Wen entered, he saw Li Yuan sitting on the top.
For Li Yuan, at first Ye Wen only knew that he was the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and after looking at history, history wrote Li Yuan very mediocre, how mediocre is it?
Let's take a look at what the "Book of the Two Tang Dynasty" records about Li Yuan: At the beginning, Li Shimin kept persuading Li Yuan to raise troops, but Li Yuan was very angry and ordered Li Shimin to be arrested and locked in a dungeon, waiting for the fate of Emperor Yang of Sui. Li Shimin was in a hurry and wise, and asked people to send Li Yuan two stunning beauties. Li Yuan saw that there were two beauties in his house, how could he take care of anything else, the Spring Festival was worth a thousand gold. I don't know how many days passed before my subordinates saw Li Yuan again. At this time, someone told Li Yuan that those two beauties were the little wives of Emperor Yang of Sui, and you were done playing! Li Yuan had no choice but to rebel.
At the beginning, after Li Yuan raised his army, the army marched into Guanzhong, encountered stubborn resistance from the Sui generals, the sky rained, the troops could not move forward, Li Yuan was at a loss, in addition to complaining that Li Shimin instigated him to rebel, but also decided to withdraw the troops back to Taiyuan. Li Shimin admonished hard, and knelt and cried outside the tent all night, desperately blocking him, Li Yuan promised not to withdraw his troops and continued to move forward. Li Shimin worked hard, and in the end, even the heavenly immortals came down to help, and finally captured Chang'an.
Originally......
There are many, many examples of this, in short, Li Yuan is very mediocre. The entire process of building the Tang Dynasty was planned and commanded by Li Shimin, who had nothing to do with his father and brother, he was hard-working, and was finally persecuted by them.
But is Li Yuan a mediocre person? Obviously not, Li Yuan is very good at taoguang and obscurity, and is well versed in Taoist thought.
As the northern barrier of Chang'an, Luoyang, and the east and west capitals, Taiyuan is not only responsible for resisting the invasion of the Turks, but also produces good horses, and is the most important pasture in the country, which can be said to be where the elite cavalry of the country is located.
Emperor Yang of Sui knew that this position was too important to appoint a random person. In the end, because Li Yuan could pretend, Emperor Yang of Sui was very relieved to let him go to Taiyuan.
Li Yuan was in a military stronghold and was responsible for defending against the Turks. Every time the Turks came and the wolf smoke was ignited, Li Yuan, who usually enjoyed wine and wealth, came to the spirit and immediately led the troops out of battle. In front of the officers and soldiers of the whole army, a bow was bent and shot in succession, shooting all the Turkic forwards off their horses, and the morale of the Sui army was greatly boosted, and every time they forced the Turks to return with a feather, they could not take advantage. Soon he took the military and political power of Hedong into his own hands.
The world was in turmoil, and many people persuaded Li Yuan to rebel, but Li Yuan did not rebel, but made friends with many businessmen, among which Wu Zetian's father was strong with Li Yuan at that time. Li Yuan relied on the support of wealthy businessmen, recruited troops, and even gave his two sons a lot of money, so that they could make friends everywhere, as long as they had some ability, they spared no expense and tried to recruit them as much as possible.
And Li Yuan is very tolerant, he has not been in a hurry to do it, and only those who can endure can become great things. Li Yuan did it!
When the time came, Li Yuan was ready to make a move, and he showed a better vision than other forces, and sent troops directly at Guanzhong, the seat of the central power of the Sui Dynasty. It can be said that he grasped the main contradiction of things, so he succeeded. At that time, Dou Jiande and the Jiangnan rebel forces were busy establishing their own regimes and claiming hegemony; The Wagang army was busy fighting to the death with the Sui army in Luoyang.
Although their strength far surpassed Li Yuan, it was a pity that they didn't grasp the key point.
Li Yuan was happy to watch these people continue to entangle with the Sui army, for which he also wrote an extremely humble letter to Li Mi, in which he highly praised Li Mi's wisdom and martial arts, saying: You are the mainstay of the rebellion against the Sui Dynasty, and you are the boss of our people, and we will all follow Boss Li in the future. In order to show my sincerity, I am willing to help you capture Xijing Chang'an and send it to you...... Li Mi was so embarrassed to say that he felt that he was already the first person in the world, and he fought even harder with the Sui army. Li Yuan successfully attacked Chang'an and gained a firm foothold.
A typical fisherman's profit! Those people didn't realize Li Yuan's old plan until they died.
However, it is a pity that Li Yuan has a weakness, that is, he attaches too much importance to feelings, which can be seen from his handling of the contradiction between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. It was precisely because of this that he ended up in the end.
Once, when Li Yuan lost his defense against the Turks, Emperor Yang of Sui was furious and sent someone to tie him up to Jiangdu and cut off his head. It stands to reason that Taiyuan is already Li Yuan's territory, and if he wants to resist, those so-called envoys are not enough at all. However, Li Yuan honestly let people tie up, and he didn't want to resist at all. Li Shimin was anxious and persuaded him to kill the messenger and immediately raise troops to rebel. But Li Yuan shook his head and said, "Your brother is still in the hands of others, and now raising troops is not harming your brother!" β
Fortunately, in the end, Emperor Yang of Sui did not kill him, and let him continue to serve as a guard to defend against the Turks.
It can be seen from here that Li Yuan is not as ruthless as Liu Bang, Liu Bang threw his children out of the car without thinking about it in order to run away, and Li Yuan would rather die by himself than save his son's life, the difference in the personalities of the two people is so huge, resulting in different endings between the two. The founding emperors were very ruthless, they could do whatever it took to achieve their goals, and anyone but themselves could be sacrificed! At this point, Li Yuan is not as good as his son Li Shimin.
Li Yuan is very good at dealing with family conflicts, especially those involving the throne.
He takes care of the affection of flesh and blood, but he doesn't know that there is no flesh and blood affection in the royal family, there is only one emperor, there is only one emperor, and the others are all courtiers, even if your uncle and uncle have to salute when they see it. Li Yuan is a good father, but when dealing with the issue of the prince, history does not need a good father!
Li Yuan tried his best to maintain Li Jiancheng's status as the prince, but he couldn't bear to depose Li Shimin, who had worked so hard. He continued to reward Li Shimin with officials, and finally came up with a bad idea to divide the world into two and let Li Shimin take charge of the east. Is this acceptable to both parties? Here, we don't see any shrewdness on the part of Li Yuan, only an old father struggling to make up for the relationship between his sons, and he only hopes for family harmony.
It's a pity that the sons are young and vigorous, where do they understand the preciousness of the love between father and son, and the two sides recruit troops and sharpen their knives. Before Li Yuan could make a decision, his sons had already decided the winner on their own. In the end, he was forced to hand over power, take a back seat, and become the free-spirited emperor.
Faced with the huge pain of losing his child, Li Yuan reluctantly accepted the reality. Maybe in the dead of night, he can't help but burst into tears, thinking of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and regretting it alone.
As for Li Shimin, although he succeeded in the end, he was somewhat resentful of his father's favoritism towards his eldest brother, and more importantly, he ascended to the throne by launching a coup d'Γ©tat, and he had to prove the legitimacy of his actions.
Beginning with Li Shimin, the revision of history has become an official matter, and private individuals are not allowed to edit and revise history books without permission. Li Shimin tirelessly asked his subordinates to write history books, and the twenty-four official histories, one-third of which were repaired by the Tang Dynasty! It seems that Li Shimin is also addicted to repair!
I don't know if Li Yuan knew that he was actually portrayed like this by his son. Even if you know, you have nothing to do, except for a few complaints in your heart, you can only pretend to be confused!
It's rare to be confused in life, and sometimes it's not a kind of happiness to be confused!
In addition, Li Shimin is too outstanding, so outstanding that he completely overshadows the light of his father Li Yuan, and Li Yuan's mediocrity has gradually become a conclusive conclusion, and future generations are too lazy to investigate whether this conclusion is accurate.
Historically, but from Li Yuan's mausoleum, we can still see the clues, Li Shimin's Zhaoling is a majestic mountain, and for his father, he just piled up a bun of dirt, and there is a world of difference in scale! Looking at the magnificent Zhaoling, which seems to be connected to the sky, few people know that there is a burial mound not far from here, where an emperor is also buried, he is the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuan's dedication mausoleum has always been left out in the cold, lonely in the corner of history.
History is like this, who is true and who is false, how many people can say clearly!