Wang Shichong is a person who loves to toss, he didn't dare to toss before, what Li Mi just stood by and watched, now that Li Mi is gone, the entire Central Plains is my world, Wang Shichong, who has been suppressed by Li Mi for a long time, decided to toss it and make up for what has not been tossed these days. First of all, Wang Shichong gave himself the title of official, Taiwei, Shang Shuling, King Zheng, and Xiangguo Zong Baihua (in charge of power, overthrowing the emperor).

China's thousands of years of tradition, never think of their own officials, become a county governor, think of the governor, become the governor of the province want to be the prime minister, become the prime minister think of the emperor, become the emperor, it should be the end, want to rise again nowhere to be promoted, but the Chinese are smart, since ancient times, our position does not change can work on the literal, so there is a large list of long honorific titles specially given to the emperor, what "filial piety", "Ming", "virtue", "God" and other words are used repeatedly.

For thousands of years, the emperor did not tire of it, and the officials did not get tired of ≈≈≈it, ≠.≌ns↙b.∧m. The emperor got the honorific title, he was proud, thinking that he was really "wise and martial", and compared himself with the Qin Emperor and Han Wu in his heart, it seemed that he was similar to them, if he was looking for something worse than them, he really couldn't find it; The ministers did not suffer a loss when they got the honorific title, and the emperor was happy and made a very generous move, maybe he could solve the food ration problem for several years at one time, so why not do it? Anyway, it's just a few words, an edict, and no one wants to call this needle.

Looking at Yang Tong sitting on the Jinluan Palace, Wang Shichong was very angry, if it weren't for me, you would be able to be the emperor so peacefully, a little kid, his teeth haven't grown yet, and he will point fingers at my head.

In fact, since the last turmoil, Yang Tong has become very honest. He has completely despaired of this country, and he no longer dreams of the lord of Zhongxing. Yes. Failure can be sobering.

After waking up, Yang Tong once again looked at the land of China and rethought. The country is coming to an end, he admits that he can't change anything alone, he looks at the world with a softer eye, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, the important thing is to let the people live in peace and contentment, so that the people can live with more dignity. However, in his heart, he decided that Wang Shichong would never be such a person.

However, Wang Shichong doesn't think so, since defeating Li Mi. Wang Shichong didn't want to push Yang Tong down all the time and become the emperor himself, he thought that he would do better than Yang Tong, and he believed that he would become a good emperor. Wang Shichong is very confident, and his self-confidence comes from his victory over Li Mi, who seems impossible to defeat.

The victory made Wang Shichong excited, hot-headed, and slow-thinking. This is where I said that Wang Shichong and Li Mi are very similar. Victory makes them lose themselves and make a correct judgment about themselves and their surroundings.

After defeating Li Mi, whether in the military, in politics, or in life. Wang Shichong has reached the peak; Since then, Wang Shichong, who is not very wise, began to come to an end, and his end was already doomed from the moment he wanted to be the emperor.

The dog wants to wander the world like a wolf, and his end can be imagined. Its mistake is not that it is a dog. The mistake is that it wants to wander the world and treat it as a career. The relationship between Wang Shichong and Yang Tong is not very good, to be precise, it is terrible. Wang Shichong was afraid that Yang Dong would kill him, so he went to Yang Dong to eat. I'm afraid that it will be poisonous, so I will spit it out secretly after eating. At the same time, Yang Tong was also afraid that Wang Shichong would kill him. Although it is amiable on the surface, it is surging in secret. In the second year of Wude (619), Wang Shichong couldn't help it, waiting for Yang Tong to take the initiative to give up the throne to himself

It's impossible, if you want it, you can fight for it, Wang Shichong understands this sentence. Wang Shichong sent Duan Da and others to explore Yang Dong's tone, which probably meant to say to Yang Tong, it doesn't mean anything for you to be the emperor, and now King Zheng (Wang Shichong) has great merit, ability, and courage, so you can learn from Xueyao and Shun to give up the throne to King Zheng. …

After listening to Duan Da's fart-like words, Yang Tong was furious: "The world is the world of Gaozu (Yang Jian), what are you, dare to say such things, what is Wang Shichong, dare to grab the throne." Aren't you all former ministers of the first emperor? He bullied me like that. ”

Wang Shichong saw that this kid was so backbone, more horizontal than himself, and knew that it was not so easy to get it, so he fooled Yang Tong again: "Now that the world is in chaos, the country needs an older monarch to quell cholera, and when the world is peaceful, I will return the throne to you." "Who are you fooling?

Although Yang Tong is a child, he is not so easy to deceive, he just doesn't agree, this time Wang Shichong is in a hurry, Luoyang City is in my hands, Li Mi is gone to the Central Plains, I am the boss, you are still a cow, and I am a cow, ordered Yang Tong to be locked up, Wang Shichong looked at Yang Tong's back in the distance, and said disdainfully: "I really treat myself as a dish, I will still be the emperor without you." ”

The rest of the things are similar to Li Yuan, the ministers repeatedly asked Wang Shi to act as the emperor, Wang Shichong didn't do it for the first time, and didn't do it for the second time, deducing that he had no virtue, no talent, no appearance, no power, no power, no one, but he was more anxious than anyone else, and he reluctantly agreed to it for the third time, but Yang Tong didn't know these things. In April of the second year of Wude, Wang Shichong was proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, built Zheng State, and in the year of civilization, his son Wang Xuanying was the crown prince, and nineteen people from the Wang surname clan were crowned kings.

Wang Shichong fulfilled his promise that I would still be the emperor without you. For Yang Tong, Wang Shichong is quite kind, and gave him the title of Duke of Luguo, at least Wang Shichong has no plan to kill Yang Dong until something happens. In May of this year, Pei Renji, Yuwen Rutong, Pei Xingyan and others conspired to rebel against Wang Shichong, intending to restore Yang Tong as emperor.

After this incident, Wang Shichong became suspicious of Yang Tong, thinking that Yang Tong's life was a scourge, and sooner or later someone would rebel under the banner of Yang Dong, so he decided to get rid of Yang Dong. Wang Shichong ordered his nephew Wang Renze, a domestic slave Liang Bainian, to poison Yang Tong with poisonous wine.

Yang Tong asked to say goodbye to his mother, but was refused, and ordered someone to set up an incense table and salute the Buddha. Before he died, Yang Tong said the words that have been passed down through the ages, "May I not be born in the emperor's house for the rest of my life."

Wang Shichong became the emperor as he wished, and after he ascended the throne of this longing and twilight, he found that the emperor was not so easy to do, but his goal was to be a good emperor. It's even harder.

It is not only necessary to go to the court on time to listen to the officials' performances, but also to make up their minds. Wang Shichong has a problem, he is so grinding. There is a fight with the current menopausal women, he always says a lot of things when he explains things, things that can be solved in one sentence, he just says a lot of things, and most of them have nothing to do with the matter itself, verbose, nonsense, the guards want to doze off when they listen to it, I think his purpose should be to fool the officials who do the work.

Wang Shichong himself is nothing. was complacent in his heart, thinking that he was very approachable and his ability to do things was very strong, which strengthened his confidence in being a good emperor.

The ministers can't stand it, and it's understandable, if you have such a leader who has been on the table all day long, and it's not on the point, you can't stand it, and he won't fire you. You all want to fry him.

Once when he explained the matter, he said a lot of inconsequential things, and a prosecutor named Su Liang couldn't bear it anymore and said to Wang Shichong: "Your Majesty." Why are you so wordy, just say the conclusion, where is there so much irrelevant nonsense. ”

That's a very polite remark. It didn't give Wang Shichong face, but after Wang Shichong listened. nodded: "This is my old problem, and it has something to do with my personality." "Su Liang was not punished for this incident. did not discourage Wang Shichong's enthusiasm for governance, he still has his own set of his own to complete his so-called ideals. …

Wang Shichong often rode a horse and walked on the street, with only a few guards, and the people did not have to avoid seeing it, as long as they got out of the way, Wang Shichong thought that this would reflect his approachability.

He took the reins in his hand, slowly moved forward, and said to the citizens on both sides: "The previous emperors all lived in the palace, you can't see it, and he doesn't know the things in the world, now I, Wang Shichong, am not coveting the position of the emperor, but I want you to live a good life, I am like a mayor, personally handle daily affairs, and I am so close to you, just to hear the voice of the masses and discuss current affairs together. ”

This should be called the seventh century of the ruling for the people, but Wang Shichong did not last long, at the beginning of the oppressed people for a long time did not dare to believe that there would be such a thing, and then the number of people who put forward opinions gradually increased, and things gradually increased, who lost a chicken also came to Wang Shichong, the emperor has to call the shots for me, these things Wang Shichong can't deal with it at all, so he simply doesn't go out of the palace.

Wang Shichong was originally polite to the people and invited a good reputation, who knew that the people were so real, endless things for a day, these things wasted the time that Wang Shichong could have had fun.

It's really tiring to be an emperor, it's too worthless to be an emperor like this, Wang Shichong, who has come back to his senses, feels that the emperor can't do this, hey, fuck off the ideal, what a good emperor, it's all bullshit, I'm tired to death, while my body is okay, I'll marry a few more concubines.

Wang Shichong doesn't understand, the ideal is insisting. Wang Shichong is stingy, suspicious, stingy, and abrasive, without a long-term strategic vision and plan, and cannot treat the generals with sincerity, and many generals look down on him. In a battle with the Tang army, his generals Qin Shubao, Cheng Yanjin and others surrendered to the Tang Dynasty before the battle.

Later, there were more generals and governors who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, one after another every day and every month, Wang Shichong felt that if this continued, the Tang Dynasty would not come to fight him, and his group of white-eyed wolves would have to run away sooner or later, hey, you can't blame me, who let you betray me first? So Wang Shichong decided to take measures.

Wang Shichong formulated a strict punishment law: if one person escapes, the whole family will be beheaded, encourage fathers and sons, brothers, and husbands and wives to tell each other, allow the informant to avoid death, and order five families to be a joint guarantee, one family to flee, and the other four families are all beheaded.

Wang Shichong ordered all the generals and foreign governors to leave their families in Luoyang, put them under house arrest, and serve as hostages, Wang Shichong arrested their families and locked them up in the palace if they suspected anyone, and this number has been maintained at more than 10,000 people, because the food supply is not available, and people often starve to death. More and more people were killed by Wang Shichong, and the generals and people were panicked, and more and more people fled.

The result of the matter was very different from Wang Shichong's original intention, which he did not expect, and in his loneliness, Wang Shichong was forced to start thinking, why is this? He couldn't get an answer for a long time, he attributed this qiē to the Mandate of Heaven, in fact, what does this have to do with God, the problem lies with himself. When encountering problems, not reflecting on oneself is often accompanied by failure.

The battle between Li Yuan and Wang Shichong, Tang and Zheng was inevitable. After becoming emperor, Li Yuan sent his cousin Huai'an Li Shentong and others to pass through Shandong (east of Taihang Mountain). Later, he sent Wei Zheng, who surrendered with Li Mi, to recruit Xu Shichang to surrender for his future. Attack Wang Shichong and unify the whole country to lay the foundation.

killed Li Mi, eliminated Liu Wuzhou, and then Wang Shichong, what Li Yuan didn't expect, Wang Shichong was very interesting, and he didn't forget to pull a cushion when he died, so Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, also waded into this troubled water, and was cleaned up by Li Shimin by the way. In July of the third year of Wude, Li Yuan pointed his sword at Wang Shichong, and the commander was still Li Shimin. …

This will be the most important battle in Li Shimin's life. A war settled two powerful princes. This will be the most exciting competition at the end of the Sui Dynasty, with contestants Li Shimin and Wang Shichong all familiar to us, and another heavyweight contestant, Dou Jiande

, we are very unfamiliar, so before the game, let's introduce Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande (about the process of Dou Jiande's uprising, I have already written about it before, so I won't write much here) Dou Jiande took the lead in every battle, not shouting "Brothers rush forward" at the back of the team. Instead, he ran in front and shouted "Brothers follow me", so the soldiers were willing to follow Dou Jiande to fight.

Although he is a leader, Dou Jiande has never put on an official show. He shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and what the soldiers ate, he also ate. If he wanted to eat meat, he had to find a way to make it available to his soldiers. Each time the captured items are distributed to the subordinates. I don't want anything myself, such a leader, everyone is very supportive.

In the rebel army, Dou Jiande was not the boss, he couldn't stay at home, he defected to Gao Shida, Gao Shida knew that his ability, talent, strategy, and prestige were not as good as Dou Jiande, so he handed over all the troops to Dou Jiande's command.

At first, there was no big deal, there was time to fight the county seat, rob guns, of course, Dou Jiande's targets were mostly those bullies, landlords, and corrupt officials, because these people had money and food, and gradually there was a climate, and the Sui Dynasty's eyes looked at Dou Jiande.

In the twelfth year of the Great Cause (616), the army of the Sui Dynasty attacked Gao Shida under the leadership of Guo Xuan, the deputy county magistrate of Zhuo County.

Dou Jiande knew that the troops of the Sui Dynasty were all elite troops, and if they were tough, they might not be able to pick up the cheap, so he claimed that he had a falling out with Gao Shida and wanted to surrender to Guo Xuan, and Gao Shida also found a captive woman, claiming that Dou Jiande's wife killed him in public.

Hearing such news, Guo Xuan believed that Dou Jiande and Gao Shida really fell out, he didn't know that this was a scene performed by Dou Jiande and Gao Shida, and he was the only one in the audience, and he was the only one who was kept in the dark.

Guo Xuan used Dou Jiande as the vanguard to attack Gao Shida, and did not take any precautions, Dou Jiande took advantage of his inattention, suddenly launched an attack on Guo Xuan's troops, killed thousands of prisoners, and cut off Guo Xuan's head to present to Gao Shida.

Later, Gao Shida gradually became suspicious of Dou Jiande, and regained Dou Jiande's military power, and the Sui Dynasty general Yang Yichen commanded the army to Gaojibo to sweep, Gaojibo is the base camp of Gao Shida and Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande said to Gao Shida Jianyì: "Among the generals of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Yichen is the most capable of fighting, we will definitely fail in the confrontation with him, it is better to hide first, let him want to fight, but he can't find anyone to fight him, and wait until his morale is exhausted and the soldiers are tired, then we will attack again, and we will definitely be able to win a big victory." Gao Shida did not listen, and insisted on sending troops to resist Yang Yichen and fought in Pingyuan County.

As a result, Gao Shida was beheaded before the war, and the army collapsed immediately, Yang Yichen did not look at Dou Jiande's strength because he was weak, and led the troops, so Dou Jiande had a chance to breathe.

Dou Jiande returned to Pingyuan County, collected the remnants of Gao Shida's defeated generals, held a grand funeral for Gao Shida, held a memorial meeting, Dou Jiande led the soldiers to fight a few small victories, and the morale of the army was reinvigorated, since then Dou Jiande has become the leader of this righteous army, and at the same time the boss of this gang.

In the past, the underworld attacked the city and plundered the land, entered the county, first killed the government officials, and the captured government officials and their children were all killed, only Dou Jiande treated them politely and did not kill, so many people heard the good name of Dou Jiande's benevolent and righteous teacher, and many Sui Dynasty government officials sacrificed the city and surrendered to Dou Jiande, and Dou Jiande's strength increased step by step, dominating Hebei. …

In the first month of the first year of Yining (617), Dou Jiande proclaimed himself the king of Changle, and used the Ding Chou year to set up civil and military officials and divide the counties.

Previously, Dou Jiande went all the way very smoothly, Guo Xuan's level was average, his ability was limited, and he didn't stand the fight, Yang Yichen, who had the talent of a general, didn't like to take care of him, but there was a test waiting for him not far ahead, only by withstanding this test and overcoming the difficulties he faced, he had the qualifications to compete with the best people of that era in the world.

Dou Jiande, don't be afraid, even if the final victory does not necessarily belong to you, to be able to stand on this stage, you are the winner, applause, shouts, and the audience's expressions of encouragement and envy all belong to you.

Because you were originally just a farmer, ordinary, ordinary, and simple, but now you are standing on the cusp of the world, making everyone surprised and applauded you.

Failure is not terrible, nor is it sad; The terrible thing is not to try, and the sad thing is not to experience.

In July of this year, Xue Shixiong, a general of the Sui Dynasty, led 30,000 troops to attack Dou Jiande, and Xue Shixiong was a rare famous general at that time.

Dou Jiande pretended to be very scared, and as soon as he heard that Xue Shixiong was coming to beat him, he hurriedly packed up his things and led the troops to run.

Xue Shixiong had long heard that Dou Jiande was brave and good at fighting, and thought that he needed to fight hard this time, but now he looks at it, Dou Jiande is just like this, just a false name, no matter how good he is, there is no cow or my cow, as soon as he hears my name, he will slip away, "Hey, there are fewer people who are really capable now, and most of them use false names to mix rice and eat", Xue Shixiong said to himself helplessly, and his tone was mixed with the loneliness of the lack of opponents. Xue Shixiong, you don't have to be lonely, your opponent will soon show his true face. (Want to know more exciting news about "Those Things in the Tang Dynasty"?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "Qidinzngenng", follow the official account, and never miss every update again! (To be continued......)