After the guests left, Yang Jian knew about it and called Li Yuantong over, but didn't say anything, just let people serve wine and food, and comforted him.

After this incident, Li Yuantong has been regarded as a cronie since then, and Boss Yang said that he can be entrusted with a big responsibility in the future.

Later, after Yang Jian became the prime minister, he was given the title of Baron Huaichang (now northwest of Xixiang County, Shaanxi), and soon became the governor of Shuaidu, that is, the commander of all the soldiers and horses in Yang's mansion, and entered the viscount of Xin'an County (now Chengguan Town, Xin'an County, Henan) and became a confidant.

This should be a true story that happened in a feudal society, from slaves to generals.

However, this Li Yuantong is indeed a competent guard general, with inexhaustible strength, and quick reactions, his strength is to treat him as a martial artist.

Because he participated in the thwart of the many assassinations of the Yuwen kings, Yang Jian was later very grateful, and in the end, he also let him participate in the handling of political affairs, so he successfully transformed, until the time of Emperor Yang of Sui, he also did a period of military affairs.

Of course, if we want to talk about the assassination before that, it should be related to Yongzhou (Chang'an and its vicinity) Mu, that is, the governor of Yongzhou Province, Bi Assassin Wang Yu Wenxian.

He was the eldest son of Emperor Yu Wenyu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the nephew of the Five Kings.

This Yongzhou Province is the area around the capital Chang'an, so it guards the capital, and Yu Wenxian, the governor, also serves as the commander of the Yongzhou Military Region, which is equivalent to the commander of the Beijing Military Region today, and its importance is self-evident.

Yu Wenxian was in the early years of the elephant and was appointed by Zhou Tianyuan to carry the throne of Shangzhuguo, Yongzhou Mu and Taishi. The appointment itself should be based on a special relationship of trust between him and Zhou Tianyuan.

And he is the eldest son of Yuwen Yu, and Yu Wenyu is the eldest son of Yuwen Tai, the Taizu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (that is, not born to the wife of the right match), which can be said to be the authentic bloodline of the Northern Zhou royal family. It is credible to say that he is worried that the emperor of the Yuwen family will be threatened by the Yang family.

He conspired with the Five Kings to get rid of Yang Jian, but the matter was revealed, Yang Jian killed Yu Wenxian and his three sons, and the matter of the Five Kings participating in the conspiracy was temporarily covered up and was not investigated.

The credibility of this situation lies in the reflection of other facts, for example, he arrested Chen Wangyu Wenchun before the other four kings came to Beijing, but there was no leakage, otherwise these four kings would not have come to the capital.

What's more, Yang Jian killed these five kings one by one in an orderly manner, as if he was doing it step by step.

In June, due to the unsuccessful assassination of Yuwenzhao, Yang Jian killed Yuwenzhao, Yuwensheng and their children.

In October, Yang Jian killed Yu Wenchun.

Until December, he finally killed Yuwenda, Yuwenkui and their children.

If Yang Jian did this, it would definitely be impossible to declare the rebellion of these five kings at one time.

The secret was not to save face for the Yuwen family, but to announce it all at once, and the negative impact was too great.

In addition, the foundation of the regime has just been established, and the stone mortar at the foot of the foundation has not yet hardened, and it is not good to concentrate on killing, which seems too much.

Besides, what he Yang Jian is best at is looking at people, this Yuwen family, except for that Yuwen Chun, it took a little effort, and he knows the skills of the other ones best, and he can't turn over the waves.

The game of cat and mouse also comes one by one, instead of playing all at once, in that case, it is called no play.

The following things are a bit bloody, so let's talk about them briefly.

In the second lunar month of 581 AD, he had become the emperor and created the foundation of the 38-year history of the Great Sui Empire, but for the 289 years of glorious history of the great Tang Dynasty, Yang Jian, who had set up the stage for free, obeyed the internal history supervisor, that is, the governor of the internal history province, Yu Qingze, and exterminated all the royal family of the Yuwen family, leaving no one behind.

The Ministry of Internal History is the decision-making body of the central military state of the Sui Dynasty, and its function is to prepare chapters and make cashiers' edicts. All the national edicts that the emperor wanted to issue were drafted by the Ministry of Internal History. The Ministry of Internal History initially placed one person each in charge of the Internal History Supervisor and the Internal History Order. The Sui Dynasty avoided "Zhong", probably because Yang Jian's father was called Yang Zhong, and changed the Zhongshu Province to the Inner History Province.

At that time, Shangshu's left servant shot and accepted Gao Ying, who was the No. 1 person in the court, and Yu Qingze, the internal history supervisor and secretary of the ministry, was the No. 2 person. He was once a subordinate general of Yue Wang Yu Wensheng, and he was recommended by Gao Ying's appreciation.

Yu Qingze, this person, is a military general who can fight, both civil and military, his surname is Yu, his ancestor is the Helian clan of the Xiongnu Tiefu Department, and his family has been a strong man in the north for generations.

This man can also carry two sheaths, ride left and right to shoot, the arrows are not missing, and he can wear heavy armor into battle. However, he was able to reach such a prominent place in a great way because of his high spirits.

After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Gao Ying and his group of people, from the opening of the Prime Minister's Mansion to the establishment of the new regime in a few months, replaced Liu Fang, Zheng Yi and other people from the imperial system and the internal history system, forming a bureaucratic government group that leaned towards the government and the opposition in the early years of the emperor, among which Gao Ying was the core.

Although the specific details of Yu Qingze's replacement of Zheng Yi as the internal history supervisor are unclear, he was able to quickly rise to become the number two person in the Great Sui Empire's regime because of Gao Ying's promotion.

At the beginning, Gao Gong asked for peace with the Jihu raid on the south, and discussed with Yue Wang Yu Wensheng to find a person with "civil and military skills" to live in Fangshizhou, which is now Lishi District, Luliang City, Shanxi Province.

Because the terrain of the region is dangerous, it is one of the main grain producing areas, and it is important to resist the chaotic border areas.

Yu Qingze was selected, and this was the first time he was appreciated and recommended by Gao Gong.

And he did a great job in office.

Because of its grace and power, Ji Hu did not dare to commit crimes, and the territory was peaceful.

And it also made Jihu admire his heroic benevolence and righteousness, and there were more than 8,000 households who came to surrender.

Gao Gong became the Great Sima and ruled over the three provincial government agencies, and Yu Qing was promoted so quickly because of his ability.

Therefore, this person is not a traitor, he came out of this Jianyi who exterminated the Yuwen family's royal family, Yang Jian was also going to do it, and the big man Li Delin also made Yang Jian change his face because of his opposition to this, and reprimanded him for being a scholar and was not qualified to participate in the discussion of this matter.

Yang Jian will kill the descendants of the Yuwen clan in turn, which is equivalent to extermination:

The sons of Yuwentai, the Taizu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, in addition to Song Gongyu Wenzhen, Qian Wang Yuwenjian, and Ji Gongyu Wentong died earlier, and Wei Wang Yuwenzhi was killed earlier for crimes, Zhao Wangyu Wenzhao, Chen Wangyu Wenchun, Yue Wang Yuwensheng, Dai Wang Yuwenda, and Teng Wang Yuwenkui were all killed by Emperor Wen of Sui, and killed their sons together, leaving no one, and Yuwentai's descendants were almost extinct.

Emperor Min of the Northern Zhou Dynasty's son, Yuwen Kang, had died earlier, and his son Yu Wenxiang had also been killed. The descendants of Emperor Min have been killed.

Emperor Bi Wang Yu Wenxian and Yu Wang Wenzhen of the Ming Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were all killed.

and killed Yuwen Hongwen, Yuwen Gongdao, Yuwen Shuniang, etc., the sons of Yuwen Xian; There are also Yuwen Dewen, the son of Yuwen Zhen, etc. So the descendants of Emperor Ming also died.

Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Han Wang Yuwen Zan, Qin Wang Yu Wenzhen, Cao Wang Yu Wenyun, Dao Wang Yu Wenchong, Cai Wang Yu Wendui, and Jing Wang Yu Wenyuan were all killed.

and killed Yuwen Daodao, Yuwen Daozhi, Yuwen Daoyi, etc., the son of Yuwen Zan; Yuwen Zhen's son, Yuwen Zhongzhong, Yuwen Jingzhi, Yuwen Jingren, etc. Others, which are not mentioned, have no children. As a result, the descendants of Emperor Wu were also killed.

Emperor Jing Zhou, the son of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was later killed by Yang Jian, and his sons Ye Wang Yu Wenyan and Ying Wang Yu Wenshu were only young children, and they could not escape the fate of being killed. The son of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was killed.

In the royal clan: Yu Wenxuan was killed by Chi Yuan, who raised troops to respond to the lieutenant.

There are also Yuwen Qia, Yuwen Chun and Ziyu Wen Daozong, Yuwen Ren, Yuwen Linwu and his son Yuwen Lixian, etc.; Yuwen Zhong and his sons Yuwen Zhonghe and Yuwen Shulun were all killed.

Wei Yu Wenluo was named the Duke of the Kingdom and a guest of the Sui Dynasty because he was a child, but he was also killed soon. As a result, the royal family of the Yuwen family was exterminated.

Yuwen Zhao, a poet of the Yuwen family, has ten volumes of anthologies, which are published and distributed. So far, it seems that only one poem has survived:

Liaodong beacon fire shines on Ganquan, and Jibei Pavilion barrier connects Yanran.

The water freezes the first pu before the festival, and the cold elm is not money.

His poems are indeed sad and generous, which shows that he is not a warlike person, but he was born in that iron-blooded era, and the brush cannot make daggers and knives and guns.

Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, although Zhou Tianyuan is absurd and absurd, he also has two limerick poems, which are sincere and sincere, and accurately and vividly express his true inner world:

Knowing that one's life is urgent,

Put the candle on the night tour.

This gentleman's candle night tour is to seize the time and have fun in time, and the world only sees its worst side, but they don't know that he is the one who understands his situation best.

The so-called weak meat eats the strong, his weak meat, sooner or later he will be eaten by Yang Jian, the strong man, and have fun in time, you can say that he is using the wrong way to escape and even destroy reality, in order to avoid the emergence of that terrible future, but for him, what is the right way?

Canvassing

The internal and external opposition forces that tried to block Yang Jian from moving to the emperor's throne have been basically eliminated, and the so-called historical trend is unstoppable, but what is the trend?

To put it simply, it is the will of the people.

However, the people of ancient times, the real toiling masses, could not express their thoughts.

On the one hand, they are the oppressed class and will not be treated as electors; On the other hand, at that time there was no such thing as public opinion polls, so they were a silent and vast group, but this does not mean that public opinion does not exist, and the peasant uprisings will appear from time to time, which is profoundly proven.

And for those who are engaged in politics, the most important thing to grasp is that what this public opinion is, and how to know it, is actually equally important.

For example, this week Tianyuan, who has only been in power for a little more than a year, has reached such a shameless point that if he is engaged in an election, it is a trivial matter not to vote for him, and it is strange if he is not drowned in the spitting of the people.

The problem is that in the evil feudal society, I have never heard of election voting, and the emperor's country is all beaten down, just like Emperor Kangxi, who has been a son of heaven for 60 years, is not tired at all, and wants to live for another 500 years, which is much less than the beginning of the emperor's victory, but it is still unrealizable.

Because then, it violates the fundamentals of metabolism and also violates Darwinian evolution.

Imagine a five-hundred-year-old man, it's not nothing, just like the legendary Peng Zu, what else can he do besides continuing to retire in the mountains?

Not to mention, like that win the government, want to make the emperor's position more stable than Mount Tai, to engage in a thousand generations, the emperor of the world's first fat shortage, forever, unless the world stops giving birth, otherwise the earth, let human beings give a full stand, so it should be heaven and the way is not allowed, the specific expression is: the people do not agree.

Therefore, changing the dynasty, it is common and uncommon, like the first emperor only passed to Qin II, you don't need to be too old, you can see it, and the later dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, is only 38 years, you can also see it, and this Zhou Tianyuan, only more than a year as the emperor, can not afford the blessings that this emperor wants to enjoy, than the current four-year term of national leaders, much shorter, and not very in line with the law.

Things that conform to the laws of history must be done, but the difficulty is often that the laws are invisible, invisible, and intangible, and those who engage in politics have to look at people's faces all their lives, and that is actually looking for this law.

There are big and small laws, the big ones are what we call the laws of history, and the small ones, such as the circles in which individuals live, often have laws.