Not to mention the hearts of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Empress Xiao, Princess Ruyi and others in Jiangdu, but to say that the Li family in Taiyuan, since the solar eclipse in May last year, the already raging public grievances and bandits have become even more blowout.

People all over the world think that the eclipse is the son of heaven without virtue, and the heavens warn that most of the people who rebelled were the displaced people who could not survive.

Coupled with the Turkic eyesight, anyone with a little insight and vision can see that the court is now stormy, and the building will collapse, in this form, many people have begun to plan a way out for themselves in their hearts, and the Li family in Taiyuan is no exception.

It is said that Li Yuan, influenced by the Confucian idea of loyalty to the monarch, did not have the heart of rebellion at the beginning, he only wanted to keep the glory of the Guogong Mansion and make his children and grandchildren safe.

But he couldn't stand Emperor Yang of Sui really didn't like people surnamed Li, especially his cousin Li Yuan, who was related to him by marriage, was not pleasing to the eye, and he liked to ridicule and tease him since he was a child, and after he ascended the throne, he found trouble with Li Yuan more than once.

In order not to be suspicious, Li Yuan did not hesitate to blacken himself, and after eleven years of self-righteousness, because of An Jiatuo's words, Li Hun, the prince of Chengguo, was sentenced to death by Emperor Yang of Sui for the crime of being a non-negligent friend, and Li Yuan was always in a state of worry.

Emperor Hou Yang didn't know why he didn't trouble him in his heart, and because of his meritorious work in suppressing bandits in Shanxi, he let him take over the post of Taiyuan Taishou, and his heart was not completely put down, and he was often anxious.

Li Erlang saw all this in his eyes and kept it in his heart, in his opinion, with the current situation of the Great Sui, the defeat was only a matter of time, and his Li family wanted to protect itself in this troubled era of heroes, so he couldn't sit back and wait like this.

Therefore, in the past year or so in Shanxi, he secretly made friends with many heroes and heroes, the most outstanding of his Chinese ministers were Liu Wenjing and Pei Lian, and the military generals included Changsun Wuji, Changsun Shunde, etc., and when the time was ripe, he persuaded his father to uncover the rod.

This opportunity soon came, in April of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the Turkic army suddenly came to Taiyuan City, and at this time Li Yuan happened to be not in the city, the deputy guard Gao Yajun suffered a defeat, Emperor Yang was furious, and ordered Li Yuan and Gao Junya to be put into prison together.

In order to protect himself, Gao Yajun secretly bought the jailer and framed Li Yuan for colluding with the Turks, which led to his defeat.

After Li Erlang got the letter, he didn't go to his father for the first time, he held the letter in his hand and was silent for a long time.

He sat in the candlelight, quietly looked at his wife's beautiful face, raised his hand after a while, gently caressed her face, and said in a low voice: "Guanyin, I am going to do a big thing, if this matter is successful, my Li family, I will no longer have to look at people's faces in the future, if I fail, I will ...... defeated."

"Erlang, you and I are husband and wife, from the day I decided to marry you, you and I will share weal and woe, life and death together, no matter what Erlang wants to do, I will support you unconditionally."

The eldest grandson and the little lady suddenly heard this, and was also taken aback, but she is not an ordinary woman in the end, and her vision is beyond the reach of ordinary people, the world is chaotic to this point, and the Li family must not sit still if they want to protect themselves, and in a flash of thought, she gently held Li Erlang's hand and said with a firm face.

"Erniang." Li Erlang's heart was warm, his eyes were full of emotion, he stretched out his long arms and tightly took his wife into his arms.

The next day, Li Erlang came to the prison, sent the jailer, and handed the letter to Li Yuan, Li Yuan took it and looked at it, shocked and angry, and didn't know what to do, Jinyang ordered Liu Wenjing to come in suddenly.

He walked up to Li Yuan and said, "My lord, if there is chaos today, you are in a place of suspicion, and you are not rewarded, and then show loyalty, it will be difficult to eliminate Your Majesty's suspicion of you and the Li family." ”

"Now that your lord's subordinates are defeated, Your Majesty will put you in prison together, obviously Your Majesty is ready to do something to your lordship, if your lord sits still and waits for death, then the Li family will be in trouble."

"According to what the lower officials see, your lord should show his courage, with your background ability, with the influence of the Li family in Taiyuan, plus the land of Jinyang, the soldiers are strong and strong, among the palace supervisors, and the treasury is surplus, so you can make great contributions."

"In the land of Tianfu in Guanzhong, the acting king is young, the powerful and powerful rise together, I don't know what to do, I hope that the adults will make a decision as soon as possible and send troops to the west in order to achieve great things." After listening to this, Li Yuan was quite moved.

For more than a year, the second son has handed over the military generals everywhere, he is not ignorant, but he just didn't see it, he is not incompetent, and naturally he may not have a heart of self-protection when he knows that the emperor wants to deal with him at all times.

But he is a little conservative by nature, coupled with Confucianism, there are inevitably a lot of things to worry about, such as the situation that he will face after the defeat of the army.

But at this moment, Pei Jing, the palace supervisor of Jinyang Palace, walked in, walked in front of Li Yuan, and bowed before he spoke: "My lord, last month, when you stayed in Jinyang Palace while drunk, the two stunning palace maids who served you were His Majesty's people. ”

"What?" Li Yuan was shocked, he was already imprisoned by the emperor because of Gao Junya's defeat, and now he is still having an affair with His Majesty's palace maid, once the matter is revealed......

At this point, Li Yuan no longer hesitated, he was also a scheming and brave person, once he made up his mind, he began to plan a matter with a group of henchmen, but before the charter was discussed, Emperor Yang of Sui sent someone over, because of the defeat of the Turkic army, he wanted to arrest him and return to Jiangdu to ask for the crime.

The father and son of the Li family were taken aback, and they didn't care about it anymore, and they were ready to put up the banner and kill the envoy, but when they were about to turn their faces, Emperor Yang of Sui came with another edict and sent a fast horse to chase after them, pardoning Li Yuan, and also pardoning Gao Junya.

A false alarm, the Li family father and son breathed a sigh of relief, and decided to speed up the pace of action, Li Yuan wrote a letter to his eldest son Jiancheng and the eldest son's daughter Xiuning in Hedong, while preparing intensively.

On May 15, when Li Yuanchao was handling official business with Wang Wei and Gao Junya, Sima Liu Zhenghui of Kaiyang Prefecture accused Wang Wei of colluding with the Turks and attempting to rebel.

Gao Jun Yawan didn't expect that his first false accusation against Li Yuan had not yet come to fruition, so Li Yuan made the first move, he wanted to resist, but Li Yuan, who had been prepared, would give him a chance, a pair of private guards rushed in and escorted the two of them.

Two days later, the Turks really attacked, and Li Yuan took the opportunity to send an order to the three armies: "Two days ago, Sima Liu Zhenghui of Kaiyang Mansion sent Wang Wei and Gao Junya colluded with the Turks, I didn't believe it, but now it seems that the matter is true, not framed." ”

Li Yuan killed Wang Wei and Gao Junya in front of the three armies, and then sent Liu Wenjing to envoy the Turks to make an alliance with Shibi Khan.