Chapter 600: Li Er, who is not worthy of the name
Although Wang Ze has been busy with the balanced development of the overall technology tree of the Xia Kingdom, he is also very concerned about the chaotic situation in the Sui Empire, after all, this is a great era of heroic figures, and almost all the well-known heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties appeared at this time.
But after paying attention to it for a long time, Wang Ze found that in addition to the few shadows of Xu Maogong, Xu Shiji, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang, Cheng Biting Jin, and Cheng Zhijie in Wagangzhai, other highlights such as Qin Shubao, Luo Cheng, Yuwen Chengdu, Li Yuanba, etc., did not see any shadows.
Wang Ze was very strange before, why did Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Du Fuwei, Zhai Rang, Li Mi, and Gao Shida at the end of the Sui Dynasty have all appeared, but those heroes and heroes in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties have not had any shadow until now?
Until the day before yesterday, when Wang Ze was idle and bored to hang out in the Privy Council Staff, he suddenly saw a young trainee officer named Qin Qiong in the staff department, and then heard that there was a little kid named Luo Shixin who was born with divine power in the Zhenhai Young Lion Camp, and he could actually be with the little grandson of Luo Huan's family.
Wang Ze was dumbfounded and laughed at himself, and suddenly understood.
In the original history, a considerable part of the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties were Shandong people in later generations, and they had already migrated millions of people here to the Xia Kingdom in the last years of the Northern Qi Dynasty, so that it was strange that those heroes and heroes could see the righteous army at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and these people had already become citizens of the Xia Kingdom.
As for many of the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties, such as Xin Wenli and others, especially the second best Han Yu Wencheng, there is no such person in real history, saying that he is the eldest son of Yu Wenhua, and the invincible general of Emperor Yang of Sui is purely a fiction.
There are only two sons in Yuwenhua, who are called Yuwen Chengji and Yuwen Chengtoe, and these two people do not have any outstanding skills, but Xueyu Wenhua's absurd skills are okay, and they were killed together with Yuwen Zhihe after Wang Shichong captured Luoyang City.
After the news of the Luoyang Incident reached Wang Ze, Wang Ze, who had always thought that there was a person named Yuwen Chengdu, was very disappointed, after all, the portrayal of Yuwen Chengdu in the Romance of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Yuwen, the second best man in the Sui and Tang dynasties, is a fiction, and the legendary Li Yuanba, the first best man in the Sui Dynasty, really has this person, and Wang Ze is also very excited.
But soon he learned that Li Yuanba's baby was born a sick seedling, not to mention using an eight-hundred-pound hammer, and he couldn't even pick up eighty pounds, and he had been recuperating in Li Yuan's mansion in Chang'an all these years, but after Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, he was killed by the Sui army left behind in Chang'an City, and he didn't have the innate divine power in the romance at all, which was so disappointing.
The heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties that have appeared are particularly disappointing, the other heroes and heroes are either not worthy of their names, or they just don't have this person, most of the others have become citizens of the Xia Kingdom, and it is even very likely that many of these people have become members of the Xia army.
It's just that although these people are good martial arts in the army, with the popularization of gunpowder weapons in the Xia army, it is impossible to be as famous as in the original history, and the only few may also change their names because of different life experiences.
As a result, Wang Ze no longer paid attention to the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties, but continued to pay attention to the changes in the situation within the Sui Empire.
The news of the death of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty quickly reached Wang Ze, but this news was no longer the previous fine work sent back, this person had been killed with Yang Guang on the day of the mutiny of Yu Wenhua and launched the mutiny, and the news was passed on by another fine work set up by Lian Yucheng before.
Although Lian Yucheng and Bo Jiatu had withdrawn from the Sui Empire a few years ago and were knighted by Wang Ze and became famous, the good intelligence foundation they left for the Xia State in the Sui Empire made it very easy for the Xia State to face the major forces of the Sui Empire.
Wang Ze sighed for a long time about Yang Guang's death, which made many Xia officials led by Feng Jing quite puzzled, in their opinion, Yang Guang was really far behind Wang Ze, although Yang Guang himself had some talents, but it was not worth Wang Ze's pity for him!
In fact, what they don't know is that Wang Ze's emotion was sighed for the original historical Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, just because of the needs of public opinion and the official tampering with history, Yang Guang became a heinous tyrant through the ages, while another person who did worse things than him was the Emperor of the Ages.
The comparison will show that:
Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui, was the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty and the second son of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, that is, Yang Er.
Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the second son of Li Yuan, that is, Li Er.
Look at what Emperor Yang of Sui did in history?
1. Seize the heir
2. Suspected of killing Emperor Wen of Sui (even Zizhi Tongjian believes that there is no evidence, and many historical books have not recorded it)
Third, the fourth and fifth brothers who made the rebellion were not killed, and even allowed their father and son to get together, or take them with them, and the favor benefited Yang Hao, the son of the third brother Yang Jun, and others.
Fourth, the expedition to Tubo, Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Xue Yantuo, Nanzhao, Liuqiu and other countries
5. Revered as a sage khan by the Turks
Sixth, kill Gao Gong
Seventh, three expeditions to Goryeo, but in vain
8. Extravagant but not absurd (there is no record of Yang Guang's absurdity in the official history, but there are many wild histories)
Nine, believe in the words of the scholar to punish Li Hun's family
10. Trusted the Taoist priest Pan Dan to prepare the elixir of immortality, but as soon as Pan Dan proposed to use the marrow of the boy as the medicine, he was immediately executed by Yang Guang, and did not continue to refine the elixir of immortality.
11. Sun Tzu was proclaimed Emperor Gong, but he was soon usurped and died
12. It was his cousin Li Yuan who usurped him, and the slogan of Li Yuan's uprising was to avenge Yang Guang, not to crusade against him.
13. The Grand Canal was left behind, connecting the north and the south, and it was immeasurable for the economic and cultural development of the whole country
Later generations commented on him in the previous years: a tyrant through the ages
Let's take a look at what Li Shimin did in real history:
1. Seize the heir
2. Imprisoning Tang Gaozu Li Yuan to death (this is recorded in any historical book and cannot be refuted)
3. Kill Yuanji, and marry his concubines, and kill his children, including swaddling babies.
Fourth, go to Tubo, Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Xue Yantuo and other countries.
Fifth, he was revered as the Heavenly Khan by the Turks.
Sixth, destroy Wei Zheng's tombstone and give Liu Xun to commit suicide. (Liu Xun is known for his loyalty and outspokenness)
Seventh, he personally conquered Goryeo, returned in vain, and died in the preparation of the third expedition
8. The palace is mostly decorated with gold and jade, and a large number of folk girls are also selected to enter the palace, which is both absurd and extravagant.
Nine, the words of the believer wanted to punish the Wu family, and because Zhang Liang's name was in line with the Wei Wei, he killed Zhang Liang and lost his family.
10. He claimed not to believe in the Taoist legend of immortality, but he died after taking life-prolonging medicine.
11. After his death, his son succeeded to the throne as Gaozong, but he was soon usurped and died (Wu Zetian's "Great Zhou")
Twelve, was usurped by one of the little wives, Wu Mei
13. Left a copy of "Zhenguan Zhiyao" that dressed himself as a saint
Later generations' evaluation of Li Er: Mingjun through the ages
No matter how the history books whitewash Li Shimin, it is always impossible to erase the many things that Li Tang has done, and the distorted history books will eventually be turned out and corrected.
But no matter whether it is Yang Er or Li Er, now it is all floating clouds that are no longer in Wang Ze's eyes, with the strength of the Xia Kingdom that is still increasing rapidly, not to mention the major forces in the Sui Empire, even when Yang Jian was the strongest in the Sui Empire, he was not afraid of Wang Ze.
Soon after the news of Yang Guang's death came, another piece of news made Wang Ze furious, the reason was of course because Li Yuan colluded with Tubo to attack Guanzhong, Chang'an and other places, and colluding with foreign tribes to slaughter Han people has always been hated by Wang Ze.
At this time, Yu Wenhua, who was trying to fight for the land of Guanzhong, had been defeated, so Wang Ze, who was furious, ordered the Xia army to provide large-scale support to Li Liang's troops.
Li Liang was not far from Shuofang County outside the Great Wall, so this army, which had been cut off from all logistical burdens, regained a large amount of material support after capturing Diaoyin and Yan'an counties.
Li Liang, who regained a large amount of supplies and weapons assistance, quickly stabilized the already somewhat chaotic morale of the army, raised morale again, and even defeated Li Yuan several times with the soldiers' hatred of Li Tang, so the two sides confronted each other with Anding and Beidi counties as the boundary.
At this time, he saw that his tens of thousands of troops had plundered enough materials, there were hundreds of carts of gold and silver alone, and there were thousands of other brocade silks, and the brocade silk of the entire Chang'an was emptied.
With so much property and seeing that the powerful Xia Kingdom in the north actually began to meddle in the situation in Guanzhong, he didn't want to have any more accidents, so he asked Li Yuan to return home, and the property he brought back was innumerable, and even the plundered women and young men had more than 200,000 people.
Facing Li Liang, who had the support of the Xia State, Li Yuan, who was difficult to defeat his opponent for a while, although he did not want the Tubo army to retreat, but seeing that the originally rich land of Guanzhong had been destroyed by the Tubo people, and the Tubo people had been clashing with Li Tang's army for several days, he had no choice but to agree to the departure of the Tubo people.
It's just that when he saw the huge wealth and more than 200,000 people that Tubo took away when he left, Li Yuan's heart was dripping blood.
It is not that Li Yuan feels sympathy for the tragic experience of the people of Guanzhong, but because the people of Guanzhong have been the best candidates for the army since ancient times, and they suffered heavy losses in the previous attack on the Xia State, and at this time, so many people were plundered by Tubo, so the land of Guanzhong has been injured.
Since it was impossible to defeat Li Liang and occupy the entire Guanzhong for a while, there was Tongguan Tianwei occupied by Wang Shichong to the east, and the Hexi Corridor occupied by the Xia State to the west, so Li Tang could only cross the mountains and mountains to the south to develop in the Bashu region.
So while Li Yuan led the army to confront and fight against Li Liang and Wang Shichong, his second son Li Shimin led an army of 50,000 from the Meridian Valley to the south into Ankang, and Princess Pingyang, who had made outstanding contributions in the attack on the land of Guanzhong, also led an army of 50,000 from Tianshui south to attack Hanzhong.
Although Bashu was chaotic at this time, because there was no big power, it was annexed with the assistance of the local Guanlong Xianbei military aristocratic group, so that Li Yuan's occupation area quickly more than doubled.