At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the rebels swarmed, among which there were Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Xue Ju of Wagangzhai who had the strength to compete for power, and the first four were proclaimed emperor in 617 AD. Xue Ju occupied all of Longxi, this kid is estimated to worship Xiang Yu, known as the overlord of Western Qin, and his year name is Qin Xing.

There are also two forces that cannot be ignored, both of which split from the Sui Empire, one part is Wang Shichong, and the other part is Li Yuan, who established the Tang Dynasty.

This Li Yuan can be said to be born with a "golden key", a typical noble child with red roots. Li Yuan's grandfather was Li Hu, one of the Eight Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Pillar State was the pillar of the country in the literal sense, that is to say, these eight people were the main generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and supported the operation of the country. Among Li Hu's ancestors, there are two people named Li Chuguba and Li Maide, and it can be seen from these two names that the Li Tang family has Xianbei blood.

The Li Yuan family, whether in the Northern Zhou Dynasty or the Sui Dynasty, was a high-ranking hereditary nobleman. Li Hu was named the Duke of Tang during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Tang of the Tang Dynasty came from the title of the Li family.

Li Hu's son is called Li Xin, Li Xun's father-in-law is called Dugu Xin, the surname Dugu is still very special, you should still have the impression that we have mentioned a person surnamed Dugu earlier - Dugu, the wife of Emperor Wen of Sui. It was this Dugu clan that insisted on abolishing the crown prince Yang Yong and pushed the Sui Dynasty into the abyss of no return.

Dugu Xin is also one of the Eight Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, this old man is very remarkable, he gave birth to seven daughters, two of which were married to the emperor, and one daughter gave birth to an emperor. In other words, Dugu Xin is the father-in-law of two founding emperors, the grandfather of one of the founding emperors, and he is really a unique figure in history.

Dugu Xin's eldest daughter married the first emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yin Emperor Yuwen Yu. The seventh daughter married Yang Jian, the first emperor of the Sui Dynasty. The fourth daughter married Li Yu and gave birth to Li Yuan. In other words, Emperor Wen of Sui was Li Yuan's brother-in-law, and Emperor Yang of Sui was Li Yuan's cousin, and Li Yuan established close ties with the Sui royal family through his mother. After Li Hu's death, Li Xin inherited the title of Duke of Tang State, and Li Xin died when Li Yuan was six years old.

Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian liked this nephew very much, and often told others that this child was not a mortal. This child was indeed not mortal, and he became the ultimate gravedigger of the Great Sui Empire.

After Li Xin died, he passed the title to the six-year-old Li Yuan. During the reign of Emperor Wen, Li Yuan served as the assassin of two states. After Emperor Yang succeeded to the throne, he promoted Li Yuan to Taishou, and later recalled him to serve as Weiwei Shaoqing, an official position equivalent to the director of the arsenal.

Li Yuan was very accurate in archery when he was young, which won him a good marriage.

Dou Yi, another Shangzhu state of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, married the sister of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and gave birth to a daughter Dou, who was very intelligent and almost unforgettable. When Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian usurped the power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, this Dou clan was so angry that he crawled on the bed and said: "If I were a man, I would definitely go to save my uncle's house." Frightened, Dou Yi hurriedly covered her mouth.

This incident made Dou Yi find that his daughter was a little different, so he said to his wife: "Our little girl is not an ordinary person, she has knowledge, she should find a good family for her." So, he drew two peacocks on a screen, and when he met the suitor, he asked him to shoot the peacock's eyes. Because Dou Yigui is a pillar of the country, his family has thousands of acres of fertile land, countless treasures, and belongs to rich and powerful figures, so the children of such a family are the second generation of proper officials and the second generation of wealth, and the suitors are naturally endless. But most of these suitors died at the first hurdle. Only Li Yuan's archery skills are superb, and he shot two arrows steadily and accurately, hitting the peacock's eyes respectively, which made this good relationship.

The Dou family gave birth to four sons and a daughter for Li Yuan. The four sons are Jiancheng, Shimin, Xuanba, and Yuanji. According to the ancient saying, whenever a fierce person is born, he will have a vision from the sky, such as wind and lightning, dragon going to sea, white horse and horse, etc. Li Shimin's birth also came with its own light, and it is said that there were two dragons playing in front of the Li family, and these two dragons juggled for three days before leaving. Dou felt that this child was unusual, so he was very pitiful. In fact, this is also in line with the public psychology, even if there are no two dragons hovering at the door of the house, the average family is partial to the second child, just like Dugu's love for Yang Guang is a reason.

When Li Shimin was four years old, there was a scholar who could read faces, came to see Li Yuan, and when he saw Li Yuan's face, he was very surprised and said: "Li Gong will have great wealth and nobility in the future, and he will have a noble son." This kind of false trick is a must-have trick for charlatans. It's like a fortune teller telling someone's fortune, and he will inevitably say, "I see that your birth date is eight characters, and there will be something bad in the near future...... Yes? You want to know what's going on? Come on, let's go into the house and talk about ......"

But the bigger the official is, the more he will believe these Jianghu warlocks, especially the feudal officials like Li Yuan, this sentence aroused his interest, and he quickly called his four sons, and the scholar pointed at Li Shimin and said: "This kid is okay!" It can help the world and the people. After speaking, the scholar took his leave, and when his family chased him out again, he disappeared from the scholar. Li Yuan muttered "help the world and the people", so he named his second son Li Shimin.

Li Yuan's four sons, all of them are dragons and phoenixes among people, but Xuanba died early, they are a daughter, and they are also heroes among women, which will be shown later.

Speaking of this Li Yuan, he was already an official to stay in Taiyuan, and was ordered to guard Taiyuan and hold the power of the entire Shanxi. With such a status, why do you still want to do things like killing heads and rebelling? You must know that the cost of rebellion is very high, and it is a trivial matter to lose your head, but it is a big deal that Lao Tzu is a good man again after eighteen years, and if you don't get it right, you will be punished by the nine clans.

Generally speaking, there are no more than two kinds of people who dare to rebel against the revolution, one is that they have the capital to do it, and the other is that they don't care about losing. The representative of the former is the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" instigated by Liu Bi, the king of Wu in the Han Dynasty, Liu Bi has already become a minister, and there is no way to be higher, and the king has no way to satisfy his inflated ambitions, so he can only find a way to be the emperor. The latter representative is Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, I have nothing left, I have only one life, if I want to survive, I can only take the road of rebellion.

Li Yuan didn't want to rebel at the beginning, he was related to Emperor Yang by marriage, as a high-ranking official of the Sui Dynasty, he didn't want to do the business of "eating other people's food and smashing other people's pots in turn", but the situation forced him to embark on the road of rebellion step by step.

It all starts with a ballad. The author of this ballad is Anonymous, and the main meaning is "peach and plum, win the world." The Yang clan will perish, and the Li clan will prosper." This ballad, which I don't know who the author is, spread and reached the ears of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. Hearing this ballad, saying that the surname Li should be taken from himself, Yang Guang's mood can be imagined how angry and frightened he is!

Yang Guang's eyes swept over His Highness's ministers, and everyone surnamed Li seemed to have a backlash. I can't say it, these people have to be swept away, and I'd rather call me the one surnamed Li in the world than let the one surnamed Li in the world bear me. There is no way, for the sake of the Great Sui, you can only make sacrifices!!

Generally, people with different intentions, before the rebellion, have to engage in some religious superstitions, such as "Chen Shengwang, Da Chuxing", and "Shiren has one eye, inciting the Yellow River to rebel in the world". These methods of fooling the masses often have very good results, and can make the people around them follow the rebels with all their hearts. But it is very obvious that this ballad cannot be made up by Li Yuan, and it is impossible for him to send himself to the guillotine.

But Yang Guang didn't think so, and the butcher knife in his hand had been raised to the surname Li.