(21) Being an emperor is not as good as imagined (2)
The second to rebel was Li Yi. In the first year of Zhenguan, that is, the first year of Li Shimin's reign as emperor, Li Yi, the general of Tianjie, raised troops against the Tang Dynasty. This Li Yi fought very fiercely, and he made great contributions when he conquered Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin, and Li Yuan and Li Shimin liked this fierce general very much and named him the king of Yan. But he didn't rebel when Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande fought against the Li Tang Dynasty, but when the Tang Empire had almost unified the world and had a solid foundation, he rebelled? Could it be that Li Yi, this kid, is not in good spirits.
Definitely! Li Yi was fooled by a fortune teller, so he dared to risk the world's condemnation and rebel.
Generally, fortune tellers give people acquaintance or look at eight characters, and the top of the sky is to calculate a career, ask for a fortune and the like, and few people propose rebellion, which is to lose their heads. And the person who told Li Yi's fortune was a psychopath.
This Jianghu warlock is a woman, also surnamed Li, who originally lived in Jiyin, boasting that she can summon ghosts and cure diseases. Probably because the place of Jiyin was too small to have a future and could not realize his lofty ambitions, he came to Kyoto with the hope of creating a new world in the big city.
At this time, Li Yi's family happened to be in Chang'an. Li Yi's wife Meng Shi was very superstitious, and when she heard about Li's name, she found her at home and wanted her to calculate a hexagram for herself. Unexpectedly, when Li saw Meng, he turned down and bowed, and he was confused by Meng at that time. "What's the situation?" Meng asked Lee. Li replied: "Eldest sister, you are a great nobleman. In the future, it will be affirmed that the mother will be the world. This is the usual opening phrase of the charlatan. The warlock who showed Li Yuan and Li Shimin before was also the same when he first met Li Yuan. It is estimated that every big family with a head and face that the Li family sees in Chang'an City is this set. It's just that others laugh at it, and it's a joke. This Meng probably wants to be an official and wants to go crazy, and her husband is already king, and it's too young.
Ladies and gentlemen, what is the mother of the world? Only the emperor's wife and queen are called the mother of the world. What is Meng's identity, doesn't she know herself? She really didn't know how many catties and taels she had, and she took Li's words seriously. called Li Yi again, and Li saw that Li Yi was talking nonsense again, saying that Meng's wealth was because of Li Yi. Is this unclear that Li Yi can be the emperor? Li Yi listened to Li's words, immediately looked in the mirror, and felt that he really seemed to have a little bit of the temperament of an emperor. The surname is Li, why can't I be the emperor?
This kind of inner evil thoughts can often make people lose themselves. Since then, Li Yi has not liked anyone, and when the princes and ministers and ministers of the Qin Mansion meet Li Yi, he always sneers and insults him.
These news reached Li Yuan's ears, and Li Yuan was afraid that he would make trouble in Chang'an, so he let him go to Jingzhou. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Li Yi knew that he had offended the people of the Qin Mansion, and he was uneasy and afraid of being convicted, so he used the reason of the military parade to rebel.
As a general, Li Yi is not bad at leading troops to fight, but it is still a bit too self-sufficient to rebel. Li Shimin sent Wei Chi Jingde and the eldest grandson Wuji, and before the two arrived, Li Yi was killed by Zhao Cihao, the assassin of Fengzhou.
That Meng was escorted back to Chang'an and beheaded. Her mother's dream of the world was not only shattered, but also caught up with Li Yi's family.
The incidents of Li Ying and Li Yi did not set off too much turmoil, and they did not even start fighting. But the lessons of these two events are profound: First, we must not trust anyone, and the rebellion will be done quietly by itself. Second, believe in science and put an end to superstition. Especially if you are a fortune teller, don't take it seriously.