As the old saying goes, you can't die if you don't die. Throughout Chinese history, many ambitious ministers and traitors have basically killed themselves. It can be said that the vast majority of those powerful people are buried by their own ambitions and desires for power.

For example, during the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Er Zhurong, a powerful minister in the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, seized the opportunity in the troubled times, quelled the Six Towns Uprising, defeated Ge Rong, and repelled Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition.

Objectively speaking, Er Zhurong's military ability is remarkable. However, his political strategy really does not dare to be complimented. After taking power, Er Zhurong immediately turned on the mode of death. After Er Zhurong led the army into Luo, he brazenly concocted the "Heyin Change", dispatched elite iron cavalry, and wantonly slaughtered hundreds of civil and military officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and more than 2,000 courtiers from the prime minister and Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong were all killed. Later, Er Zhurong had even greater ambitions, trying to get involved in the imperial power, usurp the Northern Wei Dynasty, and establish himself as the emperor. In the end, Er Zhurong's death behavior completely angered Emperor Yuan Ziyou of Xiaozhuang of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was killed by Yuan Ziyou's design, and a generation of heroes ended sadly.

Like the traitor Er Zhu Rong, Luo Yi, the general of the border army in the Sui and Tang dynasties, was also such an outlier who deliberately died. Luo Yi's last life tragedy was completely his own fault, and he died by nature, until he finally ended up rebelling and being in a different place.

In the face of Tang Taizong Li Shimin's initiative to show goodwill, Luo Yi not only did not have a trace of happiness, but became more and more uneasy. In Luo Yi's opinion, he used to be the old department of the hidden prince Li Jiancheng, and offended the new emperor Li Shimin; After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin will definitely kill people and make a knife for himself. Moreover, Luo Yi's thinking is different from ordinary people, the better Tang Taizong treats him, the more courteous he is, the more he feels that Li Shimin is uneasy and kind.

First of all, let's take a look at how Li Shimin treated Luo Yi, the old department of the hidden prince, after the change of Xuanwumen? Is Li Shimin like Luo Yi thought, ready to settle accounts after the autumn and ask for a knife? No, quite the opposite. Li Shimin did not settle accounts after the autumn, but continued to entrust Luo Yi with important responsibilities, regardless of previous suspicions.

After Tang Taizong Li Shimin ascended the throne, he especially wanted to try his best to win over Luo Yi. Therefore, one month after Tang Taizong ascended the throne, in October of the ninth year of Wude (626), Li Shimin was awarded the title of founding hero, and a total of 43 meritorious heroes of the Tang Dynasty were promoted. Among them, Pei Lian, the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Li Yuan, ranked first, and Luo Yi was also among them. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty worshiped Luo Yi as the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, and there were 1,200 households. This amount of food is basically the same as that of Princess Pingyang Zhao's husband, Ma Chai Shao.

Obviously, Tang Taizong's approach is to show his sincerity to Luo Yi. Li Shimin's implication told Luo Yi that although you have offended me, as long as you can keep to yourself, I, Li Shimin, as the emperor, can continue to entrust you with important responsibilities.

Just imagine, Luo Yi once offended Tang Taizong, and as a result, the emperor was tolerant and generous, took the initiative to lower his posture, regardless of his previous suspicions, and gave him an official title. If it is replaced by someone else, go home and burn high incense, and be grateful to Tang Taizong! However, it was Luo Yi who encountered the outlier.

Luo Yi is a person with reverse thinking, and the better Tang Taizong treats himself, the more uneasy he becomes. According to Luo Yi's narrow-minded character, he has offended Li Shimin, and Li Shimin must be angry and deliberately retaliate, this is a normal reaction. However, what is surprising is that Tang Taizong continued to entrust himself with important tasks, regardless of his previous suspicions. In this way, Luo Yi muttered in his heart, what kind of medicine is sold in Li Shimin's gourd, this behavior is a bit abnormal.

After thinking about it, Luo Yi came to a conclusion that the reason why Li Shimin did this must be because he had ulterior motives and was ready to kill himself. Li Shimin first used high-ranking officials to trap himself, so that Luo Yi temporarily relaxed his vigilance, and then, taking advantage of Luo Yi's unpreparedness, got rid of him in one fell swoop. Because of this, after the Xuanwumen Change, Luo Yi has always maintained a high level of vigilance against Li Shimin, always worried that Li Shimin will stab him in the back.

I have to admit that Luo Yi's imagination is too rich and his brain is open. Originally, some particularly simple things passed through Luo Yi's brain, and they instantly became complicated. Luo Yi's thoughts are completely wishful thinking on his part, living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

In fact, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in history, is by no means as dark and inferior as Luo Yi imagined. If Li Shimin is really such a shady person, he would underestimate Tang Taizong too much. Then, he will not create the famous "Zhenguan Zhizhi", and he will not become a glorious generation of saints. On the contrary, Tang Taizong is not only not a short-sighted person who will repay him, but a king who really has the capacity to tolerate people.

Chinese historical facts have proved that Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was an emperor who was very good at turning enemies into friends, balancing the contradictions of all parties, treating his subordinates leniently, and controlling his ministers. Such a kingly bearing that embraces all rivers is precisely the charm of Tang Taizong, thus creating the "rule of Zhenguan". From the following examples, we can clearly see the royal charm of Tang Taizong.

In the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shimin, as the king of Qin, successfully killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji, and achieved a decisive victory and controlled the overall situation. However, although Li Jiancheng is dead, the remnants of the prince group still exist and may fight back against Li Shimin at any time. How to deal with the remnants of these princely cliques has become Li Shimin's top priority after taking power. From the disposal of the remnants of the prince's party, it is enough to see Li Shimin's political wisdom.

At that time, after the Xuanwumen Incident, the generals of the Qin Palace's palace unanimously suggested to Li Shimin that more than 100 cronies of the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, should all be killed, and their family property would be confiscated into the official mansion in order to be wiped out. Everyone agreed with this approach, and at first, Li Shimin did not prohibit it and acquiesced to the generals' ideas. A bloody massacre is inevitable.

At the critical moment, someone stepped forward and stopped this impending massacre. Who? Fierce General Chi Jingde. Since his return to the Tang Dynasty, Wei Chi Jingde has been serving under Li Shimin, following Li Shimin to fight everywhere, and has been loyal to him. Moreover, Li Shimin was in danger on the battlefield several times, but it was Wei Chi Jingde who entered the enemy formation and saved Li Shimin's life. Therefore, Li Shimin trusted Wei Chi Jingde very much and regarded him as a confidant.

Now, the generals unanimously requested that the crown prince and the king of Qi be killed, and Wei Chi Jingde felt that this would inevitably cause riots and put the king of Qin into an unkind and unjust situation. So, no matter what, stop this killing. So, Wei Chi Jingde said to Li Shimin:

The sin lies in the two evils, both of which are punished; If it involves the branch party, it is necessary to seek peace. (Information Governance Guide)

After listening to Wei Chi Jingde's suggestion, Li Shimin suddenly realized. In fact, Li Shimin is an extremely smart person, and he knows very well that after the change in Xuanwumen, people are panicked. Therefore, the most important thing at present is to win the hearts and minds of the people, stabilize the political situation, and not blindly rely on bloody massacres to eliminate dissidents. That will only provoke greater turmoil, and it will also damage one's own image, and the gains outweigh the losses.

The next day, Li Shimin asked his father Tang Gaozu Li Yuan for an amnesty to the world, which was actually to inform the emperor's father. For the crime of rebellion, only Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were investigated, and the other princes and Qi Wang's henchmen were not to blame in the past. In this way, the terrifying shadow left by the Xuanwumen Revolution finally gradually dissipated:

On that day, an edict will be issued to pardon the world. The crime of rebellion stops at Jiancheng and Yuanji, and the rest of the party is with nothing. Its monks, nuns, Taoist priests, and female crowns should still be maintained. The affairs of the state are all punished by the King of Qin. (Information Governance Guide)

It can be seen that after the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shimin's mind maintained a high degree of sobriety. In addition to not wantonly invading the princelings, in addition, Li Shimin also showed a convincing, charming and intelligent side to his former political enemies.

As mentioned earlier, Li Shimin is very good at turning enemies into friends, and can make enemies who are inseparable from him willingly join him to serve. Regarding Li Shimin's turning enemies into friends, there are many commendable stories left in the history books, and this kind of thing abounds.

To give an example, first of all, after the Xuanwumen Incident, the most important thing for Li Shimin to solve was how to deal with the remaining problems after the coup, that is, the conquest of the opposing factions in the DPRK. This main object is the main member of the original East Palace, Li Shimin's former enemy. For these political enemies who have opposed him, Li Shimin's handling can be summed up as a 16-character policy: regardless of past suspicions, the past is not to blame; Be magnanimous and take it for yourself.

Li Shimin believes that many members of the original prince group are rare talents since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. If they can be received under their own banners, then they will all be the ministers of the new dynasty in the future. Therefore, for the backbone members of the original East Palace and the Qi Palace, Li Shimin did not take a bloody massacre and did not kill them all. Take two people as an example to prove that Li Shimin turned enemies into friends.

The first object to turn enemies into friends: Wei Zheng.

Li Shimin used his magnanimity and personal charm to conquer the opposing factions in the DPRK and China, and there was one person who had to be mentioned, and he was Wei Zheng.

As we all know, Wei Zheng is the "think tank" and first strategist of the crown prince Li Jiancheng. In the dispute between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and Wang Qi have always been Li Jiancheng's right-hand men, contributing to Li Jiancheng many times, and almost putting Li Shimin in a desperate situation many times. For example, suggesting that Li Jiancheng take command of Hebei and take the opportunity to make friends with Shandong Haojie was written by Wei Zheng. It can be said that as much enmity as there is between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, there is as much enmity as there is with Wei Zheng.

In the open and secret struggle between the two major groups of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Wei Zheng, as the vanguard of the princely group's opposition to the King of Qin, often gave advice to Li Jiancheng, and it can be said that he was Li Shimin's political rival. For this fierce rival of the genius, it stands to reason that Li Shimin should be eager to devour Wei Zhengsheng alive after gaining the highest power. However, what is surprising is that Li Shimin did not retaliate against this political enemy who had done everything possible to put him to death, but entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

However, Li Shimin's forgiveness for Wei Zheng is a little special, with both grace and might, carrots and sticks, first suppressing Wei Zheng's sharpness, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and then generously tolerating him. The main purpose of Li Shimin's doing this was nothing more than to make Wei Zheng fear himself from the bottom of his heart.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin specially summoned Wei Zheng. After Wei Zheng arrived, Li Shimin's face turned pale, and he deliberately questioned him: "What are you to divide my brother!" "It means that you are a foreign minister, why do you want to separate our brotherhood? In a short sentence, it shows its might.

Facing Li Shimin's implicit murderous questioning, everyone couldn't help but sweat for Wei Zheng, if he didn't answer well, maybe he would immediately be in a different place. Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng was calm and unhurried, and Zhengse replied: "The first prince has already followed the Zhengyan, and there will be no disaster today." "If the crown prince Li Jiancheng could have adopted my suggestion, would you Li Shimin still have today? The answer is neither humble nor arrogant, and the righteousness is awe-inspiring.

As soon as Wei Zheng's words came out, everyone present was frightened, and their hearts were raised to their throats, isn't Wei Zheng looking for death! Unexpectedly, after listening to Wei Zheng's words, Li Shimin seemed to suddenly understand, and felt that Wei Zheng was very personal, so he immediately changed his attitude and did not talk about this topic. Not only that, Li Shimin also treated Wei Zheng politely, immediately arranged a job for him, and appointed him as the chief secretary of Zhan Shi.

Later, when Tang Taizong ascended the throne, during the Zhenguan period, Tang Taizong and Wei Zheng left behind the eternal stories of admonishment and admonition, and the two monarchs and ministers jointly created the "rule of Zhenguan". At the same time, the good stories of Tang Taizong and Wei Zheng have become a model for countless monarchs and ministers in later generations to follow.

The second object to turn enemies into friends: Xue Wanche.

Xue Wanche and his brother Xue Wanjun were both subordinates of Luo Yi in the past, known for their courage and good fighting, and were a famous general in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties. The reason why Luo Yi was able to sit firmly in Youzhou and survive in Hebei was all due to the hard work of Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche brothers.

Later, Luo Yi led his troops to return to the Tang Dynasty, and the Xue brothers naturally followed the Tang Dynasty. The crown prince Li Jiancheng knew that Xue Wanche was a fierce general, so he recruited him into his command. Soon, Li Jiancheng arranged for Xue Wanche to serve under Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, as the deputy protector of the Qi Palace.

Due to the military strength of the Qin Wang group, which was too strong, in order to compete with the Qin Palace, Li Jiancheng privately recruited more than 2,000 brave soldiers in Chang'an and the surrounding areas to serve as the guard of the East Palace. More than 2,000 brave men guarded the left and right Changlin respectively, named "Changlin Soldiers". This "Changlin Soldier" of more than 2,000 people is Li Jiancheng's personal army, and Xue Wanche is one of the generals who commanded the "Changlin Soldier".

In the Xuanwumen Incident, Xue Wanche and his 2,000 Changlin soldiers almost made Li Shimin's plan fall short, and almost ended Li Shimin's base camp. Therefore, when it comes to personal grievances with Tang Taizong Li Shimin, Xue Wanche is no less than Wei Zheng.

On the day of the Xuanwu Gate Change, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji rode into the palace alone. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin personally led 800 elites to ambush in the Xuanwu Gate in advance, waiting for the rabbit. After the crown prince and the king of Qi entered, Li Shimin immediately closed the palace gate, ambushed the soldiers everywhere, and killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji at the fastest speed, occupying the initiative.

However, the armed forces of the crown prince and the king of Qi were not far from Xuanwu Gate, and the news soon spread. At that time, Feng Li, the general of the Yiwei chariot cavalry stationed in the East Palace, heard that the prince died in Xuanwu Gate, and sighed and said: "How can you be born to receive his grace, and it is difficult to escape from death!" ”

So, Feng Li, Xue Wanche, who was the deputy protector of the Qi Palace, and Qu Zhifu rode Xie Shufang on the left car, and led the elite of 2,000 Changlin soldiers in the East Palace and the Qi Palace, and went straight to the Xuanwu Gate, preparing to avenge the prince and the King of Qi. When Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion, he only brought eight hundred elites of the Qin Palace, and the defenders of the Xuanwu Gate were not enough. The soldiers and horses of the East Palace and the Qi Palace's Mansion have 2,000 elite soldiers. Therefore, Li Shimin was unable to support himself in Xuanwumen for a while.

In this way, the troops of the Qin Palace, together with the two thousand Changlin soldiers of the East Palace and the Qi Palace, launched a fierce battle at the Xuanwu Gate. The person stationed at the Xuanwu Gate was Zhang Gongjin, a general under Li Shimin, who was born with divine power and superior arm strength, and closed the city gate alone, blocking Feng Li, Xue Wanche and others from the Xuanwu Gate:

and cut Jiancheng and Yuanji, and his party came to attack Xuanwu Gate, and the soldiers were very strong. Gongjin has the courage to close the door alone to refuse. ("Old Tang Book: The Biography of Zhang Gongjin")

Feng Li saw that he couldn't enter the city gate, so he simply began to storm the Xuanwu Gate, and the two sides started a big battle. Because Li Shimin's troops were weak, in this regard, Li Shimin's wife's uncle Gao Shilian, in order to support Li Shimin, hurriedly released the prisoners in the prison, distributed weapons to them, and temporarily put together a team to rush to Fanglin Gate to form a flank attack with the defenders of Xuanwu Gate.

Under the stubborn resistance of the troops of the Qin Palace, the soldiers and horses of the East Palace and the Qi Palace, were never able to break through the Xuanwu Gate. In order to quickly defeat the soldiers and horses of the East Palace and the Qi Palace, Jing Junhong, one of the guards of the Xuanwu Gate who had long been bought by Li Shimin, led his troops to fight, and his own soldiers persuaded him:

Things are unknown, and Xu Guan changes, and it is not too late to gather troops and fight in columns. (Information Governance Guide)

However, Jing Junhong refused to listen to the dissuasion of his subordinates, and roared loudly with Zhonglang General Lu Shiheng, rushed towards the opponent's battle formation, and started hand-to-hand combat with the troops of the East Palace and the Qi Palace. As a result, Jing Junhong and his subordinates were outnumbered, and all of them died outside the Xuanwu Gate and died heroically. The tripartite troops of the East Palace, the Qi Palace, and the Qin Palace, fought bravely against each other at the Xuanwu Gate. In an instant, the palace gate of the Tang Dynasty became a battlefield full of blood.

Due to the heroic resistance of the troops of the Qin Palace, the Xuanwu Gate could not be captured for a long time. At this moment, Xue Wanche had a whim, turned his gun, and prepared to attack the Qin Palace, ending Li Shimin's nest to prevent Li Shimin from throwing a rat bogey. Because a large number of troops and generals of the Qin Wangfu are concentrated in Xuanwumen, the Qin Wangfu will inevitably be empty. Therefore, Xue Wanche beat drums and shouted, instigating the soldiers of the East Palace and the Qi Palace, and attacked the weak Qin Palace.

This move greatly surprised Li Shimin. It can be said that the Qin Wangfu was empty of troops and was almost in a state of undefense. If the Qin Palace, then the Li Shimin family who stayed in the palace would definitely be murdered. At the critical moment, Li Shimin made a look, and Wei Chi Jingde, who was standing at the head of the city, carried the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and shouted loudly at the troops of the East Palace and the Qi Palace.

As a result, the soldiers of the East Palace and the Qi Palace's Mansion suddenly lost their fighting spirit and scattered and fled. Feng Li and Xue Wanche couldn't stop the rout of the troops. Xue Wanche took dozens of cavalry and fled into Zhongnan Mountain. Feng Li felt that he had already repaid the prince by killing Jing Junhong, and said to his subordinates: "It is enough to underreport the prince!" Therefore, he threw down his weapons and fled. At this point, the Xuanwumen Revolution ended with the victory of Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

For these former princes and the old party of the king of Qi, Li Shimin has always adopted a policy of tolerance and kindness. Sure enough, on the second day of the Xuanwumen Incident, Feng Li and Xie Shufang, the old generals of the East Palace who had led the army to besiege Xuanwumen on the first day, came to meet Li Shimin one after another and took the initiative to ask Li Shimin for his guilt. Li Shimin got off the donkey and forgave Feng Li and Xie Shufang as a victor.

Xue Wanche, who led his troops to almost capture the Qin Wangfu the day before, fled into Zhongnan Mountain with dozens of cavalry after the defeat of Xuanwu Gate and hid. Li Shimin knew that Xue Wanche was a fierce general who was very capable of fighting, and if he could be subdued, he would be like a tiger with wings. As a result, Li Shimin sent people to make it clear to Xue Wanche many times, saying that he was not to blame for the past.

Therefore, Xue Wanche also surrendered to Li Shimin. Feng Li, Xie Shufang, and Xue Wanche, the three old generals of the East Palace, successively submitted to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin said with great emotion: "This is all loyal to what they do, and the righteous are also." ”

During the Zhenguan period of Tang Taizong, Xue Wanche made many military exploits, and successively participated in a series of foreign wars such as the suppression of the Turks, the defeat of Tuyuhun, the great destruction of Xue Yantuo, and the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo. Tang Taizong once commented on Xue Wanche, calling Xue Wanche, the British Duke Li Tao, and the Jiangxia King Li Daozong "the three famous generals in the world":

Today's famous generals are only Li Tao, Daozong, and Wan Che. Li Tao and Daozong could not win a big victory, nor could they be defeated; Wan Che is either a big victory, or a big defeat. ("Old Tang Book: The Biography of Xue Wanche")

However, the ending of Xue Wanche's later life was still quite tragic and anticlimactic. After Tang Gaozong Li Zhi ascended the throne, in February of the fourth year of Yonghui (653), Xue Wanche was sentenced for participating in the "Fang Yi Love Rebellion Case", intending to support Li Yuanjing, the younger brother of Tang Taizong, as the emperor. When he was about to be executed, Xue Wanche looked up to the sky and shouted:

Xue Wanche is a great athlete, and it is good to stay for the country to serve the country, how can he sit in the house and kill him! ("Old Tang Book: The Biography of Xue Wanche")

After that, Xue Wanche unbuttoned his collar and shouted to the prison officer: "Kill me!" However, when the executioner saw Xue Wanche like this, he was inevitably a little frightened, and the first knife went down, but he didn't cut it accurately. Immediately afterwards, Xue Wanche scolded sharply: "Why don't you work harder!" In the end, the executioner slashed three times in a row before cutting off Xue Wanche's head, and a generation of famous generals died. Of course, these are all things that happened during the reign of Tang Gaozong.

is not only forgiving political opponents and turning enemies into friends, Li Shimin's royal charm is also reflected in another aspect: appropriate rewards and punishments. This reward and punishment is moderate, never favoritism, regardless of camp, and will not be treated special because he is his own meritorious servant; Nor will they be harsh on the former hostile side. There is a story that is enough to show that Li Shimin's rewards and punishments are moderate, regardless of you and me.

After Tang Taizong ascended the throne, he began to divide the meritorious heroes and evaluate the rank of meritorious heroes. Once, Fang Xuanling, who was a Zhongshu Ling, reflected a situation to Tang Taizong. Many of the former ministers of the Qin Palace, dissatisfied with the emperor's separation, thought that they were too preferential to the crown prince and the king of Qi, but they were a little unfair to the former life and death robes:

The old people of the Qin Mansion who have not moved their officials all complained: "I belong to the service left and right, and I have been serving for many years!" Now he is removed from the official, and after returning to the former palace and the Qi Mansion. (Zizhi Tongjian)

Obviously, these former ministers of the Qin Palace's mansion were taking the initiative to reach out to Tang Taizong and ask for a reward. It's just that they were embarrassed to say to the emperor, and they just entrusted Fang Xuanling to convey the meaning. In this matter, Fang Xuanling only played the role of a "microphone". Faced with a complaint from the former robes and old ministers, what should Tang Taizong do? Tang Taizong deserved to be the first emperor of the ages, and said a deafening and enlightening wise quote in public:

The king is selfless, so he can serve the heart of the world. I and my ancestors take food and clothing from the people. Therefore, the division of officials and duties, thinking that the people should also be selected and used, how can the old and the new be the priority! It must also be new and virtuous, old but not good, and Enke will give up the new and take the old! Regardless of whether he is virtuous or unscrupulous, he is not a politician! (Information Governance Guide)

The reason why it takes such a space to describe Tang Taizong's kingly bearing and personality charm is nothing more than to prove that Tang Taizong is by no means as insidious and vicious as Luo Yi imagined, harboring evil intentions. Even if Luo Yi had offended Li Shimin before, compared to Wei Zheng and Xue Wanche, his things were not worth mentioning at all. Perhaps, Li Shimin has long forgotten to go beyond the clouds, and he will not linger on a trivial matter.

Think about it carefully, even mortal enemies like Wei Zheng and Xue Wanche, Tang Taizong can forgive, can't he forgive Luo Yi? But the problem is that this is a normal person's thinking, and Luo Yi is not a normal person's thinking. Luo Yi has always been narrow-minded, suspicious and paranoid, he always thinks that the better Tang Taizong treats him, the more he feels that Li Shimin has bad intentions and is ready to wait for an opportunity to retaliate. Therefore, Luo Yi is in fear all day long, living in fear.

In the end, Luo Yi believes that there is only one way to get rid of this kind of worrying and uneasy days, simply strike first and directly rebel. In fact, Luo Yi's decision to rebel against the army was a farce from beginning to end. For example, what really prompted Luo Yi to make up his mind to rebel was a farce in itself.

Fearful and worried all day long, there was no way, Luo Yi had to resort to the magic of gods and ghosts. At that time, there was a witch named Li Wujie in Caozhou, who made a living by swaggering and deception. The witch Li Wujie claims to know the way of ghosts and gods and can treat various diseases, and many people believe in her.

Once, Li Wujie came to Luo Yi's mansion and showed Luo Yi's wife Meng Shi, and then bewitched her and said: "The concubine's bones are unspeakably expensive, and she must be the mother of the world." Unexpectedly, Meng Shi believed it and asked her to meet her husband Luo Yi. Therefore, Li Wujie continued to fool Meng and Luo Yi, saying:

The nobles of the concubines, because of the king; Wang Gui was hairy, and he was promoted to a great position in ten days. (Old Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of Luo Yi)

In this way, under the flickering of charlatans, Meng Shi dreamed of being the queen of the world, and began to persuade her husband Luo Yi to rebel. Originally, Luo Yi had already had different ambitions, coupled with the instigation of his wife and witches. In the end, Luo Yi didn't think about it and decided to rebel. With just a few words from his wife and the warlock, Luo Yi hurriedly rebelled. It can be seen that this person acted extremely sloppily and willfully.

Since you have decided to rebel, you must have a careful plan and make it seamless. After thinking about it, Luo Yi thought of a solution: fake the holy decree. At that time, the Tianjie military troops under Luo Yi were all concentrated in Jingzhou. So, Luo Yi planned to use the Tianjie Army to rebel.

In the first month of the first year of Zhenguan (627), Luo Yi claimed that he would hold a military parade in Jingzhou, and all the soldiers and horses of the Tianjie Army would be transferred to the Jingzhou area. After the troops were in place, Luo Yi lied that there was a change in the court, received a secret edict, and ordered him to lead his troops into the court. Luo Yi has led the Tianjie Army for many years, and he is quite prestigious, and all the subordinates are the only ones who look forward to Luo Yi. Seeing Luo Yijiao's army, the officers and soldiers of the department did not know the truth, and they were kept in the dark, so they followed Luo Yi in a daze.

At this point, Luo Yi falsely preached the holy decree and openly raised troops to rebel. After gaining the support of his subordinates, Luo Yi led his troops to march to Youzhou. Youzhou was the birthplace of Luo Yi back then, and its strategic location was extremely important. Youzhou is close to Chang'an, and can go straight to Hexi. If Luo Yi occupies Youzhou, he can go straight to Chang'an, and if he retreats, he will defect to the Turks, at least he can fight against Li Shimin. Therefore, after Luo Yi led his troops from Jingzhou, he went straight to Youzhou.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty officials stationed in Youzhou did not know that Luo Yi had raised troops to rebel, thinking that Luo Yi had brought troops to come because he had military affairs. Therefore, Zhao Cihao personally went out of the city in Youzhou and came to receive Luo Yi. Unexpectedly, seeing Zhao Cihao out of the city, Luo Yi's original form was revealed, and Zhao Cihao was suddenly detained. Subsequently, Luo Yi led his troops into Youzhou. After many years, Luo Yi once again returned to his former birthplace - Youzhou.

The news of Luo Yi's occupation of Youzhou was shocked as soon as it came out. This means that the party of the hidden prince has a great tendency to resurge, and after Luo Yi occupies Youzhou, he will inevitably collude with the Turks. At that time, taking advantage of the Luo Yi rebellion, the Turkic iron cavalry will definitely wave its troops south, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty had just achieved national unification, and the world was initially decided, and it was really unable to withstand too many tosses. As a result, Li Shimin, the newly enthroned Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, convened his ministers to discuss how to deal with Luo Yi's rebellion. Previously, Tang Taizong had shown favor many times, hoping to appease Luo Yi. However, Luo Yi didn't appreciate it, and actually started a rebellion. Anyway, Tang Taizong has already done his best to be benevolent and righteous, and since Luo Yi is obsessed, he can't blame himself.

What's more, today's Tang Dynasty dominates the world and sweeps away the secession. Luo Yi raised troops to rebel, which was completely self-defeating. In the end, after discussion, Tang Taizong acted vigorously and resolutely, and immediately made a decision not to tolerate it, and sent troops to attack Luo Yi. Therefore, Tang Taizong sent two heavyweights to lead the troops to the battle, they were: Sun Wuji, the chief of the Ministry of Officials, and Chi Jingde, the general of the Right Military Candidate.

These two people who commanded the army, the eldest grandson Wuji was the brother-in-law of Tang Taizong and the elder brother of the eldest grandson empress. When Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, the eldest grandson Wuji was the main member of the Qinwang group, giving him advice and strategizing. Needless to say, Wei Chi Jingde is Tang Taizong's confidant and favorite general, who has been on the battlefield for a long time and has countless achievements. Therefore, Tang Taizong appointed Changsun Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde to lead an army to defeat Luo Yi and quell the rebellion.

However, there is always a miraculous reversal of events. The main force of the Tang army of Changsun Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde had not yet arrived in Youzhou, but there was internal strife within the rebels. In the final outcome of this infighting, Luo Yi was killed by his subordinates, and this mutiny was put down bloodlessly.

It turned out that since Luo Yi raised his troops, many of his subordinates have realized that it was a lie to say that he had been edicted to enter the court, and rebellion was Luo Yi's real purpose. To tell the truth, many of Luo Yi's subordinates were reluctant to rebel, and for a while, the hearts of the rebels fluctuated. And all this is seen by one person, that is, Zhao Cihao in Youzhou who was detained by Luo Yi. Zhao Cihao believes that this may be an opportunity.

In addition, at this time, Zhao Cihao heard that the imperial army was coming, and he felt that the opportunity could not be missed. So, Zhao Cihao conspired with Yang Qi in private, and the two were ready to kill Luo Yi, respond to the imperial army, and cooperate with the Tang army to recover Youzhou. However, for some reason, the conspiracy of Zhao Cihao and Yang Qi accidentally leaked the news. Luo Yi was shocked, and made the first move to imprison Zhao Cihao.

At this moment, Yang Qi led the troops and stationed them outside the city. He noticed that there was a change in the city, and judged that the plan might have been miscalculated. So far, there is only one way to fight. Immediately afterwards, Yang Qi led his troops and horses, collectively defected, and transferred his troops to attack Youzhou City. Luo Yi didn't expect Yang Qi to take risks, so he couldn't resist Yang Qi's attack at all, and his subordinates scattered and fled. In the end, Luo Yi saw that Youzhou couldn't hold it, so he left his wife and children, led hundreds of cavalry, and fled.

After Luo Yi escaped from Youzhou, where should he go? In the end, Luo Yi thought about it, and he still went to the Turks like Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang, and Liu Heimin before. Therefore, Luo Yi and his entourage fled all the way, traveled to the border of Ningzhou, and passed the Wushi Station. Speaking of which, Luo Yi's escape all the way was extremely embarrassing, and the people around him kept escaping without permission, and there were fewer and fewer people. In the end, there were only a few people left around Luo Yi.

Until this time, everyone understood that today's Luo Yi is a lost dog, a rebellious minister and a thief, what way out can he have? So, several entourages around Luo Yi discussed privately and simply got rid of Luo Yi and asked the court for credit. In the end, Luo Yi followed him left and right, took advantage of his unpreparedness, killed Luo Yi, and then passed on the head to Chang'an. Luo Yi's younger brother Luo Shou, who was the governor of Lizhou at the time, was implicated by Luo Yi and was also killed. After Luo Yi was killed, Tang Taizong ordered his head to be hung in the downtown as a punishment.

By this time, Luo Yi's rebellion had finally been completely put down. This mutiny, which came from within the Tang Dynasty, began with a farce and ended with a farce. Luo Yi, such a heroic man who dominated the battlefield in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, ended his life in a tragic way and killed himself.

Of course, the essence of the Luo Yi Rebellion was a military rebellion that occurred within the Tang Dynasty. This mutiny was an absurd farce led by the clown, which could not have any impact on the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, less than a month after Luo Yi raised troops to rebel, it was quickly pacified and wiped out.

However, by quelling the Luo Yi rebellion, it can also be seen from another side that the unification war of the Tang Dynasty was close to victory and was gradually coming to an end. In the seventh year of Wude (624), the Tang army eliminated the forces of Jianghuai Fugongqi and realized the unification of the south and the north, and the Tang Dynasty basically swept away all the separatist forces except for Shuofang Liang Shidu.

Therefore, the last step of the Tang Dynasty to dominate the world was to eliminate the Liang Shidu of Shuofang. Liang Shidu, which was entrenched in Shuofang, also became the last enemy of the Tang Dynasty to dominate the world. So, who is Master Liang? How did the Li Tang Dynasty, which swept through the heroes, gnaw the last bone in the war for the founding of the country, completely eliminate the forces of Liang Shidu, and complete the great cause of the Tang Dynasty to dominate the world?

At the same time, in addition to sweeping away the separatist forces in the interior of the Central Plains and achieving national unification, the Li Tang Dynasty, which had initially determined the world, also had to face another military force, the Turkic Khanate from the steppe. After the Tang Dynasty dominated the world, it was inevitable that there would be a conflict with the Turks, the overlord of the steppe. The final contest between the two sides cannot be avoided. The war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks was an inevitable trend of historical development.

In fact, since the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the large and small separatist forces in the interior of the Central Plains have been inextricably linked with the Turks. If the Turks were not resolved, the Tang Dynasty would not have truly completed the war of unification. So, after conquering the Liang Shidu, how will the Tang Dynasty deal with the powerful steppe eagle Turks? In the end, how did the soldiers of the Tang Army defeat the Turks in one fell swoop, complete their efforts in one battle, and plant the Tang Dynasty flag on the Saibei grassland?