Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Li Yuan is also a great person

The founders of great dynasties, such as Han Gaozu Liu Bang, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Yuan Taizu Temujin, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and Qing Taizu Nurhachi, are all shocking and important figures in the history of the Chinese nation in people's minds. The exception is Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, the founding emperor who was shrouded in the halo of his son Tang Taizong Li Shimin. In fact, Li Yuan is also a rather remarkable figure. Li Yuan was born in Chang'an in 566. His father was Tang Guogong Li Zong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (the name of the Tang Dynasty originated from this).Li Yuan's father died when he was seven years old, and he took the title of Tang Guogong.

Li Yuan was the cousin of Emperor Sui Yang, and his mother and Emperor Sui Yang's mother were sisters of the Dugu family, a nobleman of Xianbei, so he has always been highly valued by Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui. In 615, Li Yuan was transferred to Taiyuan, which was also the base camp where he started his career.In Taiyuan, Li Yuan successfully resolved the threat of the northern Turks. At the same time, he successfully defeated many anti-Sui armies, and continuously expanded his power by accepting the defeated armies. In July 617, Li Yuan formally launched an army against the Sui Dynasty.In fact, Li Yuan already had the idea of ​​raising troops to replace the Sui Dynasty in order to conquer the world. In order to prepare for the uprising, he sent Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to "secretly make handsome friends" and "secretly recruit powerful friends"; in the name of defending against the Turks, recruit soldiers; He used the strategy of buying Turkic horses at a low price with the strategy of "showing that there is no hurry"; for the purpose of concealment, he "drinking and accepting bribes to conceal himself" to confuse Sui Yang Emperor, all of which show that he is extremely rich in political and military talents.

The decision to raise troops in Jinyang was also his final decision and put into practice.After making adequate preparations and when the time was right, he beheaded Wang Wei and Gao Junya (actually the eyes and ears of Emperor Sui Yang who had been placed beside Li Yuan) who had opposed the uprising. Thus formally raised troops against the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan's strategy for raising troops is: take advantage of the situation, develop himself, take Guanzhong first, order the world, and then unify the whole country. The so-called "causal situation" refers to taking advantage of the chaotic situation in the world.

The so-called "borrowing strength" is to use external forces such as Turks and Li Mi for their own use. .In order to turn the Turks, who will become a worry for the future, into a force that can be borrowed, he made friends with him with humble gifts; for Li Mi, he was extremely humble and flattering, which made Li Mi so proud that he was willing to act as a "soldier who refused the Eastern Capital" for Li Yuan. , Guard Chenggao's shield role", Li Yuan was able to take advantage of the emptiness to enter the pass and seize Chang'an. After entering Chang'an, he promoted the acting king Yang You as the emperor, advocated "abolishing the obscurity and establishing the bright", carrying the banner of supporting the Sui Dynasty, he wanted to follow the story of "taking the emperor to order the princes", so as to achieve the purpose of replacing the Sui Dynasty, and "kill the rebels". "Leaving the accusation of "to others", and trying to portray himself as the new master image of "Ying Tian Shun Ren", which is obviously higher than the heroes who were vying to become emperor prematurely at that time.

After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, he "instructed the prefectures and counties in writing, so from Shangluo in the east and Bashu in the south, the prefects and county magistrates, the bandits Qu Shuai, the chiefs of Di and Qiang, scrambled to send their children to come and ask for surrender", using political appeasement The means achieved the goal of winning without a fight and expanding the land to attract the people.In the process of conquering the heroes and dominating the world, he also used a combination of military offensive and political disintegration. At that time, Li Mi, Zi Wenhuaji, and Wang Shichong in the Kanto were inseparable from each other. Li Yuan adopted the strategy of sitting back and watching and fighting with the enemy, focusing on dealing with the heroes of the Northwest.On the Northwest battlefield, he adopted a strategy of annihilating each one, rushing first and then slowing down. He sent Li Shimin to destroy Xue Rengao, who was a greater threat to Chang'an;After relieving the worries in the northwest, Li Yuancai sent Li Shimin east to attack Wang Shichong and seize Luoyang.

In order to pacify Xiao Xian in the south, Li Yuan sent Li Jing to Shu as early as the second year of Wude (619) to assist Zhaojun Wang Li Xiaogong in preparing for the water battle. Because of the sufficient preparation, proper employment and command, the battle was quickly won.Then Li Yuan pacified Liu Heitai and Fugong Er, and completed the great cause of unifying China. Li Yuan's strategic planning, correct decision-making, and proper use of people are the primary conditions for winning these battles and unifying the country.In addition, Li Yuan is good at listening to everyone's opinions, gathering everyone's wisdom into wisdom, combining everyone's strengths into strengths, so as to make correct decisions.For example, on the way to attack Huoyi in the south, there was news that the Turks and Liu Wuzhou had invaded Taiyuan. He called all the generals to discuss countermeasures, and then he chose what was good and decided to continue going south.When the army was blocked in the east of the river, the generals either said to conquer the east of the river first, and then went west; or they said to avoid the east of the river and go straight to Chang'an.Li Yuan absorbed the reasonable parts of the two opinions, left part of the army to encircle the east of the river, and led the army westward to Chang'an. Later circumstances proved that this was an extremely wise move.

Li Yuan was the military commander who founded the country and started a business in the Tang Dynasty. He was resourceful, resourceful and decisive.Old history books attribute most of the entrepreneurial achievements of the Tang Dynasty to Li Shimin, and describe Li Yuan as a mediocre and inactive person, which is not in line with historical facts.