Li Yuan's ambition is the name of his four sons, and he desires the imperial power of Tibet
In the history of China, all the founding masters who ruled the world were inevitably not ordinary people. Because in the context of the turbulent situation in the previous dynasty and the competition among the heroes, it is naturally not something that ordinary people can do to stand out and finally sit on the supreme throne.
However, one of these founding fathers who ruled the world was controversial.
Some people believe that Li Yuan sat on the throne of the Tang Dynasty only by virtue of good luck. Even when talking about this unified dynasty, the first thing that comes to mind is his son.
However, Li Yuan is the real founder of the Tang Dynasty.
The charm of the Tang Dynasty is still desirable, and everyone believes that the cornerstone of the prosperous Tang Dynasty is Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to choose the most outstanding monarch in Chinese history, Li Shimin is definitely one of the favorites.
For Li Yuan, people have the impression that in addition to being Li Shimin's father and the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the only thing left is the palace coup that took place in Xuanwumen.
Li Shimin's historical status needs not be said, but his father Li Yuan has been neglected. Some people believe that Li Yuan was pushed into rebellion by his son and subordinates. However, if you read the names of Li Yuan's four sons together, you will understand that his ambitions are not groundless.
Li Yuan's eldest son, Li Jiancheng, was born in 589 AD, and the Dou family named him "Li Jiancheng", the word "Bishamen". Behind this name, it contains Li Yuan's deep expectations and grand ambitions for Li Jiancheng.
Because in ancient times, the primogeniture system was highly respected, especially after the Zhou Dynasty established the primogeniture inheritance system, all dynasties and generations regarded this system as a ritual that must be observed.
As Li Yuan's eldest son, Li Jiancheng was naturally placed on more expectations.
Yang Jian successfully obtained the Northern Zhou Dynasty through the "Chan concession" of the Northern Zhou Emperor Zhou Jing, and began to gradually recover the territory of the Central Plains. The Sui Dynasty he established became another unified dynasty in Chinese history.
Although Yang Jian's "Zen Rang" is full of doubts in the eyes of the world, his benevolence and power make everyone convinced of him and dare not have any criticism.
As for the previous dynasty, Yang Jian did not treat them badly, and he put on a legal cloak for his own power and usurpation in the name of Chan Rang.
Although Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian changed the dynasty with Chan and superficially whitewashed the peace, some people still had doubts about this. In this case, Li Yuan inherited the name of his father, Tang Guogong.
Despite the change of dynasty, Li Yuan's future was not affected, and he still held the position of Qizhou Assassin. It is worth mentioning that his wife Dou was of noble birth and was the granddaughter of Emperor Wen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwentai, and the daughter of Dou Yi, the Duke of Shenwu County, and Princess Xiangyang.
Although after the change of dynasty, the former royal family and aristocracy are no longer in glory.
The Li family had a prominent status, and Li Yuan was smooth sailing in court and politics, and won the trust of Emperor Wen of Sui and was entrusted with important tasks. Li Yuan named his eldest son Li Jiancheng, which means meritorious service and successful career.
Li Yuan had high hopes for his eldest son, and from the perspective of a courtier, he also had the meaning of making meritorious contributions to the king and making immortal contributions.
On the other hand, isn't changing the dynasty and establishing the dynasty itself the greatest achievement? The Sui Dynasty was able to seize the throne of the Northern Zhou Dynasty through Chan concession, so why couldn't Li Yuan?
Li Yuan named his eldest son Li Jiancheng, which concealed other intentions.
Li Shimin, born in 598 AD, was revered as the Holy Emperor by the Tang Dynasty and was called the Heavenly Khan by the people of the Western Regions. His father, Li Yuan, was the assassin of Longdi, and he named the second son of himself and his wife Dou "Shimin" because he had the world in mind and hoped to help the world and save the people.
Therefore, the name "Shimin" contains such a meaning.
In the early years of his reign, Emperor Wen of Sui brought into full play the outstanding talents of a great leader. By unifying the north and the south, he established an unprecedented unified dynasty, and at the same time abolished the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, established the five provinces and six ministries, and created a prosperous Kaihuang rule.
However, in his later years, Emperor Wen of Sui began to pursue luxury excessively, listened to rumors, and brutally killed many loyal ministers, even giving up his eldest son and choosing his younger son to succeed him.
These actions led to a gradual decline in his prestige and laid the groundwork for the rise of the Tang Dynasty.
In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, Ming Jun's later years were absurd, which made the people of the world miserable. And Li Yuan, as a courtier, has lofty ambitions, hoping to establish a prosperous era and let the people live a stable and happy life.
This reflects his dissatisfaction with the Sui Dynasty and his deep desire for the well-being and happiness of the people.
Probably you're right"Li Xuanba"The name is not very familiar, but if it is mentioned"Li Yuanba"You must have heard of it. In popular works such as "Speaking of the Tang Dynasty" and "The Biography of the Xingtang Dynasty", Li Yuan's three sons have been portrayed"Li Yuanba"image.
Under the influence of these works, some people even mistook the ** plot for historical facts, thinking that Li Yuanba was the first in the world during the Tang Dynasty.
However, these words are far from the image of Li Xuanba in the original book, and they have almost no relevance to his life. Li Xuanba and his two elder brothers were both born to Dou, and in 599 AD, the year after Li Shimin was born, Li Xuanba was born.
Li Yuanba's name reveals Li Yuan's true thoughts, the word Xuanhuang is taken from the heaven and earth Xuanhuang, and the word tyrant is reminiscent of the struggle for domination of the world. This can't help but make people wonder whether Li Yuan is ready to compete for the world and lose his deer with the Sui Dynasty.
In 603 AD, Li Yuan's four sons descended on the earth, and the absurdity of Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Guang did not change, and the whole country was tortured to death. Faced with such a situation, Li Yuan named his fourth son Li Yuanji, which means that he hopes that the world will be stable and everything will go well, that the era in which he lives can be smooth, and that the people's lives will be peaceful and harmonious.
Li Yuanji, this name is closely related to the tragic ending after the Xuanwumen Incident in the hearts of most people. As the younger brother of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, his fate was deeply imprinted on a page of this history.
However, for Li Yuan's four sons, their relationship was not as close as we imagined, but because of the desire for imperial power and wealth, the brothers killed each other.
While Li Yuan was still choosing names for his sons, he probably couldn't have foreseen that they would kill each other for the throne in the future, let alone that his two sons would be killed by his second son.
If the names of Li Yuan's four sons are linked together, it may surprise people's hearts: Li Yuan's ambition has already been revealed. Jiancheng, Shimin, Xuanba, and Yuanji, these four names contain Li Yuan's yearning for the supremacy of imperial power and his expectation for the monopoly of the world.
can't help but sigh, who said that Li Yuan is just an incompetent person, his ability and ambition coupled with the right opportunity are enough to overthrow the old dynasty and ascend to the supreme emperor's throne.
Some people say that it was Li Er's power that pacified the world, but Li Yuan, as the founding monarch, has always been misunderstood as having no ambition. Many people believe that from the beginning of the Jiantang Dynasty to the later stability of the world, Li Yuan completely relied on his several outstanding sons, especially the second Li Shimin, who contributed the most.
However, this view emerged largely because Li Yuan was forced to retire early due to his son's mutiny and became the emperor soon after founding the Tang Dynasty.
Historically, the struggle for imperial power often led to cannibalism, but Li Yuan could not control his own son. During the Xuanwumen Rebellion, he witnessed the second brother kill his brother, but he was powerless to punish him.
Two months later, he was forced to abdicate as Emperor Taishang. Because of this history, some people believe that Li Yuan was actually incapable and was able to sit on the throne only because of the rise of his son.
It is an indisputable fact that Li Yuan was only a passive bystander during the Xuanwumen Incident, and his palace power had been weakened to an extremely low level. However, this does not mean that his contribution to the construction of the Tang Dynasty is dispensable, he is an absolutely indispensable figure, and he is by no means a person who does nothing.
Li Yuan attracted much attention because he had an excellent son, and Li Shimin's atrocities, including killing his brother and forcing his father to abdicate, although he himself realized that it was a scandal, in order to cover up this history, he did not hesitate to tamper with history a lot during his reign, exaggerating his exploits to the limit.
Without Li Shimin, the establishment of the Tang Dynasty might have come to naught. His father Li Yuan was called the emperor, but only because he had the identity of his father, and he only temporarily gave up the throne to his father.
As for the extreme way to ascend to the throne in the end, the reason is that the two brothers were unkind and unrighteous first, and they themselves had to take unrighteous actions later.
Li Shimin was self-centered and tried to take the credit for the Xuanwumen Revolution for himself. However, it is unrealistic to want to blind everyone. In the book "Notes on the Entrepreneurship of the Tang Dynasty", the author Wen Daya, the document of Li Yuan's army, recorded in detail the details of Li Yuan's uprising.
Through this book, we can get to know Li Yuan more truly.
Li Yuan understood that as the emperor, his responsibility was not only to personally go into battle to kill the enemy, but more importantly, to coordinate the overall situation in the rear and put the most suitable people in the most suitable positions.
Only then can the uprising continue. If only force was relied upon, then the leaders of the uprising like Xiang Yu, Chen Sheng, and Wu Guang would also fail because of their lack of strategic vision.
The fall of the Sui Dynasty caused a great chaos in the world, and the eighteen anti-kings, sixty-four smoke and dust, and seventy-two thieves all rose in the troubled times.
Although people from all walks of life used the reason of representing the people and fighting for the people, it was Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, who finally overthrew the Sui Dynasty and established the prosperous Tang Dynasty. If you look at it from a moral point of view, the Sui Dynasty lost the hearts of the people in the world, mainly because of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
However, Li Yuan's relationship with the former Northern Zhou Dynasty was ambiguous, and his relationship with the Sui Dynasty's ruling group was also very close.
Li Yuan's family background is quite prominent, his ancestor was Li Wei, the founding monarch of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and his grandfather served as a taishou during the Western Wei Dynasty. After the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Li Yuan's ancestor was posthumously named the Duke of Tang Guo, and this title was passed down to Li Yuan.
What is even more enviable is that Li Yuan's mother is the sister of Emperor Wen of Sui's wife, and it can be said that Li Yuan's family had an unparalleled social status at that time. No matter which noble family ascends to the throne, the Li Yuan family can be taken care of enough.
Li Yuan was able to take over the Sui Dynasty not only because his son Li Shimin had won several victories on the battlefield. In addition to his performance on the battlefield, Li Yuan played a key role in politics, diplomacy, and the game of interests.
In the process of the Li family's establishment of the Tang Dynasty, although Li Shimin performed well on the local battlefield, Li Yuan was the real helmsman.
After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he wisely chose his eldest son as the crown prince. He was well aware of the instability in the world and the frequent transfer of imperial power, because people lacked reverence for the throne.
Emperor Wen of Sui abolished the elder and established Emperor Yang of Sui as the crown prince, which led to the short-lived death of the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan deeply understands that if the rules are not set, Datang is likely to repeat the mistakes of the past.
Li Jiancheng is not incompetent, although under Li Shimin's deliberate arrangement, he is interpreted as a treacherous and greedy incompetent. When the army was raised in Taiyuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fought side by side, fighting together on the front line, laying a great dynasty for his father and the Li family, and finally, the fall of Chang'an was also commanded by Li Jiancheng himself.
After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he set up the capital in Chang'an, and chose Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of the Corporal Li Jiancheng, who had made great military exploits, had high prestige and courtesy, as the crown prince and the first person of the Li family.
At the same time, he also rewarded the second and third sons who were good at war, so that they could guard the country in various places and ensure the stability and prosperity of the country. This arrangement was both reasonable and reasonable, making Li Shimin in charge of the west of Chang'an against Xue Ju, the overlord of Western Qin; Li Yuanji, on the other hand, was in charge of the east of Chang'an, mainly defending against the Turks in the north.
Li Yuan hopes that after a hundred years, his eldest son can successfully ascend to the throne, and several younger brothers can also fully assist him, so that the Li family's country can be passed on for a long time.
With his outstanding military talents, Li Er successfully defeated Xue Ju and brought Xue Ju's country to ruin. However, Li Yuanji was unable to defeat the two separatist forces, Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou, which were the birthplaces of the Li family.
In desperation, Li Yuan could only send Li Shimin to the rescue. Li Shimin quickly rushed to Shanxi, and also achieved a record of consecutive victories and successfully recovered Shanxi. This battle greatly increased Li Er's prestige and upset the previous balance.
Li Yuan faced the disputes of his sons, although he hesitated, but it was difficult to give up his flesh and blood. In the end, unable to make a decision, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killed his brother, forced his father to abdicate, and established himself as king.
Although Li Yuan seemed a little hesitant on this key event, he finally ended up becoming the emperor early. But looking back on his original intention, whether it was Jiancheng, Shimin, Xuanba or Yuanji, Li Yuan fulfilled his responsibilities as a father.