If you want to say who Li Yuan's most trusted person was during the Wude period, it was not Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and other sons, nor Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong and other Li Tang clans, but Li Yuan's former colleague Pei Lian. I believe that many people are familiar with Pei Lian, after all, he is the one who makes Liu Wenjing jealous.
Although Pei Lin was from the Pei family in Hedong, but the first half of his life was really mediocre, and in 616, Pei Lian, who was nearly fifty years old, became the deputy supervisor of Jinyang Palace, and his leader, Jinyang Palace Supervisor was Li Yuan, who was four years older than him, but Li Yuan was still left in Taiyuan. The two have been good friends before, and they have worked together for this time, and their intimacy is naturally not comparable to others.
Pei Lin was deeply trusted by Li Yuan, so in the process of raising troops in Jinyang, Pei Lin played a huge role, really because his words were more effective in Li Yuan, according to the records of the Two Tang Dynasty Books and "Zizhi Tongjian", in order to persuade Li Yuan to raise troops, Li Shimin and Liu Wenjing found Pei Lin and asked Pei Lin to persuade Li Yuan.
And Pei Lin persuaded Li Yuan's method and speciality, he and Li Yuan feasted all night, and let the two palace maids of Jinyang Palace serve Li Yuan when they were drunk. You must know that Jinyang Palace was built for Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and the palace maids in the palace all belonged to Yang Guang, and Li Yuan had two at once, if this reached Yang Guang's ears, Xiang Shang's head might have moved, so Li Yuan was forced to take the first step to raise troops.
Of course, this record is likely to be just a record of Li Shimin's interference in the revision of history, but it is enough to show Pei Lian's status in Li Yuan's heart, and if he were someone else, it would be impossible for him to have the opportunity to drink with Li Yuan so unscrupulously, and he would not have any influence on Li Yuan.
After Li Yuan attacked Chang'an, Yang Guang's grandson Yang Yu was put on the throne of the emperor, but this was only temporary, and after Yang Guang was solved by the Xiaoguo army, Yang Yu had no need to exist, but it was impossible for Li Yuan to take the initiative to force Yang Yu to abdicate, and then sit on it himself.
There are many ways to force Yang Yu to abdicate, and soon, Yang Yu decided to "take the initiative" to give way to Li Yuan, at this time, as a qualified founding monarch, Li Yuan could not accept it directly, but to pretend to resign, and Pei Lin took the lead in standing up and persuading Li Yuan to take over the burden of the emperor and seek the well-being of the people.
Pei Lin even said to Li Yuan:"The lonely soil and the big position are all subject to the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty is not the Tang Emperor, and the ministers should go to the official ear。With such hospitality, Li Yuan had no choice but to agree, and then there was the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, to really talk about it, Pei Lin has no talent, but he is better than Li Yuan's trust, and he can make Li Yuan happy, so he can become the head of the hundred officials, even if he finally asked for a battlefield and returned defeated, but he still won Li Yuan's favor. So, how favored is Pei Lian? The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty is recorded as follows:
"Give the service to play invincible, still edict food and serve the emperor, and give the royal meal every day. Gaozu looked at the court, and he would sit with him, and when he entered the cabinet, he would extend his bedroom, and he would obey everything, and he would call Pei Jian without his name. "This treatment is far from comparable to Liu Wenjing, who has repeatedly made great contributions, and it is no wonder that Liu Wenjing is jealous of Pei Lian, the two have a similar starting point, and they are also old friends, and it is obvious that Liu Wenjing has done more, but whether it is official position or favor, Liu Wenjing has to be inferior to Pei Lian.
There is another thing that can show how favored Pei Lin is, Linzhou Thorn Shi Wei Yunqi said that Pei Lin was going to rebel. The emperors of all dynasties did not dare to despise such a major event as rebellion, and they all held a cautious attitude, preferring to believe it rather than believe it. Li Yuan's heart was not without ups and downs after seeing it, even if he trusted Pei Lin very much, even if there was no strong evidence mentioned in the table, but what if?
So Li Yuan asked people to investigate this matter, and the result of the investigation was that no signs of rebellion were found in Pei Lian. Li Yuan said to Pei Lian:"I have the world, and my father pushes me, how can I have a second heart now? Soap must be divided, so the ear is inferred. "
shows that he trusts Pei Lin very much, and the reason why he investigated it with great fanfare is to clear Pei Lian's guilt and tell the world clearly: It is impossible for Pei Lin to rebel.
Of course, as for whether Pei Lian believes this or not, it is not Li Yuan's concern. Besides, he is the emperor, it is appropriate to check this, and there is no need to give any decent explanation to the courtiers afterwards, the reason why he said this is mainly because he doesn't want to chill Pei Lian's heart and cause a gap between the two.
And Li Yuan not only said this to Pei Lian, but also did a lot for Pei Lian, he asked the three concubines in the harem to bring delicacies and treasures, and the teachers moved the crowd to Pei Lian's mansion, and held a banquet in Pei Lian's mansion, which was regarded as comforting Pei Lin on behalf of Li Yuan, and they stayed all night until they returned to the palace for the second time.
This incident caused a sensation at the time, Li Yuan can be said to have good intentions, not only comforted Pei Lian, but also told the world in this way that he did not have the slightest suspicion of Pei Lian, Pei Lian was still the person he trusted the most, and people with ulterior motives could save their energy. can do this, Li Yuan, the emperor, really trusts Pei Lin very much.
This kind of trust is not only because of the old friendship between the two in the past, but also because of Li Yuan's understanding of Pei Lone, he knows that Pei Lone is a person with average ability and ambition, so he will not believe that such a Pei Lone can betray him, and in the same way, it is precisely because Pei Lone is such a person that Li Yuan can still maintain such trust in a person after sitting in that high position. It's a good story between the two.