According to the records in the Book of the Tang Dynasty and A Mirror of Resources and Tongzhi, Li Shimin was the greatest planner of Jinyang War, and Tang Yuan was passively involved in this battle, but this statement is increasingly unconvincing. Li Shimin, as an eternal monarch, is not without stains. Among them, there are two stains, one is the change of Xuanwu Gate, and the other is tampering with history books.
Of course, he didn't tamper with many historical facts. The two main points are discrediting Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang and weakening Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. The record of Jinyang's starting an army in the history books is probably tampered with in order to weaken Li Yuan's achievements. This is not an alarmist. At least in the gentle Notes on Datang Entrepreneurship, Jinyang's entrepreneurship was Li Yuan's plan from beginning to end.
Today, let's look at two different records.
According to the records of the two Tang Dynasties, there appeared a honey trap when Jinyang started his army, which was specially prepared by Li Shimin for his father Tang Gaozu. In the thirteenth year of the great cause, Li Yuan became Taiyuan's left-behind. At that time, Li Yuan and Li served in Hedong as the eldest son.
The situation was not optimistic at that time. Yang Guang has been hiding in Jiangdu, trying to turn a deaf ear to what happened in Beijing, and uprisings are in full swing everywhere. The careerists have already stepped onto the historical stage. Li Shimin, who was just full of blood, wanted to make a difference in troubled times, but his father Li Yuan remained loyal to the Sui Dynasty as always, which made him very helpless.
How to persuade Tang Gaozu to start the uprising is a big problem, but Li Shimin believes that there is always a way to persuade his father. He made many friends with lofty ideals in Taiyuan, among which Jinyang made Liu Wenjing think highly of Li Shimin. He once said to his friend Pei Ji:
Li Shimin's handsome appearance and extraordinary bearing are by no means mediocre. After all, he will do something in the future. ?
But at that time, Pei Ji didn't agree with Liu Wenjing.
Liu Wenjing values Li Shimin, and Li Shimin also wants to make friends with Liu Wenjing. Later, Liu Wenjing was arrested and imprisoned because he was in-laws with Shi Biao. The future seems so bleak, but soon after Liu Wenjing entered the prison, Li Shimin went to visit Liu Wenjing, and discussed the general trend of the world with him, expressing his dream of ending troubled times.
Liu Wenjing also analyzed the general trend of the world and advised Li Shimin that now is the best time to raise the banner of justice. As long as Shuntian responds to people, it will naturally respond with 100 thousand people, and the world will change hands within six months.
When Li Shimin heard that his heart was boiling with blood, he secretly planned and began to prepare for the war. This time, Liu Wenjing introduced Pei Ji, the deputy palace supervisor of yangjin, to Li Shimin, and hinted that Li Shimin might become a key figure in persuading Tang Gaozu to fight.
Pei Ji is a good friend of Liu Wenjing and an old friend of Tang Gaozu. Now Tang Gaozu has become Pei Ji's immediate superior, and their relationship is quite unusual. They often drink and brag after work. It is more useful for Pei Ji to talk with Tang Gaozu.
Li Shimin took out his own private money and gave Gao Binlian a task, that is, gambling with Pei Ji, only losing is not allowed to win. In this way, after several days, Pei Ji was overjoyed, but he also knew that there must be something fishy in it. Sure enough, Gao Binlian told Pei Ji that all the money he won was from Li Shimin, which made Pei Ji frustrated and knew that Li Shimin must want something from him.
So, he took the initiative to be nice to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin told the whole story about his plan, hoping that Peiji would help persuade Tang Gaozu to arise and make contributions in troubled times, and then Peiji would be a hero. Pei Ji promised to come down, and the two men discussed it and decided to borrow a woman from Jin Yanggong Central Committee to set up a bureau.
After work, Pei Ji is still drinking and bragging with Tang Gaozu. On this day, Tang Gaozu drank too much. Pei Ji took the opportunity to call two maids in Jin Yanggong to serve Tang Gaozu. At that time, Tang Gaozu was dizzy, so he didn't care where the beauty came from, just enjoyed it. As a result, the next day, Pei Ji told Tang Gaozu that these two beauties were Jin Yanggong's maids and belonged to Emperor Yang Guang. Tang Gaozu's heart cooled when he heard this. He didn't expect his old friend to calculate himself like this.
Pei Ji saw Tang Gaozu's reaction and knew Tang Gaozu's mind, so he quickly gave up Li Shimin and told Li Shimin his intention to prepare for the war. This layout only forced Tang Gaozu to rebel. And Li Shimin soon came to see Tang Gaozu and told him all the plans. Tang Gaozu secretly afraid. He didn't expect his son to have such ambitions, but he hesitated and had no opinion of soldiers. Once he fails, it is a great sin to punish Jiuzu.
So he wanted to send Li Shimin to the office, and Li Shimin said he would deal with it with his father. The puzzled Tang Gaozu threw caution to the wind. After a while, he said:
You are my own son, how can I have the heart to give you away? Do as you say. ?
Although things have been settled, Tang Gaozu has been slow to act, and they are secretly worried. At this time, Liu Wuzhou jointly attacked the Turks, and Tang Gaozu sent Gao Junya to fight with Liu Rengong, and the result was defeated. Yang Guang ordered people to blame Tang Gaozu, while Tang Gaozu was determined to arise. Therefore, Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing, Shunde and others began to recruit soldiers under the pretext of defending the Turks, hoping to fight Sui at the right time. At this moment, Yang Guang suddenly sent messengers to pardon Tang Gaozu.
This sudden order made Tang Gaozu stop fighting. He retreated. Li Shimin secretly worried. Liu Wenjing found Pei Ji and told him that if Tang Gaozu didn't fight, it would be a great sin for Yang Guang to know that Pei Ji sent maids to serve Tang Gaozu privately. Pei Ji was afraid. He stepped up his efforts, urged Tang Gaozu to fight, and finally persuaded him.
However, there is still a problem that needs to be solved by Tang Gaozu. During his stay in Taiyuan, Yang Guang also sent two deputies to monitor him. These two men are Gao Junya and Wang Wei. The two men were loyal to Yang Guang and disagreed with the rise of Tang Gaozu. In addition, they gradually became suspicious of Tang Gaozu's recruitment, and decided to design and kill Tang Gaozu for Yang Guang's credit. However, Tang Gaozu knew in advance that their plan was aimed at two people.
Tang Gaozu made people falsely accuse them of secretly associating with Turks, which was a big crime, so they were imprisoned. This is really God's help to Tang Gaozu. The crime of secret communication with Turks was imposed. If it had not happened, it would have been illegal for Tang Gaozu to arrest the two men, but two days later, Turkish soldiers did come, which confirmed the charges against them.
Get rid of two people, Jinyang arise and also put on the agenda. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji became heroes of Taiyuan Yuanmou who forgave the two dead.
As can be seen from the above story, Li Yuan has always been passive and forced to fight, but it is a different scene in Wen Daya Datang Entrepreneurship Notes.
Maybe many people are not familiar with Wen Daya. This person is a witness of Jinyang's starting an army. When Tang gaozu started his army, Wen Daya was appointed as the secretary of the general's office to join the army and write books in the army. This book is highly credible.
Li Yuan in this book is far-sighted and very brave, which can be described as both wisdom and courage. When he became a left-behind in Taiyuan, he said to his sons:
Taiyuan is the hometown of Tang Dynasty. I came to Sri Lanka today for heaven and peace. If you don't accept, it will be a disaster. ?
Taiyuan was a military stronghold at that time. In such a place, Li Yuan naturally wanted to make contributions, and Yang Guang had long been afraid of Li Yuan. In the First World War with the Turks, Gao Junya and Liu Rengong were defeated, and Yang Guang ordered Tang Gaozu to be convicted and killed Liu Rengong. At this time, Tang Gaozu said to Li Shimin:
Sui Li is coming to an end, and my family is following orders. For those who don't get up early, the second brother hasn't gathered his ears yet. Now that he is in prison, Erkunji wants to join the Tianjin army, and he is not allowed to be slaughtered together, and his family is ruined and laughed at by heroes. ?
At that time, the prophecy of Taolizi had already spread all over the country, and it was an open secret that Li became emperor. Tang Gaozu was shelved only because family members were not together. He only took his only son to stay in Taiyuan, and the rest of his family stayed in Hedong with Li.
So next, he asked to recruit in Taiyuan, and Li made friends with people with lofty ideals in Hedong. Just one order, families from all over the country arrived in Taiyuan, and then got up. Later, Li Yuan designed the routine of Gao Junya and Wang Wei, and finally killed them, intending to start an army.
From the beginning to the end, Li Shimin was only carrying out orders, while Tang Gaozu had the heart of long-term fighting, just waiting for a suitable opportunity, so as to hit it with one blow.
In July of the 13th year of the Great Cause, Li Yuan led 30,000 people to take the oath of office, set out from Jinyang, captured Chang 'an in four months, and then established Datang in the next year.