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Chapter 21
"One-night stand" changes the course of history

In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil and heroes were everywhere. Li Yuan in Taiyuan was also ready to move, waiting for an opportunity to fight for the world with the heroes.

Li Yuan (reigned from 618 to 626) was born in Jingning Chengji (now Zhiping Township, Jingning County, Gansu Province). The governor of the state and the general of Zhuguo, he was granted the title of Tang Guogong in the Sui Dynasty, and he was posthumously named Tang Rengong after his death.His mother was the younger sister-in-law of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. It can be said that Li Yuan and Emperor Yang of Sui were cousins. As a relative of the emperor, he has always been valued by Emperor Yang of Sui.

After Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he appointed Li Yuan as the prefect of Xingyang and Loufan counties.Later, he was worshiped as the Comforting Ambassador of Hedong, Shanxi Province, and stayed in Taiyuan.In the later period of Emperor Sui Yang's reign, the whole country fell into the chaos of peasant uprisings. Li Yuan's ability could no longer be suppressed, but he was afraid of being suspected by Emperor Sui Yang. Li Shimin also supported the uprising.

As a child who grew up with the army, Li Shimin's character is full of rebellion and courage. Although Li Yuan has the heart of rebellion, he has been reluctant to act. Li Shimin thinks that Li Yuan is just trying to avoid chaos and war in the troubled times. He doesn't want to delay. I don't want to be a funeral object of the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Shimin found his adviser Liu Wenjing, who was imprisoned by Li Yuan because of his marriage with Li Mi in Wagangzhai.Li Shimin found Liu Wenjing, and the two hit it off about the rebellion.

Liu Wenjing made three suggestions for Li Shimin: First, if you want to rebel, you can't make a big show of it. It will attract people's attention and be counterattacked by other rebels.

Second, although Li Yuan has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands, the more soldiers and horses the better, the greater the chance of success, so he needs to recruit more soldiers and horses. When the time comes to attack Chang'an and gather all the soldiers and horses from all over the place, don't be afraid Can't do it.

Third, to attract people's hearts. Now heroes from all over the world are rebelling one after another. The power in the hands of these people can be used for themselves. As long as they can be made to submit, the spearhead will be pointed at the Great Sui Dynasty. Then the country must belong to the Li family.

After listening to Liu Wenjing's analysis, Li Shimin was confident, and there was only one thing he had to do at the moment, which was to completely persuade Li Yuan to rebel.And this is also a tricky matter. Li Yuan is stubborn and has never dared to make mistakes with the imperial power;

Although Li Shimin was Li Yuan's right-hand man, Li Yuan didn't trust him very much, so Li Shimin bought Li Yuan's most trusted person——Pei Ji, to help him.

This person was the deputy supervisor of Jinyang Palace at the time, and he was the most flattering and sycophant, which won Li Yuan's trust. The two were officials in the same dynasty, and their relationship was very good. They often drank, played chess, and played games together all night long.Li Shimin knew that only Pei Ji could persuade Li Yuan, but Li Shimin also worked hard to get Pei Ji to help him.

Pei Ji grew up in poverty, his parents died, and he suffered all kinds of stares and bullying from others. This is also the main reason for his smooth and sophisticated personality. This kind of experience made Pei Ji always want to make a fortune. Unwilling to be inferior to others, he has been looking for suitable opportunities. Being close to Li Yuan is also a manifestation of his currying favor with the powerful and adoring the dragon and the phoenix.

Li Shimin had a friend named Gao Binlian who often gambled with Pei Ji, so Li Shimin asked Gao Binlian to deliberately lose to Pei Ji, so that Pei Ji was happy and could talk about everything.Sure enough, when Li Shimin made a request to Pei Ji, Pei Ji agreed without thinking.

And Pei Ji didn't go directly to Li Yuan, he first found two beauties, and then he went to Li Yuan, seeing a beauties delivered to his door, Li Yuan enjoyed it happily.And Pei Ji also took the opportunity to tell Li Yuan about Li Shimin's plan. Hearing his old friend's persuasion and seeing that Li Shimin was indeed ready, Li Yuan finally agreed to start an incident.

In March of the 13th year of Sui Daye, Li Yuan raised his troops in Taiyuan, and his troops pointed directly at Chang'an. This "one-night stand" actually contributed to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. The demise of the Sui Dynasty cannot but be said to be a major event that affected the course of history.

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