His father Li Fang is the general manager of Anzhou, the general of Zhu Guo and the Duke of Tang, and his mother is the sister of the lonely queen of Emperor Wendi. At the age of seven, Li Yuan's father died. At the age of seven, Li Yuan inherited the title of Tang Guogong from his father.
In 58 1 year, when Li Yuan 15 years old, his uncle Emperor Wendi usurped the throne of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, proclaimed himself emperor and established the Sui Dynasty. More importantly, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, was very fond of the clever Li Yuan. Ethan's life began to broaden. When Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty appointed him as the military attache around him, he took good care of him. Tang gaozu was trained when he was a little older, and served as the secretariat of Qiao Zhou and Longzhou successively.
After Emperor Yang Guang of Yang Di killed his father and usurped the throne, Li Yuan's life suffered some setbacks, but with Li Yuan's strategy and wisdom, he gradually resolved Yang Guang's doubts about himself, and successively served as the secretariat of qi zhou and the comforter of Hedong in Shanxi.
A good opportunity for Ethan.
In August of the 11th year of the Great Cause of Sui Dynasty (6 15), a great event happened, which seemed to have nothing to do with Li Yuan, but it really changed his fate. This year, Emperor Yangdi Yang Guang led an army to patrol the northern border on the grounds that Khan didn't come to pay tribute at the beginning of the Turks to deter the Turks. As a result, he was besieged by 100 thousand Turkish troops and almost died in Yanmen. Since then, the Turks in the north have become the hatred in Yang Guang's heart.
In 6 17, Yang Guang appointed resourceful Li Yuan to stay in Taiyuan and became the highest military and political chief in this area, whose main task was to deal with Turks. It was the help of the Turks that made Li Yuan own Jinyang, a land of geomantic omen. Shanxi is surrounded by mountains and shielded on all sides. Jinyang is located in the middle of Shanxi and surrounded by mountains on three sides, so it can be defended. At the same time, Shanxi is located in the middle of Mobei beyond the Great Wall and the hinterland of the Central Plains. It can take Luoyang to the south, and then go straight to Jiangnan and Ma Pingchuan. To the west, cross the Yellow River and go straight to Chang 'an, which can occupy the land of Guanzhong and seek the land of Shu, a land of abundance; Even if you can't go south, you can occupy Shanxi, defend according to risks, recuperate, save livestock strength, and look to the Central Plains.
The help of Ethan's good friend.
Having Jinyang, a land of feng shui, has created conditions for starting an army. But you have to have money and food to rebel. Surprisingly lucky, Tang Gaozu has everything he wants. Jinyang has A Jin Yang Gong, and there are a lot of existing grain, cloth and armor in the palace. There is also Pei Ji from Jin Yanggong Prison, and Tang Gaozu are good friends and buddies, and they often drink together. When Li Yuan started his army in Jinyang, Pei Ji gave Jin Yanggong all his possessions: 90,000 meters, 50,000 pieces of cloth and 400,000 pairs of armor, which became the first start-up fund for Li Yuan's business.
Help in many ways at a critical moment
To rise up and rebel, the first task is the source of troops. Jinyang left-behind Tang Gaozu, the estimated strength is only more than ten thousand people. In addition, Tang Gaozu's two deputies, Wang Wei and Gao Junya, are Yang Guang's cronies. They were originally spying on Tang Gaozu, and the more than 10,000 people didn't necessarily listen to the command. The only way is to recruit people. Recruiting soldiers requires reasons and the consent of the court. At the critical moment, someone helped again. In Mayi, not far from Jinyang, Liu Wuzhou, a captain, killed Wang Rengong, the satrap, transferred troops to rebel and occupied Fenyang Palace near Jinyang. In order to resist Liu Wuzhou, Tang gaozu's recruiting division became famous. Tang Gaozu quickly gathered more than thirty thousand people.
With the soldiers in hand, the next task is to get rid of Yang Guang's cronies Wang Wei and Gao Junya. Killing people needs a good reason, otherwise they can't be convinced. It happened that Turks came to help again, and their cavalry attacked Jinyang. Therefore, Tang Gaozu secretly sent people to accuse Wang Wei and Gao Junya of colluding with Turks. Tang Gaozu made a decisive decision and killed them. From then on, it was logical.
Thirty thousand troops, in the late Sui Dynasty, were too small. But with luck, there will be a way. Tang Gaozu made a fool and made a wish to the Turks in the north. The Turks supported Tang Gaozu with great fanfare and sent troops and horses to help Tang Gaozu fight. At the same time, taking advantage of weakness, Shi Biao was honored as the eldest brother in the East, and the eldest brother of his family, Shi Biao, fought against the army of the main king and his army, which fully guaranteed Tang Gaozu's security in the East and gave his army a chance to move westward calmly and seize Chang 'an, Kyoto.