Is it true that Tang Gaozu Tang Gaozu is "the father of Zitian"?

Historically, it is generally believed that the Jiangshan of Tang Gaozu, Tang Gaozu was shot down by Li Shimin, and some people even directly called Li Shimin the "founding emperor". Even according to Zi Zhi Tong Jian, before the Xuanwumen coup, Tang Gaozu once said to Li Shimin, "I will pass it on to you if you lay down the country." .

So, was it really Li Shimin who shot down Datang? Is it really "the son hits the country and the father sits"? Did Tang Gaozu really not play any role in the struggle against the country? It is true that Li Shimin played a very important role in the war with the country, leading the army to fight in the south and the north. However, it is unfair to think that Ethan has not played any role in this process.

In fact, the ancient governors did not completely win the world by their fists. Even if you work hard, you may not get everyone's approval (for example, Xiang Yu is invincible in the world, but he stayed in the end). If you don't get everyone's approval, you are unlikely to win the world. Li Shimin did win many battles, but without Tang Gaozu, even if Li Shimin could fight, it would be hard to win the world. So, what role did Ethan play?

First, Li Yuan has the status of "royalty". Tang gaozu himself is a descendant of Li Gui, the founding emperor of Xiliang, and his family has been prominent for generations. From the Western Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and then to the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan's ancestors were all senior officials and ministers of the DPRK. Also, Li Yuan's mother is the sister of Wendi's lonely queen, so it can be said that her status as a relative of the country is very obvious. At the same time, Li Yuan is Tang Guogong, a very important vassal. It is precisely because of Li Yuan's high status that when he announced that the emperor had no choice but to set up the anti-Sui banner, everyone in the world supported Li Yuan and actively joined Li Yuan's "Tang" regime.

Some people may say that Li Shimin is the son of Tang Gaozu, which was owned by the ancestors of Tang Gaozu and Li Shimin. However, Li Shimin is not Tang Guogong. Besides, he is only the second son of Tang Gaozu, not the eldest son. Obviously, without Tang Gaozu, Li Shimin is unattractive. In fact, Li Shimin is fully aware of this. So from the beginning, he tried his best to encourage Ethan to take the lead.

After Tang Gaozu refused, Li Shimin even took the maid-in-waiting of Emperor Yang Di and made Tang Gaozu "promiscuous after drinking" and committed "the crime of deceiving the monarch", so he had to take the lead. Let's look at Liu Bang again. His father Liu Taigong is still alive, why not go back and encourage his father to rebel? It is because Liu Taigong is just a commoner that it is useless to hold it up. Because of his position, Tang Gaozu has great attraction, so Li Shimin asked his father to take the lead.

Second, Li Yuan has the legend of "being the master". The ancients believed that dynasties were not changed casually, and there was a so-called "destiny." No matter how corrupt a dynasty is, if the "destiny" is not over and there is no new "the only thrill", this dynasty will not change and it will continue. Only when the "Mr. Right" appears will people feel that the world is really going to change. And Li Yuan has the legend of "the only thrill". At that time, when I was a Tang Gong, there was a fortune teller named Shi Shiliang, who said that Li Yuan "had a good bone method, would be a master, and was willing to love himself".

The story got around at that time. It is because of communication that everyone thinks that Ethan is the "the only thrill", so they actively support him. There is no such legend in Li Shimin. Without such a legend, his appeal is obviously not strong, so his support is not great.

Third, Ethan has a wide network of contacts. Li Yuan is generous and likes to make friends with heroes all over the world. At that time, he used the identity of Tang Guogong to make many friends and attract many talents. And he likes to make friends with heroes all over the world, which was once suspected by Emperor Yang Di. But it is precisely because Li Yuan has made many friends and recruited many talents that he has a wide network of contacts. These connections are also an important reason why Ethan will eventually become bigger and stronger. Li Shimin has also produced many talents.

However, the fundamental reason why Li Shimin was able to make friends with talented people was that he took advantage of his status as "the second son of Tang Guogong". Without such an identity, even if he is charitable and sincere to others, who wants to follow him? Ginger in the water margin is not noble in itself. In fact, it is not established to make friends with talents. And Chai Rong can make talents, obviously much more real.

Fourth, Li Yuan has accumulated a "first bucket of gold". Although the land in the Tang Dynasty was finally laid by Li Shimin, it was the Tang and Yuan Dynasties that accumulated the "first bucket of gold". In 6 15, Li Yuan suppressed the peasant rebels by his mother's side and collected 10,000 people. Then, Li Yuan defeated the thief Chai Changbao in Jiangzhou and gained tens of thousands of people. In 6 17, Li Yuan also crusaded against Zhen Zhai Er, a thief from Mount Li, and gained a lot of troops. Later, in the process of fighting the Turks, he recruited many troops.

So before he started, Tang Gaozu actually had tens of thousands of troops. These troops laid a solid foundation for Li Yuan's rebellion. It can be said that without Tang Gaozu's army, Li Shimin would not be sure if he moved to the north and south. From the above four points, we can see that Li Yuan really played an important role in the process of the Tang regime becoming bigger and winning the world. (Reference:

"Old Tang Book" and "Zi Tongzhi Jian")