How did Wu Zetian's father save Li Yuan's life at a critical time?

As an unprecedented female emperor in the history of China, Wu Zetian enjoys a high reputation among the people. But it is precisely because Wu Zetian's light is too dazzling that many of her relatives are embarrassed to be in the dark under the light, including Wu Zetian's father warrior. In fact, the samurai was also a great man, who made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

Samurai _ was born in a civilian landlord family. It is said that he started by selling tofu in his early years and later became a timber merchant. Emperor Yang Di, who was overjoyed at that time, often ordered the construction of various large-scale buildings, which led to a sharp rise in the world timber price. As a result, samurai _ made a fortune, and relying on his talent and possessions, he became an armored soldier of the marching company who stayed in Taiyuan at that time.

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There was chaos in the world at the end of Sui Dynasty, and Li Yuan also wanted to take the opportunity of World War I to seize the world, but he was short of troops at that time. Moreover, according to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, Tang Yuan, who stayed behind, had no right to recruit privately. At that time, Wang Wei and Gao Junya, the left-behind lieutenants in Taiyuan, were loyal to Yang Di, and recruiting Li Yuan would arouse their suspicion.

However, there is a special provision in the laws of the Sui Dynasty: if there is an urgent military threat, the local military and political leaders can recruit soldiers first and then report to the court. At this point, Liu Wuzhou colluded with the East Turkistan and crusaded against Sui in the north of Taiyuan, claiming to be the emperor. So Tang Gaozu used Liu Wuzhou as an excuse to start recruiting, and Wang Wei and Gao Junya did not object to this system.

In the process of recruiting soldiers, Wang Wei and Gao Junya still found a problem: Li Yuan gave all these newly recruited troops to Li Shimin, Liu Hongji, Shunde, Sun Qiang and others for command, completely excluding Wang Wei and Gao Junya from staying behind. Li Shimin is fine, but Liu Hongji and Shunde, Sun Qiang are both deserters from the imperial court!

However, although Wang Wei and Gao Junya are loyal, they lack scheming. They don't know how to deal with these abnormal phenomena in recruitment. So Wang Wei and Gao Junya asked the samurai _ who they thought was equally loyal to the Sui Dynasty, and asked whether to arrest Liu Hongji and Shunde in Sun Qiang for interrogation first.

But what Wang Wei and Gao Junya didn't expect was that the samurai had secretly decided to support Tang Gaozu. So Samurai _ said to Wang Wei and Gao Junya, "The newly recruited soldiers lack training and give them to experienced professional generals, such as Liu Hongji and Shunde in Sun Qiang. This is a common method of running the army, and there is no problem. "

Samurai _ went on to say, "Although Liu Hongji and Shunde in Sun Qiang are fugitives from the imperial court, they are also guests of Tang Gong Li Yuan. The eventful autumn is the time to choose people. There is not much problem in employing these people in Tanggong Liyuan. If you don't find out the illegal places after catching these people, you will only offend Tang Gong Li Yuan, and your situation is worrying! "

At that time, preparations for the Tang Gaozu Uprising had not been completed. If Wang Wei and Gao Junya caught Liu Hongji, Sun Qiang Shunde and others at this moment, it is likely that the "Taiyuan Uprising" would be stillborn, and Tang Gaozu had a narrow escape. Thanks to the samurai who stopped Wang Wei and Gao Junya in time, the life of Tangyuan was saved.