A few years ago, Li Yaoshi and Chuchen were traveling north on the Xianyang Ancient Road. They stopped at the top of a mountain and looked east toward Taiyuan, right in this area.

Now that he has entered this homeland of the Three Jin Dynasties and the Four Fortresses with his beloved wife and son, he cannot help but secretly be excited and want to do something.

However, at that time, the Sui Empire was already in a situation where "Qin lost its deer and the whole world chased it away". He was not the only one who secretly wanted to do something. Li Yaoshi was not the only one.

Under the prefect of a county, the most important officials are the captain and the county magistrate.

These two official positions were directly appointed by the central government, and the remaining officials were selected by the prefect.

The lieutenant is in charge of the military affairs of a county, and the county magistrate, in addition to supervising the administration of the prefect, is also responsible for monitoring the army of the lieutenant.

Wang Rengong, the governor of Mayi, was a literati who was timid and afraid of getting into trouble.

However, Yingyang Colonel Liu Wuzhou was not a simple person.

When Liu Wu first arrived in Mayi, he traded horses with the Turks in the name of spying on the enemy, but in reality he was secretly communicating with them.

On the surface, he was affectionate and submissive to Wang Rengong, but secretly he compared himself to Lu Bu, regarded Wang Rengong as Dong Zhuo, and had an affair with Wang Rengong's concubine.

How could Master Li not be aware of what Liu Wuzhou had done? However, he could not act rashly.

If he jumps up to catch cicadas at this time, he will become the mantis in the mouth of the oriole.

Just because in addition to Liu Wuzhou, he also had to face a more powerful opponent, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty who stayed in Taiyuan.

So he just secretly made friends with the officers and soldiers under Liu Wuzhou's account to contain Liu Wuzhou's actions.

As for Li Yuan, since he left Chang'an, he successively served as the governor of Qiaozhou, Longxi, and Qizhou.

Later, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came to the throne, he did not trust Li Yuan, his direct aunt and cousin, so he was transferred to official positions many times.

When Yang Xuangan rebelled, Yang Guang hurriedly ordered Li Yuan to leave the town of Honghua County, and at the same time he also took charge of the Guanyou military force.

Li Yuan took the opportunity to recruit heroes, and many people from all over the world joined his sect.

At that time, the disciples gathered together, just like Yang Su's style in those days.

After Yang Xuangan's rebellion was over, his imperial chariot patrolled Guanyou and ordered Li Yuan to pay a visit.

Li Yuan knew that the emperor was very suspicious of him, so how could he go to the banquet at Hongmen? So he pretended to be ill and did not go to the palace according to the imperial edict.

When Li Yuan did not come to pay homage, Yang Guang was even more suspicious.

Li Yuan had a nephew named Wang who served as Emperor Yang's harem. After Yang Guang returned to the palace, he coldly said to Wang: "Your uncle only knows how to claim to be sick, so it would be better to die!"

Wang told Li Yuan about the matter, and Li Yuan was greatly frightened. He quickly prepared valuables and treasures, bribed the court officials, and asked for help.

At the same time, he imitated Liu Ling, one of the Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove, who drank too much and blended in with the world in order to avoid disaster.

Later, the emperor patrolled the northern fortress and ordered Li Yuan to arrest the bandits from the east of the river.

After Yanmen was out of danger, Li Yuan was first promoted to General Youxiaowei for his contribution in pacifying Hedong, and then was transferred to stay in Taiyuan.

Taiyuan is the hometown of Emperor Yao Tao and the Tang family, and the Tang Shu Yu Temple is nearby.

Li Yuan inherited the hereditary title of Duke of Tang State because his family had lived in Zhao County for a long time, which was close to Yaotai.

Now that he, the Duke of Tang Dynasty, came from Yaotai, a small county in Zhao County, and settled in the hometown of Tao Tang Dynasty, how could he not be secretly conceited and shout loudly in his heart: "God help me!"

Li Yuan came to Taiyuan and immediately made friends with Pei Ji, who was supervising the Jinyang Palace there, and Liu Wenjing, the magistrate of Jinyang County.

Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing were already dissatisfied with the political situation and hit it off with Li Yuan.

However, after all, things in the world cannot always go as planned.

Under his guard in Taiyuan, there were also the county magistrate Wang Wei and Wu Yalang general Gao Junya, all of whom were appointed by the central government and were not from his own system.

In addition, only a few hundred miles away, there was Liu Wuzhou in that Mayi, who was secretly in league with the Turks and was ready to make a move.

What's even worse is that Pharmacist Li, who is always against him, is actually in Mayi!

When Wei Wensheng encircled and suppressed the Yang Mansion, Medicine Master Li had a plan to hide the truth and let Yang Xuanqing's golden cicada escape from its shell.

Li Yuan was a figure of his generation. Not only was he not as easy to trick as Wei Wensheng, he also understood Pharmacist Li far better than Wei Wensheng.

Although he did not know that Li Yaoshi helped Yang Xuanqing escape, he would never believe in the talk of "clearing out the remaining rebels" or "bringing order to order".

Now facing Li Yaoshi, Li Yuan is also waiting for changes.

He knew that Pharmacist Li was responsible for checking and balancing Liu Wuzhou as a supervisor of the army.

As long as Li Yaoshi takes action against Liu Wuzhou, he can enter the town of Mayi as a left-behind man in Taiyuan.

If Li Pharmacist does not move and Liu Wuzhou moves first, he can arrest Li Pharmacist for dereliction of duty.

Therefore, although Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing repeatedly urged Li Yuan to start a rebellion, Li Yuan remained unmoved.

Liu Wenjing did not know about the past festivals between Li Yuan and Li Yaoshi, so she persuaded Li Yuan to make friends with Li Yaoshi, but of course Li Yuan refused.

In February of the thirteenth year of Daye, Liu Wuzhou led Turkic troops to invade Mayi, killed the prefect Wang Rengong and proclaimed himself Emperor Tianxing.

He thought that the emperor should live in the palace, so he moved into the nearby Fenyang Palace and sent the people from Fenyang Palace to the Turks as tribute.

The Turks were overjoyed and established Liu Wuzhou as Dingyang Khan with a wolf-headed banner.

It was revealed that Liu Wuzhou had just left Mayi and entered Fenyang Palace. Li Yaoshi led the officers and soldiers of the county to defend the city so that Liu Wuzhou could not come back.

After hearing the news, Li Yuan immediately discussed countermeasures with Pei Ji.

Pei Ji hoped to start the rebellion as soon as possible, and immediately said: "The land of Mayi is surrounded by mountains and hills, and it is an important town in northern Xinjiang if it is defended by danger. If the Lord can obtain Mayi, he can move southward in the future, and Taiyuan will have no worries. Now Pharmacist Li, the chief minister of Mayi County, has neglected his duty. Why don't you arrest him? In this way, you can enter the town of Mayi."

Although Pei Ji didn't know the past between Li Yuan and Li Yaoshi, he was cunning and had already seen that Li Yuan had a grudge against Li Yaoshi.

Li Yuandao: "It is necessary to arrest Li Yaoshi, but after entering the town of Mayi, we have to formally confront Liu Wuzhou. Although Liu Wuzhou is not a big deal, he has the support of the Turks behind him. If the Turks come in full force, we will not Unable to resist.”

At first, Li Yuan thought that "the mantis stalks the cicada, while the oriole stalks behind", and he was absolutely infallible.

Unexpectedly, under Li Yaoshi's check and balance, Liu Wuzhou had his hands tied and was unable to use his own officers and soldiers to cause trouble, so he actually invited the Turks to send troops.

Now, behind Liu Wuzhou's singing cicada, suddenly there was the Turkic hawk, and he, the oriole, had no choice but to use the rat weapon.

Pei Ji said: "Why resist the Turks? Now not only Liu Wuzhou, but also Liangshidu in Shuofang and Yulin Guo Zihe are all friends with the Turks. Why can't we be the only one? If we make good friends with the Turks, not only will we not have to confront Liu Wuzhou, but we also don't have to worry. Liang Shidu and Guo Zihe. As the saying goes, "Be strong and avoid them." Since the Turks are strong, it is also an expedient policy to make friends with them."

At that time, Liang Shidu and Guo Zihe had all made friends with the Turks and raised their troops to rebel against the Sui Dynasty.

The Turks have an agreement with the heroes and are not allowed to attack each other.

Therefore, if Li Yuan makes friends with Turks, he does not need to worry about Liu, Liang, Guo and others.

In fact, what Pei Ji meant by "making friends" was flattery.

Among the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty who were adjacent to the Turks, including Li Yuan, no one had the ability to make friends with the Turks, but could only submit to the Turks.
Chapter completed!