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In just over 70 days, Li Yuan's army set out from Taiyuan and entered Guanzhong, conquering Chang'an, the capital of the Sui Dynasty.

For this period of history, the major and key battles recorded in the old and new Tang books were all achieved by Li Shimin.

However, the Notes on Entrepreneurial Living records that Li Yuan predicted that Song Laosheng and Qu Tutong would be defeated long before the encounter with Song Laosheng. Will Li Yuan retreat in such a winning situation?

Only ghosts believe, and this is completely inconsistent with Li Yuan's image of resourcefulness.

Therefore, the aggressive method to defeat Song Laosheng was originally planned by Li Yuan.As for blocking Qu Tu and crossing the Yellow River westward, this is also Li Yuan's strategy.This is in line with the strategy and character of the time.

After all, compared with his father, Li Shimin is still younger at this time.

As for the period of entrepreneurship, daily life and creation, we can see that it was the period when Wen Yanbo defected to Li Shimin, and this point is very subtle.

Here, we have to mention one point, that is, the incident between Li Mi and Li Yuan that occurred during the march into Chang'an.

Li Mi was the first person to rebel against the Sui Dynasty. When he heard that Li Yuan was rebelling against the Sui Dynasty, he wrote to Li Yuan to form an alliance with him.

The words are very arrogant, to the effect that I, Li Mi, have many generals, and you, Li Yuan, had better take refuge in me.

After Li Yuan received this letter, he did not show anger, but instead said that he was willing to take refuge in Li Mi.

Such a reply letter made Li Mi very happy, so he could fight against Luoyang Wang Shichong with peace of mind.

As a result, Li Yuan easily entered Guanzhong, a treasure land with the right time, place and people.

Li Shimin's performance during this period was only satisfactory, after all, he was fighting under the command of his father.

It is worth mentioning that Ren Ren during this period.

It was during this period that Fang Xuanling defected to his command.

In terms of the number of talented people who later joined him under his command, and the number of talented people who defected to Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, Li Shimin's employment can be said to be very powerful.

During this period, Li Shimin's courtiers included: Fang Xuanling (he was Li Shimin's greatest achievement, and through him, Li Shimin gained a large number of outstanding talents), Du Ruhui; military generals included Qu Tutong, Qiu Xinggong, and Yin Kaishan.

During this period of time, Li Yuan focused on eliminating various forces.

Li Yuan's approach is very sophisticated.First of all, eliminate the forces that are threatening the Guanzhong Plain, Xue Ju and Li Gui in Longxi, and Liu Wuzhou in Hedong.

Second, the strategy is divided into two directions: eastward and westward and southward.

To the east, Li Shimin is in charge, and he is responsible for sweeping down Huaibei forces, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande;
From the west to the south, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing are in charge of sweeping down the forces in Huainan, mainly Xiao Xian, Du Fuwei Fu Gongzhi and the local forces in Lingnan.

From the above strategy, we can see that Li Yuan's overall grasp of the battle situation is quite methodical.In the face of powerful and numerous forces from all over the world, it took only four years to settle down in one fell swoop, which shows that Li Yuan's strategy is correct.

Looking at the North and South commanders in the unification war, Li Xiaogong in the south and Li Shimin in the north are all descendants of Li Tang's clan, which reflects Li Yuan's purpose of employing people, not the royal family.

The other reason is that in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Jian was established as the prince and resident in the capital; Li Yuanji was the marshal of the Taiyuan Road Marching Army, guarding Taiyuan, the land of Longxing; at this time, the only candidate could only be Li Shimin.

Later, when Liu Wuzhou invaded Taiyuan, Li Yuanji was so frightened that he abandoned the city and fled. Li Shimin still became the only candidate.

Therefore, throughout, Li Shimin has always been the commander in chief of the north.

The only exception is that in the fifth year of Wude, Li Jian was the commander in chief to crusade against Liu Heita.This is nothing more than a military act between the prince group and the Qin Wangfu group to compete for the son.It has not hindered the overall situation of unification.

In November of the first year of Wude, Yiyou, Xue Rengao was defeated; in April of the third year of Wude, at Renxu, Liu Wuzhou was defeated, and Turks were chased; in May of the fifth month of Wude, Dou Jiande was defeated, and captured; Wang Shichong was forced to surrender.

So far, the big forces in the north have basically been wiped out.

These victories have made Li Shimin's illustrious martial arts, won him the super rank of Tiance Admiral, and also fueled his ambition to seize the throne.

He also recruited a large number of civil servants and military generals, including Du Ruhui, Dai Zhou, Xue Shou, Chu Liang, etc., and made up eighteen bachelors (respectively: Du Ruhui from the Wangfu, Fang Xuanling, Yu Shinan, Literary Chu Liang, Yao Silian, Master Li Xuandao, Cai Yungong who joined the army, Xue Yuanjing, Yan Xiangshi, Su Xu who signed the counselor, Yu Zhiyu, the official of Tiance Mansion, Su Shichang, the military counselor and sacrificial wine, Xue Shou, the secretary, Cangcao Li Shousu, and the son of the state Assistant teachers Lu Deming, Kong Yingda, Xindu Gaiwenda, Cao Xujingzong, governor of Songzhou).

Generals include: Qu Tutong, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Yuchi Jingde, Zhang Gongjin, Zhang Liang, Liu Shili and so on.The powerful Qinwangfu Group was formed.

But at this time, Li Yuan didn't think too much about the internal affairs of the group, because he was busy with reforms.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan made further deployments. He mobilized elite troops to garrison in the north and west to defend against Turks and Tuyuhun.

In terms of law: In the seventh year of Wude, the "Wu De Order" was promulgated, which stipulated all aspects of clothing, official positions, and criminal laws.

His guiding ideology is "to be lenient and simple, to take advantage of the time".The so-called "wide" means generous, and the so-called "simple" means simplicity.

Leniency mainly means that the basic point of the legislative content is light punishment, so that people will not be caught in crime as much as possible, or they will be dealt with lightly after committing a crime.

Oppose harsh punishments and harsh laws, disregarding human life, misdemeanors and heavy punishments, or offending people at every turn, so that people are at a loss what to do.

Simplicity mainly refers to the succinct form of legislation, so that the people can understand the content of the law as much as possible, and it is also easy for the magistrates to grasp it.

He set things right for Emperor Sui Yang's strict torture laws.The "Zhenguan Law" that was formed later was nothing more than a perfection and revision on this basis!
Li Yuan established the purpose of the parallelism of Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism, and vigorously promoted Confucianism.

And in the seventh year of Wude, he personally visited Guozixue and made a gesture of promoting Confucianism.

He established the policy of paying equal attention to the Shangshu, Zhongshu and the three provinces under his sect, and clarified the official position system of various ranks.

The political system of the Han Dynasty basically took shape in his hands.Li Shimin's approach is nothing more than inheritance and perfection.

As for the establishment of a descendant, he has always insisted that Li Jian be the descendant.

However, due to the connivance of Li Shimin in the early stage, a powerful Qin Wangfu Group was developed, which caused a big deal, and finally led to the Qin Wangfu Group's desperate jumping over the wall, brazenly launching the "Xuanwu Gate Change" on the fourth day of June in the ninth year of Wude. Forcing the palace to change his wife.

Witnessing the murder of his second son and ten grandson, Li Yuan was disheartened and finally abdicated in September shortly thereafter.

Looking at Li Yuan's various measures during this period, it can be seen that Li Yuan was indeed an extraordinary monarch.He changed the tyranny of Emperor Sui Yang and established a series of policies in line with the Tang regime.

Although he has the disadvantage of being indecisive on the issue of establishing a heir, it just reflects that he is a father who loves his children.