Who first initiated the rebellion against the Sui Dynasty? Let’s talk about Tang Gaozu Li Yuan’s “beautiful acquaintance”

The ancient Chinese had "eight acquaintances" - by the way, to popularize, the so-called "eight acquaintances" refer to:

"Guanbao acquaintances" who do not care about gains and losses with friends. When they did business together, Guan Zhong always took the big share of the profits, but Bao Shuya never cared about the small share. More importantly, at the critical moment, he had Xian strongly recommend Guan Zhong to become the prime minister of Qi.

In life, we are the only "close friends" who can understand each other. Only Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter in the mountains, can understand the beautiful sound of Yu Boya's piano from the mountains and flowing water.

The "cut-to-the-neck acquaintance" who was willing to live and die together to release his former suspicion. Lin Xiangru's broad mind earned him the sincere admiration of the old general Lian Po, and he married Jinlan, willing to wipe his neck for him.

Use your own death in exchange for the "life-saving friendship" of your buddy. Both of them had great talents and set out to pursue their future. However, they met with disasters on the way, and they could only survive for a while. Zuo Botao resolutely committed suicide to fulfill his brother Yang Jiao Ai.

Honor, disgrace and sex are like a "glue-lacquered acquaintance". In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chen Chong and Lei Yi supported each other in their official careers, taking responsibility for each other's faults and giving honors to each other. Be sincere and never give up.

A "good relationship" with a promise worth a thousand dollars. Shi Fan made an appointment with his classmate Zhang Shao. I will definitely visit your home two years after graduation. When the time comes, the Zhang family prepares wine and food for them. Although the mountains are high and the rivers are long, the paradigm arrives as expected. It looks like an ordinary meal, but it is actually the fulfillment of a gentleman’s promise.

"Friends who have been together forever" regardless of age. Kong Rong and Ni Heng, one old and the other young, cherished each other and became close friends because of their talent and temperament regardless of their age.

"Friends of life and death" who do not seek to live together but seek to die together. This is the familiar sworn relationship between Liu, Guan and Zhang Taoyuan.

After taking a closer look, I found something strange here. Why is it all about men and not a woman? Even for men, the eight types of friendship relationships do not cover them all? For example, we often talk about it "Immortal friends", "friends in need" and so on.

Since they are all aimed at men, let me boldly add a word of "friendship" - "beautiful friendship". Nowadays, it is common for buddies to sing karaoke together to pick up girls. In ancient times, it was not uncommon for romantic talents to meet up and go to brothels together. If two people can teach each other beauty in private, this is the highest level of friendship between beauties.

Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, had such a close friend. His name was Pei Ji, and he was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

Pei Ji became an orphan when he was very young and relied on several older brothers to support him. He became a clerk in the state at the age of fourteen - today's children are called "child prodigies" when they go to Tsinghua University and Peking University at the age of thirteen or fourteen. They have simply never seen the world!

Pei Ji's appearance in today's terms , that is definitely a handsome guy, with "sparse eyebrows and majestic appearance", handsome features and a burly figure.

Pei Ji's rise was strong but his follow-up was weak. By the time of the Sui and Yang regimes, he was twenty years old but his career had not improved significantly. People with high talents inevitably have high aspirations, and Pei Ji hopes to get ahead sooner or later. The family is poor, has no property, and has a small official position. Therefore, every time he walked from Linyi, Shanxi Province to the capital of Chang'an, and passed the Huayue Temple in Huashan Mountain, he would worship and pray to the mountain god: "I am so poor that I dare to worship sincerely. The gods have spirits, and I can look forward to wealth if I know my destiny." , it should bring auspicious dreams. "Mountain God, I am a child from a poor family. I would like to ask you to give me some advice. If I am destined to be rich and noble in this life, please tell me in my dream!

This trick actually happened. It worked. One night, a white-haired old man came to Pei Ji while he was sleeping and said to him: Don't be anxious. After the age of thirty, you will become rich and powerful, and eventually you will become a very famous minister.

After that, Pei Ji's official position gradually climbed up. During the period of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, he successively served as the censor, the chief minister of the driving department, and the deputy supervisor of Jinyang Palace. ——They are all errands to serve people.

The real turning point in Pei Ji's fate began when he made friends with Li Yuan.

Just now we said that in the hands of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Pei Ji became the deputy eunuch of Jinyang Palace. So who is the eunuch of Jinyang Palace—that is, the top leader? Li Yuan is also the author. In other words, Li Yuan was Pei Ji's boss at the time.

Li Yuan was the cousin of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty and his direct leader, so Pei Ji Lengzi knew it well. He greeted Li Yuan with respect and meticulousness, and Li Yuan liked this deputy very much. How good are the two of them? The "Old Book of Tang Dynasty" writes like this: "We add kisses from time to time, banquets every time, and games in between. As for staying up all night, the love will forget and get tired." That is, both trust and kindness, Li Yuanchang Invite Pei Ji to his home for a drink and chat, and play chess together in his free time. Sometimes he stays up all night playing chess, and Li Yuan forgets to feel tired.

Is the friendship between the two so good that they just drink and play chess? Of course it is more than that.

The following story is said in the Tang Dynasty that Li Shimin encouraged Pei Ji to do it. This is really to put gold on Tang Taizong's face and deprive Pei Ji of his contribution. Let's first look at what happened:

"Ji Yi was a private servant of Emperor Gaozu from Jinyang Palace. Gaozu drank from Ji, and when he was drunk, he looked white and said: 'Erlang is gathering troops and horses secretly, and wants to raise the flag of righteousness...' "

Pei Ji got Li Yuan drunk at the wine table and took the opportunity to arrange for the maids of Jinyang Palace to sleep with Li Yuan. In fact, it's just such a thing. The question is why the Tang Dynasty specifically emphasizes this matter and connects it with Li Yuan and his son's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty?

This has to talk about Jinyang Palace. Jinyang Palace was built by Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and rebuilt and expanded by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty to serve as a summer palace for the emperor. Yang Guang assigned his own Happy Valley to the chief and deputy palace eunuchs, and raised thousands of young and beautiful women. It was reserved for the emperor's exclusive use. Others were not allowed to get involved, otherwise they would be beheaded.

Pei Ji, the deputy eunuch of Jinyang Palace, was so bold that he secretly sent the emperor's woman to the bed of Jinyang Palace eunuch Li Yuan. Is this okay? The other side is even more serious. You, Li Yuan, dare to sleep with the emperor's woman. Is the leopard brave?

The reason why the Tang Dynasty book solemnly mentions this matter and records it on Li Shimin is to explain that the second son Li Shimin first initiated the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.

Understand that it is not what it is when you think about it. The young boy Li Shimin asked Pei Ji to do it, and Pei Ji did it? He agreed to the beheading so easily? How did Li Shimin know that his father coveted the palace ladies? In fact, Pei Ji and Li Yuan had been playmates for a long time, drinking and playing chess. It's just one part of it. Watching beautiful women while sleeping is another of the two's more passionate interests. Just because the two were no longer shy about sharing beauties, Pei Ji also wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rebel against the Sui Dynasty and become a bigger official. He didn't have the foundation, so he had to borrow a ladder to get into the house and help Li Yuan cause trouble. He would definitely get a share in the future. soup.

The two of them have already tacitly cooperated with each other when it comes to women. Precisely because of his special relationship with the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Ji's status and treatment in the early Tang Dynasty were not those of the great ancestor Li Yuan. Others would never understand what was going on.

Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty abdicated, and Li Yuan pretended to decline. The other monks, except Pei Ji, tried their best to persuade him to come in. How else would Li Yuan say this to Pei Ji after he aspired to the throne: "It's the power of the public that brought me here."

Li Yuan arranged for the imperial kitchen to send a royal meal to Pei Ji every day; when he went out on inspections, he would definitely let Pei Ji stay behind; depending on the situation; When he went to the court, he took Pei Ji to sit with him; when he came back, he directly invited Pei Ji to the bedroom. ——Anyone can enter the emperor's bedroom?

It is impolite to come and not go back. After becoming emperor, Li Yuan naturally has no shortage of women, but he cannot be alone with his friends who share the same interests. "Old Book of Tang Dynasty" records: "Because I ordered the three noble concubines to feast on precious food and treasures, they left in silence. They had a great banquet and stayed overnight." Li Yuan sent three beautiful and beautiful concubines to arrive with wine, food and treasures. Pei Mansion has fun. Have fun, my woman will accompany you exclusively today and enjoy the fragrant treatment. The three of them will be left to you this night. ——As for whether Pei Ji slept with the emperor's woman, how could the historian dare to tell the world about this detail?

As a highly respected minister, he was extremely favored. Pei Ji understood the principle that things must turn against each other when they are extreme, not to mention that Li Yuan had already exerted power. He handed it over to his son Shimin, who proposed to Li Yuan to retire to farming.

Li Yuan couldn't bear to let go of this buddy who had "carried a gun, crossed a river, and visited prostitutes" together. Tears streamed down his face and he said, "Are you going to leave me now? I won't allow it. You two brothers, you do what you want." Minister Sangong, I will be my Supreme Emperor, and we can spend our old age together in peace and ease. Wouldn’t it be nice!

Soon, Pei Ji was granted the title of Sikong, and he did not have to go to court. He had a special minister, Wai Lang, who went there every day. Documents were sent to his house to inform him of important events. The historian wrote with envy and hatred: "I see Chonggui like this!"

In the hands of Taizong Li Shimin, Pei Ji's life was not so comfortable. He was idle, neglected, exiled, and almost died. Mourning a foreign land. However, after all, with the relationship between Li Yuan and Li Shimin, Li Shimin had to look at the Buddha rather than the monk, and finally called him back to Beijing. It happened that Pei Ji passed away at the age of sixty this year, and Taizong gave it to him as a posthumous gift to the Duke of Hedong County.