At this moment, it is time for Yang Xuangan. First of all, Sui Jun's main force is in Liaodong front. Moreover, since Yang Di cut Liaodong, domestic civil strife has been constant. In addition, after Yang Di ascended the throne, he offended the Guanlong aristocratic group and made him unpopular.
Yang Xuangan began to fight under the slogan of serving the people and the aristocratic children, and was well received by the people and the aristocratic children. The people rewarded Yang Xuangan with cattle and wine, and the children of nobles also rushed to respond.
Portrait of Yang Xuangan
But Yang Xuangan had a good hand, but he was beheaded. Today, let's discuss how Yang Xuangan played a good hand.
Guanlong aristocratic group was suppressed, causing public anger.
Yu Wentai, an important official in the Western Wei Dynasty, tried his best to tap the talents in Guanlong area in order to confront the Eastern Wei Group in Gao Huan, and established Guanlong Noble Group. This group has several characteristics. Its members are almost composed of military aristocrats and highly centralized.
But also intermarry with each other, the lifeblood of a dynasty is firmly in the hands of Guanlong Group, and the emperor is their chairman. If the emperor acts improperly or violates their interests, then the group has the ability to change people.
Guanlong aristocratic group gave birth to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, and ruled for more than 300 years. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty and Tang Gaozu Li Yuan all came from Guanlong Group, and they all relied on the support of Guanlong Group to get ahead.
Emperor Wendi Sui Wendi knew that Guanlong Group was difficult to control, and he was afraid that someone would repeat the same mistakes and seize the big Sui Jiangshan in the future.
However, Emperor Wendi of Sui also understood that the attack on Guanlong Group could not be rushed, so all aspects of his administrative foundation took into account the core interests of Guanlong Group.
Stills of Emperor Yang Di of Sui Dynasty
However, after Yang Di ascended the throne, he began to suppress Guanlong Group in many ways.
First, the imperial examination system was established. In order to avoid excessive concentration of talents, Yang Di introduced a large number of talents from Kanto and Jiangnan, and expanded the scope of selecting officials. The main purpose is to crack down on the monopoly of Guanlong nobles on talents. By the middle and late period, four-tenths of North Korea's prime minister was from Jiangnan, and most of his most trusted military commanders were from the south, even Xiao Huanghou was from the south.
Secondly, the title and honorary officer were reformed. At that time, as long as military achievements were made, honorary officers could be awarded and used by future generations. Yang Di abolished the honorary officer system and deprived them of some special treatment for honorary officers.
Third, Yang Di established Luoyang as its eastern capital to shift its political and economic focus and get rid of the control of Guanlong Group. A series of political actions of Emperor Yangdi Yang Di greatly harmed the interests of the nobles in Guanlong.
Judging from the imperial examination system and the reform of respecting officials, Yang Di just wanted to abolish the aristocratic hereditary system and hit the Guanlong Group, so that the nobles in Guanlong area were quite dissatisfied with Yang Di, especially Yang Xuangan.
Yang Xuangan stills
The first nobles in Sui Dynasty
In the ninth year of Daye (6 13), Liaodong was recruited for the second time, and Sui would protect his son in the future and go out with the army. Yang Xuangan, the minister of rites, is responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass in Liyang, which is the transportation hub of the Sui and Tang Grand Canal, and there is a huge granary in this place, which stores a lot of grain and grass.
Yang Xuangan thinks this is the best time for him to launch a mutiny.
On the one hand, Yang Di's excessive expropriation for many years has lost the popular support, and the logging in Liaodong has triggered a peasant uprising. Since then, more and more farmers have risen to join the flood of anti-Sui.
Secondly, Yang Xuangan thought that the place he occupied was full of hay and horses, and the attention of Emperor Yang Di was in Liaodong, so he could launch a rebellion while the rear was empty.
So Yang Xuangan discussed with Zhao Huaiyi, Wang and others, and found various excuses not to transport the hay to the front and let the emperor's soldiers starve.
In June of the same year, Yang Xuangan falsely preached the imperial edict and lied that Lesire had rebelled. In the name of crusade against Lesire, he assembled troops in Liyang. Yang Xuangan got up and invited his friend Shi Biao to attend. Shi Biao rushed to Liyang from Chang 'an to advise Yang Xuangan and served as Yang Xuangan's strategist.
Portrait of Li Mi
Shi Biao put forward three strategies to Yang Xuangan.
The best policy is to occupy Youzhou in the north first, so as to cut off Yang Di's posterior road. Shi Biao's implication is that Emperor Yang Di has lost all his heart, so sending troops can take advantage of this and annihilate him in one fell swoop.
The central strategy is to control Tongguan, which is the gateway to Guanzhong. Tongguan can control the Guanzhong area. Guanzhong is the base camp of Guanlong aristocratic group, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We can get the support of the nobles and easily resist the enemies in the East.
The best way is to attack Luoyang directly. Luoyang is the new capital with high and thick walls. Easier to defend than to attack. If we attack Luoyang, there is no chance of winning.
Hearing this, the heavily armed Yang Xuangan shrugged off. He felt that everyone in the world had suffered for a long time, from civil and military officials to benefiting the people, and they all hated Yang Di. No matter how he sent his troops, he would win. In Yang Xuangan's view, Shi Biao's worst policy is the best policy. After the completion of Luoyang, the eastern capital, six palaces and officials moved to Luoyang, which is the political center of the country. In addition, Yang Di also used Luoyang as the base for conquering Koguryo. As long as he occupied Luoyang, he could take the officials' families and queens as hostages, so that Sui Jun would surrender without a fight.
Yang Xuangan stills
In 6 13, Yang Xuangan led the troops to cross the river and was stationed at Chunmen. He started fighting with the slogan of saving the people from fire and water, and became the first person in Guanlong aristocratic group to start fighting against Sui.
If you don't listen to one person, you will die of failure.
When Yang Xuangan started his army, it was the time when the people suffered for a long time, so he was very popular when recruiting new soldiers. Some people send wine and meat to reward Yang Xuangan, and others join his team. In an instant, the number of insurgents in Yang Xuangan increased to several hundred thousand.
Yang Xuangan led troops to attack Luoyang, and Jingzhao led 70,000 troops to engage the king. Yang Xuangan won the first battle by cheating.
Although Yang Xuangan was a warrior, he won all five battles in the first battle, but he ignored the difficulty of attacking Luoyang. If Yang Xuangan can't win Luoyang in a short time, then Yang Xuangan will be in danger.
At this time, there was a problem with the insurgents. Yang Xuangan captured Wei Fusi, a folk historian in Yang Di. Wei Fusi is good at flattery, coaxing Yang Xuangan around and winning the trust of Yang Xuangan. Gradually, Yang Xuangan began to reuse Wei Fusi and alienate Shi Biao.
Shi Biao advised Yang Xuangan that since the great cause is undecided, you should reuse the swing just like Wei Fusi and behead him immediately, but Yang Xuangan wouldn't listen. Afterwards, Shi Biao's opponent will say that Yang Xuangan can't be a great event, and there is no doubt that it will fail.
Later, Yang Xuangan also wanted to be the emperor. Shi Biao advised him to win several battles, but none of the city was captured. It is inappropriate to claim the title of emperor. At this point, Shi Biao was extremely disappointed with Yang Xuangan.
Li Mi Steels
Soon, Luoyang defenders and Chang 'an reinforcements attacked Yang Xuangan from inside and outside, and the situation was very unfavorable to the rebels.
In addition, Yang Di's reinforcements are coming, so Yang Xuangan has to adopt Shi Biao's central strategy, lead the army to Tongguan and turn to attack Chang 'an.
But at this time, the situation has changed. The rebels were frustrated and demoralized in Luoyang, and reinforcements from all walks of life poured in. It was only a matter of time before Yang Xuangan was defeated.
When Yang Xuangan came to Hongnong all the way, he made another mistake. He heard that Hongnong had plenty of food and grass, and he was going to seize it. Yang Zhi, the prefect of Hongnong, is Yang Di's cousin. He is very loyal to Yang Di. He heard that Yang Xuangan was anxious to attack Chang 'an, so he wanted to stop Yang Xuangan.
Knowing that Yang Xuangan was easily angry, Yang Zhi boarded the tower and cursed Yang Xuangan. In order to vent their anger, Yang Xuangan ordered an attack on Yang Zhiji. Shi Biao advised Yang Xuangan that we should chase after him now, and we should not spend too much time here. It is the best policy to take Guanzhong urgently.
But at this time, Yang Xuangan was so angry that he couldn't listen to any opinions at all. He attacked for three days in a row and got nothing, and missed the best opportunity to take Chang 'an directly.
At this time, Sui Dynasty generals Yuwen Shu, Wei Wensheng, Lesire, Qu Tutong and others came from the front and led hundreds of thousands of people to camp in Yang Xuangan. Yang Xuangan was outnumbered and knew he was born to die. In order not to be humiliated, he asked his younger brother Yang Jishan to commit suicide.
Although Yang Xuangan is dead, Yang Di still can't get rid of his hatred. He ordered the destruction of the Yang family and changed his surname to Yang Weixiao.
Stills of Emperor Yang Di of Sui Dynasty
Yang Xuangan arose and occupied the right place at the right time. Among the three anti-Sui strategies put forward by Shi Biao, Yang Xuangan chose the most difficult one. The insurgents were attacked by Sui Jun, and Yang Xuangan turned to Tongguan to attack Chang 'an. On the way to Chang 'an, Yang Xuangan was angered by Sui Jun, did not listen to Shi Biao's dissuasion, missed the best opportunity to take Chang 'an directly, and was finally defeated and killed. If Yang Xuangan could listen to Shi Biao more in the process of starting his troops, the ending might not be so miserable, and the history of China might even change.