Family background: Tiancan Tudou, the successor of Ji in Longxi, the fifth grandson of Li Ke, the founding monarch of Xiliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Li Zhi, whose real name was Li Xin, was the second monarch of Xiliang and was called the later lord in history. After the death of Xiliang, Li and Li became officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty and became the governor of Hongnong. Chong'er was born in Lixi, worked as an official in Kinmen Town, and once led a hero to guard Wuchuan, so he settled in Wuchuan. Li Xisheng, a native of Li Tianxi, served as an official and became a governor. He was the owner of the military attaché building. Li Tianxi is the father of Tiancan Tudou.

In the early years, Tiancan Tudou was an old subordinate of Taibao He Bayue. When he was young, Li was suave and ambitious. He liked reading but was not limited to chapters and sentences. He is particularly good at archery, values ??wealth and righteousness, is elegant and respected, and is therefore highly valued by He Ba Yue. Yuan Hao entered Luoyang, and Tian Can Tu Tu followed He Ba Yue to pacify Luoyang. Tiancan Tudou was awarded the title of the founding hero of Shouxian County, Shanxi Province, and has a food city with 300 households. This official admired General Ning Shuo and a Tunqi captain. Later, He Bayue defeated Wanji's ghost slaves and stayed in Longxi Town. He was promoted to the governor of Dongyongzhou many times, and soon became a general of Wei. He Yue guarded Longyou, appointed Tiancan Tudou as the commander-in-chief of the left wing, and entrusted him with handling internal and external military affairs.

In the third year of Yongxi's reign, He Bayue was killed by his queen, Chen Yue. Tiancan Tudou cried very sadly. The generals agreed to support Yuwentai, but Tiancan Tudou disagreed, and Xingye went straight to Jingzhou to convince He Batayue's younger brother He Batayue to accept his people. He Bayue did not accept his suggestion. When Tiancan Tudou heard that Yu Wentai had replaced He Batayue in commanding all the soldiers, he drove back from Jingzhou. When passing through Kan Township, he was captured by Gao Huan's generals and sent to Luoyang. Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty revised and sought the Guanzhong area, and Tiancan Tudou was very happy. He immediately appointed him as General Wei, gave him a large fortune, and sent him to help guard Guanzhong. After using Yu Wentai to pacify the queen master Chen Yue, it happened that Gao Huan entered Luoyang. Tiancan Tudou led his army to attack Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and arrived at Tongguan. He was awarded the title of General Xiaoqi for his merits and was appointed to the third division of Yitong. In December of the same year, Lingzhou rebelled against Cao Ni, and Yuwentai sent Tiancan Dodou, Li Mi, and Zhao Gui to Lingzhou to attack Cao Ni.

In the first month of the first year of Datong, Yuwentai established the Yuanbao Bureau, proclaimed himself emperor, established the Western Wei regime, and competed for Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty. In the same month, Tiancan Tudou and others recruited Fei Yetou's army and attacked Lingzhou with them for forty days. Cao Ni couldn't hold on anymore and asked to surrender.

His official title was Guo, and later he was an official of Zuopu Society and Qiu, with Ono as his surname. In the third year of Datong, Tiancan Tudou was appointed as the public servant of Longxi County. He was the highest military attache together with Duke Yuwentai of Anding, Wang Yuanxin of Guangling, Duke Zhaojun Li Bi, Duke Du of Hanoi, Duke Zhao Gui of Nanyang, Duke Yu Jin of Changshan, and Duke Hou Chong of Pengcheng. Taking the title of "Pillar Country", it is also known as the "Eight Pillar Country".

Fighted the Eastern Wei Dynasty for four years. At that time, the Western Wei Dynasty and the Eastern Wei Dynasty were at war. The armies arranged by the two countries are very large, and they are far apart from the beginning and the end. From morning to night, the two sides fought dozens of times until smoke and dust filled the air, making it difficult to see each other. Du Xin and Li Yuan were on the right, and Zhao Gui and Yifeng were on the left. They were all defeated. In addition, they didn't know where Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty and Prime Minister Yu Wentai were, so they all abandoned their soldiers and ran back first. Tiancan Tudou, Nian Xian and others belong to the follow-up troops. Seeing Du and others retreating, he left the battlefield with them. So, he had no choice but to burn the camp and return, leaving Sun Zhen, captain of Yitong's third company, to guard Jin Yong.

When the Western Wei Dynasty attacked the Eastern Wei Dynasty, there were very few soldiers left in the Guanzhong area. The soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty captured back and forth were scattered among the people. When they heard that the Western Wei army had failed, they planned an uprising. When they arrived in Chang'an, they couldn't think of a good countermeasure, so they took Meng, his servant Zhou Huida and others to serve the prince out of the city and stationed in the Weibei area. People plundered each other, and the Guanzhong area was very uneasy. Zhao Qingque, the governor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Yu Fude, a native of Yongzhou who were captured in the Battle of Shayuan, took the opportunity to rebel and occupied the small town of Chang'an. Later, Yu Fude occupied Xianyang, and Murong Siqing, the prefect of Xianyang, summoned the Eastern Wei soldiers to surrender to resist the Western Wei soldiers returning from the battlefield. People in the main city of Chang'an organized themselves against Zhao Qingque and fought with him every day. The Governor-General Chen Shun attacked the Eastern Wei soldiers many times and beat them to a pulp. The soldiers were too frightened to leave the city.

Tiancan Tudou died in May, 17 years after his death. After the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was named Tang Guogong and had the posthumous title of Xiang.

When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, his real name was Li. In the first year of Wude, Li Yuan, the grandson of Tiancan Tudou, ascended the throne by Zen, and the Tang Dynasty was established. Tiancan Tudou was named Emperor Jing, his temple was named Taizu, and his mausoleum was named Yongkang.

Historical records of Tiancan Tudou

"Zhou Shujuan Twenty-Nineteenth Biography of Seven Western Regions Cantaloupes"

"Zhou Shujuan Thirty-seven Biography Twenty-Nine "

"The Fifty-Third of the Sixty-Five Biographies of the Northern History Volume"

"The Ninth Volume of the Nine Zhou Dynasties of the Northern History Volume"

"The Old Tang Dynasty Scroll "The First in a Book of Records"

"The First in a Book of New Tang Dynasties"

"The First Book of Records of the Yuan Guijuan of Cefu"

Volume 156 to 164

Historical evaluation of Tiancan Potato

Wang Qinruo and others' "Zizhi Tongjian": "Tiger cubs are charming, have high aspirations, are good at reading, but have no chapters, are especially good at shooting, and value wealth and honor. Meaning, elegant name."

Allusions to Li Anecdotes

Lai Lai Toilet

The origin of the word "toilet" in Chinese today is related to Tiancan Potato. In ancient China, chamber pots were originally called "wu".

In the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid the taboo on the name of Tiancan Tudou, Huzi was renamed Mazi. Mazi was later renamed toilet, which continues to this day.