Kitchen Sink drain needs to lower; could I swap drain with stand tube?

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B Rad

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Good day!

Looking for some help. I honestly have tried to have plumbers come out and do this but no luck where I live.

I am doing a kitchen remodel and the new sink sits 3 inches lower. The current drain disposal height is just at the drain wall level so it needs to be lowered.

I figure these are my options:
-Switch the stand tube and the drain? (This will lower the drain 4+ inches and have least amount of work question is if this is okay to have the vent and stuff above the drain instead of below wherever they meet up at?
-Use only the current stand tube and put a splitter that one end goes to stand tube and other goes to drain?
-Tear some of the wall up to find where these pipes meet the vertical tube and then add a split for a new drain or stand pipe?
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The house is on a septic tank and has been moved. I am thinking it was originally installed not for dishwasher but for whatever else a stand tube is used for like a vent.
 

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Thanks for the response. I included some more pictures.

That is a great way to install the dishwasher. I just feel that someone went out of there way to install the stand tube so maybe it is there for a reason (vent or not sure what else) I don't know about eliminating or even effects of making it above the drain. Where the drain and stand tube enter the wall it has an elbow that turns pipes horzintal, I assume it meets a vertical pipe downwards somewhere else.
 

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