The ninth year of Wude, that is, the third day of the sixth month of AD 626, the astronomical phenomena were abnormal, and Taibai Venus appeared in the south of the sky, which is a bad omen. At that time, a minister Fu Yi reported to Emperor Tang Li Yuan , mentioning that the astronomical phenomena showed that King Qin Li Shimin might have to own the world and need to be wary of it.
Li Yuan also felt something was wrong. After all, the direct conflict between his sons could no longer be reconciled. Li Shimin just complained to himself, saying that his eldest brother Li Jiancheng and his fourth brother Li Yuanji not only had an affair with his father concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu , but also wanted to harm himself:
"I have no fault of my brothers. Now I want to kill my ministers, it seems to avenge Shichong and Jiande."
is nothing but history. I (Yang Jiaofeng) can't figure out why Li Jiancheng wanted to kill Li Shimin, why did he avenge Shichong and Jiande for Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande?
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You should know that these two people are the mortal enemies of Tang . Did Li Shimin deliberately say this, specifically disgusting the old man?
Li Yuan also felt that things were going to make a big deal, so he comforted Li Shimin on the one hand, and ordered Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji to come to the palace tomorrow, and he would ask in person about the situation.
However, the next day, Li Yuan not only did not wait for the two sons to enter the palace, but he ran to the sea pool to row a boat despite the noise in Xuanwu Gate ...
It was also on this day that Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate and killed the prince Li Jiancheng and the fourth brother Li Yuanji. In the following days, he placed his father Li Yuan under house arrest, and killed all the sons of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, but spared their daughters.
Then the question arises. Li Shimin has already won the world, why can he spare his nieces but refuse to let go of those ten poor nephews?
If you want to explain this problem, we have to understand why Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident. In fact, the occurrence of the Xuanwu Sect Incident is closely related to Li Yuan’s failure to deal with several sons.
Li Yuan is actually not very far-reaching and quite short-sighted. In 617 AD, under the instigation of his sons, he raised an army in Taiyuan and took advantage of the situation to win Chang'an City . The next year, after hearing about the death of Emperor Yang of Sui, Li Yuan couldn't wait to let the puppet emperor, Yang You squat, establish himself in the Tang Dynasty, and proclaim him emperor. From then on, he refused to leave Chang'an City again.
But in fact, at that time, Li Yuan only occupied a corner of , , and most of the territory in the world controlled the hands of various forces of all sizes. It is a reality that he has not yet owned the world, but he regards himself as the master of the world. Just like Yuan Shu , gets on the bus first and then gets a ticket .
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Because Li Yuan had just become emperor, he appointed the crown prince Li Jiancheng, as the crown prince, he naturally had to escape fighting, killing, which also led to the important task of conquering the world falling on Li Shimin.
Li Yuanji is the younger brother. In any family, he is always the most favored, which makes his personality always domineering. The eldest brother Li Jiancheng is very kind. To be a prince, one must be kind, so he is very tolerant of Li Yuanji. But the second brother Li Shimin has been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, so he is stricter about this fourth brother. After a long time, Li Yuanji felt that his second brother always targeted him in his work and made him fool of himself, so he got closer to his elder brother.
Although in the six years of the early Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin lived a life of blood licking from the knife, but his father and elder brother were able to sit in Chang'an City to enjoy happiness, which led to his inner imbalance. But in fact, Prince Li Jiancheng is not like all kinds of film and television dramas, online literature, unofficial history, written so jealous, with simple minds and moral corruption.
In fact, Li Jiancheng was not a mediocre person to be the crown prince. He also made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and not all the contributions were recorded on Li Shimin.
Actually, this is also a matter of Li Yuan. How many founding emperors did not lead their troops to fight? Of course, Li Yuan said nicely, there is one thing in front of others and another in back of others. For example, when he first started his army, he told Li Shimin:
"I am here and I want to try it out. If I don't take my own hands, it may go against the will of heaven."
means that as the founding monarch, he needs to do everything himself, which also includes leading troops to fight. Unfortunately, since taking Chang'an City, the old man refused to leave until he left the door.
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Li Yuan did not lead his troops to charge, but asked his son to take the generals to fight on the front line. Then he had to make clear rewards and punishments, right?
Indeed, in order to attract talents and encourage everyone to move forward enthusiastically, Li Yuan also said this:
"Where are no distinction between arrows and stones, you can't tell the truth and become the king, what's wrong!"
means that no matter who you are, as long as you conquer the world for me, I will reward you according to my merits.
At the beginning, he did do this, which also led to Li Shimin winning battles and his position in the court continued to rise. In the end, he was in charge of the King of Qin, Taiwei, General Tiance, Situ, Zhongshu Ling, , Shangshu Ling, Twelve Guards General, and was almost on par with the prince.
can still reward his son, but he is in a bad way to treat those heroes who conquer the world and starts a series of tricks.
In fact, after the capture of Chang'an City, this kind of slut has begun, such as the "Sui Secretary" and the "old people with it". But he either ignored some gentry who came to vote or threw them all over Li Shimin. This led to the fact that other subjugated heroes and warriors were not valued in the court and could only go to the Qin Palace to make a living.
Just like that, Li Shimin led his elite troops to expand his territory and all the way, and he assigned officials to govern wherever he fought. As the saying goes, having milk means mother, following the King of Qin, drinking and eating with wine, who cares about the remote control emperor of Chang'an ?
If this model can continue at the beginning, but when the world is settled and the conflict between Prince Li Jiancheng and Qin King Li Shimin becomes increasingly acute, these people who are seeking a life in the Qin King's Mansion are a little panicked.
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The heroic group under the King of Qin wants to save themselves. The best way is to support Li Shimin to come to power, otherwise their fate will not be very good!
Of course, as a father, Li Yuan is a bit mediocre than Li Shimin, but he is not a single method. For example, in the seventh year of Wude, because Li Shimin was poisoned, he felt that there would be a big problem for him to stay in Chang'an City again, so he said to Li Shimin:
"Look at your brothers seem incompatible. If you live in the same capital, there will be conflicts. You should be sent back to the platform and live in Luoyang . From the east of Shaanxi, everyone from the east of Shaanxi was the king. I still ordered you to build the emperor's flag, just like the story of King Xiao of Liang of Han."
If Li Shimin brought his own armed forces to Luoyang and really wanted to raise an army, it can be said that it would be a matter of time to take down Chang'an City. Sure enough, when Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji learned about this decision, they were frightened. Wouldn't this be letting the tiger go back to the mountain and quickly ran to persuade his father, but the matter was left unresolved.
Then, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji designed to drive Li Shimin's confidant ministers such as Fang Xuanling , Du Ruhui from the Qin Wang Mansion. Later, because the war broke out in the north again, he asked his father to send Li Yuanji to the war and replace Li Shimin. At the same time, Li Yuanji was also asked to take Li Shimin's original army, including Yuchi Jingde , Cheng Zhijie , Duan Zhixuan , Qin Shubao and other brave generals.
and even, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji also planned the Kunmingchi banquet, trying to win Li Shimin in one fell swoop!
mentioned just now that if Li Shimin falls, then those people in the Qin Palace will not end up well, and it is best to save their lives. Under such circumstances, they supported Li Shimin and launched the Xuanwu Sect Incident, which was actually suppressing their future, including the nine tribes.
can only succeed, not fail!
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With this premise, let’s understand why Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji’s ten sons, which is much easier!
From Li Shimin's perspective, you must eradicate the root of the grass, otherwise there will be endless troubles. Since you have already killed your elder brother and fourth brother, do you still care about your nephews?
Moreover, there are so many staff members from the Prince’s Mansion and the Prince’s Mansion, should they be killed? If you don’t want to kill them all and want to use them for your own purposes, then keeping the descendants of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji is just burying mines for yourself. How do you guarantee that they will not plan revenge?
Even if all the people in the Prince's Mansion and Prince Qi's Mansion are killed, and only their sons are left behind, how can we ensure that in the future, they will not re-cultivate a bunch of confidants and come to Xuanwu Sect again?
Even if Li Shimin can control the situation, can Li Shimin's son control it, and what about his grandson?
Of course, this is not a key factor. There are two main reasons, one is with my father Li Yuan. Usually I (Yang Jiaofeng) like to watch " Yongzheng Dynasty ". In that TV series, there is a scene. At that time, Emperor Kangxi was seriously ill, and all the princes in the court were ready to move. The fourth brother Yinzhen took out a box of gold, silver and treasures, and asked his staff Wu Sidao to run away:
"Mr. I have a talent for house and Du, but Yinzhen has no choice but to do Li Shimin's fate. I have to give you this little thing to spend the rest of my life!"
The fourth brother Yinzhen said that he did not have the life of Li Shimin. It was not that he did not want to be the emperor, but that he could not kill his brother like Li Shimin. In fact, as long as you are cruel, poisonous, and decisive, killing your brother is not difficult. The real difficulty lies in the emperor.
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is not difficult to launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and it is not difficult to kill Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, but how to control his father Li Yuan is what Li Shimin is most worried about.
And what was Li Yuan doing that day? Knowing that a war broke out in Xuanwu Gate, he was still indifferent?
Of course he would not be indifferent. Wasn’t he forced to go to to "raft the sea pool" early in the morning? In other words, Li Yuan was actually forced to the sea pool by Li Shimin’s army.
According to the records of " Old Tang Book ", the battle situation on that day was:
"Two thousand elite soldiers from the East Palace and Qi Mansion formed a formation to attack Xuanwu Gate. The guards refused to enter, and they were unable to enter. After a long time of fighting, the wandering arrows reached the inner hall."
You should know that Xuanwu Gate had defenders, and the 800 elite soldiers brought by Li Shimin, why could the defensive battle be fought so fiercely. and so Jing Junhong and others died in battle. At a critical moment, they actually needed Zhang Gongjin to defend the door with brute force:
"In seclusion alone to reject it!"
So, Li Shimin must have distributed some of the troops in advance to control Li Yuan. By the time Yuchi Jingde "put his armor and spear" to meet Li Yuan, Li Yuan had actually been controlled.
"Rafting above the sea pond, Shimin sent Yuchi Jingde into the guard, Jingde held armor and spear, and went to the upper house."
Li Yuan must not kill him, otherwise, Li Shimin would lack legal support if he ascended the throne. Besides, killing brothers can be found for them, but Li Shimin cannot afford to kill his father.
Li Yuan is still alive and has power in the court. If he is sorry for Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's descendants, he wants to support them again. This is also a troublesome thing for Li Shimin. My father can't get rid of it, so my nephews can get rid of it, which will also destroy Li Yuan's idea.
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In addition to Li Yuan, the group of people in the Qin King’s Mansion are the main reasons that forced Li Shimin to make up his mind to kill his nephew!
If the roots are not eradicated, perhaps those nephews dare not make rash efforts against Li Shimin, but it is still okay to frame Yuchi Jingde's descendants?
mentioned just now that since Yuchi Jingde and the others decided to launch the Xuanwumen Incident with Li Shimin, they have no way back.There is one detail that you may not have noticed, that is, Li Shimin and Yuchi Jingde went to Xuanwu Gate at that time. However, after Li Shimin "shot" Li Jiancheng with one arrow, he turned around and went to chase Li Yuanji. During the pursuit, he was even dismissed and almost killed. Fortunately, Yuchi Jingde caught up and saved Li Shimin's life.
Then the question came. Yuchi Jingde should have been following Li Shimin forever, why didn’t he chase Li Yuanji with him?
It is estimated that he went to finish the fight for Li Jiancheng. What if Li Shimin didn't shoot him to death with that arrow, wouldn't it be troublesome?
However, in history books, it cannot be written that Yuchi Jingde killed Prince Li Jiancheng, nor that Li Shimin's other younger brothers controlled Li Yuan. This thing is afraid of settlement after autumn. For example, the Emperor of Wei in the Three Kingdoms period Cao Mao was assassinated by Sima Zhao under Sima Zhao with ge, and was also written into history books.
The result, according to the "Book of Jin·Emperor Wen Ji", after this incident, the brothers Cheng Ji and Cheng Yi were killed in three clans!
So, although Li Shimin changed history a lot after ascending the throne, he was still very responsible in such matters, which is why the younger brothers are willing to follow him. The principle of
is the same as the principle of killing all the descendants of Lu family , after the fall of Empress Lu . As long as the Lü family still has a trace of blood, the Zhou family and the Chen family will not sleep soundly, and they will always worry that one day they will be counterattacked.
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Only these nephews died, the men of the prince of the Eastern Palace, and the talents of the Prince of Qi's Mansion can be used by Li Shimin. Wei Zheng is not a good proof? If there is a son still alive, do you think Wei Zheng can still be popular in the court? Will Li Shimin be afraid of him?
As for why Li Shimin let his nieces go?
is actually very simple. They are a vulnerable group and have no initiative. Moreover, they are labeled as a sinner family at this time, and they can't make much waves at all. For nephews, no matter how old they are, they can do this in order to eliminate future troubles forever. Besides, this was not invented by Li Shimin. His previous , Sui Dynasty , and further forward , Southern and Northern Dynasties , this kind of thing happens from time to time.
How did Yang Jian treat the Yuwen family? How did Yang Guang treat the Yang Yong treat the throne of ? How did Li Yuan treat the throne of Yang You who has abdicated to his throne?
Former Qin Emperor Fu Jian is kind and did not kill all the Murong family, but instead reuse it. What's the result?
Li Shimin is very kind. Leaving these nieces behind can also show that he has broad mind and a kind heart.
I (Yang Jiaofeng) think history is really funny. Li Shimin ignored women and felt that no matter how powerful they were, due to the society where men were superior to women at that time, they could not take away their throne. Besides, there is no precedent in history?
As a result, Li Shimin later married a wife. Of course, this wife was just one of his many concubines, and probably never met her for a few times. Later, this wife got together with her son Li Zhi , and after Li Shimin passed away, Li Zhi took office. Originally, this concubine could only spend the rest of her life in the nunnery, but unfortunately Li Zhi just liked her and forced her to be recruited into the harem.
I believe everyone knows this person. She is the only queen in China - Wu Zetian !
So, history is really interesting!
