After the "Xuanwumen Revolution", the retirement life of Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Gaozu, who was ousted by his son Li Shimin!
After The abdication of Li Yuan of Tang Gaozu, on the one hand, he was nominally Emperor Taishang, and his status should be above that of the emperor; on the other hand, he was Li Shimin's father, and Li Shimin's throne was also his "Zen concession", Li Yuan had no choice but to make Li Shimin the crown prince and surrendered his power, and two months later Li Shimin officially ascended the throne, and Li Yuan abdicated as Emperor Taishang. Although the protagonist of The Tang Dynasty after this was Tang Taizong Li Shimin, in fact, Li Yuan lived until the ninth year of Zhenguan, and Li Yuan did not live so well in the past few years.
The reason why Li Yuan was able to mix in the turbulent society of the late Sui Dynasty and finally create a great cause is related to the background of his "Guanzhong Li clan", it can be said that he was a Li clan, a generation of nobles, and his ancestor Li Wei was the founding monarch of Xiliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Li Yuan's grandfather, Li Hu, was a lieutenant of the Western Wei court, and together with Yuwen Tai and Taibao Li Bi and Sima Duguxin, collectively known as the "Eight Pillars of Western Wei", his status can be seen. After the Northern Zhou Dynasty was established by Zen, he posthumously named Li Hu the Duke of Tang, and Li Yuan's father, Li Xun, was also a pillar general of the Northern Zhou court and attacked the Duke of Tang.
Only then did Li Yuan realize how much his actions had affected Li Shimin, but there was no room for it. Seeing that his beloved Li Jiancheng was killed and his rights were emptied, Li Yuan deeply knew that he remembered that the era was coming to an end, so he had to issue an edict to appoint Li Shimin as the crown prince, and soon after Li Shimin took over his throne.
"The honorific title of Emperor Taishang should be added." Expressed his desire to abdicate and meditate. On July 27, 626, in the ninth year of Wu De(626), the residence of the Tiance general, which was concurrently held by the crown prince Li Shimin, was abolished in preparation for Li Shimin's ascension to the throne. On September 3, 626, in the ninth year of Wude(626), Gaozu issued a letter passing the emperor's throne to the crown prince Li Shimin, who declared himself Emperor Taishang and still resided in the taiji hall, the main hall of the Great Inner Palace. Li Shimin resolutely resigned, and Gao Zu did not allow it.
After the change of Xuanwu Gate, In addition to shooting Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, Li Shimin also killed dozens of sons and nephews, and then took his subordinates to the palace where Li Yuan lived. When Li Yuan learned that Li Shimin had actually done such a thing, he was almost dizzy and angrily asked, "If you kill my descendants today, aren't you afraid that your descendants will also die like this?" Li Shimin did not answer. A bitter Li Yuan cursed, "Your descendants will surely die like this in the coming days!" But no matter what he does, he can't change the ending, and in the end he can only hand over the military and political power, and he has no choice but to give in.
This kind of generosity, regardless of previous suspicions, is something that ordinary kings cannot do, and many kings take cruel massacres to achieve ultimate stability, but Li Shimin serves the people with benevolence and virtue, which is enough to see Li Shimin's strength. After settling the ministers, Li Shimin also wanted to attract nobles, such as the Hongnong Yang clan and the Shandong gate valve Zheng clan, how should they go about it? One of the daughters of the Hongnong Yang clan is Li Yuanji's wife, that is, the Yang clan, Li Shimin in order to win over their family, the Yang clan into the palace, take it for themselves, on the surface many people think that Li Shimin is lustful and cruel, in fact, this is also to maintain political stability, to win over the Yang clan, for the entire Tang Dynasty Jiangshan community is good
Li Yuan lived in Da'an Palace, an "otaku" life. In addition to attending the banquet held by Li Shimin, he hardly left the Da'an Palace. Whether it was Li Yuan imprisoned by Li Shimin, or Li Yuan really didn't want to go out. However, Li Yuan's life in Da'an Palace was particularly happy. How to say it, after Li Yuan was 60 years old, when he was emperor, he also gave birth to 17 younger brothers and 18 younger sisters to Tang Taizong Li Shimin. Don't forget that Li Yuan was already a sixty-year-old man at this time, and he had given birth to so many younger brothers and sisters to Li Shimin, so it can be seen that life is particularly comfortable.
In his later years, he often sighed, as if he regretted something? In this case, the physical condition is getting worse and worse. In the last year before Li Yuan's death, Li Shimin did not know whether his conscience had discovered or accepted the opinion of the chancellor, so he invited Li Yuan to go to Renshou Palace to escape the summer, but Li Yuan did not dare to go to death. Because he knew that that place was the place where the Sui Emperor killed Yang Jian, he was very frightened that Li Shimin suddenly let himself go at this time, and said that he would not go at all.
Later, in the 8th year of Zhenguan (634), Li Shimin felt that Li Yuan had no place to escape the summer, just like Su Mingzhe bought a new house for Su Daqiang, at that time he could not buy it, he could only build it, so he decided to build a "summer place" for Li Yuan in the northeast of Miyagi, which was later the "Daming Palace". However, the Daming Palace had only been built for two years, and Li Yuan died the following year. Later, the Daming Palace was not even built after Li Shimin's own death, and eventually cheapened Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.