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Li Shimin was a model in the field of monarchs, he was a very typical role in the ancient monarchy, because he reached a very high level in the military field, when he established the will of national unity, at the same time Li Shimin also knew how to use people to rule the country and the world, when he reused his own political opponent Wei Zheng, but also to let Wei Zheng, under the imperial system to restrain his power, all this is rare, can be said to be a heavyweight emperor in history.
Descendants of Li Shimin
In the short 51 years of Li Shimin's life, he had 35 children, including 14 sons, 21 daughters, and 7 concubines.
Speaking of his son, most of these noble stomachs are not instrumental, and the end is also very sad:
Those who died very early were the second son, Li Kuan the King of Chu, the 11th son Li Hu the Prince of Jiang, and the 12th son, Li Jian, the 12th son, who basically died in the early days of Li Shimin's reign as emperor, which was more tragic.
The princes who were killed, a total of 6:
Crown Prince Li Chengqian, who was made crown prince at the age of eight, was also very intelligent from an early age, but when he grew up, he suffered from a foot disease and was afraid of being deposed, so he began to rebel and was finally killed.
The third son, Li Ke the Prince of Wu, who can be said to be the most talented of Li Shimin's sons, Li Shimin also thought that he was the most like himself, and wanted to be crown prince, but was opposed by the eldest grandson Wujie and so on, and finally Li Ke was framed and died in the 4th year of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, at the age of 34.
The 7th son, Li Wei, was made the Prince of Jiang, and finally was falsely accused of plotting rebellion and was forced to commit suicide by Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
The 8th son, Li Zhen, who was crowned King of Han and was known for his sages, eventually raised an army against Wu Zetian and failed to commit suicide by taking poison.
The 10th son, Li Shen, was not involved in the rebellion of Li Zhen, the King of Han, but Wu Zetian also killed him in passing.
The 14th son, Li Ming, was born to Emperor Taizong of Tang and his palace daughters, and had always been unpopular, and was crowned king of Cao, after which he rebelled and was killed.
In addition to these who were killed, there were 3 princes who were claustrophobic and exiled, and there was not much difference between them and being killed:
The fourth son, Li Tai the Prince of Wei, was most likely to be crown prince after his crown prince was deposed at that time, because he was a concubine and was born to Empress Changsun. Moreover, he was erudite and talented, and was praised by Tang Taizong many times, and once wanted to make him crown prince. However, this person was fierce and vicious, and in the end he could not choose him, and after Emperor Gaozong of Tang succeeded to the throne, he imprisoned Li Tai and exiled him to Yunzhou. He died after Emperor Gaozong of Tang succeeded to the throne at the age of 35.
The 5th son, Li You, the King of Fengyiyang, hunted all day, and finally plotted rebellion, and was eventually exiled, claustrophobic and died.
The 6th son, Li Yan (李愔), was crowned king of Shu, who was implicated in the case of the rebellion of Fang Yi'ai, was demoted to a Shuren, exiled to Bazhou, and finally died there.
In addition, there were only two left, one was Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong, although this was a good emperor, he was completely fascinated by Wu Zetian, and in the later period, he almost handed over the power of the government to Wu Zetian.
The real good living is the 13th son Li Fu, who was crowned king of Zhao and is relatively mediocre and incompetent, so everyone is very relieved about him.
Even Wu Zetian did not think of killing Li's royal family, so he got a good death and lived to the end.
Although Li Shimin's descendants did not have a smooth life, his bloodline continues to this day, and now, Li Shimin's descendants live in two ways:
One is Lengkeng Town, Huaiji County, and the other is Chunxi Town, Gaochun County.
And the town of Chunxi in Gaochun County was related to his third son, Li Ke, who was also qualified to inherit the throne at the beginning, but because of the improper handling of courtier relations, he was framed for treason, which was very serious at that time, so he was executed, and his children were reduced to shuren, and his descendant Li Dao was inherited, but he was caught at the time of the peasant uprising at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and finally fled to this place without preparation, and since then the Li clan has begun to flourish.
However, since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, many descendants of the Li family have been forced to disperse, and there are descendants of the Li family everywhere, so if you are accurate, Li Shimin's descendants are actually all over the country.