In 626, Li Shimin, the King of Qin, staged a coup d'état near the Xuanwu Gate of the imperial capital Chang'an, killing the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the Qi prince Li Yuanji. Moreover, Shunshi sent Wei Chigong into the palace to "escort" Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, forcing Li Yuan to admit this fait accompli and make Li Shimin the crown prince, and three months later Zen was located in Li Shimin, known in history as the change of Xuanwu Gate.
So how much power Li Shimin had before the change of Xuanwu Gate, today Song Anzhi came to talk about it in detail.
Although there are exaggerations in the history books, almost all the credit for the founding of the Tang Dynasty and its unification of the world is attributed to Li Shimin, and Li Yuan, the founding emperor, is recorded as a mediocre lord. However, as far as facts are concerned, Li Shimin can be said to be the well-deserved first hero of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and in the process of his southern conquest and northern war, he did attract many talents for his own use, thus forming his own political small group.
And Li Shimin's merits were as great as that in the fourth year of Wude, he captured Dou Jiande and surrendered Wang Shichong to take over the Shandong region, because at that time Li Shimin was already the King of Qin, Taiwei, and Shang Shuling, so it was really unsealable, so Li Yuan Tang Gaozu specially set up the post of "General of Heavenly Strategy" for him. The historical record is: "In the winter of October, the general Tiance of the King of Jiaqin, was on the throne of the prince, and the leader of Situ and Shaanxi Eastern Province daxingtai Shangshu Ling."
Many people may think that General Tiance is just a false position with high honors, but in fact, Admiral Tiance will be a position of real power. After Li Shimin became a general of Tiance, he could open a mansion to set up a Tianfu to attract talents to enter the Tiance Mansion, which is the so-called "Xu Self-imposed Official". Based on this alone, Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion is actually similar to the Eastern Palace built by Crown Prince Li, and it can attract talents into his own Tiance Mansion in a bright way.
At that time, among the heroes who clearly sided with Li Shimin were: Changsun Wuji, Wei Chi Jingde, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhan, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Liu Shili, Gongsun Wuda, Li Mengtian, Gao Shilian, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Qu Tutong, Duan Zhixuan, and so on.
Li Shimin's foreign aid also included Zhang Liang of Luoyang and Wang Junkuo of Youzhou.
It was precisely because of Li Shimin's monstrous power that he threatened Li Yuan's imperial rule. Therefore, in the battle to seize the concubine in the Wude period, it seems that the prince Li Jiancheng and the Qi king Li Yuanji fought with Li Shimin, but in fact, Li Yuan supported the crown prince Li Jiancheng behind his back, and through the prince to fight with Li Shimin, the biggest founding hero.
Li Yuan suppressed Li Shimin like this, and there were two obvious moves. The first is to disregard Li Shimin's security and kill Liu Wenjing, and the fundamental reason is that Liu Wenjing is a supporter of Li Shimin. Second, the great battles of the late Wude period began to deliberately let the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the Qi king Li Yuanji serve.
As a result, Li Yuan suppressed him too fiercely, and the crown prince and the king of Qi openly co-opted and bribed people from Li Shimin's faction, such as wooing Wei Chi Jingde, and if he was unsuccessful, he was imprisoned, and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyi were expelled from the Qin palace.
In the ninth year of Wude, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, took the opportunity to lead his division to resist the Turks, and also took the opportunity to "order the Qin dynasty to take Qin Shubao, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, and so on with his companions, and then chased after the Qin dynasty soldiers, And Jian Yue Xiao Yong, and would seize the Taizong army to benefit his palace." It was to take the opportunity to completely elevate Li Shimin, and it was in this situation that Li Shimin desperately launched the Xuanwumen Revolution.
Therefore, in the end, before the change of Xuanwumen, Li Shimin's power could be described as monstrous, and his position on the surface was second only to Li Yuan, the emperor, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng. In terms of specific strength, it was quite terrifying, making Li Yuandu jealous of three points, so he suppressed Li Shimin through the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and finally triggered the change of Xuanwumen.
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