On the fourth day of June in the ninth year of Wu De, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killing the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the Qi king Li Yuanji. Wei Chi Jingde entered the palace with a weapon and carried out "threatening protection" against Li Yuan. In order to save his life, Li Yuan issued an edict to crown Li Shimin as crown prince, and entrusted the major affairs of the state to Li Shimin.
On the seventh day of June in the ninth year of Wu De, Li Shimin was officially crowned crown prince by Li Yuan. On the ninth day of August of the same year, Li Shimin ascended the throne and became emperor. Although Li Shimin's career as crown prince was short, he did many great things intensively. If I have time today, I will talk about Li Shimin's career as a prince.
From the moment Li Yuan agreed to make Li Shimin crown prince, Li Shimin began to grasp power intensively. After Li Yuan ordered the military power to be handed over to Li Shimin, Li Shimin immediately asked the eldest grandson Shunde and Qin Qiong and others to take over the Twelve Guards. Datang's military strength, usually controlled by the Twelve Guards, controlled the Twelve Guards, that is, controlled the barrel of Datang's guns.
After Li Shimin took control of the Tang Dynasty, he reorganized the Twelve Guards Generals. The generals who supported Li Yuan were dismissed one after another. The generals of the Tiance Fu clan have parachuted into the twelve guards one after another and held the position of general. In July of the ninth year of Wu De, Li Shimin appointed three twelve wei generals in one day, namely Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Wei Chi Jingde.
Li Shimin stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Wei Chi Jingde's original official positions were not high, and after they became great generals, plus the twelve wei generals who were originally pro-Li Shimin, the twelve wei generals were basically Li Shimin's cronies. In addition to arranging for his own people to become the Generals of the Twelve Guards, Li Shimin also arranged for his own generals to serve as generals of the Twelve Guards and Generals of zhonglang. After a series of arrangements, the crown prince Li Shimin had firmly grasped the military power of the Tang Dynasty. Although Li Yuan was emperor, he became a toothless tiger and could only be at the mercy of Li Shimin.
Li Shimin arranged for Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Chi Jingde, and others to take over the military power, so that he could completely grasp the right to speak. Crown Prince Li Shimin, with the support of the barrel of a gun, reorganized the imperial court. Among Li Yuan's important ministers, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, and others who had originally supported Li Shimin were able to stay in office. Pei Huan and others, who originally supported Li Jiancheng, were suppressed. The Tiance fu clan sun Wuji, Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruyi, and others were arranged to enter the power center of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin's takeover of military power and power were carried out simultaneously. At the same time, there was also a major event, that is, to hunt down and kill Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's Yu Party. The Zizhi Tongjian records that Li Shimin drew up a list of more than a hundred households and asked Wei Chi Jingde and others to lead troops to hunt them down. Wei Chi Jingde said to Li Shimin: "Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are already dead, and if you hunt down and kill their relatives and subordinates, I am afraid that their dogs will jump the wall in a hurry." I suggest that His Highness implement a policy of reconciliation and spare Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's relatives and subordinates. ”
Qin Qiong stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author.
Li Shimin listened to Wei Chi Jingde's words, felt that it made sense, and immediately changed his face. Li Shimin ordered that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's Yu Dang should not be blamed for the past. Li Shimin also sent people to invite Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's subordinates Xue Wanche, Xie Shufang, Feng Li, Li Anyu, and others to become officials. Li Jiancheng's base camp was in Hebei, and in order to appease Hebei, Li Shimin also asked Li Jiancheng's adviser Wei Zheng to send envoys to pacify Hebei.
In addition to appeasing the old hebei provinces, Li Shimin also appeased the Taoist monks and nuns in the world. On the eve of the xuanwumen revolution, Li Yuan issued the "Sha Ji Buddha's Dao Edict", forcing more than 200,000 monks to return to the world. Before Li Yuan's edict could be carried out, Li Shimin became crown prince. Li Shimin immediately ordered that the "Sha Ji Buddha's Dao Edict" be abolished, and the monks did not have to force the return of the world.
Li Shimin not only repealed the "Edict of the Buddha's Dao", but also abolished many unreasonable edicts issued by Li Yuan. In doing so, Li Shimin made it clear to his subjects: "The widow is different from the father and emperor, and the widow practices benevolent government." As long as you support the widow's ascension to the throne, the widow will give you a prosperous world. ”
Li Yuan stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author.
Crown Prince Li Shimin repealed a series of edicts from Li Yuan, but Li Yuan did not have the slightest strength to fight back. The reason was simple, Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin and other great generals were supporting the prince with a large sword dangling from Ming, but Li Yuan commanded not to move a single soldier. The truth is within the range of the cannon, Li Yuan has no strength, so naturally he does not take it seriously.
Li Yuan had no choice, so he thought of abdicating the throne as Emperor Taishang. After all, Li Yuan was the founding emperor, and his influence was still very huge. Li Yuan was unwilling to retreat and wanted to make a deal with The Crown Prince Li Shimin. The chip given by Li Yuan is to make Li Shimin the emperor. Li Yuan hoped to get in return by retaining Pei Ning and Yu Wenshi and other important ministers in the court, through whom they continued to maintain their influence in the government.
Crown Prince Li Shimin wanted to be emperor, but did not want to tear his face with his father, so he completed a deal with his father. After Emperor Li Yuan and Crown Prince Li Shimin reached a cooperation agreement, they opened a hypocritical trading procedure: "Three concessions and edicts are not allowed, and then accepted." According to the procedure, Li Yuan issued an edict three times under false pretenses, and Zen gave the emperor's throne to the crown prince Li Shimin. According to the procedure, Li Shimin said three times that he would not accept Zen concessions. After Li Shimin completed the procedure of "three concessions", he happily accepted Li Yuan's Zen concessions.
On the ninth day of August in the ninth year of Wu De, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor. Counting from the beginning of June in the ninth year of Wu De, when Li Yuan promised to crown Li Shimin as crown prince, Li Shimin's career as crown prince lasted for two months and five days. Counting from the seventh day of The Beginning of June in the ninth year of Wu De, when Li Shimin was officially crowned crown prince. Li Shimin's career as crown prince lasted two months and two days. Li Shimin was the shortest-reigning prince during the Tang Dynasty and the most accomplished emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuan, under the threat of wei chi jingde and Cheng Yaojin and other generals, had to cede the emperor's throne to the crown prince. After Li Yuan abdicated, he did not let Li Shimin live in peace, and he did two things to disgust Li Shimin. Li Yuan used Pei Huan and Yu Wenshi and others to add to Li Shimin's new policy. In the early days of Li Shimin's ascension to the throne, whenever the new policy was introduced, Pei Huan sang the opposite tune, which really made Li Shimin feel very disgusting. After Li Yuan became emperor, he ate enough and had nothing to do, and gave birth to a large number of children. Li Yuan only managed to be born, did not care about raising, and let Li Shimin take care of a large number of half-siblings, which also disgusted Li Shimin.
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