Shortly after the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Yuan abdicated and made Xian emperor, and Li Shimin became emperor as he wished, in favor of Emperor Taizong of Tang.
After the qing dynasty was built and the remnants of the Yuanji dynasty bought the Turkic retreats at great prices, the regime soon stabilized, and Li Shimin personally issued an edict agreeing that 5 people, including Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Chi Jingde, Du Ruhan and Hou Junji, who participated in the "Xuanwumen Revolution", ranked first, and were promoted to the title of duke of the country, with each with 3,000 households.
When Chen Shuda was announced under the roll call of the palace, the solemn and solemn hall was immediately indignant.
Originally, the reward for merit and deeds was to sit in a row and eat fruits and fruits, and it involved the big problem of redistribution of interests, and the best outcome was nothing more than everyone's happiness. If the distribution is uneven, it will be related to the unity between the leading bodies, and a little carelessness will affect the stability of the political situation in the court, and seriously endanger the stability of the political power. The officials who can hold a place in the court are all the meritorious generals who have created a special honor for the dynasty, these people are guys with eyes above the top and no one in sight, who are accustomed to taking more and more, and once they think that they have suffered some losses, they will immediately jump up like cats that have been trampled on the tail to express strong dissatisfaction.
Sure enough, as soon as Chen Shuda's voice fell, Li Shentong, the clan member who had initially followed his cousin Li Yuan's Taiyuan rebellion, was the first to jump out and shouted: "When the banner of righteousness first arose, the ministers led the troops to arrive first, and the people with swords and pens such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyi were the first to perform their merits, and the ministers did not steal." ”
The mouth said "stealing", but the voice was loud and cloudy, and everyone in the palace listened to it with joy in their ears, and then they held their breath and looked at Li Shimin who was high above him to see how he handled it.
Li Shimin looked at his uncle without question, saw his unruly look, and said lightly at the moment: "At the beginning of the righteous banner, although the uncle first sang to raise troops, Gai also escaped from the disaster. And Dou Jiande devoured Shandong, and his uncle's entire army was destroyed; Liu Heimin reunited with the embers, and his uncle looked at the wind and ran north... Uncle, the closest relative of the country, Sincere has no love, but he must not be selfish and indiscriminate with the courtiers! Being punched in the face by his nephew Emperor in public, Li Shentong was so ashamed that his face was red, and when he did not say a word, he slipped away from speaking.
Seeing that Xinjun did not give his uncle a single trace of affection, Li Shentong was embarrassed in public, and the rest of the people looked at each other, and they all held back their stomachs full of complaints, and then they opened their mouths indiscriminately, which was boring for themselves. People who have long had a heart and eyes have patted the new king's ass--it is said: "Your Majesty is the most public, although the king of Huai'an is still selfless, how dare I be uneasy." ”
Li Shimin knew that this move was still difficult to convince the public, so he immediately looked at Shang Shu's right servant Feng Deyi and deliberately asked, "If you want to seal The Emperor's son all over the world, you will care about it?" ”
Originally, at the beginning of Li Yuan's Tang Dynasty, "the Guangfeng Sect was mighty in the world, and dozens of the emperor's brothers and nephews were made kings of the county", which made the public opinion boil. Li Shentong dared to be brazen in public, and it was also a stinky problem that Li Yuan tolerated and indulged and was accustomed to.
When Li Shimin asked this question, it was obvious that there was something in his words, and it was by no means aimless. Sure enough, Feng De Yi understood the spirit and replied in a deep voice: "Through the past, there are many kings who have been crowned kings. The two Han Dynasties have surrendered, only the emperor and his brothers, if the clan is estranged... Covering the world is private, and it is not the way to control things. ”
When Li Shimin heard this, he was overjoyed, and immediately said with great shame: "To govern the world, I am the people, not to work for the people to support my own relatives." ”
As a result, some clans were demoted to county dukes, and "only a few dozen meritorious people were crowned kings." The historian slapped his ass wildly, saying that Li Shimin did this from the perspective of sympathy for the people. In fact, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the first thing to do was to politically de-Li Yuanhua, and in the past, Li Yuan's confidants were all deposed and did not need to be used, and his cronies were arranged in key posts. Doing it directly will inevitably be despised, but starting from your own relatives will not only reduce resistance, but also appear to reward merit, openness and transparency, which will undoubtedly block the mouth of the people.