It is said that Emperor Taizong Li Shimin was an emperor who had left a name in the history of a thousand autumns, and when he was in office, he left a thousand classical reasons, which was the story between him and the courtier Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng was originally a courtier of Li Shimin's other brothers, and before he could use it for him, he had advised the crown prince at the time to install Li Shimin, who had not yet started an incident at that time, elsewhere as soon as possible, in order to reduce his existing power.
However, Li Shimin preemptively attacked the Xuanwumen rebellion, and he sent someone to arrest Wei Zheng, who had been advising his brother, and asked him why he wanted to split the feelings between their brothers. As a result, Wei Zheng said to him very bluntly, if the prince had acted according to my strategy, there would be no disaster today. And Li Shimin saw Wei Zheng's frank look, not only did not blame him, but instead saw his talent and hired him to stay by his side.
After that, Wei Zheng continued to die for the rest of his life, often offending the emperor's face and very bluntly advising. Although Li Shimin was very resentful of his courtiers for not obeying his own opinions, and even sometimes hated to kill Wei Zheng, he also restrained his momentary emotions and cherished this good minister who was sincerely advised. After Wei Zheng's death, Li Shimin was so sad that he did not go to the court for five days, and personally took his own civil and military officials to hold a grand funeral for Wei Zheng, and also personally inscribed Wei Zheng's historical merits on the tombstone.
It is such a good emperor who knows how to use the art of trade-offs, but in fact he has made the most wrong decision. Empress Changsun was Li Shimin's favorite wife, and Li Shimin was very fond of the Changsun family, and also specially reused the original empress's older brother, Changsun Wujie. The eldest son Wuji had been the first of the ministers in prison for decades, and after Li Shimin's death, he monopolized power and always balanced the later emperor Gaozong.
He was also the mastermind of the murder of one of Emperor Taizong's favorite sons, Li Ke, the third son of Li Shimin and the former princess Yang Shi, and one of his favorite sons. After Li Shimin deposed his own crown prince twice, he made the future Emperor Gaozong crown prince. However, Emperor Gaozong was too weak in the eyes of the emperor who was attacking the martial arts, and he wanted to replace his favorite third son, Li Ke.
However, as an uncle, the eldest grandson Naturally did not want his nephew's throne to fall short, so while persuading Li Shimin to dispel his thoughts, he still remembered the hatred and prepared to cut the grass and remove the roots. Eldest Sun Wuji took the opportunity to suppress Li Ke when disposing of the Fang Yi'ai conspiracy case, and he forged evidence of Li Ke's participation in the rebellion and finally executed him for this crime. And before Li Ke died, he said a word that if there was a spirit in jiangshan sheji, the eldest grandson family would destroy the clan. Although the face is cursing the eldest grandson family, it is actually saying that his father Li Shimin was smart all his life but failed to recognize the true face of the eldest grandson family!