History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
During the Wude period, Li Shimin's power was far from being a Zhu Di-style prince with soldiers, and his merits were far more than the founding heroes of the Han Xin model, even if zhu Di and Han Xin were added together, it was not as good as Li Shimin, and at this time, Li Yuan wanted to balance Li Shimin too late.
And Li Yuan initially went from tens of thousands of people all the way to completely occupy Guanzhong in only 6 months, to his official title of emperor in less than a year, throughout the history of the various dynasties its speed is simply divine speed, why can Li Yuan complete all this in such a fast time? On the one hand, its own ability is superior to that of Zhu Yuanzhang and others!
In fact, the most important point of getting the support of all forces at such a fast speed is that Li Yuan never gave these forces the big hat of hereditary duke in the early stages of profit, just imagine giving you such a high status, what else do you want? This is the main reason why Li Yuan was able to quickly get the support of these people.
And Li Yuan appointed his second son Li Shimin as the commander-in-chief to preside over the unification war, allowing him to recruit rebels, the original purpose was to let him absorb those interest groups that could not be accommodated in the court, and after the matter was over, he casually threw aside this son who was not eligible to inherit the throne to a prince or something, (in fact, there was a smell of unloading and killing donkeys)
However, the development of things was not the case, Li Shimin's soaring ambitions along the way were spontaneously born by this opportunity to get the support of Kwantung Haojie, when Li Yuan wanted to balance it was too late, and Li Shimin, who had broken out the Xuanwumen Rebellion, successfully forced Li Yuan to abdicate himself as emperor.
Li Shimin, who became emperor, was indeed a generation of Ming Emperors who worked hard to create The Prosperous Age of Li Tang, but the most wrong thing Li Shimin did in his life was to put his father under house arrest for 9 years, and Li Yuan, who was the Emperor Taishang in the eyes of outsiders, may have lived quite happily, but the fact is not that Li Yuan, who was placed under house arrest, lived in a very small place, and no outsiders except a few maids and eunuchs who served daily could not be seen.