“...... There is no trace of the sand sinking, and there are residues on the extinguishing stove. The waves are clear through the water, and the peak fog embraces the lotus. The world is easy, and the personnel are different from the past. Long want to look ahead, caress and chat about self-adaptation. ——Li Shimin, "Breaking Xue Ju Battlefield"
There have been more than 300 emperors in Chinese history, many of whom have a heart for the world.
They created one prosperous era after another, which greatly improved the standard of living and quality of life of the people of the time. And at this point, many people should think of Tang Taizong.
Li Shimin has spent countless efforts to smoothly introduce people into the "rule of chastity", which shows how outstanding his political talents really are.
However, such a monarch also had a romantic affair - after killing Li Yuanji, he took his wife Yang Shi as his wife, so do you know how beautiful This sister-in-law of Li Shimin is?
The change of Xuanwu Gate
In ordinary people's homes, brothers and sisters may be very close people, but in the royal family, pure brotherhood is almost non-existent.
Every prince strives to ascend to the throne, or to defend his trusted ascension to the throne, accompanied by bloody storms and intrigues invisible to the naked eye.
When Li Shimin was still the crown prince, he had already made great military achievements, and Li Yuan made him the King of Qin in order to reward him.
It is reasonable to say that Li Shimin is more suitable to be an emperor, but Li Yuan was influenced by his inherent thinking and eventually made his eldest son Li Jiancheng crown prince.
At that time, Li Jiancheng had a better relationship with Li Yuanji, Li Yuanji's third son, and they were worried that Li Shimin would be put on the throne because of his more outstanding merits, so they had been trying to find ways to trip Li Shimin.
Li Shimin also knew that the two sides could not coexist peacefully, so he began to plan a counterattack plan.
In 626, Li Shimin directly complained to Li Yuan, saying that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had an affair with the concubines in the palace, which made Li Yuan very angry, so he sent someone to summon Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji into the palace.
By the time the two felt something was wrong, they had already been blocked by Li Shimin in front of xuanwu gate. With Li Shimin's order, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji died, and this is the famous "Xuanwumen Change".
Succession to the Throne
After Li Shimin killed his two brothers, he personally met Li Yuan and told Li Yuan everything in detail. Li Yuan had the intention of punishing Li Shimin at that time, but eventually gave up the surrender.
Two months later, Li Yuan gave way to Li Shimin on the grounds that he was unwell, and the Tang Dynasty flourished under the leadership of Li Shimin, and the people's lives were greatly improved.
Sister-in-law Yang
After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he ordered that all the men in Li Jiancheng's and Li Yuanji's families be beheaded, and the female dependents were left behind.
It wasn't long before it was discovered that Li Yuanji's wife, Yang Shi, had become Li Shimin's concubine. So how beautiful is Li Shimin's sister-in-law? There are clouds in the history books: Yang's jade appearance is snow-skinned, his eyebrows are picturesque, and his figure is graceful.
In addition, there are some rumors that Li Shimin was shocked when he first saw Yang Shi at his brother's family and stared at his sister-in-law intently.
After he ascended the throne, the Yang clan lost its dependence, and Li Shimin naturally brought the woman who had once imagined it back to the palace. Of course, all this did not arouse the opposition of others.
Because the Li family's royal family itself carries hu ancestry, their previous ancestors had the custom of incorporating their opponents' wives and concubines into their own homes.
supplement
The beauty of the Yang clan made Li Shimin want to make her empress for a while, but when he heard Wei Zheng's advice, he thought that this move was indeed inappropriate, so he broke this idea.
Although he was unable to make Yang an empress, Li Shimin retained the throne and never made an empress for the rest of his life.