First, the two problems of the change of Xuanwumen
It is said: the higher you stand, the farther you look! But do you know that when you look at the scenery from above, you are also a landscape?
Therefore, the higher you stand, the more it means that there are countless pairs of eyes staring at you, and any detail will be infinitely magnified, even interpreted!
Tang Taizong Li Shimin is obviously such a person who stands tall and is infinitely magnified and interpreted.
In 626, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killed his brother Li Jiancheng and younger brother Li Yuanji, and forced his father Li Yuan to abdicate, thus ascending to the peak of his life, but the change of Xuanwumen has since become a stain that he will never forget.
First: Why did Li Shimin launch the Xuanwumen Revolution?
Whether it is the "theory of being forced to be helpless" or the "theory of conspiracy to seize power", it does not affect the characterization of this matter, it is a coup d'état! That is to say, when the contradiction between the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the Qin king Li Shimin, around the struggle for supreme imperial power, could not be reconciled after the inevitable product (result). So-called: if you don't talk about it properly, you can only be harder than anyone's fist! This has been true since ancient times.
Li Shimin's luck and rarity lies in the fact that he subsequently created the "Rule of Zhenguan" and brought datang to its peak. As a result, the change of Xuanwu Gate also became warm. In fact, this is also the opening sentence, when Li Shimin stands at the top, his deeds can basically withstand criticism.
If Li Shimin, like Yang Guang, came to die in the second life, then the change of Xuanwu Gate would definitely make him unable to turn over forever.
Second: Li Jiancheng is the sworn enemy, but why does Li Shimin hate his younger brother Li Yuanji even more?
After Li Shimin's victory, Li Jiancheng's five sons and Li Yuanji's five sons were all killed.
At the same time, Li Jiancheng's wife, Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin, was imprisoned—a good villain who kept his name.
However, Li Yuanji's wife, Princess Qi, was occupied by Li Shimin and was included in the harem—which was equivalent to completely depriving Li Yuanji of everything.
After Li Jiancheng was killed, his title, although initially demoted to "King of The Breath", but then returned all the way back, until the final "Hidden Prince". It is equivalent to Li Shimin acknowledging Li Jiancheng's identity as a prince.
On the other hand, Li Yuanji has always been the King of nest thorns. The so-called nest is the old nest of bandits. And the thorn is even more unbearable: do not forget to love the thorn, repeat the fierce thorn, violently without relatives to know the thorn, violently slow Nine Qing thorn, do not think about the peace and happiness of the thorn.
Look, how much Li Shimin hates Li Yuanji, he gave such a bad name! Now naturally we have to ask, Li Yuanji is only an accessory, so what did he do to make Li Shimin hate him so much?
Second, the person who most wanted to kill Li Shimin
We all know that in the "Sui and Tang Dynasty", there is an invincible overlord Li Yuanba. Born with a sharp-billed monkey cheek, how ugly it is, almost being treated as a monster. But it can be seen that in the New Book of Tang, there is also such a "monster prince", he is Li Yuanji.
Yuan Jisheng, Empress Taimu was disgusted by her appearance, did not lift, and the attendant Chen was kind and private.
This means that as soon as Li Yuanji was born, he was so ugly that even his mother did not want him. He was raised by a maid named Chen Xian!
However, the author is skeptical about this record. Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji, these are all compatriots of the same mother, and the father is Li Yuan, and as a result, the two older brothers are both handsome and handsome, and the younger brother is so ugly that the mother does not want it - is this scientific? It is easy to cause misunderstandings, what will Li Yuan think...
Therefore, the author deduces that it is estimated that the Taishi gongs added drama to Li Yuanji in order to cooperate or under the grant of Li Shimin! After all, Li Shimin's change of history has always been a major unsolved case in history - even a conclusive conclusion!
As Li Yuanji grew up, the family also accepted him. At the time of Li Yuan's jinyang rebellion, Erlang Li Shimin had been following him, while Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were in their hometown of Hedong County. After receiving the news that Li Yuan had raised an army, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji fled in a group, but their fourteen-year-old brother Li Yunzhi was killed!
This is actually why Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng have such a good relationship, and they have experienced life and death together when they were teenagers.
As Li Shimin became more and more bullish, the relationship between Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji became closer and closer, and the two began to form an alliance to deal with the challenge from Li Shimin.
For example, Li Jiancheng promised: After the right position has been taken, Ru will be the brother-in-law! (From the Old Book of Tang)
This means that when I become the emperor's eldest brother, you will be the emperor's second brother!
And Li Yuanji is not ambiguous, saying many times that he must kill Li Shimin as soon as possible - as a brother (Li Jiancheng) and a hand blade (Li Shimin). For example, once when Li Shimin came to his home, Li Yuanji wanted to do li shimin, but Li Jiancheng stopped him, so he gave up. Angry, Li Yuanji yelled, "For my brother's ear, what do I have!" "That is, I am all for your own good, is there a dime benefit with me?
Obviously, Li Yuanji still wanted to kill Li Shimin as soon as possible than Li Jiancheng. So why did Li Jiancheng stop it many times? Because Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, he understood that killing Li Shimin was simple, but how to deal with it after killing? That's the key!
One is that the prince kills his brothers, which is called cannibalism, and the position of a prince is not guaranteed, and the risk is too great.
Second: There are so many cattle people under Li Shimin, and their power is so great that even his father Li Yuan is jealous. If after killing Li Shimin, one did not deal with it well, and his men rebelled, would Datang still want it at that time?
After li Shimin's change of Xuanwu Gate, he also encountered this situation, and in order to appease Li Jiancheng's general Xue Wanche, he married his daughter to others. Wei Zheng under Li Jiancheng later dared to intimidate Li Shimin so much, who can deny that it was not a kind of appeasement?
Therefore, Li Jiancheng most hopes that the water will be in place, and the time is on his side. On the contrary, Li Shimin is the one who needs chaos the most, so as to touch the fish in muddy waters! And Li Yuanji's performance is more like a "pig teammate", so is this really the case?
Third, but except for the King of Qin, take the Eastern Palace as a reverse palm ear
We work in the company, it doesn't matter who it is, promotion and salary increase is always the easiest thing for people to fight. What about the throne?
Li Yuanji is also a concubine, and like Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, they all have the qualifications to be the eldest brother of the emperor. Today, when Li Jiancheng was occupying heaven, he was the eldest son of a concubine and was crowned as a prince. Li Shimin occupied the geographical advantage and laid a large area of jiangshan for the Tang Dynasty, with the highest merit. Then if Li Yuanji wants to compete for the throne, he can only take people.
Just like Sun Liu's alliance with Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, Li Yuanji must unite with the crown prince Li Jiancheng and first kill Li Shimin, who is the most powerful!
This is not only the author's inference, in the Old Book of Tang, Li Yuanji's sentence is recorded: But in addition to the King of Qin, take the Eastern Palace as a palm ear!
This means that when Li Shimin is killed first, then Li Yuanji will kill Li Jiancheng, it is as easy as a palm!
Understand Li Yuanji's thoughts, look back at what he did, or "pig teammate"? It is obviously trying to promote the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Equal to Li Yuanji's ass, although he temporarily sat on Li Jiancheng's side, he was also like Li Shimin, who needed a mess!
Therefore, Li Yuanji has a wave of "pig teammate" operations. But what kind of character Li Shimin is, li Yuanji's deeds, how can he escape his eyes. Therefore, after the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin will naturally hate it even more, and this younger brother who fanned the flames is a common sentiment of people. Not to mention, during the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuanji almost strangled him with a bow!
Therefore, giving Li Yuanji the evil words of "Nest Thorn King", killing his son, occupying his sister-in-law, and even directly changing history, Li Shimin's revenge on Li Yuanji came very fiercely and comprehensively.
People like to say that no snowflake is innocent during an avalanche. The same is true of the change of Xuanwumen, not only the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, but also the various aspects, which cannot be simply judged by who is right and who is wrong. Just like Li Yuanji, the role he played was extremely disgraceful, and he was finally liquidated so thoroughly, he really couldn't kill Li Shimin with a stick!