As the crown prince and the future successor of the empire, Li Jiancheng is naturally the focus of cultivation, and he must be surrounded by many sages and important ministers, including Wei Zheng, Wang Jue, Xue Wanche and others. These people were later reused by Li Shimin and became the ministers of Zhenguan.
On the eve of the change of Xuanwumen, Li Jiancheng's strength was far greater than That of Li Shimin, and most of the people who supported Li Jiancheng were family families with deep roots, and Li Shimin was slightly thin here, after all, although he had many powerful people under him, he was almost vacated at that time, so why did Li Shimin finally win the final victory?
Lee was indecisive
As the saying goes, "There are a thousand mouths in the family, and there is only one person in charge." "Even if Li Jiancheng's staff are strong, it is Li Jiancheng who has the idea." If Li Jiancheng lacks decisiveness, and others give strength, it is also useless.
In Li Jiancheng's body, there is a big flaw, that is, soft heart and indecisiveness. Although Li Jiancheng is said to be the crown prince, most of the Tang Dynasty's rivers and mountains were laid down by Li Shimin, and their prestige is very high, and the two sides are like the tip of a needle against Mai Mang, and they are evenly matched.
Before the change of Xuanwumen, Li Jiancheng had many opportunities to assassinate Li Shimin, but he did not seize it. After Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fought against each other, Li Yuanji immediately defected to Li Jiancheng's command and repeatedly demanded that the first attack be strong. Li Yuanji did not really want to help Li Jiancheng, he also coveted the throne, fortunately, Li Jiancheng has been hesitating and spared Li Shimin many times.
Historical records record that "Shimin from Shangxing Yuanjidi, Yuanji Fu Protector Yuwen Bao in the bedchamber, wanted to stab Shimin; the completion was quite benevolent, and it was stopped." ”
Once, Li Shimin and Li Yuan went to Li Yuanji's mansion, Li Yuanji hid the killer and prepared to assassinate Li Shimin, li Jiancheng quickly stopped Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji's mind is vicious, and he has long lost his brotherly feelings, but Li Jiancheng is different, he still thinks of brotherly feelings, so in the face of the struggle for the throne, he has not been able to kill the killer.
Character determines fate, it is precisely because of Li Jiancheng's hesitation that Li Shimin is given the opportunity, and Li Shimin's city government is extremely deep, he formulated a good countermeasure, only once, solved the problem, fierce and decisive far more than Li Jiancheng.
Li Shimin was meticulous and made a move in advance, and his subordinates swore allegiance to the death
Perhaps there is a suspicion of smearing Li Jiancheng in the history books, but Li Shimin is worthy of a generation of male lords, and he has done almost everything in the change of Xuanwumen, like a cloud flowing water, directly winning the world.
Historical records record that "now the King of Qin, Rude, has a strong army and tens of thousands of people, and I and the King of Qin rao Ru in kunming pond, so that the strong men can be slaughtered under the curtain, and the clouds are violent, and the Lord should not believe it." ”
Before the change of Xuanwumen, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had already conceived of the "change of Kunming Pond". At that time, the Turks invaded the Tang Dynasty border, Li Jiancheng recommended Li Yuanji as a marshal, Li Yuan thought that Li Shimin's merit was too great, and agreed to Li Jiancheng's proposal.
Li Jiancheng was ready to behead Li Shimin in the military tent while practicing. However, the dialogue between Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji was learned by Li Shimin's eyeliner and told Li Shimin in time.
It can be seen that Li Shimin has done the intelligence work to the extreme, and the enemy's every move cannot escape his eyes. Subsequently, Li Shimin informed Changsun Wuji and others of Li Jiancheng's plot, and everyone was there to rub their fists and wait for the fight. However, Li Shimin played a retreat drum, and he said to the crowd: "Flesh and bones are fratricidal, and there is great evil in ancient and modern times." I sincerely know that misfortune is coming, and I want to kill it, and then I will ask for it with righteousness. ”
This means that it is inhumane to kill each other, and it is best to wait until the other party does it first, and we attack later. Judging from Li Shimin's consistent performance after that, he is not a monarch who likes to hesitate, and he has already made a decision in his heart. However, in order to test everyone's attitude, in order to unite, he must act, and he must get the result, that is, to get the oath of allegiance from his subordinates, because the assassination plan must be successful at once, and if it fails, he will fall into disgrace.
Wei Chi Jingde was loyal to Li Shimin and immediately made his attitude clear: "Now everyone is swearing to support the king to the death, and if the king does not agree, then I am ready to flee." The eldest son Wuji, Zhang Gongjin, and Wei Chi Jingde all unanimously demanded that Li Shimin immediately move to kill Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji and achieve great things.
After the "three pushes and three concessions", Li Shimin saw that the fire was almost over, so he made up his mind about the matter and immediately ordered someone to go to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyi to discuss countermeasures.
Although we do not know the specific plan of the Xuanwumen Revolution, it is also more complicated to think of, after all, this is no different from rebellion, and a detailed battle plan must be formulated in order to succeed in one fell swoop.
Historical records record that "the people's horses escaped into the forest, were hung by wooden branches, and could not be lifted." Yuan Ji arrived, grabbed the bow and strangled it, and honored the Prancing Horse. ”
In fact, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had no chance to escape at all, and the history books say that Li Shimin was hung up by a tree branch and was almost strangled to death by Li Yuanji, which is 80% of Li Shimin's fiction. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were lambs to be slaughtered, so how could they still have the opportunity to fight back.
After Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were killed, Li Shimin immediately ordered Wei Chi Jingde to go to the palace and force Li Yuan to surrender the command of the army, and Wei Chi Jingde appeared in front of the emperor in a dignified manner, and he was armed with a murderous weapon and covered in blood, which showed that Li Shimin had already bought the guards in the palace, and the planning and implementation were not bad.
Although Li Jiancheng's staff was very strong, his opponent Li Shimin was too terrible, and in the face of such a strong opponent, it was natural to lose the battle.
The advice of his staff, Li Jiancheng did not listen
Li Jiancheng's advisers and military generals are not in the minority, Wei Zheng, Wang Jue, Xue Wanche, Luo Yi, Feng Lidu and other idle people, Li Jiancheng can not see the things that Li Jiancheng can not see, if Li Jiancheng can do what they say, perhaps Li Jiancheng is the final victor.
Historical records record that "in the beginning, Wei Zheng often advised the crown prince to build up the king of Qin early, and when he was defeated, shimin summoned the conscription to say: "Ru what is alienated my brother!" ””
The story of Wei Zheng and Li Shimin was talked about by posterity, but Wei Zheng was originally Li Jiancheng's person, and in order to assist the crown prince, he had asked to kill Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as soon as possible, but Li Jiansheng was kind and did not agree.
In the face of this enemy who once wanted to kill himself, Li Shimin did not care at all, because Wei Zheng was a rare talent, and Li Shimin treated him with courtesy and reused it, and Wei Zheng became a major minister of the country.
This is like a computer, the hardware is good, if there is no software cooperation, no unified command of the CPU, it is just a bunch of useless parts. Software is like human wisdom, the CPU is the commander, if Li Jiancheng is an Intel Core i5 processor, then Li Shimin may be a Core i7 processor.