Twenty-three years after Tang Zhenguan, Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, that is, Emperor Gaozong of Tang. Zhenguan was the era name of Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who reigned for twenty-three years.
Emperor Taizong of Tang worked hard to expand his territory and became a famous Ming Emperor in Chinese history. At first, his chosen successor was not Li Zhi, but the eldest son, Li Chengqian. However, Li Chengqian changed when he grew up, because of his leg disease, he was slightly inconvenient to walk, and his personality also changed greatly, he had a sense of inferiority, began to shift his interest to the sound and color dog horse, and even intensified the contradiction with his brothers, and finally went to the road of coup d'état and was destroyed.
After Li Chengqian, for Li Shimin, there was still a choice, such as the old fourth Li Tai, who was too kind to see him, which led to Li Tai's ambitions expanding, the crown prince Li Chengqian was jealous, and the pressure was getting bigger and bigger.
However, Li Shimin did not realize the seriousness of the problem, but there was no way that Li Shimin liked this old fourth too much and had the intention of appointing him as his successor, but he was opposed by the ministers of the DPRK. In particular, Sun Wuji, the chief minister of the Xuanwumen Revolution, resolutely disagreed.
And Li Tai always thought that he was the best heir, so he became very rampant. But in fact, there are many supporters of Li Zhi, especially the eldest grandson Wujie, who firmly supports Li Zhi.
In fact, Li Zhi was also one of the choices at that time, and his mother was also the eldest grandson empress, and as a concubine, he had this opportunity.
Li Shimin also swung back and forth between the two brothers. However, in order to be elected, Li Tai actually promised his father Li Shimin that he would kill all his sons before the temporary, and then pass the throne to his ninth brother Li Zhi.
In this way, even if he completely broke his own path to the prince, Li Shimin did not want his descendants to experience a brotherly slaughter until death, which was very cruel.
Therefore, the humble performance of the relatively low-key Li Zhi gradually surpassed Li Tai, his personality did not have Li Tai's radical and extreme, and he performed low-key everywhere. In the end, Li Zhi naturally became the crown prince. After Li Shimin's death, Li Zhi successfully ascended the throne as emperor.
Judging from what Li Zhi did during his reign, he was indeed a suitable emperor and brought the Tang Dynasty to a new height. Except for his favor of the martial arts, which led to the harem interfering in politics, there is nothing that has been criticized.