When it comes to Li Shimin, many people will mention the change of Xuanwu Gate, which is definitely a topic that Li Shimin can not avoid in his life, perhaps after a careful understanding of the change of Xuanwu Gate, we will find a more special detail, when Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji enter the Xuanwu Gate, the two found that there was an ambush and immediately retreated.
Seeing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji retreating, Li Shimin immediately chased after him, Li Yuanji turned around and shot three arrows at Li Shimin in a row, but did not hit Li Shimin, Li Shimin pointed an arrow at Li Jiancheng, which ended Li Jiancheng's life, many people are more confused, obviously Li Yuanji's archery skills are not bad, why did he not hit Li Shimin for three consecutive arrows?
The cause of the change of Xuanwu Gate
In order to reward Li Shimin, Li Yuan pioneered the title of General of Tiance, which was already the highest reward at that time, and it had one of the greatest advantages, that is, it was possible to open a palace, that is, to form a small imperial court of its own, knowing that only the prince had such power at that time.
It was precisely because Li Shimin had the authority to open the government that he recruited outstanding talents such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyi to make them loyal to himself and compete with the Eastern Palace henchmen of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and as the Tang Dynasty was gradually established and perfected, Li Shimin's strength had seriously threatened Li Jiancheng.
In fact, at that time, Li Yuan was not unaware of Li Shimin's true strength, but even Li Yuan was more afraid of Li Shimin, he was worried that if Li Shimin was made crown prince, Li Shimin would quickly take away his throne, and in the face of absolute imperial power, family affection was nothing, and Li Yuan wanted to use Li Jiancheng to continuously consume Li Shimin in order to achieve the purpose of balance of power.
Originally, this idea was very good, and the real history did develop in the direction that Li Yuan imagined, but in the face of the deception of imperial power, basically no one could maintain his sanity, And after Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji partnered with Li Shimin, the means became more and more cruel, at first it only weakened Li Shimin's strength, and later it was disguised to end Li Shimin's life.
In the face of the choice between life and death, I think anyone will think for themselves, there are very few princes in this world who choose to commit suicide like Fu Su, more people like Li Shimin who choose to rise up and resist, after experiencing the assassinations of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji twice, Li Shimin's people can't stand it anymore and want to fight Li Jiancheng to the death.
However, at the most critical time, the Turks suddenly attacked the Tang Dynasty, And Li Yuan planned to send Li Shimin to attack the Turks, but thinking that Li Shimin's power was too great, he followed the advice of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and let Li Yuanji lead Li Shimin's troops to deal with the Turks, once Li Shimin's subordinates really went to deal with the Turks, then Li Shimin's situation would be quite dangerous, and Li Jiancheng's eradication of Li Shimin would become much simpler.
Of course, Li Shimin understood all this, and he also wanted to fight Li Jiancheng to the death, but at that time, Li Shimin had insufficient soldiers and horses in his hands, and he was not at all the opponent of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and he could only choose to outwit him, just when Li Shimin and others were discussing a plan to deal with Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji suddenly planned to eliminate Li Shimin when he sent his subordinates, leaving Li Shimin less and less time.
Before eradicating Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng first went to find Li Yuan to join Li Shimin and said that he wanted to rebel, and Li Jiancheng did so to lay the foundation for his next eradication of Li Shimin, first saying that Li Shimin had the intention of rebellion, and then killing him, then telling Li Yuan that Li Shimin did rebel, this plan can be described as seamless, if ordinary people are bound to be helpless.
But in Li Shimin's case, the nature is completely different, Li Shimin has long been prepared for Li Jiancheng's plan, when Li Yuan summoned Li Shimin to ask him if he had any intention of rebellion, Li Shimin understood that the person behind the complaint must be Li Jiancheng, so Li Shimin will make a plan and say that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji will be bumped into by himself in the harem with Li Yuan's concubine.
After all, Li Yuan was also a flesh-and-blood manly husband, and when he heard Li Shimin say that there was an adultery between his concubine and his son, Li Yuan was momentarily in a trance, and he only said that Li Shimin would come to confront Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji the next day, and he would summon the two into the palace.
The process of change in Xuanwumen
Li Shimin wanted this effect, Li Jiancheng stole chicken and did not become a corrosive rice, not only was there no way to clean up Li Shimin, but he was also beaten upside down by Li Shimin, and now he was summoned by Li Yuan, asking him to enter the palace with Li Yuanji the next day to confront him, Li Yuanji felt that this matter was not good, for the sake of safety, he suggested that Li Jiancheng not enter the palace.
However, once he does not enter the palace, what Li Shimin said will inevitably be taken as true by Li Yuan, and then he will definitely punish Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, after all, he is the crown prince, and he cannot hide in the face of such a thing, besides, the people in Xuanwu Gate are all Li Jiancheng, he has no fear, and he does not need to worry about anything at all.
After considering this, the two still decided to come to the appointment the next day, and what happened next far exceeded Li Jiancheng's prediction. It turned out that Li Shimin had already bought Chang He, who was guarding the Xuanwu Gate, or more accurately, Chang He himself was Li Shimin's person, who had followed Li Shimin in the southern expedition to the north for many years, and it was li Shimin who later installed Li Jiancheng's side for the sake of the overall situation.
Chang He played a very important role, he bought all the guards inside the Xuanwu Gate, providing the best guarantee for Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate change, if it were not for the important role played by Chang He and others, it would still be quite difficult for the Xuanwu Gate Change to win.
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji did not know, so as usual, they swung into xuanwumen and went in the direction where Li Yuan was, suddenly Li Yuanji saw that there were people in ambush on the side, he felt that the situation was not good, he planned to turn around and flee, Li Shimin saw the two escaping, immediately rode to chase, and said some words in his mouth, which should be to tell the two Xuanwumen that they had been controlled by themselves, hoping that they would surrender their weapons.
After hearing What Li Shimin said, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji sped up the speed of escape, but they were soon confused, because the Xuanwu Gate had long been sealed by Chang He and others, not allowing anyone to go out or let anyone in. Li Yuanji was now panicked, and took up his bow and arrow and shot three arrows at Li Shimin in a row, but none of them hit.
Li Shimin saw that the two had no intention of surrendering at all, so he took out his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng quickly fell from his horse, a life whimpered, Li Yuanji continued to flee, Li Shimin rode to chase, but on the way Li Shimin's horse was frightened, running towards the woods, Li Shimin was shot down by a branch, did not get up for a long time, Li Yuanji saw this scene, immediately ran towards Li Shimin, planning to strangle Li Shimin with a bow and crossbow, fortunately at the critical moment Wei Chigong led more than seventy people to come to the rescue, Only then did he save Li Shimin's life.
Li Yuanji saw that the situation was not good, and wanted to escape, but he was shot by An arrow from Wei Chigong and lost his life, and then Wei Chigong cut off the heads of Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, carried them to the city gate, and outside the city, there were Li Jiancheng's subordinates Feng Li and others who led a large army to attack the city, and the defenders in the city were killed in battle.
The matter developed here, in fact, it is far from over, because the forbidden army in Li Yuan's hands is still a threat to Li Shimin, in order to solve this threat, Wei Chigong rushed into Li Yuan's palace with a weapon full of blood, seeing that Wei Chigong's hands were full of blood, Li Yuan hurriedly asked Wei Chigong what happened, Wei Chigong told Li Yuan that it was the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the Qi king Li Yuanji who were in rebellion, and Li Shimin was putting down the rebellion and needed the support of the forbidden army.
Li Yuan was difficult to decide at first, and also asked his close confidant Pei Huan on the side, everyone saw the blood on Wei Chigong's hands and the soldiers around him, they all understood what was happening, they all stood in line with Li Shimin, Li Yuan had no choice, only to surrender the power of the forbidden army, the change of Xuanwu Gate was completely over, Li Shimin rested outside for a while, before going in to meet Li Yuan and plead guilty, Li Yuan saw such a scene, he already understood the results of the matter, and with Li Shimin staged a good play, announcing on the spot that Li Shimin was made crown prince, Soon after, he gave the throne to Li Shimin, and obediently became the Emperor Taishang to give birth to a child.
Why didn't Li Yuanji even shoot Li Shimin with three arrows?
Combined with the historical background at that time, it is actually easy to understand Li Yuanji's mistakes, Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng have always only dared to use some shady tricks against Li Shimin, which is enough to show that the two dare not confront Li Shimin head-on, how powerful Li Shimin is, and the two are completely clear.
Especially Li Yuanji, before following Li Jiancheng, he has always been fighting with Li Shimin, how capable Li Shimin is, Li Yuanji naturally understands best, when he saw Li Shimin, Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng were conquered by a strong sense of oppression, so they did not think about anything at all, and the first reaction was to flee.
When Li Shimin said that the Xuanwu Gate had been controlled by himself, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who originally thought that everything was under control, were even more completely confused, and after seeing that the Xuanwu Gate had been closed tightly and the two could not escape the day, Li Yuanji was already desperate, but what he was slightly stronger than Li Jiancheng was that he still dared to turn around and resist, firing three arrows at Li Shimin in a row, and simply being able to shoot three arrows was enough to show that Li Yuanji still had some level.
As for saying that the three arrows did not hit Li Shimin, it was simply too normal, under a great sense of oppression and psychological gap, fear, Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng had already been completely desperate, bent on fleeing for their lives, and could not shoot arrows at all, not to mention that Li Yuanji was shooting arrows with his back to Li Shimin, the horse was walking rapidly, it was very difficult to turn around and shoot arrows by himself, even if he usually wanted to shoot Li Shimin, it was even more difficult to shoot in that situation at that time.
On the other hand, Li Shimin, from the previous weak and suppressed situation, quickly changed into a situation that is now completely in his own hands, he has no fear, but is relatively calm and calm, only need an arrow to shoot Li Jiancheng, everything will be easy to handle, as for Li Yuanji, in fact, killing or not killing has little impact on Li Shimin.
epilogue
The change of Xuanwu Gate is actually a dead end, Li Shimin and others have already begun to lay out a long time in advance, and by the time Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji entered the Xuanwu Gate, this place has been completely controlled by Li Shimin, basically it can be said that whoever goes in will die, there is not much suspense, in extreme fear, people's ability naturally declines, Li Yuanji can not shoot Li Shimin completely reasonable!
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