Tang Gaozu Li Yuan's heart was bitter, the emperor was doing well, and suddenly one day, the imperial palace shouted a loud killing cry, and soon Chi Jingde, who was fully armed, came in and told him: Your Majesty, your two sons rebelled and died, now what to do?
"What to do?" Of course, I gave it to my other son, Li Shimin, and I had long wanted to give him the throne. Li Yuan didn't even think about it.
On this day, on the fourth day of the first month of June in the ninth year of Wu De (626), Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killed his brother Li Jiancheng and his younger brother Li Yuanji, and then sent troops to wipe out all his nephews.
Li Shimin did not personally go to Find Li Yuan, naturally he did not want to bear the name of killing his father and killing Jun, fortunately Li Yuan did not live long enough, the father and son finally met, hugged and cried, and then Li Yuan was ready to retire, from the moment he saw Wei Chi Jingde, he knew that this dynasty no longer belonged to him, he had to make room.
Three days after the coup, Li Shimin became the crown prince, seized all the military and political powers, and became the actual ruler of the Tang Dynasty. Eight days later, the town of Qututong defended the eastern capital Luoyang, and the Kanto was stabilized.
Twelve days later, Li Yuan expressed the idea of abdicating, and Li Shimin resigned, how can it be so fast, the imperial court has not yet finished changing blood.
A month later, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi Jingde and other generals, Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruyi and other prime ministers, the people of Tiance Mansion had completed replacing the imperial court.
Another month later, Li Shimin ascended the throne, and Li Yuan retired, ushering in a "beautiful" retirement life.
This year, Li Yuan was exactly 60 years old, just the right retirement age, worthy of being the founding prince of the Tang Dynasty, and even retirement must be consistent with the future.
In the first two years, Li Yuan's life was quite good, he also lived in the Imperial Palace Taiji Palace, although the action was restricted to a certain extent, but the material life was very rich, the harem was not reduced, and there was no need to worry about government affairs, the days were really beautiful.
However, this is mainly because Li Shimin's attention is focused on the court, and while establishing his own prestige, he focuses on removing the traces left by Li Yuan, overturning the policy if it can be overturned, denying it if it is not determined, and even issuing critical words such as "on the occasion of martial virtue, bribery of goods and public conduct, and disorder of discipline".
After Li Shimin purged the Qing Dynasty, he finally put his hand into the Taiji Palace, and in the name of gifts, he released most of the palace women in the Taiji Palace and some of the palace women in the Court of Ye Ting to marry people, about three thousand people, most of whom were palace women who served Li Yuan, and since then, the Taiji Palace has been much more deserted.
Leng Qing is not sad about Li Yuan, what makes him worried is the signal released by Li Shimin's move, he should no longer live in the palace, Li Shimin is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!
In April of the third year of Zhenguan (629), Li Yuan offered to move out of the Taiji Palace, and Li Shimin generously gave his old house to his father, that is, the Hongyi Palace that Li Yuan had given him.
Hongyi Palace is only the residence of the former King of Qin, whether it is location or scale can not be compared with the Taiji Palace, but Li Shimin does not care, changed the name of the Da'an Palace, let the old father live in it, the history book records or "Gao Zu to Hongyi Palace has a beautiful scenery of mountains and forests, Yahaozhi." It was relocated and renamed Daan Temple. ”
If Li Yuan saw this record, it was estimated that he could hack the Shi Guan to death, if he had a way, where would he move out of the Taiji Palace, would the palace be inferior to the Prince's Palace?
After moving into Da'an Palace, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were rare, at this time Li Yuan's life was not as good as before, he was also interesting, Li Shimin did not call him, he almost did not go out of Da'an Palace, so as not to be suspected by his son. The point is that in the next few years, Li Shimin seems to have forgotten that his father is still alive, never invites Ann, and does not call Li Yuan at any banquet or the like.
What else can Li Yuan, who is at home every day, do? He could only live with a few concubines, and the outside had to admire Li Yuan's old age and strength, even in such an environment, in the second year of staying in Da'an Palace, he also had a son in his sixties, that is, the future Tengwang Li Yuanbao, and today's Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang was built by him.
After a few years, when Li Yuan was sixty-eight years old, Li Shimin invited the Envoys of the Western Turks to a banquet, and invited Li Yuan rarely, and a group of important generals also sat next to him.
Judging from li yuanbao's birth, the founding emperor's psychological quality that was accustomed to wind and rain exploded, and his son's suspicions failed to knock him down at all, but at the banquet, looking at the envoys of the Western Turks, he couldn't help but remember that when he first started his army, he was obedient to the Eastern Turks, but in just a few years, the Eastern Turks had become a cloud of smoke and were wiped out by the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Turks did not dare to despise the Tang Dynasty, and it is estimated that Li Yuan was also sighing in his heart, giving way to Li Shimin was the most correct decision.
Thinking in his heart, Li Yuan also sighed to the eldest grandson Wuji and others next to him: "Today's barbarians are obedient, and they have never tasted it in ancient times." ”
This was heard to Li Shimin, the old father was praising me, how could I not express it, and then when I toasted Li Yuan, Li Shimin also put a top hat on Li Yuan: "Wherever, it is the policy set by the old father!" (The people are at peace, and the four are in accordance with the holy will, and the power of the subjects!) ）
Li Yuan smiled and laughed, and the father and son reconciled as before.
In the same year, Li Yuan once again attended a public event, it was a big military parade, and at the banquet after the military parade, Li Yuan fully saw the national strength of the Tang Dynasty under his son's rule, and the history records that "Gao Zu ordered the Turkic Jieli Khan to dance, and then sent the South Vietnamese chiefTain Feng Zhidai Yongshi", the foreign enemies that were once difficult to conquer were now his subordinates at will, Li Yuan sincerely felt relieved, and smiled: "The Hu and Yue families have not existed since ancient times. "