Introduction: Li Yuanming knew that Li Shimin wanted to compete for the throne, but he did not get rid of him as soon as possible, what was he hesitating about?
Under the feudal society, power is the king's way, the ancients died and lived in order to compete for imperial power, the princes are the closest people to the throne, if this dynasty is stable, then the emperor in office must choose excellent princes from among the princes as heirs to the throne, but the emperor has many concubines, and the emperor is not a two, only one person is the luckiest, but many dynasties are the eldest son of the emperor as the heir to the throne, but there are many princes in history, in order to be able to compete for the throne and finally kill each other.
For example, Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty originally chose the heir to the emperor's eldest son Zhu Biao, but after Zhu Biao died of illness, he chose the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yunjiao to inherit the throne, but the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao only reigned for four years before his uncle Zhu Di seized the throne, but the most representative is the competition between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng for the throne, Li Yuan has long spied on Li Shimin's ambitions, but there is no way to stop it.
The final result led to the outbreak of the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Jiancheng and others were all killed by Li Shimin, and finally Li Yuan abdicated in desperation, and Li Shimin naturally inherited the throne. There were too many stories of brothers fighting for the throne in ancient times, and Li Yuan should have stopped the struggle between the two brothers at that time, but why did Li Yuan know and not stop it? This led to the occurrence of cruel incidents.
At that time, the ability of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was obvious to all, Li Jiancheng's ability was not as good as his, and many people thought that Li Shimin should be the crown prince, but Li Jiancheng was Li Yuan's eldest son, so in the end Li Yuan followed the principle of Li Jiancheng and established Li Jiancheng as a prince, also to convince the ministers of the court. Li Jiancheng did not have any major faults, but his ability was not as good as Li Shimin's, and at this time, the prince should be replaced, then the newly established country would be shaken, so there was no reason.
Many people have also said that since Li Jiancheng cannot move, then why not depose Li Shimin, the King of Qin? In fact, this is related to Li Shimin's ability, Li Yuan is very appreciative of Li Shimin, and in the early days of the founding of the Country, Li Shimin fought a lot of victories for the Tang Dynasty, if there was no Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan would not hesitate to choose Li Shimin as the heir to the throne.
At that time, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was unstable, although the Sui Dynasty was overthrown, but it was still fighting against the Turks, which required Li Shimin to lead the army to fight, and Li Shimin's prestige in the Tang Dynasty was relatively high, and the last point was Li Shimin's influence in the dynasty, so many years Li Shimin already had his own confidants, which also made Li Yuan very jealous, so it led to his hesitation, and finally made a big mistake, but once he became famous, everyone who sat on the throne was unclean. What do you think?