The Tang Dynasty has always been an era that many people yearn for, and that era has brilliant martial arts and splendid culture, which can be called the pinnacle of Chinese history.
The founder of this great era is Li Shimin, which is under his rule, the Tang Dynasty gradually moved toward prosperity and strength, and Li Shimin, as a monarch who has been praised for more than two thousand years, has always been a relatively high-ranking emperor in history.
But Li Shimin had a huge problem, that is, the Xuanwumen Rebellion, in which Li Shimin killed his brother and brother, and cut the grass and roots, killing all ten of their children.
In ancient China, where fatherly kindness and filial piety were advocated, brotherhood and brotherhood, Li Shimin's crime could be said to be very serious, and in order to make up for his mistakes as much as possible, Li Shimin dressed himself as a victim.
Li Shimin tampered with a lot of historical materials, but in any case, the matter of his killing of his brother could not be changed, so he tried to make this matter more reasonable.
How to make a coup more reasonable, Li Shimin's approach is divided into two steps, the first is that this country and mountains were mainly fought by Li Shimin, and the second is the Xuanwumen coup d'état, which is completely forced to protect himself.
Historically, it is the most ruthless imperial family, in order to compete for the throne, brothers cannibalism, and even father and son killing each other are many things, Li Shimin is not the first, nor is it the last, can only say that Li Shimin did these things, compared with most of the emperors is very normal, but Li Shimin to do is the ming emperor of the ages, so try to make this matter round.
Judging from the existing historical data, the fact that brothers are competing with each other definitely exists, and Li Jiancheng, as the crown prince, is indeed eyeing Li Shimin and guarding against Li Shimin at all times.
All this was caused by Li Yuan, and the crown prince, as the crown prince of the country, should be treated with the highest standards, with his own palace guard, showing the majesty of the prince everywhere.
But on the one hand, Li Yuan wanted to be a bowl of water for his sons, on the other hand, Li Shimin's merits were indeed very large (in this regard, Li Shimin tampered with a lot, but he could not go to extremes, Li Shimin's basic military feats are worthy of affirmation), so he came up with a Qin palace, which has the same specifications and powers as the prince's palace.
Even Li Shimin's Qin Palace was more powerful than the Prince's Mansion, but the Eighteen Scholars of the Qin Palace were even more famous, they were Li Shimin's team, advising Li Shimin, and everyone saw that there would be a war between the Qin Palace and the Prince's Mansion.
The biggest advantage of the prince's side is that he is the legal heir, and the struggle between the two sides is that you come and go, but Li Shimin's side seems to be less and less dominant with the end of the internal unification war.
In order to completely weaken Li Shimin's power, Li Jiancheng took advantage of various opportunities to transfer a large number of outstanding talents from the Qin Palace, and in the end, the situation was already very critical, and there was not much remaining strength in the Qin Palace.
So there was a dramatic scene, Li Shimin asked Wei Chigong to take the sword to ask Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyi, rebellion is such a thing is to kill the head, Li Shimin's attitude is very clear, you either come or you have to die.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyi are of course li shimin's loyal supporters, Li Shimin did this, in fact, it is also to give them two a reassuring pill, things at this point everyone has no way to retreat, only a desperate fight, it is possible to turn defeat into victory.
At this point in the story, many people will sympathize with Li Shimin, feeling that They have all been forced by Li Jiancheng to this point, and it is not okay not to launch the Xuanwumen Change, out of instinctive reaction, Li Shimin's crime does not seem to be so hateful.
Of course, this matter, in fact, in the orthodox Confucianism, still can't get by, because in the Confucian concept, who can inherit the throne is based on identity, and it doesn't matter whether you have great merit and ability or not.
The purpose of the primogeniture system is to prevent this kind of competition between each other, so in the eyes of Confucianism, Li Shimin is not a perfect emperor, which is why Li Tang did not attach great importance to Confucianism, because Confucianism was too rigid and rigid about patriarchal ethics, and did not care at all about whether the heir was capable, only looking at origin.
But this matter in the grassland, are not a matter at all, the grassland culture is originally who is strong, who is the leader, no matter what your origin, there is a part of the nomadic cultural tradition of the Li Tang royal family, in this regard is still relatively good, the entire Tang Dynasty, the real eldest son to inherit the throne is very small.