Since ancient times, almost every emperor's path to the throne has been full of bloodshed, and there is no father-son relationship in the royal family, let alone brotherhood. Even Li Shimin, the Emperor Taizong of Tang, who created the reign of Zhenguan, his ascension to the throne was always considered a stain and forever engraved in the torrent of history.
In the torrent of these histories, there are also many stories with a poem, such as Li Shimin's third son, Li Ke the King of Wu, who cursed angrily before his death, and finally the words were fulfilled. Today, let's talk about this story.
Li Ke, the King of Wu, was unable to inherit the throne because of his mother's status
Li Ke the Prince of Wu was the third son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and when Li Ke was two years old, he was made the King of Changsha Commandery as an imperial grandson, and later in 625 AD, he was even named the King of Hanzhong County.
He was young and intelligent, heroic and decisive, so he was deeply favored by Tang Taizong Li Shimin, but because of his mother's status, he could not inherit the emperor's throne. From the point of view of birth, the father is a heavenly son, and the mother is the daughter of the Sui Emperor, which can be said to be very noble and prominent in the bloodline.
When Li Ke was young, he was very intelligent, not only talented, but also extremely talented in learning martial arts. But it was such a wise and courageous prince, but he was humble and never showed his talents, which also made Li Shimin particularly fond of his son, and repeatedly pointed out the similarity with himself in public.
Li Shimin is a good emperor, but not a good father, in the selection of the next emperor, Li Shimin has always been hesitant, although he made the crown prince Li Chengqian, but he has a lot of love for other princes, which also makes other princes have the idea of competing for the throne.
Under such pressure, reality forced Li Chengqian to choose to rebel, and after the rebellion failed, he was deposed. Emperor Taizong of Tang was very fond of Li Ke, and the crown prince was deposed, making him once again have the idea of making Li Ke the next emperor.
However, the civil and military officials at that time all contributed to the demise of the Sui Dynasty. If Li Ke, the King of Wu, was really allowed to inherit the future emperor's throne, it would undoubtedly make the courtiers worry about whether they and their families would be liquidated by the emperor in the future.
For this reason, Li Ke, the King of Wu, who had the blood of the Sui Dynasty, could not inherit the unification at all. At the same time, this move of Li Shimin also provoked the string on the head of the eldest son Wujie, laying the groundwork for the tragic end of Li Ke later.
Li Ke, the talented King of Wu, chose to hang himself in his prime
It is said that although Li Ke, the King of Wu, was the nephew of Emperor Sui, he was also the son of Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin. In his bones, he not only retained the blood of the Sui Dynasty, but also the blood of the Tang Dynasty, when the crown prince was deposed, and Li Zhi was too weak, so Li Ke was the next emperor that Tang Taizong wanted to establish.
As mentioned above, even if the emperor liked this son again, he still had to follow the advice of the chancellor, and the eldest son Wuji was one of them. Under the strong persuasion of changsun Wuji and other ministers, in the end, Li Shimin had to change Li Zhi to emperor.
Just as the so-called three fires of the new official took office, after Li Zhi ascended the throne as emperor, the first fire burned on the head of Li Ke, the king of Wu. In the 4th year of Yonghui, Princess Gaoyang and her widow chose to rebel and try to install Li Yuanjing as the new emperor.
Originally, this had nothing to do with Li Ke, the King of Wu, and after Li Zhi, the King of Jin, ascended the throne and became emperor, Li Ke, the King of Wu, was also in his fiefdom, honestly facing his own prince. However, the eldest grandson Wuji still did not spare Li Ke, the King of Wu.
After fang's rebellion was exposed, he told the emperor that he knew that rebellion was a serious crime, but Li Ke, the king of Wu, was the real main messenger of the rebellion, hoping that the emperor could see that he would tell the truth and spare his life.
The emperor stated that although Li Ke, the King of Wu, was involved in the rebellion, he was after all his own relative and hoped to spare Li Ke's life. However, the ministers headed by the eldest son Wuji advised: The state has the state law, the family has family rules, and if it is not severely punished, then there will be endless rebellion in the future.
In this way, Li Ke, who lived to the age of 34, ended his life in this way. Originally, he chose to live a peaceful and stable life, but someone blackmailed him, which not only led to his own death, but also implicated his children and grandchildren.
Although Li Ke did not become emperor in the end, he was also inexhaustible in glory and wealth, and now he died in such a wrong, which is really "tolerable, but intolerable." Therefore, before he died, he left a curse: "If the ancestors have a spirit in heaven, let the eldest grandson family be destroyed in the near future." ”
At that time, this sentence was considered by everyone to be just a dying struggle, but the subsequent development was indeed as Li Ke, the King of Wu, said. Li Ke, the King of Wu, was imprisoned in the Chang'an Palace, and after his death, the retribution of the eldest grandson wu jie also came.
Li Ke issued a curse before he died, and finally the words were fulfilled
At that time, the eldest grandson's unscrupulous family was powerful and there were many customers under him. Sometimes the emperor's decrees were not even useful to the words of the eldest grandson. From time to time, the emperor would receive some repercussions of the impeachment of the eldest grandson's family, which also made the emperor begin to be dissatisfied with the eldest grandson's unscrupulous line.
The so-called sleep on the bed, how can others sleep peacefully? The emperor, who had a jealous heart for the eldest grandson Wujie, the seed in his heart would sooner or later grow into a towering tree, but the one who really helped Li Ke realize the curse was a generation of empress wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian, who had not yet ascended the throne of the Divine Emperor, had long realized that the Eldest Sun Family was the biggest obstacle to his claim to the throne. In order to solve this stumbling block, Wu Zetian often spread some remarks in front of the emperor that there was no one in the eyes of the eldest grandson and that the power of the DPRK and China was too large.
Later, she even united some officials and courtiers in the dynasty, denouncing the people in the Changsun Mansion who had long been thinking of rebellion, and also presented some evidence of rebellion to the emperor, which made the gap between the emperor Li Zhi and the Changsun family grow larger and larger.
Therefore, under the impetus of Wu Zetian step by step, the curse words of Li Ke, the king of Wu, were fulfilled step by step, the eldest grandson was convicted, and the family was exiled to the frontier, and the seemingly prosperous family collapsed.
After Wu Zetian succeeded to the throne, in 659 AD, Li Ke, the king of Wu, was finally able to sink his grievances, and the curse he issued to his eldest son Wujie before his death was also fulfilled with the help of Wu Zetian.
Through the case of Li Ke, the King of Wu, it can be understood that although the ancient princes were born into the elite, they were like walking on the tip of a sword. Sometimes it is even worse than ordinary people, who can live their lives in peace and smoothly.
But from the ultimate fate of the eldest grandson, we can know that there is really karma in this world. Planting good causes gets good results, planting evil causes gets evil results, and we should do more good deeds in life, and to be related to people is to make friends with ourselves. What do you think about that?