Li Shimin won the throne by relying on the change of "Xuanwu Gate", but Li Shimin's son had problems in competing for the throne, first Li Chengqian was deposed in a hurry to plot rebellion, and then Li Tai's plot for the throne was deposed by Li Shimin. In fact, in Li Shimin's heart, he is very optimistic about Li Tai, and he also appreciates this son, why was Li Tai finally abandoned by Li Shimin? The key is still personality, li tai psychology determines his fate.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > favored</h1>
Li Tai was born in 620, only one year younger than Li Chengqian. He, along with Li Chengqian and Li Zhi, was born to Empress Changsun. Li Tai was favored mainly because he was a bit talented.
Historical records say that Li Tai grew fat and had some problems with his legs. But Li Tai is good at literature and art. However, compared to celebrities, Li Taiwen is generally talented, just a hobby. However, his literary style was deeply liked by Li Shimin, and Li Tai was named the King of Wei. Li Shimin ordered the establishment of a literary museum in the Wei dynasty, and Li Tai could recruit literary scholars to work in the museum himself.
Li Tai's subordinate Sima Suxun advised Li Tai to recruit guests and be a virtuous new king like the ancients. In fact, this trick worked very well, and Li Tai suggested to Li Shimin to compile the "Chronicle of The Land". Li Shimin was very happy, with such a talented son, why worry about the instability of the country. So Li Shimin sent some talented ministers to participate in the compilation, and Li Tai recruited some literati to participate.
When some people heard that Li Tai was going to make up a story, they all flocked to his door, hoping to participate in or become Li Tai's belonging, when Li Tai's Wei palace could be full of traffic and people.
Someone advised Li Tai that the momentum was too loud, and he should quickly compile the book and make some achievements for Li Shimin to see, otherwise it would attract the attention of the ministers. So Li Tai assigned the task to all the prefectures and counties in the country, and asked the localities to compile and then send them to the Wei King's Mansion to be summarized by him.
Soon, the 550 articles of the "Chronicle of The Land" were compiled and sent to Li Shimin, who was very happy, and did not expect that his son could accomplish such a great event at such a young age, so he ordered that the books compiled by Li Tai be stored in the palace secret cabinet. In fact, it entered the emperor's private library, which was very high in ancient times, not to mention Li Shimin, an emperor who attached great importance to culture.
In recognition of li tai's compilation of the "Chronicle of The Lands", Li Shimin ordered a pardon for the capital crimes of the Chang'an prisoners, and also exempted the fang people from taxes for one year, and Li Tai's men were rewarded. For a moment Li Tai was very excited.
Li Shimin gave Li Tai more rewards, and even his treatment and monthly salary exceeded that of Prince Li Chengqian. Li Tai was even more fluttery, if Li Tai was more modest at this time, he didn't want anything, just be the King of Wei quietly. But Li Tai did not expect that his father had a group of capable ministers under him, and these ministers understood and even experienced the cruelty of court struggles.
Chu Suiliang, the counselor, had an opinion on Li Shimin's favor with Li Tai, and he said to Li Shimin: "The emperor respects and humbles himself, and establishes the eldest son as a chu group, so the status of the crown prince in all aspects should be the same as that of the emperor, and the sons of the chu cannot be compared with them at all." Ancient dynasties had this method to prevent suspicion between brothers and cause trouble. The various regulations formulated by the previous emperors were considered from the psychology of ordinary people, but when they became emperors, future generations must have a distinction between concubines. No matter how much you like the concubine, you can't treat it more than the eldest son. However, if the prince is not close and alienated, the treatment he should enjoy is not that of the son, that is, private feelings damage the law of the land, confuse the thinking of the subjects, and cause chaos in the country. At present, Li Tai's various treatments have surpassed that of the Prince of Donggong, and public opinion believes that this is not right. After Dou Qinghou of the Han Dynasty liked the King of Liang, he divided more than 40 cities, even three hundred miles of land of the King of Liang, and spent a lot of money on the construction of the royal palace, and later died unexpectedly; Emperor Xuan of Han connived with the King of Huaiyang and almost spoiled him, and if it were not for the assistance of loyal ministers, he would lose his life. ”
Chu Suiliang said a lot, quoting from the scriptures, and finally advised Li Shimin that he should teach Li Tai to be diligent and thrifty, and that he should also find a good teacher for him, let him develop a modest and cautious character, and then let him develop in literature, so as to cultivate a wise prince.
It was the duty of the Counselor to remind the Emperor of certain matters, and the suggestions they made had their origins. Moreover, after Li Shimin took office, He lied to corporal Xian and even encouraged the minister to give him advice, which could criticize his approach. But how many emperors can really listen to the advice of the ministers?
Li Shimin did not care about Chu Suiliang's words, thinking that this was his family affair, Li Tai was so talented, compiled a book for the country, of course, to be rewarded, you Chu Suiliang can make suggestions, is it too wide to manage, the heart of the son who does not.
In fact, if Li Shimin followed Chu Suiliang's approach, there would be one more literati Li Tai in history. But Li Shimin did not do so. And if Li Tai learned that Chu Suiliang had a suggestion, he immediately closed his hand, modest and cautious, and could also achieve himself.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > generate illusions</h1>
Li Shimin not only did not listen to Chu Suiliang's advice, but also once again ordered Li Tai to move into the Wude Hall to live. At this time, another powerful minister of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng, who also loved to pick faults, appeared. The reason why Wei Zheng was trusted by Li Shimin was mainly that this person was too loyal, and it was a kind of foolish loyalty, anyway, it was the gang who was not afraid of death.
When Wei Zheng and Li Jiancheng were built at that time, they did not intend to survive, anyway, one minister did not do two masters, Li Shimin was a true love talent, and finally did not count the previous suspicions, in fact, there was no previous suspicion, Wei Zheng and Li Jiancheng, did not know that there could be a change of "Xuanwu Gate". However, Wei Zheng hated the Loyalty of the Li Family.
Wei Zheng persuaded Li Shimin not to say as much as Chu Suiliang, wei Zheng only said layers of meaning: First, you Li Shimin love your son no one will be wrong, this is the common sentiment of people, but when the father loves his son, he should hope that he is safe, and now the emperor has put his son in a suspicious place. Moreover, the Wude Hall is where Li Yuanji lived, opposite the East Palace. The ministers must have talked privately. Second, immediately let Li Tai move out.
Li Shimin felt that this made sense and immediately asked Li Tai to move away from the Wude Hall. Why did Li Shi listen to Wei Zheng? In fact, Wei Zheng pointed out Li Shimin's weakness, that is, Li Yuanji, another slain prince of the "Xuanwu Gate". This is all a disaster caused by the struggle for reserves, and Li Shimin will not listen to it no matter what he says.
However, although Li Shimin listened to Wei Zheng's words and did not let Li Tai enter the Wude Hall, his favor for Li Tai did not diminish in the slightest. And Li Shimin's beloved son reached the level of pampering and doting, which made Li Tai have the illusion of becoming the crown prince. In fact, not only Li Tai, if he favored Li Zhi at this time, he would also feel that it was not the emperor who wanted to pass on to him.
But fantasy is fantasy, and it should be pragmatic. What Wei Zheng suggested to Li Shimin, if Li Tai did not know, then Li Tai's men should also be dissuaded in time. This shows that at this time, Li Tai's men did not have any high-ranking people.
After Li Tai had the illusion of becoming emperor, he recruited Chai Lingwu, Fang Yi'ai, and others to begin to study the major events of receiving the crown prince in the future, and even took money and bribes to make friends with the ministers of the court.
The ministers were not fools either, they saw that Li Shimin liked Li Tai so much, would he change his position, so they all pledged allegiance to Li Tailai. Everyone knows that by making friends with the would-be emperor in advance, they will all benefit in the future. For a time, Li Tai's power quickly became stronger.
But Li Tai did not know what those loyal and old ministers under Li Shimin did, like Wei Zheng and other people who were not afraid of death, and his father was not a fainting emperor.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > vicious personality</h1>
In the face of Li Tai's increasing power, Li Chengqian was afraid, so Li Chengqian was also an unstable person at this time, and if he calmed down at this time and did not make a sound, there might be hope. But Li Chengqian actually wanted to fight with Li Tai, and finally even wanted to kill Li Tai, and was eventually discovered by Li Shimin, and Li Chengqian simply wanted to rebel, anyway, his father was not the right way to become emperor.
In 643, Li Chengqian was deposed. Li Tai finally came to the opportunity, and at this time Li Shimin was actually behind him
Promising Li Tai to be crown prince, some ministers also took the opportunity to ask Li Shimin to make Li Tai a crown prince, but the eldest son Wuji suggested that Li Zhi be established.
Li Shimin was embarrassed for a while, in fact, at this time, Li Tai was closest to the throne, but Li Tai did something wrong, and he even suggested to Li Shimin that in the future, after he became emperor, he would kill his son and let his younger brother Li Zhi succeed to the throne. Li Tai's words are to show Li Shimin that he will first become emperor, and then let his younger brother be the emperor.
Li Shimin was a person who came over, he came to power by killing his brother Li Jiancheng, Li Tai actually used this kind of pediatrics to trick Li Shimin, so that Li Shimin felt that Li Tai was too fierce, if Li Tai became emperor, Li Chengqian and Li Zhi would all die, let alone other princes.
At this time, Li Shimin already had a suspicion of Li Tai, and Li Tai did something wrong, he actually threatened Li Zhi, and after Li Shimin knew, Li Shimin made up his mind to abandon Li Tai, otherwise the second "Xuanwumen" change would appear.
In the end, Li Shimin said that if Li Tai was made crown prince, everyone in the world would laugh at him in the future, believing that the position of prince was obtained by conspiracy. In fact, it is also a kind of exclamation to yourself.
Li Tai was later stripped of all his duties and demoted to the position of King of Donglai, and later renamed the King of Shunyang, allowing him to go further away to prevent a palace coup. However, at this time, there was still the eldest grandson who helped stabilize the situation.
After Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, after all, he and Li Tai were brothers, which promoted Li Tai's treatment, at this time Li Tai was already ill, and this disease was also a nest cystic disease, 35 years old. Originally, he was very close to the throne, but in the end he was far away from the throne, and even died young, which is a pity.
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