In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, a cold female corpse was carried back to the East Palace. Crown Prince Li Chengqian hurried to come, only to see that the concubine Hai'er was still beautiful, but her face was pale, and she had long lost her breath, and she couldn't help but cry bitterly, like a mourning concubine.
Li Chengqian, the eldest son of Emperor Taizong and Empress Changsun, when Li Tang had just opened the country, Li Shimin, as the King of Qin, stayed in the Chengqian Hall of the Imperial Palace, and Li Chengqian was born here, hence the name.
As we all know, the feelings of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun have always been very harmonious, not to mention that in the change of Xuanwumen, Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji of the Changsun Family, including Empress Changsun herself, were loyal and played an important role. Therefore, although Li Shimin is also very, there are many harem women, but the several children born to the empress are all different eyes, and after he ascended the throne, Li Chengqian, as the eldest son of the concubine, is undoubtedly a collection of thousands of favors.
Moreover, Li Chengqian was clever and clever from an early age, and Shi Zai said that "Emperor Taizong took the throne, was the crown prince, was eight years old at the time, was intelligent and sensitive, and Emperor Taizong loved him very much." Emperor Taizong forgave the darkness, and the government ordered him to listen to it, and he was quite knowledgeable. Since then, Emperor Taizong has always ordered him to live in the prison state. "It's very much like a prince of a big country."
Li Chengqian's young adulthood must have been inseparable from the words and deeds of Empress Eldest Sun. The empress is frugal by nature, abides by etiquette and righteousness, and is also strictly disciplined by her children, never exceeding the rules. Li Chengqian's nursing mother wanted to increase the utensils of the Eastern Palace, but empress dowager Changsun immediately stopped it and said, "For the crown prince, the morality of the prince is not established and the reputation is not honored, and there is no worry less than the utensils." ”
Unfortunately, empress dowager Sun died early in the tenth year of Zhenguan, losing this virtuous help, Li Shimin soon had a big problem in the education of his children, and he turned his thoughts about the empress into doting on his children and abolished the supply restrictions. Since then, Li Chengqian has begun to let go of himself, indulging in sound and color, and playing greedily.
At first, Li Chengqian was still afraid that his father and emperor would know, so he always carefully covered up, and whenever he came to the court to listen to the government, he would say that he would be loyal and filial, but once he withdrew from the dynasty, he immediately mixed with a group of small disciples. At that time, Li Shimin was the crown prince, and he was really equipped with very powerful officials of the Eastern Palace, all of whom were outspoken and outspoken people. However, Li Chengqian, by virtue of his own cleverness, as soon as he encountered someone who came to him for advice, immediately pretended to be a moral and calm appearance, sometimes cited self-blame, sometimes used sophistry, and dealt with them one by one, so that the courtiers at that time still thought that he was still reasonable and did not be too harsh.
But Li Chengqian's legs and feet are not good, and it is very difficult to walk, which is difficult to hide. And Empress Eldest Sun's second son, Li Tai, was intelligent and studious, and Corporal Li Xian gradually became favored by Emperor Taizong and secretly had the idea of taking a wife, which made Li Chengqian very jealous. Just at this moment, a very delicate thing happened.
At that time, Li Chengqian was fortunate to have a maid, who could sing and dance, and could not leave day and night. This is the saying of Mr. Cai Dongfan's "History of Tang", and both the Old Book of Tang and the "Zizhi Tongjian" record that Li Chengqian fell in love with a boy, called Zhixin. Whether it is a female pet or a habit of breaking sleeves, in short, it was discovered by Li Shimin, who immediately summoned this hai'er (or heart), accused her of seducing the prince, and beat her with a hundred big boards. Where the little chick ate and consumed, Dengshi was desperate, so that Li Chengqian was in pain, and he built an ancestral hall for her, worshipped morning and evening, and often lingered there and shed tears. When Li Shimin heard about this situation, he felt even more that this guy was not a tool, and Li Chengqian himself was aware of it.
To say it, we still have to blame Li Shimin for not having a proper education method, being too spoiled when he was spoiled, and being too cruel when he was punished, so that Li Chengqian lost his sense of normalcy, so he did not work hard, but instead became ill for several months, and turned to Li Tai, thinking that he was the secret he told, so he began to make friends with the party, raise dead soldiers, and tried to murder Li Tai. Presumably, it is not only to avenge snow and hate, but also to keep his position as the prince.
However, Li Tai had already taken precautions on his side, and Li Chengqian did not succeed. Under the courtesy of a group of villains, Li Chengqian was even more unscrupulous and increasingly extravagant, especially liked to learn the customs of the Turks, live in tents in the palace, and eat beef and mutton. He also hooked up with Li Yuanchang, the King of Han, who was the son of Li Yuan, the son of Li Yuan, the emperor of Gaozu, and was often reprimanded by Li Shimin for misdeeds, so he felt resentful and got involved with Li Chengqian. Under the influence of such a person, Li Chengqian naturally became more and more depraved, playing day and night, and said: "If I become emperor, I am bound to be extremely indulgent, and whoever dares to obstruct him is killed immediately, kill hundreds of people, and see who still dares to speak." ”
Li Chengqian's remarks are not just talk, but come to the truth. At that time, Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu saw that the prince was becoming more and more unkind, and li Chengqian sent assassins to assassinate Yu Zhining, but when the assassins came to Yu Zhining's house, they only saw that his family was surrounded by walls and was so poor that they could not bear to do it. He also sent a family slave to lurk on the road where Zhang Xuansu was facing, smashed him with a large horse vertebrae, and smashed the person half to death. It can be seen that Li Chengqian is indeed fierce, and if he really lets him succeed to the throne, Li Tang's prospects are really worrying.
The most fatal thing is that Li Chengqian also co-opted Hou Junji. This was one of the planners of the change of Xuanwumen, and after being punished for perverting the law for corruption, he was frowning, and when he saw that there was another opportunity to assist the new king to ascend to the throne, of course, he immediately hit it off, planning to imitate the Xuanwumen of that year and coerce Li Shimin into the Zen position.
If you study history, you are afraid of learning like this, and you will apply it without thinking about it. At that time, Li Chengqian looked as if he was similar to Li Shimin's year, but he did not know that the change of Xuanwumen in that year was indispensable to the advantages of heaven and place and people, and how many people helped each other openly and secretly in order to have a thrilling victory, and Li Chengqian did not have that kind of condition at all.
As a result, he learned to learn and learned to become the crown prince Li Jiancheng of that year, but he was exposed before he could make trouble, and he was immediately deposed, exiled to the frontier, and died of illness two years later.
It is worth mentioning that among Li Chengqian's nemesis, there is also a man named Du He, who is the son of Du Ruyi, who was a golden partner in those years, but the sons born to each other, although they are also mixed together, but the end is really unbearable.
It can be seen from this that a dragon may not give birth to a dragon, and a phoenix may not give birth to a phoenix. The hereditary system is really the biggest problem in ancient China.
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