The Tang Dynasty was one of the greatest, most powerful, most prosperous and most prosperous dynasties in ancient times, and it made great achievements in economic, political, cultural, and military aspects, and had a far-reaching influence in later generations.
The establishment and development of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be indispensable to the contribution of Tang Taizong.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is the representative of the Ming Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty and even in Chinese history, and it was he who single-handedly created the "rule of Zhenguan".
At that time, he humbly accepted advice, practiced strict economy, and persuaded farmers to teach agriculture, so as to achieve a strong country and peace and security; opened up his territory to the outside world, got along well with all regions and ethnic groups, and won the honorific title of "Heavenly Khan", which made the prestige of the Han people spread far and wide. To this day, there are still "Chinatowns" everywhere overseas, and Li Shimin also has a part of the credit.
But he is such a wise and powerful emperor, but the source of his throne is not "legitimate", because he grabbed it by means, which has always become a serious mustard in his heart.
Li Shimin was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and his predecessor was Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan was originally an official of the Sui Dynasty, and he also had a deep relationship with the royal family of the Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui were both his relatives.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, due to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's extravagance and abuse of people's power, the world was in turmoil. It was under such circumstances that Li Yuan raised an army against the Sui, and with the support and help of the Guanlong nobles and the efforts of his own family, he captured Chang'an in a short period of time and replaced the Sui Dynasty to establish the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuan had several children at that time, Li Shimin was only the second in line, and he also had an elder brother above him, who was also the eldest son of the Li family, Li Jiancheng, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan established Li Jiancheng as the crown prince.
According to the normal system of inheritance of the imperial throne in ancient times on the mainland, the imperial throne is destined to be unrelated to Li Shimin.
But the rules are dead, people are alive, and there is only one emperor's seat, if he is willing to cut his body, the emperor will naturally be able to pull off the horse.
This is actually not to blame him, Li Shimin was very capable at that time, his power and prestige were in full swing, and Li Yuan wanted to use Li Shimin to pacify the world for a long time and reward him lavishly. There is even a wild history that Li Yuan also privately promised Li Shimin the position of crown prince, so he fought so hard as the second child.
The political struggle is cruel, and there will definitely be contradictions between the power of the prince and the power of the king of Qin, so when the contradiction is becoming more and more acute, Li Shimin decisively launched the "Xuanwumen Change" for the throne, and successfully killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, in front of the Xuanwu Gate, and forced Li Yuan to make him the prince by force, which succeeded in snatching the throne.
The mouth of the people is more than the defense of Sichuan, and the people in the world will naturally talk about his killing his brother and forcing his father to seize the throne, so he wants to use his political achievements and strength to eliminate this criticism, and try to prove that he is right to be the emperor.
Of course, no matter how hard Li Shimin tried, the impact of the "Xuanwumen Change" was very great, and it also set a good example for his descendants, and he would ridicule Xuanwumen from time to time.
After all, he has always shown his benevolent and righteous face that day, what he did was really cruel, the eldest brother Li Jiancheng, and the younger brother Li Yuanji's children were all eradicated by him, and he also forcibly married Li Yuanji's wife Yang, and the notoriety of killing his brother and tyrant will never be eliminated in history.
So the problem is, Li Shimin will eradicate the power of the prince and the king of Qi in the Xuanwumen Change, after all, he will cut the grass and eradicate the roots. So why risk the world's condemnation to take over his brother's wife?
Could it be that this woman was so beautiful as Queen Xiao that Li Shimin didn't control the lower half of his body for a while?
Not.
In fact, the answer behind this question is very simple, it was Li Shimin who did the absurd thing of dominating his brother and daughter-in-law out of political considerations at the time.
Because the Yang family, the wife of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, was born in the Hongnong Yang family.
The Hongnong Yang clan was one of the top gate valve clans at that time, one of the "Eight Masters of Guanlong" at that time, and it was an important clan in Chinese history, and the political legacy and influence behind it were very terrifying.
As mentioned earlier, the Tang Dynasty was able to be successfully established, and there is an inseparable connection with the Guanlongmen valve such as the Hongnong Yang clan, and it can be said that the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty are to a certain extent a collection of the interests of the major clans.
At that time, Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, so of course these gate lords bet on him, Li Jiancheng's wife was the daughter of the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the princess of Qi was the daughter of the Yang family of Hongnong.
Comparatively speaking, Li Shimin's main team is the poor talents he conquered and surrendered in the east and west.
But sitting in the world is not as good as fighting the world, that is to balance the forces of all parties, so he chose to occupy the Yang family in the Xuanwu Gate Change, in fact, it was also to entrap the Yang valve.
Li Shimin thought of using the prestige of the Yang clan to make the other gangs submit, gain their support to facilitate his own rule, and achieve the role of consolidating the throne.
It is true that many gate valves saw Li Shimin's sincerity, and there were not many storms after the incident, and they tacitly cooperated with Li Shimin's ascension.
The Yang family is also very aware of current affairs, knows how to advance and retreat, and serves Li Shimin with peace of mind, the Yang family is also full of glory because of Concubine Yang, and her family members Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao brothers have worshiped the prime minister in Zhenguan.
What do you think about this?
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