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(Li Tai)
Li Shimin had a total of 14 sons. However, Empress Dowager Changsun had only 3 sons, namely Li Chengqian (619-645), Li Tai (620-652), and Li Zhi (628-683). Therefore, these three people are all concubines, and it is not surprising that Li Shimin's heir to the throne has and can only come out of these three people.
However, Li Tai was talented, brilliant, and a good man who loved literature, worked in grass, collected thousands of volumes, and was a calligrapher and connoisseur of calligraphy and painting at that time. Very popular with Li Shimin. There were many literati and inkers around him. The Chronicle of The Chronicle of The Chronicle of The Lands edited by Zhenguan from 12 to 15 years (638-641) is a masterpiece. Therefore, Li Tai enjoyed the privilege of not going to the domain to go to the domain. Moreover, the etiquette and degree of use are almost the same as those of the prince.
This is a big pit that Li Shimin himself dug for himself. Later, Zhu Di also did the same thing, and eventually caused brothers to kill each other, uncles and nephews to kill each other, and almost repeated what happened to him.
(Li Chengqian)
As the eldest son of a concubine, Li Chengqian was made crown prince when he was 8 years old. The teachers he also specially invited him were all contemporary celebrities and heroes of the Qin Dynasty. When Li Chengqian was 12 years old, he began to exercise his ability to handle government affairs and let him "listen to lawsuits." He also deliberately asked Li Chengqian to comfort the heavy ministers on his behalf, and Shangshu's right servant Du Ru was seriously ill, and he also ordered Li Chengqian to personally go to comfort him. In the 6th year of Zhenguan (632), he went to Qizhou to play, and he dared to let the 14-year-old Li Chengqian stay in Beijing to supervise the country.
Inside and out, it shows that Li Shimin has no distinction between Li Chengqian and Li Tai! But Li Chengqian and Li Tai did not think so.
(Li Shimin)
Back to the historical scene just like the portrait of Li Shimin, his three sons, like himself, are big fat, and Li Chengqian is often sick because of fat, including later foot diseases, although the cause of foot diseases is not recorded in the historical materials, many film and television novels marry this to Li Tai, saying that Li Tai played yin, making Li Chengqian fall on horseback. But this is actually unlikely to be true, because Li Tai is fatter than Li Chengqian, and I am afraid that the two horse riding competitions, the first to fall down is Li Tai. Therefore, according to modern medical theory, Li Chengqian is most likely a foot disease caused by gout.
Li Chengqian was often ill; he had a foot disease that affected his image; a good male favorite, who was found and killed by Li Shimin; when he met empress dowager Xue again, no one spoke for him; the teacher was simply a tyrannical maniac, and so on. When this unfavorable factor gathered together, Li Chengqian's mentality finally collapsed.
The first thing he did was to assassinate Li Tai and pull out the thorn in his eye. But it is a great pity that the operation failed. So at the instigation of Hou Junji, he had a terrible idea, that is, to stage another "Xuanwumen Change". It is said that a stable prince was forced to this position, and later generations also did this once in Kangxi. But what is even more regrettable is that Li Chengqian's plot to rebel failed and was deposed, and Hou Junji and others were killed.
(Chu Suiliang and Li Shimin)
He suddenly threw himself into Li Shimin's arms and sucked on his nipples. Li Shimin had also done this to Li Yuan. Li Shiming worried that Li Tai would not be able to tolerate Li Zhi from then on. No one had ever imagined that Li Tai would swear by a curse, declaring that he would kill his own son after a hundred years, and then pass the throne to his younger brother Li Zhi. What is even more absurd is that Li Shimin actually approved of this matter.
However, when Chu Suiliang turned to heaven, chu Suiliang discovered the problem here, and Chu Suiliang asked, "An You killed his beloved son for the lord of the world, and conferred the title of King of Jin?" (Where is the emperor who kills his son and lets his brother succeed him?) "By the way, take the opportunity to rebuke Li Shimin" His Majesty used to take Chengqian as his heir, and he was fond of Tai, and his concubines were unknown, and they have been so far. If you must be litai, you must not leave the king of Jin. (You used to appoint Li Chengqian as the crown prince, but you favored Li Tai exclusively, which head is lighter and which is heavier, and you didn't know clearly, which caused the current tragedy.) If you have to set up Li Tai, then simply kill Li Zhi! ）”
(Li Zhi)
Li Shimin was shocked and almost caught, so that his sons could live in peace, so why not make Li Zhi the crown prince! Li Tai was completely out of touch with the throne!
ps: But in fact, look at the essence through the phenomenon. The struggle between the mongol clans of the early Tang Dynasty has completely affected the succession of the tang dynasty. The tilting between the Long right group and the Shandong group has triggered a tragedy between the princes, and I will not talk about it in depth here.
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