The death of Tang Taizong Li Shimin has always been a confusing story in history, although the history records that Li Shimin died of illness, but many people also feel that the royal family may have deliberately concealed the true cause of Li Shimin's death, that is, superstitious elixir and died. However, in order to save the royal face, the history books did not record this paragraph in detail, but only roughly mentioned that Emperor Taizong suddenly fell ill and died.
According to historical records, Li Shimin died of illness and died at The Age of Fifty-two at Hanfengdian, and the prequel to his death is located in Prince Li Zhi. Li Shimin was the second king of the Tang Dynasty, when he was a teenager, he was both literate and martial, after his father Li Yuan's uprising, Li Shimin has been following the battlefield and making great military achievements, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he was named the King of Qin, and then launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion to kill the crown prince Li Jiancheng, forcing Li Yuan to abdicate, and Li Shimin, who seized the throne, was called Tang Taizong after he ascended the throne.
The real Tang Taizong in history was a person with a complex personality, and the first half of his life as a horseman made him attached to family affection, but the struggle between the royal families made him hand blade brothers. It is precisely this changeable life that makes Li Shimin determined to change the world when he first sat on the throne, so that the rule of law and etiquette in the world can be developed. In the first ten years of his reign, he did indeed do this.
During his reign, he was diligent and loved the people, the Tang Dynasty flourished under his governance, and although Li Shimin was a king, he was often able to accept the advice of courtiers with an open mind, and was able to seriously consider his mistakes and correct them. Tang Taizong said that the people are like water, and the king is like a flat boat, and the water can carry the boat and can cover the boat, which is regarded as the most reasonable saying, and many later kings have taken this as a precept.
Later historians have also commented that Li Shimin was a male lord of a generation, but tigers also have time to nap, let alone people. After the age of forty, Li Shimin began to fear his own death, and he began to look for a way to live forever like those kings before him. When Li Shimin had just ascended the throne, he had vigorously denounced the matter of elixirs, which he thought were all lies.
During the reign of Tang Taizong, the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded to unprecedented, every year Tang Taizong's birthday will have countless envoys come to congratulate, looking forward to cultural exchanges with the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty at this time is also very inclusive, chang'an at that time was very lively, Tubo people, Persians, Indians, etc. are doing business here, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty also provide reasonable protection for them, under the efforts of these people, Tang Dynasty silk, porcelain, etc. are exported to home and abroad, which are inseparable from Tang Taizong's governance.
But when he got older, he didn't escape ignorance. In order to live longer, he listened to an Indian monk and ate some strange pills every day. When he first started eating, Li Shimin's health did improve somewhat, and in a few months, Li Shimin seemed to have returned to his youth.
Due to the many injuries suffered in the early years of the conquest, these injuries began to torment Li Shimin in his later years, but he still insisted on handling state affairs in the upper court, and only when he finally fell ill on the bed did he order the crown prince Li Zhi to supervise the country, but even so, Li Shimin still asked the prince to tell him about the important affairs of the dprk and the middle every day. Although the Taiyi repeatedly asked Li Shimin to recuperate and not to expend excessive energy, Li Shimin did not follow the doctor's advice, and finally ran out of heart and died of illness. Although Li Shimin did not reign for a long time, he laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and was a Ming Emperor throughout the ages.
But soon after, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and in 649, Li Shimin suddenly died in the palace, leaving behind a bunch of auxiliary ministers and Li Zhi, who was not yet sensible. After his death, in order to cover up the history that the emperor died of medicine, the historian had to use sudden death to explain this farce.
In history, why did Tang Taizong Li Shimin die? The answer is as follows: The root cause is: First, Tang Taizong Li Shimin was injured by an arrow and died. Many emperors liked to drive in person, and Li Shimin was no exception. In addition, the overthrow of the rule of the Yan Dynasty in that year, it was inevitable that he would be injured in battle, and it was often a poisonous arrow wound, which was not easy to cure Yu. Second, Tang Taizong Li Shimin took Dan medicine and died of poisoning. As we all know, emperors want to live forever and maintain their youth forever. Although Li Shimin is a generation of Ming Emperors, the temptation of immortality is too great. Therefore, I also like to take Dan medicine.