In 617, Li Yuan raised the banner, in 618 the capital Chang'an established the Tang Dynasty, and in 624 basically completed the unification of the world. Li Yuan and Empress Dowager Taimu had four sons: Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, and Li Yuanji. Li Xuanba died relatively early, and the battle for the heir began among Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji very shrewdly chose to stand with Li Jiancheng, so as to form Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji vs Li Shimin.
What is Li Yuan's attitude?
Let's look at an example:
Concubine Yin De's father, Ah Rat, was arrogant, and Du Ru, a subordinate of the Qin Dynasty, passed through his door, and several children of the Ah Rat family dragged like obscure horses, beat them, folded a finger, and said: "Ru Heren, dare to cross my door and not get off the horse!" ——" Zizhi Tongjian Tang Ji Tang Ji VI
In his later years, Li Yuan most favored two concubines: Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu. Zhang Jieyu would also talk about it before the change of Xuanwu Gate.
During Li Shimin's period, there were two famous faces: Fang Xuanling and Du Ruyi. Fang Moudu said that these two were the ones.
Du Ruhan was the direct planner of the xuanwumen change, and even more so Li Shimin's confidant.
Ah Rat asked the servants to pull Du Ruyi off the horse, beat him, and the reason for breaking his finger was that Du Ruyi did not get off the horse after passing through their door, which was nothing to do.
Rough listening is indeed very excessive, think carefully about whether Ah Rat is really crazy, do not know that this is the King of Qin's cronies.
This matter eventually evolved into Ah Rat telling her daughter, and Yin Defei ran to talk to Li Yuan. Li Shimin also wanted to stand up for Du Ruyi and ran to the palace to talk to Li Yuan.
The house is broken
Shangfu angrily rebuked the people of the world: "My concubine's family is still being overrun by Ru's left and right, and the situation is small! "The people of the world are deeply self-justifying, and they do not believe it in the end. - "Zizhi Tongjian Tang Ji Tang Ji VI"
Yin Defei said that Du Ruqian had bullied his father, and as a result, Li Yuan scolded Li Shimin, and no matter how Li Shimin defended, Li Yuan did not believe it.
Li Yuan is confused?
Will a person who has only taken 7 years from the beginning of the army to the unification of the world be an old fool?
After the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuan was on a cruise ship at the time, Li Shimin controlled the situation, and he reacted quickly, first asking Wei Chi Jingde who was rebelling, and when Wei Chi Jingde said that it was the prince and the king of Qi who was rebelling. Soon he calmed down, when Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda told him that they should hand over power to the King of Qin.
At this time, Li Yuan said: Goodness! This is my long-cherished heart also.
How could such a man in the city be a faint and old fool?
Li Yuan let his sons lead troops to fight in the early days of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and at this time, Li Jiancheng's prestige as a prince was not established, and the time was too short. On the contrary, these few people have fought around to form their own teams, and some of them have not lost their tails.
Li Yuan supported Li Jiancheng, otherwise he would not have said such a thing as "My concubine's family is still being overpowered by Ru and the people are small", and this kind of pulling off the frame is clearly suppressing Li Shimin in disguise.
In this way, it becomes Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji vs Li Shimin
Li Shimin's pressure was unprecedented, and his subordinates were constantly divided, such as Li Yuanji first bribing Wei Chi Jingde with heavy money, and then seeing that he had bribed unsuccessful assassins to assassinate. On the other hand, he sent All of Li Shimin's men to other places as officials, and at the same time, in the name of conquest, he assigned Li Shimin's original subordinates to his own system. For example, when Li Yuanji was campaigning against the Turks, he proposed to Li Yuan to bring Wei Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, Duan Zhixuan, and Qin Shubao, the most powerful generals in the Qin dynasty, into battle.
Li Shimin also thought of retreating and creating his own power in Luoyang, but was recognized by Li Yuanji, and finally ended up with the Qin dynasty general Xingyang Zhang Liang dead or alive.
In this way, Li Shimin had no way to retreat, and there was only one way left: to fight and launch a mutiny.
From the dialogue between Li Shimin and Wei Zheng, it can be seen that Li Jiancheng is also murderous to Li Shimin.
In the beginning, Wei Zheng often advised the crown prince to build up the king of Qin early, and when he was defeated, shimin summoned the conscription to say: "Ru what is alienated my brother!" The people were afraid of this, and they behaved freely, saying to them: "The first prince has long been from the conquest, and there will be no disaster today." ——" Zizhi Tongjian Tang Ji Tang Ji VII"
Wei Zheng was certainly not the only one who persuaded Li Jiancheng to kill Li Shimin. Of course, there are also many people under Li Shimin who advise Li Shimin to start early.
Both Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were secretly preparing.
At that time, the situation was: Li Shimin had no way to retreat, and Li Jiancheng had the chance to win.
At this time, the air of Datang was filled with the smell of conspiracy, and the day before the change of Xuanwumen, a very strange thing happened.
Fu Yi, a scholar of astronomical calendars whom Li Yuan trusted, gave Li Yuan a secret fold, which said that the King of Qin wanted to become emperor.
Li Yuan gave this fold to Li Shimin at that time, and Li Shimin then told about the illegal acts of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
Li Yuan's reaction was:
Shang Provincezhi, stunned, reported: "Ming Dang Feng asked, Ru Yi early ginseng." - "Zizhi Tongjian Tang Ji Tang Ji VII"
This record gives people the illusion that Li Yuan was blinded by Li Jiancheng and others, and then just woke up. What seems like a normal record is actually full of weirdness. What is even more strange is that after the end of the Xuanwumen Change, Li Yuan was playing on the boat, is this like a move to deal with Li Jiancheng and others?
Li Yuan was in line with Li Jiancheng, and when he learned that the warlock said that Li Shimin wanted to become emperor, would the first reaction be to tell Li Shimin the news? It's not quite logical to look at. Could it be that fu Yi could change his position just by just a few words?
There is no controversy about this strange thing and whether it is true or false, but this matter has the most obvious effect, that is, to lure Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji into the palace.
After this matter was known to Li Yuan's other favored concubine, Zhang Jieyu, she secretly told Li Jiancheng.
The next day, Li Shimin took the eldest grandson Wuji and others to ambush at Xuanwu Gate, in other words, he bet Li Jiancheng into the palace. If Li Jiancheng did not enter the palace, his ambush of Xuanwu Gate would be known, and without Li Jiancheng's intervention, Li Yuan would have intervened.
The real key point of the change in Xuanwumen is what Li Shimin said to Li Yuan the day before? Why can Li Shimin be so confident that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji will definitely enter the palace.
On the day of the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuanji advised Li Jiancheng not to enter the palace, he could be called ill, and perhaps the whole thing was not good for Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng said: The armament is already strict, and when he and his brother enter the counselor, they ask themselves for the news.
Obviously, Li Jiancheng was very confident, thinking that he was very well prepared to take down Li Shimin, so he was relieved to enter the palace.
It was precisely because of this self-confidence that Li Shimin had the opportunity, and when Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji found out that something was wrong, Li Shimin sent a signal to the soldiers of the Qin Palace: he directly shot Li Jiancheng. Apparently tell the dead that there is no way back today.
As soon as Li Jiancheng died, Li Yuanji ran away, at this time Wei Chi Jingde took 70 people to chase Li Yuanji, and finally shot him.
As the war broke out, the people from the Prince's Mansion and the Qi King's Mansion came out.
Feng Li and the deputy protector Xue Wanche, Qu Zhifu left car riding Wannian Xie Shu Fang Shuai East Palace, Qi Fu elite soldiers 2,000 Chi Fun Xuanwu Gate, at once pulled out 2,000 elite soldiers, it seems that the Prince Mansion and the Qi Palace are indeed ready.
When the two sides were at a stalemate, Xue Wanche said that we should surround Wei to save Zhao and attack the Palace of The Qin Dynasty.
If this plan succeeded, Li Shimin would certainly win miserably, because the Qin Palace was very weak and would be slaughtered. At the crucial moment, Wei Chi Jingde directly threw the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in front of the gang.
The masters were all dead, and their men were still fighting for their lives, so the people of the Prince's Mansion and the Qi King's Mansion scattered, and the war situation of the Xuanwu Gate Change was truly completely controlled by Li Shimin at this moment.
Then Wei Chi Jingde entered the palace to take over Li Yuan's defenses and control Li Yuan in disguise. After everything was done, Li Shimin appeared, and the scene at that time was also quite strange.
Shang Nai summoned the people of the world, and Fu Zhi said: "In recent days, there have been several confusions. "The people of the world knelt down and sucked on their breasts, and mourned for a long time. - "Zizhi Tongjian Tang Ji Tang Ji VII"
Everything went well, Li Shimin first became the crown prince and supervised the country, and then Li Yuan zen gave the throne to Li Shimin, and the rule of Zhenguan began.
This process was also very bloody, and Li Jianchengzi An lu Wang Chengdao, Hedong Wang Chengde, Wu'an Wang Chengxun, Runan Wang Chengming, Julu Wang Chengyi, Li Yuanjizi LiangJun Wang Chengye, Yuyang Wang Chengluan, Pu'an Wang Chengzhi, Jiangxia Wang Chengyu, and Yiyang Wang Chengdu were all killed.
The change of Xuanwumen was an unfortunate misfortune for the Tang royal family, and Li Shimin set a precedent that made the later succession of the Tang Dynasty full of variables and bloodshed. Although it was the misfortune of the Tang dynasty, it was the blessing of the people of the world at that time, because a generation of Ming Emperor Li Shimin appeared, and the Tang ushered in the first great rule - the rule of Zhenguan.