I believe everyone is familiar with Li Shimin, the second son of Tang Dynasty's founding emperor Li Yuan. After the Xuanwumen Incident, he made great efforts to liquidate the princelings. After he acceded to the throne, he became a martial arts master. During his reign, he made the country rich and the people strong, and at the same time opened up territory to the outside world. It started the prosperous period of feudal dynasty, and China became the country with the strongest comprehensive national strength in the world at that time. Looking back, his behavior after the Xuanwu gate incident was really cruel, but on the road of power struggle, can he win the final victory by caring for his children? Of course not.
First, the infighting before the Xuanwu gate incident.
When Li Shimin was king of Qin, he was excellent in all aspects, but because of the eldest son inheritance system, he could not become an emperor, because everything was subject to the system.
But he also has great power. He is a general in Ce Tian Prefecture and has the right to recruit talents on his own. All civilian and military talents were recruited by Li Shimin. At that time, a large number of outstanding talents gathered around him and became a "small government". He also firmly controlled the power of the generals through real power positions.
Li Shimin, as the king of Qin, had many extra powers, such as taking a slant on the sword. When courtiers usually go to court to see the emperor, they need to take off their shoes and their swords, but Li Shimin doesn't. He just went to court with a sword.
At that time, Prince Li couldn't sit still, because he knew that his ability and prestige could not be compared with that of the king of Qin, and he was very afraid of taking away his future throne (others would think so).
Prince Li Chengjian and his younger brother Li Yuanji hit it off, colluding with each other to form princelings, slandering Li Shimin in front of Tang Gaozu and secretly framing Li Shimin.
(1) Defamation of the Prince: At first, the Group and Li Group had great differences on the issue of moving the capital to use troops in Mobei area. Later, Li Shimin dissuaded Tang Gaozu tang gaozu from moving the capital. Because it harmed the interests of Li Group, Li and his concubines framed him, saying that he monopolized military power and attempted rebellion.
At this point, he made an issue with Prince Li.
②: The hunting ground is not good: he took his three sons, Li and Li Yuanji to hunt near the capital. Prince Li deliberately gave a flax that likes licking his son, hoping that he would fall off his horse and die.
But Li Shimin's life is a matter of fate, and Li Shimin easily dealt with the situation that the horse was knocked three times. Later, my opponent Xia said: "People's lives are decided by heaven, so they can't hurt me."
When Prince Li reported this to Li Yuan, he changed his taste: "God gave Wow the fate of the world. How could he die like this!"
Yuan was furious after hearing this, and slowly began to alienate. Withstood the great pressure of Li Yuan+Li Group.
Poisoning and framing: What happened later completely angered Li Shimin. Prince Li called for a drink together in the evening, but vomited several liters of blood after drinking, and then returned to his residence with the help of Huai' an Wang Li Shentong.
Li Shimin Group is not to be outdone, and the two sides continue to fight. Tang Gaozu sees all this in his eyes, but his indecision has not eased the tension between the two sides. On the contrary, under the default of Tang Gaozu, the princelings stepped up their efforts to frame Li Shimin, while Li Shimin hit it with one blow.
Second, the outbreak of silence.
Under the strong persuasion of Qin Gong officials, Li Shimin still has scruples. He thinks cannibalism is a taboo in ancient and modern times.
Following the example of Shun Di, an ancient sage, the aides persuaded Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to strike first and work out a response plan as soon as possible. Li Shimin made up his mind.
On June 2, 626, in the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin led Sun Chang Wuji, Du Ruhui, Weichi Gong and others to the DPRK to meet Li Yuan and set an ambush at Xuanwu Gate.
Li's group has not realized that the danger has quietly arrived. Li and Li Yuanji came to the temple by the lake and turned away when they found something was wrong. Calling Prince Li Wei, Li was guilty and shot three arrows in the back.
I personally shot Prince Li with an arrow. Later, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji fought side by side. Li Yuanji strangled Li Shimin with a bow and arrow. At the critical moment, Weichi Gong appeared. He shouted, Li Yuanji escaped and was shot by Weichi Gong.
Tang Gaozu Tang Gaozu was also placed under house arrest. At this point, the change of Xuanwu Gate ended in Li Shimin's complete victory.
Third, differences after the incident.
On August 9, 626, Li Yuan abdicated, claiming to be the emperor's supper, and wrote: "All the ordinary affairs of the country are punished by the king of Qin."
Then Li Shimin's behavior was a little extreme.
Prince Li Chengjian and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, were both killed, which is not enough. Five sons, Li Zhizi, An Lu Wang and Yuan Ji's son Li, wanted to kill them. Emperor Tang Liyuan looked down on them. He said a cruel word to Li Shimin: "If you kill my child, your child will die!" Obviously, Tang Gaozu was very angry, but that didn't stop Li Shimin's butcher's knife.
He still insisted on brutally killing ten nephews and deleting their names from the imperial clan list.