Li Yuanji, the small character Sanhu, is Li Yuan's fourth son, although Li Yuanji was born to Dou Muniang, but when he was born, because of his very ugly appearance, Dou Muniang was unwilling to raise him, and ordered his family to abandon him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But the maid Chen Shanyi secretly took him back, secretly raised him secretly, and waited until he was a little older to tell Li Yuan, so that Li Yuanji did not die early because of this. However, Chen Shanyi did not receive good retribution, and was later strangled to death by Li Yuanji's strong man because of the incident.

Although Li Yuanji's face was ugly and vicious, he was excellent in martial arts and very brave, but he was fierce and cruel by nature, and as long as he saw a beautiful woman, he would be taken captive as a wife and concubine. And he played with his tired wives and concubines, so he gave each of them a sword, and forced them to fight each other with the fierce warriors.

As the eldest son, Li Jiancheng naturally inherited the status of the prince of the Tang Dynasty, but his body was weak, while the second son Li Shimin was prestigious, and he was eyeing the position of the prince. The advantage of appointing the crown prince first is to avoid a bloody struggle for the throne after Li Yuan's death, and the disadvantage is that there will be a brutal fight between brothers.

Li Yuan's education of the crown prince Li Jiancheng is to do his best, special care in life, Li Jiancheng had chickenpox when he was a child, and Li Yuan, as a father, personally took care of him until he recovered. Because Li Jiancheng was particularly favored by Li Yuan, the people around him gradually formed a group of foxes, forming a princeling party headed by Li Yuanji.

Li Yuan didn't like Li Yuanji because of his ugly appearance and brutal personality, but he knew that Li Yuanji was in a faction and tended to be attached to Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuan once warned Li Yuanji and said: "What you colluded to do, and the resentful words you said behind your back, you should know very well in your heart, maybe you will be murdered one day, you yourself should be vigilant." ”

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji wanted to murder Li Shimin, but they were afraid that Li Shimin had many brave generals under him, and they really started to take advantage of them, so they wanted to buy these brave generals first. Li Jiancheng privately sent a letter to Wei Chigong, a brave general under the King of Qin, saying that he wanted to make friends with Wei Chigong, and also sent a cart of gold and silver to Wei Chigong.

Wei Chigong said to Li Jiancheng's envoy: "I am a subordinate of the King of Qin, if I associate with the prince in private, and I am half-hearted to the king of Qin, I will become a greedy villain, what is the use of such a person to the prince?"

Li Jiancheng was rejected by Wei Chigong and was so angry. That night, Li Yuanji sent an assassin to Wei Chigong's house to assassinate him. Wei Chigong had long expected that Li Jiancheng and they would not let him go, so he deliberately opened the door at night. The Assassin slipped into the courtyard and peeked through the window, only to see Wei Chigong leaning on the bed with a spear beside him.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji knew that the matter had failed, and then they entered the palace to see Gaozu and falsely accused Wei Chi Gong of plotting rebellion.

Li Yuanji sent Cheng Biting Jin to assassinate the history of Kangzhou, and Cheng Biting Jin told Li Shimin: "If all the wings around the King of Qin are broken, how long can the King of Qin survive? ”

Li Shimin was still hesitant and couldn't decide, and suddenly received an edict ordering Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to leave the Qin Palace, so everyone in the staff of the Qin Palace's palace was in danger. The eldest grandson Wuji is Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and Fang Xuanling is a good friend, Fang Xuanling said to him privately: "Now that the disagreement between the King of Qin and the crown prince has been generated, disaster will happen, if you don't plan earlier, it will affect the society." You have a great relationship with the King of Qin, if you don't persuade the King of Qin to learn from Zhou Gong to raise troops, protect the country, and survive and be safe, it will be today. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji informed Li Shimin, and Li Shimin summoned Du Ruhui again, and Du Ruhui also persuaded Li Shimin to listen to what Fang Xuanling said. The other guests of the Qin Wangfu all instigated Li Shimin to make a big plan quickly, but Li Shiji did not say a word.

At that time, the Turkic soldiers came to invade the border again, and Li Jiancheng recommended Li Yuanji as the generalissimo to lead the army to the north, and Gaozu handed over the army to Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji asked Wei Chi Gong to be the vanguard, and dispatched the elite soldiers of the Qin Wangfu to crusade against the Turkic army together, and Wei Chi Gong and the eldest grandson Wuji entered the Qin Wangfu and said to Li Shimin: "King Qin, if you don't make a decision, disaster is just around the corner." ”

Li Shimin said: "They are both brothers, how can they bear to do it?"

Wei Chigong replied: "Who can not be afraid of death? Everyone is willing to serve the King of Qin with death, this is the so-called providence of heaven." If the will of heaven is like this but does not fight for it, it will definitely cause disaster, why should the king of Qin ignore the overall situation because of his little benevolence?"

Li Shimin was silent and did not answer, Wang Hui entered the Qin Palace, Wang Hui seemed to have something to say, but because he saw the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chigong beside Li Shimin, he didn't dare to say it for a while. Li Shimin found that Wang Hui's face was different, so he got up and went to the secret room with Wang Hui to have a secret talk, Wang Hui said a few words, and immediately withdrew from the palace.

Li Shimin told the eldest grandson Wuji and said: "Just now Wang Hui came to report that the king of Qi has plotted with the prince, and wants to lead me and the prince to Kunming Pond to make a trip for the king of Qi, and then ambush the warriors in front of the banquet and put me to death. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji did not wait for Li Shimin to finish speaking, so he said to Li Shimin: "The first strike, the second strike." ”

Li Shimin sighed: "Flesh and blood cannibalism, the great evil of ancient and modern times, I obviously know that the disaster is coming, but I need to wait for them to strike first, and then send troops to fight for righteousness, so that I can become famous." ”

Wei Chigong continued beside him: "If King Qin doesn't listen to Jingde's words, Jingde can't stay on King Qin's side, rather than us and others will be killed, it's better to resign." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji continued: "If the King of Qin does not listen to Jingde's words, Wuji can only leave with Jingde. ”

Between pushing and pulling, Li Shimin had to follow. Li Shimin convened the staff meeting of the Qin Palace, and everyone said in unison: "What does the King of Qin think of Shun's character?"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Shun is a saint in ancient times, why ask like this?"

The crowd said, "If Shun had dug a well according to his father's orders and not come out, he would have died covered his whole body in the mud, and if he did not repair the roof and not go down, he would have been burned to ashes.

Li Shimin said: "Let's ask the turtles for divination and then make a decision." ”

Everyone took the turtle shell as a divination, and suddenly a person entered, threw the turtle shell on the ground and said: "Use the divination to decide doubts, if you don't doubt, why bother divination, today the arrow is on the string, and you have to send it, is it that the divination shows bad luck, so stop here?"

The man spoke briskly, and Li Shimin looked at him carefully, and it turned out to be Zhang Gongjin, a staff member, and said, "Is it possible to do things as you say?"

Zhang Gongjin said: "Not only is it feasible, but it must also be implemented as soon as possible." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he made up his mind. immediately called the eldest grandson Wuji, and secretly summoned Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to make a plan. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui both thanked the eldest grandson Wuji: "Today's emperor's edict orders the two of us not to do anything about the King of Qin again. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji reported their words to Li Shimin, Li Shimin couldn't help but get angry, pulled out his saber, and handed it to Wei Chigong: "Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui dare to betray me? ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are just playing, and they want to confirm that Li Shimin has made up his mind. Wei Chigong then walked with the eldest grandson Wuji, met Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and said to them: "King Qin has made up his mind, you should enter the palace of King Qin quickly." ”

Fang Xuanling said: "If the four of us go together, I'm afraid it will attract attention, it's best to go our separate ways, I and Ruhui, we will go immediately after the modification." ”

So Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui all changed into Fangshi clothes, and ordered the eldest grandson Wuji to go first, and they went one after another, and Wei Chigong made a detour back to the Qin Palace. Li Shimin immediately conspired with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others, and executed it the next day.

That night, Taibai Xing appeared, Taishi Ling Fu Yi, and the secret Gaozu Taibai Xing appeared in Qin Ye, the King of Qin should have the world, after Gaozu read Fu Yi's secret music, it happened that Li Shimin entered the court, picked up the music book and showed it to Li Shimin, saying that his rights and wrongs, Li Shimin retreated left and right, and told Gaozu Mi Chen Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji the fact that the harem was messed up.

Gao Zu was shocked when he heard this: "Is there really such a thing?"

Li Shimin also said: "Erchen admits that he has never failed his brother, but the two of them always want to harm me, saying that they are avenging Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, if Erchen really dies in vain, he will say goodbye to his father forever, which can be said to be the most sad and painful thing, and his soul is underground, and he is ashamed to see all the thieves, and he begs His Majesty for kindness to save his life." ”

After speaking, Li Shimin actually whimpered and cried. Gao Zu was stunned and said, "Tomorrow, I will personally interrogate the two of them, and you will also participate in it." ”

Li Shimin promised to return to the Qin Palace, immediately transferred troops in the middle of the night, and ordered the eldest Sun Wuji and others to lead them to Xuanwumen to ambush. Before dawn, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had already been secretly sent by Zhang Jieyu to serve and knew about Li Shimin's secret performance.

Li Yuanji immediately told Li Jiancheng: "When I enter the court today, I am afraid that there will be changes, so it is better to stay at home and not go to the court." ”

Li Jiancheng said: "We have concubines to do internal response, and there are palace soldiers to rely on, although the King of Qin is strong, I'm afraid there is nothing to do, why don't we go to the last dynasty to find out the news?"

The two rode on horses to Xuanwu Gate, and when they arrived at the Linhu Palace, they heard that Gaozu had summoned Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Feng Deyi, Yu Wenshi, Dou Dan and others to go to the court for trial, as if they had put out six adults to interrogate. Knowing that the situation was not good, he immediately ran back and wanted to get out of the Xuanwu Gate, when he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting: "The prince, the king of Qi, why don't you enter the court?"

Li Yuanji looked back and saw that it was no one else, but their enemy Li Shimin. They didn't answer, so they took out their bows and arrows from their bow pouches and fired three shots, all of which were flashed by Li Shimin. Li Shimin thought: These two people are so useless, how can they achieve great things? The last arrow was caught by Li Shimin, who took out his bow and put on the arrow, and shot at Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng thought that he was shooting Li Yuanji, but he was not prepared at all, and with a bang, he was hit by an arrow and fell under the horse, crying for his life.

Li Yuanji ignored Li Jiancheng, quickly fled to the head of the Xuanwu Gate in two steps and three feet, met Wei Chigong on the spot, and wanted to go back. It happened that Li Shimin was chasing Li Yuanji, but before Li Yuanji returned to the horse and hit it squarely, both of them fell off the horse. Li Yuanji got up first, snatched Li Shimin's bow and arrows, Wei Chigong ran over to save Li Shimin, scared Li Yuanji away, and immediately helped Li Shimin to rest in another room, and then rushed out of the other room to chase Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji wanted to enter the Wude Hall and play Gaozu in the face, but the bowstring behind him sounded, and when he turned around, it was too late, the arrow went into his throat, and he fainted immediately. Wei Chigong stepped forward, pulled out his knife and cut off his head, then returned to Li Jiancheng's body, and also cut off his head, and then heard the sound of people and horses outside the Xuanwu Gate, knowing that there was a war outside, so he carried the heads of the two people, stepped on the horse, and rode to the front of the Xuanwu Gate.

Seeing that Zhang Gongjin refused to retreat, he asked, "How is the situation outside?"

Zhang Gongjin said: "Feng Yi and Feng Li, the generals of the East Palace, Xue Wanche, the general of the Qi Mansion, and others, led thousands of people to attack the Xuanwu Gate, so I closed the Xuanwu Gate so that they would not break in." ”

"Did the ambush soldiers led by the eldest grandson Wuji ever attack?"

"How can a mere 100 cavalry retreat from the enemy? Now General Yunlu Jing Junhong, who is staying here, has already led his troops to kill them. ”

"Wait for me to send troops to watch the battle. ”

Zhang Gongjin let him out. Wei Chigong rushed out with a horse, just as the defenders were defeated, and the defeated soldiers reported: "General Jing has fallen into the enemy army and has been martyred." There is also Zhonglang General Lu Shiheng, who has also died in battle, and the two armies of Donggong and Qi Mansion have turned to attack the Qin Palace. ”

Wei Chi Gong was furious, rode his horse around the path, ran to the gate of the Qin Palace, was stopped by the East Palace and the Qi Mansion two armies, and couldn't help but look at the two heads and said: "Damn! Look at these two heads, who are they?"

As he spoke, he hung the two heads on the lance, showed them in front of the two armies, and said loudly: "I am ordered to kill these two people, if you dare to disobey the orders of the superiors, the crime is the same as these two people, why do you seek death? Disband quickly and avoid the same punishment!"

The two armies of the East Palace and the Qi Mansion saw the two bloody heads, which were indeed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and when they heard that Wei Chigong said that it was the word Fengzhao, they felt weak and timid, so they dispersed in a hurry. Xue Wanche couldn't stop everyone, so he led dozens of horsemen to flee to Nanshan, and Feng Yi and Feng Li also fled for their lives.

Because the three sons did not go to the court, Gaozu also suspected that they were avoiding each other to meet each other, so he vaguely passed by, hurriedly went down to the court, left Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda to wait for the court, and took the concubines to the sea pool for fun. There was a fight outside, it was very lively, he didn't know it at all, and he took his wife to the lake, which was really worry-free.

Wei Chigong had frightened off the two armies of the East Palace and the Qi Mansion, and returned to Xuanwu Gate to report to Li Shimin, Li Shimin asked the reason, and said: "This is the case, I have no choice but to enter the palace to ask for guilt." ”

Wei Chigong said: "Wait, the emperor's meaning is not clear yet, let Jingde go and find out first." ”

So he handed over the heads of the two to Li Shimin, ran to the court by himself, saw Pei Lin and others, and explained the reason to them. Pei Lin said: "Does the emperor know about this?"

Wei Chigong replied: "When I break into the palace and make a clear statement to the emperor, I would rather die in vain than die King Qin." ”

After speaking, he strode inside, but the forbidden soldiers couldn't stop him, and he broke into the palace. An attendant came out to stop him and said, "The emperor is boating in the sea pool......

Wei Chigong didn't wait for him to finish, and immediately turned to the sea pool and ran. Gao Zu and the others saw a general wearing iron armor and holding an iron sash on the shore, holding a long lance, hurrying over, and the guards saw it and shouted, "Who is coming?"

Wei Chigong dismounted and put down the lance, bowed down and said, "The subordinate is Wei Chigong." ”

Gao Zu said, "What are you doing?"

"The king of Qin rebelled with the crown prince and the king of Qi, and raised an army to punish him, for fear of alarming His Majesty, so he specially sent his ministers to guard him. ”

Gao Zu was surprised: "Qing Qi, where are the crown prince and the king of Qi now?"

"Beheaded. ”

Gao Zu's face changed greatly, and even the concubines on the side of the attendant were all gloomy, and their bodies couldn't help but tremble. Gaozu ordered the chamberlain to summon Pei Lone, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and others, and the chamberlain left in a hurry, and after a while, Pei Lone, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and others all came with the chamberlain. When Gao Zu ordered the boat to dock, he asked Pei Lin and the others: "Unexpectedly, this kind of thing happened today, how will it be dealt with in the future?"

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda said in unison: "The crown prince and the king of Qi, since the Gaozu uprising, have repeatedly designed to murder the king of Qin. On the other hand, one of them became the crown prince and the other was knighted, but they never heard of any merits in them, although they were separated by flesh and blood, and the disaster caused Xiao Wall. However, the King of Qin covered the world, returned to his heart inside and outside, and thought about His Majesty, just taking advantage of this incident, he appointed the King of Qin as the crown prince and entrusted him with important military affairs. Your Majesty will rule with a bow. ”

Three days after the Xuanwumen Incident, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan canonized Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as the crown prince, Li Shimin forced Gaozu to hand over military power, and killed the descendants of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and cut the grass and eradicated the roots. Two months later, Li Shimin forced Li Yuan to retire to Emperor Taishang, and he was the emperor in the Xiande Palace, that is, the historical Tang Taizong, and changed the Yuan Zhenguan the following year.