The Xuanwumen Rebellion was a bloody military coup d'état that occurred in the early Tang Dynasty. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoNowadays, many film and television works have a detailed interpretation of the situation at that time, and the phenomenon we often hear from TV and book commentaries is that the crown prince Li Jiancheng is immoral, jealous of the great military achievements of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and conspired with Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, to kill the king of Qin. Li Shimin is not only brave and strategic, but also has a group of talented people under his command. In the palace of the King of Qin, there are Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, etc., known as the eighteen bachelors, and there are famous brave generals such as Wei Chi Jingde, Qin Shubao, and Cheng Yanjin. The crown prince Jiancheng knew that his prestige was not as good as Li Shimin, so he was jealous, so he joined forces with his younger brother Qi Wang Yuanji to squeeze out Li Shimin together. Because he wanted to kill the king of Qin many times, the king of Qin felt that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly consulted with his brother-in-law, the eldest grandson Wuji, and Wei Chi Jingde. Both of them persuaded Li Shimin to strike first, saying that if they didn't do it again, they would not want to stay in the Qin Palace's mansion and wait for death in vain. Li Shimin saw that his subordinates were very resolute, so he made up his mind. That night, Li Shimin entered the palace and complained to Tang Gaozu, telling him how the prince and Yuan Ji plotted to kill him. Tang Gaozu promised to wait until early tomorrow morning and asked the three brothers to enter the palace together, and he personally inquired. The next morning, Li Shimin called the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde to bring a group of elite soldiers and ambushed them at the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the palace, just waiting for the completion of the palace and the entry of Yuanji. Not long after, the crown prince and the king of Qi came to the Xuanwu Gate on horseback, feeling that the atmosphere around them was a little abnormal and suspicious, the two turned their horses' heads and prepared to go back, Li Shimin immediately led the soldiers to chase them out of the Xuanwu Gate. An arrow killed the crown prince, and then King Yuanji of Qi was also shot by Yu Chi Jingde. Finally, he entered the palace and informed the emperor that the crown prince Qi had been killed for his rebellion. Tang Gaozu saw this step of the field, and it was useless to oppose it, so he had to listen to the words of the ministers on the left and right, announced the guilt of Jiancheng and Yuanji, and ordered all the soldiers of all provinces to be under the command of King Qin. Two months later, Tang Gaozu abdicated to the king of Qin, and Li Shimin succeeded him, which was the original Xuanwumen change.

In fact, many historical books and historical records, I don't think it's like the original version of the Xuanwumen Change, Li Jiancheng is not as unbearable as those historians and literati of the Tang Dynasty said at all, on the contrary, he is quite capable and accomplished, and knows the people's hardships and loves the people like sons. During the founding of the Li Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was always the commander of the army and engaged in the military aspect, while the crown prince Li Jiancheng was engaged in logistics and governance. Just as Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, said: When hunting, the hunting dog runs in front and the hunter is behind, can you say that the credit of the hunting dog is greater than that of the hunter? Therefore, in the early days of the Li and Tang dynasties, the crown prince and the king of Qin both made their own contributions, and it cannot be said that the whole world of the Tang Dynasty was completely defeated by Li Shimin. Later, some people said that it was Li Shimin who killed the crown prince in order to seize the throne, and cited a lot of evidence. After I saw some books and materials such as modern commentary on history, I personally felt that this was not entirely correct, and it should be said that Tang Gaozu Li Yuan single-handedly caused the incident of fratricide. This must first start with the rights of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Sui and Tang dynasties are different from the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, it is difficult for the Sui and Tang emperors to do a word, he must listen to the opinions of the important ministers below, and even have to work hard to persuade the Xiangguo to support him, otherwise the internal history province and the province of the door will not be stamped with the big seal, and the emperor will not even be able to pass on the holy decree. Wei Zheng, a generation of famous ministers, can scold the emperor, this is the key. However, the emperor also has his own power, if Xiangguo is really unwilling to compromise, he will remove Xiangguo and replace it with an obedient Xiangguo. For example, Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong in the Middle Tang Dynasty. In the late Tang Dynasty, in order to expand the imperial power, the emperor even did not hesitate to use eunuchs to overpower the emperor, but he became a puppet of the eunuchs. What's more, Li Yuan raised an army against the Sui, and the external support was the Guanlongmen valve, and the largest internal support was the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the Qin king Li Shimin, so it naturally formed two factions of the prince and the king of Qin, and at that time Li Yuan was in his prime, and he wanted to be the emperor for a few more years, if the prince's power was too large, it would inevitably threaten his position. Therefore, there must be a counterbalance force, and the best choice for this force is Li Shimin, who has the most military power, so Li Yuan supported Li Shimin to be the king of Qin and establish a palace, so Li Jiancheng naturally felt that he was threatened. That's why I think historical facts can always find truth in some clues. In this way, under the deliberate provocation of his father Li Yuan, of course the crown prince King Qin was at odds. Of course, at the critical moment in the early days of Li Tang's founding of the People's Republic of China, this discord was temporarily covered up due to the need to deal with foreign enemies. In the end, it became the Xuanwumen incident. In fact, in the Xuanwumen incident, it is difficult to say clearly who is right and who is wrong. However, if it is said that Li Shimin must have been better than Li Jiancheng when he came to power, and the view that the Xuanwumen incident was a victory for the righteous side should be used as a big argument, then it may not be possible. And the best, Li Shimin did too much, that is, if you kill your political enemies, kill them, and as a result, even the women of political enemies are incorporated into your own harem, which is too much, and on the one hand, it is compiled by historians, Yang Guang occupies Yang Yong's wife, Yang Jian's concubine and other non-existent things, on the other hand, you are doing this thing, you say that you Li Shimin is hypocritical or not hypocritical. Even in many film and television works now, the change of Xuanwumen is still filmed as a coup d'état by King Qin as a last resort for the common people in the world, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng is interpreted as poisoning the people, lewdness, chaos, and harem, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, is abusive, and there are all faults. It can be seen that history has always been written by the victors.