It was late at night, and the East Palace was still holding the lamp, because Li Shimin had not rested.

He has inherited the throne and should logically reside in the Taiji Palace. But because his father Li Yuan didn't say a word about moving away, Li Shimin didn't dare to say anything, so he had to stay in the East Palace, and all affairs were handled in the East Palace.

There is actually a reason why Li Shimin swallowed his anger so much. In the Xuanwu Sect affairs back then, although Li Shimin killed his brother and usurped the throne, he seemed to deny his six relatives, but he was afraid of his father Li Yuan. In addition to the relationship between father and son, Li Yuan's influence in the court is also very fearful of Li Shimin.

Because Li Shimin's aura is too dazzling, whether it is a film or television work in later generations, or a novel romance, most of the evaluations of Li Yuan are unfair. In fact, Li Yuan's talent and strategy are not as good as Li Shimin's, but they are not much worse. Just imagine, how can you dominate the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty when the heroes rise together, how can it be possible without strategy? Later generations attributed most of the credit to Li Shimin for the Li family's victory over the world, but don't forget that when Li Shimin followed Li Yuan to march and fight, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and the person who really formulated the strategy could never be him. The credit is naturally there, but it is not enough to determine the general trend of the world.

Li Yuan can be described as both civil and military. When he was young, Li Yuan was good at martial arts, especially good at archery, and there were no false examples. There is an idiom called 'Bird Screen Selection', which means that Li Yuan shot an arrow in the eye of the peacock on the screen from a hundred meters away, so he won the favor of the nobleman's daughter Dou, that is, Li Shimin's mother. Li Yuan also has a record. Throughout the history of 5,000 years, Li Yuan was the fastest person among the founding emperors to unify China. Li Yuan's military talent is not reflected in how brave he is on the battlefield, but in his overall planning.

In the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shimin killed two brothers and eliminated all those who threatened his throne. As a result, Li Yuan has to pass on it if he doesn't pass it on, because there is no one to pass it on. After the death of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, no one of Li Yuan's other heirs could compete with Li Shimin, even if Li Yuan insisted on passing the throne to others, he would eventually be taken away by Li Shimin. But this does not mean that after the change of Xuanwumen, Li Shimin can unscrupulously force Li Yuan to take the throne. He didn't have that ability at that time, the change of Xuanwumen was Li Shimin's move to jump over the wall in a hurry, and there were few people who responded at first, and it was the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others who lobbied for a long time before it was finally implemented. At that time, the ministers of the DPRK and China were all Li Yuan's courtiers, and if he resolutely disapproved of Li Shimin, Li Shimin might not be able to get his wish. In fact, after the change of Xuanwumen, Li Shimin only sought the position of the crown prince, and did not dare to mention Zen Rang, and often entered the Taiji Palace to ask to see Li Yuan, prepared the reason for the last resort, and often cried until he fainted when he was emotional. When Li Yuan saw this, he also knew that what Li Shimin said was true, if he hadn't really forced him to be in a hurry, he wouldn't have dared to take such a big risk. Moreover, the second son is dead and cannot be resurrected, thinking about all kinds of past, and suddenly having discouraged thoughts, in this case, the Zen position is proposed.

At the beginning, Li Shimin did not dare to accept it, his position as crown prince was not in the right way, and then forced Li Yuan to abdicate, he was worried that he would not be able to get rid of the stigma in history. But his repeated resignations made Li Yuan disgusted, you have done the thing of killing your brother and killing your brother, and you still want to leave a good reputation in history? No, you can't get what you want. So there was an absurd scene, Li Shimin resolutely did not accept it, and Li Yuan had to abdicate. In the end, Li Yuan simply threw the emperor's crown on the ground, and Li Shimin could not shirk it, so he had to inherit the throne. But from this time, the heart settlement of the father and son was concluded.

Li Yuan began to change the law to trouble Li Shimin, the emperor should live in Taiji Palace, right? I'm not going to move out, see if you dare to squeak! Years of war and people's livelihood have withered, right, I want to be extremely extravagant, and the amount of food and clothing has doubled year after year, and it is not one or two times, but ten times and twenty times. When you think of lychees today, you have to eat them tomorrow, so how many horses will die on your way? The emperor drafts once every three years, and he drafts once a year, and the imperial concubines in the Taiji Palace, even about the same age as Li Shimin's daughter, are already unsightly in their words and deeds.

It's okay to be smooth, but if there is a slight dissatisfaction, you have to call Li Shimin to demean it, what is difficult to hear, Li Shimin still doesn't dare to fight back, he was scolded miserably, and often threw himself into the arms of the eldest grandson queen and cried bitterly.

With such a father on the stall, even if he is the emperor, he can't bear it at all. Li Shimin is a virtuous monarch who will not harm the public because of his personal interests, and all Li Yuan's expenses are responsible for the palace insiders. As Li Yuan's expenses became bigger and bigger, Li Shimin had to start 'cutting back on food and clothing', and the monthly expenses of the concubines in the palace were reduced, and all the remaining money was squandered by Li Yuan.

But even if he was so short of money, Li Shimin was never stingy with the rewards of his courtiers. This time to pacify the Turks, from the Turkic nobles really got a lot of war profits, logically speaking, Li Shimin received a few percent of the money, no one will say anything. But he didn't ask for anything, and rewarded meritorious people according to the size of his merits, which shows that Li Shimin's mind is indeed worthy of the title of 'Heavenly Khan'.

There are two shadows under the shadow of the lamp, in addition to Li Shimin, there is another person. There are far and close between the monarchs and ministers, and it is the middle of the night, and the only one who can accompany Li Shimin so unsuspiciously is Sun Wuji, the eldest prince of Zhao State. Before the Xuanwu Sect incident, Li Shimin was joined forces by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and he had been forced into a desperate situation, and the old generals of the Qin Wangfu were scattered, even Fang Xuanling left, and only the eldest grandson Wuji stood firmly next to Li Shimin, giving advice to him, and running left and right. Not only that, the eldest grandson Wuji is also Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and his sister is Li Shimin's eldest grandson, the queen. The two met when they were young and were friends of cloth, so after Li Shimin ascended the throne, no matter what official or position the eldest grandson Wuji was, he was the first person recognized by the DPRK and China, and no one dared to deny it.

Today, the eldest grandson Wuji came, and there was nothing important, just to accompany Li Shimin to watch the twists and turns. Before the war was over, there were many more twists and turns than when there was nothing to do, and Li Shimin couldn't see it alone, so he called the eldest grandson Wuji and gave him half of it.

The eldest grandson Wuji can decide on small matters by himself, and the major matters are decided by Li Shimin, and the eldest grandson Wuji never oversteps, he is an extremely smart and very measured person. It is precisely because of this that Li Shimin can use him with confidence. I don't know how many nights, the monarch and the minister sat opposite each other, talking with candles and nights, and finalizing one major event after another.