Chapter Eighty-Seven: Revenge of the Cause and Effect

(Dig another pit, these people who go to kill Li Zhan will let Li Zhan know his .......!) )

After the Xuanwumen Incident, many people speculated that Li Shimin, the king of Qin, would definitely purge Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old ministry, and some local officials even used this for their own benefit.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin ordered the pardon of all Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old departments, among which the outstanding talents represented by Wei Zheng were reused by Li Shimin, and many of them were appointed prime ministers. So why did Tang Taizong Li Shimin reuse Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old ministry after his victory?

First of all, recruiting outstanding talents from the camp of opponents is Li Shimin's consistent practice, and it is also one of the secrets of Qinwang Group's development and growth. For example, Wei Chi Jingde is Liu Wuzhou's old department, and Cheng Yanjin and Qin Shubao are the former generals of the Wagang Army. It is also a routine operation to reuse the old departments of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Secondly, the "Xuanwumen Change" was less than five years before the unification of the Tang Dynasty, and it was only more than 30 years after the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and there were still many unstable factors in society at that time. If Li Shimin conducts a large-scale manhunt and executes Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old subordinates, it is very likely to cause unrest in the world again.

One of the main reasons why Li Shimin is revered as the "Emperor of the Ages" is that Li Shimin can restrain his personal feelings and choose the right decision. Since purging Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old ministry was not beneficial to the people of Sheji, Li Shimin granted amnesty to the world and reused Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old ministry.

Third, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old subordinates, represented by Wei Zheng, Xue Wanche, Wang Qi, and Wei Ting, showed a very good attitude of cooperation towards Li Shimin's amnesty and solicitation, and were not foolish and loyal. If Wei Zheng is like Fang Xiaoru, he does not distinguish between priorities and priorities, then it will be difficult for Li Shimin to reuse them even if he does not kill people.

In the end, the "Xuanwumen Change" was essentially a struggle between Li Shimin and Li Yuan, who retired as Emperor Taishang after Li Shimin's victory. But after all, Li Yuan was the founding emperor who reigned for several years, and most of the high-ranking officials of the imperial court when Li Shimin first ascended the throne were still Li Yuan's people, and there were still relatively few officials in the Qin Palace.

Because of this, Li Shimin needed to quickly expand the number of cronies and officials in the imperial court in order to truly control the government. It is undoubtedly a very good choice to reuse the old departments of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and it is possible to obtain a group of talented, experienced and loyal officials in the shortest possible time.

It's just that this is all on the good side, in fact, there is also a bad side, although Li Shimin has got a group of officials who are loyal to him, but he also gets a group of hatred from the old department who are loyal to Li Jiancheng.

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Taiyuan

In a large courtyard, it was already evening at this time, and the courtyard was crowded with about thirty people, one of whom was very eye-catching in a bright light armor, and this person was Feng Li.

Once Li Jiancheng had four confidants under him. It's just a pity that when the Xuanwumen changed, these people were not by Li Jiancheng's side.

The first one is Wang Qi... After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, Wang Jue was sent to Li Jiancheng's side to join the army, and he was deeply respected. When Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng competed for the throne, Wang Qi assisted Li Jiancheng in collecting many people under the command of the crown prince and resisted Li Shimin together. never thought that Yang Wengan under the command of the prince rebelled, and Li Shimin pacified him, and Wang Jue was affected because of this, and it was believed that he did not persuade the prince, which made the brothers not harmonious. In the end, he was exiled, and he was not in Chang'an after the Xuanwumen Change. Later, in order to show his generosity, Li Shimin recalled Wang Jue, Wei Zheng and others to Beijing and reused them, and later Wang Jue also became the prime minister.

Second place, Luo Yi... Luo Yi returned to the Tang Dynasty and was given the surname Li and was named the king of Yanjun. He and Li Jiancheng had an excellent relationship, and both regarded Li Shimin as an enemy. Luo Yi once innocently beat Li Shimin's cronies, but because of his great credit, Li Yuan did not hold him responsible. After the Turkic invasion, Luo Yi was very prestigious in northern Xinjiang, so Li Yuan sent him to guard Jingzhou to fight against the Turks. After the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shimin became the new emperor, Luo Yi was afraid that Li Shimin would have a grudge in his heart, so he took the initiative to rebel, and was finally killed by his subordinates.

Third place, Wei Ting... Wei Ting had a good relationship with Li Jiancheng when he was a teenager, and after establishing Li Tang, he became Li Jiancheng's subordinate, and the relationship between the two has always been excellent. However, Wei Ting, like Wang Qi, was also implicated in Yang Wengan's rebellion, and was also removed from his official position and exiled. It was not until after the Xuanwumen Revolution that he was recommended again to return to the imperial court.

Fourth, Feng Li... Feng Li was the general of the prince's mansion, and Li Jiancheng made him the general of the Yiwei chariot cavalry and gave him important tasks. After Li Jiancheng's death, there was a panic in the prince's mansion and they fled. Feng Li said to the people around him, how could he flee with so much grace from the crown prince! After Li Shimin's general died in battle, Li Shimin ordered the head of the prince and the king of Qi to be thrown down, and the soldiers under the prince saw this and lost their morale, Feng Li sighed: We have also repaid the prince's grace! After that, he began to flee, and later Li Shimin felt that Feng Li was a loyal man and pardoned him.

The four henchmen of Li Jiancheng above, some died, some surrendered, and some fled.

Although Feng Li escaped, he didn't want to avenge Li Jiancheng all the time, but helplessly, Li Shimin was really good at being the emperor, and his subordinates were like clouds, and he used great grace to recruit the talents of Li Jiancheng's department.

It is very peaceful to govern the world, if at this time, the army rebels, it is simply looking for death, so helplessly, Feng Li has been lurking and has been looking for opportunities.

Originally, this opportunity was gone, and Feng Li was about to forget to take revenge, but Feng Li himself didn't expect that just when he was about to give up, he actually got a piece of news, which was brought by a former personal guard of Li Jiancheng, saying that Li Jiancheng had found Li Shimin's eldest son back then.

originally wanted to use this eldest son as a bargaining chip, but he didn't expect that Li Shimin's actions were too fast, and he was killed by Li Shimin before he had time to negotiate with Li Shimin.

Now this eldest son is still in a farmhouse, as for where it is, the guard told Feng Li that it is not elsewhere in Lantian County, Chang'an, as for which village, the guard said that he did not know, only the captain of the guard knew, but unfortunately the captain of the guard was dead.

And this news directly provoked the flame of Feng Li's revenge, Li Shimin couldn't kill him, but if he could kill Li Shimin's eldest son, and then take the head of Li Shimin's eldest son to Li Jiancheng to worship.

It is not in vain to repay Li Jiancheng for a knowing kindness, and now the eldest son Li Shimin himself doesn't know, so it is safe to kill him, and Feng Li has no reason not to do this kind of good thing.

Following this Feng Li, he found his former subordinates who were loyal to Li Jiancheng in his home, a total of thirty-two people, Feng Li gathered these together, and asked these people to go to Lantian County to find the eldest son of Li Shimin.

Feng Li promised that the first person to find Li Shimin's eldest son could get 1,000 guan, and the person who brought the head of Li Shimin's eldest son to himself could get 10,000 guan.

Now Feng Li has a small asset, and he can still afford 11,000 yuan.

There must be a brave man under the so-called heavy reward, all the people who gathered silently saved a lot of energy, drank a glass of Feng Lijing's wine, followed by an inventory of fifty times, and thirty-two people rushed to Lantian County, Chang'an.

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