Chapter 15 Monarchs and Ministers, Husband and Wife, Father and Son

In the whole world, there are not many emperors who love their children like Emperor Taizong, not to mention that Li Shimin has many children.

In particular, the children born to Empress Changsun were the most favored and cared for by Emperor Taizong.

This is not only to spoil them in material life, but also to spare no effort in education, and teaching by word and deed is even more basic.

When the eldest grandson queen was alive, there were three boys and four girls, and she was still very strict with the education of her children, and she was never allowed to be extravagant and wasteful, and she was lazy.

Empress Changsun had a deep relationship with Emperor Taizong and his wife during her lifetime, and it was difficult for ordinary people not to abandon the chaff, not to mention the countless emperors in the harem.

Although there are many concubines, they will never snub the eldest grandson queen, but they also attach great importance to the relatives of the eldest grandson queen.

However, Empress Changsun often admonished Li Shimin, saying that not all of her relatives were of good character and outstanding talents, and that people who were immoral and incompetent would do a lot of things that violated the grace of the saints when they were in high positions.

Empress Eldest Sun also often admonished her relatives not to pursue greater rights because of their favors, and asked them to do things with peace of mind, to raise their relatives well, and never to act mischiefly.

Leaving aside the Xuanwumen Incident, no matter how history is rewritten, whether it is conspiracy theories or other things, future generations will no longer be able to pursue the past.

In the early days of Li Shimin's reign, he listened to the opinions of his ministers and humbly accepted advice.

Governing the world internally, strictly practicing economy, persuading agriculture and mulberry, realizing recuperation, national peace and security, and creating "the rule of Zhenguan".

Opened up the territory to the outside world, conquered the Turks and Xue Yantuo, conquered Gaochang, Qiuci and Tuyuhun, and inflicted heavy losses on Goguryeo.

The establishment of the four towns of Anxi, harmonious with various ethnic groups in the northern region, and the honorific title of "Tian Khan", laid an important foundation for the prosperous situation of the Tang Dynasty for more than 100 years.

In short, it was a time when the Ming monarch and the virtuous queen reflected each other.

When the crown prince Li Chengqian was a teenager, everyone said that he was smart and benevolent, and he was quite a prince.

Li Shimin loved his son very much, and sent Wei Zheng and other ministers to assist and teach carefully.

"Inheriting the imperial business, leading the world" Li Chengqian was originally an excellent prince.

The prince has been sick many times, Li Shimin, who was originally a military general, and a generation of Ming monarchs who never believed in ghosts and gods, ordered people to repair hundreds of abandoned temples for the health of his son, praying for God's blessing.

Due to his age, leg disease, and poor behavior, the prince's temperament has changed greatly, and his behavior has gradually deviated from Li Shimin's expectations.

In addition, many ministers were too strict and blindly corrected the deviation of the prince's behavior, and when they wrote to Emperor Taizong, they distorted the facts and exaggerated the description, which made him more and more rebellious and angry in his heart, and his immoral behavior became more and more intense.

"The prince has been getting more and more disagreeable lately."

Li Shimin sighed and said to Jinyang.

Jin Yang is also very worried about the crown prince, the prince has recently fallen out with Li Tai, the king of Wei, and there are already rumors in the court.

The crown prince Li Chengqian, the king of Wei Li Tai, and the king of Jin Li Zhi are all the sons of the eldest grandson empress, and it is never new for brothers to turn against each other in the emperor's family.

Jin Yang didn't want the prince to continue to make mistakes, but he turned a deaf ear to persuade the prince many times, and Jin Yang was helpless.

Li Tai, the king of Wei, has also been very loved by Emperor Taizong since he was a child, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is even doting.

This year, Li Tai's editor-in-chief "Kuodi Zhi" was completed, and Li Shimin was very happy, as if he had won a treasure.

Not only did he put this work in the royal library, but he also rewarded it one after another, and the number even exceeded the prince's specifications.

Recently, because the prince favored a person who was too often happy, Tang Taizong was furious when he heard it, and ordered the rod to kill the musician.

Li Chengqian was very sad and set up a tablet for his dead male pet in the palace, so that the palace people could pay tribute day and night. Since then, the estrangement between Li Chengqian and Li Shimin has deepened.

Li Zhi, the king of Jin, was the most gentle among the three brothers, and he could even be said to be a little weak, and his talents and merits could not be compared with those of the two elder brothers.

Who would have thought that he would be the one who was the supreme of the Ninety-Five in the end of the throne? The circumstances of the world are like this, but what you are looking for is what others can easily obtain.

The battle for the throne has always been to stop when blood is seen, brothers kill each other, father and son kill each other, which dynasty and which generation have avoided it? How is the promoter of fate stirring up the storm?