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Li Shimin, who was busy and idle, was accompanying the emperor Li Yuan, who had a white beard, the change of Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuan witnessed the human tragedy of cannibalism, as a father, Li Yuan is undoubtedly the most painful person, the palms and backs of his hands are meat, he will be like this if he loses anyone, if it is Li Jiancheng who is standing in front of him today, he is also angry.

Li Yuan is more enthusiastic about being a good father than being a good emperor.

The affairs of the emperor can be left to the two sons and the prime minister, but a good father must be done himself. Especially the three sons of Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji, who are born in the lineage, and Princess Pingyang, who is not allowed to have eyebrows, Li Yuan is even more caring for them, and asks for warmth.

In that year, he ascended the throne and established the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, according to the usual practice, there were only two masters in many palaces in the huge palace, one was the emperor and the other was the prince, but Li Yuan gave the Chengqian Hall in the palace to Li Shimin and the Wude Hall to Li Yuanji because he loved his son, and let the three brothers enter the three palaces in the palace respectively. The original intention was to hope that the three sons would live together and be able to move around each other and promote their relationship.

Li Yuan was able to stand out in the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty and became the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Although there is a gap with those wise and martial founding emperors in history, he is indeed a qualified emperor, and his biggest problem is to protect calves.

But his calf guard was not for nothing.

For his family, Li Yuan has always had a sense of guilt.

Li Yuan was born in an aristocratic family in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, ranking fourth and the youngest. As the fourth, it is said that Tang Guogong's title will not be his turn. But he has extraordinary luck, or a lonely star. His elder brothers all died early when he was young, and when he was seven years old, his father died with him. He was the only man left in the Li family, and Li Yuan, who was still a little child, inherited the title of Duke of Tang.

Since the age of seven, Li Yuan has been surviving in troubled times, bumping and bumping all the way, and when Yang Guang ascended the throne, he was valued by Yang Guang and released as an official.

The ancestral house of the Li family is in Hedong, Li Yuan is an official in the field, and I don't know whether it is customs or rules, the Li family lives in his hometown in Hedong up and down, only the genuine wife Dou and the second son Li Shimin have been following Li Yuan and going to work outside.

At that time, there was a rule that the release officials were allowed to return to their hometowns once every three years, which meant that Li Jiancheng, Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji, and Li Zhiyun, the children who lived in their hometown in Hedong, could only see their biological parents every three years.

Li Jiancheng is ten years older than the second Li Shimin, and he is the eldest son in the family, he has already started a family, and there is not much influence, Li Xuanba is a sick son and dies early, but the situation of Li Yuanji, Li Zhiyun and others can be imagined, there is no difference between having a father and not having a father when they are young.

Later, Li Yuanguan worshiped Taiyuan and stayed behind, the world was in chaos, and he decided to raise troops, and secretly informed Li Jiancheng to let him lead his family to abandon Hedong and sneak back to Taiyuan. But for some reason, the news leaked, and the Sui soldiers pressed the situation in a big way. Only Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji escaped from the ancestral home of the Li family.

Li Yuan's fifth son, Li Zhiyun, and Li Jiancheng's wife and children, that is, Li Yuan's grandchildren, daughters-in-law, all died tragically under the swords of officers and soldiers.

The fifth son, Li Zhiyun, Li Yuan has met him twice in his life, once when he was just born, once when he was three years old, and the youngest grandson, he didn't even see him.

Li Yuan was also condemned in his heart because of this, and he was very fond of the remaining children.

He arranged all his sons in the palace, and it was easy to see him when he missed his son. This shows Li Yuan's fatherly love. It's a pity that later, when the soldiers almost met, the three brothers who were close at hand went in and out of the guards one by one, guarding each other like tigers and leopards, completely disappointing Li Yuan's intentions.

It's just that Li Yuan, who is the poor beloved son, didn't realize that the two sons he admired the most had been threatened by each other, and began to gather strength, and because of his excessive connivance, he had reached the point of not dying.

Li Yuan didn't know that the brothers, friends, and brothers in front of him were all pretending.

Each time, the two brothers bid farewell to Li Yuan side by side. Whenever this is the case, Li Yuan is always happy to be smug there, mistakenly thinking that his family has escaped the strange circle of history.

He never dreamed that the two brothers would live in the palace. They shared a path, but after leaving his sight, the two brothers walked one after the other, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was dull.

Until the time of parting ways, Li Jiancheng would involuntarily pause every time.

And every time, Li Shimin always said this sentence: "Big brother, let's go, don't pass by." ”

Li Jiancheng will always answer the same thing: "Second brother, go slowly." ”

Along the way, only pale and simple dialogue remained.

Whenever this time, Li Jiancheng would always stop where Li Shimin did not find him and watch the back of Li Shimin leaving. He is ten years older than Li Shimin, so it can be said that he grew up. When he was sensible, it was at his most rebellious age. Naughty and mischievous, he always asked him for help when he got into trouble, and he also protected him again and again, but at that time, Li Jiancheng already knew that he couldn't protect him, and he didn't even have the qualifications to protect him, because in addition to being Li Yuan's son and Li Shimin's brother, he was also the lord of many people, in order to let more people live, he had to make a choice, even if he didn't want to, because life is not perfect......

Li Jiancheng took a firm step.

Things have come to that point, but there is nothing to regret. That is the consciousness that a prince must have in the emperor's family. If you don't have this awareness, it is better to give up the position of the crown prince.

However, for Li Shimin and his second brother, Li Jiancheng is also really palpitating. He knew him and knew how terrible he was. Like his soldiers, he is a cunning wolf, a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike a fatal blow.

Because he often puts himself invincible first, has enough patience to wait for his opponent to show his flaws, and then delivers a fatal blow, he is invincible.

It is conceivable that when he turns from darkness to light, it must be the time when the offensive is the most violent.

Li Jiancheng certainly understands this, but he can't strike first, once he strikes first, he will be cold-eyed by the world and say that he is narrow-minded and excludes his own brother with high merit......

Obviously, Li Shimin also saw this, and he gathered strength in a grand manner, that is, he did not show the slightest ambition or disobedience......

The confrontation without gunpowder has already begun between them.

In those years, the pinnacle duel between masters was not limited to martial arts battles. There is also the power struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

Later, Wei Zheng, Wang Qi and others, who understood the benevolence of Li Jiancheng's woman, made a private plan, and they thought "Ru Sheng, imprison the King of Qin for life, and all brothers will survive; Since then, Li Jiancheng has changed his previous defensive position, turned active into passive, and squeezed Li Shimin's power step by step, until the Tiance General's Mansion fell apart, but when he mistakenly thought that Li Shimin had no power to fight back, Li Shimin took a risk, set up an ambush in Xuanwu Gate, and brazenly launched the famous Xuanwu Gate Change, and won the final victory in one fell swoop.

After the incident, Li Yuan was completely discouraged, and felt as if the entire sky had suddenly collapsed.

He couldn't figure it out, how could he say that he turned his face when he turned his face? How can you say that killing people kills people?

Now Li Yuan still clearly remembers that on the morning of the Xuanwumen Change, he happily asked about the preparations for the family banquet: Li Jiancheng likes to eat winter bamboo shoots, and he instructed the imperial kitchen to prepare the freshest and most tender winter bamboo shoots; Li Shimin likes to eat sweets and drink wine, so he specially ordered to prepare stone honey and wine from the Western Regions. Li Yuanji likes to eat tenderloin, and he also asked the imperial chef to prepare, and the hobbies of his sons are as good as a few treasures.

He waits left and right, waits, waits, waits! But he never dreamed that what he was waiting for was heartbroken news. What I was waiting for was the news that his good son, Li Shimin, killed his brother and killed his brother.

For a moment, he wanted to die.

In an instant, his heart was like ashes.

In an instant, it suddenly dawned on him that all brothers and brothers were deceiving, and they were just lying to him, a stupid father.

Li Yuan's heart is dead, even if no one persecutes him, he will not cherish this authority that he hates so much, just because this authority has ruined his thoughts and caused his family to be ruined. So he gave the military and political power to Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and three days later, Li Shimin was appointed as the crown prince, and issued an edict saying: "From now on, all military affairs, no matter how big or small, will be appointed to the crown prince to be executed, and then the emperor will be heard." ”

On the ninth day of August in the ninth year of Wude, Li Yuan abdicated and became the emperor, and Zen was located in Li Shimin. During this period, Li Yuan almost never left Da'an Palace except for attending some banquets held by Li Shimin. Li Shimin often goes to Jiucheng Palace to escape the summer, and Li Yuan, who is very afraid of heat, is reluctant to travel.

Since then, except for necessary needs, he almost never talks to Li Shimin, even if Li Shimin comes to visit him every year after becoming emperor, he ignores it.

He knew that it was no wonder that Li Shimin would be like this if it was Li Jiancheng today.

It's just that Li Yuan can't get out of the hurdle in his heart.

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But recently, the situation has improved a little, and for Li Shimin, he occasionally responds a few times.

But even so, Li Shimin, who felt guilty and begged his father for forgiveness, was already ecstatic, and he walked more diligently.

Even if Li Yuan scolded him, he was willing.

Because everything is moving for the better.

Li Shimin clearly remembered that since Li Yuan personally executed the villain Feng Deyi, many years of resentment have been vented, and everything has slowly improved. He believed that as long as he was given a certain amount of time, he would definitely be able to obtain Li Yuan's forgiveness, and he believed that with Li Yuan's wisdom, he also understood his hardships at that time. (To be continued.) )