The Hidden Tomb is not a separate tomb, but a separate area is set aside in the burial area of the dedicated tomb, and a large-scale mausoleum is built in this area, in which Li Shimin's eldest brother Li Jiancheng is buried. Because Li Jiancheng was posthumously named the hidden prince by Li Shimin after his death, this mausoleum is also called the hidden tomb.

Yinling was called Xiwang Mausoleum at the beginning, because after Li Jiancheng's death, he was first demoted to Xiwang, and later posthumously named Yinwang. Next to the Hidden Tomb, there is Li Yuanji's Nest King Mausoleum, the two brothers died on the same day, and they were also buried by Li Shimin in the burial area of the Mausoleum.

Li Shimin sat in a wheelchair, first asked Li Su to push himself to the tombs of Li Shenfu and Li Shentong and others to worship, and finally came to the tombs of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

For these two dead brothers, Li Shimin obviously treated them differently, he first asked Li Su to push himself to Li Jiancheng's tomb, and then personally arranged incense candles and offerings for him, as for Li Yuanji, Li Shimin just told Li Su to arrange it, but did not go in person.

For Li Shimin's attitude, it is actually easy to understand, when he and his brother Li Jiancheng competed for the throne, Li Yuanji played a very disgraceful villain role, and even ran to Li Yuan and publicly said that he wanted to kill Li Shimin, plus Li Yuanji's own character is indeed problematic, so even now, Li Shimin still doesn't like Li Yuanji.

When Li Su came back from worshipping Li Yuanji, a cheap imperial uncle, he found that Li Shimin was pouring wine for Li Jiancheng, and the same three glasses of wine were spilled in front of the tomb, and then Li Shimin laboriously moved the wheelchair to Li Jiancheng's tombstone, stretched out his hand and stroked his brother's tombstone. Finally, he sighed and said, "Brother, I'm here to see you!" ”

For Li Jiancheng. Later generations also did not have a high evaluation, but in fact this is wrong. In fact, in all aspects, Li Jiancheng is not inferior to Li Shimin. For example, when Li Yuan first raised his army, Li Jiancheng served as the commander of the left army, and led the army to participate in the Battle of Xihe, the Battle of Huoyi, the Battle of Tongguan, and the Battle of Chang'an, and each battle had very outstanding performances, which shows his outstanding military talent.

It's just that Li Yuan was later proclaimed emperor, and Li Jiancheng was named the crown prince as the eldest son, and the prince is the prince of a country, so his nature is no longer like before. led the army to risk his life, so in the following time, he stayed in Chang'an City more and assisted Li Yuan in governing the country, among which many of the decrees and national policies promulgated during the Wude period were from Li Jiancheng.

It is precisely because of Li Jiancheng's special identity that he can only sit in the rear, so in the later war of the Tang Dynasty to unify the Central Plains, Li Shimin was given more opportunities. At the same time, he also exerted Li Shimin's military talent to the limit, laid the foundation of his Qin palace with victories again and again, and had the strength to compete with Li Jiancheng for the throne.

In addition, Li Shimin also knows very clearly that the reason why he was able to sweep away the Central Plains back then. In addition to his own military talents, there is also the efforts of his father Li Yuan and brother Li Jiancheng, which made him have a stable and powerful rear. can provide him with an endless stream of soldiers and materials, it can be said that his military exploits are in it. At least one-third of it belongs to Li Jiancheng.

Although later, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were forced by the situation and had to embark on the road of confrontation. In the end, the Xuanwumen Revolution broke out, so that Li Jiancheng was shot to death by Li Shimin himself, but in Li Shimin's heart, Li Jiancheng will always be a respectable brother.

I saw Li Shimin touching the tombstone with both hands, and his face also showed a look of guilt: "Brother, you are nine years older than me, when your mother died, you were already an adult, and you often defend our brothers, and our brothers have always taken you as an example. ”

When Li Shimin talked about fratricide, he finally touched the scar that could not be healed in his heart, and the whole person was immersed in great pain, his whole body was trembling violently, and tears were flowing on his old face. Li Su, who was not far away, wanted to come forward to comfort, but thinking of the tragedy of the cannibalism of the Xuanwu Sect back then, he couldn't help but sigh, now what Li Shimin needs is to vent the pain in his heart, and his own persuasion has no effect at all.

After a long while, Li Shimin, who was immersed in pain, spoke again: "Brother, you have always been the target of my pursuit, and I also know that if you sit on the throne, you will definitely be a very promising monarch, so in the years after I ascended the throne, I have always used you to spur myself, for fear of being said by others to be inferior to you, in fact, I have also done it!" ”

When he said the last sentence, the look on Li Shimin's face suddenly changed, his face was full of majesty, and his old body was quite straight, and now he has become the Tang Emperor who reigns over the world in the court.

"After I ascended the throne, I cultivated virtue and politics internally, making the people rich and the national strength stronger, and the foreign conquest was even more victorious, destroying the Turks in the north, Tuyuhun in the south, and strong enemies such as Goguryeo, Xichang, and Xue Yantuo were also destroyed one by one, completely eliminating the troubles of the northern grasslands of the Central Plains, especially after the Han Dynasty, I once again won the ruling power of the Western Regions, and laid a big territory for the Tang Dynasty!"

When Li Shimin said this, a flush of excitement appeared on his face, and his body trembled slightly because he was too excited. In his bones, he has always thought that he is a soldier, so he also attaches great importance to his military achievements, and now he lists them one by one in front of his brother's tomb, in fact, he wants to tell Li Jiancheng that he has done quite well as an emperor.

I saw that Li Shimin, who was excited, suddenly took a few long breaths, calmed down his excitement, and his sharp eyes just now returned to their original cloudiness again, raised his head and carefully looked at the tombstone in front of him, with a very complicated look in his eyes, as if the brother standing in front of him was the brother who was nearly ten years older than him.

"Brother, I don't mean to show you anything about this, but I want to tell you that what you can do while sitting on the throne, I can do it too, and I do it better than you!" When Li Shimin said this, he couldn't help but let out a long breath, and his face also showed a relaxed look, these words he had held back in his heart for decades, and today he could finally confide in Li Jiancheng's tombstone in a dignified manner.

Li Su, who was standing behind, quietly listened to Li Shimin's words, and his heart was also turbulent, he also did not expect that His Majesty the former wise and martial Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, under his seemingly strong appearance, there was such a huge scar hidden in his heart, and it was also this scar that made him sit on the throne conscientiously and dare not relax in the slightest, in order to be able to prove to his brother who died in his hands that he was not worse than him one day.

Everyone may have one or more knots in their hearts, and these knots will have a variety of effects on people, some are negative, some are positive, but the so-called positive and negative are not completely absolute, for example, the influence of some knots is negative for him personally, but for others, it is positive.

For example, for Li Shimin, shooting his brother who was a compatriot of his mother under the Xuanwu Gate back then was his heart knot. This knot made him unable to eat and sleep well, and he always reminded himself to be an emperor who was better than his brother, and he did not dare to relax in the slightest when dealing with government affairs.

This kind of tense life overdrew his health in advance, and he was not yet sixty years old, but he was already like an old man in his prime, so from this point of view, this heart knot is not a good thing for Li Shimin personally. But it is also the influence of this knot that makes Li Shimin a good emperor who has never been seen in the ages, and hundreds of people live a happy life because of him.

From the people to the past, Li Su quickly thought of himself from Li Shimin, and his soul, which had crossed over from the 21st century, also had his own knot, which was his understanding of the history of later generations.

If you follow the original trajectory of history, the people of the Central Plains will experience countless sufferings, the Anshi Rebellion, the shame of Jingkang, the death of Yashan, etc., especially after the Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty fell into the hands of foreign races for the first time, and the Han people will also be listed as the fourth class, lower than the status of those color people, although there was a Ming Dynasty Zhongxing, but in the end it fell into the hands of the barbarian Jurchens, and even ruled for hundreds of years, the Chinese civilization regressed in an all-round way, and finally it was opened by the Western powers with the artillery invented by the Han people. The Central Plains once again entered a dark period of more than a hundred years.

Li Su is familiar with the above history, and he also knows that behind every turmoil in the Central Plains Dynasty is the death of millions or even tens of millions of Han people, and that kind of tragic scene is unimaginable. Every time Li Su thought of this, his heart was like a knife, so he vowed in his heart that he must rewrite the history of future generations!

It is precisely this knot in his heart that Li Su desperately developed industry and commerce, and guided the people of the Central Plains to embark on a road full of bloody capital, with the help of the process of capital expansion, he established his own country overseas, and formulated policies more conducive to the development of capital, so as to further promote the development of capital and form a virtuous circle.

In the process of this capital expansion, it will inevitably be accompanied by countless bloodshed and massacres. Counting the development of Li Su over the years, starting from the recent Sanhan and Wa Kingdoms, then Taiwan, Luzon, and then the entire Nanyang, and even later Australia and the Americas, this step by step, almost every footprint is buried under the bones of countless locals.

For the above things, Li Su knows very well, and he also knows that after his death, he may attract some criticism because of these things, but as long as he can make the Central Plains people become the rulers of the whole world, and no longer be bullied by any foreign race, even if he is criticized by the same race, he has no regrets! (To be continued......)