Chapter 232 [The Power of Turmoil]

Li Shimin went to the Hongmen banquet, but Li Jiancheng didn't want to be Xiang Yu, Li Jiancheng put poison in the wine, Li Shimin drank poisoned wine, myocardial angina, vomited blood, it seems that it is going to be bad, and was carried back to the West Palace by Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, (that is, Hongyi Palace, Li Shimin lives in the Chengqian Hall of Hongyi Palace).

Li Yuan went to the Chengqian Hall to visit Li Shimin and reprimanded Li Jiancheng: "King Qin doesn't drink well, don't drink at night in the future." Li Shimin can be regarded as picking up a life, after this incident Li Yuan feels that their brothers are incompatible, as a father, Li Yuan does not want to see his sons fighting openly and secretly for the throne, cannibalism, and took the initiative to find Li Shimin to talk.

Li Yuan didn't turn around and went straight to the point: "I see that the contradictions between your brothers are very deep, if you are all in Chang'an, sooner or later there will be chaos...... Li Shimin listened silently, couldn't guess what his father wanted to do?

Li Yuan continued: "Go to Luoyang, and I will hand over to you all the places east of Shaanzhou (present-day Sanmenxia City, Henan Province), and allow you to build a guard of honor for the Son of Heaven." When Li Shimin heard that Li Yuan was going to drive him away, he knelt on the ground and threw himself into Li Yuan's arms, howling and crying, tears flowed like the water of the Yangtze River, and he took a tearful bath for Li Yuan, "If I don't leave, I still have to serve you." ”

"Good boy, obedient, I'm all for your good" Li Yuan stroked Li Shimin's head and said helplessly: "Chang'an and Luoyang are very close, I miss you, so I will go to see you." Li Shimin saw that Li Yuan had already made up his mind, and he no longer insisted, made a plan, packed his bags, and prepared to go to Luoyang.

Jiancheng and Yuanji knew about this and discussed secretly: "If Li Shimin arrives in Luoyang, he will control the land and the army." It's not easy to deal with, stay in Chang'an. It's just a puppet. They made up their minds that they couldn't let Li Shimin go to Luoyang.

So they said to Li Yuan: "Most of the subordinates of the king of Qin are from Shandong. I was very happy to hear that they were going to Luoyang, and according to my observation, they couldn't come back once they went. "Is there such a thing?" Li Jiancheng nodded with certainty. After that, Li Yuan decided not to let Li Shimin go to Luoyang.

The above is what is recorded in the history books, before and after the poisonous wine incident, there is no doubt on the surface, but if you carefully scrutinize it, you will find that the poisonous wine incident is the same as the previous Yang Wengan incident, and there are many suspicious places. First of all. Since Jiancheng has made up his mind to kill Shimin, of course the poison must choose the most poisonous, as long as Li Shimin drinks it, there is no reason to not die, but as a result, Li Shimin did not die, why?

Because Li Shimin did not drink poisonous wine, in that case, after the Yang Wengan incident and the Zhang Liang incident, the fight between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. Everyone already knows that at this time, will Li Shimin go to Li Jiancheng to drink without any scheming?

No, Li Shimin guarded against it, although he went. But they don't drink alcohol, or they pretend to drink but don't. It's kind of like fiction anymore, but in that case. Very likely to happen. So why do you vomit blood?

It can be guessed that this may be pretended by Li Shimin. In order to frame Li Jiancheng, in order to make Li Yuan suspicious of Li Jiancheng. But the result was very disappointing to Li Shimin, Li Yuan did not punish Li Jiancheng, but only gave a verbal warning that he was not allowed to drink alcohol at night next time. Then Li Yuan wanted Li Shimin to go to Luoyang, and later under the provocation of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, Li Yuan changed his attention again.

Since Li Yuan had already understood this qiē and made up his mind to let Li Shimin go to Luoyang, how could he give up this matter under Li Jiancheng's instigation? When we know the truth of the matter, it is not difficult to understand why.

It seems that Li Yuan asked Li Shimin to go to Luoyang, but he did not take the initiative to let Li Shimin go, but agreed at Li Shimin's request, so when Li Jiancheng said Li Shimin's subordinates, Li Yuan became suspicious and refused Li Shimin's request. Of course, the above is just speculation. …

Let's analyze whether this speculation is reasonable? After receiving two counterattacks from Li Jiancheng in a row, Li Shimin found that he underestimated Li Jiancheng, and these two shots, Li Jiancheng either hit the key point or did not pay attention to the rules, this is really a very terrible opponent, much more terrible than Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande.

Seeing how powerful Li Jiancheng was, it was a big blow to Li Shimin's heart, just like I originally thought that my opponent was a cat, very docile and easy to deal with, but when the cat made a move, you found that you were wrong, this is not a cat, but a tiger.

What's even more ridiculous is that he is just a tiger, and the tiger and the tiger are fighting at the same level, and at the same time there will be a little joy in melancholy, fortunately he is also a tiger, if it was a wolf, he would have been eaten by the tiger a long time ago.

Originally, he didn't have an advantage, and the opponent was still so strong, Li Shimin felt that the position of the prince was getting farther and farther away from him, so he thought of a way to retreat. People are always like this, raising themselves step by step, and lowering themselves again and again. However, elevating oneself is a slow process, and lowering oneself is a very fast process.

It's like going uphill very slowly and going downhill very fast. Li Shimin originally cultivated a lot of power in Luoyang, and he has always regarded Luoyang as his rear, and he is afraid that there will be changes in Luoyang, and he wants to protect it. Even if he can't be the prince, going to Luoyang is a better choice for Li Shimin, at least in Luoyang, he controls the army and land, and his life is not in danger.

In the war, Li Jiancheng was not his opponent, and when Li Yuan died, he led his army to Chang'an, and he was invincible.

So Li Shimin plucked up the courage to tell Li Yuan what he thought in his heart, go to Luoyang, Li Yuan thought that this was just a trip, and he agreed very happily, and later heard Li Jiancheng say that Li Shimin would not come back this time, and Li Yuan changed his mind. Li Shimin wanted to go to Luoyang but couldn't, the danger factor in Chang'an was extremely great, Li Jiancheng's attack became more and more fierce every time, Li Yuan didn't seem to support him, Li Shimin felt desperate for the first time, more desperate than he was defeated by Xue Ju that time.

But people live, life always has to live, life is like this, you can work hard, but you can't escape, standing up means a qiē! Li Shimin chose to go on, he thought that the struggle for power should be the same as the war. Learn to be patient, learn to wait. In the future journey, he faced Li Jiancheng's attack every time. Li Shimin is patient, but at the same time waiting.

While Wei Chi Jingde was patient and waiting for Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng chose a path that was completely opposite to Li Shimin, pursued in a straight line, and continued to attack.

In fact, as the crown prince, Li Jiancheng does not need to get rid of Li Shimin, he just needs to wait, and when Li Yuan dies, the throne will naturally be in hand. But Li Jiancheng has no self-confidence, and Li Jiancheng, who has the status of a legitimate prince, seems to be more weak than Li Shimin. Because he knows that Li Shimin is very capable and wise, and everyone in the world knows that he is inferior to him.

So Li Jiancheng was afraid, afraid that one day he would relax, Li Shimin seized a loophole and killed himself at one time, in order to avoid this incident, Li Jiancheng had to choose to take the initiative to attack constantly, so that Li Shimin had no time to fight back against himself. In his heart, he was afraid of Li Shimin.

Isn't it ridiculous, you may ask, Li Jiancheng used very vicious means to deal with Li Shimin, how could he still be afraid of Li Shimin? In fact, the more poisonous the means. The more it can be explained, the deeper Li Jiancheng's fear of Li Shimin's Cheng dù in his heart, because he is afraid, so he wants to do it once and for all. Solve problems all at once.

However, the political struggle is not in a hurry, and being in a hurry will only make you mess up. Li Jiancheng can't take care of these anymore. Now all he wants to do is get rid of Li Shimin, and he can use any means. As long as it can achieve the goal. …

Seeing Li Shimin's subordinates like rain and fierce generals like clouds, Li Jiancheng was very envious, maybe his ability was indeed inferior to Li Shimin, but he also had a heart to make contributions, and in his heart he always believed that he was no worse than Li Shimin in marching and fighting.

In this protracted and heart-wrenching battle for the throne, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin crossed the sea, each showing their magical powers, and both stretched out their tentacles to the inside of each other, but the results were very different, at the critical moment Li Shimin knew the important news and saved himself, but Li Jiancheng was more than willing but not enough, and the general who bought the Qin Wangfu did not buy his account.

The first person who didn't buy it was Wei Chi Jingde, who was an outstanding cavalry general, which was also a major reason why he was reused by Li Shimin.

When Li Jiancheng determined the plan to buy the generals of the Qin Palace, Li Yuanji first proposed to Li Jiancheng to buy Wei Chi Jingde, because Wei Chi Jingde's status in the Qin Mansion is very high, and he is very trusted by Li Shimin. Li Jiancheng thought that what Li Yuanji said was reasonable, and ordered someone to send a cart of gold, silver and jewelry (it seems that Li Jiancheng has made a lot of money) to Wei Chi Jingde.

Seeing this cart of gold, silver and jewelry, Yu Chi Jingde understood that Li Jiancheng wanted to buy himself and betray his master, Yu Chi Jingde sneered slightly, and time seemed to have returned to many years ago...... I was originally a general of Liu Wuzhou, at that time, I was just in the Tang Dynasty, and I followed Li Shimin to fight Luoyang, and Xun Xiang and others who surrendered with me all defected, and many generals of the Tang army built yì Li Shimin killed me, because they suspected that I would also rebel.

But Li Shimin did not kill me, and said to the generals who doubted me: "If he wants to rebel, how can he be behind the search for his appearance?" He took me to the inner chamber, gave me a great deal of gold and silver, and said to me, "I know that you are a man who stands tall in the sky, and how can husbands be suspicious of each other, I do not believe that you will rebel, and if you want to go, these things will be used as entanglements." ”

At that moment, my heart was rolling, looking at Li Shimin's eyes, full of sincerity, without a trace of cunning and suspicion, I was moved, King Qin turned out to be my confidant, I couldn't help crying.

I have never cried in the face of great setbacks and tribulations, countless times in the face of the threat of death, and spilling blood in the sea of blood corpses. I'm just a poor mountain horseman, why should King Qin treat me like this.

From that moment on, I secretly swore in my heart that I would be the King of Qin all my life, even if I betrayed him all over the world, I would not betray him, I would be loyal, I would never abandon it, and I would protect my oath with my life. Li Jiancheng, do you underestimate my Wei Chi Jingde, if my Wei Chi Jingde is really so easy to buy, how can it be worthy of King Qin to treat me like that.

Wei Chi Jingde returned the gold, silver and jewelry, and wrote a letter: "I am not from a very good background, caught up with the troubled times, fortunately I met a master like King Qin, I will not betray him."

I don't have much credit for His Highness, and it's not good to accept the big gift. If you make friends with His Royal Highness, you have two hearts. What is the use of such disloyal and unrighteous people, if Your Highness gets it? ”

To put it simply, I look down on you. Don't pester me in the future. After sending the letter, Wei Chi Jingde did not forget to show his loyalty to Li Shimin, and told Li Shimin about the matter in 1510.

Li Shimin was very moved: "Your heart is as hard to shake as a mountain, and even more gold can't transfer your will." Why don't you take what you have from him? I can listen to the news and use it for my use, and I will not have a grudge against them. Wei Chi Jingde touched his head and smiled innocently, "I didn't think about it that much at the time, I just thought that I couldn't betray His Highness." ”…

After being rejected by Wei Chi Jingde. Li Jiancheng was very depressed, he couldn't even take such a person, what else could he do, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Li Jiancheng decided to kill Wei Chi Jingde. So he sent someone to assassinate Wei Chi Jingde, who got the news early, made arrangements at home, opened all the doors and windows, and then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

The Assassins arrived. Seeing the open doors and windows, I didn't know what kind of medicine Yu Chi Jingde bought in the gourd, but I heard the sound of Yu Chi Jingde snoring, and this time I was even more confused. What the hell does he want to do, let's go first, and come back tomorrow.

The next day, the Assassin came again. The sight I saw was the same as yesterday, the only difference was that. Wei Chi Jingde's snoring was louder than yesterday, did he know that I was going to kill him. Hey, I heard that this person is good at martial arts, so I didn't kill him, and then let him kill me.

In the following week, the Assassins came every day, the gate was open every day, and Wei Chi Jingde slept every day, and sometimes the Assassins wondered if Yu Chi Jingde was asleep, but occasionally he could hear a few words from Yu Chi Jingde, and the Assassin could be sure that Yu Chi Jingde did not sleep dead.

But on the eighth day, the assassin didn't come, and he didn't come again in the future, looking at the empty gate, Wei Chi Jingde showed a look of disdain, and spat at the mouth, "Phew", and wanted to fight with me, when I killed someone, your hair hadn't grown yet?

Looking at the incompetent assassin with a blow to the ground, Li Jiancheng was very angry, what's the use of raising your group of rice buckets? The next day, Li Jiancheng sent Li Yuanji to sue Wei Chi Jingde from Li Yuan, and like Zhang Liang last time, Li Yuan immediately put Yu Chi Jingde in prison, unlike Zhang Liang, he really tried the matter (it is estimated that Li Jiancheng did the ghost), but Li Shimin was not implicated.

At the critical moment, Li Shimin was very interesting, asking for relationships everywhere (looking for Li Yuan), going through the back door (bribing the concubines in the harem), and with a lot of effort, he finally rescued Wei Chi Jingde.

touched the nail in Wei Chi Jingde, Li Jiancheng was not discouraged, he believed that sincerity was the way, and the gold and stone were open, and he threw flattering eyes at the other two generals of the Qin Mansion, Cheng Yanjin and Duan Zhixuan, but the result made Li Jiancheng very sad and depressed, and they were all rejected. Li Jiancheng was heartbroken, could it be that I, the prince, can't compare to a King of Qin, it seems that the military generals can't win it, try if the ministers are willing to get on the thief ship?

The generals who have developed limbs and simple minds can't win over them, let alone those resourceful, full of bad water, and blink an eye, after hitting the nails in a row, Li Jiancheng made a correct decision, since it can't be used by me, it can't be used by Li Shimin.

So Cheng Biting Jin was demoted to Connecticut as a assassin (governor), this guy is a big old man, he is not resourceful when he fights, he works hard, this time he is a mental offender, he doesn't go to office, no one is good, and he said to Li Shimin: "Your Highness, your cronies have been transferred, what are you waiting for?" Are you waiting to be killed by Li Jiancheng and them? ”

Although these words are not good, they are the truth and the truth, and then, the wise and resourceful people of the Qin Mansion, Li Shimin's right-hand men Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were also expelled from the Qin Mansion by Li Yuan's order.

At this time, Li Shimin understood that these were all ghosts that Li Jiancheng was doing behind his back, and now his henchmen only had Changsun Wuji (Changsun's brother), Gao Shilian (Changsun's uncle), Wei Chi Jingde, and Hou Junji were still in the Qin Mansion, and the rest of the people were either released as officials or expelled from the Qin Mansion. Li Shimin felt that an even bigger crisis was coming upon him.

At the same time, Li Jiancheng did not leave the slightest chance for Li Shimin, he knew that now Li Shimin had reached the situation of recovering from the mountains and rivers, as long as he worked hard, he could let Li Shimin die. …

It was Li Yuan who ordered to drive away Li Shimin's henchmen, and it was Li Yuan who transferred Li Shimin's henchmen out, at this most critical moment, Li Jiancheng still thought of Li Yuan, and Li Jiancheng knew that only Li Yuan could fight hard enough at the last moment, so that Li Shimin would never be able to turn over.

He framed Li Shimin in the same way as he framed Zhang Liang and Wei Chi Jingde, and he believed that Li Yuan would believe him, because of the Zhang Liang incident and the Wei Chi Jingde incident, Li Jiancheng felt that Li Yuan was biased towards himself in his heart. But he didn't know the difference, Zhang Liang and Wei Chi Jingde only worked for Li Yuan, but Li Shimin was Li Yuan's own son.

First of all, Li Yuanji said to Li Yuan: "If the King of Qin wants to rebel, the only way to kill him is to kill him?" "Oh, is there any proof?" Li Yuanji said unhurriedly: "Chuping Luoyang, the King of Qin was not in a hurry to return to Chang'an, but scattered money to build personal favors, and did not obey your orders, isn't this a rebellion?" Then there was a silent silence, and both Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were waiting for Li Yuan to say the words: "Kill him." ”

As long as this sentence is spoken, Li Shimin will have absolutely no chance of survival, and this is indeed a poisonous plan, a fierce blow to death.

But from beginning to end, Li Yuan was silent and didn't say half a word, and then waved his hand, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji walked out disappointed.

Li Jiancheng doesn't understand, as a father, Li Yuan doesn't really favor anyone, he has always balanced their relationship between their brothers, Li Shimin's credit is too great, his arrogance is too strong, Li Yuan wants to fight, so Li Yuan expelled the strategists and brave generals in the Qin Palace, not because of Li Jiancheng's words.

At the same time, when Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji killed Li Shimin, Li Yuan did not bear to do it, nor did he punish Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. (To be continued......)