Time: June 4 of the ninth year of Wude (626), this day is destined to be recorded in history forever Place: Xuanwu Gate is here, this moment, a qiē should end. Li Shimin led nine generals such as Changsun Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde and 800 soldiers to ambush at Xuanwu Gate.

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had not yet set off, and Zhang Jieyu sent someone to inform Li Jiancheng of the contents of the Qin Wang's recital that he had heard. Li Yuanji was very alert and felt that there was something wrong here, so he said to Li Jiancheng: "Claim that you are sick and do not enter the palace, observe the situation, and then take action." Li Jiancheng disagreed: "We have the protection of the guards, we are heavily guarded, what can happen, if we don't go to my father, we will really have something." ”

Li Jiancheng thought to himself: Fourth brother, why are you so timid today, the Xuanwu Gate guard Chang He is my cronies, what else do we have to be afraid of. However, Li Jiancheng never dreamed that this cronie of his would be bribed by his enemies and betrayed him.

When Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji walked to the Linhu Palace, they saw the sword and sword, the armed soldiers, the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, the silence was unsettling, and their intuition told them that they couldn't go any further, and if they went any further, their lives would be gone.

In the corner not far away, Li Shimin was looking at Li Jiancheng like a hunter looking at his prey, he thought that as long as Li Jiancheng was closer, he would shoot an arrow to kill him, however, Li Jiancheng did not go any further, he and Li Yuanji turned their horses' heads and prepared to return the same way. can't wait any longer, if you wait any longer, there will really be no chance, Li Shimin shouted: "Big brother." Hearing the familiar shout, Li Jiancheng knew that it was Li Shimin. He and Li Yuanji both turned their heads and looked at Li Shimin with a bow and arrow in his hand facing him. Li Jiancheng panicked for a while.

This day is still coming, you and I brothers are fighting each other, you are dead or alive, Li Jiancheng closed his eyes, waiting for Li Shimin's arrow to shoot over. In the chaos, Li Yuanji fired three arrows at Li Shimin in a row, but because of panic, he did not shoot the arrows full, and the arrows had not yet reached Li Shimin. It landed.

Li Shimin was not in a hurry, and calmly fired an arrow at Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng fell in response, fell off his horse, and died. Wei Chi Jingde led people to shoot at Li Yuanji, and Li Yuanji fell off his horse.

Li Shimin's horse was frightened, lost control, and rushed into the woods, and Li Shimin's clothes were caught by the branches. Dragged to the ground, there was no way to stand up, and was seen by Li Yuanji and ran over. took Li Shimin's bow and planned to strangle Li Shimin. Yu Chi Jingde Pegasus arrived, and Li Yuanji had always been afraid of Yu Chi Jingde. Don't dare to fight, run wildly on foot. Running towards the Wude Palace, Yu Chi Jingde put an arrow behind his back. Li Yuanji was shot dead.

Feng Li, a subordinate of the East Palace, said sadly when he heard the news of Li Jiancheng's death: "How can anyone live to receive the favor of others, and if he dies, he will flee for his life", and Xue Wanche, Xie Shufang and others led 2,000 elite troops from the East Palace and Qi Wangfu to attack Xuanwu Gate. The Xuanwu Gate was not strong enough to go out to fight, so he could only defend the gate, Zhang Gong was infinitely strong, and he closed the city alone to resist, and the prince's army could not enter the Xuanwu Gate.

Seeing that it was difficult to attack the Xuanwu Gate, Xue Wanche threatened to attack the Qin Palace, and the troops of the Qin Palace's Mansion were all transferred to the Xuanwu Gate, and now Xue Wanche is going to attack the Qin Palace, one hit and one is accurate, the soldiers of the Qin Mansion are very worried, at this time, Wei Chi Jingde carried the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and let everyone check, the master is dead, what is the use of us fighting here, the prince's army dispersed in a hurry.

Xue Wanche fled to Zhongnan Mountain, Feng Li killed the Xuanwu Gate guard Jing Junhong, said to the soldiers: "It's a return to the prince", and then fled. Big brother, don't blame me, there can only be one emperor, don't you want to kill me too?

At this time, Li Yuan was boating on the artificial lake (sea pool) of the palace, and Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi, Chen Shuda and other ministers were by his side.

Enjoying the beautiful scenery of the good day, recalling his decision ten years ago, it was so correct, Li Yuan was full of pride, and couldn't help but talk eloquently, the ministers were very interested in complimenting, Pei Lone's sycophant, Feng Deyi's praise, Li Yuan's laughter was mixed on the lake, and the monarchs and ministers were having fun.

Suddenly, an uninvited guest barged in, wearing an iron helmet, armor, and a spear in his hand, Li Yuan looked at it fixedly, and it turned out to be Wei Chi Jingde. Decades of experience as an official told him that Wei Chi Jingde was by no means to cheer himself up, there must have been a big change, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Li Shimin saw that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were dead, and he was afraid that Li Yuan would have some moths again, so he hurriedly ordered Wei Chi Jingde to come to monitor Li Yuan. "Why are you here, is someone making trouble?" Li Yuan pretended to be calm, and he slowly summed up how to solve this matter well. "The crown prince and the king of Qi are in rebellion, and they have been killed by the king of Qin, and they are afraid of alarming His Majesty, so he sent me to protect His Majesty."

Although the words were very good, Li Yuan heard the connotation, boy, aren't you afraid that your father will be unfavorable to you? It is worthy of being my son, and the blue is better than the blue! Li Yuan was very confused!

Li Yuan had already guessed the truth of the matter, but when he heard with his own ears that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were killed by Li Shimin, his heart chuckled, and he couldn't believe his ears, or it could be said, he didn't want to believe his ears.

You may have heard such a story. The reporter asked the mother of a US president: "Are you proud to have such a son?" "Yes," said my mother proudly, "but my other son, who is growing potatoes, is equally proud." ”

What is it? This is motherly love. It will not change because of the rich or poor, and it will not be reduced because of the high and the low. Whether it is the president or the farmer, as a mother, they are all my sons, and I love them all the same. Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji are all Li Yuan's sons, although there are differences in ability, intelligence, etc., but in Li Yuan's heart, his son is still his own. Li Yuan's heart faded, I have been guarding the supreme power for ten years, let's end it here, I can't kill Li Shimin anymore, then I will lose not two sons, but three sons.

Li Shimin, regardless of wisdom, courage, courage, ability, wisdom, etc., is superior to Jiancheng and Yuanji in all aspects, so hand over the throne to him. I only hope that he will not repeat Yang Guang's mistakes and become a truly good emperor.

That's fate. In the past, I had to fight the people of the world in order to build it, but today the heavens are like playing a big joke on me. The people of the world killed the people, I can't kill the people of the world for the sake of the completion, I pass the throne to the people, it can be regarded as a kind of compensation, this tragedy can not continue, let it end here.

Shimin, it's not that your father can't fight with you, but that your father really doesn't want to fight with you. I'm sixty-one years old this year, and the throne is yours when I die, so I'll give it to you as soon as possible.

I choose to retire and retire, and I'm tired. Li Yuan, who had already made up his mind, turned around and asked Pei Lin and the others very sadly, "I didn't expect such a thing to happen today, what do you think should be done?" ”

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda both support Li Shimin, and they know that it is time for them to add fire. "The crown prince and the king of Qi had no great merit, they were jealous of the king of Qin, conspired to harm the king of Qin, and were killed by the king of Qin today. His Majesty should make the King of Qin the crown prince. ”

Subtext: It's already like this, what else do you want to do? "Well, that's exactly what I meant." The soldiers of the Qin Palace's palace and the prince's army are still fighting. Moreover, the prince's army was overwhelming, and the Qin army gradually fell behind. There was a danger of being wiped out, and Wei Chi Jingde asked Li Yuan for a warrant. Let all the troops in the palace be under the command of the King of Qin, Li Yuan agreed.

Li Yuan sent Pei Ju to the East Palace to inform the soldiers that the prince is dead, you should disperse, don't make trouble again. As soon as the army heard this, the emperor gave an order, so let's disperse. Shouting one, two, three, four, five, everyone goes their own way, the green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, and there will be no time in the future.

Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng's five sons and Li Yuanji's five sons. Three days later, on June 7, Li Shimin was crowned crown prince, and Li Yuan ordered that all military affairs, no matter how big or small, should be handled by the prince, and then reported to me. In fact, after Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng, he was afraid that after a long time, it would be easy for him to have an accident, so he couldn't wait to grab power from Li Yuan.

Two months later, on August 8, Li Yuan was forced to abdicate and become emperor. On August 9, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, and in the second year (626), he changed his name to Zhenguan. Li Shimin defeated Li Jiancheng, it was not justice that defeated evil, nor did evil defeat justice.

It was only in this power struggle that Li Shimin was victorious. Some people feel sorry for Li Jiancheng, however, I feel even more fortunate for the people of the Zhenguan period, because according to the analysis of existing historical materials, Li Jiancheng will not do better than Li Shimin after becoming emperor, and if Li Yuanji is allowed to take the throne again, it is definitely not a myth that the Tang Dynasty died in a short life.

The following is a quote from Mr. Bai Yang to conclude this section: "The cannibalism of the Xuanwu Sect is a tragedy of fate...... Fortunately, he abdicated early, otherwise, he would be the next ghost under the knife, which has nothing to do with Li Shimin's unfriendliness and filial piety, once the autocratic virus attacks, it is so cruel and ruthless, people are in it, and they can't help themselves. "However, the Chinese should rejoice in the success of Li Shimin's success, and His Excellency brought China the famous 'rule of Zhenguan' and became a model for prosperity."

It does not represent justice, nor is it evil, this is Li Shimin. It does not mean evil, nor justice, this is Li Jiancheng. would rather passively accept reality than take the initiative to choose, this is Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's old age: During the bleak Wude years, Pei Lin asked for early retirement, and when he heard that the iron buddy was going to leave him, Li Yuan was very reluctant, in order to keep this old friend, Li Yuan promised to grow old together.

Don't get me wrong, the two of them are not friends, Li Yuan said this just to tell sù Pei Lone, don't go, the two of us have gray hair together, grow old hand in hand, I will be the emperor, you should be a big official who doesn't care about things, and share the wealth, isn't it good?

A few years later, Li Yuan's words unfortunately came true, but he found that reality is reality after all, and it was too far from his imagination. After changing the emperor, Pei Lin was busy serving the new master all day, and rarely had time to come to see the old master, let alone take a bath and pick up girls together.

In the third year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin's wings gradually hardened, and the court was stable, so he simply drove Pei Lin home, Li Yuan moved to Hongyi Palace, renamed Da'an Palace, and said that it was good that he was invited out, and what was not good was that he was thrown out by his son. Taiji Palace is the place where the emperor lives and listens to the government, in other words, this is the place where the emperor should stay, when Li Shimin ascended the throne, because Li Yuan was still there, his throne had just been done, and he was not stable, and he still needed Li Yuan's support. So I was still very polite to my father, and I was wronged and wronged. Enthrone in the East Palace, Taiji Palace will let Daddy live first.

After several years of hard work. The Tang Empire is thriving, the people live and work in peace and contentment, Li Shimin's support rate has skyrocketed, and the political pattern is completely under his control, so he no longer needs his father's support.

Although the son doesn't treat himself very well. But Li Yuan has no psychological burden at all, he eats, drinks and has fun every day, accompanied by beautiful women, his small life is very nourishing, and there is no pressure to be an emperor, Li Yuan is trying to live to be eighty years old in one breath, aren't you looking forward to my death?

What can you do if I just don't die? Li Yuan is not dead, Li Shimin is still thinking about entering the Taiji Palace, what can I do? Get out. That's the only way to do it. But royal?

Face is the most important thing, and you have to consider face in everything you do. You can't just kick Daddy out, the only way is to let Daddy himself say that Taiji Palace is not good and take the initiative to move out. Then he excused himself, but Dad was too insistent and had to move out. A good house can't be empty, so I justifiably moved into the Taiji Palace.

Someone sued Li Yuan about Li Shimin's idea. Li Yuan is very interesting, isn't it just a house? It's the same everywhere. Sue him, I will move out tomorrow, and the Taiji Palace will be given to him. The man said, you'd better issue another edict, saying that you don't like Taiji Palace, like Hongyi Palace, so that the emperor will have face, you will also have face, the best of both worlds, and everyone will be happy.

Li Yuan knows that his son wants to be a bitch and set up an archway, so what can he do, help him set up one. The next day, Li Yuan issued an edict, telling the people of the whole world that I don't want to live in Taiji Palace anymore, and it's a pity that the house is empty, so let the emperor move over.

, think they have a conspiracy, and as the old fritters of those officialdoms, they don't seem to be interested in this already outdated emperor.

Li Yuan can't see Li Shimin a few times a year, if Li Shimin comes twice a month, he has to catch up with a good mood, for example: Li Jing defeated the Turks, respected as the "Heavenly Khan", and all countries came to the court, but there are not many such things.

Li Yuan didn't blame Li Shimin, he knew that Li Shimin still remembered that he didn't make him the prince at the beginning, and he also remembered that before the Xuanwumen coup, he wanted to deal with his affairs.

Every time Li Shimin goes to escape the summer, he always leaves Li Yuan in Chang'an, and understands that he tells Li Yuan, Dad, he just won't take you to play.

Li Yuan was very melancholy, he couldn't imagine that he had been in the officialdom for decades, starting from Taiyuan, ascending to the throne in one year, and then sweeping away the heroes, unifying the whole country, and becoming a generation of founding monarchs.

When watching his son govern the empire in an orderly manner and flourish, Li Yuan's heart was comforted, I didn't choose the wrong heir, although Li Shimin didn't always come to see him, but whenever he saw Li Shimin, Li Yuan always wanted to praise him, but every time Li Yuan's eyes met Li Shimin's indifferent gaze, Li Yuan's words came to his mouth or took them back.

Li Yuan knew that Li Shimin might not be a good son, but he was a good emperor. In May of the ninth year of Zhenguan, Li Yuan died at the age of seventy, and the ministers were called Emperor Taiwu, and the temple name was Gaozu, and he was buried in the Xianling Mausoleum. Knowing his fate after the year, starting in troubled times, sweeping away the princes, mixing the world, the Tang Empire, since he created, thousands of generations, posterity commented. In Sui as a bureaucrat, in Tang as an emperor. Li Yuan, as the emperor, he is a good father!

In order to give everyone a better understanding of the Tang Dynasty, before writing about the rule of Zhenguan, I will first write about the official system and administrative system of the Tang Dynasty.

The official system of the Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui system, from the first product to the ninth grade, the first grade official was majestic, and the people who were officials were very eager to get it, but it was not so easy to get, either they had great merit, worked hard for the empire for decades, and made outstanding contributions (three dukes), or they were princes (generally the emperor's sons), or they were deeply favored by the emperor and became teachers to the emperor (three divisions).

The point is that they are all fictitious, there is no right, what is not good to say is a vase, used to show the people and intellectuals all over the world, you do a good job, I will never treat the model worker badly, but when you climb to that position after decades of struggle, you will find how cold that position is.

False position means that there is no oil and water, and it is not easy to climb, thousands of miles to be an official, just for food and clothing, it seems unrealistic for you to have too high a consciousness, so everyone's eyes are still focused on the minister. The Tang Dynasty despised the local officials and attached importance to the central officials, and even the salaries were stipulated that the local officials were one level lower than the central government at the same level.

Why, he is all for the people, he is one rank higher than me in the capital, and in order to change this unfair reality, the magistrate has made amazing efforts.

As a result, many magistrates have taken the initiative to mobilize the forces that can be mobilized, and look for the back door that can be found, as long as they can be transferred from local officials to central officials.

I'm afraid that from the fifth product to the sixth product, then do it, if you enter a good yamen, you will make a lot of money, such as the household department, the ministry, a lot of oil and water, make money quickly, such as Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and the emperor has more contact, if you can wait for the emperor's appreciation, it is not a matter of promotion and wealth, by the way, it can also help you realize the dream of all scholars - to be the prime minister. (To be continued......)