Under development, maybe he could predict that either Li Jiancheng killed Li Shimin, or Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng, but he understood that he couldn't change anything. would rather passively admit the facts than take the initiative to choose, this is Li Yuan.

The disappointed Li Jiancheng seemed to understand Li Yuan's heart, his old father's heart had become very soft, and he couldn't rely on his father to kill Li Shimin, he could only rely on himself. What about Li Shimin? From the beginning, he knew that he must not be merciful to his opponent, the first time he launched an attack on Li Jiancheng, he never thought about giving Li Jiancheng a chance to live, and after so many passive beatings, painful torture, and resurrection after the crisis, Li Shimin would not be half merciful to Li Jiancheng.

At that moment, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were no longer human, they were devils, devils who stepped on the corpses of their brothers and climbed up for power. How amazing power is, people who have not been in contact with it can't guess.

Conspiracy in the middle of the night

In the ninth year of Wude (626), the Turks had nothing to eat at home, and every time they were in the mountains and rivers, the Turks would think of their neighbors - the Sui Dynasty and now the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning of his ascension, every year the Tang Dynasty government specially formulated a poverty alleviation plan for the Turks, in fact, Li Yuan was also very helpless, but there was no way, if he didn't feed the Turks, it would be difficult to ensure that he would not make any trouble for himself on the northern border.

At the beginning of his ascension, Li Yuan had only endure, but later with the gradual unification of the country, Li Yuan changed his initial idea, he didn't want to endure it, and if he wanted to fight, he would come. The poverty alleviation program was then canceled, and the Turks were angry. Didn't you say yes? Why did it change again?

Since we don't take the initiative to send it to us, then we have to grab it ourselves. And the robbery is more than what you send, in the hearts of the Turks have made up their minds, now in their hearts there is only dissatisfaction and resentment, so the Turks under the leadership of the Khan continue to go to the border of the Tang Dynasty for self-guided tours.

Of course, their way of tourism is more special, the people on the border are not able to live in peace, all the grain, money, men, women, and livestock are taken away by them, because the Turkic economy is relatively backward, there are many things that the Tang Dynasty has, not only do they not have. I haven't even seen it, for example, the night pot, which the Turks brought back with them and might be able to become a vessel for multiplication.

In the ninth year of Wude, the Turks came again, but they would not have thought that their simple actions would have an extremely far-reaching impact within the rule of the Tang Dynasty. It can even be said that they also have more or less responsibility for the coup d'état that shook the past and the present.

Every time the Turks came to travel, if the big man was to lead the team, Li Yuan would send Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to receive them. If the leader of the team is an inconspicuous small role, he does not need to waste so much Zhou Zhang, and directly order the surrounding governments to work together to solve it.

For this Turkic tour. Li Jiancheng asked Li Yuanji to receive him, but Li Yuan didn't agree at first, he knew this son too well. There is a martial spirit in his chest, and it is not good to see things when he goes to the battlefield. Immediately slipped away, running faster than a rabbit.

Li Yuan shook his head. This is Li Yuan's reply to Li Jiancheng, two words, "No." Then Li Yuan said, "Let's let the people go." "It's the people again, it's the people who beat Liu Wuzhou, it's the people who beat Wang Shichong, it's the people who beat Dou Jiande, it's the people who fight the Turks, this time it's still the people, Li Jiancheng's heart is very unbalanced, and his father is obviously biased towards Li Shimin, are you just such a son?

If Li Jiancheng had been in the past, he would not have disputed, but now the situation is different, he has formulated a plan to get rid of Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji replacing Li Shimin as the commander of the army is an important step in this plan.

"King Qin has been thinking about the crown prince for a long time," Li Jiancheng said cautiously. Li Jiancheng's words made Li Yuan stunned, and he remembered the "Yang Wengan Incident" and "Zhang Liang Incident...... Li Yuan felt a trace of unease, and through Li Jiancheng's words, Li Yuan seemed to feel that Li Shimin had murderous intentions. "Let Motoyoshi go."

"Yuanji doesn't have a powerful general, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make contributions here?" "Drop the generals under Shimin to Yuan Ji, Wei Chi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Yanjin, and Duan Zhixuan are all generals who are both wise and brave."

Waiting for your words, Li Jiancheng walked out with a dark smile. Location: East PalaceMonth: JuneTime: Late at night, the cold wind outside is swishing, and there is a lone lamp indoors, "Big brother, you know that I am not good at fighting, and you still let me go?" "It's not for you to actually go to war." "Don't let me go on a trip, don't lie to me."

"The purpose of letting you replace him as commander is to seize his military power and put all his generals under your name." "What's the use of that, those big bosses won't listen to me." "If you don't listen, you can kill."

"How can he give up after killing his generals?" "We can kill him first, and then then the generals under him" "Oh, I don't understand" ...... "The location is set at Kunming Lake, and the time is the day he will practice it for you" "Let's lay an ambush first, kill him, and then kill those disobedient two poles" "Yes" "How do you tell my father?" "Let's just say that he died of a violent illness, and everyone is dead anyway", "There is no proof of death", "After the deed is done."

I will be the emperor, and I will make you the emperor's brother" This conspiracy was originally very secret, and the parties thought that it would never be leaked out, but it was still known by a person, and it was precisely this person who should not know - Wang Hui, who was the head of the East Palace at the time, and he also had an unknown identity - a spy, a spy of King Qin.

As a spy on the eve of the chaos, Wang Hui was very professional, when he learned of this conspiracy, many years of spy experience told him that this matter was related to the life and death of the King of Qin, and without the slightest hesitation, he rushed to the palace of the King of Qin and told Li Shimin the news. After receiving this news, Li Shimin had mixed feelings, including unspeakable joy and joy at escaping the catastrophe, as well as loneliness and sentimentality. First, the spies over the years have not been cultivated in vain, and the money has not been wasted, but it has still been rewarded; second, Li Jiancheng was ruthless enough and planned carefully, and he was no longer the benevolent big brother; Third, I won't be fooled, no matter how careful your plan is, it's useless; Fourth, the time to fight back has arrived, and he feels that maybe it will come to an end from here.

Li Shimin told the news to the eldest grandson Wuji and others, and the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Chi Jingde and others persuaded Li Shimin to take action, and the survival of the words is only in your thoughts. Li Shimin couldn't make up his mind. He knew that if he killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, his father would not forgive him. How should I face my father at that time?

But if he can't bear to do it, Li Jiancheng will kill himself sooner or later. When he made up his mind to take away Li Jiancheng's crown prince, he already had a premonition that there would be such a day, and at that time he believed that he would not be merciful.

However, now is this time, he has always made up his mind to take the law, and his heart is uneasy, although the power struggle has wiped out family affection, humanity is still there. Looking at the impassioned brothers in front of him, Li Shimin was very distressed. If he fails, these people will not be alive, and for the first time in his heart, he regrets fighting for this throne, but the situation at this moment does not allow him to regret it, let alone think of retreating, so let's move forward, right?

Li Shimin thought of divination, divination is divination, when faced with a matter that is difficult to decide, people often believe in the will of heaven. It seems that if you push things to God, you can be less responsible, and it seems that God is right and wrong. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, said before he drew his sword by the Wujiang River and killed himself: "It is not a crime of war. Heaven will die for me! "There is heroism in melancholy, and there is unyielding in sadness, which I think is a kind of expression of shirking responsibility.

Li Shimin just put the divination on the table. Staff member Zhang Gongjin came in from outside and threw the divination thing on the ground. said to Li Shimin deeply: "Your Highness, now is not the time for divination. If God doesn't let us do it, we won't do it? ”

After hearing this, Li Shimin fell into deep thought, yes, where is there a way out, now that you say you don't want to be the prince, will Li Jiancheng let you go? Will Li Yuanji let you go? There is no way to retreat, since the first attack on Li Jiancheng, he no longer has a way to retreat, only to move forward, even if he knows that he is dead, he must rush forward!

Facing Zhang Gongjin, Li Shimin nodded firmly, yes, I no longer hesitate, no matter what the result is, I will no longer hesitate. Big brother and fourth brother, don't blame me, if you want to blame, you can only blame us for being born in the emperor's family. I believe I am the one who will win in the end.

When Li Shimin made up his mind, he abandoned a burden, and his heart was full of pride, and he wanted to formulate a careful plan to eradicate Li Jiancheng. Li Shimin remembered Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, these two were not in the mansion yet, and ordered the eldest grandson Wuji to invite them back quickly.

Fang Xuanling, who has been expelled for a long time, looked at the panting eldest grandson Wuji, they have been looking forward to this day for a long time, but they are not sure whether Li Shimin has really made up his mind, Fang Xuanling said: "The emperor has expelled us from the Qin Mansion, and if we go back, we will commit a capital crime, so we dare not go back." ”

The smart eldest grandson Wuji heard Fang Xuanling's voice, and conveyed this sentence to Li Shimin as it was, Li Shimin was furious when he heard it, "Did Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui really betray me?" He took off his saber and gave it to Wei Chi Jingde, saying, "If they refuse to come, cut off their heads." ”

Seeing Yu Chi Jingde carrying a knife and threatening to kill himself, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui knew that Li Shimin was really angry, and they really made up their minds, the goal had been achieved, and there was no need to take a shelf, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui should wear Taoist clothes in order to hide people's eyes, and enter the Qin Mansion with the eldest grandson Wuji, while Yu Chi Jingde took another road and then arrived.

Not long after Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui arrived in the Qin Mansion, a poisonous plan to eradicate Li Jiancheng came out. The 800 soldiers were already wearing armor and were waiting for Li Shimin's orders.

On the third day of the sixth month, Li Shimin entered the palace and accused Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and the harem concubines of adultery, and said: "The prince and the king of Qi want to kill me, isn't this revenge for Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and others?"

When I die, I will not be able to meet them under the Nine Springs. Li Yuan was very surprised, and said to Li Shimin: "Tomorrow I will carefully adjust this matter, you must come early." What Li Yuan didn't expect was that the next day, June 4, the news of the deaths of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji came.

On June 3rd, "Taibai Fujingtian", two successive "Taibai Jingtian", is nothing now, but it will have a deep impact in the Tang Dynasty, you must know that at that time, people's understanding of the world was still very limited, and they could not look at this phenomenon from a scientific perspective as now.

Fu Yi, the director of the observatory at that time, reported to Li Yuan: "Taibai appeared in Qin, and the king of Qin wanted to ascend the throne and own the world." Later, Li Shimin entered the palace (it is not clear whether he came by himself or was summoned, it can be guessed that he was summoned). Li Yuan sued Li Shimin about this matter.

Heaven heralded Li Shimin to become emperor, and only two people knew about this matter. One is Li Yuan, and the other is Fu Yi. As long as the two of them don't say it, and no one knows, this matter can be hidden from the ground. But Li Yuan still sued Li Shimin about this matter?

Didn't he know that this stimulated Li Shimin's ambition even more? Know, he knows the ambition to stimulate Li Shimin, so why does he still say it? There is only one reason, Li Yuan wants to deal with Li Shimin, watching the constant open and secret battles between the brothers, Li Yuan feels that when he needs to do something, he has to make a choice between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. So how did Li Yuan deal with Li Shimin?

Two possibilities. First, accept the hints of the celestial phenomena, abolish Li Jiancheng, and set up Li Shimin as emperor; Second, to solve Li Shimin, this solution is not necessarily to kill, it can be degraded to civilians, house arrest, or degraded to a wild place. In short, Li Shimin cannot be allowed to hold power again. If it is the first possibility, Li Shimin does not need to launch the Xuanwumen Change, just wait for Li Yuan to abolish Li Jiancheng, and then tell us the facts. Not the first possibility.

That is the second possibility, Li Yuan wants to attack Li Shimin, which is the real reason why Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Change. It's not Li Jiancheng. It's Li Yuan. It's just a guess, so let's see if it's just. At first, Li Shimin was hesitant. Unable to make up his mind about launching a coup d'état in Xuanwumen, his subordinates persuaded him with such words. "The King. What kind of person do you think Shun is? "Saints too."

"If Shun doesn't come out of the well, it's just a puddle of mud in the well; If Shun doesn't jump off the roof, he will definitely be burned to ashes; How can we give kindness to the people, so when we serve our parents, we accept it when we are beaten with a small stick, and when we are beaten with a big stick, we run away, and the relationship is heavy, and we must save our lives. Isn't that true of saints? "This is the story between Shun and his father, Shun, who beat Shun with a small stick, and Shun accepted, and when he hit Shun with a big stick, Shun ran away.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are brothers, what does such a big chase have to do with them, the wind and horses have nothing to do with each other, the only thing that can be explained is that Li Shimin corresponds to Shun, Li Yuan corresponds to Suo, Suo wants to fight Shun, and Li Yuan wants to deal with Li Shimin.

Such a passage just eliminated Li Shimin's inner concerns, so at that moment he decided to declare war on his father. As mentioned earlier, Li Yuan has always adopted a balanced strategy in the battle for the throne between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, at this time, why did he make a new choice?

Because Li Shimin hurt Li Yuan's heart, he actively cultivated his own forces in Luoyang, preparing to return to Luoyang, although it was not a rebellion, but there was an attempt to split the country, Li Yuan knew this, he could no longer balance it, compared with the whole world, his son was not important, so he chose the world and decided to give up his son - Li Shimin.

Li Jiancheng's denunciation of Zhang Liang's incident, although it did not achieve its goal, made Li Yuan suspicious of Li Shimin, and Li Shimin's request to go to Luoyang further exposed his true purpose.

At the beginning, Yang Guang used all kinds of tricks to seize the throne, but the death of the second Sui Dynasty, this living example, less than ten years later, was seen by Li Yuan with his own eyes, Li Yuan did not want the Tang Dynasty to repeat the mistakes of the Sui Dynasty.

So Li Yuan had to attack Li Shimin, for the stability of the country and the stability of the political situation, my son I had to do this, my father didn't love you, as the emperor, I have my helplessness. On June 4, the Xuanwumen Rebellion was launched, on June 7, Li Shimin was made the crown prince, and the military affairs should be handled by the prince, on August 8, Li Yuan was forced to abdicate, and on August 9, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor.

I used to be confused when I read this, and it was difficult to understand why Li Shimin had already killed Li Jiancheng and grabbed power from Li Yuan so quickly, but now I understand, because of the Xuanwumen Change, he killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, but Li Shimin's real enemy is his father-Li Yuan.

After Li Yuan told Li Shimin about "Taibai Jingtian", Li Shimin complained to Li Yuan, saying that Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and the concubines of the harem committed adultery, and Li Yuan replied: "Tomorrow I will gather the ministers to investigate this matter." "The son has committed adultery with his little wife, and the ugliness of the family must not be publicized, how can Li Yuan gather his ministers and let the brothers confront him?

So this piece is fake, it is forged by Zhenguan Shichen, so what did Li Shimin say to Li Yuan? It should be the next sentence: "The crown prince and the king of Qin want to kill me", this sentence stimulated Li Yuan, and he decided to summon Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji tomorrow, and the brothers confronted each other.

Li Jiancheng did not have a conspiracy to kill Li Shimin, so Li Jiancheng had a clear conscience, and he believed that this time would be the same as the Yang Wengan incident, as soon as he explained to his father, his father would be able to understand the truth, which was also the reason why Li Shimin concluded that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji would enter the palace tomorrow.

But Li Jiancheng didn't expect that Li Shimin didn't give him the opportunity to meet Li Yuan. In order to establish a glorious image of Li Shimin, it was Li Jiancheng who wanted to kill Li Shimin, and Li Shimin had no choice but to fight back, not taking the initiative to kill Li Jiancheng.

The reason why it is not clearly written in the history books that Li Yuan wants to deal with Li Shimin is also to maintain Li Shimin's image, in that case, Li Shimin will become the son abandoned by his father, which is very dishonorable, so he cannot write it, only vague and contradictory. The Zhenguan Shichen tried their best to protect Li Shimin, but they still revealed flaws, so that we, the descendants, could find the truth of the matter through these flaws.

I prefer to believe that among the many Zhenguan historians, there are some people who have always retained the sense of responsibility of the historians, and these flaws are deliberately left by them, deliberately left to those descendants who do not know the truth, so that they can read the truth between the lines, in their hearts, the Emperor Shengming is not important, and it is not important to live for generations, only the truth of the matter is the most important.

The right heart can make history! The final showdown: The Xuanwumen matter has developed to this point It seems that it is time to end, all the contradictions erupt at that moment, and all the dissatisfaction dies at that moment. (To be continued......)