Li Yuan abdicated and gave birth to 30 sons, Li Shimin had a headache, and Wu Zetian solved all the problems with one move
Tang Taizong Li Shimin was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and after he came to power, he was also quite effective, opening up his views in politics, appointing people on the basis of merit, and governing the Tang Dynasty in an orderly manner. However, he launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killed his own brother, and ascended to the throne.
Li Shimin may not be very good for his relatives, and even after Li Yuan's father abdicated, Li Shimin later gave more than 30 younger brothers and sisters a headache, and Wu Zetian just saved him with a trick. Here's the thing, let's take a look.
As the emperor's grandson, it is not uncommon for the nine sons to seize the heir, although it triggered the Xuanwumen Change, but the imperial father did not shoot Li Yuan, killing the father and the monarch is not uncommon in the history of the royal family, it seems that Li Shimin naturally does not have his wisdom.
Li Yuan said that Li Shimin's father was to blame for all this. Li Yuan said that he experienced the first time the royal family in the struggle for imperial power for decades, and everyone looked at the throne with their eyes, and he felt this way. Therefore, from the moment Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, Li Yuan also realized his status, and in the future, the emperor's reluctance to deal with political affairs would be passed on to Li Shimin, and it could also be said that the emperor's life was waiting for him to die.
Although we rarely read the whole history, although we have watched some palace fighting dramas, it has to be said that in the most ruthless era, people will be troubled by their own interests. Li Yuan knows his son very well, and in Li Shimin's time, there is likely to be a suspicious prince, Li Yuan has long expected the later ending, nothing more than for the sake of his own future.
After all, if two tigers fight, there must be an injury, this truth is understood by ordinary people, not to mention Li Yuan's power struggle, so Li Shimin will force the palace and quickly withdraw from the army.
Although Li Yuan had to give up the throne to Li Shimin in the end, according to various historical materials, Li Shimin's ability to handle state affairs can still be affirmed by Li Yuan. In addition, the reason why Li Yuan was able to live a long life and give birth to more than 30 children was also because Li Shimin was able to govern the country in an orderly manner after ascending the throne.
According to Li Shimin, after Li Yuan's abdication, he lived freely and did not ask about the affairs of the palace. Later, he moved out of the palace and lived a freer life, surrounded by beautiful women. Li Yuan's behavior of not asking about the world allows Li Shimin to sit on the throne with peace of mind, and more is better than less, because Li Yuan is not harmful to himself, and there is no need for him to fall into the crime of killing his father.
When the Tang Dynasty was rich in products and strong in national strength, the Li family realized that as long as they raised more than 30 children, they could make their old father smile, so why couldn't Li Shimin do this?Besides, the dynastic struggle is nothing more than whose family has more children, although these thirty younger brothers and sisters cost a lot, but in the power struggle in the future, when they are pushed to their side, it is also a good thing, their own family is always more reliable than outsiders, isn't it?
But there is one thing Li Shimin didn't expect that these younger brothers have no culture, they live a life of eating chaff and waiting for death every day, and they are extremely poor and luxurious, even if Li Shimin is very powerful behind his back, he doesn't have a little ink in his stomach, and he has no idea of framing himself for trial.
Li Shimin was more concerned about consolidating the throne and eliminating political enemies, but at the same time he didn't have the heart to inquire about the life experiences of these princesses, which was really tyrannical. Later, these royal princesses caused a huge deficit in the treasury, but Li Shimin was too old to rule, even if he wanted to rule, he couldn't do it, so he could only let them go.
However, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to continue to develop, the treasury could not always be empty, and this hot potato was a problem after all. From Li Shimin to Li Zhi, this problem has not been completely solved. Until Wu Zetian ascended the throne, but after solving this problem with one move, what method did Wu Zetian use?
As we all know, Wu Zetian, as the first empress in Chinese history, can be described as vicious, and everyone avoided it at that time. Later, a generation of empress Wu Zetian unified the Tang Dynasty, after all, in order to recapture the country from the Li family, Wu Zetian looked down on the children and grandchildren of the Li family, so after coming to power, she brutally suppressed the children and grandchildren of the Li family
Unlike Li Shimin, Wu Zetian hated these ignorant descendants of the Li family who threatened his power, and had been waiting for the opportunity to get rid of them in one fell swoop and remove them from their future lives. This caused dissatisfaction among the descendants of the Li family. Of course, these pampered little princes and princesses can't bear to be forced to live a hard life, and try their best to catch up with their ex-brother-in-law Wu Zetian.
Li Shimin's younger brother Li Yuanjia took the lead, and Wu Zetian went to talk to him. Wu Zetian was worried, there was no reason to get rid of the scourge of the Tang Dynasty moth, he was not afraid of this death Li Yuanjia just gave Wu Zetian a good reason. As the so-called new official took office with three fires, Wu Zetian immediately executed Li Yuanjia for the crime of treason, in order to set an example. Due to Wu Zetian's ruthless methods, the descendants of the Li family had to be honest and stammering for a while.
But as the descendants of the Li family became more and more dissatisfied, Wu Zetian, who had never been afraid of death, couldn't hold back and frantically wanted to hit the bottom**. The old planted tree made the uneducated woman copy the cold bench, how willing. Under the leadership of Li Zhen, the descendants of the Li family launched a rebellion with no chance of victory and recaptured the Li family. In the end, of course, it was stuck, and Wu Zetian took the opportunity to whitewash the descendants of the Li family and cleaned the butts of more than 30 royal families.
At this point, the big problem that made Li Shimin have a headache and hatred was finally solved, although Wu Zetian's method of disobedience and murder was very vicious, but it fundamentally solved the problem and made Datang continue to develop for a period of time.
The final tragic ending of these court gentlemen and royal villains makes us understand that wealth and power are not the ultimate goal of life, and we must find the value of our own existence, and we cannot sit back and eat. Power and money are fleeting after all, and we must not live a life of luxury and pleasure, but must learn to be prepared for danger in times of peace.