The ** team composed of Li Shimin includes both Li Yuan Group, Li Jiancheng Group and Li Shimin's own original subordinates. In this way, the people of the Li Yuan Group and the Li Jiancheng Group can contain their original subordinates, prevent their subordinates from being presumptuous because of their merits, and prevent their influence from becoming too great.
This is precisely where Li Shimin's genius lies.
After Li Shimin formed the new **, he paid special attention to the original subordinates and set strict requirements to prevent them from going overboard.
Li Shimin became emperor in August, and in September, he assessed the official titles of meritorious heroes in person, and announced that if there was anything inappropriate, he could put forward his opinion.
Li Shimin's cousin Li Shentong put forward his opinion, he said: "When Taiyuan raised troops, I was the first to respond in Kansai, and now Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui rely on the pen above me, I am not convinced!" ”
Li Shimin said: "My uncle was the first to respond in Kansai, but he was also forced by the situation to flee the disaster. Dou Jiande annexed Shandong, his uncle's army was annihilated, Liu Heimin rose again, and his uncle retreated without a fight; My uncle is a royal relative, and I will never spare anything to him, but I will not reward him with personal favors. ”
Li Shentong is not only Li Shimin's uncle, but also Li Shimin's henchman, once, Li Jiancheng used poisoned wine to harm Li Shimin, it was Li Shentong who helped Li Shimin back to the Qin Mansion, if it wasn't for Li Shentong that time, Li Shimin might have died. When the cronies saw that Li Shentong was reprimanded, they didn't dare to fight for merit.
In September of the sixth year of Zhenguan (632 AD), Li Shimin's rule had been consolidated, and at a banquet, Yu Chi Jingde sat on top of him because of the morale of Yuwen, the elder brother of the emperor's favorite concubine, and scolded: "You have fart skills, dare to be on my throne!" The prince Li Daozong dissuaded, and Jingde beat Li Daozong's eyes swollen again. Li Shimin announced the boycott of the banquet, and he said to Jingde:
I saw Han Gaozu kill the heroes, and I thought it was Han Gaozu's fault, so I always hope to share wealth with you, and there will be no end to the descendants. However, you always keep breaking the law as an official, so I deeply feel that Han Xin and Peng Yue were chopped into meat sauce, which is not Gaozu's fault. The discipline of the state, only reward and punishment, and grace without distribution, cannot be kept constantly. You have to pay special attention, otherwise you won't regret it. ”
Jingde is a fierce general, in the battle, rushed to kill in front, great achievements, in the Xuanwumen Incident, he shot the King of Qi Li Yuanji, the greatest meritorious service, for such a confidant and love general, Li Shimin did not give in at all, and still severely reprimanded if he made a mistake, which is undoubtedly a wake-up call for those who are proud of their achievements.
Another important aspect of Li Shimin's domination is the care, love, and respect for his subordinates.
In the seventh year of Zhenguan (633 AD), Li Shimin and his ministers held a banquet, at which the "Dance of Seven Virtues" was performed to praise Li Shimin's merits. Some people say that "Dance of Seven Virtues" should add scenes of the emperor capturing Liu Wuzhou, Xue Rengao, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and others.
Li Shimin said: "These people are also heroes for a while. Many of the courtiers were their courtiers in the past, and if they saw their humiliation, could they not be saddened! ”
Li Shimin thought about the details and took care of the faces and emotions of the courtiers, which can be said to be a respect for the courtiers.
In many aspects of daily life, Li Shimin cared deeply about his courtiers. In the third year of Zhenguan, the young master of the crown prince, Li Gang, had a foot disease and could not walk in shoes. Li Shimin gave him a sedan chair and ordered the prince's guards to carry him to the East Palace. Li Shimin also ordered the crown prince to help him go to the palace and meet him in person, showing great respect for Li Gang.
Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, followed Li Shimin to conquer Goryeo, and Li Shimin made him and Li Shen the vanguard. When he crossed the Liao River and conquered Gaimu City, he encountered a large number of enemy troops coming ......Daozong led hundreds of warriors to ride straight into the enemy formation, rampage. Li Yi took the opportunity to flank the attack, and the enemy soldiers were defeated. Li Shimin arrived and rewarded him greatly. Daozong injured his foot in the battle, and Taizong personally gave him acupuncture and gave him imperial food.
Although Tang Taizong was a heroic figure who was good at leading troops to fight wars and governing the country, and was very prestigious within the ruling class, he also showed the quality of tolerance, and was not as brutal as emperors such as Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan (640 AD), Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, wrote regular script and cursive script on the screen, so that the ministers could watch it, and the pen was strong, which was a unique ...... for a whileTang Taizong once summoned more than three products of **, gave a banquet in Xuanwu Gate, personally practiced the pen to make flying white calligraphy, and the ministers took advantage of the wine to compete for the law book in the hands of Taizong. Liu Xun, a free-riding attendant, boarded the royal bed to snatch it, and won one. Those who didn't get it all said that Liu Xun boarded the royal bed, offended the emperor, and deserved to be executed, and asked for punishment by law. Taizong smiled and said: "In the past, Wenjie was good at resigning from traditional Chinese medicine, and now I see Chang Shi on the bed", and pardoned Liu Xun for his innocence.
Boarding the emperor's bed is the crime of killing the head, but Li Shimin laughed it off, showing Li Shimin's tolerance and kindness. Compared with Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang was very brutal, and the scholars were beheaded just because of a single word, which was considered a sarcasm for him.
Ancient kings, ancient heroes, there are really not many wise kings like Li Shimin.
Puzhou Assassin Pang Xiangshou was dismissed from his official position for committing ** crimes, and he himself said that he had served in the Qin Palace. Tang Taizong took pity on him and was ready to let him return to his original position, Wei Zheng advised: "There are many people around the King of Qin, inside and outside the court, I am afraid that everyone will rely on the emperor's personal favor, which will make those who enforce the law impartially afraid." ”
Tang Taizong accepted Wei Zheng's advice and said to Pang Xiangshou: "When I was the king of Qin in the past, I was the master of a palace, and now I am in the position of the emperor, but the master of the whole country, and I can't just favor my acquaintances and old friends. How dare I break the decree that the minister has enforced? So he gave him some silk and sent him home.
From this point of view, although Li Shimin was very fond of the people of the Qin Palace, he did not ignore the laws of the country because of this, and it was because of this that he was able to unite those heroes.
The third aspect of Li Shimin's dominance is to disperse the power of the courtiers and expand the number of people at the highest decision-making level to prevent the dictatorship of a few ministers.
Tang Taizong reformed the prime minister system, except for the three provinces (Shangshu Province, set up left and right servants; Zhongshu Province has set up Zhongshu Order; The province under the door is set up in the middle of the service. In addition to the governors of the three provinces are all prime ministers), Tang Taizong also set up titles such as "Participating in the Politics of the Dynasty", "Participating in the Politics of the Imperial Government", "Three Products under the Door of the Same Zhongshu", "Ordinary Chapter Affairs under the Door of the Same Zhongshu", and "Serving the Governor of the Government". The purpose of this is to promote the ** who is not as good as the prime minister, but has the ability and political foresight to participate in the highest decision-making of the court.
Li Shimin also stipulated that the edicts formulated by the Zhongshu Province should be deliberated by the Ministry of Menxia in order to prevent mistakes and mistakes.
After reforming the prime minister system, the organization was adjusted, the personnel were streamlined, and the huge number of people was reduced to only 640 people (there were more than 2,500 people in the Sui Dynasty, and when Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, the institutions of the Sui Dynasty were set up. )
Because Li Shimin recruited people from three different political groups to form a leading group, appointed talented people to serve as prime ministers, restrained his cronies, united them and served them, and at the same time increased the number of people participating in the highest decision-making, promoted the atmosphere of deliberations, and made his rule very consolidated. During his 19 years as emperor, there were no major ministers who rebelled, and there were no autocratic traitors, and his politics and economic development were praised by later generations.
The fourth aspect of Li Shimin's domination technique is to set a model of loyalty to the monarch and cultivate the idea of loyalty to the monarch.
Any feudal emperor requires his courtiers to be infinitely loyal to him, and Li Shimin is no exception, he pays special attention to cultivating the loyal monarch of his courtiers, and for this reason, he has done the following two things.
In the first year of Zhenguan, Taizong once talked about the fall of the Sui Dynasty in his spare time, and sighed:
Yao Silian is not afraid of killing, has a noble character, and examines the ancients, no one can surpass him. ”
Yao Silian was in Luoyang at the time. Taizong sent 300 pieces of silk and wrote to him: "I remember your loyalty and righteousness, so I give these things." ”
In the last years of the great cause, Yao Silian served as the attendant of Yang Yu, the king of the Sui Dynasty, and when the rebels conquered the capital, most of the subordinate officials of the acting king's palace fled in horror, and only Yao Silian waited for the king and did not leave his side. When the rebels were about to board the palace, Yao Silian said sharply: "Duke Tang launched the rebel army to raise troops, originally to save the royal family, you can't be rude to the acting king!" The soldiers believed him, and they gradually retreated, and lined up at the foot of the steps. After a while, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan arrived, and after hearing about this, he thought that Yao Silian was loyal and allowed him to help Wang Yang Yu to meet His Excellency Shunyang. Yao Silian wept and bowed, and then left. Everyone who saw it sighed and said: "What a loyal martyr, the so-called benevolent person has courage, doesn't it mean this kind of person?" ”
In the fifth year of Zhenguan (613 AD), Li Shimin said to his courtiers: "Qu Tutong is a Sui general, who fought with our army in Tongguan, and when he heard that the capital Chang'an had fallen, he led the army to retreat to the east. The rebels caught up with him in the peach forest. I sent his family to recruit him, and he killed the slave immediately. I sent his son again, and he said, 'I have been appointed by the Sui dynasty and have served as emperor for two generations, and now it is time for me to die for the sake of discipline, for we were father and son, and now we are enemies.' Then he shot his son with an arrow, and his son avoided it and fled. Most of the soldiers he led were scattered and fled, and Qu Tutong was left alone, weeping bitterly to the southeast, very sad. He said: 'I have been blessed by my country to be a general, and I have exhausted my wisdom and courage. It is not that I am not dedicated to my country. With that, he was captured by his pursuers. The Emperor gave him an official position, but he always resolutely refused under the pretext of illness. Such loyalty and discipline are really worthy of praise and praise. Therefore, Li Shimin ordered the competent government office to visit the descendants of those who were killed for speaking out and persuading Emperor Yang to follow Emperor Yang during the great cause of Emperor Sui, and report to the imperial court.
In 638 A.D. (the twelfth year of Zhenguan), Li Shimin posthumously presented Yao Jun as the history of Puzhou Thorn. Praise those who were loyal to their masters in the past, Yao Junsu is one of them. When Li Yuan Taiyuan raised troops and attacked Guanzhong, the Sui generals surrendered one after another like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves along the way, and only Yao Junsu, who was stationed in Puzhou, insisted on resisting for more than a year, and was finally killed by his subordinates.
While praising loyal ministers, he also dealt with disloyal courtiers again, and the officers Pei Qiantong, Niu Fangyu, Xue Shiliang and others who participated in the Jiangdu Mutiny and killed Emperor Yang of Sui, although they served as assassins of the Tang Dynasty, were later sent to the frontier.
Li Shimin cultivated the loyalty of his courtiers and set an example himself. Once, he wanted to personally carry a sedan chair for his father Li Yuan, but Li Yuan did not allow it, and finally the prince carried the sedan chair, which can be described as full of performance.
To be continued, **from the Internet).