Li Yuanji is a person with mediocre talents, but he has extraordinary ambitions, and finally paid the price for his desires in Xuanwumen. The battle for the throne during the Wude period was divided into the crown prince Li Jiancheng group and the Qin king Li Shimin group, Li Yuanji, as the king of Qi, could have stayed out of the matter, but he did not hesitate to join this life-and-death battle.
To put it bluntly, he just wants to gain more power than the King of Qi, and that can only be the crown prince. Li Yuanji's strategy was: when the competition between the crown prince and the king of Qin was the main contradiction, he temporarily hid his desire to enter the East Palace, first supporting the eldest brother to defeat the second brother, and then defeating the eldest brother to become the ultimate victor.
His plan is divided into two phases: the first stage, uniting the eldest brother to defeat the second brother; The second stage, replacing the eldest brother. The King of Qin and the King of Qi themselves are both vassal kings, and there is no possibility of union, and Li Shimin's personal ability is well known, if Li Yuanji unites the second brother to defeat the eldest brother, then it will be absolutely impossible for him to defeat the second brother with his own strength in the future, which is self-defeating.
Therefore, uniting with the prince group, attacking and retreating, is Li Yuanji's best strategy. There is another reason that Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng's personal relationship is closer.
Before Taiyuan raised troops, Li Shimin was Li Yuan's right-hand man, and Li Jiancheng was stationed abroad for a long time with his younger brother Li Yuanji, who had a deep emotional foundation. Moreover, when Li Yuanji and Wei Chi Jingde competed, Wei Chi Jingde knocked him down three times, which made Li Yuanji, who was very confident in his martial arts, very injured.
He believed that Wei Chi Jingde's behavior must have come from the second brother's intentions. In short, whether it is driven by personal factors or interests, Li Yuanji can only join forces with his eldest brother.
Li Yuanji] ran away in a 100-meter sprint, unable to draw the bow three times, and had a vicious personality. In the face of interests, family affection and brotherhood are not worth mentioning to him. He can order his subordinates to strangle the nurse, and he will spare no effort to strike at the core members of the Qinwang group.
Whether it is personal ability, identity advantage, or team quality, Li Jiancheng is above Li Yuanji, and Li Jiancheng is also using Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji: From a capable general to a tragic defeated general Li Yuanji is Li Jiancheng's younger brother, but he has performed well in the prince's camp and is a capable leader. He had a keen sense of smell, sensed Li Shimin's actions to run Luoyang City, and successfully arrested Zhang Liang.
However, his joining was not without purpose, Li Jiancheng reached a private agreement with him, and Li Jiancheng made Li Yuanji the emperor's younger brother after he ascended the throne. However, this agreement put Li Yuanji in danger.
Li Shimin's threat to Li Jiancheng made Li Jiancheng have the idea of using Li Yuanji to kill the King of Qin first, and then clean up Li Yuanji. In this way, Li Yuanji became the common enemy of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
Although he thinks he is a yellow bird, neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin is easy to mess with. His abilities and desires did not match, and he ended up paying the price for his impulsive actions.
Li Yuanji's character formation is also related to his growth environment. He was not treated well by his mother since he was a child, and was raised by his wet nurse Chen, and this upbringing may have affected his personality.
In general, Li Yuanji is a typical tragic figure, and the tragedy of his fate is not his personal responsibility, but the result of the struggle between circumstances and power.
The disadvantage of appearance and eccentric mother caused Li Yuanji's psychological state to be unhealthy, which was also the beginning of his distortion. After all, it is also inexplicable why Li Yuanji is the only one who has become an outlier from the same parents.
Therefore, parents should be more concerned about the formation of their children's character during their formative years, rather than just material giving. I hope you will understand this, and I hope that you will support my work.