**Wan Fan Incentive Plan The 14 words left by Li Yuan when he abdicated seemed to be a sincere warning, but Li Shimin didn't think so, and 16 years later, these words came true.
What kind of prophecy and wisdom are hidden in these profound words? What did Li Shimin think of these suggestions, and the results unexpectedly verified the words of this old gentleman?
In 618, during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, the world was already in chaos. Years of continuous wars have completely exhausted the strength of the people, and the people have risen one after another, and the Sui Dynasty has existed in name only. In this kind of chaotic world, taking the opportunity to seize the country and claim the king, many local heroes and rebel leaders are ready to move. And Li Yuan, who has been loyal to the Sui court for many years, naturally cannot escape the fate of turning his back on the people and plotting against him.
Li Yuan was originally a loyal person who had followed the court from birth to death during the period of Emperor Wen of Sui, and later after Emperor Yang of Sui succeeded to the throne, he was still conscientious and assisted in the government. However, the brutal rule of Emperor Yang of Sui and the continuous conquest of the people suffered deeply, and Li Yuan gradually became the nail in the heart of Emperor Yang of Sui. In this crisis-ridden situation, Li Yuan finally chose to betray the Sui court and united with his son Li Shimin to rebel.
As the leading fierce general under Li Yuan, Li Shimin has led the troops to fight over the years and made many military achievements. He also accumulated a deep popularity in various places. At this moment, the right time, the right place and the right people are all on the side of Li Yuan's father and son. Soon, Li Yuan's power swelled rapidly like a snowball, and the momentum was huge. The Sui court naturally realized that Li Yuan's rebellion would pose a great threat to him, and sent generals to lead troops to suppress it, but all of them failed without exception.
Finally, in 619, Emperor Yang of Sui was assassinated, and the Sui Dynasty fell. Then, when the situation of the heroes competing for hegemony and the princes electing a new monarch appeared, the people's desire was Li Shimin. After all, over the years, it was Li Shimin who led the army to make great contributions, and his prestige is incomparable. However, surprisingly, Li Shimin modestly excused himself, saying that his father Li Yuan should ascend to the throne.
Li Shimin ostensibly pushed the throne, but in fact, it was not that he did not want to seize it. However, considering the situation at that time, it may not be safe for him to ascend the throne directly. After all, Li Yuan, as his father, has indeed done a lot of strength in this era of turmoil. If Li Shimin directly seizes the throne, there will inevitably be criticism, which is very detrimental to the stability of political power.
So Li Shimin gave up the throne to his father Li Yuan, and he temporarily stepped aside. But this does not mean that he has lost interest and desire for the throne. He understood that Li Yuan was no longer young, and he was still in the prime of life. When his father reigns for a period of time, he will definitely canonize himself as the crown prince, and it is natural that he will be the first in the future. This was Li Shimin's original plan.
However, the good times did not last long, and what Li Shimin did not expect was that when Li Yuan officially ascended the throne, he did not fulfill his promise to make himself the crown prince. On the contrary, Li Yuan actually took out the tradition of brother to brother, and wanted to make his eldest son Li Jiancheng the crown prince! This made Li Shimin extremely disappointed and angry.
Faced with his father's dishonesty, Li Shimin believed that Li Yuan deliberately deprived him of the right to inherit the throne. After all, with his military exploits and popularity, he should have ascended to the throne at a clear price. He is unwilling to give up the throne that the mandate of heaven should belong to him in vain!
In fact, as far as Li Shimin himself is concerned, his desire for the throne is not simply a desire for power. On the contrary, as a person who is extremely good at governing the country and fighting with troops, Li Shimin does have a lot of criticism in his heart about Li Jiancheng, the elder brother who was made the crown prince.
Li Jiancheng is a person who has a gentle temperament to put it mildly, but to put it mildly, he is mediocre. He eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, indulges in lust, has no interest in political affairs, and is simply a loser who wastes his talent. Let such a person succeed to the throne is not beneficial to the Tang Dynasty.
And Li Shimin is different, he is diligent and studious, both civil and military, whether it is leading troops to fight or laying out policies, he is undoubtedly a good helper assisted by Ming Jun. Such a person, if he is given a chance, will definitely be able to create the heyday of Datang.
Soon, Li Shimin was convinced that Li Jiancheng would inevitably pose a threat to himself. The crown prince is the heir to the throne, as long as Li Yuan dies, Li Jiancheng will be on the rise. At that time, Li Shimin's future may be completely ruined.
Faced with such a reversal of fate, Li Shimin was naturally unwilling to give up. He began to secretly buy people's hearts and cultivate his own power. The courtiers, who had long been dissatisfied with Li Jiancheng's wasted rule, switched to Li Shimin at this time and became his confidants.
Finally, in 626, Li Shimin decided that his strength was enough to compete with Li Jiancheng. He chose to launch a surprise attack and killed Li Jiancheng and his fourth son, Li Yuanji, at the Xuanwu Gate of the Imperial Palace. After that, he quickly controlled the situation, led his troops into the palace, and forced Li Yuan to inherit the throne. At this point, Li Shimin got his wish and finally ascended to the long-admired throne.
With almost no way to fight back, Li Yuan was forced to write an edict announcing the surrender of the country to Li Shimin. Before leaving, he left a sentence: "If you kill my descendants, you will be the same in the future."
It means that if you kill my child today and usurp the throne, your children and grandchildren will follow in your footsteps and roll forward for this throne, mutilating their own siblings.
However, Li Shimin, who had just completed his great cause at that time, would ** take his father's resentful words to heart? He was so intoxicated with the joy of ascending the throne that he seemed to have forgotten how all this was achieved by unscrupulous means. Li Yuan's last words were just an old fool talking nonsense in his eyes!
After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was indeed an extremely diligent emperor, he governed the country well and created the Zhenguan rule of the Tang Dynasty. However, the shadow of this sentence has always been hovering, and finally turned into a cruel reality.
Li Shimin can be said to have a deep love and hatred for Li Chengqian's son. Li Chengqian is talented and intelligent, and Li Shimin has high hopes since he was a child, and he was made the crown prince early. In order to train him well, Li Shimin found the best teachers to enlighten and teach, and even asked people to inform the prince of the people's suffering, just to make him sympathetic to the people's feelings after he ascended the throne in the future.
However, he never expected that this son would finally be like himself back then, giving birth to a rebellious and fighting for the throne! At the beginning, Li Chengqian was repeatedly blamed by the teacher because of his own mistakes, and he was a little dissatisfied.
Later, seeing that his younger brother Li Tai also began to covet the position of the crown prince, it made Li Chengqian even more restless and trembling. He was afraid that his father would abolish him, so he had a plan to get rid of Li Tai, a big confidant.
However, the plan to assassinate Li Tai ended in failure. Li Chengqian, who was known to his father and the emperor, was completely anxious, and simply made a desperate bet and decided to follow Li Shimin's example and launch a mutiny to force his father to abdicate. However, Li Shimin's posture was resolute, and Li Chengqian's rebellion ended in failure.
Faced with the betrayal of his beloved son, Li Shimin was indeed in disbelief. He has obviously done his best to cultivate Li Chengqian, and wants him to embark on the right path, ** the Tang Dynasty. I didn't expect to receive such a reward in the end. Although according to the rules and regulations of the DPRK, Li Chengqian, who rebelled, should be executed, Li Shimin still did not have the heart to kill him.
The crown prince was deposed, and Li Shimin's other princes saw the stitches, which made Li Shimin, who had been betrayed and exhausted, even more exhausted. He witnessed his princes fighting to the death for a throne, but he was powerless to stop it. This may be the curse left by Li Yuan before he passed away - fratricide among children and grandchildren has become inevitable.
The change of Xuanwumen, in fact, throughout the whole process, we can clearly see a complex emotion of joy and sorrow. Li Shimin's skills overwhelmed the crowd and won the world; But this is based on the cruel methods of patricide and fratricide. He governed the country well and created a peaceful and prosperous era; But because of this, he was bound by Li Yuan's curse, and it was difficult to escape the fate of being brutalized by his descendants.
Perhaps as Li Shimin said: "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity." "Success is also Xiao Gui Cao Sui, and defeat is also Xiao Gui Cao Sui. The alternation of imperial power seems to have always been accompanied by endless bloody rain. This is the fate of the ruling class, right? Helpless.