In June of the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin led the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Chi Jingde and other capable generals to launch the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killing the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji and ten nephews, so as to win the battle for succession, and two months later became the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and then opened the rule of Zhenguan, becoming a rare Ming monarch in history.
However, launching the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killing his brother and forcing his father has always been a stain on Li Shimin.
In fact, Li Shimin was unwilling to come to this point, Li Shimin originally wanted to take another road before launching the Xuanwumen Change, but that road was blocked by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, so it caused this human tragedy.
When Jinyang raised troops, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's status was about the same, but when they attacked Chang'an, especially after Li Yuan ascended to build the country, the status between them changed very much, Li Jiancheng was the prince, mainly staying in Chang'an to do his duty as the prince, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, became the most important commander of the Tang Dynasty to pacify the world.
With the acceleration of the pace of pacifying the world, Li Shimin established immortal military exploits, and was named the general of Tiance after defeating Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and he could be placed as an official subordinate.
In the process of pacifying the world, he had gathered a lot of capable generals around him, and after he had Tiance Mansion, these people became Li Shimin's right-hand men. **Ten Thousand Fans Incentive Plan Coupled with Li Shimin's establishment of a literature museum, this has increased the strength of Tiance Mansion, which is really a small imperial court. Li Shimin's status is only below Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, and even with the strength to compete with Li Jiancheng, his ambitions can no longer be hidden.
The struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin began to be revealed after Li Shimin became the general of Tiance, and it continued to expand. Especially the Yang Wengan incident in the seventh year of Wude, which put the battle between the two on the bright side.
Li Jiancheng began to gradually eradicate Li Shimin's forces, pressing forward step by step, and adopting strategies such as wooing, buying, assassinating, and releasing the capable generals around Li Shimin, hoping to turn Li Shimin into a lonely man in Chang'an City.
But Li Shimin will not sit idly by, and those capable ministers and fierce generals gathered around him will not change hands easily, and the risk of changing hands is actually greater than loyalty, and Li Shimin will either die or be prosperous and rich, and he will be excluded from the court if he is not good.
And if the owner changes, even if Li Jiancheng becomes the emperor, they will not be reused, so no one is stupid, so it is better to follow Li Shimin and ensure that Li Shimin has the last laugh.
There is already an incompatibility between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, and no one can tolerate anyone, so there are two roads around Li Shimin, one is to leave Chang'an City and go to Luoyang to operate; The second is to stay in Chang'an City and pull Li Jiancheng down from that position.
Li Jiancheng has been a prince for many years, it can be said that there is no leakage, it is basically impossible for Li Shimin to find his fault, so the only way to pull him down is to get rid of him, Li Shimin does not want to take this road, so he wants to leave Chang'an City.
Li Shimin asked Wen Daya, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of Xingtai, to guard Luoyang, and asked Zhang Liang to lead Wang Bao and other more than 1,000 people to Luoyang, operate in Luoyang, make friends with the heroes of Shandong, and try to establish a large base in Luoyang.
However, Li Shimin's scheme, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji also knew a little, and soon Zhang Liang was reported by Li Yuanji for plotting misdeeds, Zhang Liang was arrested in Chang'an, and was tortured and interrogated, but fortunately he didn't say anything, and was finally released back to Luoyang.
At this time, another incident happened, Li Jiancheng held a banquet in the mansion and invited many members of the Li Tang clan, including Li Yuanji, Li Shimin, Li Shentong, etc.
At the banquet, Li Shimin suddenly covered his stomach, and then fell to the ground**, which frightened everyone, Li Shentong hurriedly helped Li Shimin back to Hongyi Palace, and called the imperial doctor to diagnose it, but fortunately, there was no major incident. This incident is recorded in the Book of the Two Tang Dynasty and the "Zizhi Tongjian", and the record in the "Zizhi Tongjian" is quoted here to explain:
"Built to summon the people of the world at night, drink and drink, the people of the world are violent and heartbroken, ** a few liters, and the king of Huai'an will return to the West Palace. ”Li Shimin was drunk and poisoned at Li Jiancheng's family banquet, this incident was not small, especially in the tense situation at that time, Everyone knew what it meant, but Li Yuan's reaction to this matter seemed strange.
After Li Yuan learned about this, he quickly went to Hongyi Palace to inquire about Li Shimin's situation, and then issued an edict to Li Jiancheng
"King Qin can't drink, and he won't have to drink it at night! ”Li Shimin drank poisonous wine, but Li Yuan just asked Li Jiancheng not to ask Li Shimin to drink again, is this punishment too light? Could it be that Li Yuan is biased? In reality, this is not the case.
Although it is recorded in the historical books that this poison was designed by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, Li Shimin, and asking him to drink was to poison him, but we know that it may not be the most unlikely poison to be Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng is not stupid, he is the prince, as long as he is the prince of the Tang Dynasty and beware of Li Shimin, it is very likely that he will succeed to the throne smoothly, if he designs to get rid of Li Shimin, he will basically be the end of the prince, which is why he has always refused to get rid of Li Shimin.
It's not that he is soft-hearted, it's not that he doesn't want to get rid of Li Shimin, but the timing is not right, he can find a reason to solve Li Shimin after he ascends the throne, instead of getting rid of Li Shimin on the throne of the crown prince.
Besides, at his own family banquet, he poisoned Li Shimin, which is too obvious, he has been the prince for many years, and he will not do such a stupid thing, so it is impossible for Li Jiancheng to poison Li Shimin.
Judging from the results, whether Li Shimin will be poisoned or not, it will not be beneficial to Li Jiancheng, why should he do something that is not beneficial? Is it possible that Li Yuanji? There is a possibility.
Li Yuanji is also ambitious, and he is not simply on Li Jiancheng's side, but he is not as good as Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin in any aspect, so only when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are dead, he has a chance, what he has to do is to let Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin lose both, which is why Li Yuanji has repeatedly persuaded Li Jiancheng to get rid of Li Shimin.
However, in Li Jiancheng's mansion, Li Yuanji may not have a chance to poison Li Shimin, or Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin may not be able to guard against him. Therefore, he may poison Li Shimin, but it is only possible.
In fact, the one most likely to poison Li Shimin is Li Shimin himself. We can see the results that Li Shimin is just **, and he was not poisoned, and this result is quite beneficial to Li Shimin. What does Li Shimin want to achieve with this? Leave Chang'an City.
Looking at Li Shimin lying on the bed, Li Yuan said something to him, the last sentence of which was very interesting, he said this:
"The Guanru brothers seem to be incompatible, they are in the same Jingyi, there will be conflicts, when you are sent to return to Taiwan, live in Luoyang, and be the king from the east of Shaanxi. still ordered you to build the banner of the Son of Heaven, such as the story of King Xiao of Han Liang. ”Li Yuan saw this drama at the banquet very clearly, so he didn't blame Li Jiancheng, but just asked him not to ask Li Shimin to drink again, and he didn't feel good about Li Shimin, according to the primogeniture inheritance system, Li Shimin did not have the position of the crown prince, but he has been in the world since the beginning of the Jinyang army, and the great achievements he has made cannot be ignored.
For Li Shimin's son, Li Yuan has always been contradictory, and he can't give him too much if he wants to compensate him, so when this incident happened, Li Yuan decided to let Li Shimin leave Chang'an City and go to Luoyang, which was equivalent to giving Li Shimin the right to divide land and govern himself.
This is exactly the result Li Shimin wants, when he arrives in Luoyang, he can rely on Luoyang and take the world as his own little by little.
But Li Yuan really said it, Li Shimin still refused on the grounds of unfilial piety, and Li Yuan said that Chang'an was not far from Luoyang, and he thought that Li Shimin could go to Luoyang to see him. What other reasons does Li Shimin have to refuse?
However, just as he was about to leave Chang'an City, he was stopped by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji will not be stupid enough to let Li Shimin go to Luoyang, isn't that just letting the tiger return to the mountains and the fish into the sea?
Luoyang was originally captured by Li Shimin, and there was his power there, once he returned to Luoyang, it would be more difficult to control him than to ascend to the sky. And if Li Shimin is in Chang'an City, it will be different.
Even though Li Shimin is both civil and military, and there are many capable ministers and fierce generals around him, his power is naturally unable to compete with Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, and with Li Jiancheng's plan, many of Li Shimin's right-hand men were transferred out of the capital or sent home. As long as Li Shimin is still in Chang'an City, his hands and feet will be tied.
"If the king of Qin goes to Luoyang, he has land armor soldiers, which cannot be copied; It's better to stay in Chang'an, then it will be easy to take. ”So Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji prevented Li Shimin from leaving Beijing, and it was precisely because of this that Li Shimin's team knew that they had only one way, and that was to solve Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, so there was a change in Xuanwumen not long after.