Li's epitaph was unearthed and only 55 words were engraved on it. Why did Li Shimin do this?

The reason for doing this is to discredit Li and obliterate or transfer Li's contribution to Datang to himself. This is why future generations will say that Li Shimin was accused of "tampering with history".

As the eldest son of Tang Wang, Li has been following him since the day he started to fight. It can be said that it has made an indelible contribution to the establishment of Datang. But after Li's tomb was excavated. Among them, there are only 55 children in the epitaph, which is completely inconsistent with the identity of the prince. It can be seen that Li Shimin's idea is to belittle his eldest brother.

Li He is an excellent son. Li is in charge of civil servants and military commanders. However, Li Shimin has been concerned about Tang Gaozu's establishment of Li Jian as a prince. In the end, the contradiction between the two sides became more and more serious, reaching the point of irreconcilable, and launched the "Xuanwu Gate Change", which killed Li and won the throne.

For the sake of his ill-gotten wealth, Li Shimin wants to make his throne more stable. This is not the time when Li Shimin is in office. He also wanted future generations to recognize him as a king for thousands of years after his death, so Li Shimin chose to "tamper with history".

Of course, not only himself, but also some historians at that time took the practice of belittling Li to cater to it. One way is to tamper with Li's epitaph:

The epitaph of the Tang Dynasty was buried in Jingshi on June 4, 2009, and it was buried in Levin, Chang 'an County, Yongzhou on the 13th day of the first month of the second year of Zhenguan in Guangdong.

There are only some simple news about Li in the epitaph, but Li's contribution to the Tang Dynasty is not written. This practice is not only to make the world forget Li's contribution, but also an insult to his eldest brother.