Is Li Shimin desperate for the truth about Xuanwu Gate?

Xuanmen coup was an important coup in the history of Tang Dynasty. In this coup, he killed his brothers Li and Li Yuanji and forced his father to abdicate. Although Li Shimin later falsified history, from many historical materials, we can see that Li Shimin is up to no good. The real Tang Gaozu in history is not a "fatuous and incompetent" figure in popular history books, "he can't even be a moderate monarch". When Liu Wenjing and Li Shimin were invited to get married in the early years of Wude, and they clashed with Peiji, Tang Gaozu's first confidant, Tang Gaozu decided to get rid of Liu Wenjing in order to maintain his dignity. However, his son seems to be more reliable than outsiders, so he still follows the traditional habit of letting Li Shimin take on the heavy responsibility of managing Shandong, and at the same time using Li Yuanji Shimin's assistant, which also means to contain Li Shimin.

Killing a Liu Wenjing will never suppress Li Shimin's ambition. Yuanji, a nuisance, openly took the fruits of the victory of pacifying Shandong as his own. He not only regarded the collected elite soldiers as the private armor of the Qin government, but also regarded the literati counselors in Shandong as his own counselors. Moreover, by virtue of the privilege of "taking special punishment from within the tube", he opposed the imperial edict of Tang and Yuan Dynasties.

This made Li Yuan aware of the seriousness of the problem and said to Pei Ji and other confidants: "This son has been a model soldier for a long time and is arbitrary outside. A scholar taught him. He is not my ex-son. " "Naturally, the courtesy of Emperor Taizong is getting thinner and thinner." "After the completion, Yuanji began to be favored." Cheng Jian and Yuanji are by no means "rogues" and "dangerous people" as mentioned in history books. Gai Lou is cruel, but it is only a pre-emptive talent. Crazy for good or ill, with nesting marks. If it weren't for the disobedience and efforts of Emperor Taizong, how could it have caused the flood of three hundred years and the inheritance of the twenty emperors? Or stick to a small part, you will suffer big losses, not as good as Qin Ershi and Yang Di. " It seems that when Cheng Jian and Yuan Ji became emperors, the regime of the Tang Dynasty would soon collapse. Even the endings of Qin Ershi and Yang Di are not as good as those of Yang Di, only influenced by the slanderous remarks of the old Tang classics on Cheng Jian and Yuan Ji.

However, tampering with history is always a stupid thing. Today, it is not difficult to see the positive influence of Cheng Jian and Yuan Zhen on the royal family in the Tang Dynasty by studying the literature carefully. After the uprising in Taiyuan, Li Yuan made Cheng Jian and Shimin commander in chief from time to time until he officially proclaimed himself emperor. During this period, Cheng Jian and Shimin completed their respective tasks, and there was no obvious difference between good and bad. Yuanji is young and stays in Taiyuan as a tutor. In 6 19, when Liu Wuzhou captured Wu, he was only seventeen. I'm afraid it's Dou Dan, Yu Xin or something. Those who helped him when he failed should bear more responsibility. Li Shimin is not a winning general. In July of the first year of Wude, the main force he commanded was defeated by Xue Ju in Jingzhou. Later, Wang, Dou Jiande and Liu Heita did win under the command of Wang, but Yuanji also took part in the command.

For example, in the decisive battle with Dou Jiande, "Yuanji and Qu Tutong were losing ground when they besieged the King, and refused to fight. Yuanji ambushed them and beheaded 800 people, but captured their general Le Renyun and thousands of soldiers, which made them have no worries. Yuanji was only 19 years old at this time, and he was a precocious military talent in the feudal ruling class. As for politics, after he became a prince, "Gaozu was worried that he was not good at politics, and every time he learned about politics, he informed him of the decision of the Committee." That is, let him learn to be responsible for his daily work. History books can't find out how badly he did in politics at this time. On the contrary, he is at least more experienced than Li Shimin in this respect. Li Shimin's growing authoritarianism in Pinglu certainly squeezed the feeling of being a prince. Yuanji also has his own plans, and he doesn't want to be the second in Li Shimin. So they split up and dealt with Li Shimin together.

Teacher Chen Yinque has already talked about the change of Xuanwu Gate on June 4, 1999 in the novella of national history. Here, I just want to say one thing different from Mr. Chen, that is, this military coup is a "desperate" for me. At that time, it was obvious that Tang supported the completion, Yuan Jihe. On June 4th, arbitration was held, and Pei Ji, Li Shimin's wing Liu Wenjing, was removed from the post of chief minister. It can be estimated that the result is unfavorable to Li Shimin.

Even if the status quo is maintained after the arbitration, and Li Shimin is not punished, it is necessary for Yuanji to rob his father's elite. Li Shimin is about to become a short prince with little strength. Judging from the military strength of both sides at that time, the combined strength of Orient House and Blessing was far stronger than Li Shimin could control in Beijing. If the East Palace and the soldiers who prayed for blessings had not arrived, it would have been built long ago, and Yuanji had been attacked and killed. If the soldiers of Orient House and Qi government are dispersed, Li Shimin will fail.

Li Can Shimin and others have been through many battles. How can they not know the failure of this army? Therefore, the change of Xuanwu Gate is an adventure of Li Shimin and others in an extremely unfavorable predicament, and its success or failure depends entirely on whether the trial can be unexpectedly completed and Yuanji killed. This, of course, is not very sure, which makes Li Shimin, who has seen the world, extremely flustered and wants to predict good or ill luck.

That's history. As far as the historical conditions at that time were concerned, it was inevitable for the princes to snatch the supreme power of the emperor. However, after all, who wins and who loses, just like the ending of the change of Xuanwu Gate, has to admit that there are many accidental elements.

More tragically, the Xuanwumen coup set a precedent for future generations to seize power. In the Tang Dynasty, there were numerous coups. For example, Zhang Jianzhi later "remonstrated" Wu Zetian's dragon coup, Prince Li Zhongjun killed Wu Sansi, Wei Hou was poisoned to death, and Li Longji and Princess Taiping jointly murdered Wei Hou. Wait a minute. It's hard to count. The whole middle Tang Dynasty spent decades in constant displacement.