Chapter 50 10. One yuan starts again, Vientiane is renewed

During the struggle between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, their personalities brought different endings to them.Li Jiancheng was very hesitant in doing things, and always let the enemy go at critical moments, giving Li Shimin a chance to breathe and counterattack.Li Shimin, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, is different. He knows that if he wants to kill his prey and win, he has to work hard, and he can't stop until he achieves his goal.In the Xuanwumen Incident, he was able to kill the prince and King Qi with one blow. Li Yuan, Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu and others, who were waiting for the prince to come to worship and plead guilty in the Linhu Palace, did not realize at all that their two sons had died in Xuanwumen.They didn't realize that things had changed until the fully armed Yuchi Gong came to the front of the hall with a weapon in hand.Li Yuan asked in horror: "What happened?"

Yu Chigong said: "The Crown Prince and the King of Qi attempted to conspire against each other. They tried to assassinate the King of Qin at Xuanwu Gate, but they were already beheaded by the King of Qin. In the end, the general was ordered to come to protect His Majesty." When Li Yuan heard the news, it was like five thunderbolts. The situation he least expected to see finally became a reality, and it was under the condition that he was not prepared at all.Pei Ji waited hurriedly to support Li Yuan who had fallen on the dragon chair, and comforted him constantly. After a while, Li Shimin, covered in blood, appeared in front of Li Yuan, knelt on the ground, and said in tears: "The prince wanted to assassinate his sons and officials, but I had no choice but to fight back. In order to protect the safety of the emperor, they have been killed at the Xuanwu Gate." Already, please forgive me!"

Li Yuan, who was dazed, didn't have any strength to blame Li Shimin at this moment.Outside the gate of the palace, Yu Chigong stood with a knife; behind Li Shimin, there were generals such as Hou Junji and Cheng Zhijie following them. Seeing their swords gleaming in their hands and their bodies dripping with blood, what else could Li Yuan say!But when he thought of Jian Jiancheng and Yuan Ji's tragic death just now, he couldn't help the grief in his chest, pointed at Li Shimin and shouted: "You rebellious son, you are so bloodthirsty that you don't even spare your own brothers!" Li Shimin pushed out to ask for beheading.

Pei Ji and Chen Shuda hurried forward and knelt down, urging Li Yuan to say: "It's all done now, the crown prince and King Qi are dead, if something happens to King Qin, it will be a great disaster for the Tang Dynasty!" Among Li Yuan's important ministers, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu and others have always been supporters of King Qin, and they all admire Li Shimin's talent and ability.When the king of Qin fought with the crown prince, he always stood by Li Shimin's side. Now that the crown prince is dead, they can only support the king of Qin more and try to protect Li Shimin.

With the consolation of everyone and Li Shimin's constant pleas, Li Yuan also began to slowly recover his sanity. He understood that the situation was beyond his control. Since Li Shimin dared to kill the prince, he must have mastered the inside and outside of the palace.Xiao Yu said: "A country cannot live without a crown prince. Now that the crown prince is dead, it seems that the king of Qin can only be crowned crown prince." Li Yuan had no choice but to accept this suggestion. After Li Shimin made a gesture, he accepted Li Yuan's appointment in the hall and became the new master of the East Palace.But Yuchi Jingde suddenly came to the front of the palace with weapons and said to Li Yuan: "Now the prince and the army of King Qi are still fighting with the army of King Qin's mansion outside the palace gate. Please give the emperor the military power to King Qin so that he can control these troops. Stopping the war can also reduce losses!"

When everyone heard this, they all secretly praised Yu Chigong for his thoughtfulness.Since ancient times, military power has been the real power, and only by controlling the army can we stabilize the country.But after thinking about it, although Yu Chigong, who was born as a military general, knew the importance of military power, he might not have thought of it when the incident happened.Seeing this, Li Yuan had nothing to say, so he agreed to Yu Chigong's request. Li Shimin refused to accept Li Yuan's appointment at first, but after refusing several times, he reluctantly accepted under the persuasion of Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and others.He knelt in front of Li Yuan, weeping bitterly, expressing his deep guilt for his guilt.And Li Yuan also recognized the situation, and said to him: "It's only my fault that I have listened to the slander of the villain all this time, and I don't trust you enough, otherwise what happened today would not have happened."

Li Yuan's words cleverly found a way for himself, and secretly praised Li Shimin, which resolved the embarrassing situation between the two of them.Li Shimin also took advantage of Li Yuan's explanation, took control of the military power, and became the prince. After getting rid of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, Li Shimin did not stop, and based on the principle of cutting grass and roots, he not only killed Jiancheng's five sons and Yuanji's five sons, but also issued an edict to cancel all their family identities and royal identities, and let Li These two people have never been seen in the family tree since.Among them, all the property of Qi Wang Li Yuanji was rewarded to Yu Chigong who made outstanding contributions in this incident.

Three days after the change of Xuanwumen, Li Yuan officially issued an edict, making Li Shimin the crown prince, and announced that from now on, all military affairs, military battles, and granary matters, no matter how big or small, will be decided by the crown prince. Can.From then on, Li Yuan became completely nameless and handed over all the power to the new crown prince. After grasping the overall situation, Li Shimin did not start killing. Regarding the current situation, except for the Jiancheng and Yuanji families whom he was very taboo, he did not want to cause unnecessary troubles due to indiscriminate killing.He said to Fang Xuanling: "Now the situation has just stabilized, and there are not a few people who colluded with the prince and King Qi before. If we all want to beheaded, blood will flow into rivers. This is not what I want to see."

Fang Xuanling said: "Jiangjian has been in the court for many years, and most of the people who associate with him occupy important positions. At the time of the mutiny, Xue Wanche, Feng Li, Xie Shufang and other old ministries had already fled from the city. I think there are still many people who are still here at the moment." Wait and see, once they are touched, it may cause resistance. If war breaks out, it will not only cause turmoil, but also cause the loss of talents, which is too bad for us. Why don't we ask the emperor to decree that the old ministries of Jiancheng and Yuanji will no longer Only by doing this can you stabilize people's hearts!"

Li Shimin adopted Fang Xuanling's suggestion, and soon asked Li Yuan to pardon Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's followers.As soon as the edict was issued, Xue Wanche and Feng Li, who were hiding in Zhongnan Mountain outside Chang'an City, immediately appeared and entered the city to plead guilty.Li Shimin received them warmly, not only did not blame them, but also said to the left and right: "They are all loyal to their duties and are righteous men, so they should be treated warmly and not neglected." This move played a soothing role in people's hearts. Li Shimin also made an exception for Wei Zheng, the adviser who once advised Li Shimin to put Li Shimin to death, and appointed him as the director of Zhan affairs.Those prince and old ministers who had been uneasy put their hearts back into their stomachs, and began to follow Li Shimin wholeheartedly.

After some baptism, a group of heroes who have been following Li Shimin to advise him have also been reused one by one.Yuwen Shiji was appointed as Prince Zhan Shi, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui were appointed as Zuo Concubine, Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling were appointed as Right Concubine, Yu Chigong was appointed as Left Guard, Cheng Zhijie was appointed as Right Guard, Yu Shinan was appointed as Zhongsheren.Even Wang Gui and Wei Ting, the counselors of the Prince's Mansion who had been exiled because of Yang Wengan's rebellion, were also recalled, and all of them were named Adviser Doctors. And one month later, these people were greatly promoted again. Qin Shubao was appointed as the General of Zuowuwei, Cheng Zhijie was appointed as the General of Youwuwei, and Yu Chigong was appointed as the General of Youwuhou.Fang Xuanling was appointed as Zhongshuling, Changsun Wuji was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Du Ruhui was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War, and Xiao Yu, who supported Li Shimin after the Xuanwumen Incident, was appointed as Zuo Pushe.These appointments were Li Shimin's arrangement to control the government and the military. With rewards for meritorious deeds, all those who occupied important positions in the court became cronies of the Qin Palace. Two months after the change of Xuanwumen, Li Yuan abdicated to Prince Li Shimin. After three times of refusal, Li Shimin changed Yuan Zhenguan, calmly took the position he had been looking forward to for a long time, and finally took full control of the country.Soon, he created the famous "Zhenguan Reign" in Chinese history and achieved extreme prosperity of the country. Li Shimin himself has extraordinary talents and general strategy, which can be described as both wisdom and courage.In countless wars, he used tactics skillfully and was good at winning by surprise, and every time he went to the battlefield, he must take the lead and rush to the forefront.In the process of governance and management, he paid attention to giving both kindness and power, treated talents with sincerity, sought talents eagerly, and accepted advice with an open mind.Both Wenzhi and martial arts have made great achievements.Regarding the means by which he obtained the throne, Li Shimin was very worried that future generations would criticize it, but because of his outstanding ability, he also allowed the world to live in the prosperous age he created. Therefore, in the historical records of later generations, although Xuanwumen will be mentioned The change is thrilling, but there are many words of affirmation for him. During Li Shimin's reign, he selected talents eclecticly, realized the truth that "a king is like a stone, and a good minister is like a craftsman", and he would adopt an open-minded attitude towards ministers' suggestions.At the same time, he preliminarily established a political management system of separation of powers with mutual supervision, stipulating that the implementation of laws and regulations needs to be reviewed at various levels to ensure the feasibility of policies, correct his own mistakes in time, and avoid the harm and impact caused by bad policies.He has achieved brilliant results in wars against Turkic, Tuyuhun, and Mobei in his life. He is called "Tian Khan" and is a veritable emperor through the ages.No matter what strategy he adopted in the process of power struggle, he could not obliterate his political achievements in the later period, and of course he is worthy of the admiration and respect of future generations.