Why is it said that Li Shimin looks down on his father?

We all know that Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, eradicated his two brothers through the Xuanwumen Incident and took over the power of state affairs-actually household affairs. Some people were very surprised and asked: As the head of the family, why didn't Li Yuan hold his second son responsible for killing his brother? Instead, he was very knowledgeable and obediently gave up the throne to Li Shimin?

My son, Li Shimin, has already weighed and measured clearly how much my dad weighs. Along the way, Li Shimin saw through that his father was actually a softie, so he despised him very much. The most unbearable thing was that Li Yuan was indecisive and contradictory.

It is said that the relationship between Li Yuan and Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty is very comparable. The two are aunts and cousins. At this point, Li Yuan was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

What's going on? At one time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was always suspicious of his ministers. It happened that at this time Li Yuan received an order from the emperor's cousin Yang Guang to come to the palace to see him. Li Yuan was ill and could not move easily, so he gave the emperor a leave of absence. . Li Yuan had a niece named Wang, who was one of Yang Guang's concubines. Afterwards, the niece came and told her uncle Li Yuan: The emperor seemed a little unhappy because you didn't go to see him. Li Yuan hurriedly asked his niece how she could tell that the emperor was unhappy. Wang said: Seeing that you didn't come, the emperor immediately asked me with a serious look on his face: "Why are you so late, uncle?" Why is your uncle so late to see you? I explained that my uncle was sick, but the emperor became even more angry and asked, "Is he so sick that he can die?"

After listening to his niece's narration, Li Yuan felt chaffed all over, thinking that his cousin suspected him of having an affair, so he borrowed wine every day to get drunk, and then gave and accepted bribes to ruin himself, in order to eliminate Yang Guang's suspicion of him.

Let’s talk about the initial Taiyuan rebellion against the Sui Dynasty.

Li Shimin had this idea and was full of ambitions to create an unparalleled career for the Li family. However, Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan and held local military and political power, was a man who was content with a small amount of money and hesitated. Decide. Later, Li Shimin asked his friend Pei Ji, the deputy eunuch of Jinyang Palace, to play a beauty trick. Li Yuan stuffed his mouth with black steamed buns and had nothing to say. He reluctantly agreed but hesitated to move. Until Li Shimin drew up a detailed uprising plan, Li Yuan still couldn't make a decision. Li Shimin on the other side wanted to jump into bed. What's serious is that at one point he threatened to arrest his son who led the crowd to make trouble and send him to the court. But not long after, when he saw that his son was supported by everyone and expected to succeed, Li Yuan suddenly changed his mind and said, "I love you, how can I bear to accuse you?" You are my biological son, and my love is not enough. Why would you accuse me? you go!

When the Li army marched westward to Jiahu Fort, they heard that 20,000 people from the imperial court had gathered in Huoyi, and were on standby to stop the attack under the command of General Song Laosheng. At this time, it happened to be rainy, and the army rations were almost finished. Li Yuan's old habit of being timid and afraid of getting into trouble broke out, and he retreated in his heart, preparing to lead his troops back to Taiyuan. When Li Shimin saw this, he immediately became anxious with his father: We are here to save the people of the world from water and fire. No matter what, we must overcome all difficulties and enter Xianyang first, and then try to command the world. Now that you are in such a big trouble, you just want to go back, which is not popular. Just broke up? Who dares to follow you? Besides, if you escape back to Taiyuan now, wouldn't you look like a little thief? You want to keep it safe, can you still keep it safe?

After being questioned by his son, Li Yuan still wanted to give up and return to Taiyuan.

After all, Li Yuan is the father, and the top spot in the General's Palace belongs to him. No matter how ambitious Li Shimin is, he can't live without rice for a while. Seeing his father's shrunken state, he turned around and left the military tent and cried to the sky. The sound of crying reached the tent, and Li Yuan asked his son to be called in and asked: "Why are you doing this?" Li Shimin wiped away his tears and warned his father: We are the army of justice. "If we enter the battle, we will defeat it, and if we retreat, we will disperse. If the crowd disperses in front, the enemy will take advantage of the rear, death will come in a moment!" If you do this, you will die! Can I not cry when the time comes!

Li Yuan seemed to feel that what his son said made sense, so he should continue.

If it weren’t for Li Shimin, Li Yuan would have been intimidated by this point, where would the later Tang Dynasty come from! This is what the "Old Book of Tang Dynasty" said, "Without the Holy Son, the king's career is in danger!"

The second boy really had a lot of vision. Li Yuan finally drove Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty away, wore a yellow robe and established the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, it was very interesting for him to divide the labor and reward his sons. The eldest son, Li Jiancheng, is the crown prince, and there is nothing to talk about. The third son, Li Xuanba, is named King of Wei, and the fourth son, Li Yuanji, is named King of Qi. This is in line with the rules. What should we do with the second child? The world was created by this boy with his ideas and efforts, not to mention that at this time, there are disputes and wars between all parties, so we still have to rely on him. Therefore, when Li Shimin was granted the title of King of Qin, he also served as Shangshu Ling. You were in charge of political affairs and I enjoyed leisure. Later, he was granted the title of Taiwei and Daxingtai of Shaanxi Province. In the fourth year of Wude (621 AD), he was granted the title of General Tiance and concurrently served as Situ, "is on the throne of the prince" - I am interesting, right?

He thought highly of his second son, but he did not dare to wait too long for the future emperor, Prince Jiancheng and his other sons. Li Yuan was very proficient in balancing skills. He specially arranged for Jiancheng and Yuanji to live closer to him so that they could move around more easily. During these days, Shimin lived in Chengqian Hall, the prince lived in the East Palace, and Yuanji lived next to his father in the backyard of Wude Hall. With the help of Yuanji, the prince Jiancheng and his fourth brother often met with their father at any time.

As the family business grows, driven by interests and voice, internal strife will appear - this is an eternal law.

The three sons, especially the prince Jiancheng and the second brother Li Shimin, gradually developed a rift, and the suspicion became increasingly serious. However, Li Yuan's approach of joining forces with Xini as a peacemaker did not eliminate the estrangement between the brothers. Looking back, the contradictions It got worse and worse until it was unbearable.

The prince Jiancheng felt that his second brother Shimin was becoming more and more famous and wanted to overshadow him. According to rumors, it was clear that he, the prince, was living a good life. He heard that his father had promised in private that he would choose an opportunity to change his life. He made his second brother the prince. Jiancheng couldn't sit still anymore, so he first teamed up with his fourth brother Yuanji, roped in several of his father's concubines, and went to his father every now and then to sort out the people's misdeeds. When the plan failed, the prince took a desperate risk and secretly summoned the brave men from all over the country and the evil young men of Chang'an. He gathered more than 2,000 people and prepared to seize power in advance. Things went against expectations and the news was leaked. When Li Yuan heard this, he broke into a cold sweat. "You boy," he took up my idea and summoned the prince to see him. At the same time, he said to his second son Shimin: "Go and lead the troops to deal with the prince's minions." I'll turn you into the prince again! At that time, he expressed his intention to abolish Jiancheng and demote him to the throne of Shu.

When Li Shimin came back from his busy work, his father's divination changed and he took back the deposed prince's destiny. He only scolded Jiancheng a few words, killed the two scapegoats around Jiancheng, and returned to the East Palace as usual to continue his work. The prince is stationed in Beijing and will stay behind.

Li Shimin is so angry, Dad, you are such a gentleman, your words are salty and not salty, do you treat political affairs as nonsense? ?

The muddy water made Li Yuan more and more muddy. Jiancheng and Yuanji became even more jealous of Shimin and wanted to get rid of him quickly. It got to the point where they invited Shimin to a banquet and put poison in the wine. After drinking, Li Shimin suffered from unbearable abdominal pain. He vomited several liters of blood and almost died. .

It was hard to tolerate the tension between his sons, so Li Yuan continued to pretend to be deaf and stupid, regardless of right and wrong. While lightly blaming the eldest son: Your second brother is not good at drinking, don't keep asking him to drink; at the same time, he put a high hat on the second son: Raising troops in Jinyang, creativity belongs to you, the Li family world, you are the first to achieve success, after all, your brother is the one who built it Boss, I have been the crown prince for many years. It is a joke. It is not good-looking. As for you, go to Luoyang. Dad will give you full power east of Shaanxi Province. You can build the emperor's banner and establish an independent kingdom. What about the territory? You have the final say, right?

Li Shimin could only sigh silently and thought to himself: As long as this father continues to fight, how long can the Li family's foundation be sustained? Not to mention consolidating and growing for generations to come? Come on, you'd better stay somewhere cool, I think this country is still under my control. ——Thus, there was the subsequent Xuanwumen incident.

The second son killed the eldest and fourth son. Li Yuan was frightened when he heard the letter. He immediately put on a smile and said to his second son Li Shimin: It has always been my father’s wish to make you the prince. "Decision." From now on, all military and national affairs will be at your discretion.

In fact, at this time, Li Yuan and Li Shimin did not give him anything hard due to the relationship between father and son and public opinion. In fact, he was under house arrest. After less than two months of hard work with mixed emotions, Li Yuan retreated, gave up the throne, and found a way for himself to step down: he became the Supreme Emperor.

Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty ascended the throne and was crowned.