When Yang Wengan knew the truth, he said, "Why don't you just do it and rebel!" He led his troops to raid Ningzhou and succeeded in one fell swoop. The rebels dispersed in a hubbub when they led troops to crusade. Several rebel generals killed Yang Wengan and reported that they were captured alive.
When Li Shimin crusaded against Yang Wenshi in Ningzhou, Yin Defa, Zhang Jieyu and Li Yuanji took turns to put in a good word for Li, and Pei Ji and Feng Deyi also interceded for Li. Because of his soft ears, he changed his mind to abolish the prince, released Li, and remained in the capital, making him a prince, and never mentioned it again.
On the surface, the three brothers are still very harmonious, but behind them, Li always wants to get rid of them.
On one occasion, Li Yuan went out hunting with his three sons. Li has a good horse. Although it runs fast, it has a fatal weakness-its front legs are very soft and it will suddenly fall down during running. Li Rang rode a horse to hunt.
Li Shimin didn't know what happened to the horse, so he rode after a deer. This horse is fast, faster than a deer. On the verge of catching up with the deer, the horse lost its front hoof and Li Shimin was caught off guard. He fell off his horse. Just then, Li Shimin turned a somersault forward and stood firmly on the ground! Li Shimin is a wise man, and immediately understood that Big Brother wanted to assassinate him with this horse.
However, Li Shimin doesn't care. In recent years, he spent most of his time on horseback and learned a set of riding skills. So, he turned over, got on the horse again, and continued to run. He fell three times in a row and didn't break his skin at all! Returning the horse to Li's bodyguard, he said to Yu, who stood by, "I want to kill me with a horse, but it's a pity that life and death have a life, and it's in vain!" Let Li hear this sentence on purpose to play a warning role. However, Li changed this sentence to "Li Shimin has a destiny, and he will be an emperor in the future, so he can't just die", so that Yin Defai can blow it in front of him. Hearing this, Li Yuan said angrily to Li Shimin, "You miss Tianzi. I'm not dead. I'm in a hurry! " Hearing this, Li Shimin guessed that the concubines had spoken ill in front of their father and didn't forgive them. She took off her crown and asked her father to send someone to investigate. If she really said that, she would like to die.
Tang Gaozu also reprimanded Li Shimin, and the secretariat ordered Feng Deyi to come in quickly, saying that the Turkic Li Jie Khan and Tuli Khan joined forces to attack the state.
Tang Gaozu was taken aback. Think about it. He wanted to lead his second son, Li Shimin, to fight Turks, so he changed to a smiling face, crowned Li Shimin, told him to put the country first and took Li Yuanji to crusade against Turks.
Li Shimin and his team came to face the Turks. Li Shimin decided to take only one hundred cavalry out to negotiate with tens of thousands of Turkish troops, and let Li Yuanji go with him. Li Yuanji recoiled in horror and said, "With so many enemies, how can we leave easily? If you lose, it will be too late to regret! " Li Shimin smiled and said, "Then wait for my good news here!" Li Shimin came to the front line of Turkey and held talks with Jerik Khan and Tulik Khan. He has answers, because he knows the situation of the two Khan, and he also knows that there are contradictions between them. So he expounded his own interests and thought that peace was the most important. In short, it is not appropriate to fight in the heart of sweating, it is raining. Tulihan asked his uncle Seymour to hold peace talks in the Tang Dynasty, and expressed his willingness to become brothers with Li Shimin. So Tulihan withdrew his troops and returned.
Jie Li Kan Khan saw the sudden retreat of Li Kan and felt that he was too weak to win the battle, so he had to retreat.
Li Shimin didn't hurt a single soldier, he didn't need to shoot a knife, and he only used words to achieve his goal. His wisdom and courage are incomparable to ordinary people, which makes people in the imperial court gasp in admiration! One day in June of the ninth year of Wu, Li invited him to the East Palace for a drink. After a few drinks, Li Shimin suddenly had a terrible stomachache. After returning to the West Palace where he lived, he vomited blood. The doctor prescribed medicine for him and he gradually got better.
When Tang Gaozu got the news, he guessed what Da Er had done to Er Er. Nevertheless, he still couldn't bear to abolish the prince and didn't want his son to get hurt again. He thought of a way to kill two birds with one stone: he sent Li Shimin to Luoyang to manage the counties east of Shaanxi. Li Shimin thought it was good, so he agreed.
Li and Li Yuanji were very nervous when they heard the news. They thought it was futile to let Li Shimin go to Luoyang, so they asked some ministers to write to the emperor, saying that Li Shimin would not come back after going to Luoyang, which was in danger of splitting the country. Tang Gaozu a listen to feel right, again way
Li and Li Yuanji didn't make a plan, but they made another plan to win over Li Shimin's cronies and generals. First, they are optimistic about Wei Chijingde. Li sent a confidant to give Jingdezhen a car full of gold, silver and jewels to explain his purpose. Wei Chijingde said: "The King of Qin was blessed with rebirth, and Jingdezhen should repay him with his own body. If he is greedy for money and has second thoughts about the king of Qin, he is a man who forgets righteousness. What is the use of such a person to your highness? " Wei Chijingde refused to accept the gold and silver, sent them away and reported to Li Shimin. Li Shimin said, "The general will be careful everywhere from now on and will not spare you!" Sure enough, an assassin came to Wei Chijingde's residence that night, but when he saw the door wide open, he knew that he had come prepared. He was too scared to enter the house and ran away.
If it's dark, it's bright. Li falsely accused the emperor, put him in prison and prepared to kill him. Li Shimin made a big speech in front of his father and counted Wei Chijingde's contribution, so Tang Gaozu had to let him go.
After the failure of bribing this recruit, Li was not discouraged. He told the emperor that the government counselor Fang and Du Ruhui had misbehaved and were expelled from the government. Send his general Cheng to be the secretariat of Kangzhou.
Although Cheng is a military commander, he is also crude and refined. Seeing this problem, he said to Li Shimin, "I will never go to Kangzhou. I want to protect the king. Once the king's wings are removed, they will kill him. Please make a decision as soon as possible! " Li Shimin, aware of the seriousness of the situation, called the officials of Ce Tian County to discuss countermeasures. At this time, news came from the border and the Turks invaded again. Li recommended Li Yuanji to lead the troops to war, and transferred his subordinates, Cheng, and other generals to follow suit.
That night, Wang Xiang, an official of the East Palace, reported that the prince was going to bid farewell to Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, in Kunming Pool, and invited the king of Qin to take this opportunity to murder the king of Qi. At the same time, kill generals such as Cheng and Cheng together.
Li Shimin told Tang Gaozu about it, and Tang Gaozu wanted to interrogate him personally the next day so that Li Shimin, Li, Li Yuanji and others could attend at the same time.
Li Shimin patience again and again, patience to the limit. Now it is not only a matter of personal life and death, but also a big issue related to who will fall into the hands of Jiangshan in the future and where it will develop. He decided to fight back resolutely.
Late that night, Li Shimin, Sun Chang, Wuji and other soldiers lay in ambush under the Xuanwu Gate. At dawn, Li and Li Yuanji rode into the palace, feeling that the situation around them was different from the past. Li Huima wants to leave and comes out from behind the wall to meet him. Li Yuanji had a guilty conscience and wanted to strike first, so he drew his bow and arrow and shot Li Shimin. However, Li Yuanji shot three arrows in a row, and all the arrows were empty.
Li Shimin no longer hesitate, aiming at Li Yuanji, full of bows. When Li saw it, he shouted, "Fourth Brother, be careful ..." Before the words were finished, Li Shimin shot a sharp arrow and rushed at him. Lee was caught off guard and shot in the throat. He fell off his horse and died.
At the same time, shouts, Wei Chijingde led 70 cavalry fell from the sky. Li Yuanji hit the horse and ran. Wei Chijingde shot him in the middle of the back with a bow, and Li Yuanji was killed on the spot.
This is the famous Xuanwu Gate incident. Tang Gaozu was helpless when he learned the news. In this case, he had to make Li Shimin a prince.
Afraid of future trouble, the Ministry killed both Li's son and Li Yuanji at the same time.
Li is an official in the East Palace and often gives advice. At this time, he was caught in front of Li Shimin, and the generals were going to let Li Shimin finish the interrogation and then kill him. Wei Zhi in front of Li Shimin, righteously, fearless. Li Shimin admired his courage and talent, didn't kill him, and let him be an official in the East Palace. I didn't ask the officials of the former East Palace and Li Yuanji Qi Wang Mi, which made them grateful.
At this time, the power of the Tang Dynasty was in the hands of the new prince Li Shimin. Tang Gaozu took the initiative to go to Li Shimin in August of the lunar calendar, but Li Shimin could not refuse, so he had to agree. Then, after the handover ceremony was held in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace, Li Shimin ascended the throne as the emperor, namely. Tang Gaozu was honored as the father of the emperor.
Li Shimin was twenty-eight years old and changed her virginity. The following year is the first year of Zhenguan. From then on, the Tang Dynasty began a prosperous history.