Li Yuan: The conscience of heaven and earth, I am a loving father! Their brothers are incompatible, but if Lao Tzu is ruthless, how can he end up like that?
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji have poisoned Li Shimin three times, and Li Yuan has always turned a blind eye, giving people the feeling that he seems to want to see the result of the second child being killed by the eldest and the third.
For the first time, the father and son went hunting, and Li Yuanji deliberately gave Li Shimin a fierce horse, wanting to create a "horse shock" incident and make Li Shimin's death unknown. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin's horse-riding skills were first-class, and he actually surrendered the fierce horse.
Li Shimin was a little proud, and said to Yu Wenshi: "People's life and death are predestined, and someone wants to murder me in this way, delusional." ”
Li Jiancheng immediately went to Li Yuan to add oil and vinegar: "The second brother said that he has a destiny, and God will let him live in the world, and he will not die in vain." ”
As soon as Li Yuan heard this, he was furious, and immediately called Li Shimin over and scolded: Do you have a destiny? Is Destiny Seeking? You can't wait?
Li Shimin was also very angry and asked for a confrontation, but Li Yuan ignored it and openly shielded Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
The second time, Li Jiancheng asked Li Shimin to go to the East Palace for a banquet, and poisoned during the banquet, Li Shimin vomited several liters of blood on the spot, and finally escaped with the support of Li Shentong.
In the face of the naked murder, Li Yuan did not investigate, but only blamed Li Jiancheng: You know that the second child is not good at drinking, why do you still drink like this? Not an example!
The stick was raised very high, but it was just the force of tickling when it fell, not so much to blame Li Jiancheng for not being so vicious, but to blame him for being too incompetent, such a trivial thing can't be done, leaving the tail, and you have to have your dad to help you wipe your buttocks.
The third time, Li Yuanji simply didn't pretend, he directly asked Li Yuan to kill Li Shimin. Li Yuan was very embarrassed: the second child pacified the world and made great contributions, but the crime of rebellion was not obvious, and the reason for wanting to kill him was not sufficient.
Li Yuanji pouted: It's not obvious yet? Since the recovery of Luoyang, he has run the Eastern Capital, bought people's hearts, and disobeyed the Holy Order, what is this not a rebellion? What excuses do you need?
Li Yuan was silent, just shook his head again and again, and did not agree to Li Yuanji's request.
Each of the three incidents became more serious than the other, and the first time, Li Yuan had elements of being deceived, and his behavior was at most to shield Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. The second time, Li Yuan knew that Li Jiancheng had already committed murder, but he exonerated Li Jiancheng, which exposed Li Yuan's indifference and ruthlessness towards Li Shimin. For the third time, although Li Yuan stopped Li Yuanji, it was obvious that he already had murderous intentions, and he was just one last excuse to convince himself.
Therefore, people came to the conclusion that Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji were actually wearing a pair of pants, and some people even suspected that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were just the white gloves of Li Yuan's murder of Li Shimin.
However, there is a problem with this statement, Li Yuan's position is generally on the side of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, which is not controversial, but Li Yuan has never had the intention of killing Li Shimin, let alone instructing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji to operate secretly.
In the battle between the brothers, the most tormented is actually Li Yuan, the two identities are like two ropes, pulling him to both sides and making him feel painful.
The first identity, as the emperor of the Tang Empire, Li Yuan wants to maintain Li Jiancheng's position as the crown prince, and will never allow Li Shimin to seize the heir and cause civil strife.
It is recorded in more than one place in the history books that Li Yuan thought that the world was brought down by Li Shimin, so he wanted to make him the crown prince, but Li Shimin took the initiative to give up.
This record is extremely unreliable, first of all, Li Shimin did make immortal contributions to the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but there is never such a saying that "the world was defeated by Li Shimin". In fact, Li Shimin is only unique in the northern theater, and the south is all dependent on Li Jing's one-armed power, so can Li Yuan also say that "the world was defeated by Li Jing"?
Obviously impossible, in fact, whether it is in the south or in the north, the real core figure is Li Yuan, whether it is Li Shimin or Li Jing, it is just a knife in Li Yuan's hand.
At that time, there were many mountains in the world, why was Li Yuan the one who succeeded? If you carefully study the two Tang books, you will find the profundity of Li Yuan, as well as his irreplaceable identity advantage.
Let's put it another way, if Li Shimin has the ability to "conquer the world", why did he go to great lengths to pull his father into the water in the first place? Can't you do it yourself? The things we see are just illusions that Li Shimin deliberately let future generations see.
Therefore, Li Yuan will never have the idea of making Li Shimin the crown prince, Li Jiancheng is the undisputed candidate for the prince of the Tang Empire, both in terms of talent and identity.
The second identity, as a father, Li Yuan wants to find a balanced plan, not only to solve the dispute between brothers, but also to save the lives and glory of his sons. In fact, there are doubts about the authenticity of the three stories at the beginning, especially the "night drink poisoning" incident, which is explained in the history books so vaguely that no one can figure out the truth, but its penmanship seems to imply that "this is Li Jiancheng's conspiracy".
However, anyone with a discerning eye can see how Li Jiancheng could kill people in his own house? What's more, Li Shentong was also present. Even if he has this heart, can Li Shimin be easily fooled? Since the brothers are already incompatible, why did they drink poisoned wine without precautions? If Li Jiancheng has done such a desperate job, why did he let Li Shimin go? Is there such a stupid conspiracy?
In fact, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng have the same starting point, that is, to eliminate the Qinwang group, but never allow Li Shimin's life to be harmed.
In the process of the spiral relationship between the three brothers, Li Yuan has been thinking of a plan to "get the best of both worlds", including "dividing Shaanxi and ruling it". This plan stinks, but it clearly exposes Li Yuan's psychological state: no matter if the flood is raging in the future, as long as their brothers are safe and sound for now.
Isn't this a typical "fatherly mentality"? I'm in a hurry, I'm dizzy.
In fact, if Li Yuan is hard-hearted, the tragedy of the "Xuanwumen Change" will not occur. For example, he announced the dismissal of Li Shimin from all his positions, retained the title of King of Qin for him, and placed him under residential surveillance.
But if Li Yuan does this, he will suffer a lot, he will leave a reputation of "thin and cold", and if Li Shimin goes to a dead end because of this, he will leave a lifelong regret for this.
Li Yuan lost his square inch in the tearing of the two roles of "emperor" and "father", so that the situation continued to deteriorate.
As Li Yuanji said, if Li Yuan really wants to kill Li Shimin, do you need any excuse? Aren't these reasons enough for the vassal king to overpower the prince and even threaten the emperor?
It's a pity that both Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng seem too confident and indecisive, and they can't figure out Li Shimin's bottom line at all, and they are caught off guard by a "Xuanwumen Change".