Throughout the dynasties, it is not uncommon for many royal princes to compete for the throne. Speaking specifically of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, it laid the groundwork from the beginning of the founding of the country. Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion and killed his brother Li Jiancheng and his brother Li Yuanji. Forcing Li Yuan to abdicate and become emperor himself.
Many people think that Li Yuan has these three sons, because many people think that Li Yuan completely lost confidence in life and retired. The reason is that he only has Li Shimin's son left, and he is not killed, nor is he left behind, so he has to see nothing.
But in fact, Li Yuan had 22 sons, which was very strong among the ancient emperors. Then, since Li Yuan has so many sons, why did the three brothers Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji fight the fiercest?
On this issue, in fact, it can not be so absolute. Like the Nine Sons of the Qing Dynasty, it is not that the other princes are not very old, but they are not involved.
The Tang Dynasty has also made the emperor a good name, and although the throne has great attraction, life is more important to them.
There is actually only one reason for this situation, and that is that it is impossible to fight. If specifically, on the one hand, it is too young, on the other hand, it is not strong enough.
Li Yuan was an official of the Sui Dynasty, and when he rebelled in 617, he was already 51 years old, which is not a small age in history. Li Jiancheng was the eldest son born in 589, and when Jinyang raised an army, Li Jiancheng was almost 30 years old.
From another point of view, when the Tang Dynasty was founded in 618, At this time, Li Yuan actually only gave birth to 5 sons, but the third oldest Li Xuanba and the fifth oldEst Li Zhiyun had already passed away.
Li Yuan's three sons, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji, fought for power and profit between 621 and 626. Even after the establishment of datang, Li Yuan opened and hung up and was always born, then in that time period, the largest was still underage.
Therefore, we can see that Li Yuan's other sons are either underage or have not yet been born.
We have to say that Li Yuan has a very long set of children, and this span is very long, until he abdicated, he did not stop. Let's go back to the three brothers of Li Jiancheng, they are sisters-in-law, this is an innate advantage, no one can compare. In Li Yuan's eyes, the crown prince is Li Jiancheng, but Li Shimin is also very fond of him.
However, those other children, Li Yuan did not take into account at all. He couldn't do that kind of love for Wu and Wu, because he liked which concubine, he chose her son to be the prince.
As for the reason for Li Yuan's rebellion, there have always been divergent opinions. Some people have even always believed that the main reason is Li Shimin, who forced Li Yuan to embark on this road and established the Tang Dynasty.
But whether this is the case or not, the three brothers of Li Jiancheng are indeed very credited to the establishment of Datang.
At the same time, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the power of these two people was very large, especially Li Shimin's influence in the military was very strong. Even if any of the other brothers had ambitions, I am afraid that they would not be able to fight the three brothers who were in the limelight at that time.