Immediately back to a secret play, accusing Li and Li Yuanji of fornication in the harem, to kill him for justice. There is a saying in the newspaper: "I have nothing to do with my brother. Now I want to kill my minister, as if I were revenging Shi Chong and Jiande. I died in vain today. I never disobeyed my relatives. My soul went underground. It's a shame to see a thief! " Tang Gaozu was surprised after reading it, and replied to Li Shimin that he would call two brothers and ministers to confront each other in the palace tomorrow.
It was immediately learned by Li from there. As mentioned earlier, Li decided to go to the palace with Li Yuanji to expose Li Shimin's lies.
At the same time, the leaders, Wuji, Hou, Zhang, Liu Shili, Gong Sunwuda, Du Guyanyun, Du Junchuo, Zheng Rentai and Li Mengchang ambushed in Xuanwu Gate in the early morning of June 4th, ordering Gao Shilian to release prisoners in prison and distribute weapons to strengthen Qin Gong's power.
On the morning of June 4th, Li and Li Yuanji entered Xuanwu Gate and went to the temple. They found a horse shadow flashing by the temple. Knowing that something was wrong, they turned around and ran back to the East Palace. Li Shimin called the two men to stop from behind, and Li Yuanji went back to Zhang Guan to shoot three arrows in a row, but in his panic, he didn't fill the bow three times, so that three arrows failed to shoot Li Shimin's horse.
Stopped the horse and shot Li with an arrow, killing him. Li Yuanji was shot by Wei Chijingde over there, but it was not fatal. Li Shimin's mount was injured by a flowing arrow and ran out of control into the forest, causing Li Shimin to be hooked by a branch on his belt and fall off his horse. Li Yuanji ran after him and grabbed his bow to strangle it. Wei Chijingde arrived in time, drove him away, and finally shot him.
The story of Xuanwu Gate soon spread to the East Palace and Qi, Qi, Xie and others led troops to save it. General Zhang Shen-li of Qin was amazing, and he closed the palace door himself. The palace door is closed, and the horse of the soldiers in the East Palace has hit the door.
At that time, most of the soldiers stationed in Xuanwu Gate held a wait-and-see attitude and did not help each other. Among them, Jing stepped forward to help fight, while his relatives advised him to sit tight until at least the troops were assembled. But he wouldn't listen. Fighting with Lu, who was also the satrap of Xuanwu Gate, he died.
Eastern Palace, Qi and other soldiers failed to attack Xuanwu Gate, and another plan was born. Xue Wanche led his army to attack the palace of Qin. At this time, most of Qin's forces were concentrated in Xuanwu Gate, and there were only a few civil servants left in the house. Everyone was afraid that it would be breached soon.
At this critical juncture, I came up with a clever plan to cut off the heads of Li and Li Yuanji and send them to Qin Gong for public display. In the East Palace, when Qi and others saw that the leader was dead, they cried the morale and scattered. Xue Wanche saw that he could not restrain his men, so he led dozens of cavalry to escape from Chang 'an and hide in Zhong Nanshan. Li Shimin sent Wei Chijingde dressed up and went straight into the palace with a spear to meet Tang Gaozu. Tang Gaozu was surprised and asked, "Who is the devil today? Why did Qing come here? " Wei Chijingde replied, "The King of Qin rebelled against the Prince and the King of Qi. Because he was afraid of disturbing your majesty, he sent his ministers to stay behind and send troops to punish him."
Li Yuan said to the minister next to him, "I don't want to see this today. What should I do? " Xiao, Chen and other officials who originally belonged to the "King of Qin School" responded: "The construction and Yuanji were not planned in advance, and they failed to play a role in the world. The king of Qin is highly valued and a traitor. Today, the king of Qin wants something, so he will be punished. The king of Qin has successfully built the universe and returned to his heart. If your majesty punishes lyna and entrusts him with state affairs, there is nothing he can do. "
At this point, Li Yuan had to say, "good! This is my heart. " So according to the words.
At that time, the armies of both sides were still at war. Wei Chijingde declared the imperial edict, and Pei Ju sent it to the East Palace. The morale of the East Palace and King Mi of Qi was even more out of control, and finally they all dispersed.
Finally, they killed Li's five sons, Cheng De, Cheng De, and Li Yuanji's five sons, Li, Cheng Luan, Cheng Jiang, Cheng Yu and Cheng Du. Tang Gaozu saw a group of beloved grandchildren all beheaded. He didn't dare to hum. He knew that he was in danger. Li Shimin's bloody butcher's knife will be put around his neck next time. On the third day after the incident (June 7th), he quickly made Li Shimin a prince. A few days later, he said he would abdicate; Two months later (August), Li Shimin officially succeeded to the throne in the Xiande Hall in the East Palace.
He ascended the throne in the East Palace because he promised Tang Gaozu that he would live in the East Palace as long as Tang Gaozu was alive, and he only lived in the East Palace. However, in the third year of Zhenguan, after Li Shimin's regime was stabilized, he began to purge the old ministers during the Wude period in order to promote the new ones. Tang Gaozu smelled gunpowder and quickly expressed his willingness to give up the palace. Li Shimin will naturally stick to his previous promise, and of course, Tang Gaozu also insists that he will no longer live in the palace. So Li Shimin finally moved from the East Palace to the Palace, and Tang Gaozu moved to Hongyi Palace (renamed Da 'an Palace).
The Xuanwu gate incident is roughly the same as above, and there are many untrue or vague records.
First of all, the story of "Venus crossing the Qin Dynasty during the day" was regarded as superstition by later historians because it involved predictions, or was regarded as an excuse for his succession. I talked about this problem in detail in a manuscript in 1992 that specializes in the prediction of the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. There were many prophecies at the end of Sui Dynasty and the beginning of Tang Dynasty, which were proved by textual research to be impossible to be forged by later generations. Among them, the two predictions of "Li will be the young man in the world" and "Wu Zetian will be the female emperor" are the most informative and impeccable.
Hu Ji and Le Hu wrote "Background Analysis of the Xuanwu Gate Incident", and the section "Taibai saw celestial phenomena in Qin Fen and triggered the June 4th incident" also commented on this matter: "Li Yuan showed this form to Fu Yi, not to give him a good news that God wanted him to be emperor, but to get evidence of Li Shimin's rebellion and show it face to face as a punishment. This incident is hardly a fiction of historians, because there is a record of this astrology in Tian Wen Zhi. Later, Emperor Taizong also told Fu Yi about it,' I'm tired of what you used to play', which can prove that Li Shimin was quite embarrassed at that time. " The evidence cited at that time was also the sentence that Li Shimin said to Fu Yi, which was recorded in December of Wude nine years, that is, less than half a year after Li Shimin came to power. However, because we are not sure whether the record itself is forged, we cannot fully confirm the authenticity of the secret play, and the authenticity of this prediction is far less reliable than the two predictions of "Li will replace Yang" and "Wu Zetian will be the female emperor".
Secondly, the memorial on the eve of the Xuanwu Gate incident accused Li and Li Yuanji of fornication in the harem, which was suspected to be false as early as Sima Guang's writing Zi Jian. Therefore, Sima Guang commented cautiously, saying that the matter of Gong Wei was so secretive and unpredictable that I'm afraid I can't say for sure.
Later historians thought it was a forgery. Hu Rulei believes that it is unwise, indecent and unreasonable to accuse Li in this way. And this kind of matter involving the relationship between men and women, the so-called "dirty linen in public, how can Tang Gaozu promise to convene all the ministers and let the two brothers confront each other face to face?" So, he concluded that the paper did not exist.
What Hu Rulei said is very reasonable, which can prove that the content of the memorial is forged and distorted, but he denied the writing of the memorial on this ground, but it was too much. Because later, it was because I learned the contents of the letter that I decided to enter the palace and confront each other, and I was killed in Xuanwu Gate. Therefore, without this piece of paper, there would be no entry of Li into the palace, and there would be no Xuanwu Gate incident. It can be seen that this paper has played a key role in attracting snakes out of the hole.
It is very likely that he did write a letter at that time, the content must be accusing Li of some problems, and it should also be threatening, otherwise Li would not insist on going to the palace to confront him, so as not to confront the false accusation against him. But of course, the content can't be Li's fornication in the harem, otherwise ministers will not be openly called to attend.
Li Shimin later forged the contents of the paper in this way, which may be inspired by news from Zhang Jieyu. Yin Defa approached Li just to find a backer, so it was impossible to really have any physical contact with him, otherwise he would have come out to attack Li. But because of the help of these two people, Li can always get to know the situation of the harem as quickly as possible, which must have caused a big blow on weekdays. Li Shimin bears a grudge against them, so he takes the opportunity to slander their chastity and take revenge.
In addition, in the second half of the paper, it should be true that the soul has gone to hell, and both Wang and Dou Jiande have disappeared. It was Li Shimin who suggested that Tang Gaozu should not forget his great contribution to pacify the world, so as to arouse Tang Gaozu's unbearable heart. Although Tang Gaozu was determined to sacrifice Li Shimin after the "Wen Yang Incident", this determination still showed signs of wavering from time to time. For example, he would have listened to Li Yuanji's advice, cut off the title, and advised Chen to change his mind. Tang Gaozu hesitated whether he would directly harm Li Shimin's life.
As for what Li attacked in the first half of the article, it is still impossible to speculate. It can only be speculated that Li will be willing to enter the palace to confront him, otherwise this letter will "startle the snake" and alert Li to take action, but it will not achieve the effect of "attracting the snake out of the hole".
What makes Li Shimin so sure? This can be traced back to the "Yang Wengan incident". At the beginning, Li Yin's rebellion was framed, and he was called to Renzhi Palace by Li Yuanzhang. As mentioned above, some advisers advised him to take up the army and seize the city, but Li finally went to an audience alone to clarify the facts, which frustrated his plan. Li has had such experience and lessons, and this time he knows how to flatter him. Naturally, he decided that as long as he confronted him, the truth would come out like the "Wen Yang incident", and maybe he could sue Li Shimin for framing. He didn't expect that Li Shimin had failed once. How could he do it again? On the surface, this plan is similar to the plan of "Wen Yang Gan Incident", but in fact, the intention is completely different. Li didn't check carefully and finally fell to his death. On the contrary, Li Yuanji was puzzled by the move at first, and advised Li not to enter the palace because of illness. Li Yuanji, who has been fighting Li Shimin for a long time, witnessed how he planned, defeated the enemy and besieged the city. Maybe he is more familiar with Li Shimin's way of thinking. So his personal intelligence is not necessarily stronger than Li's, but he can be alert. But he didn't stick to his guns and ended up trapped in the Jedi.
Again, why did Li Can Shimin ambush in Xuanwu Gate? Xuanwu gate is the north gate of the palace. People entering the palace must not have an inch of soldiers, let alone a large group of people. The only possibility is that the commander-in-chief of Xuanwu Gate has been bribed, and he can lay a cloth bag array there unnoticed, waiting for Li to trap himself.
Who was the general stationed at Xuanwu Gate at that time? According to the "Monument to the Changhe River" in the Paris Library, Chen Yinque asserted in the article "Political History, Political Revolution and Zoning in the Tang Dynasty" that the Changhe River was originally owned by Li and was later bought. Therefore, in the Xuanwu gate incident, Li thought that his confidant was guarding Xuanwu gate, and he didn't take any preventive measures, so there was an opportunity.
But Hu Rulei refuted this statement. Citing the inscription "Changhebei", he pointed out that Changhebei was recruited by his general Liu Hongji in Li Shimin, two years ahead of Germany. In the war with the king, Zhang He was also a soldier who was able to find both sides, and was deeply appreciated for his bravery. The thing between Changhe and Li was to pacify Hebei with him in the second battle with Liu Heita at the latest. Lee may have courted him by then. However, in the seventh year of Wude, Li Shimin transferred him to Chang 'an, gave him a golden knife and thirty taels of gold, and appointed him as the head of Xuanwu Gate.
As can be seen from the above, Li Shimin has always attached great importance to Changhe and transferred him to Xuanwu Gate two years before the coup. So how did Li Can Cheng Jian regard him as a confidant and not be suspected?
It has also been speculated that often arranging to plot against Li is deliberately pretending to abandon this old master and take refuge in Li. Although Li tried to bribe the general and was rejected, when he told him about it, Li Shimin advised him to "accept it, what's too much!" And you can know its sinister plan. Isn't it a good policy! "It can be seen that there is a real intention to make the generals who are wooed by Li play tricks on them.
But I think this matter is still suspicious. First, how does Li Can Cheng Jian trust someone who turned out to be Li Shimin's favorite? Secondly, why is the location of Xuanwu Gate often arranged by or Li? If it is arranged by Li, then it can be said that Li regards him as a confidant. But if it is arranged, how can Li regard him as a confidant?
Unless the content of the "Changhe Monument" itself has forged elements, if you really believe it, you can only say that Li is too careless about himself. He never thought and did not believe that Li Shimin dared to launch a coup in the capital with such a weak force; At the same time, it also shows that he didn't realize the strategic position of Xuanwu Gate and didn't notice that Li Shimin had placed his cronies there for two years.
Li Shimin successfully staged a coup, and it was the biggest key that Xuanwumen was always in his hands. Therefore, he often makes great contributions to this matter. Although he had no outstanding talent, he later became an official in corps commander.
At this point, the historical facts have been roughly clarified, so we can talk about the reasons why Li Shimin succeeded in the incident. Of course, there are many reasons, but they can be roughly divided into two types: accidental reasons and inevitable reasons. In other words, Li Shimin's success is a combination of contingency and inevitability.
Let's talk about inevitability first. Mr. Hu Rulei summarized three points. Hu Rulei believes that the first reason for Li Shimin's success is that he has a talented confidant group. They rallied to fight and won.
This is very important, and I think it must be discussed at two levels. The first layer is a large number of talents gathered around, far less than Li, which was fully demonstrated long before Taiyuan started fighting.
However, attracting talents is only one aspect of the problem. If we just concentrate all kinds of talents and can't use them, or if these people are not loyal to themselves and do things for themselves, it is better not to have them. So the second layer is to gather talents and make them loyal to themselves. The story of Li Shimin's recovery of Wei Chijingde has been told before. What needs to be added here is that at that time, I'm afraid Wei Chijingde was not ready to surrender, but he was a big star of his generation, and his reputation was tied to it. Once he defected, his reputation would be lost, and he could not run away like an equal. Hesitation, if it weren't for Li Shimin's sincerity, the result would be very different.
So in the side, there are resourceful and loyal counselors such as Fang and Du Ruhui, as well as valiant soldiers such as Duan who are not heavily bought (Li Zeng sent gold, silver and jewels to these two generals and tried to buy them, but they all refused, and told them truthfully afterwards), as well as confidants who worked hard for them, such as Sean, who was not tortured, and Cheng Ning died without fighting for his purpose.
Li, on the other hand, although he also had some good ministers, such as Li and Li, he was demoted in the "Yang Wengan Incident". As for him, the history books only recorded two things when he was in Li. One is to persuade Li to take part in the second war against Liu Heita in order to consolidate the power of the East Palace, and the other is to persuade him to kill as soon as possible. There seems to be nothing else to do.
There may be two reasons for this. First, it is likely that he later reused important officials in the early Tang Dynasty, so historians concealed his work for Li, so there are not many records about his work in the East Palace. Second, it is possible that Li really didn't get much reuse under his command, so he didn't do anything. If the situation belongs to the latter, we can see the gap between Li and the employment.
Even though Li Dui has great potential, in the East Palace, there are only three worthy advisers, namely, Wei Ting and Wei Ting, and only a few military commanders. Compared with the number of famous counselors and valiant generals in Qin Gong, it is obviously dwarfed.
According to historical records, Li has something important to discuss, but he only talks with Li Yuanji, and no confidant participates from beginning to end. But at least has been surrounded by Du Ruhui, Fang and Infinite. He has no details and secrets with these three people, and they will discuss them sincerely. Set the wisdom of four people, its planning is very serious.
Li Shimin's plan never leaked out, because Qin Gong is full of talents and sincere. On the contrary, the secret of the East Palace was repeatedly grasped in advance by Li Shimin.
For example, if we knew in advance that Li sent someone to send weapons to Yang Wengan, it would be possible to minimize the problem and create a "dry incident". Later, he learned of the plan of "Kunming Pool coup" in advance, and was able to pre-empt and launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
Li bought the peace talks twice, but both failed. He bribed Joel, Joe, (with the word "Japan" next to it), Lu, Jing and so on. They were all successful and helped them at a critical moment. This also involves the object and strategy of purchase. Li was designed to buy off senior officials and generals of Qin State. Because of their loyalty to Li Shimin, there is little chance of success. On the contrary, it is extremely unwise to startle the snake. On the other hand, Li Shimin will not try to buy off Wei Zheng and others at all, but will only buy off those who have lower positions but are bound to know the secret because of their participation in the operation. Wang Zhi is a very typical example.
The second reason cited by Hu Rulei is that Li Shimin can control Xuanwu Gate, which is one of the most important reasons for his victory.
This point has been mentioned before. In Political Revolution and Party Struggle in the Political History of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Yinke pointed out that Xuanwumen was in a key position in many coups in the Tang Dynasty. Whoever can control it, it is easy to gain military superiority and victory, so it is a battleground for military strategists.
In fact, there were as many as three Xuanwumen events in the Tang Dynasty coup, but Li Shimin was the most famous one this time. Therefore, unless otherwise specified, the Xuanwumen event is generally referred to as this time initiated by Li Shimin.
This is related to the design of Chang 'an Miyagi in Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the pattern of Han and Chang 'an was broken, and the north was the center of gravity of Miyagi, so the north gate (namely Xuanwu Gate) became the most important gateway affecting the security of Miyagi.
As a strategist, Li Shimin must be particularly sensitive to this strategic point. He bribed the imperial generals, planted confidants and managed the area for at least two years. This shows that Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate incident was not a sudden whim or a brainwave, but was carefully planned and prepared for a long time.
The story of the hero's rise and fall is a metaphor for the following Weiqi, which has a vivid explanation: "Just like playing Weiqi, the party who is at a disadvantage in an all-round way can only bite a possible opportunity tightly, regardless of life and death, and try its best to make a show."
There is a problem involved here. As mentioned earlier, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen incident, the fuse was that Li and Li Yuanji leaked the plan of "Kunming Pool Coup", and Li Yuan's secret performance to Fu Yi suggested that he was forced to commit suicide. However, it is said here that Li Shimin has been planning the Xuanwu Gate for two years, so it seems that his launching of the Xuanwu Gate incident was not caused by the above two reasons.
This is actually not contradictory. Li Shimin arranged the Xuanwu Gate to meet this unexpected need. This is the last step to kill him. He doesn't want to use it unless he has to. There are two reasons: First, given the weak strength of Li Shimin at that time (as mentioned above, there were fewer than 1,000 people in the East Palace to tens of thousands), the chances of a successful coup were really small. How could Li Shimin be willing to take such a big risk if it was not desperate and desperate?
Secondly, there are also moral considerations. In The Rise and Fall of Heroes, it is extremely inappropriate to say that Li Shimin is "an extremely talented and skillful politician who completely flouts accepted morality". Li Shimin never despised the feudal morality at that time. On the contrary, he is very concerned. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to do everything possible to interfere with the historian's writing when he wrote the history books later, and beautify the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" morally. On the contrary, it is Yang Guang who really despises accepted morality. On the one hand, he killed his father and brother. On the other hand, he never thought of sending someone to write history books to hide the truth after he acceded to the throne.
However, in that era when life and death depended on ideological differences, Li Shimin had no time to care about morality and immorality. Once defeated in this political struggle, it is not only the loss of authority, the loss of life, but also the collapse of the whole family; According to the traditional concept of "the winner is king and the loser is the enemy" in China, all evil and ugly names will be given to the loser. By that time, his reputation will be ruined, and Li Shimin's record in history will be a shameful downfall of an ambitious man.
According to Zi Tongzhi Bamboo Slips, this conversation goes like this: The world is uncertain, and the people say, "Why is Shun Wang like a man?" Said, "Even a saint." They said: "Shunjun does not come out of the well, but the well is mud; If you can't erase it, it will be gray. An neng is the world, and the law is applied to future generations! If you use a small stick, you will receive it. If you use a big stick, you will go. It would be great if you could cover what you have. "
This conversation strongly shows that in the power struggle between the two brothers, Tang gaozu was against Li Shimin. Therefore, before launching a coup, Li Shimin should be concerned about the consequences of falling out with Li Yuan publicly and the name of "unfilial".
The article points out: "This is the father-son relationship between Shun (that is, Shun's father) and Shimin, and the brotherly relationship between Shun and Yuanji. Therefore, what is clearly said here is Tang Gaozu, who is hurting him. ..... When describing this historical fact, Zhenguan Mitchell concealed it and avoided directly mentioning Li Yuan, because if Li Yuan commanded or acquiesced in the killing of Li Shimin, then Li Shimin would be like a son who was rejected by his father, and his image would be less glorious. "
The article also talked about who said the above words, because the history books only vaguely said "the words of all people." After Li Shimin acceded to the throne, the article commended the hero, and listed the first-class hero as Sun Chang Wuji, Fang Lingxuan, Du Ruhui and Hou. It is probably Hou who said this. Among these five people, the contribution of the top four is obvious, and it goes without saying that Hou is among them, which is really puzzling, because there is no record of his contribution in the history books.
The article thinks: "(Hou) is courageous, knowledgeable and smacks of a schemer. He can come up with those words to pierce the relationship between Li Yuan and dispel Li Shimin's doubts. " He also quoted "Biography" in the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty as saying that "there are many strategies for the monarch" and "when the monarch is uneasy" to prove that it is the latter one who said this.
I think the above argument can be established, but it is not sufficient. Because if you find a moral excuse for the coup in Li Shimin just by words, you can rank as a first-class hero with Sun Chang Wuji and others, then this credit is too easy to make, and how can there be "many" of "most of your strategies"?
I have a bold guess, that is, Hou may be the middleman sent to buy off the subordinates of the East Palace, so that Wang, Jing, Lu and even Joe and the second class in the previous "Yang Wengan Incident" defected to Li Chengjian in succession to be loyal to Li Shimin. If this guess is not bad, then Hou's contribution is really obvious to all, enough to keep pace with Wuji, Du Ruhui and Fang Fang.
The main reasons for Li's failure are his strong sense of superiority, weak sense of crisis, insufficient understanding of the cruelty of political struggle and his carelessness. As the eldest son, it is natural for him to inherit the throne, and he has the full support of Tang Gaozu. Therefore, most ministers and concubines in the DPRK decided that he would win, and they all stood on his side. Besides, he is heavily armed. As long as Li Shimin is trapped in Chang 'an, there is no need to worry that Li Shimin will use troops against him.
It is precisely because he has such an absolute advantage that he is too confident to see the advantages of the other side and his possible weaknesses. He is proud of Yi Lee. "But he died of Li Shimin's bow and arrow.
Because Li couldn't see each other's advantages, he didn't care about putting his cronies in Xuanwu Gate two years in advance. I didn't realize the importance of a strategic place like Xuanwu Gate, which shows that he is too lacking in military mind compared with Li Shimin.
Moreover, because he couldn't see his weakness, Li never improved the dangerous situation that his actions were repeatedly leaked. In the "Gan incident", he succeeded in bribing his subordinate two and Joe to frame him, which almost made him lose his position as a prince. This experience was not painful, but Li failed to learn the lesson. His men were bought again and again, so that the secret leaked out and took the lead.
And Li only regards it as an ordinary person, underestimating, despising and insulting. How can he be unbeaten?
However, it should be pointed out that it was not only Li who was blinded by her sense of superiority that decided her fate. One thing can be proved. As mentioned above, Li Shimin turned to Li Jing and Xu for help, but both of them declined.
Why would they refuse? Due to Tang Gaozu's extreme suspicion of non-blood generals, both of them could not grasp the actual military power during the Wude period, so they should be frustrated in their official career. Call Li Shimin and hint to them that he wants to seize power. If he succeeds, it will mean political change.
Generally speaking, frustrated people in current politics often warmly welcome and support change, and sometimes even blindly ignore whether this change can really bring them a better position. Because change will inevitably lead to the redistribution of power, most frustrated people are "thinking about change when they are poor." However, people with vested interests are afraid of and resist change, and sometimes they are too blind to consider whether change will really deprive them of their existing interests or even enhance their status.
In this sense, it is an unusual reaction for Li Jing and his wife not to support Li Shimin. The only explanation is that the two of them, like others, don't believe that Li Shimin can succeed at all, but think that if we support him, we will only offend the prince and lead to death.
Even if Li Shimin has a better chance of winning, both of them will consider supporting him. The reason is not only that frustrated people welcome the above changes, but also that they must consider that once Li Shimin wins, they will be resented and attacked because they are unwilling to give assistance in advance. In this way, instead of benefiting from the change, they will suffer losses. It is impossible for them to foresee in advance that Li Shimin can let bygones be bygones and reuse their past.
Even great thinkers like Li Jing and Xu could not foresee Li Shimin's success, which shows that the success rate of Li Shimin's coup is really slim, and how risky this move is. In hindsight, how can we ask Li in this Council to take the lead?
In addition, this incident also reflects the differences in personal temperament between the Li brothers. Li has lived in the capital for a long time, and he has spent too long in happiness and prosperity. He inevitably lacks foresight and intelligence to see the overall situation and make predictions. Limited by the narrow circle of life, lack of enterprising ambition.